Area Obituaries
Frankie Cheatham Jr., age 91, of Union City passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Bro. Melvin Poe officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, from…
Read MoreLeon Gene Walden, age 80, of Hornbeak passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Obion County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, a White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Gene Walden officiating. Burial will follow in New Haven Cemetery. Visitation will begin Monday at 1:30 p.m. and run until the…
Read MoreMark Speed, 66, left this life on Sept. 10, 2025, peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 at First Baptist Church in Union City, with Bro. Ben Lownsdale officiating. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery.Visitation will be Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at White-Ranson…
Read MoreLarry Ransom, 80, of Union City passed away Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother George Hutchison and Brother Pat Murdock officiated. Burial followed in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Visitation was held at the funeral home from 5-7…
Read MoreMr. Billy Lloyd Tatum, 94, a resident of Martin, died Sept. 9, 2025, at his home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at East Side Cemetery. Pastor Tony Keeton will be officiating. Pallbearers will be Carl Alan Gregory Jr., William Lloyd Tatum, Justin Mercer, Jonathan Cranford and William Lee Tatum.…
Read MoreRobert “Bobby” Marion Calhoun, age 78 of South Fulton, passed away Monday, September 8, 2025 at Diversicare of Martin. Funeral service will be at 11 am Monday, September 15, 2025 at White-Ranson Funeral Home with Bobby’s uncle, Rev. Jimmy Calhoun officiating. Burial will follow in Cobb’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday,…
Read MoreRichard Andrew Harris, 74, went to his heavenly home Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at Union City Nursing & Rehabilitation. He was born July 6, 1951, in Paducah, Ky., son of the late William Perry Harris and Loneita Joyce (Pate) Harris. Richard was a proud graduate of Obion County Central High School class of 1972. He…
Read MoreCarol Sue Pipkin, 82, of Sugar Tree passed away Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, at AHC Decatur County. Carol was born March 13, 1943, near Medina to the late James Alvin and Rubye Strayhorn Rollins. She was a retired church secretary at Obion Baptist Church. She and her husband, Joel, moved to Sugar Tree from Obion…
Read MoreDorothy Jane (Cutler) Brown, 81, of Eads passed away peacefully on Aug. 22, 2025. Born on April 9, 1944, in Union City to the late Horace and Ellen (Wright) Cutler, Dorothy grew up in Obion, alongside her siblings Jere Cutler, Shirley (Cutler) Fox and Chip Cutler, who all preceded her in death. She was the…
Read MoreWilliam Travis Townes, 85, of Union City died Sept. 7, 2025, at Obion County Nursing and Rehab in Union City. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at noon at First Methodist Church in Union City, with the Rev. Roger Shock officiating. A private burial will be held at Beech Cemetery…
Read MoreMrs. Deborah Darlene Meeks, age 68, of Kenton passed away from this life on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Karnes & Son Funeral Home. Deborah was born on Aug. 30, 1957, in Humboldt, the daughter of the late David Eugene and Dorothy Jean Adams…
Read MoreMr. Byron Sanford, age 39, a resident of Martin, passed away on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Greenfield. He was born on March 31, 1986, in Fayetteville to Toni (Thorpe) Sanford and Lee Sanford of Martin. Byron was a member of Greenfield Church of Christ, and his kindness touched many lives. After retiring from the…
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