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Area Obituaries

Jim Griffin

April 4, 2025

Jim Griffin, 68, of Samburg passed away 12:27 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday at Samburg Assembly of God. Brother George Hutchison and Brother Darrell Hoffman will officiate. Burial will follow in Graves Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Samburg Assembly of God from…

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Jimmy Fitz

April 4, 2025

Mr. Jimmy Ray Fitz, 66, a resident of Tiptonville, died April 2, 2025, at his residence. Services will be held 1 pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at White & Mahon Funeral Home. Rev. John Poor will be officiating. Burial will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive…

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Bebe Vincent

April 4, 2025

Mrs. Bebe Diann Vincent, 66, a resident of Martin, died April 3, 2025 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Vincent was born on June 6, 1958, to the late Robert and Elizabeth (Thornton) Edgeworth. She worked as a LPN. On March 31, 1995, she married Gary Vincent.…

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Nancy Yates Davis

April 4, 2025

Nancy “Mary Lou” (Owens) Yates Davis, 92, was born Sept. 26, 1932, in Union City, daughter of the late Cecil and Bessie (Smith) Owens. She married Jerald “J.C.” Yates Oct. 12, 1951, and together they had a son, Robert Alan Yates, who tragically passed away at age 15. J.C. preceded her in death May 7,…

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John Atwill

April 4, 2025

Mr. John R. Atwill, age 85, a former resident of this area, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at the Clinton Place in Clinton, Ky. John was born in Fulton County, Ky., on March 5, 1940, to the late Joseph L. Atwill Sr. and Edna May Davis Atwill. He had been residing in Marshall County,…

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Patsy Turnbow

April 1, 2025

Patsy Sue (Pearson) Turnbow, 93, went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 1, 2025, in Union City.  She was born in Fulton on Dec. 15, 1931, to the late Thomas Pearson and Rose (Provow) Pearson. She was married to James Turnbow in Hickman, Ky.; and had three children, Tommy Turnbow of Jackson, Vickie…

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Kathy Callison

April 1, 2025

Mrs. Kathy Callison, age 63, passed away on Saturday March 29, 2025, at her residence in Woodland Mills. Kathleen was born on Dec. 1, 1961, to the late James Albert “Jeff” Jeffress and Eloise Cooper Keel in Memphis. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and a Seamstress at the former Henry I Siegel…

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James Terrett

March 31, 2025

James Evans Terrett, 86, of Union City passed away 12:40 a.m. Monday, March 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Graveside services will be conducted 3 p.m. Tuesday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Greg Terrett, Kevin Terrett, Shannon Terrett, Caleb Terrett and Mike Aaron. There will be no visitation and friends are…

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Kathy McCant

March 31, 2025

Mrs. Katherine Sue “Kathy” McCant, 73, of Union City passed away 8:15 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2025, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted noon Tuesday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery, with Chaplain Zach Rousell officiating. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 11 a.m.…

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Frank Southerland

March 31, 2025

Frank Southerland, 83, of Union City died March 28, 2025, at his home. Funeral services will be noon Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the hour of services Wednesday. The Messenger/3.31.25

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Mrs. Brenda Middlebrook

March 31, 2025

Mrs. Brenda Corrinn Middlebrook, 82, of Union City and formerly of Wynne, Ark., and Conover, N.C., passed away 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 28, 2025, at the Obion County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne, Ark. Burial will follow at Woodman Cemetery in…

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Mickie Harris

March 31, 2025

Ms. Mickie Jewel Harris, age 72, of Hickman, Ky., passed away on Friday, March 28, 2025, at her residence. She was born in Union City on April 19, 1952, to the late Leon and Dorothy Harris. She was a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church. She graduated from Murray State University, where she received her…

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