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Area Obituaries

Basil Moon

September 23, 2019

Basil Moore Moon, age 100, of Martin, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at West Tennessee Volunteer Hospital in Martin. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin with Rev. Kylan Mann officiating and remarks by Bob Hathcock. Burial will follow in East Side Cemetery in Martin.  Visitation will…

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Norma Heath

September 23, 2019

Mrs. Norma Tuck Heath, age 76, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., until service time. She was a 1960 graduate of Martin High…

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Tossie Ellis

September 23, 2019

Mrs. Tossie Dunning Ellis died Aug. 8, 2019 at her home in Lansing, Michigan. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 at Gardner Cemetery in Martin with Murphy Funeral Home in Martin in charge of the arrangements. Online tributes may be left at murphyfuneralhome.net.

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Laura Hurst

September 23, 2019

Mrs. Laura Josephine (Laura Jo) Hurst, age 91, died Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at Weakley County Nursing and Rehab Center in Dresden. Funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Martin. Burial followed in East Side Cemetery in Martin with Murphy Funeral Home of Martin in charge of…

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Martha Harrison

September 23, 2019

Mrs. Martha June Booker Harrison, age 72, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Martin Church of Christ with Bro. Ricky Phillips officiating. Burial followed in Collier Cemetery near Martin with Murphy Funeral Home of Martin in charge of the…

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Malcolm Beckett

September 18, 2019

Malcolm X. Beckett, 29, of Union City died Sept. 17, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Rawls Funeral Home in Union City. Published 9.18.19

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Dr. Eric Naylor

September 18, 2019

Union City native Dr. Eric Woodfin Naylor, 82, of Sewanee, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at his home. A burial liturgy and Holy Eucharist will be held 10 a.m. Thursday in All Saints’ Chapel on the campus of The University of the South at Sewanee. It will be followed by a committal at the University…

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Willie Williams

September 17, 2019

Willie B. Williams, 89, of South Fulton died Sept. 14, 2019, at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital in Martin. Graveside services will be held 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Wednesday at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in South Fulton. Published 9.17.19

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Dewayne Wilson

September 17, 2019

Dewayne Wilson, 51, of Hornbeak passed away 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Carl Southerland will officiate. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday…

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J.W. Winston

September 17, 2019

J.W. Winston, 97, of McCrory, Ark., formerly of Reelfoot Lake, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Woodruff County Health Center in Mc-Crory. He was born Aug. 24, 1922, to F.E. and Lillie Pearl Eaves, the seventh of seven children, all of whom preceded him in death. He married the love of his life, Kathleen…

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Otis Faulk Griffin

September 17, 2019

Otis Faulk Griffin went home to be with the Lord Saturday, September 14, 2019, passing away peacefully at home with his beloved wife, Glenda holding his hand. Otis was born October 7, 1940 in Charleston, Tennessee and raised in Rosemark. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. today at Munford Funeral Home in the Millington…

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Jeffrey Ellis

September 17, 2019

Jeffrey Monroe Ellis, age 64, of Sharon, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 at the West Tennessee Healthcare in Martin. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden. Visitation will be from 4-7 tonight (Thursday) and Friday from 10 a.m. until time of service. Online tributes may be left at…

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