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Area Obituaries

Zach Buchanan

June 9, 2025

Zachary David “Zach” Buchanan, 18, of Union City passed away Thursday morning, June 5, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at Woodland Mills First Baptist Church. Brother Shawn White, Brother Jason Pate and Brother Carl Kizer will officiate. Burial will follow in West Hill Cemetery…

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Karen Sue Petty

June 9, 2025

Karen Sue Petty, 73, of Hornbeak passed away 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2025, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Memorial services were conducted 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Dr. Vann Kissell officiated. Karen was born October 10, 1951, in Tiptonville, daughter of the late Virgil Leduke and Mildred (Berry)…

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Matt Venne

June 8, 2025

Matt Venne, 40, of Symsonia, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2025. There will be no services held at this time. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home in Union City is in charge of arrangements. The Messenger Online/6.8.25

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Donna Coffman

June 8, 2025

Donna Coffman, 84, of the Harris Station community passed away 6:13 a.m. Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Memorial services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Pleasant Valley Methodist Church in Union City. Visitation will be held at Pleasant Valley Methodist Church from 10 a.m. until the hour…

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Kenneth Hutcheson

June 8, 2025

Kenneth Hutcheson, 83, of Hornbeak passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2025, while doing what he loved, working on the land God gave him. Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Aaron Bargery officiated. Burial followed in Hornbeak City Cemetery. Visitation was held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral…

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Glenda Cochrum

June 4, 2025

Glenda Faye Cochrum, age 85, of Hickman, Ky., passed away peacefully at her residence on Monday, June 2, 2025. She was born Dec. 14, 1939, in Fulton to the late Edward B. Wiley and Lillie Mae Pearson Wiley. A Hickman native, Glenda graduated from the former Hickman High School in 1957 and then the former…

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Shannon Bartz

June 4, 2025

Shannon Kay Bartz, 44, of Samburg passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Samburg. Born on May 22, 1981, in Stuart, Fla., she was the daughter of Cathy (Lira) Albritton and the late David Allen Bruen Sr. Shannon married Brian Bartz on June 28, 2003, and together they built a loving family. Shannon…

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Gianna Vazquez

June 4, 2025

Gianna Kailany Maldonado Vazquez, 2, passed away Friday, May 30, 2025, at her home. Funeral services were conducted 10 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Father Carl Gregorich officiated. Burial followed in East View Cemetery. Visitation was held at the church from 8 p.m. Tuesday until 9:30 a.m. today. Kailany was born Sept. 2,…

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Sylvesta Cole

June 3, 2025

Sylvesta Cole, 72, of Hickman, Ky., died June 1, 2025, at Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. The Messenger 6.3.25

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Elizabeth Miller

June 2, 2025

Mrs. Elizabeth Dianne Miller, 80, a resident of Martin, died May 29, 2025, at Van Ayer Healthcare & Rehab. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Mrs. Miller was born on May 15, 1945, in Union City to the late Wade Matheny and Juanita (Tidwell) Rhoades.…

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Harold Haynes

June 2, 2025

Harold Wayne Haynes, 75, of Union City died May 27, 2025, at his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Brown Chapel AME Church. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home and at the church on Friday from noon until time of…

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Sam Hunter

June 2, 2025

Samuel Odell “Sam” Hunter, 64, of Union City passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Water Valley, Ky.  Born on Feb. 3, 1961, in East St. Louis, Ill., he was the son of the late James A. and Sarah (Schembra) Hunter. He had been employed by the Obion County School System and the former Goodyear…

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