Area Obituaries
Pamela Lavette Bishop, 62, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Union City, died Jan. 29, 2025, at Baptist Health Paducah. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at West Hickman Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Hickman City Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City is in…
Read MoreShirley Virginia London, age 84, of Troy, formerly of Akin, Ill., passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at Obion County Nursing Home. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of cremation arrangements. Mrs. London was born in Augusta, Ark., on Feb. 11, 1940, to the late William Woodrow Paul and the late Lonie Lady Brown Paul.…
Read MoreTerry “Squirrel” Ken Killebrew, age 71, of Union City passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, at his daughter’s home. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at Community Bible Church, with Bro. Eddie Mallonee officiating. Visitation will begin Wednesday at 4 p.m. and run until the time of service at the…
Read MoreJeffrey Lee Lowrance, age 53, of Union City passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at Baptist East in Memphis. Memorial services will be at noon Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Bro. Johnie Dalton officiating. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will begin Saturday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. and…
Read MoreDavid Thomas Choate, 59, of Obion passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Graveside services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at Mt. Moriah Cemetery near Obion. Brother Charles Southerland will officiate. There will be no visitation and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery for…
Read MoreLinda Lou (Satterfield) Owens, 73, of Union City died Jan. 30, 2025, at her home. Services were 2 p.m. Sunday at Edmaiston Mosely Funeral Home. Burial was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation was held noon until the funeral hour Sunday at the funeral home. The Messenger/2.2.25
Read MoreJohnie Lee Johnson, 76, of Samburg passed away 3:40 p.m Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Living Word Church in Hornbeak. Brother Archie Larry will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. A private graveside service will be held for the family at a later date.…
Read MoreMs. Laura DeFreece born on April 9, 1924, to the late Terence and Myra Isbell Carman, passed away at Obion County Nursing Home in Union City on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. She was a member of Good Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church, an excellent seamstress and loved writing poems. Ms. Laura DeFreece is survived by three…
Read MoreDeborah Puckett Watson, age 62, of Lebanon passed away on Jan. 21, 2025. Deborah Marie Puckett was born in Fulton to Shirley Marie Sloan Puckett and Ralph Puckett. She graduated from South Fulton High School in 1980 and went on to graduate from Murray State University. She moved to Nashville and began working for the…
Read MoreEaster Paulette (Cook) Owens, 81, of the Pleasant Hill community went home to be with the Lord Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at her home. Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Pastor Tommy Hall and Pastor Norman D. Adams officiated. Burial followed in Obion…
Read MoreMichelle Lee Bethel, 55, of Union City passed away Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at her home. Memorial services will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Michelle was born…
Read MoreOn Jan. 24, 2025, Larry Lawson Bolding passed peacefully, surrounded by family, to join his wife of 62 years, Martha Jane Hailey Bolding; his parents, Vivian and Boss Bolding; and his grandson, Andrew Bolding Jr., in heaven. In Larry’s 86 years, he served his country in the U.S. Navy for 22 years. He was in…
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