Area Obituaries

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brownsville Cemetery near Hickman, with Strong Funeral Home in Hickman in charge of arrangements. Friends may call there this evening from 6-8 p.m. There will be no visitation Wednesday. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery.

Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. There will be no visitation. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery. Hornbeak Funeral Home is in charge of services. The family requests that memorials be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Kaden Tower, 6100 Dutchmans Lane, State 401, Louisville, KY 40205-3284. He…

Fred Richard Simmons, 78, died Sunday, June 29, 2014 at his home in Sharon. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Williams Funeral Home in Sharon.

Billy Black, 72, of Greenfield, died Monday, June 30, 2014 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home of Greenfield.

Carol Ann Baker, 75, of Dresden, died June 30, 2014. Services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel of Dresden.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Rawls Funeral Home in Union City.

Marzell Key Essary, 81, of Dresden, died June 28, 2014. Services were held at noon today (Tuesday) at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel in Dresden.

Mrs. Teresa Eileen Jones, 42, of Sharon, died Friday, June 27, 2014 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. Services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hunt Funeral Home Chapel in Bradford.

Wiley Thomas Higgs, 83, of Dresden, died June 29, 2014. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel in Dresden.

Cynthia June Zickel, 52, of Dresden, died June 24, 2014. No services were held.

There will be no services. Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of cremation arrangements.

Funeral services for Mr. Killion will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Charles Southerland will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home just prior to service time. Mr. Killion was born Oct. 15, 1937, in Obion County, son of the late Lyod and Tanzy (Hawkins) Killion. He…