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Area Obituaries

Easter Owens

January 27, 2025

Easter 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…

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Michelle Bethel

January 27, 2025

Michelle 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…

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Larry Bolding

January 27, 2025

On 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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Charles Brooks

January 21, 2025

Charles Brooks, 74, of Jonesboro, Ark., formerly of Union City, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at the funeral home. The Messenger/1.21.25

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Jack Dutton

January 20, 2025

Jack Nelson Dutton, 76, of Union City died Jan. 19, 2025, at his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Thursday. The Messenger/1.20.25

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Charles Wilson

January 20, 2025

Charles Thobern Wilson, 75, of Hickman, Ky., died Jan. 19, 2025, at his home. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of cremation arrangements. The Messenger/1.20.25

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Verna O’Steen

January 20, 2025

Verna Raye O’Steen, 86, of Union City passed away Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in East View Cemetery, with Bro. Eddie Mallonee officiating.  Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery. Mrs. O’Steen was born in Caruthersville, Mo., on July 15,…

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Mary Nicks

January 20, 2025

Mary Anita Nicks, age 83, of Troy passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at White-Mahon Funeral Home in Troy, with Kevin Dobbins officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the time of service at…

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Scotty Warren

January 20, 2025

Scotty B. Warren, age 55, of Union City passed away Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Pastor Tommy Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Warren, Walker, Wesley and Tim Riggins, Allen Posey, Mark…

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Allan Russell

January 17, 2025

Robert Allan Russell, 60, of Lakeland, formerly of Union City, died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Allan was born Jan. 9, 1965, at Bentwaters Air Force Base in Suffolk, England, to Jean (Harpole) Russell and the late James Robert Russell. Although he was born intellectually disabled, Allan had a charming personality…

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Patsy Box

January 16, 2025

Patsy Ann Box, 88, of Adams, formerly of Union City, died Jan. 15, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. The Messenger/1.16.25

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Kenneth Tanner

January 16, 2025

Mr. Kenneth “Diddle” Tanner, 68, a resident of Union City, died Jan. 14, 2025, at AHC in Union City. Private services will be held at a later date. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Tanner was born on June 15, 1956, in Union City to the late Hubert O’Neal and Ruby…

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