Area Obituaries

Harvey Carl Nelson, 95, of Dresden, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 at his residence. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel in Dresden. 

Clyde Douglas Jones, 90, of Martin, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 at Diversicare of Martin. Services were held at noon Saturday at First Baptist Church in Martin.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by White-Ranson Funeral Home.

Cremation services are under the direction of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home in Newbern.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.

Butch was a former truck driver for many years. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, art of any kind and creating graphics. Butch was born Jan. 24, 1957, in Union City to his father, the late Hubert H. Holcomb Sr., and his mother, Ruth (Arlee) Laird of Paris. Besides his mother, he is also survived by two…

Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Revs. Steve Carr and James Kinsey officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from noon until the hour of services Tuesday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Anthony Brown, Ronnie Brown Jr., Bobby Joe Brown,…

Brenda Barker Shepherd Nanney, 65, of Franklin, formerly of Fulton, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at Morning Pointe of Franklin. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Fulton First United Methodist Church. There will be no visitation. Friends are asked to meet at the church at the hour of services. Hornbeak Funeral Home in…

Completed arrangements are being announced for Juanita (Treece) Griffin, 96, formerly of Union City, who passed way in Lebanon Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. She was born Jan. 14, 1920, to the late Joseph Benjamin and Mary Malone (Wiley) Treece. She was educated at the former Lone Oak and Dixie schools and graduated from Freed-Hardeman College…

Our mom, grandmother, great-grandmother: the mom who took in every stray animal that was dropped off on her dead-end road. The mother and grandmother who took in people who needed a place to stay, a mom who brought handicapped people home at Christmas, because they had nowhere to go, a mom who served the handicapped…

Born March 2, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Gertrude Ellis. She was a retired dietician and attended Southside Baptist Church. Graveside funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg, conducted by the Rev. J.R. Hall. Family and friends are asked to gather at the cemetery.…