Area Obituaries

Russell Lynn Purtle, 66, of The Villages, Fla., died Aug. 31, 2015, at Leesburg, Fla. Visitation will be on Thursday at 1 p.m., followed by services at 2 p.m., at Beyers Funeral Home in Lady Lake Chapel, The Villages, Fla. Burial will be at Elbridge Cemetery on Saturday. Honorary pallbearers will be Greg Muller, Doug…

Catholic Church in West Peoria. Msgr. Jason Gray will officiate. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until noon Thursday prior to the Mass. Cremation rites have been accorded. Memorials may be made to the St. Jude St. Louis to Peoria Run. Robert was born on Jan. 16, 1934, in Harris Station to the late Mack…

Graveside services were conducted 4 p.m. Saturday at East View Cemetery in Union City.       Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Scudder was born July 11, 1952, in Union City, son of the late Hugh Gregory Scudder Sr. and the late Marian (Yocum) Scudder. He is survived by several nieces and nephews. He…

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Fulton. The Rev. Chad Morrow and pastor Stephen Cavness will officiate. Burial will follow in the Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton from 5-8 p.m. today. He will lie in state at the…

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

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Dr. Cecil Sewell will officiate. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Wednesday. Pallbearers will be Alan Faircloth, Tyler Tankersley, Max Hardin, Calvin Cary,…

Sharlot Garner Garner, 90, of Greenfield, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2015 at Martin Health Care Center. Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel of Greenfield.

Dina Danette Marcus, 42, of Greenfield, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at The Cowboy Church in Martin.

Connie Oliver, 50, passed away Monday Aug. 31, 2015. Funeral service will be held at noon Thursday at Cornerstone Community Church.

Richard Smythe Buckelew Sr., 75, of Fulton, Ky., died Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 at his residence. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Murphy Funeral Home Chapel in Martin.

Services were set for 2 p.m. today at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin, with burial to follow there in East Side Cemetery.

William Edward Morris, 86, of Dresden, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Home of Gleason.