Area Obituaries

Jennifer Kay Sullivan, 49, of Obion passed away suddenly Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Gary Haynes will officiate. Burial will follow in Fremont Cemetery near Union City. Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley…

Dianne Turner, 61, of Union City died June 1, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Rawls Funeral Home. 6.2.15

Ruth Jackson Wills, 81, of the McConnell community died June 1, 2015, at her residence. Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at East View Cemetery. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born May 25, 1926, in Water Valley, Ky., daughter of the late Charlie and Iva (Calhoun) Jackson. She…

Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Lake Road Baptist Church near Union City. Brother Chip Davis will officiate. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 5-8 p.m. today and at Lake Road Baptist Church from noon until the hour of services Saturday. Pallbearers…

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home, with Jeff O’Dell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Evan Jones, Michael Hickey, John Lemonds, Jeremy Jones, Nathan Elrod and…

Graveside services will be noon Monday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Water Valley, Ky. Rawls Funeral Home in South Fulton is in charge of arrangements.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at White-Ran-son Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dale True officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Manuel Cemetery near Union City. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Saturday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, great-grandsons and grandsons-in-law. The family requests that memorials…

Maggie Morgan Poyner, 94, of Dresden, died Friday, May 29, 2015. Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Cemetery in Latham.

A small memorial service is planned for Saturday for family only. Call (901) 825-0172 for information about arrangements. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Paul Duren of Obion; her son, Joseph Little of Obion; her sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Tim Peternell of Olive Branch, Miss.; her niece and her husband,…

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Mount Moriah Cemetery near Obion, with the Rev. Wilson Walley officiating. There will be no visitation. Cryer Funeral Home in Obion is in charge of arrangements. He was born in Noonan Ga., April 1, 1969, son of Pamela (Blackman) Tate of Columbus, Ga., and Dr. Griffin Danny…

Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Judd Mowery officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home 5-8 this evening. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Burress, Jack Leach and Randy Cody. He was…

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