Area Obituaries

Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Dr. Bobby Williams officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tony Smith. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Barron, Jason Morris, Bobby Hall, Dewayne Hutchens, Kenneth Cleek, Terry Roberts and Mike Muse. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 5-8 p.m.…

Bernice James Davis, 61, of Dresden, died July 29, 2013 at his residence. Services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home of Sharon.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the May Chapel at Rosehill Cemetery at 5800 North Ravenswood Ave. in Chicago. Honquest Family Funeral Home with Crematory, Rockford Chapel, assisted the family. To express condolences, visit honquestfh.com. He was born Nov. 25, 1931, in Bluefield, W.Va., to the late Estel and Bertie Vass. He was a…

Jessie Leon Cathey, 62, of Martin, died July 25, 2013 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at East Side Cemetery, Martin with Murphy Funeral Home of Martin in charge of the arrangements.

Graveside services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alamo Cemetery near Rives. The Rev. Ed Decker will officiate. The family will receive friends at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home 5-8 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Jeremy Pritchard, Joey Davis, Bill Wall, Ted Barnett, Dale Woodward and Matthew Brooks. He was born Feb. 24, 1969, in Union…

Larry T. Robinson, 70, of Lavinia, died July 29, 2013. Services will held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Greenfield.

Services were 11 a.m. Monday at Manchester First Baptist Church, with Dr. Benton Cox officiating. Burial with Masonic rites followed at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Manchester Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He was born in Fulton, son of the late Robert Edwin and Ethel Rose Brasfield. He was retired from AEDC and was…

Norma Jean Frazier, 78, of Martin, died July 31, 2013 at her residence. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel in Dresden.

Kevin Eric Kelly, 42, of Troy died suddenly Aug. 1, 2013, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.

Anita Johns, 94, of Union City died Aug. 1, 2013, at Union City Manor. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by White-Ranson Funeral Home.

Melissa Leon Kernodle, 92, of Kenton passed away from this life on July 29, 2013, at Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Kenton, with Wayne Perkins and Dr. Brian Robertson officiating. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery near Kenton. The family will receive friends…

Larry Marshall Cross Sr., 64, of Union City died July 26, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Martin, with the Rev. Marvin Mercer Sr. officiating. Interment will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Rawls Funeral…