Area Obituaries

Margaret Ann (Lovett) Nelson, 82, of Troy, formerly of Union City, died Sept. 7, 2013, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Randy Harris of Troy. Services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Road Baptist Church, with the Rev. Chip Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.…

Michael H. Grissom, 59, of Gleason, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 at his residence. Services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel of Greenfield with Jerry Taylor officiating. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery in Gleason.  

Joe William Stout, 83, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 at NHC Health Care. Services were held at 5 p.m. Friday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel of Greenfield with David Lancaster officiating.

Oletha Zilliott, 93, of Union City died 11:34 a.m. Sept. 5, 2013, at the Obion County Nursing Home. There will be no services. Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of cremation arrangements. Mrs. Zilliott was born July 30, 1920, in Hornbeak, daughter of the late Ernest K. and Roxie (Fuller) Johnson. She married William Dilworth…

Richard Britton, 71, of South Fulton died Sept. 4, 2013, at the Parkway Regional Hospital emergency room in Fulton. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. There will be no visitation. Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton is in charge of arrangements. Published in The Messenger 9.6.13

Capt. Robert E. Ryan, 91, of Fulton died Sept. 4, 2013, at Haws Memorial Nursing Home. Funeral mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Martin, with burial to follow in Pleasant View Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton 5-8 p.m. today and at the church…

Chance Sturgis Lyle, 14, of Union City, died Aug. 30, 2013, as the result of an automobile accident on Chapel Hill Road near South Fulton. Funeral services will be conducted 7 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother John Worrell will officiate. The family will receive friends at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from…

Captain Robert E. Ryan age 91, of Fulton, Ky., died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at Haws Memorial Nursing Home in Fulton. Funeral mass was held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Martin with burial to follow in Pleasant View Memorial Gardens with Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton in charge of the…

Sydney June Crawford, 76, of Dresden, died Sept. 2, 2013. Services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Williams Funeral Home of Gleason.

Richard Britton, 71, of South Fulton died Sept. 4, 2013, at Parkway Regional Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton. Published in The Messenger 9.5.13