Area Obituaries

Curtis Craig III, 58, of Obion County, died Sept. 1, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by White-Ranson Funeral Home. Published in The Messenger 9.2.13

Clyde Wallace Walker, 72, of South Fulton died Aug. 31, 2013, at the Parkway Regional Hospital emergency room. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel and interment will be in the Sandy Branch Cemetery near Martin. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Tuesday until…

Joe H. Spears, 83, of Laurel, Miss., died Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Memory Chapel of Laurel with Dr. Randall Turner officiating with burial to follow at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Laurel. Visitation will be from 9 until 11 a.m. Saturday, at Memory…

Dean Ralph Andrews, 60, of Dresden, died Aug. 29, 2013. A private memorial services were held at a later date. Online tributes may be left at www.bowlinfuneralhome.com.

Bobby Joe Slayton, 54, of South Fulton died Aug. 27, 2013, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jacksonville Freewill Baptist Church, with the Rev. James Watford officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the Rawls Funeral Home and on Sunday…

Joyce Grinder Gatewood, 76, of Dresden, died Aug. 28, 2013. Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel of Dresden.

Winfred Graves, 92, of Kenton passed away from this life on Aug. 27, 2013, at the Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Kenton. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery near Kenton. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m.…

Bobby Joe Slayton, 54, of South Fulton died Aug. 27, 2013, at Murray-Calloway County (Ky.) Hospital. Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Jacksonville Freewill Baptist Church, with interment to follow Greenlea Cemetery in Fulton. Visitation will be Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Rawls Funeral Home in South Fulton. Published in The Messenger 8.29.13

Betty Lou Burcham, 80, of Clinton, Ky., died Aug. 28, 2013, at Spring Creek Health Care in Murray, Ky. Memorial services will be held Friday at 5 at Oakton Baptist Church in Clinton, Ky., with burial following in the Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 3:30 p.m. Friday until the service hour.…

Alicia Gail Thompson, 31, suddenly died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 at her home on Knox Daniel Road in Union City. Graveside services for Alicia will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at Obion County Memorial Gardens near Union City. The Rev. James Kinsey will officiate. The family will receive friends at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home on Friday…

June Elliott, 87, of South Fulton died Aug. 27, 2013, at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton. She was a member of South Fulton Baptist Church and was the owner of the former Elliott’s Grocery. She came to this area in 1964 from Graves County. She is survived by four sons, Carl Elliott of Mayfield, Ky.,…

Carlette Brown, 54, of Atlanta, formerly of Union City, died Aug. 7, 2013, at her home. Memorial services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Rawls Funeral Home in Union City. Published in The Messenger 8.28.13