Area Obituaries

The Messenger, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Annette Barron-Mays, 50, of Clarksville passed from this life after a lengthy illness July 3, 2013, at her mother’s home in Rutherford. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Laneview Baptist Church near Kenton. Ms. Barron-Mays was born Dec. 6, 1962, in Gibson County, daughter…

Completed arrangements are being announced for David Roberts, 48, of Cottondale, Ala., who died 4 p.m. June 30, 2013, at his home. He was a former resident of Obion County. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Union Grove Cemetery near Kenton. The Rev. James Kinsey will officiate. The family will receive friends at…

Completed arrangements have been announced for Kelly Gene Lipsey, 74, of Union City, who died July 10, 2013, at Dyersburg Regional Hospital. Graveside services were set for today at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Rives, with David Kendall officiating. Pallbearers were to be Richard Ragsdale, J.T. Ragsdale, Bruce Ragsdale, Jason Duff, Ryan Duff…

Dr. Robert “Bob” Cameron, 72, of Union City died July 11, 2013, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by White-Ranson Funeral Home.

Shelia Stutts, 53, of Union City died July 10, 2013, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Strong Funeral Home in Hickman, Ky. Burial will follow in the Hickman City Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until the funeral hour on Saturday…

Jean Barnett, 84, of Union City died July 12, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.

Joyce Hopper, 70, of Hornbeak died 8:20 p.m. July 11, 2013, at The Bridge at Ridgely. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.

Albert Hall Wheeler, 86, of Hornbeak died July 10, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Southerland officiating. Burial will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery near Troy. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. He was born…

Heron “George” Grissom, 89, of Martin and formerly of South Fulton, died July 10, 2013, at the Martin Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel and interment will be in the Acree Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 10 a.m. Saturday until…

Karl David “Wildman” Dickerson, 62, of Water Valley, Ky., died July 4, 2013, in Hickman County, Ky. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Friday at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton and interment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Friday until the funeral hour.

Kelly Lipsey, 74, of Union City died July 10, 2013, at Dyersburg Regional Hospital’s emergency room. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by White-Ranson Funeral Home.

R.V. Childers was born in 1936 in the small town of Dorena, Mo. He was one of 11 children born to Charlie and Grace Childers. His family moved to Kentucky when he was a year old to avoid the flood of 1937. When R.V. turned 18 he moved to Largo, Fla. We often heard him…