Area Obituaries

Tina Renee Hollis, 44, of Jackson, formerly of Dyersburg, passed away June 26, 2013, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Charlie Halliburton officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors from 5:30-8 p.m. today at Dyersburg…

Mildred Sturgis Brown, 94, of Union City died June 27, 2013, at Union City Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Ebenezer Cemetery near Troy. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Nathan Wilkins, 73, of Union City, died June 27, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Rawls Funeral Home in Union City.

Donald Wayne “Don” Arnold, 66, of South Fulton died June 25, 2013, at his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, with interment to follow there in Greenlea Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Saturday.

Halford A. “Red” Forrester, 81, of Perry, Mich. died June 16, 2013 in Lansing, Mich. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Roselawn Cemetery in Perry. Online condolences may be sent to www.watkinsfuneralhomes.com

Ray Lynn Eason, 56, of Union City died at Regional Medical Center in Memphis June 26, 2013. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jerry Grimsley officiating. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until the hour of services Saturday at the funeral home. He was born March 1,…

Horace R. “Doc” Dickenson, 99, of Weirsdale, Fla., passed away June 2, 2013. He was a former resident of Rives. He will be entombed at Memorial Park in Memphis, with Hamlin and Hilbish Funeral Directors of Eustis, Fla., in charge of arrangements. He was born in Rives and moved to Weirsdale from Ocala, Fla., in…

Rose Mary Worthy, 63, of Fulton died 2:05 p.m. June 27, 2013, at the home of her son. A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. Monday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, with visitation there from noon Monday until the hour of services.

J.P. Little, 67, of Springville, formerly of Union City, died May 9, 2013, at the Veterans Hospital in Nashville.?Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. The Rev. Jerry Leggett will officiate. Friends are asked to meet at the Jones-Walker Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4862 on North Clover Street in Union…

Philip J. Young, Ph.D., 65, of Martin, died June 21, 2013 at his residence. Services were held at 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Martin with Murphy Funeral Home of Martin in charge of the arrangements. Online tributes may be left at murphyfuneralhome.net.

The Messenger has learned that Boyce Earl Coffey, 66, of New Port Richey, Fla., formerly of Hickman, Ky., passed away Dec. 21, 2012. ?Memorial graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Hickman City Cemetery, with the Rev. Henry Callison officiating.?Visitation will be held on Thursday from 2-4 p.m. at the funeral home.?He was…

Joe Stephenson, 49, of Union City died June 24, 2013, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. ?Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.