Area Obituaries

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…

Col. Robert Wallace “Bob” Smith, 88, of Martin, died July 23, 2013 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

James M. “Mickey” Todd,  82, died peacefully with his son by his side on July 24, 2013.

Stephen Brown, 82, of Sharon, died Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at Sharon United Methodist Church. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the church. Brown was born June 16, 1931 in Bruceton, son of the late John Eli Brown and…

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. The Rev. James Kinsey will officiate. Pallbearers will be Jerry Dyer, John Radford, Neal Rice, Leroy Segraves, Jerry Williams, Dr. Howard Ragsdale and Bob Robison. Honorary pallbearers will be Ralph Adams, Don Gray and Arthur Melton. There will be no visitation. Friends are…