Area Obituaries

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…

Completed arrangements are being announced for Nathan Herman Wilkins, 73, of Union City, who died June 27, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Brown Chapel AME Church, with the Rev. Clay Holiday officiating. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at…

Mattie Pauline Hill, 82, of Obion died June 29, 2013, at her home. A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion, with the Rev. Marshall Easley officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon-1 p.m. Saturday. She was born Aug. 6, 1930, daughter of the late…

Larry James Cochran Sr., 67, of Rutherford, formerly of Union City, died July 5, 2013, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Shannon Saliba officiating. Burial will follow in Dyer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 4-7 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers will be…

Mary Louise “Tootie” Hagan, 97, of Elkmont, Ala., a former resident of Union City, did July 4, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Mary Margaret (Hagan) Wait in Elkmont. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with burial following in East View Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from…

Edward Busby, 65, of Hickman, Ky., died July 2, 2013, at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Strong Funeral Home in Hickman, with burial following in Hickman City Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from 6-8 and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the hour…

Billie Robey, 89, of South Fulton died 9:30 p.m. July 4, 2013, at VanAyer Manor in Martin. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home.

Norman Eben Moseley, 85, of Union City died 12:10 a.m. July 5, 2013, at Delta Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home, with burial following in Moseley Cemetery in Warren, Ark. The family will receive friends from noon until the hour of services Sunday at the funeral home.…