Obituaries
Obituaries for the Waverly & McEwen area
Madge Earline Forrest Danley
Feb 1, 2022
Madge Earline Ellison Danley, age 95 of Waverly passed away Tuesday February 1, 2022 at Humphreys County Nursing Home in Waverly after a long illness. She was born March 21,1926 to the late L. E. Forrest and Iola Lashlee Forrest. Ms. Madge, as she was so fondly known, was a member of Halls Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a fifty year...
Evelyn Huff Abramson
Feb 1, 2022
Mrs. Evelyn Ann Huff Abramson, age 100, of New Johnsonville, TN, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Waverly Healthcare & Rehab in Waverly, TN. Mrs. Abramson was born March 3, 1921, in Etowah, TN, to William Martin Huff and Annie Modenia Huskins Huff. She was married to the late Carl Walter Abramson. She was a member of St. Andrews...
Dr. Arthur Winfrey Walker
Jan 31, 2022
Dr. Arthur Winfrey Walker, age 94 of Waverly, Tennessee, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022 at Camden Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Walker was born January 24, 1928 in Fayette County, Tennessee to June Galloway Walker and Mattie Sweeny Winfrey Walker. He married Jo Bone Walker who passed away in 2019. They were wed on the Bride and Groom Radio...
Willis "Buddy" Boyd Lawson, Jr.
Jan 29, 2022
Mr. Willis Boyd “Buddy” Poppy” Lawson, Jr., age 77, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022, at his home in Waverly, TN, surrounded by his loving family. Buddy Lawson, Jr. was born March 4, 1944, in Nashville, TN, to Willis Boyd Lawson, Sr. and Nell Elizabeth Thompson Lawson. He married Miriam Louise Stewart Lawson on November 26, 1993. Buddy Lawson, Jr....
Jeffrey Lynn Smith
Jan 29, 2022
Mr. Jeffrey Lynn Smith, age 72, of McEwen, TN, passed away January 29, 2022, at TriStar Horizon Medical Center, in Dickson, TN. Jeffrey Smith was born November 30, 1949, in El Paso, TX, to William F. and Stella Marrietta Songstad Smith. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War. He was married to...
Janie Evangeline Murphree
Jan 26, 2022
Janie Evangeline Murphree entered her life in her grandparent’s house in the Buffalo community of Humphreys County on November 8th, 1942 and left her earthly life on January 26th of this year. She was preceded in death by her mother, Olive Pearl Duncan Murphree,her father, John Wilson Murphree, Sr., and a newborn brother who did not survive, a sister, Osa Priscilla...
Ester Marie Martin
Jan 24, 2022
Ms. Ester Marie Martin, age 93, of Waverly, TN, passed away Monday, January 24, 2022, at Three Rivers Hospital in Waverly. Ms. Martin was born November 9, 1928, in Waverly, TN to Alva Bud Martin and Nancy Elevine McCord Martin. She was a homemaker. Graveside Service and Interment were held Thursday, January 27, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., at the Trinity...
James Robert Thompson, Jr.
Jan 20, 2022
Mr. James Robert Thompson, Jr., age 78, of Paris, TN, passed away on January 20, 2022, at his home. Mr. Thompson was born on December 27, 1943, in Greenfield, TN, to James Robert Thompson, Sr. and Virgie May Davis Thompson. Mr. James Thompson will be cremated at Richlawn Crematory, Waverly, TN. There are no services scheduled at this time. His...
William Stanley Mathias
Jan 19, 2022
William Stanley Mathias, 68, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed on into a heavenly embrace on January 19th, in Tahlequah, OK. Born May 29th, 1953, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Louise Stone and William Alvia Mathias, Stan attended Waverly Central High School. He received a BA degree from Middle Tennessee State University and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. For many...
Gary Hershel Donegan
Jan 14, 2022
Mr. Gary Hershel Donegan, age 70, of Dickson, TN, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022, at TriStar Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, TN. Mr. Donegan was born August 13, 1951, in Hamtramck, MI, to Loyd Hershel Donegan and Thelma Christine Vineyard Donegan. He was married to Nancy Annette Atwood Donegan. Gary was a retired contractor. He loved meeting with the...
Gregg Spickard
Jan 5, 2022
Gregg Vaughn Spickard (April 18, 1943 - January 5, 2022) Gregg Vaughn Spickard passed away peacefully on January 5, 2022 at the age of 78 after enduring complications from Multiple Sclerosis. Gregg was born in Houston, Texas to Gerald and Pauline Spickard. Gregg graduated from Spring Branch High School in Houston. Gregg graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelors...
Jennifer Plant Hall
Jan 4, 2022
Mrs. Jennifer Plant Hall, age 68, of New Johnsonville, TN, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at Humphreys County Nursing Home in Waverly, TN. Mrs. Hall was born on February 11, 1953, in Waverly, TN, to J.D. Plant and Margaret Fortner Plant. Jennifer retired from her career as a school teacher. She was the organist for Ebenezer United Methodist...
Ronald Grant James
Dec 29, 2021
Mr. Ronald Grant James, age 64, of McEwen, TN, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Mr. Ronald James was born on August 20, 1957 in Timmonsville, South Carolina, to Liston Leroy James and Ruby Lee Lane James. He was a 1976 graduate of Greenwood High School in Greenwood, SC., & he graduated from Nashville, Tech. Mr. Ronald James served...
Martha Sue Brown Simpson
Dec 27, 2021
Mrs. Martha Sue Brown Simpson, age 81, of McEwen, TN, passed away Monday, December 27, 2021, at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Sue Simpson was born September 3, 1940, in Bold Springs, TN, to Joe Edward and Alta Mae Scurlock Brown. She was married to Marvin Lanier Simpson. Mrs. Simpson was a retired School Teacher from...
Linda Joyce Baker
Dec 26, 2021
Mrs. Linda Joyce Forrester Baker, age 75, of McEwen, TN, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Baker was born July 14, 1946, in McEwen, TN, to Billy and Sally Margaret Clemons Forrester. She was married to James Daniel "Dan" Baker. She was a member of Poplar Grove church of Christ in McEwen,...
Murry Gene Parker
Dec 25, 2021
A Celebration of Life service for LTC Murry "Gene" Parker, ARMY (Ret), 91, of Smyrna, TN, will be Friday, December 31, 2021 at 12:00 PM at Sykes Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Waverly, TN. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until the time of service. Gene went home to be with the Lord...
Donald Wayne Warren
Dec 23, 2021
Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. 795 Morrison Springs Rd, P.O. Box 898 Whitwell, Tennessee 37397 Office phone (423) 658-7777 FAX (423) 658-7779 whitwellmemorial@yahoo.com www.whitwellmemorialfuneralhome.com Obituary Notice For Donald Wayne Warren Donald Wayne Warren age 75 of Whitwell, passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021. “Warren” as we all lovingly called him, graduated with the class of 1964 Central High School in...
Bobby Orvel Barber
Dec 20, 2021
Bobby Orvel Barber, 72, of New Johnsonville, TN passed away onDecember 20, 2021 after a long fight with cancer.Bob was born in Jackson, TN on February 15, 1949 to Orvel C. Barber andEnid Haney Barber.Bob graduated from Waverly Central High in 1967. He served with theU.S. Marine Corp at Camp Lejuene, NC and in Vietnam (1968-1969).Corporal Barber was awarded...
Alice Marie Luepkes
Dec 13, 2021
Mrs. Alice Marie Luepkes, age 80, of McEwen, TN, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Luepkes was born October 2, 1941, in San Diego, CA, to Charles Everett Boyd and Lola Marie Kinkead Boyd. She was married to the late Gerald "Jerry" Arthur Luepkes. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Luepkes was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...
Dixie Mai Everett
Dec 13, 2021
Mrs. Dixie Mai Stephens Binkley Everett, age 89, of Waverly, TN, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, at Humphreys County Nursing Home in Waverly, TN. Mrs. Everett was born on September 28, 1932, in Dyer, TN, to Lexie Parks Stephens and Thelma Elizabeth Luckett Stephens. She was a Retired Clerk for the Humphreys County Trustee’s Office in Waverly, TN. She...
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