Obituaries

Mar 6, 2022

Mrs. Nancy Lou Whitley, age 89 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services for Mrs. Whitley will be conducted on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 2:00pm at North Union Cemetery. Interment will immediatley follow.

She was born March 12, 1932, in Rutherford, TN; the daughter of the late...

Mar 6, 2022

Mr. Kenneth Wayne Whitworth, age 75 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at his residence. Funeral services for Mr. Whitworth will be conducted on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Barry Capps officiating. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery in...

Feb 28, 2022

Glenda Alice King, age 82, formally of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services for Ms. King will be conducted on Friday, March 4, 2022, at 2:00pm at Oakwood Cemetery with Pastor Randy Mutter officiating, with Rev. Jim Calhoun assisting. Interment will follow immediately afterwards.

She was...

Feb 27, 2022

Elbert Wayne Shanklin, age 75 of Trenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Shanklin will be conducted on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 2:00pm in the Dyer chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. John Coleman officiating. Interment will follow in Good Hope...

Feb 24, 2022

Joan Edith Lewellen, age 73, of Ripley, Mississippi, passed away from this life on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Graveside services for Mrs. Lewellen will be conducted on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 2:00pm at Poplar Grove Cemetery.

She was born March 21, 1948 in Dyer County , TN; the daughter of the late Lonnie &...

Feb 24, 2022

Scottie Lynn Stewart, age 76 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Stewart will be conducted on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 2:00pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Mark Kirkpatrick officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford Cemetery.

He...

Feb 20, 2022

Mary Josephine Walker Beard, age 88, formally of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away peacefully from this life on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at Tennessee State Veterans’ Home-Humboldt, of renal failure. Funeral services for Mrs. Beard will be conducted on Friday, February 25, 2022, at 1:00pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Marlon Stephens and Bro....

Feb 19, 2022

John Irvin Goodman, age 82 of Trenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union City. Graveside services for Mr. Goodman will be conducted on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 11:00am at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Trenton with Dr. John Adams officiating.  

He was born October 14, 1939, in Humboldt, TN;...

Feb 18, 2022

Carol Elaine Wagster Pack, age 67 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Lourdes Hospital Hospice Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Pack will be conducted on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:00pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Dr. James Thomas Harris officiating. Interment will follow in Bells...

Feb 17, 2022

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Fletcher Wilson, age 91 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Trenton Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Wilson will be conducted on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 3:30pm in the chapel of First Baptist Church in Rutherford with Bro. Andy Mayfield officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford...

Feb 16, 2022

Jasper Warren “Jr” Ayers Jr., age 76 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at home. Memorial services for Mr. Ayers will be conducted on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 2:00 pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Joseph Dickinson officiating.  

He was born April 23, 1945, in Gibson...

Feb 12, 2022

Mrs. Sara Ann Hurt Abbott, age 87 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at home. Funeral services for Mrs. Abbott will be conducted on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 11:00am in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Marlon Stephens and Bro. Sammy Dowland officiating. Interment will follow in...

Feb 12, 2022

Ken Marc King, age 60 of Memphis, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House. Graveside services for Mr. King will be conducted on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 11:00am at Yorkville Cemetery.

He was born June 11, 1961, in Dyersburg, TN; the son of Aubrey & Janice Flatt King. He worked...

Feb 8, 2022

Feb 7, 2022

Leoma Jean Langston, age 88 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, February 7, 2022, at home. Funeral services for Mrs. Langston will be conducted on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at 2:00pm in the chapel of First Assembly of God in Dyer with Bro. Mark Kirkpatrick officiating. Interment will follow in Baker’s Chapel Cemetery, in Hernando, MS....

Feb 3, 2022

Dennis Jefferson Keathley, age 77 of Rutherford, TN, passed from this life on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Graveside services for Mr. Keathley will be held Monday, February 7, 2022, at 11:00am at Crockett Mills Christian Church Cemetery.

He was born May 10, 1944, to Clyde and Alice Keathley.

He is survived by his loving wife, Tommie Sue Keathley. Dennis and Tommie Sue...

Jan 31, 2022

Mr. Vernon Cleo Dodson, age 89 of Nebo, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. Funeral services for Mr. Dodson will be conducted on Monday, February 7, 2022, at 2:00pm in the Dyer chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Fuqua officiating. Interment will follow in Yorkville...

Jan 28, 2022

Michael William Callins, age 51 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union City. Funeral services for Mr. Callins will be conducted on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 2:00 pm in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Marcus McClure officiating. Interment will follow in...

Jan 15, 2022

Mrs. Edith Anita Jones, age 75 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, January 14, 2022, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Jones will be conducted on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 2:00 PM in the Dyer chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. John Coleman officiating. Interment will follow in...

Jan 11, 2022

Mr. Malcolm Lee Faulkner, age 84 of Mayfield, Kentucky, passed away from this life on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Jackson Purchase Medical Center. Graveside services for Mr. Faulkner will be conducted on Friday, January 14, 2022, at 3:30pm at Salem Methodist Church Cemetery with Bro. Sammy Dowland officiating; with interment to immediately follow.

He was born August 30, 1937,...