Obituaries

Aug 26, 2021

James Ray Williams, age 80 of Trenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at Dyer Nursing Home. Graveside services for Mr. Williams will be conducted on Saturday, August 28, 2021, at 3:00 pm at Oakwood Cemetery in Dyer with Bro. Ray Carroll officiating.  

He was born November 17, 1940, in Dyer, TN; the son of...

Aug 25, 2021

Terry Allen Brown, age 75 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services for Mr. Brown will be conducted on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 2:00 pm at Bells Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Bro. Tom Crandle officiating.  

He was born March 28, 1946, in Mason...

Aug 21, 2021

Scott Thomas Simpson, age 60, of Trimble passed away from this life on August 21st, 2021, at his home with his family by his side. Funeral services for Mr. Simpson will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 11:00AM in the Kenton chapel of Karnes and Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Mason Hall Cemetery.

Scott was born in...

Aug 18, 2021

Mrs. Mary Joyce Sorrell, age 94 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on August 18, 2021, at Dyer Nursing Home. Graveside services for Mrs. Sorrell will be conducted on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at 2:00 pm at Cool Springs Cemetery.

She was born September 8, 1926, in Dyer, TN; the daughter of the late Claude Winnon & Lattie...

Aug 11, 2021

Roger Dale White, age 73 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union City. Funeral services for Mr. White will be conducted on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 1:00 pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Joshua Mayo officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford...

Aug 11, 2021

Mr. James Robert “Sonny” Cooper, age 92 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt. Funeral services for Mr. Cooper will be conducted on Friday, August 20, 2021, at 10:00 am in the Dyer chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Scott Jewell officiating. Interment will...

Aug 9, 2021

Betty J. Wright Foren, age 77 of Milan, TN passed away from this life at Jackson Madison County General Hospital on Monday, August 9, 2021. Graveside services will be held Friday, August 13, 2021, at 3:00 pm in Oakwood Cemetery.

She was born June 8, 1944, in Trenton, TN. She was the daughter of the late Sally Duke Turner and J.B....

Jul 30, 2021

Mrs. Crystal Dawn Whitney, age 46 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, July 30, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital -Union City. Graveside services for Mrs. Whitney will be conducted on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at 2:00 pm at Bowen Chapel Cemetery in Friendship, TN.

She was born December 15, 1974, in Humboldt, TN; the daughter of...

Jul 29, 2021

Michael Shane Miles, age 41 of Sharon, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at his home. Cremation services for Mr. Miles are under the direction of Karnes & Son Funeral Home.  No services are scheduled at this time.

He was born May 22, 1980, in Union City, TN; the son of Mr. Burney Miles, and...

Jul 26, 2021

Mrs. Twyla Evonne Duncan, age 54 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, July 26, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Duncan will be conducted on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at 12:00 pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Stephen Fields officiating. Interment will follow in...

Jul 24, 2021

Virgil Barton “Bart” Frye, age 88 of Trimble, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union City. Funeral services for Mr. Frye will be conducted on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Yorkville Bethel Baptist Church with Bro. Billy Criswell officiating. Interment will follow in New...

Jul 9, 2021

Donald Lewis Cunningham, age 67 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on July 9, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Cunningham will be conducted on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at 11:00 AM in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Andy Rice officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery...

Jul 2, 2021

On July 2, 2021, Judith “Judy” Raines Garrett was called home to be with our Lord and Savior after a long battle with Alzheimer’s/Dementia.  She was 74 years old. 

Born and raised in Dyer, Tennessee, to Elroy and Ethel “Sally” (Northam) Raines of Dyer, she had one sibling Sally “Rudy” Young.  She married the love of her life, Joe R....

Jun 29, 2021

Joe Carrol Stephens of Kenton, Tennessee was called home to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at the age of 76. He was a believer in his Lord Jesus Christ and an active member of the First Baptist Church in Kenton, TN where he had served as a former deacon and Sunday School Director. He also was an...

Jun 23, 2021

Clyde Cagle Jr., age 64 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at home. Funeral services for Mr. Cagle will be conducted on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at 1:00 pm in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in Union Grove Cemetery.

He was...

Jun 19, 2021

Charles Douglas Eddings, age 61 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at home. Funeral services for Mr. Eddings will be conducted on Monday, June 21, 2021, at 3:00 pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Crandall officiating. Interment will follow in North Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church...

Jun 18, 2021

Mrs. Janet Leigh Tharpe, age 67 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, June 18, 2021, at home. Graveside services for Mrs. Tharpe will be conducted on Monday, June 21, 2021, at 1:30 pm in the Rutherford Cemetery with Bro. Brent Smith officiating. Interment will follow immediately afterwards.

She was born May 13, 1954, in Athens, Alabama; the...

Jun 17, 2021

Marie Elizabeth Echols, age 87 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at NHC Healthcare in Milan. Funeral services for Mrs. Echols will be conducted on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Dyer chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Dr. Ray Carroll officiating. Interment will follow in Poplar Grove...

Jun 9, 2021

Mrs. Mary Helen Hill, age 79 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at her daughters’ home. Funeral services for Mrs. Hill will be conducted on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at 3:00 pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Travis Hendrix officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford Cemetery....

Jun 9, 2021