Obituaries

December 22, 2021

Mr. Bradley Thomas Pate, age 64 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Pate will be conducted on Sunday, December 26, 2021, at 4:00pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Joshua Mayo and Adam Pate officiating. Interment will...

December 21, 2021

Pamela Kay Lewis, age 66 of Trenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at home. Graveside services for Mrs. Lewis will be conducted on Monday, December 27, 2021, at 2:00pm at Oakwood Cemetery with Bro. Keith Harwell officiating. Interment to immediately follow.

She was born April 8, 1955, in Dyer, TN; the daughter of her...

December 21, 2021

Carole Jean Lane, age 75 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union City. Funeral services for Mrs. Lane will be conducted on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at 1:00pm in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Michael Julian officiating. Interment will follow in North...

December 21, 2021

Ms. Phyllis Denese Parker, age 61 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at her residence. Graveside services for Ms. Parker will be conducted on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 2 PM at the Poplar Grove Cemetery with Bro. Johnny Witherspoon officiating.

She was born May 7, 1960 in Rutherford, Tennessee ; the daughter of...

December 20, 2021

Mr. Alton Howard Laman, age 87 of Trenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, December 20, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Laman will be conducted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at 1PM in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home, with Bro. Steve Sutton officiating. Interment will follow in Babbs...

December 20, 2021

Harrel Dewaine Swindle, a proud veteran of the Army, age 80 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away peacefully from this life on Monday, December 20, 2021, at home, surrounded by his family. Graveside services for Mr. Swindle will be conducted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at 2:00pm at Rutherford Cemetery with Bro. Dillard Lykins officiating.  

He was born August 23, 1941,...

December 17, 2021

Jerry William Taylor, age 65 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, December 17, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Cremation services are under the direction of Karnes & Son Funeral Home.

He was born December 18, 1955, in Fort Campbell, KY; the son of the late Jerry Brian & Janice Elkin Taylor. He retired as...

December 16, 2021

Peggy Oneal Fields, age 77 of Paris, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at AHC in Paris. Graveside services for Mrs. Fields will be conducted on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at 2:00 pm in Walnut Grove Cemetery with family and friends celebrating the life of Mrs. Peggy. Interment to immediately follow.

She was born September...

December 16, 2021

December 13, 2021

Johnny Marshall Carson, age 83 of Memphis, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, December 13, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis East. Funeral services for Mr. Carson will be conducted on Monday, December 20, 2021, at 1:00 pm in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Jernigan officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood...

December 11, 2021

Mrs. Annie Ruth Tidwell, age 71 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, December 11, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services for Mrs. Tidwell will be conducted on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 2:00 pm at New Concord Baptist Church Cemetery with family and friends providing stories with/and of Mrs. Tidwell. Interment will follow...

December 10, 2021

Thomas Allen Bradford “Tom,” age 84 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, December 10, 2021, at his home in Kenton.  Funeral services for Mr. Bradford will be conducted on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 3:00 pm in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Burkacki and Bro. Billy Criswell officiating. Interment...

December 9, 2021

Mrs. Barbara Ann White, age 65 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on December 9, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. White  will be conducted on Friday, December 17th  at 1:00 PM in the Kenton chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Minister Tim White officiating. Interment will follow in Westside Cemetery...

December 6, 2021

December 5, 2021

Aaron E. Troyer, 85, of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on December 5, 2021, at home and surrounded by loving family.

He was born on September 9, 1936, in Farmerstown, Ohio, to Emmanuel & Ada (Miller) Troyer. On October 7, 1960, he married Ida Luella Miller in Berlin, Ohio. He was a retired welder and did lawn care....

November 21, 2021

Lillian Ann Branch, age 70 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Karnes & Son Funeral Home.

She was born March 4, 1951, in Rutherford, TN; the daughter of the late Olie & Margaret Baker Frazier. She worked at Kenton Plastic...

November 18, 2021

Mary Frances Emerson, age 89 of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Jackson Madison County Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Emerson will be conducted on Monday, November 22, 2021, at 11:00 am in the Rutherford chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Crews officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford Cemetery....

November 15, 2021

George Robert Ellis, Chancellor for the 28th Judicial District, passed away in his home surrounded by his family on Monday, November 15, 2021. Ellis was born at the Dyer Clinic on November 14, 1948, to the late Dr. John Wesley Ellis and Georgia McIlwain Ellis. Upon graduating from Dyer High School, he left his small West Tennessee town for the first...

November 13, 2021

James Ervin Schoolfield, age 85 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at home. Funeral services for Mr. Schoolfield will be conducted on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at 12:00 pm in the chapel of New Salem Baptist Church with Bro. Darrell Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, in Mason...

November 6, 2021

Robert Lynn Brown, age 76 of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at his residence. A Memorial Service for Mr. Brown will be conducted on Thursday, November 11, at 1:00PM in the Dyer chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Brian Lindsey, Bruce Lindsey, and Mike Cook officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood...