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James Etheridge Gowan
James Etheridge Gowan, 87, retired machinist for Milco Manufacturing died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services were Friday at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Hopewell Cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Mr. Gowan, the husband of Lucille  Johnson Gowan, also leaves a sister, Annie Mae Arrington of Huntingdon, and a brother, Jodie Gowan of Atwood.
- dated June 7, 2002

Curtis Lee Newbill
Services for Curtis Lee Newbill, 41, were held last Friday at Little Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. He died Saturday at Milan General Hospital. He married Sharon Woodson in 1985. He leaves her, a set of twins, Lezka of Nashville and Kizke Woodson of Chattanooga, Dion Woodson of Milan; daughter, Latoria Randolph and granddaughter Kadaza Starr, both of Little Grove, TN; his mother, Artie Mae Newbill of Little Grove; his father, Aurthur Lee Barham of St. Louis; brothers, Barry and Bobby Barham of St. Louis; a sister, Tracey Barham of Alabama; brother, Bryson Beard of Little Grove; four sisters-in-law and four brothers-in-law; God sister, Diane Scott and God brother, James B. Porter, and a host of aunts and uncles, cousins, relatives and friends.
- dated June 7, 2002

Kelso Forville Watts
Kelso Forville Watts, 78, former employee of Jefferson Smurfit Co. in Humboldt, died Monday at Maplewood Healthcare Center. Services were Thursday at Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with burial in Hopewell Cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Medina First Baptist Church. Mr. Watts was the husband of Doris Watts.
- dated June 7, 2002

Evelyn Yearwood
Evelyn Yearwood, 88, homemaker, died Tuesday at Milan General Hospital. Graveside services were Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery. She was a member of Cades Church of Christ. Mrs. Yearwood, the widow of Oabie Yearwood, leaves a son, Billy Yearwood of Trenton, a granddaughter and two great-grandsons.
- dated June 7, 2002

Marsha Easley
MILAN-Marsha Lynn Easley, 24, former employee of Osco Drugs in Derby, Kan., died Wednesday at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. Services were Sunday at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Antioch Cemetery. She was a member of Derby First Baptist Church. She leaves her parents, Teresa and David Easley of Humboldt; a sister, Christy Scott of Rose Hill, Kan., and her grandparents, Dorothy Lucille Easley of Milan and LaVerne Simmons of Trezevant; a niece, Courtney Scott and a nephew, Brandon Scott, both of Rose Hill, Kansas. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Attn: Communication Dept.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

Annie Morgan
DRESDEN-Annie Laura  Johnson Morgan, 82, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Volunteer in Martin. Services were Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home with burial in Liberty Cemetery. She was a member of Davis Memorial Bapitst Church. Mrs. Morgan, the widow of Louie Virgil Morgan, leaves a daughter, Rosie Ray of Dresden; three sons, Virgil Lee Morgan of Palmersville, Jimmy Morgan of Trezevant and Ray Morgan of Dresden; a sister, Rosie Buttrey of Dresden; a brother, Elmer  Johnson of Gleason, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

B.J. Maxwell
JACKSON-B.J. ‘Joe’ Maxwell, 74, retired superintendent for Inman Construction Co., died Thursday at Maplewood Nursing Home. Services were Saturday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with burial in Browns Church Cemetery. He was a World War II and Korean War Navy veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Maxwell, the husband of Marie Wells Maxwell, also leaves a son, Joseph Eric Maxwell of Cary, N.C.; a sister, Patsy Duncan of Memphis, and two brothers, Harold Maxwell of  Jackson and Robert Maxwell of Milan.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

Anita Hardee
JACKSON-Anita Jo Hardee, 58, homemaker, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services were Friday at Mason Wells Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home had charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Hardee, the widow of Jonas Hardee, leaves five daughters, Sue Brown of Cullman, Ala., Julie Rednour and Misty Bryant, both of Jackson, and Linda Murley and Glenda Akins, both of Ripley; five sisters, Patty Smith, Nina Mae Davidson and Judy Brown, all of Jackson, Evelyn Lindley of Humboldt and Brenda Hickman of Milan; five brothers, Joe Norris Brown of Humboldt, Lee Walter Brown, Gerald Wayne Brown and Jerry Winn, all of Milan, and Dwight Brown of Jackson, and 10 grandchildren.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

Robert ‘Doc’ Bryant
TIPTONVILLE– Services for Dr. Robert Erwin Bryant, 80, were held Monday, at the Tiptonville First United Methodist Church. Burial was in the City Cemetery with J.W. Curry and Son Funeral Home in charge.
Dr. Bryant, an optometrist, died Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Methodist-LeBonheur Healthcare in Dyersburg.
He was born in Milan, and was a member of Milan West Plains Primitive Baptist Church. Elder T.L. Webb helped officiate funeral services.
Dr Bryant retired from his optometry profession in 1993, after fifty years of practice in Tiptonville. Before beginning his practice, he served in the United States Army, after being drafted in 1943. He served his country as an ambulance driver, engineer and foot soldier. He began his European tour of duty in 1945 where he served till the end of the war.
He was a graduate of Tiptonville High School and the Southern College of Optometry at Memphis. He was the past president of the West Tennessee Optometric Assoc. and a past president of the Tiptonville Kiwanis Club.
He was born in Milan, June 16, 1922, to the late B.D. and Eulah Cunningham Bryant, who moved their family to Tiptonville in 1927. He leaves his wife, Martha Alexander Bryant, a twin brother Charles Edwin Bryant, a niece Lynne Ayers, a nephew Andy Andrews of Brentwood, TN, 5 great nephews and one great niece.
Memorials may be sent to Tiptonville United Methodist Church or Milan West Plains Primitive Baptist Church.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

Betty Montgomery
MILAN-Betty B. Montgomery, 67, retired employee of ITT Telecommunications, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services were Friday at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Double Springs Cemetery. She was a former secretary of the Good Samaritan Sunday School Class at Milan Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Montgomery, the widow of James A. ‘Bo-Bo’ Montgomery, leaves a sister, Dianne Morris of Brownsville; 6 nieces, Marsha Holmes of Milan, Sandra Beasley of Springville, Tammy Emerson of Brownsville, Donna Biggers, Jane Hogan and Ruth Phillips, all of Memphis; 4 nephews, Kenny Shaver and Larry Shaver, both of Humbolt, Phil Morris of Ripley and Robert Guy Blankenship of Memphis . The family requests that memorials be sent to Milan Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

Nell Terry
JACKSON-Nell Terry, 78, retired supervisor for BellSouth, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at George A. Smith and Sons Funeral Home North with burial in Ridgecrest Cemetery. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the Telephone Pioneers of America. Mrs. Terry, the wife of James W. Terry, also leaves two daughters, Renee Terry of  Jackson and Cindy Terry of Milan; a sister, Ruth Watlington of Del City, Okla., and a grandchild.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

Thomas Copley
TRENTON-Thomas Nelson Copley, 63, truck driver, died Thursday at Gibson General Hospital. Services were Saturday at Shelton Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Mr. Copley, the husband of Denise Copley, also leaves three sons, Thomas Copley Jr. and Terry Copley, both of Bradford, and Tim Copley of Enon, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Brooke Doss, and two stepsons, Daniel Doss and Ben Doss, all of Trenton; two sisters, Doris Ann Cannon of Milan and Wanda Dillabunty of Hughes, Ark.; a brother, Bill Copley of Trenton, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
- dated Oct 14, 2002

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