Area Obituaries

James “Pete” E. Williams Funeral services for Mr. James “Pete” E. Williams, 91, were held Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home with Tim Fuqua officiating. Burial followed in Zion Cemetery at Brazil, Tenn. Visitation with the family was at 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral…

Paul Edwin Thompson III Paul Edwin Thompson III passed this life on January 6, 2022 at AHC Humboldt. A private graveside service was conducted at Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery in Nutbush, Tenn. with Dr. Greg McFadden officiating. Mr. Thompson was born in Brownsville, Tenn. on December 7, 1946 to Martha Jean Smith and Paul…

Billy Dale Yarbrough Cremation was chosen for Mr. Billy Dale Yarbrough, age 44. The family will hold a private memorial service. Mr. Yarbrough, a construction worker, passed away December 24, 2021 in Humboldt, Tenn. He was preceded in death by his father, John Allen Yarbrough Sr.; and his brother, James Gordon Yarbrough. Mr. Yarbrough is…

Memorial services for Mrs. Mary Louise Watson Wallsmith, 84, will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home chapel.  Mrs. Wallsmith, a retired employee of Kimberly Clark and member of the Humboldt Church of Christ, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 at her home. She was preceded in…

Memorial services for Woody Pipkin will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, December 30, 2021 in the chapel of Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with Bro. Gerald Smith officiating. Visitation will be held from 12 noon until service time at the funeral home.Mr. Pipkin, 72, passed away Monday, December 20, 2021 at his home.He was born in Humboldt,…

Olive Jackson Murphree, age 98, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 3, 2021.  She and her husband, Grover Crafton (aka “Jimmy”) Murphree were married in 1947.  In 1958 she, Jimmy, and their three sons moved to Milan, Tennessee where she lived until 2016 when she moved to Nashville to be closer to family. She was…

Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Jean Bland LaRocque were held 12 noon Saturday, December 18, 2021 in the chapel of Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with Bro. George McMinn officiating. Burial followed in Centerville Cemetery near Medina. Mrs. LaRocque, 75, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2021, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was born in Madison County…

Graveside services for Mr. Richard Lloyd Oliver were held 2 p.m. Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery with Dr. Philip Jett officiating. Mr. Oliver, 67, passed away Monday, December 6, 2021 at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was raised in Trenton, Tenn. and graduated from Peabody…

Robert Earl “Bobby” Mathews, 82, of Humboldt, Tenn. went to be with the Lord on December 6, 2021. Bobby, as he was known as in Humboldt, was born on April 20, 1939 in Fruitland, Tenn. to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cassie Mathews. He was raised in the Fruitland Presbyterian Church and attended Humboldt High School,…

Funeral services for Ms. Jean Williams, 92, were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 26, 2021 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home chapel. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation was Friday from 12 p.m. until service time. Ms. Williams, an employee of J. Hungerford Smith and faithful member of the Humboldt Church of Christ,…