Area Obituaries

Ms. Jackie Chambliss, 62, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 at Forest Cove Nursing Home in Jackson, Tenn. She was born in Germany to the late Joseph Alvis Chambliss and Nancy Gilbert Chambliss. Ms. Chambliss worked mostly as a waitress. She loved animals, especially cats. She also loved to write poetry, crocheting, knitting, watching westerns…

Mr. Randy Lynn Jones, an Advanced EMT with Crockett County EMS and the unit director for the Humboldt Area Volunteer Rescue Squad died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the age of 61. Funeral services for Mr. Jones were held on Thursday, June 29, 2022 in the Humboldt…

Mrs. Sheri Norville Bell, formerly of Gadsden, Tenn., entered her heavenly home on Saturday, July 9, 2022. She was born in Humboldt, Tenn. on May 11, 1943 to the late Cecil Almon Norville and Mary Louise White Norville. Mrs. Sheri was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gadsden and was the church’s bookkeeper…

Ted Murray “Raggedy Man” Jones, 62, of Humboldt, Tenn., passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. He was born on January 5, 1960, at Fort Eustis, Virginia Military Hospital. Mr. Jones graduated high school in 1978 with honors from Old Hickory Academy (Jackson, Tenn.) where he played basketball, was voted Most Talented, Class Favorite/Mr. OHA…

Funeral services for Mrs. Donna Reed will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at Mt. Zion Community Church with Rev. Kevin Autry and Rev. Steven Fonville officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Reed (Gaga), 46, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022 at Milan General Hospital. She was born in Jackson,…

Funeral services for Mr. Jake Sanders, 39, will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home chapel. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 p.m. until service time. Burial will be Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 10 a.m. in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Sanders, a forklift operator for…

Funeral services for Mrs. Lanell Marie Sims were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at The Church at Sugar Creek in Humboldt, Tenn. with Dr. Greg McFadden and Dr. Bill Sims officiating. Burial followed in Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, Tenn. Mrs. Sims, 86, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, June…

Gregory “Shorty” Brown, 69, passed away on June 1, 2022 in Hot Springs, Ark. Although he faced medical challenges in recent years, he continued to celebrate life until the end.  Mr. Brown is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Deborah. He was a proud dad to his daughter, Kelly Clawitter; bonus dad to Kevin…

Virginia Sue Graves Pitts, 99, died June 13, 2022 at her home in Collierville, Tenn. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Talton E. Graves (Maude) of Humboldt, Tenn., and was born on May 9, 1923. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Willie D. Sanders and Guy Pitts; siblings, Howard Graves, Robert…

Glenda Kennedy Milligan, the widow of Dr. Jack Milligan, passed away June 13, 2022 at Williamson Medical Center. Mrs. Milligan was born on March 18, 1944, the second of four children to Lloyd and Marie Kennedy of Henderson, Tenn. She attended Chester County Schools. Mrs. Milligan married the love of her life, Jack Milligan, in…