George Thomas Badgett, 79, were held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Ronk Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Phillips officiating. Burial in Alamo Cemetery.

Mr. Badgett died Friday afternoon at Jackson-Madison County Hospital.

He was a retired butcher. He was born in Crockett County; son of the late Tom and Alice Boone Badgett.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ida Mayfield Badgett of Bells; one son, William Thomas Badgett of Jackson; one daughter, Mrs. Neal Warren of Alamo; one stepson, Russell Laman of Memphis; three brothers, Cecil Badgett of Alamo, Guy Badgett of Maury City and Claude Badgett of Friendship; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Rooks and Mrs. Reed Gibbons both of Maury City; five grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Frank Kail, Don Hart, Lloyd Copher, Howard Morton, Jack Gibbons and Wendell Avery.