All of these obituaries are from Dyer County newspapers, from 1999 - 2005.
Last Name, First Name, Middle, Age, Date of Death, Place of Death, Family
w/o = Wife of h/o = Husband of s/o = Son of d/o = Daughter of
Ochoa, Paul G.
82yrs Jan 12 2003 Dyersburg, Tn. - h/o Reba - 3 dau: Michelle King, Linda Spain & Dora Thomas - son: Frankie Ochoa - 7 gr'ch & a gr'gr'ch. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Odom, Joe Robert
56yrs Feb 19 2001 Jackson, Tn. H/o Lyla Kee – dau: Claire L Odom [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Odom, Mary Lou Pritchett
79yrs March 21 2003 Dyersburg, Tn. - dau. & husband: Jennifer & Luke Keith - son & wife: Bob & Martha Odom - 2 bro: J H & Billy Joe Pritchett - 2 gr'ch: Becky Odom & Skipper Burks - gr'gr'ch: Jennifer Carol Burks - w/o Everett Odom - d/o Hugh & Alice Pritchett [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Ochoa, Paul G.
82yrs Jan 12 2003 Dyersburg, Tn. - h/o Reba - 3 dau: Michelle King, Linda Spain & Dora Thomas - son: Frankie Ochoa - 7 gr'ch & a gr'gr'ch. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Olive, Gerald
64yrs Nov 16 2002 Halls, Tn - h/o Barbara - 3 son: Michael Gerald, Robert Brian & William Webb Olive - sis: Betty Ann Hooper - bro: Jimmy Webb Olive - 4 gr'ch: Megan Nicole, Matthew Gerald, Patrick Kenneth & Rachel Christine Olive [Rehoboth Cemetery]
Olive, Maxie B
72yrs Feb 22 2001 Dyersburg, Tn. – d/o Estel Edward & Roxie Rice Childress – st'mother: Annie Lee Childress – 2, ½ sis: Linda Isbille & Joan Embry – 3, ½ bro: Bennie, Roy & Johnny Childress [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Oliver, Wallace A.
of NEWBERN -83yrs, farmer, died Thursday, Aug 12 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Newbern Fairview Cemetery. He was a member of Main Street Church of Christ and Newbern Fellowship Saddle Club. Mr. Oliver, the widower of Evelyn Oliver, leaves a daughter, Carol Shaw and husband James of Newbern; two sons, David Oliver of Newbern and Mike Oliver of Lexington; a brother, Glen Oliver of Newbern, five grandchildren,Patsy Brown, Pam Blevens, Terry Oliver, Blake Oliver and Brandon Anderson and and five great-grandchildren, Anna and Austin Brown, Rachel, Abby and Ben Blevens. He was preceded by his paents, Zora Austin Pliver and Will Oliver; his wife, Evelyn Oliver; two sisters, Billie Fultz and Estelle Oliver. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association. [Fairview Cemetery, Newbern]
O'Neal, Lottie M.
of DYERSBURG - 76yrs , homemaker, died Monday , Aug 23 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Friendship Cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. O'Neal, the widow of Gordon O'Neal, leaves a daughter, Peggy Ethridge of Brownsville; two sons, Bill O'Neal of Dyersburg and Mike O'Neal of Cullman, Ala., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded by her husband; four sisters, Willie Sue Hammonds, Mattie Joe Emison, Buna Poteet and Edna Wyatt; four brothers: Ed, Gilford, R. D. and George Tetleton. [Friendship Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN]
O'Malley, Gerald Lawrence
87yrs Sept 25 2002 Dyersburg, Tn. - h/o Emma Ruth - 2 dau: Katherine O'Malley & Pateria Horn - sis: Mildred O'Malley - 3 gr'ch: Libby Templeton, Audrey Bruno & Dr. Larry Horn - 3 gr'gr'ch. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Orr, Easton
80yrs Dec 5 2001 Dyersburg, Tn., US Army WW II - h/o Gladys - dau: Diane McLean - sis: Jo Madge Simpson - 4 gr'ch: Penny Cherry, Eugene McLean, Kathy Tidwell & Glooria Harrington - 6 gr'gr'ch [Dyer Co. Memorial Gardens Cemetery]
Orr, Sally F.
85yrs Feb 25 2001 Dyersburg, Tn. – w/o Robert L Orr – son: Robert Len Orr — sis: Virgina Holland [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Ostrom, Kurt Eric
36yrs June 25 2002 Dyersburg, Tn. - s/o Grant & Anita Ostrom - 3 bro: David Kemp, Timothy Scott Ostrom & Trae Stube - gr'par.. Harry & Hazel Ostrom & Lydia Bernhardt - aunt: Cherry Hulhman - 2 uncles: Mike Bernhardt & John Ostrom - 3 nieces: Jennifer McCloud, Tiffany & Paige Ostrom - nephew: Matthew Ostrom - [Fairview Cemetery, Newbern]
Ostrom, Kurt Eric
36yrs June 25 2002 Dyersburg, Tn. - s/o Grant & Anita Ostrom - 3 bro: David Kemp, Timothy Scott Ostrom & Trae Strube - gr'par: Harry & Hazel Ostrom, Lydia Bernhardt - aunt: Cherry Kulhman - 2 uncles: Mike Bernhardt & John Ostrom - 3 nieces: Jennifer McCloud, Tiffany & Paige Ostrom - nephew: Matthew Ostrom ( Both Newbern & D'burg Fairviews - Paper) (in Paper for Newbern aft this 6-28-02) ? [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Overton, Jewel Lauria
of FINLEY - 88yrs, homemaker, died Friday, Nov 28 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at J. W. Curry and Son Funeral Home in Dyersburg with burial in Fairview Cemetery there. She was a member of Independent Free Holiness Church. Mrs. Overton, the widow of John E. Overton, leaves two daughters, Gerene Fowler and Gladys Townson, both of Finley; three sisters, Lorene Weatherly and Allene Wadkins, both of Beebe, Ark., and Fannie Wallace of Marmaduke, Ark., five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Overton, Micheal Alexander
of DYERSBURG - 6-week-old son of Sherry and Christopher Overton, died Friday, Sept 10 2004 at his home. Graveside services were Tuesday at Sorrells Chapel Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home had charge. He also leaves a brother, Zackery Overton of Dyersburg; his grandparents, Elizabeth Ramey of Dyersburg, Daniel Enochs of Medina and Charles Overton of Texas; his grandmother and stepgrandfather, Beverly and David Johnson of Yorkville; his great-grandparents, Nellie and Virgil Ramey of Dyersburg and Wanda Johnson of Caruthersville, Mo., and his great-great- grandmother, Betty Gambrel of Dyersburg. He was preceded by his great-grandparents and great-great- grandparents, Leona Enochs, Edith Seay, Vernon E Kell, William Johnson, Andy Gambrel, Paul Aaron Enochs, Ruby and Doc Ramey and Floyd Neal. [Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery]
Owen, Bessie Underwood
94, of Bells, formerly of Ro Ellen, homemaker, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern has charge. She was a 75-year member of Rehoboth United Church. Mrs. Owen was the widow of Richard Calvin Owen - 5 nieces: Joyce Norville & hus. Barney of Bells - Linda Welch of Jackson - Betty Boals of Dyersburg - Eleanor Underwood of California & Jane Ownby of Franklin, Ky. - 2 nephews: Robert Cheery Owen of Dyersburg & James A Underwood of Columbia - d/o Albert G & Clara Jane Weems Underwood - sis: Eunice Bowen - 4 bro: Abe, Emmett, Burt & Kermit Underwood [Fairview Cemetery, Newbern]
Owen, Robert Bob
72yrs, Mar 19 2000 Huntingdon sis: Marie Williamson 2 bro: Arthur, Jr & Lowell Owen [Dyer Co. Memorial Gardens Cemetery]
Owens, Betty Jane
of NEWBERN - 77yrs, homemaker, died Monday March 15 2004 at her daughter's home. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Bluff ton Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Owens, the wife of Clayton Owensof Newbern, also leaves a daughter, Barbara Bivens of Dyersburg; a sister, Helen Ogden of Fort Smith, Ark., and a granddaughter, Jessica Bivens of Dyersburg. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Baptist Church Building Fund. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Owens, Ernestine
of Dyersburg -- 76yrs, homemaker, died Friday, Jan 07 2005 at West Tennessee Transitional Care in Jackson. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Mrs. Owens, the wife of Mathew E. Owens, also leaves three daughters, Charlotte A. Brummett and husband Lee, Susan Barnes and husband Steve and Tammy Jackson and husband Ronnie, all of Jackson; two brothers, Donald Asbridge and wife Mary of Kenton and Ed Asbridge and wife Janice of Murray, Ky., four grandchildren, Julie Dykes and husband, Phillip and Lesslie Chilcutt and Husband Ken and Lorie Barnes and Megan Jackson; three great-grandchildren, Hannah and Nathan Taylor and Owen Dykes. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Owsley, Lenard "Rod Burner"
81yrs Oct 30 2000 Dyersburg – dau: Norma Overby – 3 son: Kenneth,Roger & Larry Owsley — 2 sis: Wilma Melton & Nell Moody – h/o Cora Mae – s/o Jerry M & Leona Brock Owsley [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
85yrs Sept 13 2001 Nashville, Tn. – h/o Mary Evelyn – son: Jim Ozment — 2 sis: Willie Autry & Kate Wilcox — dau: Sheila Ballard [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Ozment, Mattie
of NEWBERN -89yrs, homemaker, died Thursday April 22 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and former member of Millsfield Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Ozment, the widow of Moody Ozment, leaves a daughter, Bertha King of Newbern; five sons, Larry Ozment of Paris, Roger Ozment of Dyer, and Tommy Ozment, Bill Ozment and Moody Ozment II, all of Newbern, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded by her husband; a son, Jimmy ozment; her parents, John and Ollie Scarborough; three sisters; nine brothers; and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Association. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Ozment, Nora Elizabeth
of Newbern -- 84yrs, homemaker, died Thursday, Nov 4 2004 at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Bogota. Mrs. Ozment, the widow of Clyde Ozment, leaves a daughter, Sandra Tucker and husband Ewell Jr. of Dyersburg; a daughter -in-law, Mary Ozment of Newbern; a sister, Helen Erwin of Union City; two brothers, Herbert Lucas and Jack Lucas, both of Millington, four grandchildren, Margaret Castleman, Tammy Tucker Rice, Buddy Tucker and Steven Ozment; two great-grandchildren, Dillon Tucker and Jon Mark Castleman. She was preceded by her husband; a son, Gerald Ozment; her parents, D W and Gladys Louise Lucas; two brothers, Holland and Shannon Lucas [Memorial Gardens Cemetery]
Ozment, Virginia
of DYERSBURG - 94yrs, former sales clerk for J.C. Penney, died Wednesday, Feb 11 2004 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at J. W. Curry and Son Funeral Home with burial in Zion Cemetery in Obion County. She was a member of East Dyersburg Methodist Church and a former Pink Lady at Parkview Hospital. Mrs. Ozment was the widow of Dewitt Ozment. Survivors include a niece, Bernice Pratt; two gr'nephews, Dwight Clark and Rod Clark. She was preceded by her husband; a sister, Agnes Hastings; and a brother, Charlie Strain [Zion Cemetery, Obion Co.]