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
Yants, Flossie Viola 'Olie' Burns
of DYERSBURG - 87yrs, homemaker, died Sunday, may 16 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Yants, the widow of J. T. Burns and Charlie Yants, leaves three daughters, Lyda Bullock of Pine Grove, Miss., Nita Lynxwiler of Obion and Dianne Kelley of Dyersburg; four sons, Ray Hurst, Nathan Burns, Thomas Burns and Bobby Burns, all of Dyersburg, 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren five stepgreat-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Yarbro, Charles Curry
of Dyersburg -- 46yrs, commodities broker for Bunge Corp., died Sunday, March 13 2005 at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Fairview Cemetery. J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Fran Yarbro of Dyerburg, and a brother, Alfred Henry Yarbro of Stuart, Fla. He was preceded by his father, Charles Henry Yarbro. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Community Cancer Fund. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Yarbro, Dorothy Hendren
of Dyersburg -- 82yrs, retired bookkeeper for Colonial Rubber Works, died Monday, Nov 1 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fairview Cemetery. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Finley Methodist Church. Mrs. Yarbro, the wife of Thomas L. Yarbro, also leaves a son, Dent Yarbro and wife Jeannie of Finley; three sisters, Roslyn Baker of Smithville, Melba Pope of Trimble and Beulah Hendrie of Seattle; a brother, James Thomas Hendren of Dyersburg, two grandchildren, Ashley Nicholson and Emily Scoggins and a great-grandchild, Georgia Nicholson. She was preceded by a son Tommy Yarbro; her parents, Bobby Taylor Hendren and Matt Etta Spraggins Hendren; a brother, Bobby Cooper Hendren. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Yarbro, Edward Elco 'Cowboy'
of Dyersburg -- 71yrs, retired truck driver, died Monday, Nov 15 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Church Grove Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern has charge. He was an Air Force veteran and member of Arizona Truck Drivers' Hall of Fame. Mr. Yarbro, the husband of Almeda Yarbro, also leaves two daughters, Alice Holten of Henderson and Pam Wilson of Huntingburg, Ind.; two sons, Billy Yarbro of Bogota and Thomas Floyd Yarbro of Huntingdon; a sister, Linda May Ogden, and a brother, Jack Fox Jr., both of Dyersburg, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded by his parents, William Winfield and Lela Mae Aydelott Yarbro. [Church Grove Cemetery]
Yarbro, Geneva
89yrs Feb 8 2003 Milwaukee, Wis. - 2 Nieces: Hattie Coleman & Annie M. Oldham - 2 Nephews: James B. & Wilbert Ridley [Hopewell Cemetery]
79yrs Jun 9 2000 w/o John Lee 1 dau: Lee Y Campbell 1 son: John L 1 sis: Lillian Forehand 1 Bro: Willard Alley -- 3 gr Ch: Bradley Davidson, John Benj...& Amanda Lee Campbell [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Yarbro, Sallie Lyon
67yrs Dec 14 2001 Dyersburg, Tn. - w/o Steve Yarbro - 3 son: Hugh Byrl, Eric Randolph & James Leon Fleming- gr'dau: Lacy Fleming - d/o Jack & Martha Lyon [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Yarbro, Tennie Mae
of Dyersburg -- 84yrs, homemaker, died Wednesday, March 09 2005 at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. She was a charter member of Evansville Baptist Church. Mrs. Yarbro, the widow of David C. "Unk" Yarbro, leaves a daughter, Judy Horner and husband Ed of Fenton, Mo., four grandchildren, Jennifer Browning, Kelly Sims and husband, Matt, James Yarbro and Kathy Gillman and husband, Bill; five great-grandchildren, Kristen and Shannon Winter, Austin, Alexis and Haley Sims and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her Husband; a son, Charles E Yarbro; her parents, Robert Taylor Wilson and Mary Magdaline Norman Wilson; a sister, Velma Swift; and two brothers, Dick and Troy Wilson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Evansville Baptist Church. [Dyer County Memorial Gardens]
Yarbro, Tommy
53yrs Dyersburg, Jul 4 2000, h/o Jane Poore s/o Thomas I & Dorothy Yarbro, 1 Bro: Dent Yarbro [Fairview Cemetery, Newbern]
Yates, Frankie Lou
97yrs, homemaker, died Wednesday, Oct 13 2004 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at J.W. Curry and Son Funeral Home with burial in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge. She was a member of Aldridge Baptist Church. Mrs. Yates, the widow of Joseph "Joe" Manley Yates, leaves a sister, Martha Rachel Smith Craver of Knoxville; a niece who cared for her, Bettye Simpson; and many other nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her husband; her parents, Adam Lewis and Octa Lecie Tinnon Smith. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [Zion Cemetery, Obion Co., TN]
York, Pearlie Watt Lynn
of DYERSBURG - 84yrs, retired from Dyersburg City Schools, died Monday, Jan 12 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at J. W. Curry and Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was a member of Cottonwood Grove Baptist Church in Ridgely. Mrs. York, the widow of Edward Byers Lynn and wife of Jim F. York Jr., also leaves three sons, Bob Lynn and wife Martha of Germantown, Jim Lynn and wife Pam of Hermitage and Mick Lynn and wife Sherry of Franklin, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Youmans, Jean Garner
62yrs May 9 2000 Dyersburg 2dau: Debbie Jones & Beth Garner Newton 2 son: Richard & Bob Garner 3 sis: Ruth Wilhelms, Gloria & Sharon Gillum 3 bro: Wendell, Bill & Dale Gillum [Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery]
Young, Billie Joe
71yrs Mar 2 2002 Dyersburg, Tn., US Air Force Veteran - 2 son: Danny Joe & Terry Mack Young - 2 sis: Linda Lou & Ruth Ann Young - bro: Mack Rosenthal Young - gr'ch: Sean Michael Young - h/o Pauline "Polly" - s/o
Marshall Matthew & Sarah Rosenthal [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Young , Gladys Williams
DYERSBURG, 82yrs, of Corbin, Ky., formerly of Memphis and Dyersburg, homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept 02 2003 at Heritage Nursing Home in Corbin. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Fairview Cemetery. J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Georgian Hills Methodist Church in Memphis. Mrs. Young, the widow of Miles Young, leaves two sons, David Miles Young of Laramie, Wyo., and Robert Garland Young & wife Darlene of Williamsburg, Ky.; a sister, Maurice O'Neal and husband Gus of Webster County, Miss., and a granddaughter, Lindsey Ann Young of Williamsburg, Ky. and several Nieces and Nephews - w/o Miles Young - d/o Albert and Lora Williams - four brothers, Tommy, Albert, Thermin & Everett Williams [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Young, Miles Adams, Jr.
80yrs Feb 23 2002 Lexington, Ky. - Us Navy WW II - h/o Gladys Williams - 2 son: David Miles & Robert Garland Young - sis: Virginia Landsee - Dau-in-law: Darlene Young - gr'dau: Lindsay Ann Young - 2 nieces: Carolyn Landsee Dear & Marilyn Landsee DeWease [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]
Younger, Tommye Brotherton
DYERSBURG -73yrs, retired co-owner of The Loft Children's Clothing Store, died Thursday, Oct 9 2003 at her home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Younger, the wife of George Younger of Dyersburg, also leaves a daughter, Pam Younger Watson of Maryville; a son, Rick Younger of Townsend; two sisters, Gwen Luttrell of Hernando, Miss., and Judy Harris of Milan; a brother, Kenneth Brotherton of Byhalia, Miss., and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandchild. [Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg]