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    1. [TNWEAKLE] Obituaries posted Dec. 7
    2. Joe W Stout
    3. Posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 9:01 am The Press 12/7 Mary Ellen Adams Mary Ellen Adams, 65, of Greenfield, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at her residence. Services were held at 1 p.m. Monday at First United Pentecostal Church with Jerry Taylor and Wendell Jellison officiating. Burial was in Hillis Cemetery, Greenfield with Williams Funeral Home of Greenfield in charge of the arrangements. Mike Thweatt, Kyle Thweatt, T. J. Thweatt, Marvin Thweatt, Douglas Thweatt and Zack Hall served as pallbearers. Mrs. Adams was born Feb. 14, 1945 in Bradford, daughter of the late Raymond Holmes and Onie Virginia Mullins Hubble. She worked for Wal-Mart and Xerox Corp. and was a member of First United Pentecostal Church, Greenfield. Survivors include one son, Raymond Auromovic of Greenfield; one sister, Judy Hubble of Atwood; and one brother, Robert Hubble of Dresden. Web site: williamsfhofgreenfieldandgleason.com <http://www.bowlinfuneralhome.com> Billy Lon Cantrell Billy Lon Cantrell, 74, of McKenzie, died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 at McKenzie Regional Hospital. Services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Greenfield with Bob Copeland officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Greenfield. Kenneth Jenkins, Allen Jenkins, Colin Jenkins, Gary Harrison, Justin Cook and Matthew Moore served as pallbearers. Cantrell was born Sept. 14, 1936 in Greenfield, son of the late Leonard A. and Velma Long Cantrell. He was a machinist at Brown Shoe Company and attended New Prospect Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Steve Cantrell of McKenzie; one brother, Bobby Fon Cantrell of Dyer; and one sister, Lou Nell Cochran of Greenfield. Web site: williamsfhofgreenfieldandgleason.com <http://www.bowlinfuneralhome.com> Kay A. Durden Dr. Kay A. Durden, 70, of Greenfield, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 at Volunteer Community Hospital, Martin. Services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Greenfield with Dr. Roy Whaley officiating. Burial was in Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Williams Funeral Home of Greenfield in charge of the arrangements. Mike Biggs, Jake Biggs, Randy Huffstetler, James R. Huffstetler, Willie Trevathan, Ronald Gentry, Bobby Rawls and Jeff Floyd served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Tommy Liggett, Ed Joyner, Tom Nobles, Richard Griffin and Jerry Dewry. Dr. Durden was born Sept. 8, 1940 in Milan, daughter of the late Thomas and Katherian Freeman Akin. She was a Professor of Business at the University of Tennessee at Martin and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Greenfield. Survivors include her husband, Don Durden of Greenfield; one son, David Durden of Milan; three brothers, Bill Akin of New Orleans, La., Tommy Akin of Greenfield and Bobby Akin of Collierville; and one grandson, Sid Durden of Milan. Memorials may be made to Kay Durden, Endowment Scholarship, Office of Development, 325 administration Building, Martin, TN 38238. Web site: williamsfhofgreenfieldandgleason.com <http://www.bowlinfuneralhome.com> Warner Douglass Fisher Warner Douglass Fisher, 87, of Gilbert, Ariz., died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. Services were on Thursday, Dec. 2 in Gilbert with burial in Beaver Dam, Utah. Fisher was the son of the late Delmer and Delia Tice Fisher. He was a graduate of Sharon High School and received his higher education from Purdue University, University of Utah and Texas A & M where he received his doctorate in agronomy. He began his teaching career at UTMB from 1948-51. After receiving his doctorate at Texas A & M, he taught at Auburn University. Later he moved to Tucson, Ariz. To teach and do research at the University of Arizona. He ended his career as head of the COTT on Research for the University of Arizona in Mesa, Ariz., a program which he developed. He was credited with developing new cotton's including Pima Cotton which was patented. After retirement, he served as a cotton research consultant. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Geraldine Bowen Fisher of Gilbert; three daughters, Marti Henderson, Lorraine O'Brien and Jill Dees; one son, Meal Fisher; one sister, Mildred Fisher Clarke; 21 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Wendell Fisher, Wayne Fisher and Russell Fisher; and an infant sister, Verna Fisher.

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