Obituaries June 18, 2020

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DOROTHY E. ANTOINE
Lady Dorothy E. Antoine, 66, passed away June 2, 2020. Visitation was held June 13 at Millington Funeral Home, Inc., with interment held at St. Paul Church Cemetery in Drummonds.

KENNETH LYNN BARNETT
Kenneth Lynn Barnett, 64, of Rosemark, passed away June 5, 2020. Mr. Barnett was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth D. Barnett; and brother, Scotty Keith Barnett. He is survived by his mother, Gladys Ree Barnett; wife of 22 years, Sue Fairbotham; daughter, Kenya Ree Barnett; son, Austin Lee Barnett; grandchildren, Olivia Grace Barnett, and Morgan Paige Barnett; and his two beloved dogs, Abbie and Bella Paige. Mr. Barnett served our country in the United States Marine Corps. After the Marines, he worked as a truck driver. He then went on to serve on Campus Safety for 27 years at Rhodes College. The family receivee friends for a time of visitation June 9. A funeral service was held June 10. Both visitation and funeral were held at Forest Hill Funeral Home, East. Interment followed at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens on Germantown Parkway.

B.W. CALDWELL
TSGT. B.W. Caldwell, USAF, Ret., passed away at home on June 10, 2020. He was a retired supply clerk for civil service, a Korean War veteran, veteran of the USAF, and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Caldwell leaves his wife of 71 years, Frances Caldwell; sons, Mark (Rita) Caldwell, Steve (Lisa) Caldwell; grandchildren, Shelly Caldwell, Adam Caldwell, Jason Caldwell, Shane Harber, Amy Roberts, Joshua Harber, Wesley Caldwell, Haley Berryman; sixteen great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The family receive friends until the service at Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel on June 13. Interment will be in West Tennessee Veteran’s Cemetery, Wednesday, June 24 at 11am. The family requests memorials be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel had charge.

MELODY WILCOX COLLINS
Melody Wilcox Collins, of Munford, passed away at home on June 9, 2020. Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel had charge.

FREDICK LANELLE EATON
Fredick Lanelle Eaton, 34, of Millington, passed away June 11, 2020 at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. There was a walk through viewing for Fredrick June 13 at Jefferson Mortuary, Inc., in Millington. Interment followed at Jones Grove M.B. Cemetery, in Munford. Jefferson Mortuary, Inc. had charge.

LARRY WAYNE HOUSE JR.
Larry Wayne House, Jr., 38, of Millingston, passed away June 5, 2020 at Regional One Hospital in Memphis.  There was a walk through viewing on June 13 with a life celebration all at Trinity All Nations Church, in Memphis. Interment follow at Zion Hill M.B. Cemetery in Millington. Jefferson Mortuary, Inc. had charge.

VIRGINIA McNEESE
Virginia McNeese, 94, of Millington, passed away June 7, 2020. Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel had charge.

HARRELL ROYCE ‘POP’ SANDIFER
Harrell Royce “Pop” Sandifer, 77, of Munford, passed away on June 11, 2020, at Baptist Memphis Hospital. Visitation was held June 15 at Crossroads Baptist Church in Arlington. Funeral service followed and burial was in Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery.

BILLY WAYNE STROUD
Billy Wayne Stroud, 81, passed away June 7, 2020. A graveside service was held June 10 at Rosemark Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (StJude.org) or to the Wounded Warriors Project (WoundedWarriorProject.org).

JAMES ‘JIM’ E. TURNER
James (Jim) E. Turner, DDS, 85, passed away on June 5, 2020. He was born July 23, 1934 to Alice and Ernest G. Turner and graduated from Messick High School, Southwestern and University of Tennessee College of Dentistry. In 1960 he entered the U.S. Air Force and served for three years. He then joined the faculty at the UT College of Dentistry as a Fellow in Oral Pathology and later became Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biologic and Diagnostic Sciences. He received many honors during this time including – excellence in Teaching, Outstanding Faculty Awards, Memphis Dental Society’s Humanitarian of the Year Award. In 1998 he was appointed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biologic and Diagnostic Sciences. In June of 1960 he married Kay Wooten of Covington, and shared 60 beautiful years together. They had 3 wonderful children, Jill Levesque (John), John Turner (Jennifer) and Mary Anita Burke (Matt) and 6 perfect grandchildren, Lauren and Claire Levesque, Daniel and Lily Turner and Drew and Sophia Burke. All of whom were everything to him. He is also survived by his wife, Kay and his sister, Mary Alice Turner of Memphis. He was preceded in death by his parents Ernest and Alice Turner and sister, Halley Turner Neal. He enjoyed several hobbies during his younger years and into retirement. His favorite was his vegetable garden in Munford and he also loved golf and later in retirement he took art lessons and painted many pictures. A private graveside service was held on June 13 at 10:30 am at Helen Crigger Cemetery in Munford. A reception for family and friends was held on June 13 in Munford at the Turner Home and Sunday, June 14 at the Levesque home in Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Alzheimer’s Association TN Chapter 478 Craighead Street No. 200, Nashville, TN 37204 or the Memphis Zoo Development Office 2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112. Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel had charge.

FRANCES LOUSIE WISEMAN
Frances Louise Wiseman, 74, passed away at home on June 12, 2020. The family received friends at Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel June 15. A service was held the following day and interment was in Arlington Cemetery in Arlington. Munford Funeral Home-Munford Chapel had charge.

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