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Forprofessionalcompassionate assistancewhenyouneedit mostcontactMercerBrother Funeralhome Mercer Brothers www.mercerbrothersfuneral.com TheLatestin Embalmingand RestorativeArt FuneralInsurance Pre-Need BurialPlan Cremation Services GriefCounseling PastoralCare FamilyServe YourFamily TN-0001131494 Unmistakably Mercer TN-0001131393 302W.ChurchAve.Medina,TN(731)783-1110 www.MedinaFuneralHome.com $195-Localremovaltocrematory $75-Careofremains $1190-Basicservices $25-Permit $300-Crematoryfee $10-Alternativecontainer (excludesceremonyandvisitation) forDirectCremation MedinaFuneralHome Lifelong Jacksonian Helen Smith Hight went to be with the Lord on November 8, 2016 after a brief illness. She is preceded in death by her husband Allen H. Hight, parents Carl P. and Frances W. Smith, and her brother Carl V.

Smith. She is survived by four children Carl Andrew Hight, Suzy Hight Thompson, Sally Ann Hight, and Hill Smith Hight and by eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services will be at Aldersgate United Methodist Church on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of owers the family requests that donations be made to the church, the Madison County Library, or to an organization that provides books for children, such as The Dolly Parton Imagination Library. HELEN SMITH HIGHT Jackson, TN Bettie Jean Jones, 87, died peacefully at her home in Humboldt, Tennessee on November 8, 2016.

Known as to her family and countless friends, she was married for 69 years to Ralph Jones, who survives her. Mrs. Jones was an active member of the First Baptist Church, singing in the choir and teaching Sunday School for over fty years. She also devoted her time and energy to many local charities, including her decades of service on the Board of the Helping Hand of Humboldt. In 2003, she was voted Mrs.

Gibson County by readers of The Courier Chronicle. Bettie Jean Graves was born on October 10, 1929 to Martha and William Augustus Graves of Humboldt. On August 15, 1947, she married William Ralph Jones, and together they raised four children. She was preceded in death by two of those children, Jeanne Jones Little, who died in 2000, and Barbara Jones Thomas, who died on the same date as Mrs. Jones, in 2014.

She was also preceded in death by a great grandson, Jack Hale Hayes, in 2007 and by ve of her six brothers and sisters. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Jones is survived by two children, Elizabeth Wallis Jones of Jackson, Tenn. and William Ralph Jones, III (Camille) of Humboldt; her sister, Martha Bodkin (Hobart) of Atlanta; and eleven grandchildren: Stan Little, Jr. (Meredith) of Hernando, Mississippi; Jenny Hadley (Edward) of Nashville; Clayton Bollig (Daniel) of Knoxville; John Hale, Jr.

(Elisabeth) of Houston; Josie Nielson (Andrew) of Nashville; Martha Thomas of Dallas; Barnes Thomas (Ashley) of Dallas; Rachel Herbert (Erik) of Nashville; Liza Bennett of New York City; Margaret Jones of Humboldt; and William Jones, IV of Humboldt. She is also survived by eleven great-grandchildren. Visitation with the family will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 12, at First Baptist Church with the funeral service to follow at 1:00 p.m. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt.

In lieu of owers, the family requests that donations be made to the Boys and Girls Club of Humboldt or a charity of the choice. Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home 731-784-1414 www.sheltonfuneralhomes.com BETTIE JEAN GRAVES JONES Humboldt, TN Tristian Dodd, age 6, died Saturday, November 5, 2016 at LeBonheur Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was born March 9, 2010 in Jackson, TN. He was a student at Rose Hill Middle School and attended Hillcrest Baptist Church. He loved Baseball.

Tristian is survived by his mother Kayla Lewis, his father Leonard Dodd (Audrey), Grandparents, Kim Lewis, Jacqueline Kearney (Roger), Leonard Dodd (Charmaine), Great Grandparents, Billy and June Threadgill, Christine Dodd, Joe Martin, Bobbie Carter (Lovell), Luther Cooper (Gladys), and numerous Cousins, Aunts and Uncles. SERVICES: Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 12, 2016 at in the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors with Dr. Jerry Welch and Elder Roger Kearney ciating. The family will receive friends from until The family has requested that in lieu of owers that memorial contributions be directed to LeBonheur Hospital, 51 N. Dunlap St.

Memphis, TN 38105 or Hillcrest Baptist Church, 2838 Paul Co man Dr, Jackson, TN 38301. Arrington Funeral Directors, 148 W. University Parkway, Jackson, TN, 38305, 731.668.1111, www. arringtonfuneralgroup.com. TRISTIAN DODD Jackson, TN Funeral Services for Arion McKinnie age 64 will be Saturday November 12, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Bolivar, Tenn.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. McKinnie died Tuesday November 8, 2016 at his residence. Visitation for Mr. McKinnie will begin on Friday afternoon November 11, 2016 from 1:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home in Jackson, Tenn.

Mr. McKinnie will lie in state at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Bolivar, Tenn on Saturday afternoon from 12:00 PM until time of service. ARION MCKINNIE Jackson, TN Autrey, Nancy Humboldt, TN 73 Rose Hill Cemetery Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home 731-784-1414 Bullington, Addie Faye Atwood, TN 74 Pleasant Hill Church of Christ Shelton Funeral Home 731-855-1621 Cannon Barbara Jackson, TN 74 Arrangements Pending Medina Funeral Home 731-783-1110 Carter, Bettie Jackson, TN 82 Arrangements Pending Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 731-423-4922 Costello, James Humboldt, TN 71 Calvary Baptist Church Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home 731-784-1414 Dodd, Ann Henderson, TN 83 Bethel Baptist Church Shackelford FD Johnson Chapel 731-989-2624 Dodd, Tristian Jackson, TN 6 Arrington Funeral Directors Arrington Funeral Directors 731-668-1111 Dycus, Doyle Parker Bradford, TN 77 Shelton Funeral Home Chapel Shelton Funeral Home 731-855-1621 Edwards, Paul Bells, TN 91 Chapel of Bells Funeral Home Bells Funeral Home 731-663-2766 Flowers, Tom Frank Martin, TN 80 Murphy Funeral Home Murphy Funeral Home 731-587-3121 Gilliland, Robert Lyn Alamo, TN 60 Ronk Funeral Home Ronk Funeral Home 731-696-5555 Grooms, Richard Camden, TN 46 Chapel of Chase Funeral Home Chase Funeral Home, Inc. 731-986-0500 Hayes, Min. Jacqueline R.

Lawrenceville, GA 60 New Greater Bethel A.M.E Bledsoe Funeral Home, Inc. 731-427-1521 Hedrick, George Dyersburg, TN 94 Arrangments Pending Bells Funeral Home 731-663-2766 Hight, Helen Smith Jackson, TN 91 Aldersgate United Methodist Church Arrington Funeral Directors 731-668-1111 Hurst, Erie Baldwin Selmer, TN 87 Shackelford Funeral Directors Shackelford Funeral Directors 731-645-3481 Jones, Bettie Jean Graves Humboldt, TN 87 Humboldt First Baptist Church Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home 731-784-1414 Martin, Robert Ridgely, TN 76 Johnson-Williams Funeral Home Chapel Johnson-Williams Funeral Home 731-627-3236 McKinnie, Arion Jackson, TN 64 Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 731-423-4922 Mitchell, Emma Jean Jackson, TN 74 Arrangements Pending Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 731-423-4922 Nelson, Dora Jeanette (Net) Rainey Savannah, TN 73 Shackelford Chapel Shackelford Funeral Directors 731-925-4000 Parnell, Shane Union City, TN 38 Arrangements Pending Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home 731-885-1033 Pratt, Constance Milan, TN 92 Arrangements Pending Medina Funeral Home 731-783-1110 Presley, Woody Savannah, TN 67 Shackelford Chapel Shackelford Funeral Directors 731-925-4000 Thaxter Willie Ray Jackson TN 57 East Jackson Church Of Christ Stephenson-Shaw 731-427-7411 Thomas, Karen B. Henderson, TN 66 Shackelford FD, Casey Chapel Shackelford FD, Casey Chapel 731-989-2421 Welch, Rowlf Scotts Hill, TN 56 Chapel Chapel 731-549-3644 Death Notices Name City, State Age Death Day, Time Place of Service Funeral Home Phone The gentle, gray- bearded figure at the podium seemed to have little in common with the confident young man in the black-and-white photo, sun glasses and pith helmet shading him from the sun as he points the way with a walking stick. was a bad James Meredith, now 83 and introspective, says to chuckles from the crowd as he looks wistfully at the younger version himself, pictured inside a brochure for Mississippi Freedom Trail marker dedication at the location where Meredith was shot in 1966. Acivil rights pioneer who integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, Meredith spend a lot of time talking about specifics of the day he was shot along U.S.

51 just south of Hernando. He preferred instead to poke a little fun at himself while acknowledging the significance of events leading to gathering. Meredith, 32 at the time, was on the second day of his Against from Memphis to Jackson, in June 1966 when Aubrey James unemployed hardware salesman from Memphis, stepped from a wooded area, shouted only want and peppered him across the chest with three shots from a 16-gauge shotgun. Norvell served 18 months of a five-year sentence. Jack 26- year-old photographer for The Associated Press who was traveling with Meredith, caught an anguished image of the wounded figure lying in the road moments after the shots were fired.

The photo won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967. Michael DeSoto County supervisor, was about 6 years old when Meredith was shot during the march, which started out as a 220-mile trek with ahandful of companions to call attention to the fear that was preventing African-Americans from registering to vote in Mississippi. daddy wanted us to go out on the front porch and watch when the march came Lee recalled. waited and we waited, and it never did come by. And then my daddy called and said, the boys in the house.

Mr. Meredith had been I remember Lee said happy he finally got to see Meredith in person now since he see him them. is long coming too Lee told Meredith. sorry I get to see you march by, but glad here today where I can see you. And I want to thank you and apologize to Brian of the DeSoto County Museum, said the process leading to the marker unveiling Thursday began about 15 years ago, when a group of Japanese tourists visited the county and wanted to see the location where Meredith was shot.

was nothing to mark this Hicks said. I decided at that time that we needed a marker, and we started our dialogue. At about that same time, (the state) came up with the idea of a marker trail, so we decided to make it a part of Mary Margaret White is with Visit Mississippi, the official state tourism office operating under the Mississippi Development Authority umbrella. She said the Mississippi Freedom Trail program began about six years ago with plans for 33 markers statewide to chronicle the civil rights movement in the state. brought together veterans, scholars, museum workers, cultural folks all to create what we call our master list of White said.

started with 33 markers as Phase 1, and this marker was part of that list. This is No. 26 on the Marker dedicated at site where Meredith was shot RON MAXEY USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE STAN COMMERCIAL APPEAL James Meredith pauses Thursdayafter unveiling a marker in Hernando, recognizing the spot where he was shot. REGION.