ROBERT EDWARD BAILEY - Services for Robert Edward Bailey were Sunday at the Unity Baptist Church with the Rev. Floyd Rogers and the Rev. H. B. Burress officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Bailey, who was 71, died Friday night in his home near Jacks Creek after a long illness. He was born and reared in Henderson County. He served with the army in World War I and was engaged in farming near Huron. He had lived in the Unity Community since 1925 and was a member of the American Legion, Chester County Farm Bureau and Bethel Methodist Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Alice Wilson Bailey, his step-mother, Mrs. Josie Bailey of Henderson; three sons, Robert Bailey of Knoxville, Roy Bailey of Henderson and Lance Bailey of Jacks Creek; four daughters, Mrs. Edward Pitts of Henderson, Mrs. Edward Harvey and Mrs. Norma Jean Morris, both of Luray, and Mrs. Wendell Joyner of San Diego, Calif.; two brothers, Ernest Bailey of Huron and James E. Bailey of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Marjorie McAdams of Jacks Creek and Mrs. Mary Wadley of Luray; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The Lexington Progress, December 29, 1960

ROBERT T. BEENE - He was born in Chester County, the son of the late James Samuel and Sara Elizabeth Floyd Beene. He was educated at Harmony and Finger Schools. He was married to Bessie Cain on Nevember 22, 1930. He farmed until moving to Memphis in 1950, where he was employed by International Harvester as a welder for 25 years, retiring in 1975. Mr. Beene was a member of the Finger Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by Bessie Cain Beene in 1991. He later married Irene Haggard DeBerry and she died May, 23, 2003. Mr. Beene was preceded in death by a son, Charles Arlen Beene in 1980. (Schackleford Funeral Directors)

HAROLD EUGENE BELL - Services for Harold Bell were Friday at Casey Funeral Home with the burial in Unity Cemetery. Mr. Bell, who was 77, died at Jackson General Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired Louisville and Nashville Railroad engineer. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Adcox Bell of Henderson; a son, Randy Bell of Tulsa, Okla.; two brothers, W.T. Bell Jr. and Edwin Bell, both of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Edith Rhodes, Mrs. Rachel Mullins, and Mrs. Rebecca Fesmire , all of Lexington; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, 9-10-1986 – transcribed by, Becky Keen

JOE BELL , 79, of Henderson died Aug. 8, 2006, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Casey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mickey Carpenter and the Rev. Steve Mischke officiating. Burial will follow in Henderson City Cemetery. He was born at Huron in Henderson County, the son of the late Charles Farris and Mary Sue Wadley Bell. He attended schools in Henderson County and entered the U.S. Navy in the latter part of World War II as a gunner’s mate. He married Geneva Tucker in 1947, and they made their home in Henderson for 59 years. They opened Bell’s Drive-In in Henderson in July of 1954, and had owned and operated the drive-in on South Church Street with their children and grandchildren since that time. He served as a Chester County Commissioner from 1978 to 1998, and was a member of the Chester County Democratic Executive Committee. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Geneva Mae Tucker Bell of Henderson; three sons, Danny Joe Bell (Glenda), Stan Bell, and Phil Bell, and a daughter, Karen Thomas (Danny), all of Henderson; a sister, Judy Bell Cothren of Henderson; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

GUS T. BOLEN - Services for Gus T. Bolen, 61, prominent druggist, will be at 4:30 p.m. today at the Henderson Church of Christ with Jess Wilcoxson and Phil Hefley officiating. Burial will be in Henderson City Cemetery with Casey Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Bolen died Saturday morning at his crook Ave. home in Henderson, after suffering a heart attack. He was born and reared in Wildersville in Henderson County, son of the late Dr. C.E. and Loretta Bolen. He attended Freed-Hardeman College and had operated drugstores first in Wildersville and later in Henderson all his adult life. He was a charter member of Chester County Lions Club secretary of the TB Association in Henderson for many years, served on the Board of Directors for teh Chester County Bank, was a former alderman and served on the West Tennessee Industrial Committee. He was an active member of the Church of Christ. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Opal Finch Bolen; a brother, Elsworth Bolen of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Wray of Gleason and Mrs. Joe Boswell of Scotts Hill. Pallbearers will be Dr. O.M. McCollum, Carlton Morton, Lattie Averitt, Tom Armour, Willard Smith, Armstead Johnson, Joe Rainey and James Williams.
The Lexington Progress 5/9/1971 – transcribed by, Christine Walters

JAMES OVID BRITTON - BELLS - James Ovid Britton, 73, farmer, died of heart failure Friday at Crockett County Nursing Home in Alamo. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Bells Funeral Home with burial in Sweet Lips Cemetery near Henderson. He was a member of the Full Gospel Church. Mr. Britton, the husband of Mary Initha Smith Britton, also leaves two daughters, Brenda Kay Moore and Linda Osborne, both of Humboldt; five sons, James Edward Britton of Jackson, Billy Britton of Trenton, Michael Britton of Alamo, and Jerry Wayne Britton and Lynn Britton, both of Bells; three sisters, Cordelia Taylor of Bells, Betty Sue Britton of Crump and Thena Mae Johnson of Brownsville, 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal, (Memphis, TN) - January 25, 1997 - Contributed by Melinda Bell

JOE HENRY BRITTON - Services for Joe Henry Britton were Sunday at Center Point Holiness Church with the Revs. William Duke and Guy Perkins officiating. Burial was in Roby Cemetery in Chester County with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Britton, who was 58, was dead on arrival early Friday morning at Lexington Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of the county, a retired welder and a member of the Holiness Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Deany Bennett Britton of Sardis; a son, Larry Britton of Union City; a daughter, Mrs. Tina Britton of Rapid City S.C.; three brothers, Robert Lee Britton of Jackson, James O. Britton of Bells and Frank Britton of Mount Pleasant; four sisters, Mrs. Thena Mae Johnson of Brownsville, Mrs. Cordelia Taylor of Bells, Mrs. Willie Bivens of Scotts Hill and Mrs. Betty Sue Britton of Chicago; a three grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress 5/14/1980 – transcribed by, Christine Walters

RICHARD DEAN BRUNTZ, Sr. - Services for Richard Bruntz, 15, were held Sunday at Leon Johnson and Son Funeral Home in Henderson with the Rev. Caby Byrne, chaplain of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, officiating. Burial was in Bailey's Cemetery near Jacks Creek. Mr. Bruntz died Friday at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. A native of Oak Park, Ill., he worked as an automotive mechanic until 1980, when ill health forced him to stop. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Linda Bruntz; a son, Richard Dean Bruntz, Jr., of Jacks Creek; his father, Don Bruntz of Jacks Creek; his mother, Mr.s Joyce Golman of Kingston, Ga.; two stepsisters, Mrs. Jim Ahmer of Shaumburg, Ill. and Mrs. Tim Threadgill of Lexington; four brothers, Raymond Bruntz and Russell Bruntz, both of Melrose Park, Ill., Donald Bruntz, Jr. of Henderson and Daniel Bruntz of Carson City, Nevada, and four half brothers, David Golman of California, and Scott Goldman, Glenn Goldman and Gregg Goldman of Kingston, Ga.
Henderson County Times, March 30, 1983
NOTE: The age listed on this obituary is incorrect. The correct age should be 35.

HAIZEL ERNESTINE (PHILLIPS) BULLINGTON - Ernie went to be with her Lord and savior October 7, 2001. Ernestine Phillips Bullington died at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK from Pulmonary Fibrosis. She was born in Henderson, TN. February 10, 1920 to Ernestine and Lillie Miller Phillips.
The Jackson Sun, October 9, 2001