Obituary Report for October 29, 2003
McMinnville resident and Nahiti West Bengal India native Asok (Ben) Banerjee, 56, died unexpectedly Oct. 28 at his home.
The owner of Mid-South Respicare and a member of the Hindu faith, he was the son of Radharaman Banerjee and the late Nilima Chatterjee Banerjee.
He is survived by his wife, Maya Banerjee; son, Dabe Banerjee of McMinnville; daughters, Debbie Banerjee and Dee Dee Banerjee, both of McMinnville; sisters, Bandana Mukerjee and Chandana Mujerjee; brother, Aloke Banerjee, all of Calcutta, India; mother-in-law, Anjali Mukerjee of McMinnville; and father-in-law, S.R. Mukerjee of McMinnville.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Pistole Park Soccer Complex. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at High Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Ben Banerjee Memorial Scholarship Fund.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 29, 2003
Mary Kathleen (Kathey) Swallows, 39
Quebeck resident and Warren County native Mary Kathleen (Kathey) Swallows, 39, died Oct. 24 at her home.
A factory worker, she was the daughter of William Dyer of Morrison and the late Linda Faye Boyd. She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey K. Swallows; sons, Stephen J. and Dakota L. Swallows of Quebeck; sister, Teresa M. Pelham of McMinnville; grandmother, Dola Boyd of McMinnville; and nephew, Cody L. Bottoms of McMinnville.
Services were held Monday at Hunter Funeral Home in Sparta with Fate Wilson officiating. Burial followed at Preston Heights Cemetery.
Hunter Funeral Home of Sparta was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 29, 2003
Danny Keith Dobbs, 49
McMinnville resident and White County native Danny Keith Dobbs, 49, died Oct. 26 at River Park Hospital.
A car salesman, he was preceded in death his parents and sister, Pamela Denise Dobbs Layne.
He is survived by his wife, Sherry Diane Morris Dobbs; daughters, Ashley Dannette Dobbs and Rachel Elizabeth Dobbs, both of McMinnville; brothers, Roger and wife Linda Dobbs of Sparta, Johnny M. Dobbs of Spencer and Donald F. Dobbs of Cookeville; sister Connie L. and her husband, Landon Prater of Pikeville.
Services were held Tuesday at Hunter Funeral Home in Sparta with Fate Wilson officiating. Burial followed at Old Philadelphia Cemetery.
Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 29, 2003
Helen Louise Savage, 67
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Helen Louise Savage, 67, died unexpectedly Oct. 25 at her home.
A homemaker and a member of the Congregational Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Waymon and Ruth McCormick Shockley.
She is survived by her husband, Willard Thomas Savage; brothers, Clayton and Jessie Shockley of Spencer; and sister, Edith Grissom of Spencer.
Services were held Tuesday at High’s Chapel with Charles Ross and Olan Mooneyham officiating. Burial followed at Shockley Cemetery in Van Buren County.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 29, 2003
Ophalynn Dunlap, 85
Muscle Shoals, Ala., resident and DeKalb County native Ophalynn Dunlap, 85, died Oct. 27 at Shoals Hospital.
A homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sheffield, Ala., she was the daughter of Charles and Handie Walker Fisher; and was preceded in death by her husband, James Houston Dunlap in 1997.
She is survived by son, James Lynn Dunlap of Florence, Ala.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and sisters, Christine Gribble and Maxine Grissom, both of McMinnville.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at High’s Chapel with burial following at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 29, 2003