Local obituaries for Bowlin Funeral Home Inc.
Calvin Tillman Shobe
Dec 7, 2021
Calvin Tillman Shobe age 91 of Dresden, died December 7, 2021 at Weakley Co. Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, 12/9/2021 in Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 am with burial to follow in Sunset Cemetery. Ken Butterworth will officiate the service. Visitation will be Wednesday, 12/8/2021 at the funeral home from 5:00 pm...
Willie Irick Mcbride Jr
Nov 27, 2021
Willie Irick McBride, Jr., age 80, of Dresden, died Saturday morning at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, , November 30, 2021 at Bowlin Funeral Home . Visitation will be Monday, 11/29/2021 at the funeral home from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm and again on Tuesday from 12 noon until service time at 2:00 pm. Bro Steve Boone...
Dorothy Sue Lamb
Nov 25, 2021
Dorothy Sue Lamb age 87 of Dresden died on November 25, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be on Monday, November 29, 2021 in Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel at 12 noon with burial to follow in Olive Branch Cemetery near Como. Bro Darrell Pollock will officiate the service. Visitation will be Monday morning at the funeral home from...
Trenton Ellis Dickens
Nov 24, 2021
Trenton Ellis Dickens age 21 of Dresden died November 24, 2021 at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital in Martin.  A memorial visitation will be held Wednesday, December 1, 2021, from 12:00 noon until 2:00 PM at the Bowlin Funeral Home . Trenton was born on December 9, 1999 in Columbia, TN. He worked at MTD in Martin, he is...
Bobby Lee Wray
Nov 21, 2021
Bobby Lee Wray, 70 of Gates, TN, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 27, 2021, at 2 pm at Bowlin Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery near Latham. Visitation will be Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home from 12 pm until service time at 2...
Christine Bonnie Ruiz
Nov 19, 2021
Christine Bonnie Ruiz, 44 of Martin, passed away November 19, 2021, at Diversicare in Martin. Family visitation will be Sunday, November 21, 2021, from 6 pm until 8 pm at Bowlin Funeral Home. A private burial will take place Monday, November 22 in Eastside Cemetery in Martin. Christine was born December 9, 1976, in Chicago, IL, to the late...
Rebecca Ruth Reagan
Nov 14, 2021
Ruth Reagan, 84 of Martin, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021, in Martin. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 1 pm at Central Baptist Church in Martin. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery in Gleason, TN. Visitation will be Tuesday evening at Bowlin Funeral Home from 4 pm until 7 pm, and Wednesday from...
Mildred Laverne Fischer
Nov 11, 2021
Mildred Laverne Fischer age 79 of Dresden, passed from this life on November 11, 2021 at her daughter's home. Visitation with the family will be held on Saturday, 11/13/2021 at Bowlin Funeral Home from 1:00 pm to funeral time at 2:00 pm. Bro. Kerry Shopher will officiate the service. Mildred Laverne Fischer was born November 17, 1941 to the...
Randall Stuart Mcgowan
Nov 4, 2021
Randall McGowan, 65 of Sharon, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021, at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 8. 2021, at 2 pm at Bowlin Funeral Home with Judge Tommy Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Macks Grove Cemetery near Dresden. Visitation will be Monday from 12 noon until service time at 2 pm. Randall was...
Ben Allen Reynolds
Nov 3, 2021
Ben Allen Reynolds, Jr. age 68 of Union City TN died Wednesday November 3, 2021. He was born in Dearborn MI. Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by his mother Lilly Hassan Reynolds, Step mother Bobbye Brown Reynolds, his grandparents Will & Lillian Reynolds of Palmersville, and Allie & Rose Hassan of Dearborn, MI. He was a member of...
Ruth W. Lifsey
Oct 29, 2021
Ruth W. Lifsey age 96 of Dresden died on October 29, 2021 at her home. Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday, 11/2/2021 in Sunset Cemetery at 11:00 am. Visitation will be Monday evening at Bowlin Funeral Home from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm. There will not be any visitation on Tuesday, friends may assemble in the cemetery just prior...
Martha Ann Dawson Lamb
Oct 29, 2021
Martha Ann (Dawson) Lamb passed away peacefully in her home on October 29, 2021. She was 80 years old, born February 13, 1941 in Bradford, TN. She was a graduate of Sharon High School and after attending college at UTM she went to work at Kellwood Company. Martha was a long-time resident of Dresden, TN and enjoyed being involved...
Patty Joyce Howard
Oct 26, 2021
Patty Joyce Howard age 87 of Gleason, died October 26, 2021 at Weakley County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, 10/28/2021 in Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 pm with burial to follow in Palmersville Cemetery. Bro. Bobby Rushing will officiate the service. Visitation will be on Thursday at the funeral home from 10:00...
Janelle C. Smith
Oct 24, 2021
Janelle C. Smith age 89 of Dresden, died on October 24, 2021 at Weakley County Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 in Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel beginning at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Don McCulley will officiate the service. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery. Visitation with the family will take place on...
Debra Ann Dowdy
Oct 23, 2021
Debra Ann (Lackey) Dowdy, age 62 of Dresden, died on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at Milan General Hospital. Debra Ann Dowdy was born December 24, 1958 to the late Jerry and Joann (Strickland) Lackey in Savannah, TN. She was a CNA at Volunteer Hospital in Martin for many years. She is survived by her daughter, Amy Riggins and her...
Gregory Lamar Berfield
Oct 22, 2021
Gregory Lamar Berfield, 74, of Greer, South Carolina, husband of Lee Ainley Berfield, passed away on Friday, October 22, 2021. Mr. Berfield was born October 18, 1947, in Greenville, South Carolina, to the late Gird and Elizabeth Marchbanks Berfield. He graduated from Greenville High School and was also a graduate of Clemson University. He proudly served in the United...
Jacob Brandon Jarred
Oct 21, 2021
Jacob Brandon Jarred, 31 of Dresden, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021, in Dawson Springs, KY. A Celebration of Life service will be held Friday, November 5, 2021, at 6 pm at the Dresden First United Methodist Church. Jake was born August 13, 1990 in Mckenzie to the late Lonnie Jarred jr. and Ramona Raborn Roberts. He was a...
Eleanor Jane Lafleur-Garlitz
Oct 11, 2021
Eleanor Jane LaFleur-Garlitz died Monday evening, October 11, 2021, at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis. She was nine years old. She loved her family, especially her grandmas, her cousins, and her Uncle Fabian's stories. She also loved her teachers and her friends--she made friends everywhere she went.
Born in Martin,Tennessee, of Yankee stock, she adhered to...
Don Shane "Blue" Winstead
Oct 7, 2021
Don Shane "Blue" Winstead, 53 of Dresden, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021 at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 9, at 1:00 pm in Bowlin Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Lebanon Church of Christ Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday evening at the funeral home from 4:00 pm...
James Steven "Steve" Boyd
Oct 5, 2021
James Steven "Steve" Boyd passed away on October 5, 2021 at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital in Martin. Private, family only graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, October 8, 2021 at 11:00 am in Sunset Cemetery with burial to follow. Bro. Stan Brooks will officiate the service. Steve was born on May 4, 1958 to the late...


