Obituaries

Obituary: Donna Mannon Ervin

Donna Mannon Ervin ~ August 5, 1942 – April 6, 2023 (age 80)

Donna Mannon Ervin passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at her home in Bolivar.

Her services were held 12 Noon, Monday, April 10, 2023, at Trinity Baptist Church in Bolivar with burial following in Rainey Cemetery near Toone. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Bolivar were in charge of professional arrangements.

A native and life-long resident of Hardeman County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Sherman Mannon and Novie Inez Bell Mannon. She retired in 2013 from Western Mental Health Institute where she worked in housekeeping and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church for many years.

In her leisure time, she enjoyed time spent with her grandchildren and family, gardening and reading. Donna loved country music and going to Music-on-the-Square in Bolivar.

She leaves her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Jackie Simpson of Whiteville; her son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Vicki Richardson of Bolivar; her grandchildren, Erika Kelly, Demi Richardson, Taylor Cash, Rebecca Lambert, T. J. Richardson and Hannah Simpson; and her great-grandchildren, Tysen Smith, Jake Kelley, Cole Kelley, Cash Smith, Jeremiah Daughtery, Emma Swinford, Jensen Lambert, Kayleigh Hayes, Kyndle Hayes and Bryson Hayes.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Marilyn Mannon; brother, Billy Mannon; half-brother, Ed Mannon; several half-sisters; and life partner, Raybon Tatum.

Memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

Courtesy of Shackelford Funeral Directors, Bolivar, Tennessee.


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