Obituaries

Obituary: Linda K. Fulghum

Linda K. Fulghum ~ November 9, 1945 – March 11, 2023 (age 77)

Linda K. Fulghum, age 77, of Bolivar, departed this life on Saturday morning, March 11, 2023, at Christian Care Center.

She was the widow of Jerry N. Fulghum whom she married in March 1965. He passed on December 9, 2017.

The daughter of the late Benjamin Berton Kay and Louise Armour Kay, she was born in Somerville and lived most all her life in Bolivar. She served Hardeman County as Circuit Court Clerk for nearly 50 years before retiring in 2018.

Graveside services will be at the Bolivar Memorial Cemetery on Sunday, March 12, 2023, 4 p.m. with Dylan Hill officiating. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Bolivar is in charge of professional arrangements.

Her survivors include a son, Mark Fulghum and wife, Ellen, of Bolivar; brother, Bert Kay of Cordova; and grandchildren, Becca Jeter and husband, Josh and, Ben Fulghum.

Linda loved serving her community and its people and was a member of Bolivar First Methodist Church.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Ben Kay.

Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association.


Courtesy of Shackelford Funeral Directors, Bolivar, Tennessee.

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