Joe Russell Scooter

Joe Russell Shooter, formerly of McKenzie, Tennessee, passed away on November 13, 2025, with family by his side at The Arbors in Union City, TN.

Joe was born on July 29, 1946 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The son of the late Iola Shooter Corbin and Walter H. Shooter. He grew up in McKenzie, TN and graduated from McKenzie High School. He attended Bethel College and graduated from UT Health Sciences Center in Memphis as a Medical Technologist. He worked at William F. Bowld Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital retiring after a 50-year career in the medical field. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Senatobia, Mississippi.

Joe will be remembered for his dedication a Christian father to his daughter, Mary, who was the light of his life.

Joe is survived by his daughter, Mary Shooter of Union City, TN; his sisters, Becky Scates and Tenia King (Jimmy) of McKenzie, TN; his nieces, Jennifer Clay (Cary), and Cheryl King of Nashville, TN, Amber Fern (Micah) of Searcy ,AR, nephews Jeff Wilson and David King (Jeri Lynn) of McKenzie, TN; Mother in law Gerry Holliday, Brother in law, George Lamont Holliday, Sister in law Lynn Jewell (Trey and Erin) all of Memphis, TN.

In addition to his parents, Joe is preceded in death by his wife, Patsy, his father in-law, George Holliday and brother in-law, Larry Holliday all of Memphis, TN.

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