81 year old Jesse James “Screw” Driver of Elmwood died Sunday at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage. He was a Smith County native, a construction worker, and a Baptist. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Jerry Driver and Charles Gentry will officiate and burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery at Alexandria. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m until the service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie C. and Ethel Fitts Driver; sisters, Virginia and husband Marvin Lynch; Josephine Driver, and Corrine and husband Luther Music; and brothers, Avin Driver and Lacy Lane Driver. Survivors include a sister, Mildred Thomas of Carthage. Brother and sister-in-law, Alex and Rosell Driver of Chestnut Mound. Sister-in-law, Bessie Driver of Smithville and several nieces and nephews. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements.
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