Phillip A. Tennyson

Phillip A. "Andy" Tennyson, age 59, passed away July 30, 2016 at Merit Health in Batesville, MS. Funeral services for Phillip will be held Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation beginning 1 hour prior to the service in The Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. Interment will follow the service at Oak View Memorial Park in Alamo, TN. Rev. Jeff Tankersly and Dr. Courtney Selvy will officiate the service. Andy was born July 22, 1957 to Carolyn Privett Steinwinder and the late Phillip Afton Tennyson in Memphis, TN. Andy was a truck driver during his lifetime and proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy. He is a former member of Rose Hill Baptist Church, currently attending Enid Lake Baptist. Those left behind to cherish his loving memory include his mother, Carolyn Steinwinder of Pope, his son, Phillip Andrew Tennyson, Jr. of Goldsboro, N.C., his daughter, Candice Marie McCraken, of Memphis, TN, his sister, Cindy T. Griffin of Pope, and 5 Grandchildren; Tyler Tennyson, Samantha Raithel, Elizabeth McCraken, Michael McCraken, and Brenda King.