Mrs. June Wilkerson Palmer, of Dyersburg, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at AHC Senior Living & Rehab in Dyersburg.  She was born in Martinsville, VA on May 7, 1939 to the late Clyde & Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilkerson.  In the summer of 1958, while working as a waitress in Myrtle Beach, SC, she met and soon married a young U.S. Air Force Airman named John Palmer.  She was a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and worked as a business-education teacher and devoted homemaker. In 1965 they moved to Dyersburg, TN where he began to practice law with his uncle Rocky Palmer. John & June were long-time members of First United Methodist Church and enjoyed her ladies' bible study group as well as her ladies and couples Bridge Clubs.  June was an active participant in the work of the National Alliance for Mental Illness at the local and state level, helping advocate and craft legislation.

She is survived by her son, Joe Palmer, her daughter, Julie Palmer, her grandson Jullian Galvan Palmer and her brother-in-law, Tom Palmer and his children, Anna Palmer Rimel and Mary Palmer and her nephew Kevin Wilkerson and his family, Patty Wilkerson, Holly Foster and Jane Anne Teague. She is preceded in death by her husband, John W. Palmer, her parents and brother, Douglas Wilkerson and sister-in-law Jean Palmer.

A funeral service will be held to honor the lives of John & June Palmer on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Dyersburg Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Dr. Phillip Cook & Rev. Dr. MaryBeth Bernheisel.  Visitation will be held from Noon until services begin.

The family request that memorials be made in lieu of flowers to honor the memory of John & June Palmer, directed to an organization of the giver's choice.