)98 MEMPHIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1998 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL DEATHS at Methodist Hospital Germantown. Services will be in Woodbridge, with burial in Pohick Church Cemetery there. Collierville Funeral Home has local charge. She was a member of Capleville United Methodist Mrs. Crim, the widow of Roy A.
Marshall and Howell G. Crim, leaves two sons, Roy Marshall Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Boyd Marshall of Memphis, three grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren and four great-greatgrandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Capleville United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor's choice. GLADYS SCOTT CRULL, 91, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ripley, where she was a former member, with burial in Memorial Gardens in Ripley. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Crull, the widow of Albert L.
Crull, leaves a sister, Helon Woodley, and a brother, Robert Scott, both of Ripley, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two greatgreat-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Diabetes Association. DEMPSEY DAUGHTERY, 57, of 4185 Double Tree, truck driver J. E. Phillip, died of heart failure Saturday in Memphis.
N. J. Ford Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Daughtery, the husband of Addie Daughtery, also leaves three daughters, Dana Daughtery and Monica Daughtery, both Memphis, and Falana Daughtery of Denver; a son, Dempsey Dewayne Daughtery; his mother, Pauline Greer of Memphis; five sisters, Gloria Turner, Gale Daughtery, Perrie Langston, Mae Greer and Bernita Greer, all of Memphis; five brothers, Otis Smith, Larry Greer, Julius Greer and Cluster Daughtery, all of Memphis, and Terry Greer of Cleveland, Ohio, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
From Page A10 ARCHIE MONROE EMERY, 72, of Southaven, truck driver, died of hepatopulmonary disease Monday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery in Knoxville. Twin Oaks Funeral Home has local charge. He was a Methodist, a member of Whitehaven Masonic Lodge and Knoxville Shriners, and a World War and Korean War veteran, having received the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, a Bronze Star, Victory Medal, American Area Ribbon and Asiatic Pacific Area Ribbon.
Mr. Emery, the husband of Pauline Emery, also leaves two daughters, Janelle Smith Pine Bluff, and Dixie Chambers of Bartlett; two sons, Larry Emery of Cordova and Richard Emery of Collierville; two sisters, Juanita Price of Knoxville and Faye Benjamin of Seymour, a brother, Merle Emery of Knoxville, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital. NANNIE WILLS FARNSWORTH, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died aneurysm Dec. 20 at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Services were Dec. 21. Holly Springs (Miss.) Funeral Home had charge. She was a communicant of Grace St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
She leaves a son, Robert Duval Farnsworth; two sisters, Caroline Duval Wills and Louise Wills Church, and two brothers, Walter Douglass Wills Jr. and Edwin F. Wills, all of Memphis, several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. JAMES FINNIE, 57, of Drummonds, retired ironworker for International Harvester, died of cancer Dec. 23 at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Herman Missionary Baptist Church in Dixonville, with burial in the church cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Black Cowboys Association and a Mason.
He leaves two daughters, Rita R. Murray of San Diego and Amber Finnie of Memphis; a son, James Finnie Jr. of Los Angeles; two sisters, Dorothy Opum of Memphis and Louise Brown of Dixonville; a brother, Oliver Grant of Lansing, and three grandchildren. IVIE TURNAGE FLETCHER, 94, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery there. She was a member of Schoolfield United Methodist Church. Mrs. Fletcher, the widow of Rev. Harold 'Clarence' Fletcher, leaves a daughter, Sue Coats of Savannah, six sons, Coy Fletcher of Jackson, Jim Fletcher of Virginia Beach, Winston Fletcher of Largo, Hayes Fletcher of Memphis, George Fletcher of Nashville and Thomas Fletcher of Clinton, 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Schoolfield United Methodist Church. REV. HAROLD GENTRY, 45, of Millington and Memphis, pastor at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, died of cardiac arrest Dec. 2.
23 at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park.
M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Baptist Ministers Alliance. Mr. Gentry, the husband of Cheryl Gentry, also leaves a son, Nicholas Gentry of Millington; his mother, Fannie Gentry; his stepmother, Leola Davis, and his brother, Lewis Gentry of WILLIAM L.
GOODSON, 67, of Ger- can Heart Association. EDDIE RAY GORDON, 67, of West Memphis, homemaker, died of heart fail- mantown, owner of Distributing died of heart failure Sunday at his home. Services will be Wednesday at Kingsway Christian Church with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a member of Advent Presbyterian Church, Al Chymia Shrine Temple and Woodlawn Lodge and was a Merchant Marine and a Navy veteran.
He was also a member of Refrigeration Services Engineers Society and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. Mr. Goodson, the husband of Judy Goodson, also leaves three daughters, Kimberly Goodson of Nashville, Beth Douglas of Memphis and Cindy Minshew of Rome, two sons, Mike Goodson of Cordova, and William Goodson Jr. of Memphis; a half-brother, Robert Jones of Cumming, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Kingsway Christian Church or the Ameri- ure Dec.
23 at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at West Memphis First Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves six daughters, The CA on the 'Net: http://www.gomemphis.com Beatrice Duckett and Minnie Dooley, both of Los Angeles, Tracy Mangum West Memphis, Elizabeth Shivers of Baton Rouge, and Eddie Ray Wells and Veronica Wynn, of Memphis; seven sons, Harvard Gorden Ill of Los Angeles, Choice Gorden of Lexington, Eric Gorden of Memphis, John Shivers and Charles Williams, both of West Memphis, Floyd Shivers of Forrest City, and Willie Jackson of Waco, Texas, 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. EUGENE JEROME HARRIS, 44, of Memphis, died of heart failure Dec.
21 at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge.
He was a communicant of St. Thomas Catholic Church and a Korean War Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Roslyn Alexander of Memphis; three sons, Eugene Alexander of Memphis, and Demuriress Harris and Curtis Harris, both of Trenton, his mother, Geneva Davis of Memphis; three sisters, Cheryl Miller of Dallas, and Cynthia Davis and Jacqueline Chambers, both of Memphis; two brothers, James Davis and Davis, and his grandmothers, Willie B. McPherson and Earlene Harris, all of Memphis, and five grandchildren. WILLIE 'KIND' HARRIS 41, of Cordova, maintenance worker, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Cordova, where he was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. H.C. Jett Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Elverta Harris of Cordova; four sisters, Lorine Chambers, Bunnie Shotwell, Mary Smith and Toy E. Harris, all of Memphis, and six brothers, Joe Crawford, Troy Harris, Leon Harris and Hilliard Harris, all of Memphis, Abra Harris of Los Angeles and L.
T. Jackson of Detroit. JULIUS HUNTER, 68, of Memphis, retired City of Memphis employee, died of cancer Saturday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at M.J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hunter, the husband of Willie B. Hunter, also leaves five daughters, Lawella Lavender, Deborah Bedford and Valerie Hunter, all of Memphis, Janice Coleman of Atlanta and Virgie Chatman of Gary, three sons, Raymond Chatman, Marvin Bedford and Lacy Bedford, all of Memphis; two sisters, Lillie M. Small of Flint, and Jessie Cade Kirby of Memphis, 26 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
EARLENE J. JOHNSON, 72, of Memphis, died of heart Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs.
Johnson, the wife of Simon Johnson, also leaves a daughter, Margaret A. Torrence of Rialto, and two grandchildren. HELENE D. JONES, 73, of Millington, public accountant, died of heart failure Christmas Eve at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Memphis Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel has charge.
Mrs. Jones, the widow of Robert C. Jones, leaves a son, Robert C. Jones Jr. of Millington; a brother, Ben Daniels of Milan, and a grandchild.
RICHMOND L. 'LUCKY' KING, 74, of Memphis, retired employee of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, died of heart failure Monday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World War Army veteran and a member of Cherry Road Baptist Church.
Mr. King, the husband of May. Brunson King, also leaves a daughter, Barbara Crisler of Hammond, a son, Michael R. King of Bartlett, and four grandchildren. VIRGINIA SEYMOUR MAIN, 78, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital after a stroke.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Roller-Citizens Funeral West Memphis with burial in Ashburn Cemetery in Bassett, Ark. She was a member of Highland Heights Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Main, the widow of John Henry Main, leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Main of Memphis; a sister, Melba Rounsaball of Joiner, and two brothers, Hubert Seymour of West Memphis and John Seymour of Dyess, Ark.
ISIAH MARION, 63, of Memphis, formerly of Holly Springs, retired laborer for Pro Serve Chemical died of cardiorespiratory failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be at noon Wednesday in Hamilton Chapel CME Church Cemetery in Waterford, Miss. J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge.
He was a member of Mt. Vernon CME Church in Waterford. Mr. Marion, the husband of Weada Marion, also leaves a daughter, Tawanda Marion of Coldwater, a stepdaughter, Vernell Scruggs of Holly Springs; four sisters, Evelyn Carier, Hattie Harley, Birdie Nunnually and Geraldine Peterson, all of Memphis, and three brothers, Charles Marion of Chicago, and Gerald Marion and Rather Marion both of Memphis. THELMA V.
McKINNEY, 41, of 4537 Windward, died of diabetes Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. N.J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a choir member at First Baptist Church. Mrs.
McKinney, the wife of Andrew L. McKinney, also leaves three daughters, Kenya A. McKinney, Andrea V. McKinney and Kristin McKinney; a son, Andrew Nicholas McKinney; her stepfather, Eddie B. Jones; two sisters, Beatrice Hunt Johnson and Linda G.
Johnson, and three brothers, Michael Jones, Troy L. Jones and Gregory Jones, all of Memphis. MARGARET MILLER, 86, of 1545 Latham, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at her home. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge.
She was a member of Rising Sun Baptist Church. Mrs. Miller, the widow of Louis Miller, leaves a daughter, Louise Graham Memphis, six grandchildren, 26 greatgrandchildren and 23 great children. RICHARD MELVIN MOODY, 82, of 6495 Castle Creek Lane, formerly of Peoria, retired after 35 years with Caterpillar died of heart failure Dec. 12 at Memphis Veterans Medical Center.
Services were Dec. 19 at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery in West Peoria, III. Simons Mortuary in Peoria had charge. He leaves four daughters, Marilyn Sue Hicks of Peoria, Sally Ann Moody-Pitre of Seattle, Carilyn Elaine Daniel of Germantown and Angela Moody of Memphis; a son, Richard M.
Moody of Memphis; two sisters, Helen Brown of Atlanta and Betty Wilkerson of Peoria; two brothers, Robert Good of Denver and Ronald Good of Chicago, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. MILDRED CECILIA MORTON, 80, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at her home. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a communicant of Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Mrs.
Morton, the widow of Jesse Arnold Morton, leaves a son, Joseph Morton of Memphis; two sisters, Kathleen Beaugrand of Chicago and Maxine Bailey of Winona, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Poor Clare Sisters Convent. JAKE PARKER, 81, of 1056 Linden, retired therapist for University Club, died of heart failure Dec. 22 at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in New Park Cemetery.
He was a member of Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Parker, the widower of Verna Smith Parker, leaves a daughter, Dorothy J. Stevenson, and a son, Charles Edward Parker, both of Memphis; a sister, Mattie Lee Wilson, and a brother, Isa Parker, both of Carruthersville, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. CHARLES MARION PITTMAN, 57, of Memphis, formerly of Wynne, retired painter, died of heart disease Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne with burial in Harris Chapel Cemetery near Wynne. He was a Baptist. He leaves five daughters, Julie Smith of Quincy, Maudie Michelle Pittman of Cheyenne, Regina Kemp of Palestine, Cynthia McDaniel of Wynne and Amanda Pittman of Memphis; seven sons, Bobby Joe Pittman of Wynne, Anthony Howard Pittman of Moro, Terry Eason of Portland, Paul Wayne Pittman of Quincy, Ricky Pittman of Atlanta, Texas, and Charles Pittman and Derek Pittman, both of Memphis; five sisters, Wilma Burks of Montana, Mary Lou Goad of Seneca, Sandra Sue Quinn of West Memphis, Gail Bedwell of Jonesboro, and Tina Hendricks of Harrisburg, five brothers, Luther Pittman of Forrest City, James Pittman of West Memphis, Roger Pittman of Greers Ferry, Gary Pittman of Wynne and Paul Pittman of Shelby County, and 19 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
LAVELL S. POWELL, 70, of Nashville, formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died of pneumonia Saturday at Mariner Healthcare Nursing Home in Nashville. Graveside services will be at noon Wednesday in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Memphis Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel has charge. She leaves two daughters, Bobbie Murphy of Denver and Bonita Martin of Nashville; two sisters, Ruth Foster of Memphis and Inez Coleman of Kosciusko, a brother, Norman Squires of Kosciusko, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
LONZIE ROBERSON, 18, of 90 E. Dempster, student at Carver High School, died of an apparent homicide Monday in Memphis. N.J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Hattie V.
Roberson, and his grandparents, Emily and Hugh Roberson, all of Memphis. JULIE McNATT SCHREINER, 37, of Memphis, teacher, died of cancer Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Roller Family Funeral Home Memphis Chapel with burial in Elmwood. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Park Avenue Animal Hospital.
ALMA LORENE CRAFTON SCHRIMSHER, 70, of Somerville, formerly Williston, retired production employee and inspector for Somerville Manufacturing Co. and Troxel Manufacturing died of liver failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial Perry Cemetery in Laconia, Tenn. She was a member of Somerville Church of God.
She leaves three sons, Richard Bell of Southaven, Mike Bell of Williston and David Bell of Ripley, and five grandchildren. BEAL HARRIS SHANNON, 89, of Germantown, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools after 30 years, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Woodland Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Shannon Cemetery in Shannon, Miss. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge.
She was formerly a member and Sunday school teacher at Whitehaven United Methodist Church for 40 years. Mrs. Shannon, the widow of Thad Shannon, leaves two daughters, Dorothy S. Todd of Germantown and Sue S. Goldberg of Memphis; three sisters, Virginia Oakley of Memphis, Octavia McCoy of Tupelo, and Linda Edwards of Baton Rouge, a brother, Lamar Harris of Tupelo, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or a charity of the donor's choice. HERBERT G. SLOAN, 85, of Miami, formerly of Memphis, died of heart failure Oct. 30 at Coral Gables, Fla.
Van Orsdel Funeral Home of Coral Gables had charge. Mr. Sloan, the husband of Cleo N. Sloan, also leaves two sons, Bill Sloan of Miami and Herbert G. Sloan Jr.
of Fairfield Glade, a sister, Estelle McDaniel of Memphis, and four grandchildren. JULIUS L. SMITH, 36, of 592 Lauderdale, laborer for Labor Force, died of lung disease Dec. 23 at Oakville Health Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Wednesday at Mt. Carmel Church of God in Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. R.S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge.
He leaves three daughters, Meme Smith, Porsha Smith and Jamie Smith; two sons, Julius Lee Smith Jr. and Carlos Smith, and his mother, Mildred J. Smith, all of Memphis; his father, Johnny B. Smith of Clarksdale, three sisters, Queenie B. Smith, Gloria Smith and Weddie J.
Smith, and four brothers, Johnny B. Smith, Steve T. Smith, John W.L. Smith, and Eddie G. Smith, all of Memphis.
JAMES LOYD STINNETT, 91, of Mem- phis, retired forman for E.L. Bruce Lumber, died of heart failure Sunday at Shelby Pines Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East. He was a member of National Avenue Baptist Church and Tennessee Sheriff's Associaton. Mr.
Stinnett, the husband of Virginia Lee Chambers Stinnett, also leaves a daughter, Bette Lee Howard of Memphis; a son, Bob E. Stinnett of Glendive, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. ROBERT B. SUMMERS, 62, of Memphis, retired after 26 years with the City of Memphis Police Department, died of cancer Monday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a 32nd-degree Mason. Mr. Summers, the husband of Marion Nell Summers, also leaves four daughters, Lynne Griffin, Bobby Nell Tittle and Susan Street, all of Memphis, and Katherine Ingram of Colcord, a son, Robert B. Summers three sisters, Marguerite Kay, Mary Ann Rooker and Rose Miller, and a brother, David Summers, all of Memphis, and 14 grandchildren.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice. LLOYD ANTHONY TATE, 51, of Rich- mond, formerly of Covington, machinist for Belden died of heart disease Thursday at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Canaan Baptist Church in Covington with burial in Garden of Everlasting Life there. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mr.
Tate, the husband of Darlene Frazier Tate, also leaves two sons, Mark A. Tate of Indianapolis and Lloyd D. Tate of Richmond; his stepmother, Charles Helen Tate of Covington; 10 sisters, Mildred Marshall of Chicago, Elnora Tipton of Memphis, Mae H. Flowers, Margaret Edwards and Mary F. Edwards, all of Covington, Elaine Burnett and Patricia Tate, both of Detroit, and Ethel L.
Reed, Ann C. Perkins and Phyllis Tate, all of Milwaukee; seven brothers, Willie F. Tate of Memphis, Willie Frazier of St. Louis, Tommie L. Tate and Christopher Thomas, both of Covington, and James B.
Frazier, John W. Tate and Roy J. Tate, all of Detroit. TRAVIS THORNTON, 78, of Memphis, retired switchman for Missouri Pacific Railroad, died of renal failure Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Thornton, the husband of Gail Thornton, also leaves three daughters, Trudy Dickson, Vicki Grimm and Cathy Wade, all of Olive Branch, a stepdaughter, Dana Smith of Malta, Ohio; three stepsons, Carter Hutton of Grand Prairie, Texas, Don Hutton of Memphis and Mark Hutton of Cordova; two sisters, Annie Helen Jones of Eudora, and Lee Armstrong Marked a Mammie, brother, Louis Thornton of Dyersburg, seven grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren. DEATHS ELSEWHERE MARY LORAINE GRIFFIN, 80, of Ripley, retired factory worker, died of heart failure Sunday at Wesley Nursing Home in Millington. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery there. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ripley. Mrs. Griffin, the widow of William S. Griffin, leaves local survivors including two sons, William Griffin and Danny Griffin, and two brothers, Pete Marcum and Harbert Marcum, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
FUNERALS unannounced services received through Monday, Dec. Bert Blackledge, 67. Magnolia First Baptist Church at noon Wednesday. Burial in New Park Cemetery. N.J.
Ford Sons Funeral Home. Flossie Boswell, 76. Antioch Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Berial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
N.J. Ford Sons Funeral Home. Roosevelt Boyce, 65. Greater New Salem Missionary Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Isie Brown, 73. M.J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home at noon Wednesday. Burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. Freddie Mae Kelly, 78. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home at 10 a.m.
Wednesday. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Margaret A. Phillips, 65. Norris Road Church of Christ 11 a.m.
Wednesday. Burial in St. John Cemetery in Duck Hill, Miss. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home.
Julius Smith, 36. Mt. Carmel Church of God in Christ at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Mt.
Carmel Cemetery. R.S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home. Lexola Townsend, 89. Columbus Baptist Church at noon today.
Burial in New Park Cemetery. R.S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home. Louise Ware, 71. Boston Baptist Church on Jackson Avenue at 7 p.m.
Wednesday. Burial in National Cemetery. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Fed Williams, 75.
Power Center at noon Wednesday. Burial at 10 a.m. 4 in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. M.J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home.
MID-SOUTH DEATHS The following obituaries were received through Monday, Dec. 28. ARKANSAS BLYTHEVILLE Golden Johnson Bowen, 83, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville; Audra E. Perkins, 88, widow of Johnnie Perkins, died of lung disease Sunday at her home. MISSISSIPPI ABBEVILLE Nellie Thweatt Jenkins, 75, homemaker, widow of Riley Gilbert Je Jenkins, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after an auto accident.
ACKERMAN Charles H. Peeples, 55, shift foreman for Hackney Manufacturing husband of Judy Peeples, died of cancer Sunday at his home. BELZONI Alma Beatrice Braswell, 96, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at her home. COFFEEVILLE Emily Alice McAllister, 89, retired seamstress for Big Yank widow of Clarence David McAllisterdied of heart failure Monday at Grenada Lake Medical Center. COLUMBUS Grady M.
Prevost, 78, retired Mississippi State highway patrol officer, husband of Nancy Bailey Prevost, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. COMO William Guyton Marshall, 76, retired carpenter and member of Carpenter's Local 345, husband of Johnnie Marshall, died of heart failure Monday at Shelby County Healthcare in Memphis. CORINTH Edith Nellodean 'Nell' Crossland, 67, widow of David Holmes and Ellis Crossland, died of cancer Sunday at Magnolia Regional Health Center; Susan 'Norrine' Hammett, 82, homemaker, wife of Hafford Hammett for 64 years, died of cancer Monday at Magnolia Regional Medical Center; Lorena Nelson Null, 91, homemaker, widow of Onnie Null, died of heart disease Monday at Magnolia Regional Health Center; Dorothy Roberts, 53, homemaker, died of heart failure Dec. 23 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. ENID Daisy Bell Beardain, 90, homemaker, widow of Ervin Countess Beardain, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.
EUPORA Vera Latham, 72, retired dietitian for Eupora Health Care Center after 20 years, wife of Maston H. Latham, died of heart failure Sunday at Webster Health Services. GREENVILLE Jennie Lee Gorton, 93, of Carbondale, formerly of Greenville, artist and floral designer, widow of Doy Dewitt Gorton, died of heart failure Saturday at Carbondale Health Care Center; Mary Maxine Hargett Serio, 67, former pediatrics head nurse at King's Daughters Hospital, widow of Paul Anthony Serio, died of heart failure Sunday at Delta Regional Medical Center; Susan Lofton Smith, 45, homemaker, died of cancer Friday at Delta Regional Medical Center. GREENWOOD Pauline 'Polly' Marshall, 79, retired City of Greenwood tax assessor, widow of John S. Marshall, died of heart failure Friday at Greenwood-Leflore Hospital; Louis Turner, 93, retired construction worker, husband of Mattie Turnerdied of heart failure Friday at Greenwood-Leflore Hospital.
GRENADA Opal Dugan, 72, of Terry, formerly of Grenada, homemaker, wife of Harrison Dugan, died Saturday at Mississippi Methodist Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson after an auto accident; Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Gibbs, 92, retired three-term Grenada County supervisor, husband of Ruby Morgan Gibbs, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford; Gus 'Bud' Morgan 67, Corps of Engineers facility manager, widower of Nina Jean Stewart Morgan, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. HERNANDO Elmo M. Vaughn, 74, retired employee of Memphis Lamp husband of Julia Vaughn, died of cancer Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. HOLLY SPRINGS Ada Elizabeth Floyd, 74, homemaker, widow of Wiley D. Floyd, died of cancer Sunday at Marshall County Medical Center.
HORN LAKE Clairanne Miller Howard, 70, of Horn Lake, formerly of West Point, homemaker, wife of Dale Howard, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Methodist Hospital in KOSCIUSKO Herman Lacy Woods, 86, retired painter, died of heart failure Sunday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital. LELAND Dorothy Jean Butler, 68, retired riverboat cook, widow of James E. Butler, died of heart failure Sunday at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville. McCARLEY Irene Sudduth Brisendine, 81, of Dothan, formerly of McCarley, retired finisher for Carrollton Manufacturing, widow of Arthur Herman Brisendine, died of heart failure Sunday at Westside Terrace Nursing Home in Dothan. NEW ALBANY Odie Marie Griffin, 87, homemaker, widow of Arlis Leon Griffin, died of heart disease Friday at Tomball (Texas) Nursing Home.
OKOLONA Annie Bell Cooper Ellis, 62, retired employee of Shaw Manufacturing wife of William Robert Ellis, died of cancer Sunday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. OXFORD Eldon Jesse Hoar, 92, former editor and publisher of Oxford Eagle and retired public accountant, husband of Lula Mae Zimmerman Hoar, died of cardiac arrest Sunday at Mississippi State Veterans Home. PONTOTOC Brantley Gentry, 80, retired manager for Western Auto after 35 years, husband of Faye Baldwin Gentry for 60 years, died of heart failure Monday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. RIPLEY Edwin E. 'Eddie' Crawford 47, died Wednesday at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan, after a stroke.
THYATIRA Maggie Mae Williams, 87, homemaker, widow of Robby Williams, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven after a stroke. TILLATOBA Bradford Charles Cook, 52, mail carrier, died of heart failure Saturday at Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada. WATER VALLEY Cassandra Horton Tedford, 30, lab technician at Baptist Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, wife of Tommie O'Neal Tedford, died there Dec. 23 after a stroke. TENNESSEE BRADFORD Daphne G.
Griffin, 96, retired nurse, died of heart failure Monday at Oakhaven Nursing Home in McKenzie. BROWNSVILLE Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, 83, homemaker, widow of A. J. Campbell, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Healthcare in Brownsville. BRUCETON Allie Ward, 103, retired carpenter and farmer, widower of Ophelia Travis Ward, died of heart disease Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Huntingdon.
DYERSBURG Robert Olen Hall, 79, retired law enforcement officer for Dyer County Sheriff's Department after 20 years, husband of Rebecca Summers Hall and widower Mattie Sue Garrison Hall, died of heart failure Sunday at his home. HUNTINGDON Lavinia Otera Martin, 88, homemaker, widow of Kenneth Martin, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Huntingdon; Frances Odelia Gooch Umstead, 85, homemaker, widow of Sam Umstead, died of heart failure Sunday at Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center. JACKSON Grace Greenway, 89, retired nurse's aide, widow of Henry Greenway, died of heart failure Sunday at Forest Cove Nursing Center. MARTIN Paul David Waddell, 64, retired Memphis Fire Department captain, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. MASON Booker T.
Jones, 49, retired employee of Memphis Light, Gas Water Division and locator for STS, husband of Eliza B. Jones, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital of Fayette in Somerville after an auto acci- McKENZIE Carlos Cannon Scott, 81, retired painter, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Hospital of McKenzie. MICHIE Nadine McAfee Carson, 72, retired employee of ITT Fabrication, widow of Robert Carson, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Miss. OBION Edith Mary Johnson, 86, retired bookkeeper for Forcum Lannom, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial HospitalUnion City. PARSONS Connie Houston Bawcum, 79, retired teacher, died of heart failure Sunday at Nashville Memorial Hospital.
RIPLEY Josh Anderson Watson, 78, retired factory worker, widower of Elizabeth Christine Watson, died of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. SAVANNAH David Earl Smith, 41, of Savannah, formerly of Mishawaka, aluminum siding installer, husband of Carmen Shank Smith, died of kidney failure Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. SELMER Elmo Ray Tidwell, 69, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist HealthcareMcNairy County in Selmer. TRENTON Esther L. Johnson, 97, retired teacher, died of heart failure Friday at her home.
UNION CITY Lottie Groom McSpadden, 84, homemaker, widow of Finis Herman McSpadden, died of respiratory arrest Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. WILDERSVILLE Bobbie Jewel Alexander, 63, wife of L. W. Alexander, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Hospital of Lexington. PAID IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory RUBYE ORAL FARRELL DUGGER Lyrics of a song she wrote, many years ago, returned to comfort us, when we had to DUGGER let her go.
"It's Jesus when I'm lonely. It's Jesus when I'm sad. Jesus, when in trouble; he makes my heart so glad. Just lay on Him your burdens. He'll all your sorrows share.
Put on the robe of righteousness, and meet him in the air." From all the grateful souls you touched through gentle words and deeds. You gave US hope within our hearts, He'll meet our every need. In Loving Memory Anthony McHarty ANTHONY "You'll always be first in my heart" You know that love you, and you must know, too, ANTHONY that my happiest moments are those spent with youFor when we're together or when we're apart, you're first In my thoughts and you're first in my heart. MERRY CHRISTMAS LOVE, PEARLIE To place a notice, call 529-2700 Call 529-2700 for photo reprints DEATHS I GARDNER Christopher Gardner, 35, departed this life on December 24, 1998 in Fort Worth, TX. Visitation will be, December 29, 1998, 9a to 9p.
at Gregory GARDNER Spencer Funeral Home, 4000 Miller Ft. Worth, TX 76114. Service will be, December 30, 1998 at Mount Olive Baptist Church In Arlington, TX at 11 a.m. HOLLOWAY MR. WILLIAM J.
HOLLOWAY of Memphis died on December 26, of respiratory failure at the age of 94. He was born in Haverhill, MA, to Irish immigrant parents John E. and Nellie Cotter Holloway. He played football at St. James High School and received a full football scholarship to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He continued his education at Harvard Business School where he received his Masters in Business Administration. Mr. Holloway worked In the shoe industry throughout his career and became president and co-owner of Addison Shoe Corporation in Marlboro, MA. When Addison was relocated to Wynne, Arkansas in 1962, he continued there as president until 1976.
Following his retirement, he began volunteer work as director of the Cross County Special Workshop for the developmentally disabled in Wynne. He was a communicant for many years at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Wynne, Arkansas and at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis where the church organ was dedicated in memory of his beloved wife Margaret Horan Holloway who died in 1971. Mr.
Holloway was the proud father eight children, Margaret O'Connor of Nine Mile Falls, Washington, Mary Jane Loewenberg of Silver Springs, Maryland, William J. Holloway Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, John E. Holloway of Louisville, Kentucky, Ellen Holloway of Memphis, Patricia Regenold of Memphis with whom he made his home in later years, Kathleen Brotherton, Little Rock, Arkansas and Kevin Holloway of Memphis. He had 11 grandchildren and 8 greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church at 10:00 AM on Tuesday. Donations can be made in his memory to Madonna Learning Center, 7007 Poplar Memphis, 38138. KUNEY PAID COLA MARIE CRADDOCK KUNEY (nee White), long time Memphis resident, died December 25, 1998 at the age of 93 in St. Louis, Missouri.
She is survived by her son and daughter-Inlaw, Jack and Kathy Craddock of St. Louis, MO; two step-daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Kuney Townsend of Pittsford, MI and Mrs. Connie Kuney Lyles of Memphis, TN, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one great-great- grandchild. She is also survived by a faithful and loving companion, her cat Tiger.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husbands, Robert Roy Craddock and Oswell A. Kuney and two sons, Robert Roy (Bob) Craddock, Jr. and James L. (Jim) Craddock, all of Memphis. Marie lived in the Hollywood area of Memphis during the late 30's and 40's where the Craddock family operated a local pharmacy.
During World War Il she built airplane wing tips for B-25 Bombers at the local factory. Later she worked at Mallory Air Force Supply Depot as a clerk for over twenty years. She move to St. Louis, MO in 1995 to be closer to her remaining famIly. Funeral arrangements by Family Funeral Care, 4925 Summer Avenue, Memphis, TN.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, December 29, 1998, 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral Services will be on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Family Funeral Care. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to The Wellness Community, a Support Center for Cancer Patients, Their FamiIles, and Cancer Survivors, 10425 Olive Street Road, St. Louis, MO 63141.
NESTRUD Loretta Sheeran Nestrud, 86, of Little Rock died Monday, December 28, 1998. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Charles Arden Nestrud, a brother, Donald Sheeran, a sister, Terry Dougherty. She was born October 23, 1912 in Underwood, N.D. to the late Christian E. and Gertrude Brophy Sheeran.
Loretta was a devout Catholic and a charter member of Christ the King Catholic Church, Little Rock. Survivors are her children, Thomas Charles Nestrud of Barrington Hills, Sheeran Ann Gallagher of Minneapolis, MN, Richard Michael Nestrud, Margaret Mary Dickinson and Charles Robert Nestrud, all of Little Rock, fifteen grandchildren and five great She was a devoted wife and mother, had a deep trust in God, and raised her family this way. Funeral services will be held today at 10:00 am at Christ the King Catholic Church with Msgr. Gaston Herbert officiating, followed by a graveside service at Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St.
Vincent Infirmary Auxiliary, Christ the King Catholic Church, Meals on Wheels, and Helping Hand. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, Little Rock. WARE Louise Ware died 12-25-98. She leaves 2 half-sisters, Otheree Simes and Carmeletia Harris; 2 half-brothers, Dennis and Marcus Thomas, all of St. Paul, 1 Aunt, Dana Thompson who cared for her and 1 Cousin, Maggie White, both of Memphis.
Wake is Wednesday, 5 7pm. at Boston B.C. Funeral, Service at 7 7 7 7 pm. Interment in National Cemetery, Thurs. at 10 am.
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