FIRST April 18, 2003 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL www.gomemphis.com DEATHS DEATHS ARKANSAS Through Thursday, April 17 grandchildren. BLYTHEVILLE Melba McGee, BLYTHEVILLE Willie Holloway, died 86, retired railroad employee, April 9 at the Regional Medical Center of Northeast Arkansas in Jonesboro. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Nehemiah Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in Sandy Ridge Cemetery in Burdette. Wilson Funeral Home has charge.
He was a member of the usher board at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Holloway, the widower of Vannie Holloway, leaves a daughter, Doris Taylor of Blytheville; a son, Clyde Holloway-Stewart of Luxora; a brother, Charlie Holloway of Poplar Bluff, four grandchildren and seven great- 55, retired manager of the First National Bank North Branch in Blytheville, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday at Cobb Funeral Home with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. She was a member of North Tenth Street Baptist Church. Mrs. McGee, the wife of Tommy McGee, also leaves two daughters, Tracie Robinson of Blytheville and Amanda Mayher of Mountain Home; a brother, Otis Lee Hardin of Sherwood, and four grandchildren. BRINKLEY Bernice Bell Foster, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Briscoe with burial in Harris Cemetery there. McNeal Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. Mrs.
Foster was the wife of Booker Foster. LEPANTO Doris Arlene Watkins, 50, homemaker, died Tuesday at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Tyronza Cemetery.
Wilson Funeral Home has charge. was of the Pentecostal faith. She leaves two sons, Robert Lee Fuller of Lepanto and Joe Christopher Watkins of Marked Tree; seven sisters, Diane Robbins of Brush, Lisa Kay Zitts of Springfield, Ohio, Mary Sipes and Kathy Ridge, both of Marked Tree, Patricia Kirkpatrick of Lepanto, Pamela Byrd of Bassett and Sandra Ham of Dyess, and a brother, Ronnie Allen Kirkpatrick of Jonesboro. LUXORA Erma Dean Baker, 46, factory worker, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 4 p.m.
Saturday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member the choir, with burial in Luxora Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Baker, the wife of Baker, also leaves a stepson, John Baker Jr.
of Chicago; eight sisters, Bobbie Pugh, Dorothy Johnson, Mae Wimbley, Mable Garrett and Judy Jacobs, all of Luxora, Becky Whaley of Burdette, Patricia Ramsey of Osceola and Martha Ann Webbs of Chicago, and eight brothers, Jimmy Rufus and Allen Walters, both of Chicago, Clarence Walters of Jacksonville, Curtis Walters of Luxora, Lenell Walters of Marion and David Walters, Charles Walters and Kenny Jones, all of Osceola. LUXORA Patricia Bynum, 65, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Luxora Cemetery. She was a member of Rosa Baptist Church.
Mrs. Bynum, the wife of Lemuel Bynum also leaves five daughters, Judith Bynum and Marcia Sheldon, both of Luxora, Teresa Cortez and Deborah Bynum of Mesa, and Bonnie Ashley of Blytheville; two sons, Bruce Bynum and Jimmy Bynum, both of Luxora; two sisters, Virginia Cook of St. Paul, and Della Holliman of Mesa; two brothers, James Leroy Hardin of Traverse City, and C. M. Hardin of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
McCRORY Chester Walter Reynolds, 90, retired farmer, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Beedeville Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Eight Mile Cemetery in Beedeville. Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home has charge. Mr.
Reynolds, the husband of Mildred Ruth Martin Reynolds for 66 years, also leaves three daughters, Christine Imboden of Hickory Ridge, Pearl Mann of Beedeville and Amanda White of Newport; two sons, Otis Joe Reynolds of Hickory Ridge and Otto Franklin Reynolds Beedeville; a sister, Dolly Pierce of Wynne, 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two The great-great-grandchildren. family requests that memorials be sent to Eight Mile Cemetery or the charity of the donor's choice. manager for the Memphis Board of Education, died Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lawrence Memorial Park with memorial services at 4 p.m.
Saturday at her home in Memphis. Higginbotham Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Ivie, the wife of Coy Allan Ivie, also leaves a daughter, Cyndi Ivie of Bartlett, a son, Jeff Ivie Cave City, her mother, Irene Heston, and a sister, Donna Grafton, both of Bartlett, and three grandchildren.
WALNUT RIDGE Mary Lynn Ivie, 65, of Memphis, retired office MISSISSIPPI Through Thursday, April 17 Willie E. Barr, 62, retired laborer for Londen Property and Batesville Concrete, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Providence Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary has charge.
He leaves three daughters, Cassandra Oliver and Shannon Oliver, both of Batesville, and Sheronda Brown of Canton, Ohio; four sons, Michael Willie Clyde Oliver and Barry Oliver, all of Batesville, and Edward Jerome Oliver of Holly Springs; three sisters, Gloria Fondren and Bernice Holmes, both of Batesville, and Dorothy Davis of Chicago; a brother, Floyd Junior Barr of Batesville, and 12 grandchildren. BATESVILLE Katherine Ellis, 62, retired janitor for South Panola School District, died Saturday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary has charge.
She was a member of West Camp Missionary Baptist Chrch. She leaves four daughters, Angela Mitchell, Connie Henderson, Tammy Mitchell and Jacqueline Lee, all of Batesville; three sons, Leon Mutchell and Bobby J. Mitchell, both of Batesville, and William Henderson of Fort Bragg, N.C.; her stepmother, Bernice Ellis of Batesville; Batesville, three sisters, Bonnie Rosie Corley Sanders of Courtland and Eula M. Ellis of Memphis; five brothers, Warren G. Ellis and Willie B.
Ellis, both of Batesville, and Walter Ellis, James Ellis and George Ellis, all of Memphis; a companion with whom she lived, Robert L. Hubbard, 27 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. BATESVILLE Vashti Richmond, 84, retired teacher, April 10 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Hodges Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Richmond, the widow of Aubrey Richmond, leaves a daughter, Eleanor Tinnor of Memphis; a son, Cleo Tinnon Jr. of Detroit; her caregivers, Terry and Jacqueline Towns, both of Batesville, and a grandchild. CARROLLTON Patricia Ann McDaniel Blount, 52, accountant, died Wednesday at GreenwoodLeflore Hospital in Greenwood.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Williams Lord Funeral Home in Greenwood with burial in Malmaison Cemetery. She was a graduate of Holmes Community College and was a member of the North Carrollton Baptist Church. Mrs. Blount, the wife of Henry 'Buddy' Blount also leaves a daughter, Carrollton; a Laura sister, Michelle Eloise Blount Jones of Minter City, and two brothers, Charles 'Lefty' McDaniel and Willard McDaniel, both of Green- wood.
CLEVELAND Artie Mae Winters, 84, homemaker, died Wed- grandchildren. FRIARS POINT Lois J. Bolen, 85, homemaker and seamstress, nesday at Bolivar Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mount Ray Funeral Home with burial in Olive Baptist Cemetery in Black Hawk.
Mrs. Winters, the widow of James Doyle Winters, leaves two daughters, Julia Bates of Pace and Patricia Horne of Cleveland; three sons, James E. Winters of Drew, William C. Winters of Garland, Texas and Royce E. Winters of Pasadena, Texas, 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
COMO Steven Morgan Fry, 50, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Moore Funeral Home in Sardis with burial in New Hope Cemetery. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was a Vietnam War veteran. He leaves his mother, Betty R.
Fry of Como; a sister, Pamela Fry Smith of Memphis, and two brothers, Mike Fry of Como and Donny Fry of Memphis. CORINTH Robert Eli Glidewell, 57, truck driver, died Wednesday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Brush Creek Baptist Church in Walnut, where he was a member, burial in Lone Oak Baptist Church. Magnolia Funeral Home has charge.
Mr. Glidewell, the husband of Shirley Glidewell, also leaves two daughters, Shirley Pegram of Corinth and Melissa Lambert of Booneville; three sons, Wayne Glidewell and Tim Glidewell, both of Corinth, and Dane Lance Hall of Hattiesburg; a sister, Ruby Ann Fowler of Michie, a brother, Raymond Glidewell of Biggersville, and eight grandchildren. HOLLY SPRINGS Ella Mae Jones, 87, retired teacher, died died Wednesday at Quitman County Hospital in Marks. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Longtown Cemetery.
National Funeral Home in Clarksdale has charge. She was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Bolen, the widow of Walter Dewey Bolen, leaves three daughters, Ann Irby and Kathy Gordon, both of Moon Lake, and Sue Yount of Friars Point; three sons, W. D.
Bolen Jr. of Oxford, James Lorain Bolen of Friars Point and Jerry Bolen of Marks; a sister, Nona Jones of Edgewood, Texas, eight grandchildren and nine great- Tuesday at Methodist HealthcareGermantown, Tenn. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. James CME Church in Collierville, with burial in the church cemetery.
Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Fred D. Jones, leaves a son, Rev. Artwell Craft of Holly Springs; three sisters, Georgia A.
Craft of Holly Springs, and Lucy Datley and Angy Isom, both of Memphis; a brother, Ernest L. Craft of Collierville, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. HOLLY SPRINGS Rosetta Gorman Thompson, 62, homemaker, died Saturday at Delta Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Slayden, where she was a mem- ber, with burial in the church cemetery.
J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. Mrs. Thompson, the widow of Chester Thompson, leaves two daughters, Josephine Gorman and Shanika Faulkner, and two sons, Charles Gorman and Kevin Thompson, all of Holly Springs; two sisters, Marlene Gorman Holly Springs and Bobbie Jones of Memphis; three brothers, Willie Gorman and Eddie B.
Gorman, both of Holly Springs, and Clarence Gorman of Ashland, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. INDIANOLA Powell E. Poe, 92, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Indywood Personal Care Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Indianola First Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, with burial in Indianola City Cemetery.
Card Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War Army veteran, a Gideon, a member of the Indianola Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow and a member and president of the Indianola Gin Club. Mr. Poe, the husband of Hazel McCain Poe for 59 years, also leaves a son, Joe Powell Poe of Inverness; two sisters, Grace Hawkins of Birmingham and Ruth Land of Malibu, and three grandchildren. The family requests memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
IUKA William W. Wiley, 76, retired electrician from the Tishomingo County Electrical Power Association after 31 years, died Wednesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He was a member luka United Methodist Church and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 852, and was a Mason and a Navy veteran.
Mr. Wiley, the husband of Ann Highland Wiley for 45 years, also leaves a sister, Betty Herrle of Memphis, and a brother, Jack Wiley of luka. The family requests that memorials be sent to Unity Broadcasting or the charity of the donor's choice. NEW ALBANY James William 'Bill' Caldwell, 78, retired truck driver, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 4 p.m.
today at United Funeral Service with burial in Ingomar Cemetery. He was a Baptist and an Army veteran. Mr. Caldwell, the husband of Sara Bobo Caldwell, also leaves a daughter, Mona Lisa White of Guntown; a son, Mack Caldwell, and a sister, Thelma Wells, both of Ingomar; a brother, Hubert Caldwell of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
NEW ALBANY James Allen Whiteside, 56, owner of Al's Pawn Shop, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at United Funeral Service with burial in Glenfield Memorial Park. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, the Union County Sheriff's Department Auxiliary and an advisory board member of UCRA. Mr.
Whiteside, the husband of Brenda Bain Whiteside, also leaves a daughter, Jennifer Lipscomb of Greenville; his mother, Faye Maxey Whiteside, and three brothers, Phil Whiteside, Terry Whiteside and Keith Whiteside, all of New Albany, and a grandchild. OXFORD Emma Rockette, 72, retired line operator, died Wednesday at Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi. Services will be at 10 Saturday at Mt. Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Taylor with burial Yocona Cemetery in Taylor. Hodges Funeral Home has charge.
Mrs. Rockette, the widow of John Rockette, leaves six daughters, Jerry A. Norphlet of Racine, Nina R. Rockette of Memphis, Earlie Rockette of Atlanta, Nancy M. Gordon of Abbeville, Elizabeth Thompson of Wichita, Kan, and R.
Houston of Virginia Beach, two sons, John E. Rockette of Detroit and Jan R. Rockette of Taylor; four sisters, Mae Fondren, Mildred Egerson and Cherry Tyson, all of Taylor, and Lorine Lockhart of Memphis; three brothers, Moses Lockhart of San Antonio, Texas, Twilton Lockhart of Memphis and James Norphlet of Taylor, 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. PHEBA Jerry Wayne Millsaps, 56, truck mechanic and retired from the Air Force, died Monday David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point with burial in Palestine Cemetery in Montpelier. He was a Vietnam War veteran. Mr. Millsaps, the widower of Angelenia Millsaps, leaves his mother, Ola Mae Johnson Millsaps of Pheba, and two brothers, Tommy Ellis Millsaps of Pheba and Clayton Nicholas Millsaps of Olive Branch. PONTOTOC Wilson Leon Staten, 67, painter, died Thursday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Browning Funeral Home with burial in West Heights Cemetery. He was a Baptist, a Korean War Army veteran, a member of Painter Union Local 49 in Memphis and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He leaves a daughter, Jennifer Staten of two sons, John Staten of Pontotoc and Stephen Staten of Nampa, Idaho, and two brothers, James E. Staten of Pontotoc and William Rex Staten of Memphis.
WEST POINT Jimmy Criddle, 69, of Bay St. Louis, formerly of West Point, died Thursday in West Point. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at burial in Robinson Bethel Funeral Ceme- Does Everyone Seem To Mumble? Time For A Hearing Evaluation Arnold Hearing Aid 1838 Union 726-0044 www.arwoldhearingaid.com tery. He was a Korean War Navy veteran and of the Pentecostal faith.
Mr. Criddle, the husband of Betty Criddle, also leaves four daughters, four sisters and several grandchildren. TENNESSEE Through Thursday, April 17 BETHEL SPRINGS Thomas great-grandchild. BETHEL SPRINGS Cordie Mae Kiser Wilson, 72, retired from Eugene Davidson, 55, died Wednesday at County General Hospital. Graveside services will be at 5 p.m.
today at Cave Springs Cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. Mr. Davidson, the husband of Linda Julian Davidson, also leaves a daughter, Tonya Franklin of Savannah; two sons, Timothy Eugene Davidson of Finger and Ricky Neal Davidson of Bethel Springs, seven grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren and a Brown Shoe Co. after 25 years, died Wednesday at McNairy County Regional Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
She leaves three daughters, Judy Harris of McNairy, Joyce Hill of Bethel Springs and Janie Jones of Coffee Landing; three sons, H. Ray Wilson of Memphis and Ramey Wilson Jr. and R. Paul Wilson, both of McNairy, 10 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. BROWNSVILLE Preston R.
Anderson, 47, of Dickson, formerly of Brownsville, died Monday at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rawls Funeral Home with burial in Russell Grove Cemetery in Somerville. Mr. Anderson, the husband of Sally Anderson, also leaves two sisters, Julia Mae Wilson of Stanton and Bonnie Pickett of Louisville, and five brothers, Edward derson of Stanton and Charles Anderson, Roy Anderson, Calvin Anderson and George Anderson, all of Dickson.
CAMDEN Beadie T. Britt, 92, housekeeper, died Monday in Grand Blanc, Mich. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Yellow Springs Methodist Church in Holladay with burial in the church cemetery. Oakdale Funeral Home charge.
She leaves two sisters, Agie Haynes of Paris and Sylvia Smith of Lexington. COVINGTON Louise Poole Dalton, 78, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist HealthcareNorth in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Creek Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Haynes Cemetery in Arlington. Mason Funeral Home has charge.
Mrs. Dalton, the widow of Charlie Dalton, leaves five daughters, Katherine Fleming of Covington, Henrine Glover of Eads, Beatrice Poole of Memphis, Shirley Walker of Munford and Dorothy Poole of Springfield, two sons, James Poole of Springfield and George Poole of Munford; her mother, Cassella Love, and a sister, Curtistine Doss, both of Springfield, 22 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. DRESDEN Virginia Elizabeth Forrester Sills, 79, homemaker, died Saturday at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home with burial in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
She was a member of Palmersville Baptist Church. Mrs. Sills, the Charles T. Sills, leaves a daughter, Charlene Harris of Palmersville; five sisters, Jean Caldwell of Dukedom, June Harper of Dresden, Robbie Lyons of Fulton, Sherry Goudey of Martin and Glenda Chase of Tiptonville, and foru brothers, Cecil Forrester and Tim Forrester, both of Martin, Donnie Forrester of Marmaduke, and Steve Forrester of Mayfield, Ky. DUKEDOM Wanda Byars, 74, grandchild.
GRAND JUNCTION Marie Cowan Gordon, 49, of Grand Junc- died Tuesday at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton, Ky. Services were Thursday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton with burial in Pinegar Cemetery. Mrs. Byars, the widow of Bates Byars, leaves a daughter, Nancy Hall of South Fulton; two sons, Mark Byars of Ozark, and Brad Byars of Martin, eight grandchildren and a great- tion, formerly of Holly Springs, homemaker, died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Benton County, with burial in Gray's Chapel CME Church Cemetery in Hudsonville, Miss. J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge.
She was a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Holly Springs. Mrs. Gordon, the wife of Gordon, also leaves two sons, Willie Jamel Gordon of Grand Junction and Cortez Lamont Cowan of Holly Springs; a stepdaughter, Corondalay Rosemarie Jones of Grand Junction; her mother, Dorothy Mae Brown Cowan of Holly Springs; six sisters, Patricia Ann Parker and Gloria Ann Parker, both of Victoria, and Pauline Stevenson, Sarah Cowan, Brenda Cowan and Demetria Cowan, all of Holly Springs, and two brothers, Willie Lee Brown and Arthur Cowan, both of Holly Springs. HENDERSON Maurine Crouse, 86, homemaker, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 3:30 p.m.
today at Cave Springs Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Leon Johnson SALES SERVICE REPAIR BATTERIES The Only Authorized Dispenser Within 100 Miles Of Memphis HEARING GROUP HEARING CENTER 503 Missouri W. Memphis 1774 Stateline Rd. W. Southaven 1-800-535-1268 Funeral Home has charge.
Mrs. Crouse, the widow of Spencer Crouse, leaves five daughters, Joy Burks, Jo Cobb, Barbara Rhodes, Pam Geary and Julie Crouse, and three sisters, Naomi Graves, Beauton Marsh and Euda Hall, all of Henderson; a brother, W. M. Wood of Peoria, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. HUMBOLDT Farrice Barger, 87, retired owner and operator of Barger's Superette, died Tuesday at his home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home in Medina with burial in New Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County. He was a member of Sitka Church of Christ and the Three Way Hunting Club. Mr. Barger, the husband of Lorene 'Poca' Gateley Barger, also leaves a daughter, Glenda Duck of Lexington; two sons, Ron Barger of Jackson and Eric Barger of Knoxville; a brother, Floyd Barger of Batesville, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
HUMBOLDT Howard Everett Graves, 91, owner Lumber died Saturday, in Greenville, S.C. Services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Humboldt First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home has charge. Mr.
Graves, the widower of Lucy Graves, leaves a daughter, Caroline Bone of Memphis; three sons, Barry H. Graves of Asheville, N.C., Bruce L. Graves of Greenville and Bryan E. Graves of Little Rock, three sisters, Virginia Sue Pitts and Jane Stone, both of Memphis, and Ann Pettigrew of Brownsville; a brother, James T. 'Big Boy' Graves of Humboldt, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent to Humboldt First United Methodist Church. Railroad, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Cemetery. Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home has charge.
He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Simon, the husband of Ann Simon, also leaves a daughter, Beverly Ann Reed of Jackson; two sons, Kenneth Simon and Robert Simon, both of Oak Ridge; a sister, Marge Watkins of Edmond, three brothers, George Simon of Harrison, Bill Simon of Kermit, Texas four and Bob of Yale, grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. HUNTINGDON Nevil Smothers, 84, millwright, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Dilday Funeral Home with burial in Carroll Memorial Gardens. He was a Mason, World War I1 Army veteran and a member of Leach Full Gospel Church. Mr. Smothers, the widower of Beulah Smothers, leaves a daughter, Carolyn Camper of Lexington; two sons, Wayne King of Lexington and Mike King of Huntingdon, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. HUMBOLDT Kenneth Andrew Simon, 80, agent for Thursday at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hollywood Cemetery. Lawrence- Funeral Home has charge. He was a graduate of Annapolis Naval Academy and was a Vietnam War veteran. He leaves a son, Jeffery Gaither Eller of Portland, two sisters, Nancy Lee Boland of Alexandria, and Mary Ann Varnell of Mountain City, and a brother, Charles Gaither of Jackson.
JACKSON Lossie Hayes Folwyck, 96, homemaker, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Arrington Funeral Directors with burial in Ridgecrest Cemetery. She leaves two daughters, Doris McKenzie of Jackson and Mary Smith of St. Peters, a son, Roy Don Kolwyck of Waverly, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
PARIS James 'Harvey' Derrington, retired millwright from US Steel in Gary, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with burial in Palestine Cemetery. He was a member of West Paris Baptist Church and a World War Army veteran. Mr.
Derrington, the husband of Betty Ross Derrington, also leaves a daughter, Evelyn Kennedy of Paris; a son, James H. Derrington of South Fulton; a sister, Lucille Cotton of Gary, seven grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. PARIS Opal Irene Ellis, 95, former of Perry's Dry Goods Store, died Wednesday at Henry County Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with burial in Wright Cemetery.
She was a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church. Mrs. Ellis, the widow of Austin Comer Perry and Paul Ellis, leaves a son, Austin C. Perry of Paris, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Henry Health Care Foundation.
JACKSON John M. Gaither, 68, retired Air Force major, died Feathers Ray, 86, of Memphis, formerly of Fayette County, retired from Saint Francis Hospital, died Tuesday at Methodist HealthcareNorth in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Melrose Cemetery in Whiteville. She was a member of Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Ray, the widow of Columbus P. Chandler and James Warren Ray, leaves four daughters, Mary C. Taylor, Bettie C. Corbin and Pat C.
Springs, all of Memphis, and Peggy H. Ryczek of Germantown; two sons, C. P. Chandler Jr. and Charles R.
Chandler, both of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Mary Ann Kelley of Whiteville; a stepson, James Larry Ray of Bolivar, eight grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. MEMPHIS DEATHS The following obituaries were received through Thursday, April 17. Barney Alexander, 63, of Memphis, owner of Alexander Trucking Co.
and lessor of trucks to Co. for 12 years, husband of June Alexander for 29 years, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Maurice Beaty 25, of Memphis, inventory control worker for UPS, died Friday at his home. Thomas O. Bonds, 78, of Memphis, retired from the City of Memphis, husband of Lula G.
Bonds, died Tuesday at his home. William J. Burnett, 64, of Cordova, retired banker, husband of Mary Carol Caughman Burnett, died Wednesday at his home. Ross C. Collins, 94, of Hernando, retired farmer, husband of Arie Lee Garrett Collins, died Monday at his home.
Samuel Lawrence Crawford 71, of Gulf Shores, formerly of Memphis, automotive sales representative, widower of Virginia Scott Crawford, died Friday in Gulf Shores. Francis Robert Flood, 84, of Cordova, retired service representative from Vickers, husband of Gladys Mary Flood for 52 years, died April 10 at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Issac Graves, 99, Memphis, retired farmer, widower of Essie Graves, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. George Harris, 84, of Memphis, retired foreman from Haverty Warehouse, widower of Isabella Harris, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. See Page B5 Paid TO Deaths MCNICHOLAS NORMA LUCILLE MORAN MCNICHOLAS, 80 years old, of Orange Park, FL.
Formally of Memphis, TN died Sunday, April 13, after a long illness. She was buried April 15 at the Garden of The Good Shepherd at Jacksonville, FL. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Anthony Joseph McNicholas, two sons, and Mike McNicholas and a daughter Judy Mulvihill and their spouses, eight grandchildren and two sisters, Aline Wray and Anne Griesbeck, both of Memphis. Montgomery BILLY MONTGOMERY, age 67, of Southaven, Mississippi, died Thursday, April 17, 2003, at his residence.
He was born on September 26, 1935, in Ecrew, Mississippi, to William and Jewell Montgomery. He was a retired truck driver for Roadway Express, a veteran of the United States Army, a member of the Local Teamsters Union and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Southaven. Survivors include his loving wife of 40 years, Birdie Charnes Montgomery of the home; 1 daughter, Lisa Montgomery Paton of Walls, Mississippi; 1 son, Billy Montgomery, Jr. of New Albany, Mississippi; and 3 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, April 19, 2003, at the Forest Hill Funeral Home South, of Memphis, with the burial to follow at Forest Hill Cemetery South, of Memphis.
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