FIRST Friday, November 16, 2001 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL www.gomemphis.com Service-minded ed Jean Hale was 'model I of excellence' By Chris Conley "I would call her a model of Perry. excellence, in both her profes- "She took seriously her reconley sional life," said sponsibility to help Jean Barbee Hale lived her MUS headmaster Ellis On the day she was diaglife with quiet grace and a Haguewood. nosed with incurable cancer sense of responsibility to Mrs. Hale never wanted to two months ago, Mrs. Hale be the focus of attention, her regular volunteer others.
Mrs. Hale, of Collierville, retired administrative assistant at Memphis University School where she had worked for 24 years, died at her home Wednesday of cancer. She was 65. ARKANSAS Through Thursday, Nov. 15 BLYTHEVILLE Charles Edward Crigger 111, 70, retired farmer, of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Maple Grove Cemetery. Cobb Funeral Home has charge. He was a Korean Way Army veteran and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He lettered on the tennis team at the University of Arkansas, was a member of the Blytheville Rotary Club, was an honor camper at Memphis JR Camp and Camp Carolina, and was a former member of the University of Arkansas Lettermans Club.
Mr. Crigger, the widow of Patricia Ann Crigger, also leaves two daughters, Elizabeth B. Sco*kin of Nashville, and Ann Blythe Shaw of Covington, a son, Charles Edward Crigger IV of Blytheville, and 11 grandchildren. BLYTHEVILLE James Feagin Tompkins 111, 64, retired Mississippi County assessor and former farmer for the Burdette Planting died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis of complications from a fall. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday at Aldersgate Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery. Cobb Funeral Home has charge. He was a Korean War Army veteran, and was a member of the Blytheville Rotary Club, where he was awarded the Paul Harris Fellow Award; was named Man of the Year by the Jaycees; was president of the local Red Cross; was a member of the Soil Conservation Committee, Farm Bureau and the Democratic Party, and was the president of the State Assessors' Board. Mr. Tompkins, the husband of Gail Tompkins, also leaves a daughter, Mary Lee Caldwell of Burdette; a son, James Feagin 'Bo' Tompkins IV of Des Moines; his mother, Mary Francis Tompkins O'Neal Hood; a sister, Mary Ann Cumberland of Little Rock, and seven grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent to Aldersgate Methodist Church, the charity of the donor's choice, or Lifeblood. BONO Edith Carol Yates, 44, retired nurse, died of heart failure Wednesday in Bono. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at RollerSwift Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Louise Chapel Cemetery. She was a Baptist.
She leaves her parents, Bobbie and Jim Belue, of Osceola; three sisters, Debbie Underwood of Memphis, Rita Davidson of Osceola and Beth Yates of Garland, Texas, and three brothers, Billy Yates of Jonesboro, Michael Yates of Memphis, and Tommy Yates of West Memphis. FORREST CITY Myrline Bryant Wroten, 76, retired Social Security administrator and I captain for the Civil Air Patrol AR 113, died of heart disease Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Home with burial in Egner Cemetery in Salado. Mrs.
Wroten, the wife of Vester Wroten, also leaves two daughters, Mary D. Allen of Roswell, New Mexico and Debbie Hempel of Bartlett, two sons, David Morgan of Garland, Texas, and Kelley Wroten of West Memphis; a sister, Daisey Massey of Desha, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. MARVELL Virgie Holcomb Martin, 87, homemaker, died of pneumonia Wednesday at Helena Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bob Neal Sons Brickell Funeral Home in Marvell with burial in Marvell Cemetery.
Mrs. Martin, the widow of Jesse Martin, leaves five daughters, Ruth Dennie of Whiteville, Mary McNair of Marianna, Betty Beck of Hot Springs, Peggy Martin Brinkley and Sandra Caldwell of Marvell; two sons, Roy Lee Martin of Marianna and Jesse Martin Jr. of Monroe, 19 grandchildren and '15 great-grandchildren. ployee for Tate County, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Thyatira Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Independence. C. O. Pate Funeral Home in Senatobia has charge.
Mr. Meredith, the husband of Patty Terry Meredith, also leaves two daughters, Patricia Moss of Bett and Carla Richardson of Henderson, a son, Marty Meredith of Bett; his mother, Olivia Meredith of Bett; two sisters, Joyce Geeslin of Bett and Carrie May Terry of Poagville; a brother, Ronnie Meredith of Bett, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. CLARKSDALE Alma Marshall Carruth, 95, retired teacher from Clarksdale Public Schools, died of heart failure Wednesday at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Clarksdale First United Methodist Church with burial in Oakridge Cemetery.
Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale has charge. Mrs. Carruth, the widow of C. H. Carruth, leaves a daughter, Betty C.
Young of Brandon; a son, Chris Carruth of Jacksonville, a MISSISSIPPI Through Thursday, Nov. 1 15 BETT Morris Tony' Meredith, 64, retired road and bridge emin the Memphis Jewish Home, "Ben wanted to do it to Methodist Church, with burial the McWherter Senior Citi- honor her and the qualities in Memorial Park. Memorial zens Center meals-on-wheels she exemplified," Haguewood Park Funeral Home has Colonial program Park United Method- Besides her husband, Mrs. The and at her church, said. charge.
family requests that ist Church in East Memphis. Hale leaves three sons, Steve memorials be sent to the After her retirement, hus- Hale of Collierville, Scott Hale Memphis University School Haguewood said, but was an inspiration to co-workers, who often turned to her for words of wisdom and advice. "She was always thinking of others," said friend Katherine sister, Bernice Deterding of Tallahassee, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Flowers Manor or the Carnegie Public Library. GREENVILLE Willie Mae Langley, 90, of Pocahontas, formerly of Greenville, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Pocahontas Nursing Home.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Caile (Miss.) Cemetery. Boone-Wells Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Langley, the widow of Andrew Langley, leaves a daughter, Syble Moore of Imboden, two brothers, Otis Cochran of Alabama and Curtis Cochran of Walnut Ridge, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
GRENADA Donald Wayne Palmer, 49, a.m. supervisor at AAA Cooper, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 11. a.m. today at Garner-Harper Funeral Home with burial in Culver Cemetery in Waterford.
He was a member of Elliott Baptist Church. Mr. Palmer, the husband Marie Palmer, also leaves a daughter, Lorea Perkins of Columbus; a son, Donald Blake Palmer of Grenada; three brothers, Kenneth Harold Palmer of Jackson, and David Palmer and Ricky Palmer, both of Grenada. The family requests that memorials be sent to Culver Cemetery Fund. HICKORY FLAT Cheri Ormon Pipkin, 52, teacher, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County Vin New Albany.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Blue Mountain Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pipkin, the wife of Jimmy Allen Pipkin, also leaves a daughter, Suzanne Wooley; a son, Jeffrey Pipkin, and a sister, Elizabeth Vonkanel of Clarksdale, and a grandchild.
HOLLY SPRINGS Mae Helen Jones Griffin, 71, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Beverly Healthcare Center in Southaven. Services will be at noon Saturday at Chulahoma Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member of the senior citizens organization and a former member of the Pastor's Aide Circle, with burial in the church cemetery. J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home has charge.
She leaves five daughters, Charlene Suggs and Annie Marie Clayborn, both Aurora, Brenda Carolyn Guy of Memphis, Helen Deloris Cavett of Clinton and Barbara Renee Griffin of Oxford; two sons, Curtis McArthur Hardin of Aurora and Isaac Griffin Jr. of Memphis; two sisters, Velma Phillips of Holly Springs and Zettie B. Ware of Memphis; a brother, Lay Thurman Jones of Chicago, 18 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. HOLLY SPRINGS Ramson Williamson, 65, printer at Rust College, died of lung cancer Tuesday at Alliance Health Care. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Rust College Doxey Auditorium with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home has charge. He was a founder, Sunday school superintendent and church trustee at True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, and was a former Boy Scout and 6.
Cub Mr. Scout Williamson, troopmaster the for husband Troop, Doris Parker Williamson, also leaves three sons, Robin Craig Williamson and Bobby Williamson, both of Holly Springs, and Mark Anthony Williamson of Jackson; a sister, Gracie Oswalt of Holly Springs; a brother, Theotis 'Art' Williamson of Holly Springs, seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. PONTOTOC James Alton Miller, 66, retired body shop operator, died of heart failure Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Browning Funeral Home in Pontotoc with burial in Thaxton Cemetery.
He was a member of Pontotoc First Methodist Church and the Mississippi National Guard. He leaves three sisters, Willie Flavill Emigh of Sarasota, and Cordell M. Jackson and Mariopal Bray, both of Memphis. POTTS CAMP Thomasine Morris, 78, restaurant owner, died of heart failure Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Chewalla Primitive Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Chewalla Cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home has charge. She daughter, Angela House of Biloxi; three sons, James L. Morris and Gary W. Morris, both of Germantown, and Danny R.
Morris of Potts Camp, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. RIPLEY Edith Jean Romain Barkley, 79, secretary for Travelers Insurance in Memphis, died of cancer Wednesday at North Mississipipi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 1. p.m. Saturday at McBride Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Tippah Memorial Gardens.
She was a member of Springdale Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Barkley, the widow of William Hines Barkley, leaves two daughters, Mary Margaret Spencer and Judy Ward, and a son, Billie Bob Barkley, all of Ripley; a brother, went on meals-on-wheels route. "She didn't feel sorry for herself," Perry said. "She thought only of them." Since retiring in 1999, Mrs.
Hale was an active volunteer Homer T. Romain of Bandana, 11 grandchildren and 12 great- DEATHS grandchildren. ROSEDALE Dorothy Imogene owner of Strait's Quickmart and operator of Delta BP Gulf Station, died of heart failure Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland with burial in Beulah Cemetery.
She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mrs. Strait, the widow of Lewis Strait, leaves a daughter, Ethel Williams of Rosedale; three sons, James C. Strait of Cleveland, William Strait of Gonzales, and Charles Lewis Strait of Ashflat, a sister, Mary Jerdon Britt. of Cleveland, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent to Community Hospice Care in Cleveland. SENATOBIA Agnes Mary Hicks, 92, of Memphis, formerly of DEATHS band Ben Hale established an award at MUS in her name, a cash award given annually to an employee who has given outstanding service to MUS, Haguewood said. and Mattie Docobugh and Spradeling, both of Nashville; brother, Otto Dobbs Jr. of Sikeston, seven grandchildren and great-grandchildren. TENNESSEE Through Thursday, Nov.
15 BOLIVAR Maymie K. Holder, 85, homemaker, died of ure Sunday at Tandem Healthcare in Melbourne, Fla. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Bolivar Memorial Cemetery. Mrs.
Holder, the widow of George Holder, leaves three of daughters, Wanda Holder Floyd Shirley Holder Pickering Hornsby and Brenda Lake of Melbourne; a sister, Stella Goodrum of Selmer, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society. BROWNSVILLE Luches Banks, 75, laborer, died of renal failure Tuesday at JacksonMadison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at London Branch Baptist Church with burial in Currie's Cemetery.
Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. He leaves three daughters, Laura V. Snipes, Lizzie Mae Tyus and Inez Shields, all of Brownsville; two sons, Charles Edward Banks of Germany and Luches Banks Jr. of Brownsville, 23 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. BROWNSVILLE Patsy Kelley Parks, 55, cashier at E.
W. James, died of heart failure Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Brownsville Baptist Church.
Mrs. Parks, the widow of Larry Thomas Parks, leaves a daughter, Holly Parks Fuller of Germantown; a son, Joey Parks of Dyer; her mother, Thelma Kelley of Brownsville; a sister, Rhetta Mink of Milan; three brothers, John Kelley of Eads, William Kelley of San Diego and Albert Kelley Jr. of Chattanooga, and two grandchildren. CAMDEN Oakley K. Crossno, 83, retired carpenter, died of heart failure Wednesday at his home.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Camden First United Pentecostal Church, where he was a member, with burial in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery. Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr.
Crossno, the widower of Berthal Crossno, leaves a son, Dale Crossno of Chapel Hill; as sister, Opal Patterson of Camden, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. CAMDEN Mattie Goodman, 89, homemaker, died of cancer Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home with burial in Eastview Cemetery. She was a member of Missionary Grove Baptist Church.
man, the widow of Cleatus F. Goodman, leaves two daughters, Helen Hatley and Grace Wilson, and a son, J. C. Goodman, all of Camden, 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. COVINGTON Walter Bufkin, 66, of Memphis, retired Machinist for Homeco, died of heart failure Sunday at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Whitestone Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park. Bell's Funeral Home in Covington has charge. He was a Mason. He leaves five daughters, Anita Buckhalter of Baton Rouge, Myra Tukufu of Nashville, LaVonna McCoy and Marcia Bufkin, both Cleveland, and Vickie Green of New York; two sons, Marcus Bufkin of Memphis and Walter Bufkin of Binghamton, N.Y.; his mother, Zora Gibson of Memphis; 12 sisters, Lois Brown, Lillian Bailey, Mattie Adams, Vinella Calvin, and Dorothy Bolton, all of Memphis, Joyce Johnson of Pulaski, Glenda Lee and Stacey Flagg, both of Centralia, Jacquelyn Griggs Venice, Carolyn Cooper of Derby, and Bridget Dunlay and Stephanie Chambers, both of St.
Louis, and two brothers, Benjamin Bufkin of Mound City, and Lanuard Bufkin of Centralia. DRESDEN Florence Laurendia Doster, 81, retired from Callins Industries, died of heart failure Tuesday at Weakley County NursHome. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Bowlin Funeral Home with burial in New Hope Cemetery in Gleason. She was of the Pentecostal faith.
Mrs. Doster, the widow of Finis O. Doster, leaves a daughter, Mary Lou Spain of Dresden; two sons, Jimmie Doster of Tokyo and Kenny Doster of Paris; two sisters, Ethel Hill Mayfield, and Opal Hunter of Northfield, 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. DYER Idell Greene, ,88, retired from Brown Shoe died Thursday Center at Jackson Skilled Nursing after a stroke. Services will be at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday at Dyer First Methdoist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Good Hope Cemetery. Karnes Son Funeral Home in Dyer has charge. She was a member of the Farm Bureau and the Duck Hill Cemetery Board. Mrs. Green, the widow of Woodrow Greene, leaves a son, of Roswell, and Dennis Hale of Winter Springs, a sister Joan Wilson of Little Rock, and five grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Colonial Park United etery. Karnes Son Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Dyer First United Methodist Church. Mrs.
Robinson, the widow of Lee Robinson, leaves two sons, Jerry Robinson of Dyer and Billy Joe Robinson of McKenzie; two brothers, Finis Judy of Dyer and Raymond Judy of Jackson, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. HALLS Terri Naomi Hastings, 67, homemaker, died of pneumonia Thursday at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Jackson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Greenhill Memorial Gardens. Mrs.
Hastings, the widow of Hardin Toombs and Coy Hastings leaves three daughters, Janice Human of Henning, Anna Ward of Bowling Green, and Theresa Owens of Franklin, a son, Jeff Toombs of Bowling Green; two sisters, Sue Dickerson of Ravenden Springs, and Shirlon McMurry of Dyersburg; two brothers, Bobby Terry and Thomas Terry, both of Halls, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. HUMBOLDT Joe E. Franklin, 72, retired Baptist minister, died of cancer Wednesday at JacksonMadison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Eldad Baptist Church. Mr. Franklin, the husband of Franchelle Franklin, leaves a daughter, Brenda Hall of Jackson; two sons, Larry J. Franklin of Franklin and Wayne Franklin of Columbia; his mother, Lottie Franklin of Benton, and five grandchildren.
JACKSON Nancy Jane Allen Hayes, 77, retired nurse, died of heart failure Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hollywood Cemetery. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hayes, the wife of Bob Hayes, also leaves a stepdaughter, Teresa Tharp, and a stepson, Tony Hayes, both of Texas; a brother, Billie Allen of Jackson, and two stepgrandchildren. LEXINGTON Ernest Lee Blankenship, 71, barber for 42 years, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist HealthcareLexington. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Lexington First Baptist Church with burial in New Hope Cemetery in Shady Hill.
Pafford Funeral Home has charge. He was Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Blankenship, the husband of Nancy Blankenship, also leaves two sons, Edwin Lee Blankenship and Ernest Reed Blankenship, and two sisters, Margaret Leffel and Helen Wooley, all of Lexington; two brothers, Glen Blankenship of Oklahoma and J. D.
Blankenship of Memphis, and two grandchildren. MILAN Joe Thomas Doyle, 70, retired letter carrier for the Postal Service, died of cancer Wednesday at Milan General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Gibson County Memory Gardens. He was a member of the George Cantrell Sunday School Class at Milan First Baptist Church, was a past commander of Post 4780, a district commander of the 9th district and served as the West Tennessee membership chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and served on the City of Milan Zoning Committee.
Mr. Doyle, the husband of Vi Rauchle Doyle, also leaves a daughter, Tammie Likins of Marietta, a son, Tom Doyle Jr. of Palm Coast, two sisters, Pat Love of Milan and Ginger Pitts of Eagle River, Alaska; a brother, Bob Doyle of Paris, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Milan First Baptist Church. MILAN Mallie Mae Swafford Lusk, 87, retired from Milan Shirt Factory, died Wednesday at her home after a stroke.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Gibson County Memory Gardens. She was a member of Poplar, Springs Baptist Church. the widow of Wilson Lusk, leaves a brother, Herman Swafford of Milan, seven grandchildren and 1 14 great-grandchildren. MILAN Bonnie Lou Barnett Rollins, 89, retired from HIS Manufacturing died of heart failure Wednesday at NHC Healthcare in Milan.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. She was a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church. Mrs. Rollins, the widow of Hershel L.
Rollins, leaves a son, Rev. Gene Rollins of Milan, three grandchildren and six greatThe family requests that memorials be sent to Lebanon United Methodist Church. MUNFORD Julius W. Forbess, 69, of Millington, retired superintendent for Roadways Construction, of heart failure Wedneseffed day at his home. Services avill be a at 11 a.m.
today at Munford Funeral Cordie Scott Greene of Houston, five a grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. two DYER Beatrice Robinson, 101, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Dyer Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 10. a.m. today at Good Hope Cem- Memphis University School Jean Barbee Hale Outstanding Service Award Program or Colonial Park United Methodist Church.
Chris Conley: 529-2595 Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery. He was a member of the Rose of Sharon Church, a Mason and an Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Joe Ann Brumley of Millington; a caretaker, Hattie Guy Forbes, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. MUNFORD Macie Wilkins, 98, of Collierville, tire inspector for Firestone Tire and Rubber, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She leaves daughter, Anita Norton of Collierville; a sister, Margaret Sharp of Memphis; a brother, J. N. Wilkins of Munford, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
PARIS Chester S. Schantz, 92, carpenter, died of heart failure Wednesday in Hollow Rock. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home with burial in New Hope Methodist Cemetery in Hollow Rock. He was a member of New Hope Methodist Church and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 417 in St.
Louis and a lifetime Boy Scout and scoutmaster in St. Louis. Mr. Schantz, the widower of Agnes Irene Pruett Schantz, leaves two daughters, Ruth Ann Mann of Hollow Rock and Pam Blossom of Innsbrook, two sons, Don Schantz of Innsbrook and Bob Schantz of Foristell, a sister, Louise Clark of Newark, Ohio; a brother, Thomas Schantz of St. Louis, and See DEATHS, B9 Senatobia, retired from Northwest Mississippi Community College, died of heart failure Nov.
9 at Methodist Healthcare-South in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lakeview Community Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis, where she was a member, with burial in Lewers Chapel Church Cemetery in Looxahoma. C. O.
Pate Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three daughters, Jennie Mae Hicks and Roberta Rucker, both of Memphis, and Esther Gregory of Bearden, four sons, Jessie Lee Hicks of Memphis and Robert Hicks, William Hicks and Lonnie B. Hicks, all of Chicago; a stepson, Cookie Hicks of Senatobia, and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Lakeview Community Temple Church of God in Christ. TUNICA Lucy Patterson Raxton, 90, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthca Central in Memphis.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Fredonia Missionary Baptist Church, where she was an usher, with burial in the church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Tunica has charge. She was a member of Rose of Tunica and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs.
Raxton, the widow of Osborn Raxton, leaves a sister, Martha P. Turner of 15 Tunica, seven, grandchildren and TUNICA Cora L. Thornton, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at True Baptist Church with burial in Union Hill Cemetery in Eudora. Henderson Funeral Home in Tunica has charge.
Mrs. the wife of Roosevelt Thornton, also leaves a son, Roscoe Thornton of Memphis; three sisters, Lelia Rice and Irene Christian, both Memphis, and Francis Cole of Chicago; a brother, Harrison Smith Jr. of Memphis, and five grandchildren. TUNICA Richard 'King Fish'. Wardlow, 69, of West Memphis, sanitation worker in West Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home.
Services will be at noon Saturday at the Civic Auditorium in West Memphis with burial in Marion (Ark.) Memorial Park. Grant Funeral Home in Tunica has charge. Mr. Wardlow, the husband of Elizabeth Wardlow, also leaves eight daughters, Mary Harris, Patricia Scott, Sharron Pruit, Eaverne Pryor, Evelyn Wardlow, Mary Wardlow and Vivian Wardlow, all of Memphis, and Demetria Copeland of West Memphis; five sons, Henry Wardlow of Memphis, Richard Wardlow of Norfolk, Calvin Wardlow, Jessie Wardlow and Will Wardlow, all of West Memphis; six sisters, Essie Moore, Frankie Cooper and Mattie Brooks, all of Memphis, Thelma Gannaway of West Memphis, Louella Dancy of Chicago and Viola Caples of San Antonio, and a brother, Eddie Wardlow of West Memphis. WATERFORD Hazel McNeil Smith, 95, of Chicago, formerly of Waterford, died of heart failure Wednesday in Chicago.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hamilton Chapel CME Church, where she was a choir member and in the Sunday school, with burial in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs.
Smith, the widow of Jim E. Smith, leaves a daughter, Mable Milam of Chicago; five sons, Everett Smith, Deadric Smith, Quinton Smith and Aurbrary Smith, all of Chicago, and Larry Smith of Waterford; two sisters, Mable Pitts of Waterford and Willie Mae Hampton of St. Louis, 44 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and 43 great-great-grandchil- of Water Valley, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Pentecostal Church with burial in the church cemetery there.
N. H. Owens Son Funeral Home in Memphis has charge. Mrs. Mitchell, the wife of Daniel Mitchell, also leaves four sons, Wayne Mitchell and Tommy Mitchell, both of Oakland, Steve Mitchell of Southaven and Ricky Mitchell of Horn Lake; five sisters, Johnnie Broughten of Granbury, Texas, Marie McCall of Phoenix, Leo Morgan of Millington, dren.
WATER VALLEY Jane Mitchell, 65, of Haltom City, Texas, formerly In Memoriam Happy Birthday Darryl DeWayne Bolton Nov. 16, 1957 Nov. 17, 1997 We love miss Bolton you dearly. Your Family In Loving Memory Roberta H. Crawford March 31, 1930- Nov.
16, 1998 "Bert" It's been three years since you left Crawford me to go be with the Lord. I don't miss you any less than in the past years. We still speak of you often at the church. Rest on will loin you when the Lord says the same. Your husband, Coleman Crawford In Loving Memory Of Hampton L.
Bradford One year ago today The Lord called you home. It Bradford hasn't been easy to go on without you. Daddy, we miss you. Love, Roberta your Children. Once Again, Thank- You, Don Berryhill In Loving Memory Of Connie J.
Henderson-Cole Jan. 28, 1959 Nov. 16, 2000 Today is the day that an Angel was born. If tears could build stairway and memories were lane, we would walk all the way to Heaven to bring you home again. But I know you are rejoicIng with the Lord.
No farewell words were spoken, no time to say good-bye. Not a day goes by that I do not recall a memory of our friendship. My heart still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow. What it meant to lose you no one will ever know. Your friendship will forever stay in my heart.
Although you are gone, you will never be forgotten. Forever missed by your long-time friend, Debbie Mott-Ayers Paid Card Of Thanks GARY A. ROSEBUD (Fabiane) was accepted Into eternal rest on Oct. 16, 2001. The family would like to thank Mrs.
Wendy husband, co-workers at Slim Fast, Top End Riders Motorcycle Club Friends for all of their love support. To place a paid Obituary or In Memoriam, call.
