THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1994 FIRST DEATHS BLYTHEVILLE Willie Mae Johnson, 75, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville with burial in Whiteside Cemetery in Osceola. Mrs. Johnson leaves six daughters, Dorothy Woodruff and Marilyn Walker, both of Blytheville, Louise Raiford and Leatha Hughes, both of Memphis, Pearlie Coleman of East St.
Louis, and Ethel Conley of Aurora, four sons, Billy Johnson and Timmy Johnson, both of Blytheville, Bobby Johnson of St. Louis and Floyd Johnson of Memphis, 37 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. DYESS Paul Wilson Weaver, 76, West Memphis greenhouse and flower shop owner, died Thursday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today Murphy Funeral Home of Lepanto with burial in Potter Memorial Cemetery in Lepanto.
He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Dyess and was a World War II Air Forces veteran. Mr. Weaver, the husband of Stella Marie Weaver, also leaves a sister, Lacile Nichols of Memphis. FORREST CITY William Borg Johnson, 54, of Wheatley, formerly of Forrest City, employee of Texaco, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m.
today at Stevens Funeral Home in Forrest City with burial at 1:30 p.m. in West Union Cemetery in Millington, Tenn. He was a Baptist. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Jennie Lynn Johnson, also leaves two daughters, Rose Marie Johnson and Sherrie Lynn Johnson, both of Florida; a sister, Wilhelmina Johnson of Forrest City; a brother, George T.
Johnson of Brighton, and a grandchild. FORREST CITY John L. Wilson, 78, retired farmer, died Thursday at Crest Park Nursing Home. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Church of God Holiness in Christ, where he was a member.
Wilson Funeral Home in Tyronza has charge. Mr. Wilson leaves a daughter, Marlene Hearn Ross of Widener; two sisters, Carrie Sally and Pearlee James, both of Grenada, 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. GILLETT John Baker Nichols, 94, retired farmer, died Friday. Services will be at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday at Gillett United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Gillett Cemetery. Essex Funeral Home of De Witt has charge. Mr. Nichols leaves a daughter, Lois Wilson of Joiner; a son, Darrel Nichols of Gillett; a stepdaughter, Correne Fuhrman of Pine Bluff; a sister, Eunice Walsh of De Witt, five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be made to Arkansas Post County Museum.
MARIANNA- -Jimmy P. Jones, 62, retired farmer, died Friday at BapMemorial Hospital-Forrest City. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Marianna, where he was a member, with burial in Marianna Memorial Park. Edwards Funeral Home has charge.
Mr. Jones, the widower of Ann D. Jones, leaves a daughter, Shelia Carter of Marianna; two sons, Randy Jones of Marianna and Russ Jones of Jonesboro; his mother, Pauline Jones of Marianna, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Baptist Church of Marianna. OSCEOLA H.
Reed Frisbie 68, of Texas, formerly of Osceola, retired Marine Corps officer, died Wednesday in McAllen. Services were Friday at Roller-Swift Funeral Home of Osceola with burial in Mis- MID-SOUTH ARKANSAS DEATHS KENTUCKY FULTON Paul T. Kendall, 91, retired from Illinois Central Railroad, widower of Camilla Jones Kendall." TENNESSEE BATH SPRINGS Lola Stafford Richardson, 80, widow Clyde Richardson. BIG SANDY Freda Marie Farmer, 65, widow of John Lee Farmer. BUCHANAN Agnes Mae Davis Tyson Hatman, 84, widow of Marvin 1 L.
Hatman. EVA Granville Phifer, 84, retired commercial fisherman, husband of Lillie Mae Melton Phifer. FRIENDSHIP Martha Ann Manning, 84, retired sales clerk, widow of Leroy Manning. HENDERSON Floyd Beacham, 84, retired farmer and employee of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Jackson, husband of Emma Maurine Holder Beacham.
HENNING Alice M. Rouser, 83, retired farmer. HORNSBY Pearl Griffin Hornsby, 87, of Hornsby, formerly of Memphis, widow of Brooks Hornsby. HUMBOLDT Nanilee H. Stobaugh, 94, retired jewelry store clerk, widow of Edward Stobaugh.
JACKSON Frances Lackie McNatt, 77, widow of Ruel McNatt; Lula Wise, 79. McKENZIE Novie Lee Clark, 92, widow of Ramond Clark; Mary Evelyn Shankel, 69, retired school bus driver, widow of Newell V. Shankel. MUNFORD Floyd Marshall Hampton, 78, of Memphis, retired employee University of Tennessee, Memphis, husband of Sally Hill Hampton. PARIS Francis William Taylor, 74, retired from Plumley Rubber husband of Effie Katherine Summerville Taylor; Lillian M.
Hart Vaughn, 83, widow of William R. Vaughn. PARSONS Eula Marie Wilkins Hayes, 90, widow of Ernest Hayes. RIPLEY Clarence Holcomb, 91, retired farmer, widower of Myrtle Holcomb. SARDIS Harding Austin, 82, retired farmer, widower of Grace Jones Austin.
SAVANNAH Louise Smith Melson, 77, of Memphis, formerly of Savannah, retired sales clerk for Rogers Department Store in Florence, and Ben Franklin store in Savannah, widow of Claude Melson. SELMER Lydia Mae Evans Ingle, 88, widow of Carl Evans and Grady Ingle. SHARON Bertrie Coleman, 98, widow of Sidney Coleman. SPRINGVILLE W. Fred Williams, 81, of Normal, formerly of Springville, retired truck driver, mobile home salesman and crane operator, widower of Marjorie Looney Williams.
UNION CITY William Donald Alford, 56, of Mayfield, formerly of Lauderdale County, husband Karen Heath Alford; Nell Rice Hamlin, 70, retired owner and operator of Your Beauty Salon in Union City, widow of Mike Hamlin; Thomas J. Prince, 77, maintenance employee of University Tennessee at Martin for 30 widower of Lillian Reynolds Prince. Desecration of graves irks Indians sissippi County Memorial Gardens here. He was a graduate of University of Missouri, a Methodist and a World War II and Vietnam War veteran. Mr.
the husband of Kathleen Frisbie, also leaves two sons, Jeffery Frisbie of Marion and James Reed Frisbie of Waldoboro, Maine; a stepdaughter, Susan Maier of Warrensburg, two stepsons, Roger Maier of Columbia, and Steven Maier of Fayetteville, N.C.; a brother, William Frisbie of Bay St. Louis, and seven grandchildren. RECTOR- Marvin Horner, 80, farmer, died Thursday at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Irby Funeral Home with burial in Woodland Heights Cemetery.
He was a member of Cappadocia General Baptist Church. Horner, the husband of Juanita Horner, also leaves three daughters, Maxine Lavada Nelson of Rector, and Janice Jean Inklebarger and Sandra White, both of Mablevale; four sons, Hershel Wayne Horner of Germantown, Larry Horner of Rector, Harold Horner of Olive Branch, and Terry Horner of Santa Barbara, sister, Mildred Brooks of Madison Heights, a brother, Andy Horner of Fife Lake, grandchildren and six great grandchildren. TYRONZA Jack Glover, 78, retired teacher, died Friday at Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tyronza First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Tyronza Cemetery.
RollerCitizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He leaves three sons, Robert E. Glover of Lepanto, Charles A. Glover of Tyronza and Jack W. Glover Wake Forest, N.C., and five grandchildren.
WILSON Blanche Beall Greenwell, 82, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Osceola. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Wilson, where she was a member, with burial in Bassett Cemetery. Mrs. Greenwell, the wife of Albert L.
Greenwell, also leaves a daughter, Patsy Forrester of Newport; a son, Lynn Greenwell of Trumann, eight grandchildren and six great children. The family requests that any memorials be made to Wilson First Baptist Church. YARBRO Jack Whittle, 66, retired farmer, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Elmwood Cemetery in Blytheville.
Cobb Funeral Home of Blytheville has charge. He was an Army veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Whittle leaves a son, Jeff Whittle of Mae Jackson, Henson, Betty seven Henson sisters, and Bolobie Bray, all of Blytheville, Mary Lou Perry of West Memphis, Joanne Kessler and Linda Hill, both of Smiths, and Wanda Wardlaw of Memphis, and a brother, Grover Whittle of Blytheville. MISSISSIPPI BATESVILLE Ernestine Harris, 69, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.
Services will be at 2 p.m. toat Shiloh CME Church in Sardis with burial in the church cemetery there. Cooley's Mortuary of Batesville has charge. She was a member of West Batesville Pentecostal Church. Mrs.
Harris leaves four daughters, Mattie Mae Harris, Willie C. Harris, Margaret Webb and Bernice Harris, and three sons, Richard C. W. Harris and Henry Harris, all of Batesville; her mother, Rosabell Woods of Detroit, 30 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. BATESVILLE Everlena Mathis, 49, died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.
Services will be at 2 p.m. at Shiloh CME Church in Sardis with burial in the church cemetery in Sardis. Cooley's Mortuary has charge. She was a member of West Camp Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville. Mrs.
Mathis, the wife of Willie B. Mathis, also leaves four daughters, Marilyn Langston, Willie Jean Langston, Jeanette Langston and Rosetta Robinson; three sons, C. B. Harris, Willie Earl Langston and William Earl Langston; four sisters, Mattie Mae Harris, Willie C. Harris, Margaret Webb and Bernice and three brothers, Richard Harris, C.
W. Har-, ris and Henry Harris, all of Batesville, and a grandchild. BLUE MOUNTAIN Mellie V. White, 79, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m.
today at United Funeral Service in New Albany with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery near Dumas. Mrs. White, the widow of Thomas Elmer White, leaves a daughter, Virginia Shortnacy of New Albany; four sons, Tom White of Webberville, Roy White and Jay White, both of Blue Mountain, and Jerry White of Blue Springs; two sisters, Zora Lee Greer of Dumas and Josie Smith of Blue Mountain, 20 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. BRUCE- James Fred Brasher, 52, mechanic, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 2 p.m.
today at Parker Memorial Funeral Home in Bruce with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Brasher, the widower of Gertrude Gilbert Brasher, leaves a brother, Elmo Brasher of Bruce. COILA Issac Lawrence 88, retired carpenter, died Wednesday at his home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Christian Church in Coila, where he was a deacon, with burial in the church cemetery, Sanders Sanders Funeral Home in Greenwood has charge. Mr. Lawrence, the husband of Solee Lawrence, also leaves a son, John Henry Lawrence of Greenwood; a sister, Elizabeth Johnson of Indianapolis; a brother, Percy Lawrence of Nashville, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. ENID Theora Brooks, 58, of Memphis, formerly of Enid, died Sunday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Enid with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home of Tunica has charge.
Mrs. Brooks leaves two daughters, Dorothy J. Brooks and Delois Ann Brooks, both of Memphis; three sons, James K. Brooks of Batesville, Michael Brooks Memphis and Robert Lee Brooks of Milillani, Hawaii; her father, Adolth Morgan; a sister, Dorothy Brown of Batesville, and three brothers, Leon Morgan of Enid, A. L.
Morgan of Sardis and Howard Morgan of Los Angeles. ETHEL Nannie Sue Veazey, 87, died Thursday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery near Ethel. Jordan Funeral Home of Kosciusko has charge.
She was treasurer at Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church for many years. Mrs. Veazey, the widow of M. T. Veazey, leaves a son, Charles M.
Veazey of Marks, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. GREENVILLE Raymond O. Self, 80, self-employed mechanic, died Thursday at King's Daughters Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Second Baptist Church in Greenville, where he was a member, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
Mortimer Funeral Home of Greenville has charge. Fie was a Mason. Mr. Self, the husband of Willie Sims Self, also leaves a daughter, Ruby Ray Eddins Lindsey of Walls; two sisters, Lillie Bell Slader Kosciusko and Mavis Hammock of Horn Lake, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. GRENADA Rogenia 'Jean' Bennett Griffin, 82, retired bookkeeper, died Friday at Heritage Manor in Grenada.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Pryor Funeral Home of Calhoun City with burial in Pittsboro (Miss.) Cemetery. She was a member of Bruce United Methodist Church. Mrs. Griffin leaves a son, Billy J.
Griffin of California; a sister, Jimmie Mae Johnson of Bruce, two grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. GRENADA Mary Agnes Norris, 68, sales representative for a wholesale barber and beauty supply company, died Friday at Grenada Lake Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at National Funeral Home of Grenada with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Order of the Eastern Star, Gideons Auxiliary and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Norris, the wife fO. Raymond Norris, also leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Wood of Grenada; two sisters, Lou Sargent of Grenada and Faye Stewart of San Antonio, Texas; two brothers, Geoffrey Hemphill of Atlanta and Jack Hemphill of Grenada, and two grandchildren. ISOLA N. T.
'Billy' Nichols 68, auctioneer, died Thursday at King's Daughters Hospital in Yazoo City. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Belzoni, where he was a member and former deacon, with burial in Greencrest Cemetery in Belzoni. Mortimer Funeral Home in Belzoni has charge. He was a 32nd-degree Mason at Belzoni Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Nichols, the husband of Erma Nichols, also leaves a daughter, Sandra Ann Switzer of Mendenhall; two sons, Randal Alan Nichols of Isola and William Stanley Nichols of Jackson; his mother, Selma Jeanette Nichols; two sisters, Maedell Garst and Mildred McElmurray, and a brother, Herman Thomas Nichols, all of Silver City, and 10 grandchildren. MARIETTA Victoria Pharr, 95, retired teacher and owner and operator of Victoria Pharr Grocery Store for 47 years, died Friday at Longwood Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville with burial in Old Bethel Cemetery.
She was a member of Pleasant Valley Church of Christ. Miss Pharr leaves two sisters, Rave Evelyn Johnson of Arlington, Texas, and Imagene Willoughby of Jackson. OXFORD David 'Buck' Pinson Jones, 82, retired pulpwood cutter, Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Waller Funeral Home with burial in Shiloh Cemetery.
Mr. Jones, the husband of Ruby Moody Jones, also leaves two daughters, Frances Roberts of Orlando, and Sandra Dunn of Oxford; four sons, Bertis Jones of Shannon, Jerrell Jones Milton Jones, both of Oxford, and Ronald Jones of Thaxton; a brother, Pinson Jones of Oakland, 11 grandchildren and 10 greatOXFORD Willie Henry Phillips, 81, of Oxford, formerly of Batesville, retired farmer, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Olive Ray Missionary Baptist Church in Pope, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary of Batesville has charge.
Mr. Phillips leaves three daughters, Mae Brassell of Oxford, Betsy Strong of Memphis and Geneva Pointer of Bowling Green, eight sons, Ernest Phillips of Cambridge, Ohio, L. V. Pegues and Cliffton Hill, both of Oxford, Willie Phillips Jr. of Memphis, Reedie Phillips and Sammie Phillips, both of Batesville, Henry Phillips of Ironton, Ohio, and Leebert Phillips of Clarion, two sisters, Margaret J.
Phillips of Saginaw, and Beulah Phillips of Chicago; three brothers, Hollis Phillips of Cleveland, Ohio, and Larry Phillips and Tommy Phillips, both grandchildren, 26 great grandchidren and five great-great-grandchildren. PONTOTOC Mary C. Russell, 59, merchant, died Friday at Pontotoc Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Browning Funeral Home of Pontotoc with burial in Longview Cemetery.
She was a Bap- tist. Ms. Russell leaves a brother, Charles Curtis of Huntsville, two half-sisters, Ruth Parrish of Tampa, and Lorene, Cobb of Albany, and half-brother, WaY. Curtis of Heber Springs, Ark. RIPLEY B.
G. Bartlett, 76, retired -equipment leaven operator, died Friday at Rest Nursing Home in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ripley Funeral Home with burial in Tippah Memorial Gardens here. He was a member and deacon of Springdale Baptist Church.
Mr. Bartlett, the widower of Dora Smith Bartlett, leaves two daughters, Imogene Mathis of Ripley and Nellie Reynolds of Lake Cormorant, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. ROBINSONVILLE Ella Pollard, 86, of Memphis, formerly of Robinsonville, died Dec. 30 at Rosewood Manor in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m.
today at Belmont Missionary Baptist Church in Tunica with burial in the church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home of Tunica has charge. Mrs. Pollard leaves a daughter, Henrietta Hayes of Robinsonville; a sister, Mattie Frison of Maywood, five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. RULEVILLE Walterine Day Crook, 69, died Thrusday at University Hospital in Jackson.
Graveside services a.m. today Lehrton "Cemetery. King Funeral Home of Cleveland has charge. She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, and taught school in Ruleville. She was a member of Ruleville United Methodist Church, Benoit Outing Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Mrs. Crook, the widow of Walter Barber Crook, leaves a son, Noel Day Crook of Silver City; her mother, Pauline Logan Day of Madison; a sister, Edna Frances D. Ponder of Midland, Texas; a brother, Paul Day of Madison, 'and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. SARDIS Loura Bratton Jones, 99, of Jackson, formerly of Sardis, died Thursday at Mississippi Methodist Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Moore Funeral Home with burial in Union Cemetery near Sardis. She was a member of Sardis Church of Christ and American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Martin E.
'Mannie' Jones, leaves three daughters, Martha Lewis of Sardis, Annie Vinson of Oxford and Mary Vinson of Jackson; three sons, Travis D. Jones of Wilmar, Thomas Lee Jones of Sardis and Martin E. Jones of Oxford; a sister, Lena Mauriell of Memphis, 20 grandchildren, 20 greatgrandchildren and eight greatgreat-grandchildren. TISHOMINGO Charlene Richardson, 71, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m.
today at United Funeral Service in New with burial in New Albany Cemetery, She was a Baptist. Mrs. Richardson, the wife of Woodrow Richardson, also leaves two daughters, Delaine Bailey of New and Cecelia Bullen of Birmingham; two sons, Mike Richardson and Woody Richardson, both of Tishomingo; a brother, Ralph Hale of Oakland, and grandchildren. TUNICA Willie Pryor, 63, of Memphis, formerly of Tunica, died Jan. 1 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Henderson Funeral Home of Tunica with burial in Rainey Cemetery here. Mr. Pryor leaves a daughter, Ella Pryor of MEMPHIS DEATHS Donald L. Beard 69, of Memphis, retired agent for American Airlines, husband of Mary Beth Beard.
Ruby G. Bennett, 94, Memphis. James L. Boston, 58, of Memphis, real estate developer, husband of Ann Boston. Willie B.
Bradley, 75, of Arlington, husband of Lillie Mae Bradley. Archie L. Brock, 76, of Memphis, retired employee of Firestone Tire Rubber Co. Matthew Compton, 70, of Memphis, retired employee of Memphis Processing Co. Georgia Ann Davis, 74, of Memphis.
Priscilla Chatham Dugan, 92, of Birmingham, formerly of Memphis, retired sales clerk for Goldsmith's Department Store and former receptionist at Juvenile Court. Tracy Eason, 82, of Memphis, formerly of Byhalia, retired farmer. Marion Lamar Hall 40, of Memphis, assistant manager at Walgreens for 21 years. Gloria Dean Page Hardin, 50, of Los Angeles, formerly of Memphis, wife of Elvis Hardin. Frank J.
Horvath, 81, of Memphis, retired clinical photographer for Cyanamid Chemical husband of Annie L. Horvath. Thomas Edward Houston, 44, of 2240 Griggs, painter. James E. Ivory, 61, of 803 Henderson, retired City of Memphis employee, husband of Annie Mae Ivory.
Henry Jackson, 89, of West Memphis, retired custodian, husband of Margaret Jackson. Mary Juanita Johnson, 59, of West Memphis. Georgia Mary Jones, 67, of 1441 Rozelle, formerly of Hernando, Miss. Bessie G. Kiel, 80, of Memphis, widow of William Kiel.
Edgar Liggins, 76, of Memphis, retired painter, husband of Willie Mae Liggins of Michigan City, Ind. William T. 'Buddy' Lott, 72, of Memphis, retired gas fitter for Sears, Roebuck and husband of Willie Marie Lott. Willie B. Lyons, 52, of Olive Branch, mechanic, husband of Mattie L.
Lyons. Ramon Andrew Marus, 62, of Memphis, retired partner of Marus Marble Tile husband of Melissa K. Marus. Roosevelt 'Curley' Morgan, 56, of Memphis, general contractor and owner of C. Morgan Sons Construction Co.
Eliza Nicholson, 87, of 2446 Park, widow of Oscar Nicholson. Arthur L. Payne, 71, of Memphis, retired employee of Memphis Veterans Medical Center, husband of Jessie M. Payne. Anne Louise Perrell of Memphis, wife of Robert J.
Perrell. Magnolia Ellamae Triplett Perry, 82, of Memphis, retired secretary at Central Baptist Church after 31 years, widow of Robert Perry. Lillie Y. Prichard, 85, of Memphis, widow of William J. Prichard.
Mary Jane Hysinger Proctor, 92, of Millington, widow of Kenzie Proctor. Bethel C. Rowland, 81, of Memphis, retired licenced practical nurse at St. Joseph Hospital. Aruthelia Ophelia Sessley, 79, of Memphis, retired employee of Industrial Linen Co.
Will A. Steger, 88, of Memphis, retired truck driver for Illinois Central Railroad. Jessie Mae Taylor, 74, of Memphis, retired domestic worker. Memphis; two sons, Sylvester Pryor of Lambert and Claude Pryor of Tunica; two sisters, Dorothy Pryor and Rubystene Pryor, and two brothers, Ivory Lee Irons and Henry Pryor, both of Cleveland, Ohio, and six grandchildren. TUPELO Pearl R.
'Granny Sam' Samuelson, 84, died Friday at Tensas Nursing Home in Newellton, La. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at West berry Main Funeral Chapel Home of in Me Tupelo with graveside services at 4:30 p.m. at Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale. She was a Methodist.
Mrs. Samuelson, the widow of Harold E. Samuelson, leaves a daughter, Martha S. Powell of Tupelo; two sons, John S. both of Torrance, a sister, Samuelson and a Ralph E.
Samuelson, Trudy R. Yates of El Cajon, a brother, John D. Rogers of Riverside, five grandchildren and nine great VAIDEN Burnell Bingham, 69, oil field worker, died Wednesday in Jackson. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Oliver Funeral Home of Winona with burial in Old Plank Cemetery.
He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church near Vaiden. Mr. Bingham, the husband of Ercle Bingham, also leaves three sons, James Bingham of Marion, Paul Bingham of Kosciusko and Jerry Bingham of Vaiden; a brother, Howard Bingham of Durant, and three grandchildren. Boy faces sex assault charges JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) A 12-year-old boy has been charged with pinching the groin of a 10-year-old girl and fondling another 10-year-old girl while at school, authorities said.
Capt. David Story of the Washington County Sheriff's Department said the boy is charged with two counts of sexual assault. The girls' mothers say school officials were irresponsible for not better protecting the girls at Gray School. School officials deny that. One of the girls said the boy became abusive the day after they began going steady in September.
"He said now that we were going together we had to do it have sex," the girl told the Johnson City Press. After she refused, the boy became abusive, pinching her and bruising her groin. The other girl claimed she was grabbed and fondled by the boy while she was held from behind by a second boy. The school suspended both boys. A hearing has been scheduled for Jan.
31 in Juvenile Court. Air Force homes in on 'amplifier' COOLEEMEE, N.C. (AP) Roger Spillman paid $75 for what he thought was a radio amplifier at a salvage auction. He never got it to work, nor did he get a refund. There may be some consolation in knowing the contraption could have survived a nuclear attack.
Turns out the device is a $363,735 piece of military hardware, part of a planned global communications system designed to survive nuclear war, the Winston Journal reports. Spillman had turned to Isabel Ledford, a local ham-radio operator, who called the amplifier's maker, Raytheon for an instruction manual. Raytheon employees asked for the serial numbers, then called the Air Force. The Air Force showed up with a court order and reclaimed the device. Thefts of donkeys surpass murders HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Zimbabweans stole more donkeys last year, but the number of murders dropped by almost 200, police said.
A crime report issued in Harare blamed a jump in donkey thefts from 473 cases in 1992 to 820 last year on a drought that killed donkeys, prized by peasant farmers as work animals. There were 576 murders in the nation of 10.4 million people in 1993, down from 773 the year before, while the number of house break-ins, the most common crime, dipped slightly to about 34,600 investigated incidents, the report said. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) Cherokee graves are being looted because the U.S. Forest Service is not enforcing laws protecting sites, American Indian Movement activists say.
The AIM members also object to the Forest Service allowing farming on land they feel is an Indian burial ground. Human bones and potsherds are sometimes discovered when the land is plowed, according to AIM member Blanche Whiteface of Bluff City. "How would they feel if I went to a white man's burial ground and had it dug asked Charles Thunderhawk of Richmond, Va. "We don't take this lightly. These are our ancient ones and they must be protected as we would expect someone to protect us when it comes time to return to the earth." A Forest Service archeologist says the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation approved managing the site as a hayfield.
Norman Dean Jefferson, a Forest Service archeologist, said he knew of people digging sandy soil along the riverbanks for their gardens but didn't know of any problems with grave desecrations. The site is considered a Cherokee village and is on the National Register of Historic Places and the state Division of Archaeology's list of cultural resource sites. It is along the Nolichucky River in Washington County. Thunderhawk said that if the site is not better protected, the AIM would rally protesters. He said someone tried to sell him grave goods from this area last June.
The former Cherokee village has not been extensively investigated, but was apparently inhabited from 1400 to 1600, according to Suzanne Hoyal, a state Division of Archaeology historian. The site is believed to have covered about 37 acres. About 24 acres of the site is leased by a tomato farming operation, according to Jefferson. The farming permit prohibits farmers from disturbing the soil below the plow line where archeological evidence is most likely to be found. Jefferson said the Forest Service plans to conduct further archeological investigations at the site.
He said the farming permit might not be renewed when it expires in the spring. Gun found on second-grader NASHVILLE (AP) A secondgrade student was placed in juvenile detention after being found with an unloaded 25-caliber pistol at his elementary school. Investigators said the 8-yearold student at Kirkpatrick Elementary School carried the pistol to school Thursday in a backpack. School officials said a classmate reported that the boy had the weapon. Another student turned in a bullet he said he found in a restroom.
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