of of of THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1998 DEATHS Arnett, Leonard Wood Bevell, Lonnie L. Brock, Clyde Cade, Willie Mae Cirtain, Ronald W. Collie, Dorothy Ann Chalmers Dalton, Teresa Fay Dirks, Joy Ann Jackson Dorsett, Thurston Naylor Jr. Dubey, Joseph Robert Gladness, Nathan Phillip Greer, J. Ripley Harbison, Herbert D.
'Pete' Humphrey, Carrie Ann Jennings, Verda Shannon Kelley, Raymond J. Knight, Alton Jr. Lumpkin, James W. Malone, Eddie Ill Moton, Janet Nethery, Hugh Rand, Joan Geneva Reed, Herman S. Rogers, Alfred Russell Rook, Verna King Sanders, Harry D.
Smith, Brooxie M. Smith, Ora Lee Stephens, James Alcorn Vaughan, Ellis Floyd West, Earnestine OBITUARIES MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS Through Thursday, Oct. 22 LEONARD WOOD ARNETT, 78, of Memphis, retired mechanic for Schilling Motors, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. He was a former truck driver for Gordons Transports and Bowman Truck Lines.
Mr. Arnett, the husband of Evelyn Arnett, also leaves four daughters, leanette, Craft of Chicago, Glenda Stricklin Southaven, Martha Wilson of Alabama and Carol McClure of Memphis; a son, Leonard Arnett Jr. of San Diego; a stepdaughter, Donna Kay Brown of Memphis; four stepsons, Lester DeWain DeClue of Apopka, Jerry DeClue of Millington, Gerry DeClue of Miami and Allen DeClue of Charleston, S.C.; two sisters, Lorine Tyson of Jackson, and Vida McVay of Memphis, 26 grandchildren and 15 a LONNIE L. BEVELL, 76, of Memphis, ironworker, died of heart failure Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Lambert (Miss.) Cemetery. He was a World War veteran. Mr. Bevell, the widower of Alice Lillian Bevell, leaves a son, David Bevell of Memphis, and a brother, Roland Bevell of Columbia, Ky. CLYDE BROCK, 70, of 255 N.
Lauderdale, Apt. 203, retired self-employed truck driver, died of diabetes Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. R. S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge.
He was a Baptist. He leaves a son, Curtis Brock of Detroit, and a half-brother, Willie James Brock of Memphis. WILLIE MAE CADE, 91, of 3391 Old Getwell, died of heart failure Thursday at Oakville Nursing Home. N. J.
Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Cade, the widow of Hudson Cade, leaves a daughter, Bertha M. Hughes of Memphis; three sons, Sylvester King of Chicago, and Lawrence G. Whitaker and Charles N.
Reeves, both of Memphis, 16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. RONALD W. CIRTAIN, 53, of Bartlett, vice president of Cirtain Plywood died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bartlett United Methodist Church with burial in Memory Hill Gardens.
Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Buntyn Presbyterian Church, former director of data processing at Schering-Plough, a graduate of Treadwell High and attended University of of of of of of of of of Memphis. Mr. Cirtain, the husband of Margaret Cirtain, also leaves two sons, Jonathan Cirtain and Kevin Cirtain, both of Bartlett; his parents, James and Louise Cirtain, and a sister, Carolyn Whaley, all of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital, the American Heart Association or Bartlett United Methodist Church. DOROTHY ANN CHALMERS COLLIE, 44, of Miami, formerly of Memphis, teacher for Miami i School System, died of heart failure Monday at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Temple Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Miami. N.
J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of H.W. Byers High in Mt. Pleasant, Miss.
Mrs. Collie, the wife of George V. Collie, also leaves a daughter, Sabrina Renee Chalmers; a son, Jason Edward Collie; five stepdaughters, Joyline Collie, Adrian Collie, Renita Collie, Jacqueline Collie and Renee Collie, and five sons, George Collie Rod Collie, Van Collie, Vernon Carpenter and Orinald Carpenter, all of Miami; her father, Elmore Chalmers of Mt. Pleasant; four sisters, Vivian Chalmers and Shirley Jones, both of Memphis, Peggy Franklin of Germantown and Jean Guy of Athens, and five brothers, Willie L. Chalmers and Paul Chalmers, both of Memphis, Lincoln Chalmers of Cayce, Edward Chalmers of Collierville and Elmore Chalmers Jr.
of Mt. Pleasant. JOY ANN JACKSON DIRKS, 39, of Southaven, formerly of Memphis, ramp service agent for Northwest Airlink, died of cancer Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in New Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Calif.
She leaves a daughter, Michelle Ann Dirks, and a son, John Michael Dirks, both of Southaven; her parents, Orel and Isabel Jackson of Auburn, and two sisters, Jill Marte of Germantown and Julie Barrett of Auburn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. THURSTON NAYLOR DORSETT 70, of Somerville, retired Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service employee after 40 years, died of cancer Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Oakland Cemetery in Trenton, Tenn. He was an Army veteran. He attended Somerville First Baptist Church and Austin-Peay University and earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from Mississippi State University at Starkville. Mr. Dorsett, the husband of Ann Foust Dorsett, also leaves a son, Mark Thurston Dorsett of Covington; a sister, Marian Tucker of Ocean Springs, and a grandson.
JOSEPH ROBERT DUBEY, 63, of Memphis, retired master locksmith for Webster, died of cancer Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East. He was a retired Navy veteran and attended Leawood Baptist Church. Mr.
Dubey, the husband of Madylin Dubey, also leaves three daughters, Robin Fulghan of Memphis, Darlene Pierce of Southaven and Nancy Schuler of a son, Joseph Dubey Jr. of New Mexico; four sisters, Anita Gardner of St. Albans, Sandra Dorphnes of Florida, and Theresa Boaz and Doreanna Cross, both of California; a brother, David Dubey of West Lebanon, N.H., nine grandchildren and a great- granddaughter. NATHAN PHILLIP GLADNESS, 26, of West Memphis, forklift operator, died Oct. 17 at his home of an apparent homicide.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Bread of Life Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Gardens Cemetery in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He leaves a son, Phillip Robinson; his mother, Luevernal Gladness, and three mad sisters, Verla Smith, Catherine Hill and Joye Isler, all of West Memphis, and four brothers, Rufus Gladness, Arthur Gladness and Donale Gladness, all of West Memphis, and William Robert Gladness of Bloomington, Ind. J. RIPLEY GREER, 94, of Memphis, owner of Consolidated Realty died of heart failure Wednesday at his home.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Elmwood. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was also founder of Autumn Investment a member of many real estate associations, and in the late 1930s constructed es homes and developed property in the Chickasaw Gardens area. He won many golf tournaments including the Memphis Golf Association Seniors Championship, and the Little Rock Country Club and Clarksdale Country Club 4-Ball Tournaments.
At age 75, he was the oldest qualifier and match play participant in the US Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship. He was a member of the Memphis Country Club and a former member of the Indian Creek Club in Bal Harbour, Fla. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Memphis University School or the charity of the donor's choice. HERBERT D. 'PETE' HARBISON, 65, of Memphis, retired from the Post Office after 25 years, died of heart failure Thursday at his home.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Harbison, the husband of Gloria McGuire Harbison for 46 years, also leaves a daughter, Tina Whittmyer of Texas; a sister, Lena Howitt of Corning, N.Y.; a brother, Ed Harbison of Memphis, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice. CARRIE ANN HUMPHREY, 66, of Byhalia, product worker at Gem died of heart failure Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia with burial in the church cemetery.
Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch, has charge. Mrs. Humphrey, the wife of Lust Humphrey, also leaves four daughters, Carolyn McAuley, Linda D. Humphrey, Ella Rose White and Marilyn Lee Luckett, all of Memphis; five sons, Floyd Humphrey, Bobby Lee Humphrey, Mable Earl Humphrey and Rex H. Humphrey, all of Byhalia, and luka Humphrey of Memphis; four sisters, Virginia L.
McNeil of Byhalia, Marcell Stewart of Coldwater, Ruth T. Geeter of Memphis and Velma T. Slaughter of Blytheville, a brother, Albert B. Tennial of Washington, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. VERDA SHANNON JENNINGS, 86, of Memphis, retired farmer, died of heart disease 17 at Graceland Nursing Center.
Services will be at noon Sunday at Alvis Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, where she was a former member of the usher board, with burial in the church cemetery. Delta Burial Corp. in Marks, has charge. Mrs. Jennings, the widow of Johnny Mack Jennings, leaves two daughters, LaJoyce Suggs and Callie M.
Burkes, and a sister, Effie Lacey, all of Memphis; a brother, Bossie D. Shannon of Enid, and a granddaughter. RAYMOND J. KELLEY, 84, of Mem- phis, retired millwright with ACIPCO Maintenance Dept. in Birmingham, after 35 years, died Sunday at Primacy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a stroke.
Services were at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ridout's Roebuck East Chapel in Trussville, with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens there. He was past grand master and member of Irondale (Ala.) Masonic Lodge 506 and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Memphis. He leaves a son, Paul D. Kelley of Memphis; three sisters, Lucille Foshee, LaMerle Popwell and Hazel Dale, all of Clanton, a brother, James Kelley of Sylacauga, and three grandsons.
ALTON KNIGHT 13-year-old son of Carrie Robinson Knight of Southaven and Alton Knight of Jackson, student at Hillcrest School, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of an apparent homicide. Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Andrew AME Church, where he was a member, with burial in Hollywood-Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
R. S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves his foster mother with whom he lived, Lois Jackson of Memphis; a sister, Daja Marshall of and JaMarcus Robinson, both of MemJackson; two brothers, Jonathan a Knight phis, and his grandparents, Florence and Julius Robinson of Jackson. JAMES W.
LUMPKIN, 72, of Memphis, er, Emma Guy, all of Memphis. JOAN GENEVA RAND, 47, of Mem- supervisor for Owens-Corning, died of heart failure Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a Baptist.
Mr. Lumpkin, the husband of Althie N. Lumpkin for 51 years, also leaves two daughters, Margaret Lewis of Atlanta and Martha Norton of Sparta, three sons, James L. Lumpkin, Jerry W. Lumpkin and Ronnie L.
Lumpkin, all of Memphis; a sister, Ola May Stanley of Bolivar, grandchildren and a great granddaughter. EDDIE MALONE Ill. 57, of Memphis, lift driver for Wayne Feed Mill, died of heart failure Monday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch, with burial in Phoenix Chapel Cemetery in Southaven. He leaves his parents, Eddie Malone Jr.
and Willie Mae Malone of Nesbit, four sisters, Mary L. Johnson, Lizzie Williams, Cora McMahon and Sandra Gilliland; four brothers, Levi Malone, Larry Malone, David L. Malone and Donnie B. Malone, and a grandmoth- phis, former employee of Memphis International Airport, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs.
Rand, the wife of Charles R. Rand, also leaves two sons, Charles E. Rand of Los Angeles and Terrence L. Rand of her mother, Jean M. Harris of Memphis; three sisters, Brooksie T.
Bates of Virginia, and Ouida Harris and Beryl J. Foster, both of Memphis, and a brother, Clarence J. Harris Jr. of Memphis. HERMAN S.
REED, 63, of Memphis, retired postal worker, failure Saturday at his home. Services will be fat noon Monday at Greater Community Chapel Church of God in Christ with burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. S.W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. He was a member Bethel Temple.
Mr. Reed, the husband of Lessie G. Reed, also leaves a daughter, Cynthia Reed; three sons, Gerald S. Flowers, Kenneth A. Reed and Michael E.
Smiley, and a brother, Albert Reed, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren. ALFRED RUSSELL ROGERS, 49, of and 10 great-great-grandchildren. HARRY D. SANDERS, 67, of Mem- Valrico, formerly of Nesbit, manager for AutoZone Parts Stores, died Sunday at his home of an apparent suicide. Hernando (Miss.) Funeral Home has charge.
Mr. Rogers, the husband of Anneliese Rogers, also leaves two daughters, Jenny Hines of San Angelo, Texas, and Corola Brabham of Nesbit, and a son, Gehard Max Blonner of Wangen Allgau, Germany. VERNA KING ROOK, 87, of Millington, homemaker, died of healt failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Memorial Park.
Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Katherine Greene of Silver Spring, and Sarah Perkins of Memphis; four sons, Bruce Rook of Vallejo, William L. Rook and Joseph Rook, both of Millington, and John Rook of Memphis; a sister, Alice Patterson, and a brother, Charles King, both of Memphis, 23 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren phis, retired from International Harvester, died of pneumonia Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Rosemark Cemetery.
He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Sanders, the husband of Doris Sanders for 47 years, also leaves two daughters, Sheila Hendrix of Munford, and Pam Sanders of Bartlett; two sons, Harry Sanders Jr. of Cordova and Mike Sanders of Bartlett; two sisters, Mamie Watkins of Rosemark, and Josephine Wilder of Millington; a brother, J. H.
Sanders of Germantown, and six grandchildren. BROOXIE M. SMITH, 69, of Ellendale, homemaker, died of pneumonia Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ellendale United Methodist Church, where she was a member for 60 years, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens.
Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mrs. Smith, the wife Norvell Smith, also leaves a daughter, Sheree Coats Arlington; brother, James Garrison Ellendale, and a grandchild. The of family requests that any memorials be sent to the Children's Fund at Ellendale United Methodist Church. ORA LEE SMITH, 70, of Clarkedale, homemaker, died of failure Monday at Baptist Memorial a Hospital.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Clarkedale. She leaves three daughters, Mae Frances Dent of West Memphis, Rosie Smith of Marion, and Leola Smith of Crawfordsville, six sons, Robert Dent of Clarkedale, Willie Lee Dent of James Mill, Leon Smith and Sammy Smith, both of West Memphis, Clarence Smith of Memphis and Lee Arthur Smith of Washington; a sister, Inell Johnson of Marion, 34 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. JAMES ALCORN STEPHENS, 57, of Memphis, died of diabetes Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside' services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
National Funeral Home in Clarksdale, has charge. He leaves a son, James 'Jimbo' Robert Stephens of Memphis; two sisters, Margaret Bullock of Escatawpa, and Ann Stephens of Cartersville, and five brothers, Perry Stephens of Woodbridge, Archie Stephens of Pontotoc, H. L. Stephens of Clarksdale, Grady Stephens Jr. of Wilkes-Barre, and Doug Stephens of Eupora, Miss.
ELLIS FLOYD VAUGHAN, 90, of ropolitan Inter-Faith Association. EARNESTINE WEST, 62, of Marion, Diamondhead, formerly of Memphis, retired lieutenant colonel, died of pneumonia Monday in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Christ Church Episcopal in Memphis, where he was on the vestry, with burial in Elmwood.
Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis has charge. a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Retired Officers Association, Scottish Rite and was a 32nd degree Mason. Mr. Vaughan, the widower of Sarah Elizabeth Battle Vaughan, leaves a daughter, Dorothy V.
Hope of Diamondhead; a son, William Battle Vaughan of Miami; a brother, Robert Vaughan of San Antonio, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Mallory-Neely House or Met- farm laborer, died of heart failure Thursday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Marion Memorial Cemetery. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves six daughters, Odessa Brown and Evelyn Smith, both of Marion, and Diana Perry, Vivian Ann Simmons, Josephine Smith and Carrie Smith, all of West Memphis; four sons, Robert L.
Smith and Larry Smith, both of Clewiston, John Smith of West Memphis and Virgil Smith of Dallas; a sister, Inell Johnson of Marion, 38 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. DEATHS ELSEWHERE TERESA FAY DALTON, 37, of Long Beach, founder and co-owner of Animal E.R. and Critical Care, died of pulmonary edema Saturday in Gulfport, Miss. Memorial services were Thursday at Central Church in Memphis. Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport had charge.
She founded the Sam I Am Foundation and was a former singer with the New York City Opera. She leaves a companion with whom she lived, Nan Saye of Long Beach, and local survivors including her parents, Richard and Patsy Dalton, and a sister, Deanna Lynn Dalton, all of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Sam I Am Foundation for Animal Preservation in Gulfport. JANET MOTON, 35, of Oxford, formerly of Holly Springs, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at St. Paul CME Church in Holly Springs, where she was a member, with burial in Ayers Cemetery there. J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge.
She leaves local survivors including a brother, James Moton of Memphis. HUGH NETHERY, 95, of Humboldt, retired production worker, died of pneumonia Monday at Progress Health Care Center in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home in Humboldt with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery there. He leaves local survivors including a daughter, June Coleman of Memphis.
Previously unannounced services received through Thursday, Oct. 22: Robert Crowder, 64. N. J. Ford Sons Funeral Home at noon Monday.
Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Nathaniel Easter, 32. Longview. Heights Seventh-day Adventist Church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Burial in Paradise Gardens Cemetery in Edmondson, Ark. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Mary Farmer, 83.
Devine Temple Church at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Burial in New Park Cemetery. M. J.
Edwards Sons, Funeral Home. Kevin B. Finnie, J.C. Sons Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Burial in Shelby County Cemetery. Willie Foster, 61. Christ Missionary Baptist Church at noon Saturday. Burial in New Park Cemetery. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Corine Franklin, 79. New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Germantown at noon Saturday. Burial in the church cemetery.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Luke Ishmeal, 85. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Beatrice Parker, 82.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 10 a.m.
Monday. Alice Singleton, 93. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at noon Saturday. Burial in the church cemetery.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. MID-SOUTH DEATHS The following obituaries were received FUNERALS through Thursday, Oct. 22.
ARKANSAS BLYTHEVILLE Katherine Whittle, 78, homemaker, wife of Grover Whittle, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville. ELAINE Kathryn Mae Stephens, 75, homemaker, wife of Jacob P. Stephens, died of kidney failure Wednesday at Helena Regional Medical Center in West Helena. LEXA Horace H. Griffin, 69, commercial electrician, husband of Sylvia Hardy Griffin, died of leukemia Wednesday at his home.
OSCEOLA Jonnie Sivley Rigsby, 55, owner and operator of Fancy Fingers Nail Salon, wife of Ray Rigsby, died of heart failure Wednesday in Osceola; Ruth C. Adams, 92, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday in Osceola. MISSISSIPPI BATESVILLE Jane Sanders Hoskins, 71, retired self employed custom clothing designer, died of cancer Sunday at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center. BETT Ola Belle Cook, 74, homemaker, wife of Johnie Cook, died of leukemia Wednesday at Senatobia Community Hospital. BOONEVILLE Mary Ann Barnett, 56, homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville.
COLDWATER Betty Jean Jones, 48, child care assistant, widow of Bobby Jones, died Oct. 16 in Coldwater after a stroke; Alberta Fitts Porter, 85, of Coldwater, formerly of Waterford, retired Marshall County School System teacher, widow of Isaac 'Sue' Porter, died of cancer Sunday at Senatobia Community Hospital; C. G. Truddle, 75, retired construction worker, husband of Willie Mae Truddle, died of cancer Monday at his home. HATTIESBURG Ida Mae Todd Smith, 87, of Hattiesburg, formerly of Adamsville, homemaker, widow of Chris A.
Smith, died of congestive heart failure Thursday at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. KOSCIUSKO Elizabeth Biggs Peeler, 78, retired bookkeeper for the Social Security Administration and Attala County Chancery clerks office, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare in Jackson. OXFORD Lula Mae Sims, 89, homemaker, widow of Rev. Allen Sims, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi in Oxford. PONTOTOC Lillie Van Hattox, 87, retired beautician, died of respiratory arrest Thursday at Courtyard Health Care Complex in Fulton.
TALLAHATCHIE Henry Lester, 86, retired truck driver, husband of Maggie M. Lester, died Oct. 15 of cancer at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston. YAZOO CITY Grace Childress, 83, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.
TENNESSEE BROWNSVILLE Theddie of Warren Waddell, 94, homemaker, widow R. Curtis dell, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Crestview Health Care Center. DYERSBURG Daniel Robert Clark, 54, retired welder, died of heart failure Wednesday at his home; Hope E. Jones, 84, homemaker, wife of Daniel W. Jones, died of heart failure Tuesday at East Ridge Hospital in Chattanooga.
JACKS CREEK Delma Liles, 75, retired employee of Salant Salant Manufacturing, widow of Wade Liles, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson after a stroke. JACKSON Mable Douthitt, 95, homemaker, widow of Russell Douthitt, died of heart failure Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital; F. Travis Hammonds, 84, retired grocery store manager, husband of Mattie Lou Bolerjack Hammonds, died of heart failure Thursday at Gibson General Hospital in Trenton; Morris Mullikin, 38, welder for Murray Outdoor Products, husband of Jeanette Hudson Mullikin, died Thursday at JacksonMadison County General Hospital after a car accident; Jamison Adam 'Jamie' Seratt, 20, employee of Seratec-Time Service, died of a cerebral aneurysm Wednesday at his home. KENTON Elmer A. Dickson, 94, retired carpenter, widower of Geraldine Flatt Dickson, died Wednesday at Union City Manor after a stroke.
MILAN Nora Lee Reynolds 80, homemaker, widow of H. died Young, Wednesday at Douglas Nursing Home after a stroke. MOSCOW Antonio Marico Reid, 23, employee of Carrier Air Conditioner died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after a motorcycle accident. PARIS Opal Lee Hutson, 89, homemaker, widow of Pierce Grubbs Hutson, died of heart failure Thursday at Henry County Nursing Home. SPRINGVILLE Harrison Anderson Kerr, 85, retired carpenter, widower of Vesta Beatrice Raley Kerr Virgie Wright Haley Kerr, died of heart failure Thursday at Henry County Medical Center in Paris.
WORLD DEATHS BOSTON (AP). Former governor Francis W. Sargent, a Republican who won a reputation as an environmental activist but was defeated by Michael Dukakis in his bid for re-election, died Thursday. He was 83.Sargent, who died at his home in Dover, occupied the executive office from 1969 to 1975. His tenure was marked by the tumultuous racial tensions prompted by school busing in the 1970s.
Ark. mobile 911 deadline passes with no system LITTLE ROCK (AP) Emer- technology to locate the gency telephone calls from mo- caller's position and allow an bile phones still get bogged operator to direct emergency down in details. help to within 125 meters Arkansas failed to meet an about 410 feet of the caller. Oct. 1 deadline by which emer- State Auditor Gus Wingfield gency workers could trace said Wednesday that a 50 centcalls made to them on cellular per-month tax on each operattelephones to the nearest cellu- ing mobile phone to pay for the lar tower.
Some officials say improved 911 system has so far the necessary equipment raised $2.68 million. Money hasn't been installed, and some won't be drawn from the state say it doesn't yet exist. account until service providers The Federal Communications and 911 officials can decide on Commission last December di- a system to meet the FCC's rected that 911 systems around demands, Wingfield said. the nation have advanced The state will continue to colequipment installed. All that lect the tax until the Commeremergency operators can see cial Mobile Radio Services now is that a cellular phone is Emergency Telephone Servbeing used.
ices Board decides the FCC To respond adequately to an mandate has been met. emergency, the operators must The three major mobile teleget detailed directions from phone providers Alltel, the caller wasting valuable Southwestern Bell and Sprint time. PCS are hesitant to step in calls from traditional with upgrades, Wingfield said. phones, 911 operators can see Deputy Auditor Charlotte the telephone number of the Craig said the problem is a phone being used and, on some technology gap. systems, the address of the "There's not a good marriage home or business.
out there between what's The FCC first set an April 1 needed and the technology deadline for installation of available," she said. equipment to tell the operator Services board member John the mobile phone's number and Gibson, director of the Office the location of the cell site or of Emergency Services, said base station handling the 911 the FCC has asked states to do call. That deadline was later something for which no proven extended to Oct. 1. technology exists.
Gibson suA second phase, to be com- pervises 911 service for Washpleted by 2001, will require ington County. 3rd fatal shooting in 3 days in Whitehaven An unidentified man was sissippi tags, Cole said. The found shot to death Thursday driver's window had been shot night in Whitehaven, where out, possibly by a shotgun, he three people have been gunned said. down in as many days. Two men were seen running "This is the third in a row," southbound from the scene.
said Lt. Steve Cole of the Mem- Descriptions were not availphis Police felony response able, Cole said. squad. The latest shooting is A days earlier, a 26-year-old unrelated to the murder Tues- man found shot to death in day evening of a Whitehaven a parking lot at Oakshire teenager, yet bears some simi- Apartments and Townhouses. larities to a Wednesday night Police have made no arrests in slaying, Cole said.
that shooting. Police were called about 9:15 On Tuesday night, Alton p.m. Thursday to a parking lot Knight, 13, an eighth-grade stuat 3605 Bellbranch, a private dent at Hillcrest High School, drive in the Winbranch Com- was shot and killed at 3815 munity Apartments near Spiegel. Charged with first-deMillbranch and Winchester. gree murder is Richard Berry The man's body was found in also 13, who attends Lanier a red Ford Explorer with Mis- Junior High.
Celebrating Children fest Saturday Porter-Leath Children's Cen- races, free-throw contests, Binter will hold a fall festival for go, Go Fish and bicycle racing. the North Memphis community Each or contest will cost game from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. dime to More than 500 pumpkins will a play.
be awarded The festival, Celebrating given away or in such Children for 148 Years, also prizes contests as pumpkin bowling, hoop the will offer entertainment and pumpkin and pumpkin paint- refreshments. Porter-Leath is ing. The event will feature tra- at 868 N. Manassas, between ditional games, including sack Jackson and Chelsea. JAM-JAM1 will be running by Monday JAM-JAM1, the weather and time phone line sponsored by Captain D's restaurants, will be up and running again by Monday, a company spokesman said Thursday.
For weeks, the JAM-JAM1 system has let the line ring without picking up. The system's computer equipment is being replaced, said Sandy McCaffery of Shoney's which owns the seafood restaurants. The weather and time number is 526-5261. Hooker touts PAID lottery to fund political races CHATTANOOGA (AP) Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Jay Hooker announced his support Thursday for a state lottery if some of the proceeds were used to fund political campaigns. help candidates the corThe public financing, would rupting influence of political contributions, he said.
"The people should have the right to vote on a lottery if they want to," he said in his first trip to Chattanooga since winning the August primary. "Every state election in Tennessee could be financed for less than $100 million." A proposal that would have brought the issue before voters failed in the General Assembly last spring. Studies show a lottery would generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Hooker, of Nashville, has made campaign finance reform his key issue and believes all government problems are rooted in the influence of money on campaigns. The 68-year-old businessman, who was publisher of the nowdefunct Nashville Banner and had numerous other business ventures, is using his own money to finance his race.
He has no campaign organization or advertising budget and has spent a few thousand dollars so far. Republican Gov. Don Sundquist has spent more than $2 million on his race and has barely acknowledged Hooker's challenge. DEATHS BALLARD EVA L. BALLARD, 60, passed away Tues.
at her home of cancer. She leaves her husband: Vester Ballard of 45 years; daughter: Evelyn Savage, Senatobia; son: Milton Ballard, of Memphis; Mother: Mary Alice McGinnis, of Sturgis, 6 sisters: Dicie Avant, Ruby N. McClelland, Betty Westbrook, Mary Lou Jones, all of Sturgis, Martha Sulfridge, of Sarah, Francis Bucci, of Salinas, 5 brothers: Eddy McGinnis, James McGinnis, both of Sturgis, Marvin McGinnis, of Dozier, Billy McGinnis, of Weston, Roy McGinnis, of Greensboro, NC; 5 grandchildren: Darlene Savage, Amanda Ballard, Lisa Dahabiyeh, all of Memphis, Erica Savage and Derrick Savage both of Senatobia, MS. A memorial service will be held Sat. Oct.
24 at MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME, Memphis, Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. The family request that in lieu of flowers memorials be sent to Methodist Cancer Center. BROOKS MRS. DOROTHY BROOKS, 74, of the Binghampton community expired at Baptist Hospital East She is survived by 2 sisters: Mrs. Sadie Davenport, of and Mrs.
Erma Glenn, of Detroit. Visitation today from 5P-7P at Rock of Ages C.M.E. 478 Scott Sat. from 10:00 A til with services commencing at noon officiated by Pastor Kenneth Thomas. Interment Mt.
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