The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee (2024)

February 18, 1990

Publication:

The Commercial Appeali

Location:

Memphis, Tennessee

Issue Date:

Sunday, February 18, 1990

Page:

9

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-pv-v A'' vrS'i 4 fTvJJ' MEMPHIS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18 1990 D14 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL DEATHS MS(AR EDITION i Cemetery White-Ranson Funeral Home has charge She was a member of Bethel Church of Christ in Martin Mrs Greer the widow of Ba? sil Greer leaves a daughter Mrs Hazel McCain of Union City five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren UNION CITY Mrs Elizabeth Pruett Scott 87 retired grocery store worker died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City after a tong illness Services will be at 1 pm today at White-Ranson Funeral Home with burial in Pruett Cemetery in Waverly She was a member of Union City Primitive Baptist Church Mrs Scott the widow of William Alonzo Scott leaves a daughter Mrs Willadean Hartley of Union City three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren JACKSON Dr Julius Feldman retired chemist for Boston University died Friday at Jackson-Ma-diaon County General Hospital after sudden illness Memorial services are incomplete George A Smith ft Sons Main Street Funeral Home has charge He was formerly a chemist for Parker Pen Co after 24 years Feldman the husband of Ida Porter Feldman also leaves three sons Dr Kenneth Feldman i Seattle Dr Roger Feldman of Minneapolis and Dr Robert Feldman of Chicago a sister Mrs Sylvia Helstad of Antlgo Wla and five grandchildren JACKSON Mrs Alma Bennett Rhodes 101 died Tuesday at Paragould (Ark) Nursing Home after a tong illness Services will be at 2 at LawrenceSorensen Home with burial in Ridgecrest Cemetery She was a member of Jackson First Christian Church Mrs Rhodes the widow of Charles Rhodes leaves four sons Paul Rhodes of Louisville Ky Clyde Rhodes of Jackson Harold Rhodes of Paragould and John Rhodes of Si George Utah a sister Mrs Mae Bessie Donohoue of Des ARKANSAS PARAGOULD Mrs Vera Mon-teith 89 died Friday at Green Acres Nursing Home Services will be at 2 pm today at Paragould First Baptist Church where she was a member with burial in Linwood Cemetery Heath Funeral Home has charge She was a member of the Home Demonstration Gub and a charter member of Robb's Chapel Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school Mrs Montelth the widow of Charles Herbert Mon-teith leaves two daughters Mrs Ruth Faulkner of Paragould and Mrs Mary Collier Buck of Orlando Fla a brother Ray Barger of Oklahoma City four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren The family requests that memorials be sent to Arkansas Methodist Hospital PARAGOULD Mrs Louise Macon Woodward 86 former legal secretary for Eugene Sloan after 10 years died Tuesday at her home in Sacramento Calif Graveside services will be at 2 pm Monday at Holy Cross Cemetery in Jonesboro Heath Funeral Home has charge She was a communicant of St Francis Catholic Church in Sacramento Mrs Woodward the widow of William Milfred Woodward leaves a brother Pete Macon of Murrieta Calif MEMPHIS RALPH WESLEY BRIDGES 63 of Memphis retired Navy petty officer died Friday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center after a long illness Services will be at noon Mon- day at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens He was a World War and Korean War veteran He was a member of Leaclair Baptist Church He leaves his wife Jenetta Bridges a daughter Mrs Linda Kolbe of Memphis two sisters Mrs Lillian Cathey and Mrs Loudean Scott both of Memphis a brother Richard Bridges of Memphis five half-brothers Paul Bridges Stanley Bridges Abe Bridges and Clyde Bridges and Robert Bridges all of Perry County Tenn and two grandchildren In lieu of flowers the family requests any memorials be sent to Leaclair Baptist Church or to the ALS Foundation MRS SALLY PEARL BRUCE tary with burial in the church cemetery Grant Funeral Home in Tunica Miss has charge She leaves her husband Robert Teleton four daughters Ms Diane Teleton and Ms Ophelia Teleton both of Lake Cormorant Ms Shirley Williams of Boston and Ms Katie Hunt of Parkin Ark four sons Charles Teleton Ricky Teleton and Shelby Williams all of Lake Cormorant and Robert Teleton Jr of Memphis two sisters Mrs Olivia Ellis of Boston and Mrs Christine Williams of Roosevelt NY a brother Albert Williams of Lake Cormorant and 10 grandchildren MRS VICKIE VAUGHN of Memphis retired credit department employee of 26 years at Sears Roebuck and Co died Friday at her home after a tong illness Services will be at 11 am Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens She was a member of East-side Baptist Church and Raleigh Eastern Star No 478 The widow of Claude Vaughn she leaves a daughter Mrs Brenda James Myers of Memphis and a sister Mrs Grace Hyde of Jacksonville Ark The family requests any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society MISSISSIPPI BOONEVULE Hezie Mark Whitehead 88 retired construction worker died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis alter a tong finess Services will be at 2 pm today at Salts Funeral Home with burial in Gaston Cemetery He was a member of the Church of Christ Whitehead the widower of Vester Lauderdale Whitehead leaves four sisters Mrs Leland Whitehead Stacy and Mrs Euna Rhoads both of Booneville Mrs Mary Magdelene Hicks of Longview Texas and Mrs Lulaella Whitehead Dobbins of Oklahoma CARROLLTON Mrs Willie Rae Blount Dunn 72 died Friday at Greenwood-Leftore Hospital after a long illness Services wul be at 330 pm today at Williams ft Lord Funeral Home in Greenwood with burial in White Church Cemetery bear there She was a member of Malmaison Baptist Church near Greenwood Mrs Dunn the wife of Malcolm Dunn also leaves three daughters Mrs Betty McBryde and Mrs Irene Dunn both of Greenwood Mrs Vivian Orr of Oden Ark sons William Dunn of Mena Ark Malcolm Dunn Jr of Winona and Lewis Dunn of Benton three sisters Mrs Tallie Sligh of Mlnter City Mrs Ruby Betock of Hampton Va and Mrs Rose Potter of Belsmi three brothers Dur-wood Blount of Dallas Blount of Elmira NY and Richard Blount of Greenwood 19 and 20 COURTLAND Aubrey Crump Williams 88 retired dairy farmer died Friday at his home after a long will be at 2 pm Monday at Shelton Funeral Home with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery She was a member of Doris Chapel Church of Christ near Trenton Mrs King the wife of Wesley William King also leaves a daughter Mrs Carolyn Jean King of Memphis three sis- ters Mrs Ola Tate and Mrs Laura Clark both of Trenton and Mrs Sally Mclllwain of Sulphur La three brothers Tyson Duncan of Eaton Wesley Duncan of Humboldt and Lonnie Duncan of Richland Wash a half-brother Marie Prince of Trenton two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren UNION CITY Mrs Alma Thomas Greer 93 died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City after a tong illlness Graveside services will be at 2 pm today at East View Women die after car submerges DERMOTT Ark (AP) Two Mnrtrtin women died when the car they were riding in careened off a wet highway and submerged in a rain-swollen ditch state police reported Saturday Margaretta Batts and Ira Nell White were killed in the accident late Friday on Arkansas 35 about two miles west of Dermott authorities said The two women were passengers in a car that went out of control when it hit rainwater standing in a low-lying stretch of the highway The car ran into a ditch and submerged state police said The driver Edward Ridell 41 of Warren managed to get out of the car but the two women did not authorities said A state police report said the occupants of the car had been wearing i belts Ridell was in good condition Saturday at Dermott-Chicot Memorial Hospital a hospital spokesman said Dermott ambulance driver Greg Jones said officers discovered the bodies when a wrecker pulled the vehicle out of the water he was pulling it out you could see them One had her hand over the seat like she was trying to get out" he said The weather was clear at the time of the accident but rainwater from storms that swept through the area Thursday stood about a foot deep on the stretch of highway where the accident occurred Jones said Gusty winds caused the water to rush across the roadway said Bank worker admits theft JACKSON Miss (AP) A former Deposit Guaranty employee who officials say used fictitious to steal from the hank has pleaded guilty to embezzling $29426 Lemora Moffett 36 of Jack-son who is free on bond will be sentenced April 23 Asst US Atty Ruth Harris said Ms Moffett used false account numbers to take money from the nonsufficient fund and other bank accounts Ms Moffett who was represented in court by Jackson lawyer Bill Vick admitted she had stolen the money when she was confronted last Sept 14 by bank officials about the money Ms Harris said Maneas leaves two daughters Mrs Wanda Wiglnton of Jacinto and Mrs Faye Foster of Eads Tenn two sons Clifton 'BUI' Maness of Bald-wyn and Rickey A Maness of Rlenzi two brothers Robert Maness of Baldwyn and George Maness of MtmriMihAil and 10 grandchildren Mrs Mary Room 80 Tippah County died Saturday at Hospital after a vices will be at 2 ses Chapel Church where she was a member with burial in Boyd Cemetery McBride Funeral Home has charge Mrs Rogan the widow of William Rogan leaves four daughters Mrs Gladys Johnson Mrs Gertrude Strong Mrs Birdie Jackson and Mrs Hols Strong two sons William Mcntmald and Thomas McDonald and two brothers Mose Cox and Charlie Murry Cox all of Ripley 23 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren SARDIS Mrs Robbie Kernodle Graham 67 died Friday at Senato-bla Convalescent Center after a tong illness Services will be at 1 pm today at Dickins Funeral Home in Batesville with burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery near Sardis She was a member of Bethel Springs (Tenn) United Methodist Church Mrs Graham the wife of Harold Graham also leaves a daughter Mrs Johnny Merrlman of Sardis two sons Harold Graham Jr of Sardis and Keith Graham of Grenada three sisters Mrs Lois Jernlgan nri Mrs Christine Whitten both of Bethel Springs Tenn and Mrs Gladys Kirby of Louisville Ky a brother George Edward Kernodle of Kenton Tenn and two grandchildren SARDIS Robert Thomas Smith 60 farm laborer died Saturday at his home after a tong illness Services will be at 3 pjn today at a Pate Funeral Home in Senatobia with burial in Trustlow Cemetery Smith the husband of Martha Smith also leaves four daughters Mrs Ann Perkins of Sardis Mrs Mary Stephens of Como Mrs Peggy Brown of Greenville and Mrs Elizabeth Jenson of Greenwood two sons Robert Smith of Senatobia and Willie Smith of Winona a sister Ms Margaret Smith of Theodore Ala and 13 grandchildren TUNICA Mrs Eula Mae Bobbitt 63 of Tunica formerly of Memphis retired seamstress for Goldsmith's in Memphis died Friday at her brother's home after a tong illness Services will be at 10 ajn Monday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery She was a member of Moreland Baptist Church in Memphis Mrs Bobbitt the widow of Bobbitt leaves a brother Henry Lee of Tunica TENNESSEE BOLIVAR Arthur Charles Pat-chin 74 of Bolivar formerly of South Carolina retired boiler fireman died Friday at Methodist Hoe- pltal of Somerville after a short illness Services will be at 2 at Shackelford Funeral burial in Walnut Grove i He was a member of Providence Baptist Church in South Carolina and the Army Signal Corps Patchln the husband of Ada Patchln also leaves a stepson John Busby of Bolivar four stepgrandchildren and six tepgreat-grandchildren CAMDEN William Henry 6111 Wofford 68 retired electrician for Tennessee Valley Authority died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hoepi-tal-Huntlngdon after a tong illness Services will be at 230 pm today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home with burial in Camden Cemetery A World War II veteran he was a member of Camden First United Methodist Church Wofford was the husband of Lou Fry Wofford DYER Mrs Kathrine Greer 68 died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a short illness Services will be at 2 pm today at Karnes ft Son Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery She was a member of Dyer Assembly of God Mrs Greer the wife of Earl Greer also leaves three sons Van Don Greer of Rutherford Larry Greer of Kenton and Myron Greer of Cookeville five brothers Tommy McKeel of Martinsburg WVa Claude McKeel of Roanoke Va Coolidge McKeel of Masonhall Darrel McKeel of Ypsilanti Mich and Paul Edward McKeel of Raven Va three grandchildren and a great-grandchild HENDERSON Mrs Inadene Rogers Tatum 59 died Friday at Jackson-Madlson County General Hospital after a tong illness Services will be at 11 am Monday at Henderson First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school with burial in Henderson City Cemetenr Casey Funeral Home has charge She was a member of Ingle-side Book Club Mrs Tatum the wife of retired appellate Judge Lloyd Tatum also leaves a daughter Mrs Suzanne Loo of Atlanta three sons Aaron Tatum of Memphis Lloyd Tatum of Henderson and Tim Tatum of Richmond Va two sisters Mrs Lucille Eads of Monticelto Ky and Mrs Alice Van Hook of Lexington Ky three brothers Othal Rogers Jr of Beaver Dam Ky Rep Harold Rogers (R-Ky) of Somerset Ky and Wayland Rogers of Chicago The family requests that memorials be sent to Union University in Jackson or American Cancer Society HUMBOLDT Thomas Hunter Mills 94 retired rural mail carrier died Friday at Bells (Tenn) Nursing Home after a tong illness Ser- vices will be at 2 pm today at Hunt Funeral Home with burial in Centerville Cemetery near Medina He was a member of Humboldt First Presbyterian Church Veterans of Foreign Wars in Humboldt Jackson Masonic Lodge No 45 Medina Lions Gub and was a former secretary for the Medina Masonic Lodge Mills the widower of Cassie Strayhorn Mills also leaves a daughter Mrs Doris McKnlght of Atlanta a son Tommy Mills of Jackson four grandchildren and eight 76 a Settlement is reached in slapping WIGGINS Miss (AP) A simple assault charge against Per kinston Elementary School principal Billy Ray Young has been dropped after an out-of-court settlement was reached officials said Jack and Mary Smith and the Stone County School Board have worked out an agreement in exchange for dropping the charge against Young which accused blm of hitting their first-grade child with his hand on Jan 11 School board members prom-' ised the Smiths that there will-be no corporal punishmei against any of their childrc and that the parents will be noti- fled immediately if a discipline problem problem arises If does arise one or both of the parents will be called to the school immediately The two sides also agreed that no profanity will be used by any pariy at the school or elsewhere when the Smith children and discipline were being discussed -School board attorney Tom Matthews said that any parent in Stone County can make a written request that corporal punishment not be used on their children The Smiths agreed to make a written! ing corporal punishment each time one of their children enters school Matthews said The charges against Young' were filed in Stone County Justice Court Driver dies in collision HAMILTON A man was killed after losing control of his pickup in north Lowndes County on Friday Franklin Rye 55 of Hamilton a farmer died at the scene of the accident about 5 pm on Wolf Road about 18 miles north of Columbus "Evidently he just lost contra of a pickup truck he was driving and hit a tree said county medical examiner Don Harris Services will be at 2 pm today at Gunter Peel Funeral Home in Columbus with burial in Eg- ger Cemetery near Caledonia He was a Methodist Rye leaves i daughter Mrs Sherlon Motes Aberdeen his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Rye of Hamilton a sister Mrs Lottye Betts Beasley Tupelo and three grandchildren 30-DAY TRIAL if returned in 30 days HEARING AID CENTERS 7261 Winchester 757-7823 Clarksdale Miss iu Mow Salta 3 624-2141 Jonesboro Ark 2121 HighM 932-4578 Moines Iowa nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren LEXINGTON John Austin Dunaway infant son of Mr and Mrs John Paul Dunaway died Friday-at Jackson-Madlson County General Hospital Graveside services were at 3 pm Saturday at Bible Grove Cemetery near here Pafford Funeral Home has charge He leaves two brothers Shane Paul Dunaway and Jordan Ray Dunaway his grandparents Mr and Mrs John RDunaway and Mr and Mrs Rayburn Woods and his great-grandparents Mr and Mrs Alvls Woods and Denver McCay all of Lexington MASON Mel Randle retired farmer died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis Services will be at 1 pm Monday at Belmont CME Church with burial in the church cemetery Mason Funeral Home has charge Randle the husband of Elsie Randle also leaves Mrs Lillie Frazier res a daughter of Memphis a oth of whom he nephew and niece both of raised and three grandchildren McKENZIB Mrs Williard Virginia 'Billie' Davis 69 died Friday at Methodist Hospital of McKenzie Services will be at 3 pm today at Gallimore Funeral Hone in Gleason with burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery She was a member of Blooming Grove United Methodist Church Mrs Davis the widow of Earl Davis leaves three daughters Mrs Diana Snowden and Miss Sharon Davis both of McKenzie and Mrs Sally Sullivan of Trezevant three sisters Mrs Ina Mae Berryhlll and Mrs Pansy Martin both id McKenzie and Mrs Mary Frances Phelps of Waldron Ark two brothers Joe Houston of McKenzie and James Howard Houston of Cincinnati and four grandchildren McKENZIB Mrs Nora Ellen Hargrove 91 died Friday at Methodist Hospital of McKenzie after a tong illness Services will be at 2 pm today at Brummltt Funeral Home with burial in Seminary Cemetery near McKenzie She was a member of Seminary United Methodist Church Mrs Hargrove the widow of James Robert Hargrove leaves a daughter Mrs Virginia Bunn of Humboldt two sons Bobby Hargrove and Buel Hargrove both of McKenzia 18 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren MILAN A Bullington 89 retired fanner died Saturday at Ridgewood Health Care Center after a long illness Services will be at 2 pm Monday at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near here He was a member of Northaide Baptist Church Bulllngton the widower of Ruby Mae Bulllngton leaves two daughters Mrs Mary Mallard of Milan and Mrs Helen Goode of Paducah Ky a son Harold Bulllngton of Atwood a aia-ter Mrs Mary Lee Baird of Cincinnati a brother Brutla Bulllngton of Milan three grandchildren six great-grandchildren and two grad-great-grandchildren The family requests that memorials be made to the Poplar Springs Cemetery fund in care of Paul Keel Route 2 Atwood Tenn 38220 SOMERVILLE Mrs Evelyn Hoskins Griffin 56 died Saturday at St Joseph Hospital in Memphis after a tong illness Services will be at 2 pm today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Liberty Cemetery in Laconia She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church Mrs Griffin the wife of Joseph Griffin also leaves a daughter Mrs Cheryl Ann Griffin of Somerville a son Joseph Griffin of Selmer a sister Mrs Elsie Billingsley of Senatobia Miss two brothers Entow Hoskins and Buford Hoskins both of Collierville and two grandchildren TRENTON Mrs Minnie Edna King 76 died Saturday at Allen Morgan Nursing Center in Memphis after a long illness Services Car accident kills three MAGNOLIA Miss (AP) A man and two children were killed Friday evening when a tire blew out on a car they were riding in and the vehicle swerved off a bridge into a Pike County creek the state Highway Patrol reported The victims were 34-year-old Ray Charles Butler 9-year-old Corey Nunnery and 1-year-old George Hunt IH all of Magnolia Two Magnolia women were injured in the accident They were Ella Cryer 56 and Michelle Nunnery 25 the state patrol said Tne one-vehicle accident occurred at 4:45 pm on a county road about four miles southeast of Magnolia the state patrol said 88 of Memphis retired employee of Goldsmith's Department Store died Saturday at Methodist Hospital after a long illness Services will be at 2 pm Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens She attended First Assembly of God She leaves three daughters Mrs Lorene Luker and Mrs Martha Lamb both of Memphis and Mrs Helen Bryan of Sugar Tree Tenn a son Jim Bruce of Memphis a sister Mrs Mildred Hieronymus of Melbourne Fla five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren MRS BEATRICE JONES CRISP 86 of 1463 Ash died Feb 9 at her home Graveside services were Thursday at Belmount Cemetery in Woodstock Family Mortuary had charge She leaves a niece and a nephew who cared for her Mrs Lithie Ann Jones and Freddie Mitchell Jones both of Memphis and three cousins who cared for her Charles Graham of Chicago and Albert Graham and AY Fisher both of Memphis DEZZIE JOHNSON 63 of Memphis retired service station at tendant died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis alter a tong tiintMML Services will be at 2 pm Monday at RS Lewis A Sons Funeral Home with burial Eastha-ven Cemetery He leaves his mother Mrs Ester Hughes and two nieces who cared for him Mrs Jo Evelyn Matthews and Mrs Deborah Faye Raines all of Memphis MRSL FLORENE BROWN-KERR 64 of 1053 Leon Place died Wednesday at St Peter Villa after a long illness Memorial services will be at 12:30 pm Monday at Southern Funeral Home She was a member of Praise of Zion Baptist Church She leaves her husband Jessie Kerr three daughters Mrs Vemedia Nichols of Omaha Neb and Mrs Je-vlda White of Atlanta and Mrs Bessie Kerr-Frieson of Oxford Miss two sons Otis Howard of Omaha and Michael Kerr of Memphis a sister Ms Earline Brown of Omaha a brother James Brown of Memphis 12 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren WOODROW WILSON MCADAMS 77 of Memphis retired yardmaster of 32 years at Frisco Railroad died Friday at St Francis Hospital after a tong illness Services will be at 3 pm today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park McAdams was a member of Christian Heritage Church He was a master Viimwi and a member of Fulton (Miss) Masonic Lodge He leaves his wife Opal Guinn McAdams a daughter Mrs Jane Campbell of Murfreesboro Tenn a son Dan AHmns of Memphis two sisters Mrs Juanita Rowe of San Antonio and Mrs Earline White of Memphis: a brother HE McAdams of Phoenix Arix and six grandchildren The family requests any memorials be sent to Christian Heritage Church 5665 Knight Arnold Memphis 38115 MRS MARILEES SCOTT 83 of 1296 Quinn retired Memphis City Schools teacher died Thursday at Rosewood Manor Nursing Home after a short illness Services will be at noon Tuesday at St John Baptist Church at 640 Vance where she was a member with burial in Elmwood TH Hayes ft Sons Funeral Home has charge She was a graduate of Rust College and retired as a teacher at Georgia Elementary School The widow of Thomas Scott she leaves several cousins MRS DOROTHY MAE WILLIAMS TELETON 50 of Lake Cormorant Miss died Feb 11 at her home after a short illness Services will be at 1 pm today at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in tjfcg Cormorant where she was a member and assistant church secre BETTER HEARING BREAKTHROUGH! Beltone introduces the most powerful tiny hearing aid ever the new Opera Max illness Services will be at 4 pm today at Independence Presbyterian Church near Batesville where he was a member with burial in Antioch Cemetery near Batesville Dlcklns Funeral Home in Batesville has charge Williams the widower of Edith Williams leaves a daughter Mrs Ralph Titco*ck of Pope a son Willard Williams of Court land five grandchildren and 12 great- ECRU Troy Hadaway 69 retired farmer and restaurant owner died Friday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a short illness Services will be at 3 pm today at Swords Funeral Home with burial in Ecru Cemetery He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and a World War Army veteran Hadaway the husband of Virginia Hadaway also leaves two daughters Mrs Pat Anderson and Mrs Paulette Anderson both of Pontotoc four sisters Mrs Bessie Warren Mrs Alta Wages both of Pontotoc and Mrs Edith Hawkins and Mrs Jaty Williams both of Ecru a brother Bernard Hadaway of Pontotoc and seven grandchildren GREENVILLE Louie Cyril Hutchins 76 waiter died Friday at Delta Medical Center Services will be at 10 am Monday at Mortimer-National Funeral Home with burial in Franklin Cemetery He leaves two sisters Mrs Betty Ruch and Mrs Florence Ornesby both of Greenville GREENWOOD Steven Alan Ellis 30 of Del Ray Beach Fla formerly of Greenwood antique merchant died Friday at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale Fla after a long illness Graveside services will be at 11am Monday at Odd Fellows Cemetery Wilson ft Knight Funeral Home has charge He was an Air Force veteran Oils leaves his parents Mr and Mrs George Ellis of Greenwood a sister Mrs Carolyn Holliday of Aberdeen and a brother George Ellis Jr of Greenwood The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice OAKLAND Clyde Roy Cook 88 employee of Yalobusha County died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a tong illness Services will be at 2 pm today at National Funeral Home in Grenada with burial in Cook Cemetery near nafciand He was a member of Tillatoba (Miss) United Methodist Church Cook the husband of Mary Elizabeth Cook also leaves a daughter Mina Martha Ann Cook of Oakland seven sons Jimmy Cook and JC Cook both of Oakland Brad Cook of Tillatoba Billy Cook of Greenwood Bobby Cook of Cal houn Ga Miles Cook of Clarksdale and Clyde Cook Jr of Grenada a sister Mrs Effie Walton of Tillatoba 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild RIENZI Herman Odis Maness 67 retired employee of Purolator Courier died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis after a Oort illness Services will be at 3 pm today at Tabes Chapel Pentecostal Church in Alcorn County with burial in Vanderford Cemetery there McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville has charge He was a Baptist Heitones nciv Optra Max is ihe most jirnvcr-ful liny hearing instrument available today tnv yiiu may lie able lo mi joy belter hearing with ibis liny allrariite high-perfornianre in-the-ranai hearing instrument Find oul today if ihe Ojiera Max ran help wiu hear and understand ronwrsation again Call us today lo an appointment fora free hearing evaluation during our lieltone Opera Max introduction Remember 0era Max is -only available from authorized Reltonc Hearing Aid Centers Hearing Test Full deposit refunded i a i ri fOfftis or lift NEW LOCATION: loath 1231 HakM ML (1 Mack aaMMBrta Mq BM) 399-2741 Downtowi LM (cam riMI tart) 5294131 loith (KaMh) 8Z77 Aorta her Diy (acma hm 8-Mart) 172-2900 East 4611 hpMr (ml la ftilr fmnH 882- 7807 it A Ha: i-.

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