FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1994 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL A15 Ambrose, Lucy Andrews, Elizabeth Felton Barrentine, Myrtle Estelle Browley, Earnest W. Canoy, Billy Eugene Cathey, Desiree Cathey, Sametra J. Q. Coley, Ruth Newman Epperson, James H. Evans, Edwardell Hillis, Thomas Leslie Jackson, Henry LaVaughn Jarrett, Dorries Jean Jenkins, Mertice C.
Johnson, Geneva Jones, Herman Alton Keeble, Peggy! Hambick Kogan, Munn, Jules Wheeler Palmer, Jerry Allen Jr. Paschall, Hoimes Philip Patterson, Lorenzo Russell, Wilburn Ralph Schroeppel, Mary Elizabeth Sheehan, Evelyn May Lopez Shields, Susie A. Smith, Willie L. 'Willie June' Jr. Thorn, Sarah Greer Waller, Marie Williams, Dorothy Yancey, Ola Mae MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS LUCY AMBROSE, 70, of 2171 N.
Hu- bert Circle, died of heart failure Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge.
She was a member of Springdale Baptist Church. Mrs. Ambrose, the wife of Henry Ambrose, also leaves three daughters, Patricia Steele and Shirley Griffin, both of Memphis, and Barbara Parker of Flint, two sons, John H. Ambrose Jr. of Virginia and Herman Ambrose of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Annie Summer of Michigan; two sisters, Rose T.
Williams of Clarksdale, and Catherine Henley of Chicago; two brothers, Ananias Hawkins and Eddie Hawkins, both of Memphis, several grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. ELIZABETH FELTON ANDREWS, 96, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at AMI St. Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church for 68 years and Hein Park Garden Club. Mrs. Andrews, the widow of Charles Lawrence Andrews, leaves two daughters, Harriet Andrews Ayco*ck of Memphis and Martha Andrews of Shalimar, a son, Felton Andrews of Memphis; a sister, Ruth Felton Hallum of Dayton, Ohio, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. MYRTLE ESTELLE BARRENTINE, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died of kidney failure Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Mrs. Barrentine, the widow of James Printiss Barrentine, leaves two sons, Floyd Barrentine of Bartlett and Billy Barrentine of Memphis; a sister, Mary Barrentine of Memphis, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Kidney Foundation or the American Cancer Society.
EARNEST W. BROWLEY, 82, of 1945 Browley, retired employee of Federal Compress, died of heart failure Tuesday Methodist Hospital South. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Browley, the widower of Alta Browley, leaves eight daughters, Florence Crawford, Ernestine Green, Eva Hawkins and Vernice Harris, all of Memphis, and Verma Wilson, Verda Hubbard, Herma Phillips and Vivian Adams, all of Chicago; three sons, James Owens and Elbert Browley, both of Memphis, and Newton Browley of Chicago; a brother, Elbert Browley of Memphis, 48 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. BILLY EUGENE CANOY, 51, of West Memphis, dispatcher, died of lung disease Wednesday in Memphis.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis. He leaves a daughter, Patricia Ann Thomas of Memphis; two sons, Jimmy Greg Canoy of West Memphis and Billy Joe Canoy of Marion, two sisters, Betty Carver of Porter, Texas, and Doris Taylor of Hazlehurst, and two granddaughters. DESIREE CATHEY, 20-month-old daughter of Teresa Cathey Scott and Keith Gatewood, both of Memphis, died of leukemia Thursday at her home. N.
J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. She also leaves a stepfather, Nicco Scott; a sister, Ashleigh Scott; a brother, Rico Scott, and her grandparents, Georgia Brown and Willie Keaton, all of Memphis. SAMETRA J. Q.
CATHEY, 1-monthold daughter of Yolanda Cathey and Samuel Townsend, both of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at her home. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She also leaves a brother, Michaerius Cathey, and her grandmothers, Louistine Rice and Rosie L. Townsend, all of Memphis. RUTH NEWMAN COLEY, 89, of Fort Myers, formerly of Memphis, retired homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday in Fort Myers.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Memory Gardens. Memorial Park (Midtown) Hinds-Smythe Chapel has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Horn Lake, Miss. Mrs.
Coley, the widow of Robert E. Coley, leaves two daughters, Alice Blalock of Bell, and Eva Powell of Little Rock; a son, Robert Coley Jr. of Fort Myers, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. JAMES H. EPPERSON, 77, of Wichita, formerly of Memphis, retired senior production foreman for Conoco Oil died of cancer Thursday at his home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Hillside Funeral Home in Wichita with burial in Maize Park Cemetery in Maize, Kan. He was a World War Il veteran and had served in the Army Air Corps. Mr. Epperson, the husband of Mildred Epperson, also leaves a daughter, Deborah Harrington of Wichita; two sisters, Virgie Lee Quillin of Durham, N.C., and Mary Thelma Mason of Gibsonville, N.C., and a granddaughter.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the American Cancer Society in Wichita. EDWARDELL EVANS, 60, of West Memphis, farmer, died of cancer Tues- day at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at 15th Street Church of God in Christ in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Gardens Cemetery in Edmondson, Ark.
Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Evans, the husband of Ollie Mae Evans, also leaves four daughters, Lillie Evans and Malinda McNeil, both of Edmondson, Sandy Garrett West Memphis and Sandra Page of Fort Worth, Texas; three sons, Edwardell Evans of Edmondson, Willie Evans of Earle, and Edward Garrett of West Memphis; two stepdaughters, Sharon Garrett and Gwendolyn Garrett, both of West Memphis; a sis- ter, Margaret Green, and a brother, Edward Doyle Evans, both of Memphis; a stepsister, Everlener Thomas of Chicago; three stepbrothers, Wilson Rodgers and Dan White, both of Chicago, Charles C. Rodgers of Flint, and 24 grandchildren. DEATHS THOMAS LESLIE 71, of Mem- phis, retired medical records technician at Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died of heart disease Wednesday at AMI 11 a.m.
Saturday at Memphis Funeral St. Francis Hospital. Services will be at Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Woodland Hills Church of Christ and served in the 42nd Infantry Division during World War II. Mr.
Hillis, the husband of Marilyn Crider Hillis, also leaves a daughter, Beth Hillis, and two sons, Mark Hillis and Patrick Hillis, all of Memphis; two sisters, Nettie Mae Hillis and Alma Hillis, both of Dexter, a brother, Leonard Hillis of Memphis, and three grandchildren. HENRY LaVAUGHN JACKSON, 69, of Hernando, formerly of Sardis, building maintenance supervisor for DeSoto County Court House, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Hernando Memorial Park Cemetery. He was a World War Il veteran of the Marines.
Mr. Jackson, the husband of Carolyn Fogerty Jackson, also leaves a daughter, Wendy Jackson Swanson, and a son, H. L. 'Hank' Jackson both of Hernando; three sisters, Sarah Furr of Memphis, Edith Bailey of Sardis and Bertha Garrett of Nesbit, a brother, Millard Jackson of Como, and five grandchildren. DORRIES JEAN JARRETT, 66, of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, James E. Lewis, and a stepson, Ozell Russell, both of Memphis; three sisters, Ida Jackson and Betty J.
Harris, both of Memphis, and Mary Doles of Chicago; three brothers, Levi Lewis David Lewis and Ralph Lewis, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren. MERTICE C. JENKINS, 64, of 891 Pawnee, retired cashier for Drugs, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital South after a stroke. Services will be at noon Monday at J. O.
Patterson Mortuary with burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 2 p.m. She was a member of the choir at True Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Jenkins, the wife of Percy L. Jenkins, also leaves two ters, Edna Manning and Margaret A.
Ayers, both of Memphis; six sons, Augusta R. Covington, Edward M. Covington, Donald L. Covington, Ronald L. Covington and Johnny R.
Covington, all of Memphis, and Clarence Covington Jr. of Los Angeles, 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. GENEVA JOHNSON, 82, of 1535 Waverly, died Thursday at her home after a heart attack. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Little Rock Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of Rev. Ellis H.
Johnson, also leaves a daughter, Mattie P. Rodgers of Memphis, seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. HERMAN ALTON JONES, 41, of Col- lierville, formerly of Aurora, and Byhalia, plant supervisor, died Monday of heart failure at his mother's home here. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Sherron Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery there.
J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs has charge. Mr. Jones, the husband of Diane Walls Jones, also leaves three daughters, Montia Jones and Litree Porter, both of Aurora, and Catina Jones Memphis; a son, Nicholas D.
Jones of Byhalia; his mother, Ceclia Moore of Byhalia; his father and stepmother, Benjamin and Mazzie Jones of Red Banks; five sisters, Vera Walker and Margaret McGhee, both of Collierville, and Ruth Stevenson, Margaret Brown and Pamela Jones, all of Red Banks; six brothers, Robert Norfleet, Eddie Earl Norfleet and James Norfleet, all of Byhalia, Steven Jones of Red Banks, L. B. Jones of Victoria and Willie A. Williams of Collierville, and two grand- children. PEGGY HAMBICK KEEBLE, 47, of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at UT Bowld Hospital.
Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church, a graduate of Frayser High School and attended Memphis State University. She leaves her parents, J. W. and Virginia Hambick of Memphis.
MAXIE B. KOGAN, 95, of Memphis, retired private duty nurse, died of pulmonary failure Thursday at AMI St. Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Kogan, the widow of Coy C. Hall, leaves a daughter, Gloria McCullough of Byhalia, two brothers, Talbert Goodyear of Memphis and Bill Goodyear of Weir, two granddaughters and a great-grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
JULES WHEELER MUNN, 74, of Germantown, manufacturer's representative, died of cancer Thursday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at noon Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and a World War Navy veteran. Mr. Munn, the husband of Nina Simmons Munn, also leaves a son, Dr.
Charles Munn of Memphis; a sister, Sue Phillips of Cordova, and three grandchildren. JERRY ALLEN PALMER 27, of Memphis, seasonal employee of the Internal Revenue Service, was found dead Tuesday at the Admiral Benbow Inn on Union. The cause of death had not yet been determined. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East.
He leaves his parents, Barbara and Jerry Palmer, and a sister. Robyn Palmer, all of Memphis; two brothers, Neal Palmer of Knoxville and Steve Palmer of Memphis, and his grandfather, C. E. Palmer of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Friends for Life of Memphis.
LORENZO PATTERSON, 86, of Memphis, farmer, died of pneumonia Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will I be at noon Saturday at Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch, with burial in Greenview Memorial Gardens in Nesbit, Miss. Mr. Patterson, the husband of Luevina Patterson, also leaves three a sisters, Almeter Porter, Leonia Guy and Annie Cowans, brother, James 'Buddy' Patterson, all of Memphis. WILBURN RALPH RUSSELL, 64, of Memphis, retired carpenter, died in a boating accident Tuesday in Pasca- goula, Miss.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Oakcrest Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mr. Russell, the husband of Ola Russell, also leaves six daughters, Patsy Russell, Pearl Forgey, Polly Cranford, Pam Fowler and Pauline Russell, all of Memphis, and Peggy Nabors of Walls, a son, Paul Russell of Munford, two sisters, Margaret Marbury of Brownsville, and Eureth Bressler of Caruthersville, three brothers, Fray Russell and J.
D. Russell, both of Brownsville, and James Russell of Columbus, and 10 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Oakcrest Baptist Church Building Fund. MARY ELIZABETH SCHROEPPEL, daughter of Holly Elizabeth Schroeppel of Memphis, died birth Thursday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Family Heritage Casket Gallery has charge. She also leaves a brother, Tyler Schroeppel of Memphis. EVELYN MAY LOPEZ SHEEHAN, 74, resident of Allen Morgan Health Care Center, retired secretary, died of heart failure Wednesday at Allen Morgan Health Care Center. Mass will be said at 10 a.m.
Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Memphis Funeral Home Union Chapel has charge. She was a member of Peabody Senior Citizens Bridge Club. Mrs. Sheehan, the widow of Thomas J.
Sheehan, leaves three daughters, Carol M. Sheehan of Memphis, copy editor for The Commercial Appeal, Mary Sheehan Walsh of Fullerton, and Patricia Sheehan Harrison of La Habra, a son, Thomas M. Sheehan; a sister, Louise Lopez Johnson, and a brother, Jesse Lopez, a all of Memphis, and two grandchildren. SUSIE A. SHIELDS, 86, of Memphis, died of pneumonia Wednesday at Methodist 1 Hospital.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of St. James CME Church.
She leaves two daughters, Ernestine Brown of Memphis and Bessie L. Hiler of Washington; a son, Thomas E. Shields of California; three sisters, Lottie Gardner of Memphis, Lula M. Walker of Rosedale, and Eginus Eddings of Kansas City, three brothers, Dave Albright Jr. and George Albright, both of Memphis, and Roosevelt Albright of Compton, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
WILLIE L. 'WILLIE JUNE' SMITH 38, of 2962 Thrush, employee of Jimmy Whittington Lumber died of a job injury Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge.
He was a member of Temple of Love and Truth Church. Mr. Smith, the husband of Elnora Smith, also leaves a daughter, Jennifer Smith of Clarksdale, his mother, Mary L. Smith, and three sisters, Patricia Scott, Emma Edmon and Viola McCall, all of Memphis; three brothers, Edward Smith and David Smith, both of Memphis, and Ray Smith of Charleston, S.C.; his great-grandmother, Edith Lucas of Memphis, and two grandchildren. SARAH GREER THORN, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at AMI St.
Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Thalia Circle of King's Daughters and Metropolitan Garden Club. Mrs.
Thorn, the widow of Edward Staton Thorn, leaves two daughters, Trudy Scott of Germantown and Sally Schwartz of St. Louis; a son, William Woodfin Thorn of Germantown, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association. MID-SOUTH DEATHS MID-SOUTH ARKANSAS NEWPORT Ray Phillip Stacy, 92, retired farmer, husband of Lena Doris Compton Stacy, died Wednesday of heart disease at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.
WYNNE Ruby Juanita Thomas Farrell, 48, of Pleasant Plains, formerly of Cross and St. Francis counties, wife of Dan Farrell, died Wednesday of cancer at White River Medical Center in Batesville. MISSISSIPPI BOYLE James Earnest Andrews, 52, farmer for H. M. Jordan Farms, husband of Betty Jean Vanderford Andrews, died Wednesday of heart disease at his home.
BURNSVILLE Robert D. Owens, 82, retired auto dealer, husband of Mae Owens, died Thursday of heart failure at Magnolia Regional Health Center. BYHALIA Herman Alton Jones, 41, of Collierville, formerly of Aurora, and Byhalia, plant supervisor, husband of Diane Walls Jones, died Monday of heart failure at his mother's home here; Warrick C. Jones, 82, retired laborer for Southern Brick husband of Viola Jones of Aurora, died Tuesday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. CORINTH Cora Dee Brawner, 86, homemaker, widow of Sanford Boone Brawner, died Wednesday of cancer at Magnolia Regional Health Center.
ECRU J. C. 'Jake' Denton, 79, retired merchant, husband of Opal Thompson Denton, died Wednesday of throat cancer at his home. GREENWOOD Erskin Mitchell, 67, farmer, died Wednesday of heart failure at Greenwood-Leflore Hospital. HOLLY SPRINGS Rawlin Edkeich Marion, 18, of Aurora, formerly of Holly Springs, 12th-grade student at Aurora Central Catholic School, died Monday of heart failure at Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, Ill.
INDEPENDENCE Austin Wayne Farrow, infant son of Tonya and Terry Farrow, died Thursday of complications from birth at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. IUKA Lutie Etta Gist, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday at luka Hospital after a heart attack. LELAND Ruby Lois Mathews Vinson, 67, retired factory worker, wife of Martell Vinson, died Wednesday of heart failure at King's Daughters Hospital in Greenville. OXFORD Wilbuth Joel Houston, 42, of Chicago, formerly of Oxford, bus driver for Chicago Transit System, husband of Erma Houston, died Saturday of heart disease at Loretto Hospital in Chicago. PEARL Pauline Reed, 57, formerly of McCarley, wife of Early Preston Reed, died Tuesday at a hospital in Pearl after a stroke.
PONTOTOC Mary Jewel Long, 70, homemaker, widow of Jesse Q. Long, died Thursday of renal failure at Pontotoc Nursing Home. SARDIS Henry LaVaughn Jackson, 69, of Hernando, formerly of Sardis, building maintenance supervisor for DeSoto County Court House, husband of Carolyn Fogerty Jackson, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital; Patricia Ann Minga Younker, 48, homemaker, died Wednesday of cancer at her home. SHELBY Jane Poitevent Shelby, 76, died Thursday of heart failure at Ellisville (Miss.) State School. WATER VALLEY Mary Frances Shuffield, 78, homemaker, widow of Odie Bruce Shuffield, died Wednesday of heart failure at Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi in Oxford.
WEST POINT Gilbert Larry White, 62, auto salesman and former owner of Larry White Chevrolet, husband of Reba Taylor White, died Wednesday at Clay County Medical Center after a heart attack. MARIE WALLER, 83, of Munford, retired farmer, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greenwood AME Church in Millington, where she was a member, with burial in Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Arlington, Tenn.
Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. Mrs. Waller was the widow of John W. Waller. DOROTHY WILLIAMS, 63, of 1497 Alcy, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital after a stroke.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. was a member of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs.
Williams, the wife of Cornelius Williams, also leaves her mother, Linda Smith of Memphis. OLA MAE YANCEY, 74, of 868 Walk- er, died Tuesday of heart failure at Shelby County Nursing Home. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge.
She was an usher at Faith Temple Holiness Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Yancey, the wife of Edward Yancey, also leaves seven daughters, Ruthie Chandler, Margaret Knowles, Deloris Yancey, Odessa Harris, Linda Yancey and Trudy Woods, all of Memphis, and Betty Yancey of Dallas; four sons, William Turner, Donald Yancey and Lonnie Yancey, all of Memphis, and George Turner of Lake Cormorant; her mother, Nellie Payton, and three sisters, Louise Wells, Minnie P. Fell and Mary L. Burks, all of Memphis; several grandchildren and several greatgrandchildren.
DEATHS ELSEWHERE HOLMES PHILIP PASCHALL, 69, of Gallatin, assistant district director of Farmers Home Administration, died of cancer Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alexander Funeral Home in Gallatin with burial in Sumner Memorial Gardens there. He was a World War veteran, a member of Gallatin First United Methodist Church, Lions Club and American Legion Post 17. He leaves local survivors including a brother, Frank Paschall of Memphis.
FUNERALS Previously unannounced services: Nicie Clayborne, 93. Temple Church of God in Christ at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Ruthie Higgs, 67. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel at noon Saturday. Burial in New Park Cemetery. Edna Jones, 87. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Ebenezer Cemetery in Como, Miss. Fannie Owens, 69. Alpha Church Congregation a of the Temples of the Living God at 11 a.m.
Saturday. Burial in St. Matthew's Church Cemetery in Byhalia, Miss. Harrison's Orange Mound Funeral Home. Lena Pegues, 65.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery.
Rometa 'Gloria' Thomas Perry, 38. Olivet Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Harrison's Orange Mound Funeral Home.
Catherine Pruitt, 50. Union Grove Baptist Church at noon Saturday. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Lisa Sharp, 31. Faith Church of the Nazarene at 1. p.m. Saturday.
Burial in Elmwood. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Carey Stevenson, 22.
N. J. Ford Sons Funeral Home at noon Saturday. Burial in Forrestdale Church Cemetery in Tunica, Miss. James Wainwright, 74.
Alexander Baptist Church at noon Saturday. Burial in the church cemetery. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home.
James Ward, 82. Jerusalem Baptist Church at noon Saturday. Burial in the church cemetery. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Irenna West, 81. Greater New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church at noon Saturday. Burial in New Park Cemetery. Harrison's Orange Mound Funeral Home.
TENNESSEE BROWNSVILLE Irene Britton, 83, of Sacramento, formerly of Brownsville, homemaker, died on Sept. 16 of heart disease in Sacramento; Floyd Hammond, 39, factory laborer for Stackpole Limited USA, husband of Betty Mays Hammond, died on Sept. 16 of heart disease at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital; Jones, 78, retired employee City Beautiful of Brownsville, husband of Jannie Bufford Jones, died on Sept. 16 of cancer at Methodist Haywood Park Hospital. CLARKSBURG Vadie Ann Noles Dodd, 95, homemaker, widow of Joseph G.
Dodd, died Wednesday of heart failure at Candler General Hospital in Savannah, Ga. CLIFTON Cora Marie Walker Hardin, 73, retired grocery store clerk, widow of Jack Sprat Hardin, died Wednesday of heart disease at Hardin County General. Hospital. COVINGTON Wayne D. Barnes, 64, retired employee of Bridgeton (Mo.) Parks Department, husband of Charolette Barnes, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington after stroke; Gertrude Parker White, 80, retired sales clerk, wife of Robert White, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton.
DRESDEN Louise C. Kiezer Browning, 75, retired factory worker for Oscar Mayer in Chicago, died Thursday at Volunteer General Hospital in Martin after an auto accident from three weeks ago. DYERSBURG David L. Goodwin, 83, retired carpenter, husband of Elsie Lassater Goodwin, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg after a stroke. JACKSON Earnest James Perkins, 90, retired employee of Bemis Brothers Bag Co.
after more than 30 years, widower of Nell Brantley Perkins, died Thursday at Jackson Specialty Unit after a stroke. MARTIN Valerie Odette DeVillers, 20, formerly of France, student at University of Tennessee at Martin, was pronounced dead Tuesday at Volunteer General Hospital of injuries received from being thrown off of a horse. MEDON Ray Edward Vernon, 84, farmer, widower of Frances Vernon, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a heart attack. REAGAN Herbert Wilson Austin, 88, farmer, widower of Iona Wade Austin, died Thursday at Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons after a heart attack. RIPLEY Isabella Campbell Brandon, 71, of Nashville, formerly of Ripley, died Sept.
15 of heart failure in Nashville; Evelyn Pierson Glass, 57, factory worker, wife of James Glass, died Saturday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale; Albert H. Harland, 61, of Cameron, N.J., formerly of Ripley, husband of Sonya A. Harland, died Monday of cancer in Cameron. SOMERVILLE Illinois Williamson Bradberry, 69, homemaker, died Tuesday of kidney failure at Methodist Hospital in Memphis; Charlie Brown, 83, retired farmer, husband of Versie Brown, died Monday of pneumonia at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Big onion sets record LONDON (Reuters) A Scottish gardener has broken the world record for the heaviest onion, with a monster weighing 12 pounds 4 ounces.
The Royal Horticultural Society said Mel Ednie had beaten 61 other onion growers in a competition in Harrogate, England. Masseuse slayings being investigated OAK GROVE, Ky. (AP) De- one hour. Police estimate the tectives are speculating slayings took place between 3 whether two women found dead and 3:35 a.m. at a massage parlor knew their The sheriff said another thekiller.
The sheriff called the ory is that the killer was watchslayings "as violent as any I've ing the building and waited for seen." the to leave. Gloria Ross, 18, of Oak Grove "That certainly could be a posand Candida 'Candy' Belt, 22, of sibility, or it just could be a coinProvidence were found early cidence," he said. "On someTuesday inside the New Life Fit- thing like this we don't shut anyness and Massage Parlor, just thing out." across from the gate at the Scillian acknowledged that Army's Fort Campbell. the time frame when police conAuthorities said both women sider an investigation "hot" were shot and stabbed. Belt was usually within 48 or 72 hours still alive when she was found is running out.
by co-workers but died later at a 'Anytime you have something hospital in Nashville. like this and don't make an arDetectives have interviewed rest immediately, it becomes nearly 30 people and are trying frustrating," he said. "So far, to decide whether the victims we've been talking to their comight have known the killer. workers, people who One theory cites locks on the them, just trying to develop business door and no signs of leads sheriter people." struggle, indicating the women The said circumwere comfortable enough to al- stances of the deaths, such as the low their assailant inside. unusual hour of the killings and "It seems like this is going to the business's hidden location, be another one where they knew are making it difficult for investhe person or maybe it was a reg- tigators.
The massage parlor is ular customer," Oak Grove po- behind a cluster of businesses lice Detective Leslie Duncan on U.S. 41A. said. "It's difficult for anybody to But Christian County Sheriff see anything. It's a business and Tom Scillian said many first- it's open, and they would go in," time customers at the massage Scillian said.
Police seized a parlor which had been inves- sign-in sheet used by customers, tigated for prostitution in the but the sheriff suggested it past would be unfamiliar to would be of limited use. workers and would be allowed "It was there," he said, "but I inside anyway. don't think this is the kind of "Most people who come in person who would be logged in." there, they aren't known when CrimeStoppers announced a they come in the first time," Scil- $1,000 reward in the case, and lian said. the family of one of massage parThe women were discovered lor's co-owners has offered an by co-workers who returned to additional $5,000 for informathe massage parlor at 4 a.m., tion leading to an arrest and conafter they had been gone about viction. Three dogs face destruction for chewing off arm of boy MURFREESBORO, Tenn.
(AP) The owner of three dogs that chewed off the arm of a 2-yearold boy said the dogs aren't violent, but he'll have two of them destroyed anyway. Little Tyler Throneberry was attacked when he stuck his arm through a neighbor's fence on Wednesday. Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville operated for more than six hours but were unable to reattach the arm. Tyler also had bites and cuts on his face and chest, police said. He was in critical condition Thursday at Vanderbilt's pediatric intensive care unit.
Hospital officials declined to discuss details of the injuries and doctors' efforts to save Tyler's arm pending a meeting with his family. Col. Virgil Gammon of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department said Tyler was playing when he stuck his arm through his neighbor's fence, behind which were two Rottweilers and an Akita. "'The dogs were in their (own) yard," Gammon said. "He apparently reached through the fence, and the dogs tried to pull him through." The dogs were placed in the Rutherford County rabies control unit.
A judge will decide their fate. James Jowers, owner of the dogs, said he would have the Rottweilers destroyed regardless of what the courts decide. "It's unfortunate too, because they're not aggressive in any way," Jowers said. A deputy retrieved the boy's arm and rushed it to Vanderbilt with the boy. It was severed at the shoulder, witnesses said.
Officer, motorist hospitalized A police officer and another motorist were hospitalized Thursday night after their vehicles collided at a South Memphis intersection. Both were in noncritical condition at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis following the 8:50 p.m. crash at Shelby and Woodridge. The accident occurred as Officer Elvin J. Jackson, 33, was responding to a holdup alarm at a fast-food restaurant on East Lumber falls, kills worker Willie L.
'Willie June' Smith Jr. of 2962 Thrush died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of injuries received while working. Smith, 38, was helping unload lumber at Jimmy Whittington Lumber Co. on Jackson when lumber fell on him. Smith died at 1 p.m., said his sister, Patricia Scott.
Cause sought in man's death Authorities had not determined Thursday what caused the death of a 27-year-old Memphis man. Jerry Palmer a seasonal employee of the Internal Revenue Service, was found dead Tuesday at the Admiral Benbow Inn on Union. Police Lt. Tommy Walker said the case has been turned over to the Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office. West Memphian killed on I-55 The Associated Press A pedestrian was killed in an accident earlier this week, the Arkansas State Police said Thursday.
The State Police said John W. Keaton, 82, of West Memphis died when he was walking on Interstate 55 at the Mile 3 marker and was hit by a vehicle. The accident happened Tuesday. State police did not have any other details about the vehicle. Shelby Drive.
Jackson was eastbound on Shelby when his patrol car hit a water puddle in the road. The officer lost control, skidded backwards and hit a guard rail, traffic police Capt. D. S. Newman said.
The vehicle then went into the opposing lane of traffic and hit a 1980 Chevrolet Caprice driven by Sherman L. Hassell, 28, of 1173 Elder. Both cars were towed from the accident site. Read Ann Landers PAID! IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of MRS. EARNESTINE DOWDY, who departed her life on July 9, 1994.
You are greatly missed by your loving family and friends. We DOWDY love you, but God loves you best. In Loving Memory Of ASHLEY LaKENDRA WELLS Born 9-23-93. Died 9-24-93 One year old today. I miss you very much, if the tear I cry could build a stairway to heaven, I would come and get you.
So God, if you have a rose bush in heaven, pick a rose for me and tell her its from her mother and when she smiles, kiss her for me. Sadly missed by her mother. Glenda Wells, aunts, cousins and grandmother. RICHARD LEE MACK, SR. A year has gone since you were called home.
We know you left an empty space that no one could ever reMACK place. You left behind your tokens of love that came from where are now in Heaven above. We love you and will forever miss you. Your loving family, Martha, Richard Jr. and Beonca Mack.
DEATH NOTICES WORRELL MRS. KARY WORRELL, 78, of 772 Cherokee expired at her residence. Remains will lie in state today from PM in our chapel and also Sat. from Cummins Street Baptist Church with service comencing at Noon. Officiated by Pastor Eugene Waller.
Interment at New Park Cemetery. Arrangements by ENS SONS, 421 Scott TO PLACE A NOTICE CALL 529-2700.
