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MILDRED HENSLEY, 85, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of East Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Hensley, the widow of Elmer Hensley, leaves a daughter, Betty Crain of Orange Park, Fla.; three sons, Bobby Hensley and Mike Hensley, both of Bartlett, and Rickey Hensley of Memphis; two sisters, Ruby Nichols of Morrilton, Ark., and Bernice McClellan of Birmingham, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
RONALD EDWARD JEROME Jr., 41, of Memphis, painter, died of heart failure Friday at his home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. Mr. Jerome, the husband of Kelli Jerome, also leaves two sons, Ronald Edward Jerome III and Jacob Warren Jerome, and his mother and stepfather, Jayne K. and Rodney W. Hunter, all of Memphis; his father, Ronald Edward Jerome of San Bernadino, Calif.; a sister, Susanne Jerome Taylor; two brothers, Stephen Kennon and Derek Tulley, and his grandparents, Onita Warren Kelley and James Reese Kelley, both of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
ANN E. 'TUT' JOHNSON, 53, of 5142 Berta, homemaker, died of smoke inhalation Thursday at her home. Services will be at noon Wednesday at M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was a member of Enon Springs Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of Robert Johnson, also leaves a daughter, Kisha Johnson, and two sons, Michael T. Johnson and Lawrence Johnson, all of Memphis; five sisters, Mary Steward of Chicago, Doris Washington, Mozella Betts, and Lillian Todd, all of Memphis, and Maggie Mae Hill of Senatobia, Miss.; two brothers, Maurice Wilkins of Memphis and Lamar Wallace of Detroit, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
BOBBIE A. JONES, 74, of Memphis, nurse, died of heart failure Thursday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at East Trigg Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park. S.W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jones, the wife of Charlie Jones, also leaves four daughters, Dorothy Brown, Carolyn Jones and Evelyn Rambert, all of Memphis, and Barbara Pimpton of Webb, Miss.; two sons, Charles W. Jones and Marvin Honey, both of Memphis; four sisters, Margaret Wallace, Minnie McCoy and Annie Lee Johnson, all of Memphis, and Jimmie Connley of Bakersfield, Calif.; two brothers, Earnest Davis of Elaine, Ark., and Earlest Davis of Sandusky, Ohio, 52 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
JAMES O. McCRACKIN, 55, of West Memphis, lieutenant detective for the Marion Police Department and retired lieutenant for the West Memphis Police Department, died of cancer Friday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 1 at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Joyce Cunningham Goff and James Goff of Walnut Ridge, Ark.; a sister, Gay Lynn Williams of Jonesboro, Ark., and a brother, Gary Goff of Walnut Ridge. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society, PAWS-Marion Humane Society or the West Memphis Humane Society.
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PRESTON C. McDOW Jr., 50, of Memphis, project administrator for property tax at FedEx, died of cancer Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. He was a member of the Mid-South Fly Fishers, the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, was a certified appraiser for the State of Tennessee and was associated with the Air Transport Association. He leaves two daughters, Martha McDow and Jennifer McDow, both of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and two sisters, Selwyn McDow of Southaven and Bonnie McDow Kimble of Indianapolis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Methodist Alliance Hospice.
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JANICE D. McGUIRE, 71, of Memphis, retired senior district sales manager for Allstate Insurance Co., died of cancer Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Mullins United Methodist Church, was past president of United Methodist Women, chairman of Nine-Hole Group and member of a mah-jongg group at Chickasaw Country Club. Mrs. McGuire, the wife of Darold E. McGuire, also leaves two sons, Rick A. Lucius and Tedd E. Lucius, both of Memphis; two stepdaughters, Patricia McGuire French of Watkinsville, Ga., and Beverly McGuire Schnur of Los Angeles; a sister Laura A. Powell of Somerville; a brother, John Dunn of Hernando, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Mullins United Methodist Church, Golden Cross Ministries there or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
RUBY MORRISON, 82, of Germantown, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church and the Kings Daughters. Mrs. Morrison, the widow of Bill Morrison, leaves two daughters, Jean Anne Goodson and Karen Moore, both of Germantown; a son, Bill Morrison of Wilmington, Del.; two sisters, Grace Lincoln of Kennett, Mo., and Melva Couture of Ocala, Fla., and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Emmanuel United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
LORRAINE MORTON SHAW, 83, of Cordova, retired florist, died of heart failure Friday in Collierville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Cordova Community cemetery. She was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church. Mrs. Shaw, the widow of William F. Waldon and Robert Gene Shaw, leaves two sisters, Margaret F. Morton of Knoxville and Rebecca T. Morton of Cordova. The family requests that memorials be sent to Highland Heights Baptist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
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MARY LOU SIMPSON, 88, of Memphis, purchasing agent with the Memphis Army Depot, died of pneumonia Friday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a communicant of the Holy Apostles Episcopal Church and was a volunteer for the Memphis Literacy Council, Friends of the Library and in naval thrift stores and was a Red Cross Gray Lady at the veterans hospitals. Mrs. Simpson, the wife of John B. Simpson for 61 years, also leaves two daughters, Norma Jean Perry of Memphis and Mary Dolores Richard of Brookings, Ore., seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
JAMES ELMO SMITH, 87, of Millington, retired truck driver for McLean Trucking Co., died of emphysema Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran, serving with the Seabees, and a member of Gilt Edge Church of Christ. Mr. Smith, the widower of Addie Lee Smith, leaves a daughter, Beverly McGregor of Millington; two sons, Calvin Smith of Eads and Gene Smith of Memphis; a sister, Norma Fairchild of Memphis, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
JULIA MAE TAYLOR SMITH, 80, of Somerville, retired bookkeeper for Burnette Chevrolet Co. after 53 years, died of heart failure Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Mt. Moriah cemetery in Whiteville, Tenn. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Whiteville Chapter, the Royal Heirs Church Choir and Senior Adult Sunday School Class at Somerville First Baptist Church and a former member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, where she was song director and treasurer and a former secretary/treasurer of the Mt. Moriah cemetery Association. Mrs. Smith, the wife of William A. Smith, also leaves two daughters, Phylis Russom of Enville, Tenn., and Jayne Henson of Memphis; her mother, Pearl Taylor of Whiteville; a sister, Annette Teuton of Jackson, Tenn., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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CAROLYN PERRY TATE, 44, of Memphis, former employee of MCI, died of lung disease Friday at UT Bowld Hospital. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Oakville Missionary Baptist Church and Bountiful Blessing Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Tate, the wife of Calvin L. Tate, also leaves three sons, Calvin Lewis Tate Jr., Delshawn Tate and Daeshawn Tate; her parents, Carrie and Lennon Perry; four sisters, Shirley West, Jean McGowan, Cynthia Hudson, and Tiffany Perry; and a brother, Lennon Perry Jr., all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
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VIRGINIA TILLER VIEH, 87, of San Benito, Texas, formerly of Memphis, homemaker and former owner of Vieh's Bakery, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Vieh, the widow of Gene Vieh, leaves two sons, Charles Vieh of Rangerville, Texas and Gene Vieh of Kaycee, Wyo., five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Gideons of Harlingen, Texas.
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JAMES L. WALTERS, 82, of Memphis, retired steelworker for US Steel, died of cancer Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Raleigh Baptist Church and the Odd Fellows. Mr. Walters, the widower of Mary L. Walters, leaves two daughters, Judy Darling of Southaven and Wavel Boykin of Memphis; three sons, James L. Walters Jr. of Memphis, Charles Laurenzi of Franklin, Tenn., and Tony Laurenzi of Southaven; a caretaker, Vida Ballard of Memphis, and 13 grandchildren.
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ORA LEE WRIGHT, 89, of Memphis, retired from Memphis City Schools, died of heart failure Saturday at UT Bowld Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Usher Board at Ebenezer Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Edna Green Richardson; a son, Jim Smith; and a sister, Annie Mae Cole, all of Memphis, six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
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