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GEORGE KENNETH HOOD, 65, of West Memphis, retired businessman, died of lung disease Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Joiner (Ark.) Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Bassett (Ark.) cemetery. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a member of the National Rifle Association. He leaves two daughters, Debbie Bryant of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Candace Hood of Springhill, Fla.; three sons, Jimmy R. Hood of Cordova, Bruce Hood of St. Petersburg and Mark Hood of Pennsylvania; two sisters, Elsie Arnold of Clinton, Ark., and Norma Blakey of Little Rock; two brothers, Thomas Hood of Clinton and James Hood of Crawfordsville, Ark., and 10 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Joiner Church of Christ.
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ZENOBIA 'NED GRANNY' HUGHES, 89, of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Berean Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church in McCool, Miss. She leaves two daughters, Marvell Walker of Memphis and Ida B. Dotson of McCool, 29 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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ESTHER K. HULIN, 90, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery. Mrs. Hulin, the widow of Jessie Hulin, leaves a son, Richard Gary Hulin of Atoka; a brother, Edward Garrard of Memphis, 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or the Susan B. Coleman Foundation.
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WALTER ARCHER JOHNSON, 81, of Hernando, retired from the Army Reserves, died of heart failure Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Eudora (Miss.) Methodist Church. He leaves a son, Michael Johnson of Shreveport, La.; a stepdaughter, Bonita Elrod of Frayser; a stepson, Douglas Curtis of Bartlett; three sisters, Betty Johnson Woepse and Jean Kendricks, both of Huntsville, Ark., and Sybil Johnson of Shreveport, and two brothers, James Johnson of Heber, Ariz., and Daniel V. Johnson of Wisconsin.
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TROY LEE JONES, 63, of Memphis, retired electronics technician, died of cancer Sunday at Overton Park Heath Care Center. Services will be at 7 p.m. today at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Terry Lea Jones; a son, Troy Lee Jones of Biloxi, Miss.; two sisters, Imerie Jackson of Chicago and Fannie Bilbrey of California, and two grandchildren.
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LOUISE KING, 76, of Memphis, died of dementia Wednesday at her home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Warner Temple AME Church. She leaves four daughters, Louise D. King, Mary McGhee, Martha Wright and Ruthie James, and two sons, Joseph King and Sampson King, all of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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JANE HIGGINS LAND, 84, of Ashburn, Ga., formerly of Memphis and Ripley, Tenn., homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday in Tift County, Ga. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Memorial Park. Perry Funeral Home in Ashburn has charge. Mrs. Land, the widow of Thomas Lee Land, leaves a sister, Betty Jo Greene of Ashburn. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ashburn First United Methodist Church.
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JOHN C. LEWIS, 78, of Hernando, retired mechanic, died of cancer Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Elks Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Lewis, the husband of Geneva Zurka Lewis, also leaves three daughters, Penny Hughes, Bonnie Panigoni and Nancy Maxwell; three sons, Alan Lewis, Carl Bass and Mike Zurka, and two sisters, Dovey Snell and Lazelle May, all of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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GWEN MILLER, 61, of Southaven, registered nurse, died of cancer Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Catholic Church, where she was an altar society member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven has charge. Mrs. Miller, the widow of Roy Don Miller, leaves a daughter, Sandy Miller Coleman of Southaven; three sons, Don Miller and Glenn Miller, both of Southaven, and Mike Miller of Walls; her mother, Elizabeth Earline Pryor of Memphis; two sisters, Elizabeth Pryor Jones of Southaven and Patricia Pryor Knapp of Nashville; a brother, James Walter Pryor of Memphis, and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Christ the King Catholic Church building fund.
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MARY CLARIECE RAY, 81, of Memphis, retired nursing assistant for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at the hospital. Services will be at noon Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a Methodist. She leaves a daughter, Neta Bryan of Olive Branch; a son, Butch Ray of Eastview, Tenn.; three sisters, Peggy Stanfield of Ramer, Tenn., Emma Lee Benton of Marion and Linda Poindexter of Corinth, Miss., four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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HILDA M. ROBERTSON, 86, of Southaven, former owner of Hilda's Pantry, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Crestview cemetery in Hot Springs, Ark. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Pilot Club and Village Methodist Church. Mrs. Robertson, the widow of Orval Robertson, leaves a daughter, Joan Orfans of Southaven; a stepson, Dean Robertson of Reno, Nev., two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or American Alzheimer Association.
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JAMES J. SEVERS, 52, of Stock Island, Fla., formerly of Memphis, dry cleaner, died Saturday at his home. The cause of death had not been determined pending toxicology tests. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Ann Catholic Church. Dean-Lopez Funeral Home in Key West, Fla., has charge. He was a Navy veteran and a graduate of Memphis Catholic High School. He leaves his mother, Dorothy Severs; four sisters, Carole Brown, Gail Hill, JoAnn Severs and Cindy Hills, and four brothers, Mike Severs, David Severs, Greg Severs and Tim Severs.
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BERTHA R. SHERMAN, 63, of Cordova, retired registered nurse, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 7 p.m. today at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Norfolk, Va. She was a member of Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Mrs. Sherman, the widow of Edmund Lewis Sherman, leaves a daughter, Laura Sherman of New York City; a son, Glenn Sherman of Collierville; two brothers, Warren Ross of Baltimore and Bill Ross of Kenton, Tenn., and two grandchildren.
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LUNA MAHAN SWOOPE, 90, of Memphis, formerly of Newton, Miss., died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services were Wednesday at Trezevant Manor Chapel. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Newton. Canale Funeral Directors had charge. She was a graduate of Newton High School and a member of Newton Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Swoope, the widow of Charles Carter Swoope, leaves a son, Charles Carter Swoope Jr. of New York City, and a nephew and three nieces who cared for her, Ben Adams, Marilyn Ray, Tempe Thompson and Anne Boykin, all of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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ESSIE MAE TRICE, 84, of 1619 Hugenot, retired beautician, died of cancer Tuesday at High Pointe Health & Rehab Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cummings Street Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Trice, the wife of William S. Trice, also leaves two stepdaughters, Melvinia Cash and Paulett Lackett, both of Memphis; a son, Wiliam S. Trice Jr. of Pine Bluff, Ark., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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WILLIAM CHARLES TWITTY, 83, of Olive Branch, formerly of Memphis, died of Parkinson disease Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Mausoleum South. He was a World War II Army veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Twitty, the husband of Londell Twitty, also leaves a daughter, Ann Scruggs of Hot Springs, Ark.; two sisters, Cornnie Parrish of Tishomingo, Miss., and Imogene Bates of Walls, and eight grandchildren.
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