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WILLIAM EDWARD TIDWELL, 81, of Covington, retired carpenter, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Lebanon cemetery in Covington. Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. He leaves a daughter, Minnie Way of North Carolina; four sons, William Edward Tidwell Jr., Raymond Tidwell and Jimmy Dale Tidwell, all of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Gary Tidwell of Gary, Ind.; a sister, Lora Mae Burnswick of Dover, Del.; a brother, John Jeff Tidwell of Covington, 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 12, 2001]
GARRY DERRELL VAUGHN, 24, of 1213 Keel, died of liver disease Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Longview Heights Seventh-day Adventists Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. He leaves his mother, Jearline Vaughn, his father, Jimmie Anderson, a sister, Peggy Ann Christian, three brothers, David Lee Vaughn, Tyrone Vaughn and Jimmy Dewayne Vaughn, and a grandmother, Odell Vaughn, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 12, 2001]
WARREN LYNNE' WHITNEY, 48, of Memphis, died Sunday at Cordova Nursing Home after a stroke. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He leaves two sons, Stacy D. Whitney of Memphis and Warren Jordan of Valdosta, Ga.; a sister, Gilda M. Thomas of Decatur, Ga., and a brother, Ronald B. Whitney of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 12, 2001]
MILDRED BEATRICE BINFORD COBB, 91, of Brownsville, Tenn., homemaker and teacher, died of heart failure Saturday at West Tennessee Skilled Nursing Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Brownsville Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Joy Sunday School Class, with burial in Zion Baptist Church cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. She was also a member of Zion Baptist Church and the First Review Club. Mrs. Cobb, the widow of Bernie Wright Cobb, leaves local survivors including a son, Lynn Cobb of Memphis, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 12, 2001]
OPAL LOIS HAMILTON, 76, of Michie, Tenn., retired garment worker, died of cancer Sunday at her home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Acton, Tenn., with burial in Shiloh (Tenn.) Methodist Church cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer, Tenn., has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Hamilton, the widow of Talmage Hamilton, leaves local survivors including a son, Travis Hamilton of Collierville, 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 12, 2001]
GEORGE STANLEY, 73, of Holly Springs, Miss., died of emphysema Friday in Holly Springs. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Forest Hill cemetery in Nashville. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and an Air Force veteran. Mr. Stanley, the husband of Mardell Frances Stanley, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Cindy Stanley, and a stepson, Greg Maholm, both of Memphis, several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 12, 2001]
REGINALD 'SONNY' ADAMS, 56, of Memphis, truck driver, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 1 p.m. Wednesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mr. Adams, the husband of Shirley Adams, also leaves two daughters, Lynell Harvey of Long Beach, Calif., and Regina Adams of Bassfield, Miss.; two sons, Kenneth Adams of Richmond, Calif., and Reginald Adams of Orlando; his mother, Josephine Laws of Prentiss, Miss., and six grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
MARTHA JOINER BAILS, 48, of Memphis, employee of Earthgrains - Sara Lee, died of cancer Friday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Monumental Baptist Church with burial in New Park. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Tunya L. Bails of Nashville; a son, Zavier 'Magoo' Bails, her parents, Essie Lee and Henry Joiner, a sister, Laura Joiner Stewart, and three brothers, Henry Joiner Jr., Joseph Joiner and Willie Joiner, all of Memphis, and a granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Tunya L. Bails Scholarship Fund in Madison, Tenn.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
PEARL MALACHI BALLARD, 87, of Memphis, died of heart failure and cancer Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Memphis First Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cordova, where she was a member. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a former member of Prince George's County Foster Grandparents Program, Hyattsville (Md.) and Bladensburg (Md.) Seventh-day Adventist churches and First Seventh-day Adventist Church of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Ballard, the widow of Edward William Ballard, leaves a daughter, Marguerite Ballard-Thygeson of Memphis, and a sister, Bertie Miles of Washington. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
DOLORES 'DEE' BIZZELL, 66, of Memphis, retired credit chief, quality assurance employee and telephone for deaf employee from Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, died of heart failure Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Steele, Mo., with burial in Mt. Zion cemetery there. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was the first female credit chief at LG&W.; She leaves a sister, Louise Taylor of Bartlett, and a brother, Jesse Bizzell of St. Peters, Mo.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
WARREN BREWER, 51, of Memphis, electrician, died of heart failure Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Oak Spring Missionary Baptist Church in Arlington, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. Mr. Brewer, the husband of Rev. Vicki Brewer, also leaves four daughters, Judy Thomas, Josalyn Lee and Comisha Lurry, all of Memphis, and Antoinette Brewer of Minnesota; two sons, Rodney D. Brewer of Memphis and Warren Brewer of Minnesota; a stepdaughter, Tracy Scurlock, and a stepson, Derrick Scurlock, and his mother, Pinkie Brewer, all of Memphis; two sisters, Bobbie S. Stevenson of Chicago and Annette Johnson of Memphis; five brothers, John R. Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell and Earl Barry Brewer, all of Memphis, Robert E. Mitchell of Arlington and Monroe E. Mitchell Jr. of Joliet, Ill., and nine grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
JESSIE JAMES 'BO' CLEAR, 74, of Memphis, died of pneumonia Thursday at the Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at noon Friday at J. O. Patterson Mortuary with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Clear, the husband of Betty J. Clear, also leaves a daughter, Doris Douglass; three sons, Jessie 'Bo Jr.' Clear, Michael Clear and Kenneth Clear, seven sisters, two brothers, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
JOHNNIE FARRIS DAVIS, 73, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Lithograph and employee of Cooper's Piggly Wiggly, died of heart failure Friday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member and former elder at Highland Street Church of Christ and an Army and Air Force veteran. Mr. Davis, the husband of Wanda H. Davis, also leaves a daughter, Teresa Fulwood of Millington; a sister, Edna Hughes of Memphis; a brother, K. Byron Davis of Athens, Ala., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association or Highland Street Church of Christ.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
MARTHA ANNE GROSS GOODMAN DEROSAS, 67, of Memphis, self-employed therapist, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mrs. Derosas, the wife of James C. Derosas, also leaves three daughters, Robin G. Kelley of Greenville, Miss., Bethe G. Avery of Cleveland, Miss., and Donna D. Park of Atlanta, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
HELEN G. DEVOTO, 91, of Memphis, retired from Gerber department store, died of respiratory failure Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Calvary. She was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church. Mrs. Devoto, the widow of Lawrence Devoto, leaves a sister, Rita Adelman of Bartlett; three brothers, Paul Mason of Irvington, N.J., Eugene Mason of Southaven and Thomas Mason of Memphis, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Catholic Charities.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
MARY ELIZABETH DOWDY, 81, of Collierville, retired nurse, died of heart failure Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Evergreen cemetery in Williston, Tenn. Collierville Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Collierville Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Dowdy, the widow of Alvis E. Dowdy, leaves a daughter, Lois C. Price Todd of Byhalia, Miss.; a son, Rickey Dowdy of Memphis; a sister, Sue L. Chess of Coldwater, Mich., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
