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MARTHA JUNE HIGDON TATE, 75, of Memphis, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Mass will be said at noon Tuesday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was recently recognized for her work with the parish's jail ministry. Mrs. Tate, the widow of Fred H. Tate Jr., leaves two daughters, Terry Bacon and Martha Leigh Riley, two sons, Fred H. Tate III and Thomas 'Greg' Tate, and a sister, Ruth Prestipino, all of Memphis; a brother, Hillary Higdon of San Francisco, and 11 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2001]
WALTER 'HOT BAILEY' TATE, 78, of Memphis, retired mechanic help er from J. W. Owens, died of heart failure Wednesday at Heartland of Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Temple Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 2 p.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. He was a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Brighton and was an Army veteran. Mr. Tate, the husband of Catherine Tate, also leaves seven daughters, Mary K. White, Patricia Hunter, Sadie Hurd, Lillie Gossett and Carolyn Reeder, all of Memphis, Peggy Hill of Millington and Ceolia Julien of Columbus, Ga.; four sons, George Tate, Charles Tate and William Tate, all of Memphis, and Richard Tate of Harvey, Ill.; three sisters, Mable Johnson of Chicago, Ella N. Boxley and Minnie Steward, both of Humboldt, Tenn.; a brother, William Tate of Memphis, 150 grandchildren, 100 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
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DARNELL THOMPSON, 42, of 3622 Clearbrook, employee of FedEx and Arrow Electric, died of cancer Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Thompson, the husband of Cynthia Bills Thompson, also leaves a daughter, Ciera Lynn Thompson, and two sons, Durrell Thompson and Mario Craig, all of Memphis; three sisters, Bordina Burford and Shirley Thompson, both of Memphis, and Victoria Bowdery of Coldwater, Miss.; two brothers, Coleman Thompson and Nathan Thompson, both of Memphis, and a grandson.
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M. ATWOOD TRITT, 84, of Halls, Tenn., small-engine mechanic, died of heart failure Friday in Brownsville, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Tritt, the widower of Lorene Blackwell Tritt, leaves a sister, Myra Tritt Blackwell.
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WILLIAM PIERCE TUCKER, 90, of Lubbock, Texas, formerly of Memphis, former professor-emeritus of political science and Latin-American Government at Texas Tech, former professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras and Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., where he was also head librarian and chair of the political science department, died of heart failure Saturday in Lubbock. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock. He was a former member of the Minnesota state Legislature, a former state librarian in Olympia, Wash., co-founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and was author of The Mexican Government Today, a college textbook. Dr. Tucker, the widower of Margaret Fountain Tucker, leaves a daughter, Elizabeth T. Karras of New Braunfels, Texas; two sons, William F. Tucker of Tucson, Ariz., and Laurance H. Tucker of Memphis, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Texas Tech University or Hospice of Lubbock.
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JOHN SIM BEIBER, 97, of Ripley, Miss., retired carpenter and farmer, died of heart failure Friday at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ripley Funeral Home with burial in Tippah Memorial Garden. He was a member of Ripley Church of Christ. Mr. Beiber, the husband of Bessie May Beiber, also leaves local survivors including two daughters, Jean Russell of Memphis and Judy Edgar of Cordova; a son, Gerald Beiber of Germantown, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Wing Foundation in Memphis or Rise School at the Stallings Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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WILLIAM LOUIS HUTCHERSON, 72, of Clarksville, Tenn., retired master sergeant for the Army, died of pneumonia Friday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home in Clarksville with burial in Hillcrest cemetery in Blandville, Ky. He was a Vietnam War veteran. He leaves local survivors including two sisters, Jayne Hutcherson Smith and Mary Anne Odom, and two brothers, Donald Albert Hutcherson and Laddie Gene Hutcherson, all of Memphis.
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JAMES WILFORD 'J.W.' PITT MAN, 85, of Ripley, Tenn., farmer, died of cancer Saturday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehabilitation. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Yarbrough Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Ripley Memorial Gardens. He was a Baptist. Mr. Pittman, the widower of Rosebud Pittman, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Roselyn Juanita Pitt man Reed of Memphis, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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BARNEY OTRAL WEATHERINGTON, 82, of Milledgeville, Tenn., farmer and barber for 58 years, died of diabetes Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Hurricane Primitive Baptist Church in Milledgeville, where he was a member, with burial in Milledgeville cemetery. Shack elford Funeral Home in Savannah, Tenn., has charge. Mr. Weatherington, the husband of Allene Martin Weatherington, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Carolyn Weatherington Roberts, and a sister, Verda Edwards, both of Memphis, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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REGINALD 'SONNY' ADAMS, 56, of Memphis, truck driver, died of heart failure Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. 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 9, 2001]
JUANITA THOMAS ASH, 76, of Holly Springs, Miss., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley, Miss. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Holly Springs (Miss.) Funeral Home with burial in Spring Hill Baptist Church cemetery in Waterford, Miss. She was a member of Oakhaven Baptist Church in Memphis. Mrs. Ash, the widow of Walter Ash, leaves three daughters, Cheryl Bailey of Washington, Janice Tyus of Nesbit and Myrna Hughes of Olive Branch; three sons, Jerry Ash of Memphis, Ronald Ash of Olive Branch and Harold Ash of Nesbit, 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 9, 2001]
CALDONIA BUCHANAN, 102, of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at Oakville Nursing Home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Union Valley Baptist Church. She leaves three daughters, Earnestine Nealon and Sallie Cole, both of Memphis and Rosie L. Howard of Grand Rapids, Mich.; a son, John Howard of Memphis, and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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DONALD CHAFFEN, 40, of Memphis, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves six sisters, Shirley Strickland, Katherine Chaffen, Valtina Simpson, Loretta Chaffen and Yolanda Chaffen, all of Memphis and Dorothy Harris of Germantown; a brother, Carlmichael Chaffen of Huntsville, Ala., and his grandmother, Dorothy Albright of Memphis.
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VERA LEE COLE, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sandidge Road Church of Christ with burial in Kileton cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Cole, the widow of Roy Cole, leaves nine daughters, Mattie L. Lyons, Wendy Cole, Mable Atkins and Patricia Cole, all of Olive Branch, Sherry Dennis of Southaven, Annie Lois Allen, Thelma Cole and Hattie Johnson, all of Memphis and Essie Garrett of Arlington; two sons, Leroy Cole Jr., and Andrew Cole and a sister, Leon Wright, all of Memphis, 24 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
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ZAYDEN TYLER DAVIS, infant son of Jennifer and Michael Davis of Coldwater, Miss., died of heart failure Monday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Graveside services were Thursday in Greenleaf cemetery. Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. He also leaves his grandparents, Wanda and Jimmy Sowell of Independence, Miss., Jan and Mike Davis of Byhalia, Miss., Rhonda and Bill Wright of Arkansas, and Dewayne and Connie Hadden of Nesbit.
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