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DR. JOAN BRODE MANGUM, 76, of Bridgewater, Va., formerly of Collierville, retired professor from Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., died of lymphoma Monday at Bridgewater Home. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Bridgewater Church of Brethren, where she was a member. Johnson Funeral Service in Bridgewater has charge. She was a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago and Rutgers University and a member of Habitat for Humanity, Board of Common Ground and First Step. She leaves a sister, Mary Louise Mangum of Bridgewater. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bridgewater Church of the Brethren, Habitat for Humanity in Bridgewater, Trees for Life in Wichita, Kan., or Fellowship Reconciliation in Nyack, N.Y.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
ROBERT PRATCHER, 67, of 776 Tate, Exxon station attendant, died of lung disease Sunday at his home. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist. Mr. Pratcher, the common law husband of Flora Frazier, also leaves nine daughters, Robbie Morton, Vera Dotson, Eddie Mae McKinney, Randa Hunt, Pearlie Ruck er, Lillian Wallace, Jackie Washington, Verlie Pratcher and Bridgett Terry, all of Memphis; three sisters, Bertha L. Williams and Teen Lipford, both of Memphis, and Ella Swan of Inglewood, Calif.; 10 brothers, Curtis Pratcher, Eugene Pratcher, Calvin Pratcher, Michael Pratcher, Curtis Hailey and Calvin Hailey, all of Memphis, Anthony C. Pratcher of Arizona, William Pratcher of Hawthorne, Calif., Leon Pratcher of Flint, Mich., and William Moss of Como, Miss., 42 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
MABLE ROGERS, 63, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Rogers, the widow of Johnny Rogers, leaves four sisters, Mary Ann Cooper of Memphis, and Sarah Walker, Rosie Walker and Tommie Simmons, all of Los Angeles, and two brothers, Will Walker of Chicago and Leroy Walker of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
THOMAS BOYKIN SKINNER, 71, of Clifton, Tenn., formerly of Germantown, general manager of The Memphis Catalogue Merchandise Distribution Center, died of cancer Monday at his home. Services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. He was a graduate of the University of Memphis, an Army veteran and a member of Memphis Rotary Club, Tennessee Business Association, Junior Achievement of Greater Memphis Board of Governors, Tennessee Manufacturers & Taxpayers Association, Summit Club and Germantown Presbyterian Church. Mr. Skinner, the husband of Pat Valentine Skinner, also leaves a daughter, Celia Paige Skinner of Memphis; two sons, Rodger Boykin Skinner of Germantown and Scott Alan Skinner of Jacksonville, Fla.; a brother, William Skinner of Argyle, Texas, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Clifton First Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
THELMA B. STEWART, 88, of Germantown, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Bright Glade Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of East Win Christian Church. She leaves a daughter, V. Ann Jones of Germantown; three sons, Clyde H. Stewart of Cincinnati, Alex J. Stewart of Batavia, Ohio, and John C. Stewart of Ruffin, N.C., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to East Win Christian Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
LEWIS TALIAFERRO, 79, of 1645 Britton, retired bricklayer, died of heart failure Saturday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at Macedonia Baptist Church Hyde Park, where he was a choir member and deacon, with burial at 10 a.m. Friday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. Taliaferro, the husband of Callie Taliaferro, also leaves five daughters, Betty Jackson, Martha Taliaferro and Linda Todd, all of Memphis, Demetria Johnson of Dallas and Arlene Johnson of St. Paul, Minn.; three sons, Lawrence Taliaferro, Alfred Taliaferro and Patrick Taliaferro, all of Memphis; three sisters, Mae Bell Roberson of Memphis, Roxie Smith of St. Paul and Carrie Mae Taliaferro of Water Valley, Miss., 24 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
R. T. TATE, 65, of 2666 Dunn, retired from City of Memphis Sanitation Department, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Annesdale Cherokee Baptist Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Tate, the husband of Roxie Tate, also leaves three daughters, Julia Tate, Stella Tate and Loretta Tate; four sons, Floyd Byrd, Hilton Tate, Dennis Tate and Thedos Tate; his mother, Hattie Tate; two sisters, Effie Autmon and Annie L. Leigh, and four brothers, O. D. Tate, James Tate, Cornell Tate and Wesley Tate, all of Memphis, and 10 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
MEARON TAYLOR, 67, of 1440 Woodard, forklift operator for Memphis Compress & Storage, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Taylor, the husband of Pearline Taylor, also leaves four sons, Mearon Taylor Jr., Jeffery Banks, Jonathan Banks and Charles Banks, and a brother, Eddie Taylor, all of Memphis, and 11 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
CLAUDE L. WATKINS, 88, of Memphis, retired from the Air Force after 20 years, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Whitehaven Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Watkins, the husband of Mary D. Watkins for 60 years, also leaves four daughters, Carolyn Jane Davis of Pensacola, Fla., Mary Anne Creekmore of Bartlett, Linda C. Aldridge of Memphis and Sandra Joyce Gottfried of Collierville; a sister, Elanor Moak of Grenada, Miss.; a brother, Travis Moak of Natchez, Miss., six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
ORA LEE WHITE, 88, of Eudora, Miss., retired from DeSoto County Schools, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Eudora cemetery. She was a member of Eudora First Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Annette Rhodes of Hernando and Ida Riley of Eudora; a son, Presley White of Southaven; two sisters, Annie Lois Everett of Frayser and Frances Ray of Memphis; a brother, Russell Dees of Lake Cormorant, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
VALLIE R. WILLIAMS, 84, of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves five daughters, Vallie M. Williams, Minnie Moss and Diana Strong, all of Chicago, Virginia Jackson of Milwaukee and Darlena Burnett of Chicago; two sons, Charley Hardy Jr. of Memphis and Johnny Williams of Chicago, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
LOUIS MILLSAPS, 74, of West Point, Miss., shipping supervisor for Bryan Foods, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Miss. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church in West Point, where he was a member, with burial in West Point Memorial Garden. Calvert Funeral Home in West Point has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Millsaps, the husband of Pauline Millsaps, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Carol Ann Trenor of Germantown, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated November 7, 2001]
NANCY CAROL HUMPHREY ALVIS, 46, of Memphis, restaurant worker, died Sept. 23 near Old Millington Road of an apparent homicide. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery. She leaves two daughters, Heather Michelle Alvis of Little Rock and Melodi Christine Alvis-Steele of Gulfport, Miss.; a son, Christopher Alvis of Knoxville; six sisters, Dorothy Akins of Olive Branch, Joann Louise Sprague of Nashville, Patsy Ruth Humphrey, Verna Irene Cipolla and Helen Jane Tuttle, all of Memphis, and Beverly Sue Haller of Hot Springs, Ark.; six brothers, William Melvin Humphrey Jr. of San Jose, Calif., Donald Lee Humphrey of Pine Bluff, Ark., Phillip Paul Humphrey of Memphis, Bobby Joe Humphrey of Searcy, Ark., David Glen Humphrey of Pea Ridge, Ark., and Robert Louis Humphrey of Deadwood, S.D., and a grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to Battered Women's Shelter.
[Obit dated November 6, 2001]
BEAUTON AMOS, 85, of Memphis, retired employee of Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, died of respiratory failure Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church mother board. Mrs. Amos, the widow of Roosevelt Amos, leaves a nephew who cared for her, James Henry West of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 6, 2001]
WESLEY HENRY BLAYLOCK, 74, of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired vice president of sales for Maxitrol Co., died of heart failure Sunday at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel with burial in Greenwood cemetery there. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Blaylock, the husband of Charlayne Crabtree Pickett Blaylock, also leaves a daughter, Emily J. Beck of Portland, Ore.; a son, Wesley Henry Blaylock Jr. of Monroe, Ga.; a stepdaughter, Jan Pickett Griffin of Ventress, La.; a stepson, Hunter L. Pickett of Birmingham; a sister, June Mowrey of Marietta, Ga.; two brothers, Temple Blaylock of Chattanooga and Clyde Allen Blaylock of Marietta, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to American Heart Institute, Boy Scouts of America or Tree of Love at Burks University Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 6, 2001]
FRANK 'PREACHER' BOYLE, 68, of 2054 Jefferson, retired waiter for The Peabody, died of heart failure Saturday at his home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Angela C. Boyle of Chicago and Patricia Boyle Clay; a son, Frank Boyle Jr.; a brother, Charles Boyle Jr., and a caretaker, Glenoa Boyle Knight, all of Memphis, and a grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to MIFA, Calvary Street Ministries, Downtown Memphis Rescue Mission or St. Mary's Soup Kitchen.
[Obit dated November 6, 2001]
