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GLORIA S. RILEY, 71, of Saginaw, Mich., pianist and soloist, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Browne's Mortuary in Saginaw with burial in Forest Lawn cemetery there. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has local charge. She was a pianist and senior choir member at Corinthian Baptist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She leaves a daughter, Lavetta J. Johnson, and a son, Charles T. Riley, both of Schaumburg, Ill., a sister, LoJean Kingsberry, and a brother, Kenneth Brannan, both of Natchez, Miss., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
EARNEST AUBREY SANDERS JR., 64, of Memphis, farmer and carpenter, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Embury cemetery in Millington. Mr. Sanders, the husband of Betty Gaskins Sanders, also leaves a daughter, Lorrie Ann Sanders Wright of Wappapello, Mo.; two sons, Billy Dale Sanders of Memphis and Bobby Wayne Sanders of Covington; two sisters, Ruby Alday of Mississippi and Lillie B. Chavez of California; six brothers, Leroy Sanders of Wyoming, Billy Joe Sanders, James Robert Sanders and Ricky Sanders, all of California, Paul Ed Sanders of Montana and Johnny Sanders of Tennessee, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
MADELINE L. SEALY, 91, of Memphis, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Sealy, the widow of Howard G. Sealy, leaves two daughters, Barbara S. Russell of Memphis and Carolyn S. Swindell of Bartlett; three sisters, Willa Mae Thomas of Wathena, Kan., Elsie Ashford of Water Valley, Miss., and Faye Hayden of Batesville, Miss., eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
FRANCES GERTRUDE WILLIAMSON SISSELL, 98, of Harwich, Mass., formerly of Memphis and Water Valley, Miss., retired traffic rate clerk, died Sept. 18 at Cranberry Pointe Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Harwich. Services were Sept. 29 at Cranberry Pointe Nursing Home with burial Oct. 26 in Oak Hill cemetery in Water Valley. Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Homes in Bourne, Mass., has charge. She was a member of Union Avenue United Methodist Church in Memphis, United Methodist Women and a volunteer for the American Red Cross Shelby County Chapter and the Memphis Literacy Council. Mrs. Sissell, the widow of William E. Sissell, leaves a son, Rev. William E. Sissell of Chatham, Mass., six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Union Avenue United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
DAVIE SUMLIN, 70, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Sumlin, the husband of Florence Mae Sumlin, also leaves three daughters, Cassandra Kizer of Chicago, and Diane Sumlin and Ruth Oaks, both of Memphis; a sister, Rosie Williams, and two brothers, Robert Sumlin and Ben Exon, all of Memphis, 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
HERBERT WALTER THOMPSON, 71, of Tipton County, formerly of Memphis, retired painter for the City of Memphis, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a Korean War Marine Corps veteran and a member of Macon Road Presbyterian Church. Mr. Thompson, the widower of Sheila F. Thompson, leaves three daughters, Livia T. Manard and Connie T. Hall, both of Brighton, and Christine T. Finger of Hernando; two sisters, June Williams of Memphis and Gloria Wise of Counce, Tenn., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis Union Mission or the Memphis Ronald McDonald House.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
JANETTE WELLS, 46, of Memphis, office manager for Memphis Chemical Co., died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a former member of St. Luke Baptist Church. She leaves two sons, Christopher Glover and Terry Wells; her parents, Robert and Bertha Armstrong Wells, and five sisters, Emma Elliott, Rosemary Jordan, Stephanie Wells, Sandra Wells and Gloria Davis, all of Memphis, and two brothers, Ricky Wells of Memphis and Robert Wells Jr. of New Orleans.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
MICHAEL WAYNE WILSON, 33, of Memphis, police officer for the City of Memphis, was found dead Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a Baptist and a member of the DeSoto Masonic Lodge 299 F&AM; and the Memphis Police Association. He leaves his parents, Linda and Cecil Wilson, and a sister, Rebecca Kollatz, all of Memphis; his grandparents, Rachel Wilson of Jonesborough, Tenn., and Lois Graham of Memphis, and his great-grandmother, Syble Reno of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Suicide and Crisis Intervention Service Center.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
WOODROW DAVIS, 87, of Holly Springs, Miss., brick burner, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest cemetery. He was a Methodist. Mr. Davis, the husband of Nona Mae Hellums Davis, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Patricia Skelton, and a son, Bobby Eugene Davis, both of Collierville, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
J. C. PEGUES, 65, of Holly Springs, Miss., retired farmer and retired from Wurlitzer Piano Co., died Thursday at Holly Springs Health & Rehab Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Calvin Chapel United Methodist Church in Holly Springs, where he was a trustee, class leader and choir member, with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden there. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. Mr. Pegues, the husband of Riella King Pegues, also leaves local survivors including two daughters, Cassandra Ellis and Cajewel Pegues, both of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 5, 2002]
WILLIE ELGIE ALBRITTON, 66, of Mason, Tenn., retired from the Air Force and the Postal Service, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Canaan Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Malone cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. He was a member of the American Legion Post 237. He leaves two daughters, Melita Albritton of Covington and Jacquelyn Brooks of Buffalo, N.Y.; two sons, Julian A. Albritton of Collierville and Myron A. Albritton of Covington; five sisters, Annie Mae Pruitt of Memphis, Alpina Davis of Chesapeake, Va., Evelyn Carter and Eva Nell Drake, both of San Diego, and Carolyn Albritton of Lake View Terrace, Calif.; eight brothers, James Albritton and Milton Albritton, both of Chicago, Rufus Albritton of Mason, Raymond Albritton of Carmel, Ind., Nathaniel Albritton of Madison, Tenn., Larry Albritton of The Woodlands, Texas, and Julius Albritton and Dewayne Albritton, both of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]
LANDON H. ALLEN, 62, of 203 Seven Pines, died Tuesday at his home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant (Miss.) Church of Christ. Mr. Allen, the husband of Lena Allen, also leaves a daughter, Mary Pipkin of Memphis; two sons, Walter Allen of Collierville and Landon E. Allen of Memphis; two sisters, Georgette Anthony of Piperton, Tenn., and Jeannie L. Crawford of Atlanta, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]
PEARL REED BERFORD, 88, of Millington, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery in Munford. She was a member of Millington First United Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Berford, the widow of German F. Berford, leaves two daughters, Louise Billings of Drummonds and Nell Kazewinski of Millington; four sons, Raymond Berford of Munford, and Willard Berford, Travis R. Berford and Roy Berford, all of Drummonds, 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]
WILLIE BROWN JR., 59, of 1476 Snowden, construction worker, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville with burial in Memorial Park. He leaves three daughters, Pauline Johnson, Willie Mae Brown and Rosetta Brown, and two sisters, Ola Mae Nesbitt and Olivia Brown Green, all of Memphis; five brothers, Losell Brown, Robert Lee Brown and Roosevelt Brown, all of Memphis, Frank Brown of Collierville and John Henry Brown of Detroit, 22 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]
DAVID A. BURNS, 52, of Millington, labor relations worker, died Monday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Millington First Baptist Church with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. Mr. Burns, the husband of Marcia J. Burns, also leaves two sisters, Jenny Fitzsimmons of Bartlett and Shirley Mashburn of Osceola, Ark., and a brother, Robert Eugene Burns of Gladewater, Texas.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]
DAVID CANADA, 77, of Blytheville, Ark., formerly of Turrell, Ark., farmer, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Blytheville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in New Bethel cemetery in Clarkedale, Ark. Mr. Canada, the husband of Fredonia Canada, also leaves two daughters, Shirley Johnson and Jo Ann Canada, both of Blytheville; two sons, Robert Canada and Excbria Canada, both of Turrell; two sisters, Marie Brooks of Homestead, Fla., and Hattie Winters of Chicago, 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]
