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PEGGY LAND CARROLL, 74, of Memphis, self-employed interior decorator, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Church of the Holy Communion, Memphis Country Club, Le Bonheur Club and Les Passees, former honorary board member of Memphis Speech & Hearing Center, former member of Women's Exchange and former president of Shelby County Chapter of Tennessee Society for Crippled Children. Mrs. Carroll, the widow of Dr. David L. Carroll, leaves two daughters, Kathy Carroll Canary of Fort Myers, Fla., and Betty Carroll Busch of Fairfax, Va.; a son, David S. Carroll Jr. of Memphis; a brother, Phil Land of Drummonds, Tenn., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to MIFA.
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WALTER FRANK CARTER, 62, of 562 Harris, died Wednesday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford Temple Church of God in Christ in Collierville with burial in Jones Chapel cemetery in Grand Junction, Tenn. H.C. Jett Funeral Home of Collierville has charge. He leaves a brother, Willie B. Carter of Chicago, and an uncle and aunt who cared for him, Lysanders Fason and Borice Fason, both of Collierville.
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DALVAN M. COGER, 81, of Memphis, professor emeritus of the University of Memphis, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. today at St. George's Episcopal Church, where he was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in National cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran, a graduate of the University of Maryland and University of South Carolina, extensively published historian and African studies writer, member of African Studies Association, former chairman of Bibliography Sub-Committee of Archives & Libraries Committee, former book review editor for Liberian Studies Journal and recipient of the Dr. Peter Cooper Award. Mr. Coger, the husband of Greta Coger and widower of Dorothy Coger, also leaves three sons, Dal Leslie Coger of Medford, Mass., Jon-Jack Coger of Yuma, Ariz., and Kevin Craig Coger of St. Paul, Minn.; three half-sisters, Bonnie Royal of Hemlock, Mich., and Suzie Powell and Alberta Johnston, both of Saginaw, Mich.; a half-brother, Don Johnston of Saginaw, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the University of Memphis Library Fund, University of Memphis Wives' Scholarship Fund or a charity of the donor's choice.
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LIZZIE MAE COOPER, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater New Salem Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Cooper, the widow of Dudley Cooper, leaves two daughters, Josephine Brooks and Patricia Ann Cooper, and two sons, James L. Eatmon and George E. Hardin, all of Memphis; a brother, Louis Hardin of Chicago, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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FRANCES BROWN DETTMAN, 77, of Memphis, retired sales manager from Goldsmith's Women's Department, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at noon Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of White Station Church of Christ and volunteer for Delta Medical Center. Mrs. Dettman, the widow of Carl W. Dettman, leaves two daughters, Denise Brooks of Memphis and Dana E. Rice of Millington; a son, David C. Dettman of Memphis; four sisters, Louise Brown Smalley of Arlington, Mildred Brown Long of Olive Branch, Emogene Brown Parker of Granbury, Texas and Sadie Brown Holliday of Eads; five brothers, Aubrey Lee Brown of Oakland, Eugene C. Brown of Millington, Gilbert H. Brown and Kenneth H. Brown, both of Memphis, and Vernon V. Brown of Waco, Texas, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the First Tennessee Bank Trust Fund for David Dettman.
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JAMES EDWARD FAULKNER, 49, of Memphis, lab assistant for the City of Memphis, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a son, DeMarcus Faulkner of Memphis, and two brothers, Beverly Faulkner of Memphis and Rickey Faulkner of Temple, Texas.
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WILLIAM ARTHUR 'GRAY EYES' FIELDS, 70, of 1225 Snowden, died Sept. 26 at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Fields, the husband of Georgia Fields, also leaves five daughters, Bonnie Flemings, Charlene Woods, Joyce King, Jeanette Bailey and Willis Woods, all of Memphis; five sons, James Fields of Huntsville, Texas, and Roy L. McFagdon, Thomas Bailey, Willie R. Bailey and Willie Bailey Jr., all of Memphis; three sisters, Pearlie Cleaves of Mason, Tenn., Clariece Thomas of Phoenixville, Pa., and Iola Braden of Indianapolis, 32 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
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LEWIS FRANK, 71, of Collierville, retired from Dobbs House after 18 years and general manager of Memphis Country Club, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and a member of Lichterman Bridge Club. Mr. Frank, the husband of Barbara R. Frank, also leaves three daughters, Laura F. Barker of Phoenix, Jeannie F. Fitzpatrick of Memphis and Nancy Frank of Collierville; a son, Thomas L. Frank of Bentonville, Ark., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to The Golf Foundation Lewis Frank Memorial Fund in Franklin, Tenn.
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ALMA L. GETHERS, 65, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a foster mother and member of Greater Southside Missionary Baptist Church usher and mother boards. She leaves four daughters, Brenda Saulsberry, Roslyn Gethers Griffin and Iris White Jennings, all of Memphis, and Vera Jennings-Sprawls of Atlanta; a son, Louis Jennings; her father, Ceroy Watkins, and a sister, Ruby Moore, all of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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ROBBIE ANN GOODE, 59, of Senatobia, Miss., homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Senatobia Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Goode, the wife of Frank Goode, also leaves a daughter, Lynn Vanzant; a son, Bobby Harris, and a sister, Sarah Riley, all of Senatobia; two brothers, Ray Munns and Roy Munns, both of Horn Lake, and two grandchildren.
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JOE GRAY JR., 58, of Memphis, truck driver, died Monday at his home. Services will be at noon today at Bush Grove No. 1 Baptist Church in Arlington, where he was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Gray, the husband of Betty Gray, also leaves three sons, Traveler Gray and Joe Gray III, both of Memphis, and Eric Gray of Miami; two brothers, Rozelle Gray and Mack Gray, both of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
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JAMES GREER JR., 52, of Memphis, truck driver, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Union Grove Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Greer, the husband of Maxine Greer, also leaves five daughters, Vicki Roseman, Murphy D. Shaw, Phyllis Taylor, Angelita Sheard and Lanette Greer-Wright; a son, James Greer III; seven sisters, Salina Williams, Annie Greer, Shelly Boyd, Rosetta Greer, Eula Mae Jones, Ella Greer and Mary Greer, and two brothers, Curtis Greer and Rechie Greer, all of Memphis, and 15 grandchildren.
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FRED GUINN JR., 60, of Memphis, retired supervisor from the old defense depot, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Westwood. Mr. Guinn, the husband of Shirley G. Guinn, also leaves a daughter, Glenda Renee Guinn of Memphis; five sisters, Beatrice Netters and Freddie Mae Davis, both of Memphis, Luebertha Barr of Buffalo, N.Y., Mary Helen Williams of Bronx, N.Y., and Kathryn Guinn of New York City; a brother, Jimmy Guinn of Wichita, Kan., and two grandchildren.
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DEANNA GRACE HOWARD, 8-month-old daughter of Jeff A. and Denise R. Howard of Cordova, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Bellevue Baptist Church with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She also leaves a sister, Joy L. Howard, and a brother, Jeremy W. Howard, both of Cordova; her grandparents, Eugene W. and Betty Howard of Cordova and Roger and Delores Weddle of Lakeland, and her great-grandmother, Viva Meade of Peoria, Ill. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Bellevue Baptist Church Tara Reeves Youth Scholarship Fund.
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NATALIE JEAN HOWARD, 87, of Houston, formerly of Memphis, retired nurse and retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co., died Sept. 14 in Houston. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. Mrs. Howard, the widow of Edward C. Howard, leaves two daughters, Sandra Jerrolds of Savannah, Tenn., and Nancy Irby of Houston, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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