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MARJORIE NELLE SMITH HOUSE, 66, of Germantown, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Farmington Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder, Sunday school and vacation Bible school teacher and moderator of the church women, with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a graduate of Treadwell High School. Mrs. House, the widow of Larry Wayne House, leaves a daughter, Vicki Leigh House Turner of Brentwood, Tenn.; a son, Barry Wayne House of Olive Branch; two sisters, Bettye Townsend of Germantown and Janis Goings of Destin, Fla.; two brothers, Ken Smith of Destin and Keith Smith of Germantown, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Farmington Presbyterian Church, the American Cancer Society or the Lupus Foundation Nashville Chapter.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
DONZELL JOHNSON, 27, of 1300 E. Barron Circle, died Tuesday at Delta Medical Center. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Greater Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves three daughters, Tierra Johnson, Tikya Johnson and Donaysia Johnson; his mother, Shelia Johnson; a sister, Toyuse James; two brothers, Leeangelo James and Anthony Johnson, and his grandmother, Annie Johnson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
PURVIS NASON LANE, 78, of Hot Springs, Ark., formerly of Memphis, died Monday in Hot Springs. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hot Springs Funeral Home with burial in Morning Star cemetery there. He was a World War II Navy veteran and member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2256 in Benton, Ark. Mr. Lane, the husband of Mary Sue Lane, also leaves two stepsons, David Terry of Hot Springs and Mark Terry of Mocksville, N.C.; his mother, Cora Taylor Lane of Memphis; three sisters, Sally Harper of Grenada, Miss., Peggy Muller of Atlanta and Mary Lane of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
JOHN L. 'DEMPLE' LOVING, 60, of Memphis, died Sunday in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Victory Funeral Home with burial in Easthaven. He leaves two daughters, Jacqueline West of Memphis and Deboraha Milam of Rochester, N.Y.; two sisters, Dorothy Loving and Dessiel Loving Dubose, and a brother, Charles Loving, all of Memphis, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
LORAINE T. MARTIN, 83, of Millington, retired from Baptist Memorial Hospital after 23 years, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mrs. Martin, the widow of Samuel Andrew Martin, leaves a son, Samuel Alan Martin of Millington.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
COLIE McNAIR, 91, of Memphis, retired hospital worker, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. McNair was the husband of Mary McNair.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
JAMES WILLIAM 'WOODROW' MERRELL, 85, of West Memphis, retired owner/operator for Wynne (Ark.) Radiator Shop, died Monday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Old Military cemetery in Sedgwick, Ark. Mr. Merrell, the husband of Gilfa Merrell, also leaves two daughters, Nancy Merrell of Berkeley, Calif., and Elizabeth Merrell Ennenga of Cordova. The family requests that memorials be sent to West Memphis First Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
JASON WAYNE MILLER, 24, of Southaven, manager of Sonic Drive-In, died Monday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery. He leaves a son, Collin Ashwill Miller of Southaven; his parents, Terry W. Miller of Byhalia, Miss., and Janis Mann of Southaven; two sisters, Melody Stamps of Byhalia and Heather Mann of Southaven; three brothers, Joshua Miller of Southaven, and Terry Miller Jr. and Chris Stamps, both of Byhalia, and his grandparents, Violet Stanley of Memphis and Ann and Wayne Melton of Horn Lake. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
MARTHA NUNNALLY, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Nunnally, the widow of Guy Nunnally, leaves two daughters, Joan Carby of La Grange, Ky., and Deborah Nunnally of New York City; two sons, Michael Nunnally of Memphis and Christopher Nunnally of New York City; a sister, Juanita Bennett of Louisville, Miss., and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
WALTER PALTON, 60, of Memphis, carpenter, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Palton, the husband of Gertrude Palton, also leaves two sisters, Berta M. Turner of Chicago and Olivia Boyston of Memphis, and five brothers, Nathaniel Palton and Alfonso Palton, both of Memphis, and Clarence Palton, Columbus Palton and Oscar Palton, all of Chicago.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
SALLY PERKINS, 90, of Memphis, retired director of Episcopal Church Home, died Tuesday at Allen Morgan Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Church of the Holy Communion, where she was a communicant, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Perkins, the widow of James N. Perkins, leaves two sons, James N. Perkins of Olive Branch and Minor W. Perkins of Memphis; a brother, Lancelot T. Minor of Memphis, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
ROBERT E. SCHLAFER, 78, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, died Saturday at Heartland of Memphis. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a Mason, a World War II veteran and recipient of two Bronze Stars. Mr. Schlafer, the widower of Francis Schlafer, leaves a sister, Annie Ferrer, and a brother, Ernest Schlafer, both of Bartlett, and a caregiver, Mai Carper of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
ELLIS L. SMITH, 75, of Southaven, retired engineer from Illinois Central Railroad, died Monday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a World War II Navy veteran, Korean War Marine Corps veteran and member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Smith, the husband of Bessie D. Smith for 44 years, also leaves a son, Robert Lee Smith of Southaven. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
DR. HAROLD G. STRATTON, 71, of Cordova, retired dentist and artist, died Sunday in Houston. Services will be at noon Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a graduate of the University of Memphis and University of Tennessee Dental School, former staff member of UT Dental School, member of Tennessee and American Dental Associations, Highland 100, Liberty Bowl Association and Robert E. Lee Camp, Army Medical Corps captain and past officer of Memphis and Germantown Arts League. Dr. Stratton, the husband of Barbara Stratton, also leaves a daughter, Glenda Smith of Memphis; two sons, Stephen Stratton of Olive Branch and Michael Stratton of St. Louis; a stepdaughter, Robyn Porter of Germantown; a stepson, Jimmy Henderson of Los Angeles; a brother, Jim Stratton of Jeffersonville, Ind., and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
ALVIN STRONG, 52, of Seattle, formerly of Memphis, chef, died Saturday at his home. Burial at sea will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Puget Sound in Seattle. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. He leaves a daughter, Tanisha Strong, and a son, Alvin Emerson Strong Jr., both of Memphis; a sister, Diann Chaffen of Germany; four brothers, David Goodman, Les Paul Chaffen and Dewayne Chaffen, all of Memphis, and Barry Chaffen of Chicago, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
JOHNNIE MAE WARD, 71, of 64 Dempster, homemaker, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Lakeview Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in New Antioch Church cemetery in Walls. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Union Grove Holiness Church mother board. Mrs. Ward, the widow of Joe Ward, leaves five daughters, Rosie Collier, Jerlean Wilkins, Emma Ward, Bobbie Ward and Jeanette Ward; two sons, Danny Ward and Willie Ward, and a sister, Ruth Crowder, all of Memphis; four brothers, Earl Harvey, James Crowder and Raymond Crowder, all of Memphis, and Clifton Crowder of Robinsonville, Miss., 20 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
