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CECIL 'CLEVE' HARDIN JR., 58, of Moscow, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-Fayette in Somerville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Concord Baptist Church in Slayden, Miss., where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. He leaves four daughters, Shenesha Hardin, Vonsheika Hardin and Keolsha Hardin, all of Moscow, and Linda Faye Smith of Memphis; three sons, Ray Anthony Hardin and Robert Smith, both of Memphis, and Exzavior Hardin of Moscow; his father, Cecil Hardin of Byhalia, Miss.; eight sisters, Minnie Lee Wilson, Ida Hardin and Bobbie Jean Hardin, all of Byhalia, Ola Mae Hurdle and Earnestine Stigger, both of Rossville, Olivia James and Annie Shields, both of Memphis, and Dorothy Craft of Moscow; three brothers, Sammie Lee Hardin of Oakland, Tenn., Robert Junior Hardin of Rossville and Eddie Junior Hardin of Moscow; a companion with whom he lived, Vonda Faye Hardin of Moscow, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
ROY HARRIS, 60, of Memphis, retired from Yellow Freight, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of New Friendship Baptist Church male choir and an Army veteran. Mr. Harris, the widower of Ann Milam Harris, leaves a daughter, Elanna Harris Moody; a son, Robert Milam; three sisters, Clara Harris Brooks, Lizzie Harris Williams and Mary Harris Golden, all of Memphis; five brothers, Dave Harris Jr., Loy Harris, Harves Harris and Larry Harris, all of Memphis, and Phillip Harris of Flint, Mich., and nine grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
JOHN C. HUNTER, 91, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Memphis, retired assistant vice president of Morrison Cafeteria, formerly the Admiral Benbow Inn after 30 years, died Tuesday at Orthopedics Northeast in Fort Wayne. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mr. Hunter, the widower of Yvette Hunter, leaves a daughter, Adrienne Garant of Fort Wayne, and a granddaughter.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
BOB AUSTRILA JONES, 71, of 3528 McKenzie, retired from ABC Plumbing Co., died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Jones, the husband of Emma Jones, also leaves a daughter, Johnnie M. Jones, and two stepdaughters, Gail Merriweather and Debra Merriweather, all of Memphis; three stepsons, Thomas Merri weather of Detroit, Dennis Merri weather of Atlanta and Andre M. Merri weather of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
NORTH LEE JONES, 47, of Memphis, construction worker, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hill's Chapel Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Jones, the husband of Debra Jones, also leaves four daughters, Tameka Jones, Marquita Jones, Shaquesha Jones and Sherry Jones; two sons, Antonio Jones and Terry Jones; his parents, Robert Lee Smith and Bobbie Jean Jones; three sisters, Wanda J. Meeks, Linda Jones and Vernita Kerney, and two brothers, Ricky Brown and Leon Bradford, all of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
MICHAEL W. LESTER, 45, of Memphis, died Tuesday at his home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Shavonda Fleming and Michelle Lester, both of Memphis; four sons, Reginald Dowdy, Delvin Lester and Marcus Lester, all of Memphis, and Michael W. Lester Jr. of Cairo, Ill.; his mother, Barbara Smith; three sisters, Ruthie Jones, Toni Scott and Carolyn Echols, and a brother, Gregory Lester, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
LILLIE MAE MORRIS, 51, of Memphis, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel with burial in Union cemetery. Mrs. Morris, the widow of Willie Morris Jr., leaves two daughters, Catina Morris and Kenya Johnson; a son, Willie Morris; a sister, Shirley Cogbill; three brothers, Willie Brent, Tommie Fennell and Bennie Fennell, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
EARL DEAN SHAW, 65, of 3461 Elder Cove, construction worker and owner of N.C. Construction Co., died Oct. 10 at his home. Services will be at noon Friday at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a trustee, with burial in Shaw cemetery in Falkner, Miss. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Shaw, the husband of Jean Shaw, also leaves six daughters, Delissia Leake, June Williams, Shelia Davis and Cynthia Shaw, all of Memphis, Diane Leake of Bolivar, Tenn., and Ida Arnett of Saulsbury, Tenn.; four sons, Earl D. Shaw Jr., Andre Shaw, Ricky Shaw and Gary Shaw, and a sister, Daisy Bradford, all of Memphis; three brothers, L. G. Shaw of Grand Junction, Tenn., and Emmitt Shaw and Tyrone Shaw, both of Memphis, 45 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
ARDELLE OSTEEN SIMONTON, 83, of Brighton, retired secretary for Tennessee Area Vocational School, The Commercial Appeal and the Covington Leader for 34 years, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Morrison cemetery in Brighton. She was a 57-year member of Brighton Baptist Church. Mrs. Simonton, the widow of Carl Mauldin Simonton, leaves a daughter, Camille Simonton Burlison of Burlison; a son, Gregory Carl Simonton of Brighton; five sisters, Dorothy Vernon of Johnson City, Tenn., Ruby Fee of Atoka, Wilma Poindexter of Rosemark, Tenn., Almeda Rose of Greenville, Texas, and Evelyn Thomasine Jameson of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Brighton Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
SUSAN BURSON TAYLOR, 55, of Memphis, retired graphic designer, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, where she was a communicant and Vestry and Outreach Committee member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Robert Parrish Taylor Jr., also leaves a daughter, Susan Burson Taylor of Washington; a son, Robert Parrish Taylor III of Memphis; two sisters, Sally Burson Richards of Calera, Ala., and Mary Burson Jennings of Carnesville, Ga. The family requests that memorials be sent to Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
TRUELOVE TAYLOR, 84, of West Memphis, parking attendant, died Oct. 7 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Marion (Ark.) Memorial cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Retta Lou Berry of West Memphis and Alma Taylor; two sons, Timothy Lamar of Minneapolis and Steven Lamar of Illinois, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
MICHAEL LYNN TYLER, 48, of Olive Branch, former employee of Kellogg's for 23 years, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a member of Oakhaven Baptist Church. He leaves his parents, Archie and Mary Catherine Tyler of Olive Branch; a sister, Debbie Killebrew of Nesbit; a brother, Steve Tyler of Southaven, and a niece, Kristie Parks of Memphis; two nephews, Marcus Killebrew of Memphis and Wes King of Southaven, and a grandnephew, Joshua Parks of Memphis, all of whom cared for him. The family requests that memorials be sent to Olive Branch First Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
EVA MAE WILLIAMS, 79, of Coffeeville, Miss., retired farmer, died Monday at Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada, Miss. Services will be at noon Friday at Spring Hill Baptist Church South in Coffeeville with burial in Coffeeville cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Smith Chapel Baptist Church in Coffeeville. She leaves two daughters, Charlene Dudley and Birdia Mae Lewis, and two sons, Henry Lewis and Odell Williams, all of Coffeeville, 21 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
LILA MAE BUCHANAN CAIN, 81, of Oxford, Miss., homemaker, died Wednesday at Graceland Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford with burial in St. Peter's cemetery there. She was a member of College Hill Heights Baptist Church. Mrs. Cain, the widow of C. F. Cain, leaves local survivors including a son, James Lamar Baxter of Memphis; a brother, Morris Zayne Buchanan of Southaven, 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated October 17, 2002]
RICHARD REID AVERITT, 93, of Memphis, retired employee of Nashville Surgical Supply, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Averitt, the husband of Catherine Ray Averitt for 45 years, also leaves four daughters, Patricia Brown of Nashville and Carolyn Hicks, Jan Groom and Linda Hartman, all of Cordova, eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
EVELYN K. BRYANT, 82, of Southaven, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., retired buyer from Duff & Repp Furniture Co., died Tuesday at her home. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Trinity Baptist Church in Southaven with burial at 2 p.m. Friday in Mt. Moriah cemetery in Kansas City. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Bryant, the widow of Randall E. Bryant, leaves a sister, Merel K. McMurtrey, and two nieces who cared for her, Kem Wesson and Robin Ainsworth, all of Southaven. The family requests that memorials be sent to Church of the Good Shepherd Ladies Service Guild.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
