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WILLIAM P. RILEY JR., 44, of Memphis, forklift operator for Overnight Transport, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home. He leaves a sister, Deborah Riley Lewis of Houston and a brother, Segrinald DiAmparo of Kansas City, Mo.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
OPAL SIMMONS SOWELL, 87, of Cordova, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home North Chapel in Jackson, Tenn., with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens there. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has local charge. She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Jackson and attended Cross Roads United Methodist Church in Memphis, Mrs. Sowell, the widow of J. C. Sowell, leaves a daughter, Judith Hart of Cordova; a sister of Commerce, Texas, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
HERMAN STAFFORD, 40, of Memphis, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Salem Gilfield Baptist Church. He leaves his parents, Clara Stafford and Herman Stafford, both of Memphis; three sisters, Carolyn Stafford, Debra D. McClore and Joyce M. Smith, and three brothers, Christopher Stafford, Reginald L. Stafford and Marcus D. Stafford, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
SARAH KATHERINE GIBSON STENNIS, 67, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church. Mrs. Stennis, the widow of Pervis Stennis, leaves three daughters, Jennifer L. Shields, Felecia T. Tuggle and Cassandra J. Gibson, all of Memphis; three sons, Aian Smith of San Francisco, and Dortrie Smith and Khastity Wordlow, both of Memphis; two sisters, Emma Jones of San Francisco and Mattie Anderson of Pittsburgh; four brothers, Edmond Gibson III, Calvin Gibson, Curtis Gibson and Michael Gibson, all of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
ELDER JOHN JAMES STEVENS, 77, of Atoka, Baptist minister and retired driver from Southwestern Transportation, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a member of Teamsters Local 667 and Pilgrim's Hope Baptist Church and a World War II Navy veteran. Elder Stevens, the husband of Bonnie Stevens for 51 years, also leaves a daughter, Anita Stevens Reedy of Cordova; two sons, John W. Stevens of Millington and James Stevens of Memphis; four sisters, Doris Taylor of Searcy, Ark., Lorene Moody of Bald Knob, Ark., Mary Grey of Augusta, Ark., and Brenda Lockhart of Lakeland, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Pilgrim's Hope Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
DAVID 'PEE WEE' WAMBLE, 87, of Memphis, retired musician, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Good Shepherd Church and Lewis Community Center and former member of Memphis Musicians Union. Mr. Wamble, the widower of Mildred Leona Wamble, leaves a daughter, Dorothy Pugh of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Church of the Good Shepherd.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
GERALDINE I. WILL, 88, of Manhattan, Kan., formerly of Memphis, teacher and homemaker, died Monday at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Manhattan, where she was a member of the Women's Guild, with burial in Milford (Kan.) cemetery. Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan has charge. She taught for White Station High School and was a member of the American Association of University Women, University of Kansas Alumni Association and Lutheran Women's Missionary League. Mrs. Will, the wife of Harry Will, also leaves two daughters, Harriet Shaffer of Lawrence, Kan., and Janet Nuse of Fayette, Mo.; a sister, Wilma Mitchell of San Marcos, Calif.; a brother, Robert Irion of Sandy, Utah, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Luke's Lutheran Church or Meadowlark Hills Foundation Good Samaritan Fund.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
LOUIS WILLIAMS, 61, of Memphis, singer with the Ovations, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Williams, the husband of Juanita Burnett Williams, also leaves two sons, Jerrell Williams and Terrell Williams, both of Memphis; four sisters, Barbara Renfroe, Sharon Lymas and Pamela Smith, all of Memphis, and Kathryn Williams-Mackey of Culver City, Calif.; and two brothers, Carl Williams of Detroit and Anthony Williams of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
SADIE MAE WILLIAMS, 86, of 949 Breedlove, died Tuesday at Senior Services Nursing Home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church. She leaves a sister-in-law who cared for her, Christeen Long of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
JOHN H. WIMPY, 78, of Independence, Mo., formerly of Memphis, former employee of Pinkerton Security in Memphis for 25 years, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tyronza (Ark.) Church of Christ. Charter Funerals of Kansas City, Mo., has charge. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
GARVIN BULLMAN, 91, of Henderson, Tenn., retired mechanic, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Leon Johnson Funeral Home in Henderson with burial in Shiloh cemetery in Henderson County. He was a Baptist. Mr. Bullman, the widower of Josie Goff Bullman, leaves local survivors including a son, Cletus Bullman of Memphis, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
JOE WAYNE DAY, 56, of New Albany, Miss., retired restaurant employee, died Sunday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at McBride Funeral Home in Ripley, Miss., with burial in Flat Rock Baptist Church cemetery near Blue Mountain, Miss. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Hickory Flat, Miss. Mr. Day, the husband of Sallie Day, also leaves local survivors including a son, Jimmy Hancock of Millington, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
STEVEN LEE HOSENEY, 49, of Sardis, Tenn., tool and die machinist, died Monday in Southaven. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah, Tenn., with burial in New Harmony cemetery in Hardin County. He was a member of Westminister Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hoseney, the husband of Charise Phillips Hoseney, also leaves local survivors including a son, Alan Floyd Hoseney of Cordova; his mother, Irma Lou Browning of Southaven; two brothers, Don Hoseney of Southaven and Doug Hoseney of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated October 16, 2002]
RICHARD REID AVERITT, 93, of Memphis, 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 Association.
[Obit dated October 15, 2002]
JAMES EDWARD BANKS, 77, of Nesbit, retired president/owner of T.A.M. Cartage Inc. and Four D's Trucking Inc., died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Bruce (Miss.) cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Nesbit First Baptist Church. Mr. Banks, the husband of Ruby Banks for 54 years, also leaves four daughters, Dianne Ackerman of Cincinnati, Kathy McLearen of Hernando, Donna Grai of Cordova and Cindi Laughter of Southaven; a sister, Carolyn Bowles of Bruce; nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Nesbit First Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 15, 2002]
VICK LEE CALVIN, 54, of Memphis, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves four sisters, Lula Joiner, Pearl Jackson and Essie McFarland, all of Memphis, and Margaret Calvin of Clarksdale, Miss.; three brothers, Willie B. Calvin of Memphis, A.G. Calvin of Tutwiler, Miss., and Toy Calvin of Tampa, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated October 15, 2002]
