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JOHN WESLEY HARMON, 57, of Olive Branch, farmer, died Monday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hopewell Church of God in Christ with burial in Hopewell cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home of Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Harmon, the husband of Hazel Harmon, also leaves two daughters, Freda Harmon and Jacqueline Harmon, both of Olive Branch; six sons, Chris Osby and Clarence Harmon, both of Memphis, Johnny Harmon, Steve Harmon and Terry Harmon, all of Olive Branch, and Keon Phillips of Byhalia, Miss.; a sister, Beulah Mae Anglin of Atlanta; a brother, Joe William Harmon of Olive Branch; and 15 grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
TERRY OWEN HAYES, 65, of Jacksonville, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired real estate broker and pilot, died Thursday at Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas, Ark. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Olmstead Funeral Home in Heber Springs, Ark., with burial in Cleburne County Memorial Gardens there. He was a member of the Optimist Club and the Republican Party. He leaves three sons, Tom Hayes and Jason Hayes, both of Little Rock, and Dr. Burt Hayes of Lewisburg, Tenn., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
ROSIE LEE HODGES, 83, homemaker, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the usher board at New Bethel Baptist Church in Germantown. Mrs. Hodges, the widow of Leroy Hodges, leaves four daughters, Inez Glover of Chicago and Inell Hodges, Mary Louise Price and Rose Marie Billingsley, all of Memphis; six sons, Leroy Hodges Jr., Mabon Louis Hodges, Rev. Charles Hodges, Claude Hodges, Donald Richard Hodges and Fred Alexander Hodges, all of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Thelma Cantrell of Chicago; two sisters, Mattie Lee Jordan of Little Rock and Mozella Lofton of Heth, Ark.; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
WREN HUGHES, 98, of Memphis, retired mail clerk for Memphis City Schools, died Wednesday in Madison, Ga. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Isom Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, Miss., has charge. He was a member of Magnolia Baptist Church. Mr. Hughes, the widower of Hattie Hughes, leaves seven daughters, Ledoria Jones, Roxie Oliver, Johnnie Beard and Ruby J. Harris, all of Memphis, Leotrice Miles of Chicago, Jean Mack of Shady Dale, Ga., and Celeste Hudson of Madison; six sons, Clarence Hughes, Larry Hughes, Wren Hughes Jr., Lynzell Hughes, Maurice Hughes and Chester Hughes, all of Memphis; three sisters, Olivia Hiram of Holly Springs, Miss., Magnolia Lumpkin of Collierville and Ida B. Coley of Memphis; 57 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
EMMA JONES KEEFER, 95, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of White Stone Baptist Church. Mrs. Keefer, the widow of Jessie Keefer, leaves three daughters, Victoria Hairston and Katie Keefer, both of Memphis, and Emma Keefer of Chicago; a son, J.B. Keefer, and a sister, Annie Jones, both of Chicago; two brothers, Wallace Jones of Cleveland, Miss., and Livingston Jones of Chicago; 25 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
WILLIAM E. KENNON, 67, of Rossville, Tenn., retired president of River City Chrome, died Friday in Rossville. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Macon (Tenn.) cemetery. He was a Methodist and a member of the Masonic Lodge and Al Chymia Shrine Temple. Mr. Kennon, the husband of Janiece Kennon, leaves two daughters, Donna Cash of Cordova and Lynn Staggs of Collierville; a son, William E. 'Bo' Kennon Jr. of Somerville; his mother, Rubye Kennon of Rossville; and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Special Kids of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
ANDREW OUSLEY, 51, of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home. He was a member of Cummings Street Baptist Church and an Air Force veteran. Mr. Ousley, the husband of Linda Ousley, also leaves two sons, Jamall A. Ousley and Jermaine A. Ousley, both of Millington; his mother, Ethel Ousley; and four sisters, Vivian Ousley, Janice Ousley, Linda F. Ousley and Sandra Ousley, all of Memphis; and five brothers, Alfred Ousley, Eugene Ousley, Jerry Ousley and Larry Ousley, all of Memphis, and Anthony Ousley of California.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
LIMON JAMES SANDERSON, 78, of 1254 Chelsea, sanitation worker, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Smith Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Smith Grove cemetery. Golden Cross Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Sanderson, the widower of Earline Sanderson, leaves a daughter, Penny Sanderson of Memphis; eight sons, Edward Sanderson of Hanover, Ill., Earnest Sanderson of Holly Springs, Miss., Robert Sanderson and Albert L. Sanderson, both of Memphis, Leonard Sanderson of Lexington, Ky., Danny Sanderson of Chicago, Antonio M. Cunningham of Las Vegas and Lymon V. Sanderson of Jackson, Miss.; a stepdaughter, Joann Tabor of Memphis; three sisters, Freddie Rayford of Holly Springs, Cleo Phillips of Byhalia, Miss., and Willie Jean Swift of Memphis; four brothers, Earnest Sanderson and Clifford Sanderson, both of Chicago, Joe Sanderson of St. Louis and T.C. Sanderson of Holly Springs; 23 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
NORA VAUGHN SHELTON, 93, of Olive Branch, homemaker and former caregiver to the elderly, died Thursday in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Olive Branch, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Shelton, the widow of Orlando Shelton, leaves a daughter, Helen Driskell of Michie, Tenn.; a son, Richard L. Shelton of Olive Branch; a sister, Gladys Algee of Hernando; a brother, James Edward Vaughn of Olive Branch; five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
HARVIS TAYLOR JR., 71, retired from the City of Memphis and Coca-Cola Bottling Co., died Friday at his home. N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of the steward board at Jeremiah AME Church in Southaven. Mr. Taylor, the husband of Alice B. Taylor, also leaves three daughters, Debra J. Ray, Sheree T. Siggers and Tosha L. Freeman, all of Memphis; two sons, Keith A. Siggers of Memphis and Carlos E. Siggers of California; a sister, Nancy L. Perry of Michigan City, Ind.; nine grandchildren and a great-grandson.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
ELIGAH WALKER, 80, of Memphis, retired from Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in New Park. Mr. Walker, the widower of Mary J. Walker, leaves two daughters, Patricia Slaughter of Memphis and Loiree Walker of Chicago; two sons, Anthony Walker of De Forest, Wis., and Michael Walker of Lorton, Va.; a sister, Nadine Smith of Detroit; a brother, Ellis Walker of Jackson, Miss.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
ONIE DEE WATKINS, 87, of Memphis, retired program chairman for the Memphis Chapter of the American Heart Association, died Thursday at Primacy Health Care. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. today at Independent Presbyterian Church, where she was a member. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a former Sunday school teacher at Idelwild Presbyterian Church and received many awards for volunteering, including from the State of Tennessee, the American Legion, the Memphis, Tennessee and American Heart Associations and Mended Hearts Inc., Chapter 32. She was a volunteer for the Salvation Army, was an honorary Sergeant at Arms for the Tennessee House of Representatives, Gift Shop Volunteer of the Year for the Goldsmith Civic Garden Center, served on the board for the Tenn-Ark-Miss Girl Scout Council, past president of the Memphis Chapter of Soroptomist International and was honored for Distinguished Service to the Citizens of Memphis. Mrs. Watkins, the widow of Clyde Johnson Watkins, leaves a daughter, Mona Kernan of Memphis; four sisters, Gay Majure Miller of Hutchinson, Kan., Blonden Majure Kolander of Opelika, Ala., Joe Majure Wilson McCool of Jackson, Miss., and Victoria Majure Sauder of Toledo, Ohio; three brothers, Wallace Majure of Roanoke, Va., Charles Majure of Birmingham and Levon Majure of San Jose, Calif., two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Memphis Heart Association, the Girl Scout Council or Independent Presbyterian.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
THOMAS GARDNER FREEMAN, 78, of Brownsville, Tenn., former owner of Two Way Gin, died Friday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Oakwood cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Brownsville First United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and 78th Division Veterans Association. He leaves local survivors including a daughter, Carol Freeman of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Hospice of West Tennessee or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated October 12, 2002]
NORMA BILBREY, 70, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Bilbrey, the widow of Waymon Bilbrey, leaves a son, Waymon Joseph Bilbrey of Memphis; four sisters, Betty Jean Hale of Leland, Miss., Mary Alice Hendrick and Mae Carolyn Keeling, both of Greenville, Miss., and Peggy Sue Sellars of Cleveland, Miss.; a brother, Bobby Hayden Fulbright of Olive Branch, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Holy Rosary Catholic Church or Rite of Catholic Initiation of Adults Fund.
[Obit dated October 11, 2002]
GLADYS BROWN-MURPHY, 58, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Somerville, nurse's assistant for River Bluff Hospital in Rockford, died Oct. 5 at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Smith Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Whiteville, Tenn. Motley & Rivers Funeral Home in Whiteville has charge. She was a member of Faith Temple Full Gospel Church in Rockford. Mrs. Brown-Murphy, the wife of Carl Murphy for 40 years, also leaves four sons, Charlie B. Brown, Carlos Murphy, Tony Murphy and Keith D. Murphy; four daughters, Elizabeth M. Murphy, Pamela Murphy, Veronica Murphy and Vernica Murphy; five sisters, Elizabeth Wilks, Delois Wilkerson, Nell Brown and Bobby Kee, all of Memphis, and Mary Brown of Somerville; a brother, Versie Lee Brown Jr. of Somerville; her grandmother, Gladys Brooks of Memphis, and 13 grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 11, 2002]
JOHN DAVID CACCAMISI, 64, of Memphis died Monday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran. He leaves two daughters, Debbie Farrar and Denise Avance, both of Arkansas, and his mother, Doris F. Cooke; two brothers, Joseph Caccamisi and Mark Daniel Cooke, and his sister-in-law who cared for him, Lindsey Caccamisi, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 11, 2002]
