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WILLIE E. LINDSEY, 99, of Memphis, retired railroadman from Southern Railroad, died Sunday at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, Tenn. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist Church on Vance, where he was a member of Willing Workers, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was founder and charter member of the Historical Wellington-Shadowlawn Neighborhood Club and Neighborhood Watch and member of the railroad union. Mr. Lindsey, the widower of Ruby S. Lindsey, leaves eight daughters, Roberta L. Smith of Clarksville, Margaret L. Robinson, Ruby L. Johnson and Agnes L. Williams, all of Memphis, Joann L. Jones of Nashville, Mildred L. Turner and Sylvia L. Lindsey, both of Philadelphia, and Dorothy L. Jordan of Los Angeles; a son, Dr. Willie Lindsey Jr. of Memphis; a brother, Manuel Robinson of Jackson, Miss.; four grandchildren whom he raised, Gloria Weaver Haney and Deorrick Lindsey Washington, both of Memphis, Ronney L. Lindsey of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Leon T. Weaver of Los Angeles, 42 other grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren, 32 great-great-grandchildren and eight great-great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
RUBY GASSON MATHIS, 90, of Covington, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Mt. Lebanon cemetery there. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. Mrs. Mathis, the wife of Leroy R. Mathis, also leaves a daughter, Carolyn Smith of Brighton; a son, Reeves Mathis of Covington, nine grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Mt. Lebanon cemetery Fund.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
ELMO MAXWELL, 77, of 418 E. Fernwood, died Tuesday at his home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Navy veteran and member of Oaksville Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves three daughters, Luvenia Washington of Chicago, and Linda Cunningham and Brenda Clay, both of Memphis; a son, Michael S. Maxwell of Memphis, 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
BURL A. McPHERSON, 85, of Memphis, retired from Firestone after 38 years, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. He was a member of Macon Road Church of Christ. Mr. McPherson, the widower of Ilee McPherson, leaves a son, Burl A. McPherson Jr. of Cordova, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
JESSIE JAMES MILLER, 77, of Memphis, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Easthaven cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Miller, the widower of Alice Miller, leaves nine daughters, Ora Jean Johnson, Valerie McBride, Diane Scott, Wanda Scott, Keisha Taylor, Tracy Miller and Tameka Miller, all of Memphis, and Annie Pearl Hayes and Patricia Taylor, both of Crenshaw, Miss.; five sons, Larry J. Miller of Norfolk, Va., Rodney K. Miller, Derrick Taylor and Kenneth Miller, all of Memphis, and Dwight Miller of Terre Haute, Ind.; five sisters, Sarah Pratcher of St. Louis, Roberta Miller of Mobile, Ala., Mary Hertz of Como, Miss., and Betty J. Miller and Elaine Miller, both of Memphis; five brothers, Charles Miller, Willie B. Miller and Johnnie B. Miller, all of Memphis, Leonard Miller of Nashville and Joe Miller of Como, 25 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
NELL RENFRO, 63, of Lakeland, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Jackson Avenue United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. Mrs. Renfro, the wife of Dan Renfro, also leaves a daughter, Temia Herndon of Lakeland; a son, Stan Renfro of Carrollton, Texas; three sisters, Olean Jackson, Anna Davis and Mary Jane Davis, all of Cunningham, Ky.; three brothers, Delbert Partin and Albert Partin, both of Cunningham, and Benny Partin of Scott City, Mo., and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Inc. in White Plains, N.Y., or Baptist Trinity Hospice Foundation.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
BILLY NEALE 'ROBB' ROBBINS, 65, of Belton, Mo., formerly of Memphis, retired from the Army, former supervisor of facilities operations for KU Medical Center and owner of R&R; Refrigeration & Maintenance and Billy N. Robbins Property Management Co., died Saturday in Kansas City, Mo. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at E. K. George & Sons Funeral Home in Belton with burial in Belton cemetery. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8220 and Grandview Masonic Lodge. Mr. Robbins, the husband of Susan Robbins, also leaves three daughters, Donna Wheater of Ripley, Tenn., Denise Waldrip of Southaven and Dawn Robbins of Panama City, Fla.; a son, Robert Marple of Belton; a sister, Shirley Lambert, and a brother, Mike Robbins, both of Memphis, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Robb Robbins Athletic Scholarship Fund in Belton.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
JAMES WILBERT ROBERTSON, infant son of Detra D. and James M. Robertson of Memphis, died Oct. 1 at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Memphis Memory Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He also leaves three sisters, Kirstin Show and Madison Show, both of Memphis, and Mandy Robertson of Courtland, Miss.; two brothers, James Robertson III and John Robertson, both of Courtland, and his grandparents, Donna Jean Robertson of Lake Cormorant and Dorothy Diane Mitchell of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Brinkley Heights Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
MILDRED SMITH, 64, of Southaven, homemaker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens there. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. She leaves two daughters, Velera Williams and Barbara Valentine, both of Memphis; four sons, Henry Bowen, Robert Jackson and McArthur Smith, all of Southaven, and Rodney Smith of Memphis; seven sisters, Helen Medlock of Horn Lake, Eva Johnson of Arlington, Ruby L. Burtis of Somerville, Laeunice Cospe of Monroe, Mich., Clementine Williams and Nancy B. Richmond, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Thelma J. Taylor of Memphis; two brothers, James E. Bowen of Memphis and Walter E. Bowen of Arlington, 33 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
RUTH SMITH, 72, of 4013 Martindale, died Saturday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of General Assembly First Born Church. She leaves three daughters, Anna R. Suggs, Brenda J. Smith and Deneise Holmes, all of Memphis; nine sons, Oscar Smith, Aaron Smith, Arthur Smith, James Smith, Johnny Smith, Clinton E. Smith and Otis Smith, all of Memphis, Dennis Smith of Cordova and Louis Smith of Florida; a sister, Anna L. Warren of St. Louis; a brother, Rev. Aaron Brewer of Memphis, 30 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
BETTY TEKUS, 93, of Saulsbury, Tenn., homemaker, died Monday at Somerville Health Care Center. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of Saulsbury Baptist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs. Tekus, the widow of Paul Tekus, leaves a daughter, Betty Maddox of Saulsbury; a sister, Julie Pankey of Orange, Calif., eight grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Saulsbury Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
ANDREW L. WALSH, 50, of Bartlett, retired cable splicer from Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Canale Funeral Directors with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Bartlett Baptist Church. Mr. Walsh, the husband of Sheryl C. Walsh, also leaves a stepdaughter, Michelle Caporale; his parents, Leonard and Betty Walsh, and a sister, Lottie W. Greenlee, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bartlett Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
WILLENE REBECCA WHITEHEAD, 58, of Memphis, licensed practical nurse for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis and Mid-South Christian Nursing Home, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Martin McLane Funeral Home in Hahira, Ga., with burial in Friendship Baptist Church cemetery there. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has local charge. Mrs. Whitehead, the wife of Denver Whitehead for 38 years, also leaves a daughter, Karla Sipes of Victorville, Calif.; a son, Kevin Whitehead of Byhalia, Miss.; her mother, Margaret Miley of Hahira; four sisters, Ruth Ann Edmondson of Greenville, Fla., Mary Ellen Chitwood and Nancy Stalvey, both of Hahira, and Pam Akins of Bartlett; two brothers, Virgil 'Sonny' Miley and John Miley, both of Hahira, and eight grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated October 9, 2002]
WILFRED AUTRY, 94, of Humboldt, Tenn., carpenter, died Monday at Humboldt General Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home in Humboldt with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. He was a member of Humboldt Church of Christ. He leaves local survivors including a daughter, Janet Umstead of Germantown, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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MARY LOUISE 'SUGIE' B. BRANSTETTER, 63, of Memphis, bookkeeper for National Hardwood Magazine, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mrs. Branstetter, the wife of Ted O. Branstetter, also leaves a daughter, Teresa Brignole of Bartlett; three stepdaughters, Cecilia Drennan and Cathy Menn, both of Boerne, Texas, and Celeste Branstetter of San Antonio, Texas; a stepson, Matt Branstetter of West Memphis; her mother, Sadie M. Botto, and two brothers, Howard J. Botto Jr. and Joseph 'Monty' Botto, all of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church or Monastery of St. Clare.
[Obit dated October 8, 2002]
HOMER L. BROWN, 76, of Olive Branch, retired loan officer from Union Planters Bank, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch. Mr. Brown, the husband of Thelma Brown, also leaves a daughter, Cathy Eaves of Olive Branch; three sons, Gifford Brown of Olive Branch, Tom Brown of Michigan and Ronnie Brown of Arkansas; a sister, Mary Taylor of Selmer, Tenn., and eight grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated October 8, 2002]
