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GEORGE DOUGLAS Jr., 68, of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. He leaves two daughters, Erika Lester and Kenyon Douglas, both of Chicago; a son, Jabor Stevens of Detroit; two sisters, Arthur Mae Watkins of Memphis and Thelma Ivory of Los Angeles; and six grandchildren.
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SARA P. DOUGLASS, 93, of Memphis, retired from McFadden Cotton Co., died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, a founder of the Mid-South Embroiderers Guild and a member of the National Standards Council of American Embroiderers, the Embroiderers Guild of America and the Embroiderers Guild of London. Mrs. Douglass, the widow of Richard R. Douglass Jr., leaves two stepdaughters, Nona D. Lackey and Margaret D. Braden, both of Memphis; a brother, Jack Pennington of Cordova; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Second Presbyterian Church.
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VERLIE B. DRAKE, 78, of Bartlett, formerly of Bells, Tenn., retired teacher, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of Sycamore View Church of Christ. Mrs. Drake, the widow of John M. Drake, leaves two daughters, Janice Glover and Ann Penny, both of Trenton, Tenn.; a son, Charlie Drake of Bartlett; a sister, Ruth Frey of Salt Lake City, Utah; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Lung Association or the American Diabetes Foundation.
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MAE P. GARDNER, 79, of Mt. Pleasant, Miss., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Christopher's Personal Care Home in Holly Springs, Miss. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, the Summer Avenue Order of the Eastern Star and the Merry Weeder's Garden Club. Mrs. Gardner, the widow of Henry Brinson Gardner, leaves a daughter, Ann G. Hingle of Mt. Pleasant; a son, David Gardner of Memphis; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society, the Alzheimer's Association or Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church.
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LINDA M. HAMMETT, 40, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Autumn Woods cemetery in Olive Branch. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hammett, the wife of Rupert T. Hammett, also leaves two daughters, Heather McLelland of Olive Branch and Amanda Shea Andrews of Memphis; her mother and stepfather, Betty H. and James V. Walls of Olive Branch; three sisters, Judy Baker of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Karen Williams and Mary Holton, both of Memphis; and a grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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CHRISTINE DRIVER HAMPTON, 71, of Memphis, retired caterer, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-South. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Hampton, the wife of Earnest Hampton, also leaves five daughters, Louie Jean Jones of Corona, Calif., Jacqueline Dubose of Naperville, Ill., and Dorothy Dorsey, Deborah Petties and Earnestine Boyd, all of Memphis; three sons, Aaron Morrow of Los Angeles and Louie Morrow Jr., and Michael Hampton, both of Memphis; a sister, Ann Bennette, and a brother, Aaron Driver, both of Memphis; 19 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
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ALON E. HORN, 79, of Southaven, retired machinist for Armour Meat Co., died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando with burial in New Bethlehem cemetery in Horn Lake. He was a Baptist. He leaves three sons, Alon Curtis Horn of Mayflower, Ark., Joseph Earl Horn of Walls, Miss., and Jimmy Lee Horn of Southaven; a sister, Marjorie Simmons of Booneville, Miss.; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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CLARA HOSKINS, 90, formerly of Bassett, Ark., homemaker, died Thursday in Mattoon, Ill. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Bassett cemetery. She was a member of Bassett Church of God. Mrs. Hoskins, the widow of Bennie Hoskins, leaves four daughters, Sara Ray of Bartlett, Evelyn Barnes of Memphis, Maxine Colclasure of Sullivan, Ill., and Freda Weirich of Morton, Ill.; eight sons, Nolen Hoskins, Harold Hoskins, Gene Hoskins and Ralph Hoskins, all of Memphis, Don Hoskins of San Dimas, Calif., Henry Hoskins of Gays, Ill., Nalen Hoskins of Aurora, Ill., and L.A. Hoskins of Slidell, La.; 29 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
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RESSIE V. JENKINS, 91, of Ravenna, Ohio, private duty registered nurse, died Thursday in Ravenna. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She was a member of Frayser Trinity Presbyterian Church and attended Kent Church of the Brethren. Mrs. Jenkins, the widow of James Mills Jenkins Jr., leaves a son, James Mills Jenkins III of Port Clinton, Ohio, and two grandchildren.
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DOROTHY M. LEAKS, 70, of Memphis, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Leaks, the wife of Rev. R.L. Leaks, also leaves four daughters, Charlotte Leaks, Elisheba Israel, Corliss Leaks and Crystal Boddie, all of Memphis; a son, Richard Leaks Jr. of Pontiac, Mich.; a brother, Robert Green of Corinth, Miss.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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MELISSA DEVON LEE, 21, of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Hunter Avenue Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves her mother, Mary Elizabeth Lee; her father, George Burks; a sister, Joyce Burks; three brothers, Terrance Lee, Taurus Lee and Gershun R. Burks; and her grandparents, Erma Lee, Luther Lee and Olive Mae Burks, all of Memphis.
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SAMUEL GENE MACK Jr., 22, of Memphis, employee of the Memphis Park Commission, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of St. James Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Marshana Ali Mack; his mother, Carlean Reid; his father, Samuel Gene Mack; a sister, Kita Lashun Mack; his grandparents, Aze Mack and Jodie B. Reid; and a companion with whom he lived, Leslie Crutcher, all of Memphis.
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ADDIE MERCHANT, 84, of Memphis, retired shipping clerk for Bell Aircraft Parts Manufacturing Co., died Saturday at St. Peter Villa Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer, Tenn., with burial in Ramer (Tenn.) cemetery. She was a Presbyterian. She leaves a daughter, Shirley Money of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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BROOXINE B. MUNN, 65, of Memphis, education facilitator, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and chair of the trustee board, with burial in New Park. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Munn, the wife of Herbert A. Munn, also leaves two daughters, Rochelle Thomas of Washington, D.C., and Sondra Ayler of Vienna, Va.; a son, Herbert A. Munn Jr. of Memphis; a brother, William Suggs of Forrest City, Ark.; and 10 grandchildren.
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MARGARET GRIESBECK ORMAN, 80, of Memphis, former secretary to the president of the University of Memphis and secretary of St. Louis Catholic Church, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Louis Catholic Church, where she was president of the St. Louis Guild, the Parish Council and the West Tennessee Deanery, served on the altar guild and was director of the Ministry to the Sick, editor of the St. Louis Youth Center Book and co-chairman of the 25th Commemorative Book, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was president of the Student Government Association and Sigma Alpha Mu sorority at Memphis State University and was president of the Christian Brothers High School Mothers Club. She leaves a daughter, Jodie Orman Robbins of Ripley, Tenn.; two sons, Terry Orman of Atlanta and Dr. Steve Orman of Venice, Fla.; a sister, Ellen Griesbeck Marr, and two brothers, J.G. Griesbeck Jr., and Charles W. Griesbeck, all of Memphis; a caretaker, Mary Parson of Memphis; and five grandsons.
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