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JAMES LESLIE PROVOST, 74, of Byhalia, Miss., retired superintendent from Memphis Compress, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Roller Family Funeral Home. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Provost, the husband of Mildred Jean Provost, also leaves a son, James Leslie Provost of Byhalia; four sisters, Kathryn Finfrock and Ray Rowland, both of West Memphis, Margaret Scott of Heber Springs, Ark., and Marion Smith of Holly Springs, Miss., and a brother, Hugh I. Provost of Montgomery, Ala. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ronald McDonald House.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
JAMES REED JR., 45, of Memphis, died Tuesday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two sons, James Reed III and Tyrone Elliot; his mother, Rosie Lee Reed; two sisters, Charlotte Kelly and Gloria Reed; two brothers, Willie Reed and Robert Reed, and his grandmother, Corine Robinson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
HOWARD SMITH, 75, of West Memphis, machine operator, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Old St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Smith, the husband of Jossie Smith, also leaves four daughters, Erma Smith, Gloria Smith, Mary Ellis and Sherry Banks, all of West Memphis; 10 sons, Charles Smith, Tommy Smith, Howard Smith Jr., Michael Banks and Lloyd Banks, all of West Memphis, Earnest Smith of Blytheville, Ark., James Murphy, Henry Ellis and Harry Ellis, all of Memphis, and Tommy Ellis of Osceola, Ark.; a sister, Ida Mae Jones of West Memphis; a brother, Fred Smith of Blytheville, 57 grandchildren and 70 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
JOHN LEE SMITH, 74, of Heth, Ark., farmer, died Friday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Heth with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Smith, the husband of Cloteal Smith, also leaves two daughters, Susie Smith of Chicago and Alice McFarland of Dallas; seven sons, John H. Smith and Oscar Smith, both of Memphis, Leroy Smith of Forrest City, Ark., James Smith of Atlanta, Gary Smith of Phoenix, Gregory Smith of Naples, Italy, and Jerry Smith of Cleveland; five sisters, Callie M. Perry, Cora Adams, Gerald Evans and Bobbie Smith, all of Blytheville, and Lillie Moore of St. Louis; three brothers, George Smith and Eugene Smith, both of Heth, and Willie Smith of Fort Pierce, Fla., 34 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
LUCILLE SMITH, 50, of 99 Powell, babysitter, died Saturday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at 15th Street Church of God in Christ in West Memphis with burial in Marion (Ark.) Memorial cemetery. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She was a Sunday school teacher for Marion Church of God in Christ. She leaves a daughter, Tara Smith, and her mother, Rebecca Lee, both of West Memphis; her father, Fred Smith of Benton, N.Y.; two brothers, Fred Smith II of Gilmore, Ark., and Clifton H. Harvey of Peoria, Ill., and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
MARJORIE L. SWANSON, 70, of Hernando, homemaker, former employee of DeSoto County Sheriff's Department and secretary for DeSoto County Economic Development, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Hernando Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Hernando Memorial Park. Hernando Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and co-founder of DeSoto County Emergency Medical Service. Mrs. Swanson, the wife of Donald E. Swanson, also leaves two sons, Donald E. Swanson Jr. of Bowling Green, Ky., and Scott Swanson of Hernando; two sisters, Connie Merideth of Sulphur, Okla., and Dollie Harvey of Ada, Okla.; a brother, Claude D. Stevens Jr. of Sulphur, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Hernando Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
ELIZABETH IONE NEVINS TAYLOR, 85, of Collierville, homemaker, died Tuesday at American Transitional Rehab & Specialty Care. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Collierville United Methodist Church and former member of Bethany Christian Church in Houston. Mrs. Taylor, the widow of Fred Newton Taylor, leaves a daughter, Nancy Taylor Jenkins of Colorado; a son, Fred Richard Taylor of Collierville, three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Collierville United Methodist Church Sanctuary on the Square Stained Glass Restoration Fund.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
ELMER E. TRULL, 74, of Memphis, truck driver, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Trull, the husband of Barbara Trull for 48 years, also leaves a daughter, Sandra Pannell of Bartlett, and two sisters, Hollie Edwards of Lobelville, Tenn., and Ollie Cotham of Parsons, Tenn. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bellevue Baptist Church or the American Heart Association.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
ANNIE BELLE BLOUNT TURNER, 85, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a choir member, with burial in New Park cemetery. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. She leaves a daughter, Annie Tucker of Memphis, two grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
JOSEPH V. VALENTI, 75, of Bartlett, retired from the Postal Service, died Tuesday at his home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel. He was a communicant of St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett, retired World War II and Korean War Navy veteran and recipient of the Navy Occupation Service, National Service, Korean Service, Good Conduct, American Campaign and United Nations Service medals. Mr. Valenti, the widower of Annie Valenti, leaves a son, Joseph V. Valenti Jr. of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Knights of Columbus.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
LATONYA D. WATSON, 31, of West Memphis, died Tuesday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Agape Christian Center in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mrs. Watson, the wife of Danny Watson, also leaves two daughters, Tynesha Crawford of West Memphis and Brittini Watson of Earle, Ark.; a son, Courtney Crawford; her mother and stepfather, Mae and Derrich Barnes, and her father and stepmother, Herbert and Carolyn Crawford, all of West Memphis; three sisters, Towan Johnson and Dominique Crawford, both of West Memphis, and Jennifer Crawford of Olive Branch; two brothers, Denzel Crawford of West Memphis and Derrich Barnes II of Little Rock, and her grandfather, Julius Webb of Chicago.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
EBONY MAKAMAUA WHITE, 25, of Memphis, formerly of Osceola, Ark., homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Osceola, where she was a member, with burial in Whiteside cemetery there. Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola has charge. She leaves five sons, Christopher Ingram, LaDamien White, Curtis Walls, Courtney Walls and LaDarrien Walls, and her father, Halton White, all of Memphis; two sisters, Candice Dandridge and Ashley Dandridge, both of Osceola, and her grandparents, Alberta White of Memphis and Jean Dunagan of Osceola.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
PAULINE WHITE, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where she was pastor's aide and usher board member, with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Victory Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. White, the widow of Albert White, leaves four daughters, Marie Washington, Essie Mae Brown, Georgia Mae Sharpe and Barbara J. Polk, and a sister, Maggie Alice Williams, all of Memphis, 25 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
EARNESTINE WOOTEN, 80, of Millington, homemaker, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Millington First Baptist Church, where she was a choir and mother board member, with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery there. Millington Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Wooten, the widow of James Wooten, leaves three daughters, Virginia Wooten and Linda Hampton, both of Millington, and Brenda Gray of Bakersfield, Calif.; a son, Earnest Paul Wooten of Bakersfield; three sisters, Henry Lee Exum and Lucinda Johnson, both of Memphis, and Samella Exum of Milwaukee; two brothers, John Harris and Webster Harris, both of Milwaukee, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 24, 2002]
JAMES A. BASKERVILLE III, 38, of Memphis, truck driver for Consolidated Freightways, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a member of Brunswick Church of Christ and a graduate of Kirby High School. He leaves a son, James A. Baskerville IV; his mother, Elsie Baskerville; two sisters, Alice Grandberry and Kashanna Shaw, and a brother, Brian Baskerville, all of Memphis, and his grandfather, James A. Baskerville of Arlington.
[Obit dated October 22, 2002]
MARY ELIZABETH BEAVERS, 71, of Holly Springs, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired teacher from Memphis City Schools after 30 years, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a communicant of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Holly Springs and a member of National Education Association. She leaves a son, Rick Beavers of Holly Springs, a grandson and a great-granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to West Cancer Clinic Wings Foundation.
[Obit dated October 22, 2002]
