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BESSIE M. ADAMS, 94, of 2130 Howell, homemaker, died Thursday at St. Peter Villa Rehab & Nursing Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Princeton Chapel AME Zion Church, where she was a steward board member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Adams, the widow of Ira Adams, leaves two daughters, Alberta Adams of Memphis and Bertha Hudson of St. Louis; a son, Ira Adams Jr. of Syracuse, N.Y.; a sister, Hattie M. Jackson of Memphis, eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
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FLORICELDA REYNOSO AMBROCIO, 19, of Memphis, housekeeper, died Sunday in Memphis.N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Ambrocio, the wife of Rodrigo Ramirez, also leaves two sons, Elwin Ramirez Reynoso and Roby Ramirez Reynoso, both of San Marcos, Guatemala; her parents, Celestino Francisco Reynoso Diaz and Candelaria Ambrocio Ramirez, and four sisters, Soilandina Reynoso Ambrocio, Mariola Reynoso Ambrocio, Yolanda Reynoso Ambrocio and Ilisi Reynoso Ambrocio; two brothers, Donaldo Reynoso Ambrocio and Neftali Reynoso Ambrocio, and her grandparents, Aparicio Ambrocio Lopez and Maria Ramirez, all of San Marcos, Guatemala.
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JESSIE F. 'JACK' BAUCUM, 80, of Hernando, carpenter, died Monday at North Oak Regional Medical Center in Senatobia, Miss. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grays Creek cemetery in Hernando. Hernando Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Grays Creek Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters, Lorene Dickerson and Rita Baucum, both of Hernando; a son, Dallas White of Independence, Miss.; two brothers, Roy Baucum and Sam Baucum, both of Hernando, 10 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Grays Creek cemetery Association.
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CAROLYN J. BECK, 77, of Memphis, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Frances Smith of Tupelo, Miss.
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MILTON BLACKMON, 71, of Memphis, retired cab driver for Metro Cab Co., died Monday at Delta Medical Center. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Chapel Baptist Church male chorus. He leaves four daughters, Pernilla Pitman and Felicia Blackmon, both of Memphis, and Tracey Blackmon and Betty B. Johnson, both of Kansas City, Mo.; two sons, Leonard Blackmon of Kansas City, Mo., and Antonio Buford of Milwaukee; a stepdaughter, Khadijha Blackmon; two stepsons, Larry Wilson and Terry Cobb, and three sisters, Pernilla B. Pitman, Eddie L. Blackmon and Lillie Faye Gilliam, all of Memphis, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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MARY ANN BROCK, 60, of Byhalia, Miss., homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Byhalia cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Wanda Brock of Byhalia, and three grandchildren.
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FREELAND H. BROWN, 74, of Memphis, retired assistant principal of Sherwood and Bellevue junior high schools and East High School after 32 years, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church, where he was chairman of the steward board, Men's Bible Class member and Sunday school teacher, with burial at 11 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was president of the James Lewis Alcy Hill Block Club and a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Brown, the husband of Connie Dandridge Brown, also leaves a daughter, Sharon Brown Jones, and a son, Freeland Brown Jr., both of Memphis; two sisters, Luretha Malone of Indianapolis and Shirley McDonald of Memphis, and a brother, Joseph Brown Jr. of Memphis.
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MARY MARGARET CERU, 89, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Finishing Co., died Tuesday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Paul's Catholic Church.
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EUGENE COLEMAN, 70, of Memphis, foreman for Scott Construction, died Monday at his home. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. Mr. Coleman, the husband of Lela Mae Coleman, also leaves three sons, Larry D. Coleman of Memphis and Dale Simpson and Christopher Claborn, both of Jefferson County, Miss.; four sisters, Arzelia Lutch of Memphis and Cara Jean Sampson, Marilyn Jackson and Geraldine Coleman, all of Fayette, Miss.; four brothers, Elijiah Coleman of St. Paul, Minn., Clarence Coleman of Harriston, Miss., Kelvin Coleman of Atlanta and Joseph Coleman of Fayette, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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RUCKER B. 'BUDDY' COLEY JR., 77, of Memphis, retired survey equipment technician, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran and recipient of the Victory Medal. Mr. Coley, the husband of Martha Sue Prater Coley for 57 years, also leaves two daughters, Marilyn Susette Coley Wells of Bartlett and Jane Geraldine Coley Carman of Pocahontas, Ark.; a son, Rucker B. Coley III of Southaven; two sisters, Helen Kennon of Memphis and Jane Mosley of Marietta, Ga., seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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THURMAN PAUL HALL JR., 57, of Tunica, Miss., died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. today at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven. He leaves four sons, Thurman Hall of Miami, Joseph Hall of New Orleans, and Chris Hall and Phil Hall, both of Covington; two sisters, Sue Ann Looney of Southaven and Connie Maude of Texas; two brothers, Phil Hall and Claude Hall, both of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
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LUCILLE HORTON, 78, of Memphis, died Tuesday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Taylor Chapel CME Church. She leaves four daughters, Jacqueline Jackson, Joyce L. Horton, Loretta Horton and Carolyn Horton, and three sons, Jeffery Horton, Boyce L. Horton and George A. Horton, all of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
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O. C. HUNT, 80, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Unity Baptist Church. Mr. Hunt, the husband of Idella Hunt, also leaves a daughter, Tonya Hunt, and a son, Jimmy Lee Hunt, both of Detroit; a stepdaughter, Corrine Jones, and a brother, Joe Willie Hunt, both of Memphis, nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
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CLARA A. JOHNSON, 79, of Southaven, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a member of Graceland Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of J. T. Johnson, leaves three daughters, Dorothy Gail Johnson and Sandra Williams, both of Tunica, Miss., and Donna Kennon of Cordova; two sisters, Ruby Mendez Temple of Destrehan, La., and Doris Boyles of Little Rock, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
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VICTORIA KUHL, 69, of Memphis, homiletical secretary for Stephen Olford of Olford Ministries International for 40 years, died Monday at her home. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Bellevue Baptist Church. She leaves a sister, Virginia Schell of Whiting, N.J. The family requests that memorials be sent to Olford Ministries International.
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MARY B. McDOWELL, 65, of Memphis, formerly of Corinth, Miss., homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home in Corinth with burial in Holly cemetery there. She was a member of Parkway Village Baptist Church. Mrs. McDowell, the wife of Charles McDowell, also leaves a daughter, Julie Howe of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
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