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DAIL S. DODDS, 83, of Germantown, homemaker, died Friday at Southerland Place Assisted Living Facility in Germantown. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville, Miss., with burial in Liberty Memorial Gardens there. She was a member of Martin Hill Free Will Baptist Church in Booneville and a PTA officer in Memphis City Schools. Mrs. Dodds, the widow of Homer Dodds, leaves a son, Jerry Dodds of Collierville, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
JAMES VERTREES GRIFFIN, 86, of Memphis, tire builder for Firestone Tire and Rubber, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery in Millington. He was a member of Munford Church of Christ. Mr. Griffin, the widower of Vivian Irene Griffin, leaves two daughters, Gail Newbill of Munford and Martha Simpson of Covington; a son, Dan A. Griffin of Memphis; a sister, Tennie Dean Homan of Tupelo, Miss., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
LEE E. JERNIGAN, 67, of Oviedo, Fla., formerly of Memphis, retired chief warrant officer for the Army, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Retired Officers Association and the National Association for Uniformed Services. Mr. Jernigan, the husband of Rebecca James Jernigan, also leaves two sons, Steven L. Jernigan of Virginia Beach, Va., and Jeffrey K. Jernigan of Oviedo; two sisters, Billie Plunk of Memphis and Kathryn Pace of Moscow, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or the hospice or charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
NANCY S. JOHNSON, 64, of Memphis, retired elementary school teacher for Memphis City Schools, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn cemetery in Nashville. She was a member of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, the Alpha Lambda chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma and Les Bon Amis Garden Club. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of James Dobson Johnson, leaves two sons, Dob Johnson of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Tom Johnson of Germantown; two brothers, T. W. Shumate and Johnny Shumate, both of Nashville, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Good Shepherd United Methodist Church or Wings Cancer Foundation at West Clinic.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
ANN BROOKS KLIBANOFF, 86, of Memphis, retired partner of Klibanoff's Dry Goods Store, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Baron Hirsch cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a former member of Hadassah and the Ladies Auxiliary at Baron Hirsch and a member of AMIT. Mrs. Klibanoff, the widow of Morris Klibanoff, leaves a son, William Klibanoff of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis Jewish Home.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
ROBERT EARL McCANN, 71, of Horn Lake, retired supervisor with Dover Elevator after 29 years, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Church Road Baptist Church in Nesbit. Mr. McCann, the husband of Genia McCann for 21 years, also leaves a daughter, Elizabeth M. Stanley of Vestavia Hills, Ala.; a son, Robert Earl McCann II of Memphis; two stepdaughters, DeDe Lynn Cook of Paris and Machelle Mauney of Horn Lake; two sisters, Julia Smith and Nannie Mae Bowden, both of Meridian, Miss., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
MAYDIE LEE PRESCOTT, 92, of Bartlett, homemaker, retired licensed practical nurse, florist, factory worker and child caregiver, died Sunday at Sycamore Care Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Rugby Hills Baptist Church. Mrs. Prescott, the widow of Herman Prescott, leaves a niece who helped care for her, Martha Mock of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Rugby Hills Baptist Church or the Andy Mack Memorial Fund at Bellevue Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
IVA BOATWRIGHT ROSS, 96, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Hillcrest cemetery in Holly Springs, Miss. She was a member of Northview Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Ross, the widow of Julian N. Ross, leaves a daughter, Patricia R. Biggs of Barton Miss.; two sons, Julian Raymond Ross of Memphis and William G. Ross of Hixson, Tenn.; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ave Maria Home.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
BETTE H. TUCKER, 62, of Memphis, legal secretary, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Southaven. Mrs. Tucker, the wife of Kennith O. Tucker for 36 years, also leaves a daughter, Lori Guilliams of Collierville; a sister, Anita Mullins of Nashville; a brother, Richard Holliday of Austin, Texas, and a grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Ronald McDonald House.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
PAUL JOSEPH VESCOVO Jr., 53, of Memphis, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran. He leaves his mother, Marguerite Kirksey, and his father, Paul Vescovo, both of Memphis, and a sister, Debra Byrd of Germantown. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
SCOTTIE ANN VOYLES, 63, of Millington, beautician, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Funeral Home in Corinth, Miss., with burial in Union cemetery. Mrs. Voyles, the wife of Robert Voyles, also leaves a son, Terry Voyles of Millington, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
DOROTHY WOOD, 79, of Memphis, retired nurse, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cathedral of Praise Church, where she was a member, with burial in Terrace Hill cemetery in Troy, Tenn. She leaves three daughters, Beverly June Riddle, Karin A. Cochran and Peggy Jean Nabors, and a son, Dean Edward Wood, all of Memphis; four sisters, Ollie Bea Taylor of Michigan, and Jaquelin Hope Brown, Margaret Clay Miller and Nell Tom Barr, all of Memphis; a brother, Thomas Williams Jr. of Union City, Tenn., five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
MARY ELIZABETH 'LIBBY' WRIGHT, 76, of Horn Lake, retired from the old defense depot, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She leaves a daughter, Pamela Gail Wright of Memphis; four brothers, Robert Richard Wright Jr. of Eads, Dennis Earl Wright of Senatobia, Miss., and Dana Michael Wright and Mitch L. Wright, both of Southaven, 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Lung Association.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
SAMUEL L. WRIGHT, 60, of Memphis died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Hill Chapel Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Galilee cemetery. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Wright, the husband of Frankie Wright, also leaves two daughters, Brenda Craft and Jasmine Wright, both of Memphis; five sons, Ernest Wright, Herbert Wright, and Joshua Wright, all of Memphis, Terry Wright of Houston, Texas, and Sammy Walton of Virginia; five sisters, Lorine Dotson and Beverly Carnes, both of Cordova, Mary Gardner of Topeka, Kan., Bernice Mosley of Memphis and Bonnie Carnes of Denver; two brothers, Willie Carnes of Memphis and Sylvester Wright of Los Angeles, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 11, 2002]
RUBY 'B. B.' ALCORN, 97, of Memphis, formerly of Clarksdale, Miss., retired teacher, died Thursday at Millington Health Care. Graveside services will be at noon Monday at Memorial Park. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of the Euzelian Sunday School Class at Bellevue Baptist Church and the National Cotton Council. She leaves a niece, Bonnie Farley of Bartlett, and a nephew, Steve Dondeville of Eads, both of whom helped care for her. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bellevue Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 10, 2002]
BEATRICE D. ALLEN, 48, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Charles E. Cartwright Hospitality Ministry at Mt. Gilead Ministries. She leaves a daughter, Zaundra C. Allen; her mother, Lois W. Allen, and three sisters, Christine A. Glass, Margaret A. Buckley and Carlina Conner, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 10, 2002]
