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BEULAH MAE SIMS, 83, of Memphis, formerly of Calhoun City, Miss., retired checker for Piggly Wiggly, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Pryor Funeral Home in Calhoun City with burial in New Gauley cemetery there. She was a member of New Gauley Baptist Church. Mrs. Sims, the widow of Roy T. Sims, leaves a daughter, Annie Mae Sims Spencer, and a sister, Wanda Sue Smith, both of Memphis, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
LULA LATHAM STEPHENSON, 92, of Jackson, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, died Saturday in Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Mullins United Methodist Church and an associate of Draughton Business College and Dale Carnegie and was a volunteer for the Reach to Discover Cancer Program. Mrs. Stephenson, the widow of Jack Stephenson, leaves a stepdaughter, Dianne Ifert of Anderson, Ind.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
DOROTHY DUNN TAYLOR, 79, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at St. George's Episcopal Church in Germantown, where she was a member, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Taylor, the wife of George Taylor, also leaves a son, Frank Taylor of Birmingham; a sister, Betty Dunn Orr of Wichita, Kan.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. George's Episcopal Church, Saint Francis Hospice, the Church Health Center or St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
ROBERT EARL THOMAS, 46, of Atlanta, died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah, Ga. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Victory Funeral Home. He leaves his father, Paul Scott of Maryland; two sisters, Joyce A. Hinton of Memphis and Val D. White of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and two brothers, Frank Thomas of Leland, Miss., and Michael D. Hyman of Hawthorne, Calif.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
LILLIE PEARL WEAVER, 89, of Williston, Tenn., homemaker, died Thursday in Oxford, Miss. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Phillip the Apostle Catholic Church in Somerville with burial in McCulley cemetery in Oakland, Tenn. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She leaves a daughter, Gwendolyn Collins of Williston, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
CHRISTINE S. WEBSTER, 77, of Byhalia, Miss., homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Mt. Gilliam Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home of Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Webster, the widow of Raymond Webster, leaves five daughters, Lillian Withers, Mary Smith, Ruby Mull and Connie Mitchell, all of Memphis, and Geneva Rockiemore of Byhalia; three sons, Raymond Webster Jr., of Chicago and Jessie Webster and Siscro Webster, both of Byhalia; 31 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
ESTENICO DUSHON WHITE, 31, of 3007 Allshore, died Wednesday in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Easthaven. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. He leaves three daughters, Taniko Slayton, Shuntrice Slayton and Kim Slayton; two sons, Estenico Slayton and Colion Slayton; his mother, Doris Johnson; his father; Joseph White Jr.; a sister, Rebecca Slayton; a brother, Telly Slayton; and his grandparents, Bertha Slayton and Eddie Earl Thompson.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
JAMES EARL WILLIAMS, 61, of Memphis, retired from International Harvester, died Wednesday at Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at noon Tuesday at V.H. Bins and Son Mid-South Funeral Home with burial in New Park. He leaves four daughters, Deborah Williams, Brenda Williams and Vicki Williams, all of Chicago, and Jackie Jefferson of Ohio; a son, Gregory Williams of Memphis; four sisters, Anne Wilkerson, Celestine Milam, Katherine Winters and Gloria Banks, all of Memphis; and 10 grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
ALMEDA HOLDEN WOODS, 60, of Shelby County, employee of Sears and retired from Arlington Developmental Center after 26 years, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Macedonia cemetery in Arlington. She was a member of Lakeland Baptist Church. Mrs. Woods, the widow of Benny Ray Woods, leaves her mother, Margaret Prosser Hollingsworth of Arlington, and two stepsisters, Bertha Novak of Two Rivers, Wis., and Patricia German of Somerville. The family requests that memorials be sent to Macedonia cemetery Fund.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
MARTHA CECIL WORTON, 95, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Graham Heights Baptist Church. Mrs. Worton, the widow of Leonard Worton, leaves four daughters, Dorothy Dennis of Atoka, Shirley Gentry and Barbara Fry, both of Memphis, and Tygar Rose Cairo of Miramar, Fla.; four sons, Paul Cecil of Lamar, Miss., and Paul Cecil, Joe Cecil and David Cecil, all of Memphis; 35 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or Breast Cancer Foundation.
[Obit dated September 29, 2002]
BERNADINE C. AGENT, 88, of Bartlett, retired federal employee, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Jackson Avenue Methodist Church. Mrs. Agent, the widow of Homer Agent, leaves a daughter, Peggy McDaniel of Bartlett; a son, Marvin Agent of Pembroke, N.C.; a sister, Lena Zacharias of Foley, Ala.; a brother, Stacy Coleman of Memphis, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
[Obit dated September 28, 2002]
LILLIE V. BERNARD, 91, of Washington, formerly of Memphis, retired classification chief for federal government and civilian Air Force personnel, died Monday at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. Services will be at noon today at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Union Grove (Ala.) First Baptist Church and the Friends of the National Zoo and secretary for the Washington chapter of the University of Memphis Alumni Association. The family requests that memorials be sent to Union Grove (Ala.) First Baptist Church, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Friends of the National Zoo in Washington.
[Obit dated September 28, 2002]
WILLIE 'TOOTIE' BINGHAM JR., 79, of Memphis, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at noon Monday at M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Bingham, the husband of Corrine Nevels Bingham, also leaves two daughters, Beverly Bingham and Gloria Bingham Pegues; two sons, Maurice Bingham and Carl Bingham, and three sisters, Bertha Johnson, Evelyn Nevels and Elizabeth Davis, all of Memphis; a brother, Walter Bingham of Louisville, Ky., and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 28, 2002]
PHILIP C. CASEY JR., 43, of Memphis, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He leaves a brother, Bobby Casey of Goldsboro, N.C.
[Obit dated September 28, 2002]
JAMES EDWARD DARDEN JR., 17-year-old son of Jeanette and James Edward Darden of Memphis, died Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at noon Monday at Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. He also leaves four sisters, Tomika Woods, Thereasa Woods, Gloria Woods and Shannon Darden; a brother, Jerry Woods, and his grandmother, Annie Francis Murphy.
[Obit dated September 28, 2002]
MAXINE C. FEATHERS, 81, of Memphis, formerly of Trumann, Ark., died Tuesday at Windsor (Colo.) Health Care Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Adamson Memorial Funeral Home Windsor Chapel with burial in Lakeview cemetery there. She was a member emeritus and a former state delegate for the Memphis Women's Bowling Association, former director of the Tennessee Women's Bowling Association and the Tennessee Junior Bowling Association, and a member of Thrifthaven Baptist Church, the Women's International Bowling Congress, the 600 Club and High Rollers. Mrs. Feathers, the wife of Aubrey Feathers, also leaves a daughter, Gwendolyn P. Anderson of Windsor; a son, Patrick M. Pearl Jr. of Southaven; a sister, Christine Allen; a brother, James Cooper, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colo. Inc.
[Obit dated September 28, 2002]
