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GEORGIA ROBERTSON HOLLINGSWORTH, 83, of Memphis, sales clerk at Goldsmith's, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Elmwood. She was a member of the Ruth Sunday School Class at Ridgeway Baptist Church. Mrs. Hollingsworth, the wife of Albert DeWitt Hollingsworth for 63 years, also leaves a daughter, Linda Miller of Memphis; a son, Al Hollingsworth Jr. of Germantown; a sister, Emily Jane Browning of Ecru, Miss., four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ridgeway Baptist Church.
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GEORGIA V. TAYLOR JACKSON, 60, of 3955 Ridgedale, retired dietitian for Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital after 30 years, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park. Golden Gate Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jackson, the wife of Horace Jackson, also leaves two daughters, Patsonia Jackson of Memphis and Kendra Jackson Newson of Atlanta; three sons, Horace Jackson Jr. and Norris Jackson, both of Memphis and Morris Jackson of Houston; two sisters, Hattie B. Taylor and Rochelle Taylor Reed, and four brothers, Leroy Taylor, Melvin Taylor, Herman Taylor and Herbert Taylor, all of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
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KNOX KINNEY, 78, of Forrest City, Ark., formerly of Memphis, lawyer and city attorney for 32 years, died Friday in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forrest City First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Mt. Vernon cemetery. Stevens Funeral Home in Forrest City has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran, who received two Bronze Stars, a Gideon, former president of St. Francis County Bar Association, Forrest City Rotary Club and Forrest City Chamber of Commerce, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Arkansas Bar Association House of Delegates and the Arkansas and American Bar Associations, and former chairman of Forrest City Planning Commission. Mr. Kinney, the husband of Patsy Patrick Kinney, also leaves a daughter, June Kinney Belew of Memphis; a son, Baird Kinney of Forrest City; a brother, Clarke Kinney of Little Rock, and a granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to Forrest City First Baptist Church or Gideons International.
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REV. GEORGE F. McKELVY, 82, of Memphis, retired Methodist minister for the Memphis Conference of the United Methodist Church, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. John's United Methodist Church, where he was a member and associate pastor. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a missionary to La Paz, Bolivia, a member of Park Avenue Masonic Lodge and the William Nash Scottish Rite in West Memphis, a Boy Scout volunteer, a mental health counselor and volunteer and an Army veteran. He served as pastor of churches in Bemis, Dyer, Ellendale, Frazier and Arlington, Tenn., and Barlow, Wickliffe, Reidland, Hickman and West Hickman, Ky. Rev. McKelvy, the husband of Winnie S. McKelvy, also leaves a daughter, Amalia M. Nunley of Evansville, Ind.; three sons, Raymond W. McKelvy of Nashville, George M. McKelvy of Fayetteville, Ga., and John B. McKelvy of Port Aransas, Texas, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Church Health Center.
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WAYNE W. MILLER, 76, of Memphis, retired private contractor, died Friday at St. Peter Villa. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of the Church of the Holy Communion and the Lions Club, and was a World War II veteran and a Cub Scout leader. He leaves two daughters, Patty Katherine Boggard and Melanie H. Averwater; a son, Michael W. Miller; a sister, Jean Evelyn Davenport, and a caregiver, Patsy Miller, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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YVONNE MILLER, 40, of 91 N. Belvedere, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Word of Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church, which she attended. B. T. Auston & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her father, Horace Miller of Memphis; seven sisters, Barbara Harris, Elizabeth Talbert and Lorene Miller Haywood, all of Chicago, and Velma McNeil, Ruby McDaniel, Jacqueline Miller and Wilhemenia Miller, all of Memphis, and two brothers, Clarence Miller of Chicago and Charles Miller of Memphis.
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BARBARA JANE HAASE NEMETZ, 64, of Memphis, retired secretary for the Army Depot, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Nemetz, the wife of Leon Nemetz, also leaves a stepdaughter, Cheryl Nemetz Krohn of Van Nuys, Calif.; a stepson, Michael Steven Nemetz of California, and an aunt who helped care for her, Margaret Haase Stockard of Memphis.
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BLANCHE ODOM, 88, of Chicago, formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Washington Heights Rehabilitation Center in Chicago. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Walls Chapel CME Church, where she was a former member, with burial in Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Odom, the widow of Leroy Odom, leaves three daughters, Forsteen McKinney, Delcenia Christay and Allean Rice, and a son, Autney Brown, all of Chicago, 16 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
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ALVIS L. PATTERSON, 16-year-old son of Vickie Patterson of Memphis, died Wednesday in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park. He also leaves four sisters, Brandi Patterson, Donna Patterson, Towanda Louis and Shawanda Louis; a brother, Victor Patterson, and his grandmother, Luvenia Dillon, all of Memphis.
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JOYCE PEPPERS, 60, of Memphis, corrections officer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at noon Monday at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a Baptist and a member of the U.S. Marshal Service and the Friday Night Mixed Bowling League. She leaves a daughter, Debra Lynn Wilt, and two sons, Russell Duane Peppers and Roderick Vernon Peppers, all of Memphis; two sisters, Virginia B. Boruff of Ephrata, Wash., and Edith L. Polston of Denison, Texas; a brother, James C. Sartor Jr. of Denison, and two grandchildren.
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ELIZABETH NADINE TAYLOR, 68, of West Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Clyde Taylor, also leaves three daughters, Linda Taylor Brown, Brenda Taylor Webb and Barbara Taylor McAlpin, and a son, Wally Taylor Jr., all of West Memphis; two sisters, Gladys Foster and Merle Chisholm, both of Baldwyn, Miss., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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RUBY J. TOMLIN, 81, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Senior Services Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Mrs. Tomlin, the widow of John Tomlin, leaves a daughter, Cynthia Null of Memphis; a son, John Hallaman of Selmer, Tenn.; a sister, Oma McAnally of Burnsville, Miss., and four grandchildren.
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ROSIE LEE TONEY, 69, of Memphis, retired Postal Service clerk, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church on Westwood. She leaves her caregivers, Mattie Walker and Margaret Johnson, both of Memphis.
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MALINDA 'LINDY' WALLACE, 68, of Arlington, formerly of Memphis, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Belmont Baptist Church in Arlington, where she was a member, with burial in Hayes cemetery there. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Wallace, the widow of Percy Wallace, leaves two daughters, Margaret Ann Dowell of Arlington and Linda S. Wallace of Memphis; five sons, Percy Wallace Jr., Frederick L. Wallace, Daniel L. Wallace, Terry Wallace and Eric D. Wallace, all of Memphis; a sister, Ada Mae Gause of Flint, Mich., 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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CHOY 'JOYCE' WING, 93, of Webb, Miss., retired grocery store proprietor, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a Christian. Mrs. Wing, the widow of H.F. Wing, leaves two daughters, Catherine Fong of Webb and Katie Fong of Chicago; three sons, Columbus Wing of Los Angeles, Melvin Wing of Horn Lake and Jerry Wing of Memphis, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a church or charity of the donor's choice.
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CLIFFORD 'BILLY' WOODS, 50, of Memphis, truck driver, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park. Mr. Woods, the husband of Jeannie Woods, also leaves two daughters, Chasity Woods and Amanda Woods, both of Memphis; two sons, Clifford Woods Jr. of North Carolina and Christopher Woods of Memphis; his mother, Katherine Maxwell, and his father and stepmother, Richard and Helen Woods, all of Memphis, six sisters, eight brothers and five grandchildren.
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