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RHETA ANN PORTER, 45, of 1601 Harrison, manager of money4u.net, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her mother, Ollie P. Washington, and three brothers, Eddie Dawson, Charles Porter and Homer Dawson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
MARY ELIZABETH 'MIMI' WALKER PULLIAM, 63, of Somerville, former Sears catalog merchant for 22 years and co-owner of Video To Go and Tan & Go in Somerville, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Somerville First United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Somerville City cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She was a member of Tri-County Mental Health Association Board of Directors, chairman of the American Cancer Society Fayette County Chapter and former president of the Somerville Jaycettes. Mrs. Pulliam, the wife of Harlan Pulliam, also leaves two daughters, Teresa 'Terry' Pulliam Edwards of Batesville, Miss., and Mary Beth Pulliam of Somerville; a sister, Edith Claire Walker Marshall of Mason, Tenn., and a grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society Fayette County Chapter.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
PRENTIS BENJAMIN PURDY, 76, of Memphis, dispatcher for Veterans Cab Co., died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a member of Peabody Baptist Church. Mr. Purdy, the husband of Maxine Biship Purdy, also leaves two sisters, Jean Basse of West Memphis and Mary McAll of Gallaway.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
JUNIOR LEE RAINEY, 72, of Horn Lake, retired truck driver, died Wednesday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Horn Lake with burial in the church cemetery. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. Mr. Rainey, the husband of Nancy Winfield Rainey, also leaves three daughters, Patricia Rainey and Phyllis Sharrod, both of Clinton, Utah, and Rhonda Petrie of Watertown, N.Y.; a son, Richard H. Rainey of Clinton; a stepdaughter, Marguerite M. Woolfolk of Senatobia, Miss.; a stepson, Searcy F. McGowan II of Omaha, Neb.; four sisters, Shirley Randolph, Juanita Ball, Martha Bolin and Dimple Moorehead, and two brothers, Elmer Rainey and Milton Rainey, all of Georgia, 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
ELSIE MARCY SANDERS, 90, of Covington, homemaker, died Thursday at Covington Care Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove cemetery in Drummonds, Tenn. She was a member of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church in Bartlett. She leaves three daughters, Helen Person, Peggy Puckett and Linda Solley, all of Arlington; two sons, Richard Armour of Lakeland and Charles Armour of Cincinnati; a sister, Mary Simmons of Cedar Grove, Tenn.; a brother, Dick Marcy of Millington, 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
BUFORD SHELBY, 84, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Memphis, retired service station owner, died Thursday at his home. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of St. Andrew AME Church. Mr. Shelby, the widower of Ella Mae Shelby, leaves a son, Harold Shelby of Washington, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
RAYMOND ELDON WHITE, 82, of Memphis, retired OSI investigator and retired lieutenant colonel and pilot for the Air Force, died Tuesday at Primacy Health Care Center. Memorial services were Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown. He was a World War II, Korean and Vietnam War veteran and was a member of the Flying Tigers. Mr. White, the widower of Margaret Aileen White, leaves two sons, Douglas E. White and Paul D. White, both of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
TIFFANY WHITE, 23, of 2118 Clarksdale, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at New Bethel Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Tiarra White and Tianna White; her parents, Jettie and Elton White; a sister, Letricie Blanton; her grandmother, Annie M. Clark, and a companion with whom she lived, Marvin Odom, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
DARRELL DeWAYNE WILSON, 36, of Memphis, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Marilyn Morgan Wilson, also leaves three sons, Darrell Morgan, Damarcus Morgan and Cedric Brown; two sisters, Shante Wilson and Jackie Wilson, and three brothers, Randy Wilson, Elcrado Wilson and Chauncey Wilson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
ROYCE W. WRIGHT, 63, of Memphis, formerly of Macon, Ga., retired from the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Elm Baptist Church in Macon. He was a member of Holy Trinity Church, a former member of Mystic Krewe Memphis United and an Air Force veteran. He leaves a sister-in-law who took care of him, Mary Jo Wright of Southaven. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
JAKESHA M. YOUNG, 22, of Atlanta, formerly of Holly Springs, Miss., and Byhalia, Miss., employee of McDonald's, died Wednesday in Atlanta. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hernando Road Church of Christ, where she was a member, with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. She was a graduate of Byhalia High School. She leaves leaves local survivors including a sister, Jacqueline Thomas of Memphis, and a brother, Derek Young of Olive Branch.
[Obit dated November 9, 2002]
LOIS A. ALLEN, 51, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Union Springs Baptist Church in Whiteville, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery there. Motley & Rivers Funeral Home in Whiteville has charge. She leaves two daughters, Dora Allen and Annie Allen, both of Memphis; five sisters, Ruby J. Matthews, Emma Allen, Sadie Woods and Mary Allen, all of Whiteville, and Franklin Gracey Seward of Jackson, Tenn.; a brother, Moses Allen of Whiteville, and five granddaughters.
[Obit dated November 8, 2002]
HELEN KINKEAD BARHAM, 75, of Kingsport, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired from Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, died Nov. 1 in Kingsport. Services will be at 8 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home in Kingsport with graveside services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Church Hill Memory Gardens. She was a member of Idlewild Presbyterian Church and attended Cedarview Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Barham was the widow of Charles Barham. The family requests that memorials be sent to Idelwild Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated November 8, 2002]
VAN BUREN 'V. B.' BARLOW JR., 71, of Jamestown, N.Y., formerly of Covington, retired steelworker, died Saturday in Jamestown. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Canaan Baptist Church in Covington. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. He leaves a daughter, Rudeen Barlow of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two sons, Van Buren Barlow III of Kalamazoo and Kenneth Barlow of California; his stepmother, Marjorie W. Barlow of Covington; two sisters, Edith Barlow White of Covington and Gloria Barlow Jones of Detroit; two brothers, Rev. Quincy Barlow and Drakley Barlow, both of Covington, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 8, 2002]
EMMA LEE BELL, 80, of Moscow, Tenn., homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Liberty Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Moscow with burial in Bell cemetery in Grand Junction, Tenn. J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She leaves two daughters, Lucy Harris of Moscow and Cathrine Jones of Collierville; seven sons, James Cheairs of Hickory Valley, Tenn., Eldridge Lee Bell, Chambers Bell and Preston Bell, all of Moscow, Alvin Bell of Lamar, Miss., Ray Bell of Grand Junction and Tommy Lee Bell of Jackson, Tenn.; two sisters, Nellie Roberson of Memphis and Catherine Lex of Hickory Valley, 27 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 8, 2002]
RENA WAY BOLLINGER, 80, of Bryant, Ark., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Southwest Regional Hospital in Little Rock. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mrs. Bollinger, the wife of Gene Bollinger, also leaves a daughter, Ruby Wallace of Sallisaw, Okla.; four sons, Earnest Way of West Memphis, Dennis Way of Duncan, Okla., Mike Way of Clinton, Ark., and Sammy Way of Memphis, 13 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Gibson Bayou cemetery Fund in care of Union Planters Bank in Earle.
[Obit dated November 8, 2002]
