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CALLIE MAE ROSS-PERKINS, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mrs. Ross-Perkins, the widow of Eddie Perkins, leaves four daughters, Barbara Jean Butler of Memphis, Velma Perkins, Patricia Perkins Demesma and Marilyn Smith; four sons, Charles 'Chill' Perkins of Memphis, Eddie Perkins Jr. of East St. Louis, Ill., Thomas Perkins of Los Angeles and Malcolm Perkins of Collinsville, Ill., seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
BARRY WAYNE RUSHING, 46, of Atoka, crew leader lineman for Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division for 24 years, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery. He was a member of Lighthouse Fellowship Assembly of God and IBEW Union. Mr. Rushing, the husband of Judy D. Rushing, also leaves a daughter, Brittany Joyce Rushing, and a son, Bryan Wayne Rushing, both of Bartlett; his parents, Arbert L. and Charlene S. Rushing, both of Forrest City, Ark.; a sister, Gwynda L. Irving of Millington, and a brother, Larry N. Rushing of Dardanelle, Ark. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Liver Foundation or the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
JAMES H. SMITH, 79, of Bartlett, retired welder from Southern Fabricators, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Somerville cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Sycamore View Church of Christ and Al Chymia Shrine, and a 32nd degree Mason of Bartlett Lodge. Mr. Smith, the husband of Mary Swain Smith and widower of Addie Lee Smith, also leaves a son, Thomas E. Smith of Somerville; two sisters, Marie Smith Charles of Memphis and Dolly Mae Smith Lee of Somerville; a brother, Gene Smith of Memphis, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Shriners Burn Center.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
LELA B. SMITH, 100, of Grenada, Miss., retired operator from South Central Bell, died Tuesday at Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers. Mrs. Smith was the widow of Wesley W. Smith.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
DOROTHY R. SPURR, 77, of Nesbit, formerly of Memphis, certified public accountant and deputy sheriff of DeSoto County, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Maplewood cemetery in Ripley, Tenn. She was a member of Eudora (Miss) First Baptist Church. Mrs. Spurr, the wife of William B. Spurr for 17 years, also leaves a son, Paul Wakefield of Hernando; three sisters, Katherine Wilson and Mary Clair Ackerman, both of Memphis, and Pauline Pappas of Nashville; two brothers, John Riviere of Greenville, Tenn., and Herman Riviere of Ripley, a grandson and a great-grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
THELMA LEE TURIC, 69, of West Memphis, self-employed home day care worker, died Tuesday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. Mrs. Turic, the widow of Willie Turic, leaves two daughters, Joyce Turic of West Memphis and Paula Anderson of Memphis; a son, Curtis Turic of Dardanelle, Ark.; a sister, Mary Nell Esque of Memphis; two brothers, Wayne Curtright of West Memphis and Bobby Curtright of Tennessee, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
ALICIA GOMEZ URENA, 44, of Memphis, waitress, died Monday in Jackson, Miss. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Urena, the wife of Cruz L. Romero, also leaves two daughters, Alicia Segura Gomez and Ileann Romero Gomez, both of Veracruz, Mexico; two sons, Fernando Segura Gomez of Philadelphia, and Elid Romero Gomez of Veracruz; her parents, Antonia Urena Alfaro and Marcelino Gomez of Cordova; six sisters, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
WILLIE WILLIAMS, 42, of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Cummings Street Baptist Church with burial in Calvary. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Williams, the husband of Emma Williams, also leaves two daughters, Patrice Williams and Tamala Williams; six sisters, Essie Brown, Jessie Williams, Dora Williams, Linda Williams, Beatrice Reed and Delores Smith, and five brothers, Nathaniel Williams, Jimmy Williams, Curtis Williams, Alphonso Williams and Levester Williams, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
PEGGY J. BINFORD, 66, of Jackson, Tenn., homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were Tuesday at George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home North Chapel in Jackson with burial in Pleasant View Memorial Gardens in Fulton, Ky. She was a choir member of Forest Heights United Methodist Church. Mrs. Binford, the wife of Charles G. Binford, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Beth Hartz of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Forest Heights United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 6, 2002]
WARREN B. ANDERSON, 81, of Byhalia, Miss., crane operator for U.S. Steel Mill, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at Hearn Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia with burial in Watson cemetery there. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. He leaves a son, Craige Anderson of Chicago; two sisters, Barbara Anderson of Byhalia and Ida M. Roberts of Dolton, Ill.; a brother, Odie S. Anderson of Byhalia, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
WILLIE V. 'CORKY' BARKER, 81, of Ellendale, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a member of Ellendale Church of Christ. Mrs. Barker, the widow of James Barker, leaves three daughters, Judy Bailey, Vickie Bell and Melanie Beatty, all of Bartlett; a son, Ronald Barker of Cordova; a sister, Jackie Williams of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Paragould (Ark.) Children's Home.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
LENOICE 'AL' BURKS, 46, of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She leaves five sisters, Vernice Moore of Milwaukee, and Joyce Whiting, Corine Birks, Ardessa Jones and Irene Burks, all of Memphis; four brothers, J. C. Hall, Robert Lewis Burks and Moise Edwards Burks, all of Memphis, and Famous Lee Burks of Milwaukee, and a companion with whom she lived, James Carter of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
FAYE CLEMONS BYARS, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery in Millington. Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Byars, the widow of Lofton H. Byars, leaves two daughters, Karen Byars Caspersen and LeAnn Byars Howerton, and a son, Don L. Byars, all of Memphis; two sisters, Thelma Graves of Cordova and Nell Given of Adamsville, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Methodist Healthcare Foundation or Alzheimer Association.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
LESTER CHILDERS, 52, of Southaven, meat department manager for Kroger, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a Vietnam War veteran. He leaves two sons, Chris Childers and Brandon Childers, both of Southaven; a sister, Jackie Denise Merriam of Somerville; two brothers, Douglas Curtis of Dallas and Leon Curtis of Byhalia, Miss., and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
JAMES J. CUNNINGHAM JR., 72, of Memphis, retired retail salesman, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Church of the Nativity with burial in All Saints cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel has charge. He was a member of Knights of Columbus. Mr. Cunningham, the husband of Joan T. Cunningham, also leaves six sons, James J. Cunningham III, Mark Cunningham and Francis P. Cunningham, all of Memphis, Michael F. Cunningham of Naperville, Ill., Robert C. Cunningham of Tampa and John R. Cunningham of Cordova, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Stroke Club of Memphis or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
RUBY G. DAVIS, 85, of Memphis, retired worker from Ashley's Warehouse, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Davis, the widow of Horace Davis, leaves two daughters, Barbara McShane of Memphis and Mary Lee Baker of Detroit, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 5, 2002]
