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PEGGY J. BINFORD, 66, of Jackson, Tenn., homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at George A. Smith and Sons Funeral Home North in Jackson with burial at 2 p.m. at Pleasant View Memorial Gardens in Fulton, Ky. She was a choir member at Forest Heights 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 5, 2002]
CHARLES LOUIS ANDREWS, 43, of Walls, construction worker, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Mr. Andrews, the husband of Penny Andrews, also leaves a daughter, Toshua Joyner of New York City; a son, Josh Miller of Florida; his mother, Alice I. Andrews of Southaven; two sisters, Carolyn A. Brackeen of Walls and Alicia M. Leslie of Memphis, and two brothers, John E. Andrews Jr. of Olive Branch and Richard G. Forsythe of Moscow, Tenn.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
NINA M. BARRON, 76, of Memphis, warehouse and catalog worker for Parts Inc., died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Graham Heights Baptist Church. She leaves two sons, David Brown of Bartlett and Ronnie Barron of Memphis; a sister, Loretta Cummings of Newbern, Tenn., five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Graham Heights Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
RUBY LEE BETHEL, 70, of Memphis, retired social worker from the State of Tennessee, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church, Order of the Coral E. Burks Court and Calanthes, 190-A Grand Deputy and Girl Scout leader. Mrs. Bethel, the widow of Jessie Bethel, leaves a daughter Louise Hill-Pendleton and a son, Melvin Neely, both of Memphis, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
MATTIE EARNEST PHILLIPS CRAWFORD, 76, of Somerville, former employee of Troxel Manufacturing Co. in Moscow, died Sunday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Evergreen cemetery in Williston. She was a member of Morris Memorial Baptist Church and a volunteer for Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association in Somerville and Fayette County. Mrs. Phillips, the widow of John C. Phillips and wife of Robert Crawford, also leaves a daughter, Linda Pleasants, and a son, John Phillips Jr., both of Memphis; a brother, James Earnest of Somerville, five grandchildren and a great-grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to Morris Memorial Baptist Church in Moscow.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
EDDIE MAE EFFINGER, 76, of 2493 Keen, personnel assistant for Goodwill Homes, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Monumental Baptist Church. Mrs. Effinger, the wife of Willie B. Effinger, also leaves three sisters, Alene Carter of Chicago, Ada Ruth Hickman of Heath, Ohio, and Dorothy Brown of Altadena, Calif.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
NAN S. GRAFTON, 70, of Memphis, retired from the Corps of Engineers, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Grafton, the widow of Edwin Grafton, leaves a daughter, Karen Anderson of Aurora, Colo.; a son, Michael Grafton of Bartlett; four sisters, Ruby Cotten and Rebecca Watkins, both of Memphis, Juanita Barnes of Heber Springs, Ark., and Marie Swift of Senatobia, Miss.; a brother, Billy Sanders of Hickory Withe, Tenn., six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
WILLIE L. GRANT, 93, of Memphis, baggage handler for Illinois Central Railroad for 45 years, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a member of Springdale Baptist Church and Charlestonian Day Club of Charleston, Miss. Mr. Grant, the widower of Beathe Grant, leaves a daughter, Dorothy S. Simpson of Memphis; four sons, Willie L. Grant Jr. of Tampa, George C. Grant of Orlando, and Maurice Grant and John Wesley Grant, both of Memphis, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
ALICE JO HONADLE, 58, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Schoolfield United Methodist Church. Mrs. Honadle, the wife of Dean Honadle for 31 years, also leaves a daughter, Shannon Honadle of Cordova, and a brother, Kenneth C. Leggett of Dyersburg. The family requests that memorials be sent to Schoolfield United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
SHIRLEY A. LIGGINS JOHNSON, 54, of Memphis, retired supervisor from BellSouth, died Sunday at her home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves two sisters, Yvonne Liggins Weeks and Lois Jean Smith, both of Memphis, and three brothers, Elmer Liggins Jr. of Memphis, Matthew Marlon Liggins of Anchorage, Alaska, and Warren Liggins of Germany.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
PERRY JONES, 88, of Memphis, retired construction worker, died Sunday at Overton Park Nursing Home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Piperton, Tenn.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
ZOE HOYT KERWIN, 84, of Memphis, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with entombment in Calvary Mausoleum. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of the Altar Society, King's Daughters, Ladies of Charity and Home Builders Auxiliary and sponsor for CYO Organization, the Boy and Girl Scouts and Delta Delta Delta Mothers Club. Mrs. Kerwin, the widow of James E. Kerwin, leaves a daughter, Deborah K. Dunlap of Chattanooga; a son, James E. Kerwin Jr. of Southaven; a sister, Ilo H. Mooney of Little Rock; a brother, Gene Hoyt of Chamberlain, S.D., seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Sacred Heart Catholic Church Organ Fund.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
WILLIE R. McLEMORE, 94, of Savannah, Ga., homemaker, died Saturday at Candler Hospital in Savannah. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Sunday school teacher and former choir member of Central Baptist Church. Mrs. McLemore, the widow of Andrew J. McLemore Jr., leaves a son, Andrew J. McLemore III of Savannah, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
BESSIE C. MOORE, 88, of Memphis, died Saturday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Morning View Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star Red Oak Chapter and past secretary of the church usher board and Sunday School No. 6. Mrs. Moore, the widow of Humphrey T. Moore, leaves five daughters, Martha Jane Waterford, Rosie Gibbs, Bernice Hoyle, Ola Nell Williams and Rev. Carrie Moore Black, all of Memphis; two sons, Humphrey T. Moore Jr. of Memphis and Peter Moore of Enfield, Conn.; a brother, Peter Collins Jr. of Memphis, 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
ELLIS SMALLEY PARSONS, 94, of Somerville, homemaker and retired co-owner of Parsons Grocery, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Fayette in Somerville. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Somerville City cemetery. She was a member of Somerville First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Parsons, the widow of Samuel Aubrey Parsons, leaves two sons, Joseph W. Parsons and Charles Edwin Parsons, both of Somerville; a sister, Elizabeth Long of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Somerville First United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
AILEEN PEGUES, 84, of Memphis, assistant registrar for Christian Brothers University, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a founding member of Holy Communion Episcopal Church. Mrs. Pegues, the widow of Bob Pegues, leaves a son, Bob Pegues Jr. of Gallatin, Tenn.; a sister, Frances Kirkman of Tampa; two brothers, Paul Wadkins Jr. of Dickinson, Texas, and Raymond Wadkins of Corinth, Miss.; two friends who cared for her, Dora McGraw and Pearl Branch, both of Memphis, and a granddaughter.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
