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DR. CLARK EDWARD CORLISS, 81, of Memphis, emeritus professor of microscopic and gross anatomy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, died Thursday at West Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt. He was a moderator and served on the organ restoration and the pulpit committees at First Congregational Church, a World War II Army veteran who received the Purple Heart, a Meals on Wheels volunteer for Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, a board member of the Mason YMCA, a volunteer timer for swimming events at the YMCA and Jewish Community Center, a judge for local science fairs, and was a member of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, the Brown University Alumni Association and the Mustang Club. Dr. Corliss, the husband of Anita Mann Corliss for 52 years, also leaves a daughter, Roberta Mann Corliss of Memphis; two sons, Jeffrey Morgan Corliss of North Andover, Mass., and Stuart Eaton Corliss of Carmichael, Calif.; two sisters, Elizabeth Dutton Corliss and Margaret Evelyn Corliss, both of Shelburne, Vt.; a brother, John Orzo Corliss of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to MIFA.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
JESSIE ALEXANDER CROMWELL, 96, of Memphis, retired supervisor for Brown Shoe Co., died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah, Tenn., with burial in Mt. Hermon cemetery in Hardin County. She was a 58-year member of East End United Methodist Church. Mrs. Cromwell, the widow of Dee Cromwell, leaves a son, Landon Cromwell of Memphis, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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TILLMAN DUCKWORTH JR., 71, of West Memphis, retired chief for the Navy and retired mechanic for General Electric, died Friday at Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Hughes, Ark., Post 5225 West Memphis and Marion Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Fleet Reserve in Millington. Mr. Duckworth, the husband of Kathleen Duckworth, also leaves two daughters, Vivian Weeks of Memphis and Kathleen Kelley of Crawfordsville, Ark.; a son, Tillman Duckworth III of West Memphis; three sisters, Frances Franklin, Mari Causby and Phyllis Grady, and a brother, Lawrence Caraway, all of Morganton, N.C., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Marion First United Methodist Church.
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PHILLIP R. EDMISTON, 58, of Memphis, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Bartlett Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel with burial in Elmwood. He served in the Tennessee Air National Guard. Mr. Edmiston, the husband of Deborah Edmiston, also leaves a stepdaughter, Sarah Clark of Nashville, and two sisters, Sybil Daugherty of Memphis and Barbara Murley of Bartlett. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Harbor House.
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CHARLES JURIL HENSON, 77, of Covington, formerly of West Memphis, retired mail carrier, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. He was a member of Frayser Full Gospel Church, Post 5225 West Memphis/Marion Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and 40 & 8 Club, and was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War Army veteran, a Boy Scout commissioner, a Mason and a Shriner. Mr. Henson, the widower of Bettye Jo Sherrill Henson and husband of Faye Henson, also leaves a daughter, Deborah Jo Ikner of Pasadena, Texas; two sons, Juril Earnest Henson of Marion and Charles Edward Henson of Pike Road, Ala., six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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JOYCE RENNA HOPPER, 51, of Walls, homemaker, died Oct. 23 at her home. Forest Hill Funeral Home South had charge. She was a Southern Baptist. She leaves a daughter, Traci Moss of Horn Lake; a son, Tony Hopper of Sardis, Miss.; three sisters, Margie Parker of Alabama, Annette Hopper of Burnsville, Miss., and Shirley Graves of Walls, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Lake Cormorant First Baptist Church of Days.
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BETTY M. JOHNSON, 57, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Vanessa Jean McDonald; a son, Gill Q. McDonald, and her father, Tommy Hooper, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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EVANS JONES, 78, of Memphis, formerly of Detroit, died Wednesday at his home. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Patricia Jones and Deborah Jones, both of Detroit; a sister, Lucy Stokes of Memphis; a brother, Eddie Jones of Aubrey, Ark., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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HARDIN JONES, 81, of Memphis, retired from Joseph E. Seagram's and Sons, died Thursday at his home. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a deacon, trustee, treasurer and president of the 2 Usher Board at St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church and was a former vice president of Coopers Local Union 90 and an Army veteran. Mr. Jones, the husband of Marie Winfield Jones, also leaves a daughter, Sederia Jones Taylor of Memphis; four sons, Hardin Jones Jr. of Concord, Calif., Eddie Lee Jones and Louis Edward Jones, both of Memphis, and Leonia Jones of Stone Mountain, Ga.; a brother, Freddie Lee Jones of Memphis, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
PATSY LOU LAYTON, 64, of West Memphis, retired from Advertising Checking Bureau, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. She was a member of Rosewood United Methodist Church. She leaves four sisters, Louise Midgett of Hernando, Betty Hall of Franklin, Tenn., Nell Layton of Goodlettsville, Tenn., and Victoria Jones of West Memphis, and four brothers, John Layton of South Bend, Ind., Jerry Layton of Blytheville, Ark., Herbert Layton of North Easton, Mass., and Paul Layton of Harrison, Ark. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wings Cancer Foundation.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
JO ANN MIMS, 66, retired dietitian for St. Joseph Hospital, died Thursday at her home. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church. She leaves six daughters, Patricia Mims, Geraldine Mims, Linda Mims, Janet Mims and Angela Mims Berry, all of Memphis, and Cheryl Mims of Dallas; two sons, Michael Mims of Washington and Derrick Mims of Memphis; three sisters, Mae Ella Watson and Betty Hill, both of Memphis, and Tommie Lee Banks of Milwaukee, 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
RANNY K. MOSIER, 76, of Johnson City, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired from the manufacturing department of Kimberly-Clark, died Thursday in Johnson City. Services will be at 7 p.m. today at Appalachian Funeral Home in Johnson City with burial in Monte Vista Burial Park there. He was a member of Boone's Creek Baptist Church in Gray, Tenn., and a former member of Georgian Hills Baptist Church. Mr. Mosier, the husband of Cora Newman Mosier, also leaves two daughters, Diane M. Lynch of Johnson City and Carolyn M. Buchanan; a sister, Betty Jean Standard of Enid, Miss., and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Arthritis Foundation, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or Boone's Creek Baptist Church Life Center.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
JOHN RAY PATTERSON, 84, of Macon, Tenn., farmer, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Macon Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Macon cemetery. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mr. Patterson, the husband of Evelyn B. Patterson, also leaves a daughter, Deloise Patterson of Macon, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
VEARNEALURE PATTERSON, 65, of Memphis, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Monday at St. Andrew AME Church, where she was a member of the Elmer Martin Choir, the Lay Organization and the Sarah E. Tanner Missionary Society, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a member of Delta Sigma Beta Sorority Inc., TEPS Social Club, the West Tennessee Conference Choir, the LeMoyne-Owen Alumni Association and the West Tennessee Conference Branch Missionary Society. She leaves her mother, Euvelle C. Patterson of Memphis; four sisters, Annie Steward of Memphis, Myrtle Jones and Laverne Chester, both of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mary Alice Tubbs of Winter Springs, Fla., and two brothers, Lee H. Patterson Jr. of Los Angeles and Arthur T. Patterson of Knoxville. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 2, 2002]
JONATHAN PHILLIPS, 20, of Miami, formerly of Nashville, died Sunday in Miami. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a junior at Florida A & M University. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Linda Clark Morgan and Samuel Morgan of Miami; his father and stepmother, Rodney and Karen Phillips of Nashville, and a brother, Jason Phillips of Miami.
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