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STONEWALL WEBSTER MAYES, 78, of Holly Springs, Miss., retired from the Forestry Service, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at noon Friday at Free Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Holly Springs, where he was a deacon board and male chorus member, with burial in the church cemetery there. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran, a member of Cedar Grove Lodge and former president of the Marshall County Singing Union. Mr. Mayes, the husband of Mattie Lee King Mayes, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Bessie L. Waller of Memphis, 30 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 14, 2002]

LOIS MAE ALLEN, 85, of Moscow, Tenn., homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Williston Baptist Church. Mrs. Allen, the wife of Clyde W. Allen for 48 years, also leaves a daughter, Margaret Ann Lowery of Germantown; three sons, Joe M. Pannell of Moscow, Pete Pannell of Bartlett and Buddy Pannell of Eads; two sisters, Fairy Dowdy of Victoria, Miss., and Mary Treadway of Blue Mountain, Miss.; two brothers, Videll Bailey of Bartlett and Bill Bailey of Blue Mountain, seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

B. G. 'SID' BAILEY, 86, of Arlington, general manager for Ford Motor Co., died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Arlington First Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder and Sunday school teacher, with burial in Arlington City cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He was a World War II pilot, a Mason and an alderman for the City of Arlington. Mr. Bailey, the husband of Jane D. Bailey for 66 years, also leaves a daughter, Sidney Adams of Humboldt, Tenn.; a son, Garner Bailey of Memphis; three sisters, Virginia Chambliss of Tunica, Miss., Ellen Polk Harbin of Whitehaven and Mary Flynn of Killeen, Texas, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

ROBERT E. BUFORD, 85, of Memphis died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Dorothy M. Tyler of Chicago; three stepdaughters, Aletha McCullough, Ida Gregory and Cherry Ivy, all of Memphis; three sisters, Lula Watts of Phoenix, Cora B. Armstrong of Blytheville, Ark., and Beverly Johnson of Florida; two brothers, Jesse Thompson of Blytheville and Ed Thompson of St. Louis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

THELMA JEAN BUNTON, 67, of Memphis, retired music teacher from Calvary Episcopal Church, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Episcopal Church, where she was a member, with entombment in the church mausoleum. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She leaves a daughter, Cheryl Rainey of Kearney, Mo., and two grandsons. The family requests that memorials be sent to Calvary Episcopal Church Miss Bunny Fund.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

JAMES L. BURBRIDGE, 51, of Princess Anne, Md., formerly of Memphis, assistant athletic director for events management and game operations for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, died Monday at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Norman Chapel of Spring Grove cemetery in Cincinnati with burial in the cemetery there. J. C. Battle & Sons Funeral Home in Cincinnati has charge. He was a graduate of LeMoyne-Owen College, former director of football operations for Alabama State University and assistant athletic director for academics for Tennessee State University. He leaves two daughters, Tiffany Burbridge and Ebony Burbridge; a son, Derek Burbridge; his mother, Jean Burbridge, and a brother, Wendell 'Butch' Burbridge, all of Cincinnati, and a sister, LaRon Burbridge-Wilkinson of Dayton, Ohio.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

TEDDY JACK CAMPBELL, 65, of White Oak, Texas, formerly of Memphis, retired commercial airline pilot and former pilot for FedEx, died Nov. 7 in Windom, Texas. Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham, Texas, has charge. Mr. Campbell, the husband of Jeanette Crutcher Campbell, also leaves two sons, Robert J. Campbell of Fort Hood, Texas, and Rodney J. Campbell of Phoenix; his father, Brinkley Campbell of White Oak, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

LEROY CLEVELAND, 83, of Memphis, retired building engineer from Memphis Mental Health Institute, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an usher of Lake Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Cleveland, the widower of Dorothy Cleveland, leaves five daughters, Bobbie Taylor of Los Angeles, and Laverne Cleveland-McKinney, Lafrancie Bennett, Gayniece Bennett and Darnella Bennett, all of Memphis; five sons, Leroy Cleveland Jr., Rozelle Bennett and Gerald Bennett, all of Memphis, Rozelle Cleveland of Los Angeles and Darvin Bennett of Norfolk, Va.; a brother, Willie Cleveland of Memphis, 23 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

JESSIE MAE DAVIS, 51, of Memphis, employee of Mapco Store, died Thursday at her home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Antionette Davis and Melissa Ann Gates; a son, Christopher Davis; two sisters, Catherine Mallard and Callie Phillip, and a brother, Charles James, all of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

JOSEPH M. DELANE, 61, of Chula Vista, Calif., formerly of Memphis, calibration specialist, died Tuesday in La Mesa, Calif. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Greater St. Paul Church of God in Christ in San Diego with burial in Mt. Hope cemetery there. Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary in San Diego has charge. Mr. Delane, the husband of Leticia Delane, also leaves a daughter, Mahal Scales of San Diego; two sons, William Delane of Springfield, Mo., and Joelito Delane of Las Vegas; his mother, Mattie Delane of Memphis; a brother, Charles Delane of Plantation, Fla., and seven grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

ARTHALIA MILLER WALKER BURTON FOSTER, 93, of Memphis, formerly of Holly Springs, Miss., and Waterford, Miss., homemaker, died Monday at Graceland Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Laws Hill, Miss., where she was a member of the Women's Improvement Society, homecoming chair, choir director, mother's board chairman, past president of the usher board and Sunday school teacher, with burial in the church cemetery. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. She was a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Foster, the widow of Landon Walker, Adell Burton and John Foster, leaves a daughter, Azelle Alexander of Cleveland, Ohio; seven sons, McEwen Walker of Waterford, Russell Walker of Akron, Ohio, Asa Walker and Eldridge Walker, both of Champaign, Ill., Leslie Walker and George Walker, both of Indianapolis, and Landon Walker Jr. of Harvey, Ill.; a sister, Theria Walker of Holly Springs, 42 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and 41 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

ARNOLD M. GLASS, 85, of Burlison, maintenance foreman for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, died Tuesday at Parkway Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Indian Creek cemetery. He was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church. Mr. Glass, the widower of Inez Baskin Glass, leaves a daughter, Evelyn Glass Davis of Decatur, Ala.; a son, Phil Glass of Covington, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

ALMA B. NICHOLSON GURLEY, 91, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a member of Highland Street Church of Christ. Mrs. Gurley, the widow of James Mett Gurley, leaves a daughter, Barbara Crawford, and a son, James Gurley, both of Memphis, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Highland Street Church of Christ.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

LONELL HANKINS, 70, of Byhalia, worker for Memphis Valley Product, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell Church of God in Christ in Byhalia with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Hankins, the husband of Lee Ether Hankins, also leaves four daughters, Dorothy J. Bell, Brenda Summers, Gloria B. Longstreet and Diane H. Brown, all of Byhalia; three sons, Curtis L. Hankins, Larry Hankins and Elvis Hankins; a sister, Elizabeth Brown, and two brothers, Fred E. Burton and L. C. Jones, all of Memphis, 33 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

CECELIA G. HENDERSON, 54, of Cordova, writer, died Thursday at UT Bowld Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mrs. Henderson, the wife of Danny Henderson, also leaves a stepdaughter, Shelia Couch of Memphis; a stepson, Danny Henderson Jr. of Somerville; her mother, Evelyn Greene Woode of Tupelo, Miss.; three sisters, Sandi Austin of Bartlett, Mimi Henderson of Somerville and Becki Cruzen of Cordova; three brothers, Jerry Greene of Hernando, Don Greene of Somerville and Pat Greene of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

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