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ROBERT LEE RUTH, 85, of Memphis, truck driver, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Old St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis with burial in Marion Memorial cemetery. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He leaves four daughters, Beverly Ann Chaney, Carman Davis, Jackie Ruth and Alma Washington, and a son, Robert Lee Ruth Jr., all of Memphis; two sisters, Mary White of Dade County, Fla., and Mildred Hykes of Robinsonville, Miss.; a brother, Tommy Deal Jr. of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]
GWENDOLYN SIMS, 46, of 3033 Crystal, former employee of FedEx, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at First Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two sons, Richard Ogunsalu and Garrett Sims; her mother, Rosie Sims of Memphis; three sisters, Yolanda McDowell Muldrew and Priscilla McDowell, both of Cleveland, Ohio, and Larissa Jones of Chicago, and a brother, Marvin McDowell of Cleveland.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]
MADALINE D. STINSON, 42, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Stinson, the wife of Joseph Stinson, also leaves three sons, Clarence Spencer, Gregory Spencer and Curtis Spencer; a stepdaughter, Jamekia Griggs; her mother, Yvonne Taylor; two sisters, Jacqueline Taylor and Marceia Taylor; a brother, Toney Spencer, and her grandfather, James Hinton, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]
ALFRED FRANKLIN THOMAS, 70, of Somerville, retired from Texgas and Suburban Gas after 40 years, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Evergreen cemetery in Williston, Tenn. He was a National Guard veteran and a deacon at Somerville First Baptist Church. Mr. Thomas, the husband of Lexie Price Thomas, also leaves two daughters, Sara Louis Kiser of Mooresville, N.C., and Nancy Carol Thomas of Oakland, Tenn.; two sons, Charles Garvin Oates of Bartlett and Steven Franklin Thomas of Collierville, seven grandchildren and a great-grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to Somerville First Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]
HERMAN WALLACE, 61, of Memphis, died Tuesday in Omaha, Neb. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Chanya Valentine of Memphis and Michelle Wallace of Omaha; his mother, Betty S. Wallace; a sister, Dorothy Hankins, and a brother, Booker T. Wallace, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]
LINDA KAY WATKINS, 49, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Ardmore Terrace Baptist Church. Mrs. Watkins, the widow of Thomas Allen Watkins, leaves four daughters, Shantresha Renee Turner, Mikeda Watkins, Jasmine Morgan and Venessa Morgan, all of Memphis; a son, Tyras Watkins of Blytheville, Ark.; two sisters, Brenda Jones and Valarie Brent, both of Memphis; a brother, Rev. Anthony Jones, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]
BESSIE MAE ARNOLD-OSCAL, 41, of 6042 New Leaf Lane, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Divine Temple No. 2 Church of God in Christ with burial in Charity Garden in Rossville. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mrs. Arnold-Oscal, the wife of Luis Felipe Oscal, also leaves a daughter, Jamie Nicole Arnold; a son, Demetrice Antonio Guy; a stepdaughter, Maria Natiridad Oscal; her father, Kelsa Fitzpatrick, , and three sisters, Carolyn Lee Fitzpatrick, Tricia Fitzpatrick and Vurvum Fitzpatrick, all of Memphis; three brothers, Melvin Fitzpatrick of Memphis, Calvin Fitzpatrick of Nashville and Elden Kelsey Fitzpatrick of Baltimore, and her grandmother, Essie Jenkins of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
MOLLIE B. BEASLEY, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cummings Street Baptist Church on Raines, where she was a choir member and missionary, with burial in Elmwood. Family Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Beasley, the widow of E. J. Beasley, leaves two daughters, Lottie Beasley Strong and Flora M. Beasley, and two sons, Ernest J. Beasley Jr. and Calvin Beasley, all of Memphis, 11 grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
MINNIE B. BRACY, 67, of 1868 Shadow Lawn, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lakeview Community Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Union Grove Holiness Church mother board. Mrs. Bracy, the widow of Jessie Bracy, leaves two daughters, Brenda Adams and Cheryl Childs; five sons, J. W. Bracy, Charles Bracy, Kenneth Bracy, Michael Bracy and Stanley Bracy; a sister, Wilma Bobbit, and a brother, Henry Willis Jr., all of Memphis, 27 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
DR. CARL DEE BROWN, 83, of Memphis, retired chairman of biological science from University of Memphis, died Tuesday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. He was a World War II Navy veteran, lab technician for the Navy, Sunday school teacher for Bellevue Baptist Church, president of the Tennessee Entomological Society, chairman of University of Memphis Ameriti Club, graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, Officer Candidate School at Columbia, Louisiana State University and Iowa State University. Dr. Brown, the husband of Norma Gail Brown for 58 years, also leaves a daughter, Drenna Brown McClure of St. Louis; a son, Dee Alan Brown of Marked Tree, Ark.; two sisters, Juanita McConnell of Seattle and Bonnie Scheibler of Bennington, Kan., and three grandsons. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Bellevue Baptist Church Library Fund.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
AUSTIN RICHARD BRUMMETT, 77, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Spring Gate Healthcare & Rehab. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel has charge. He was a Navy veteran. He leaves two sons, Jerry Brummett and Walter Brummett.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
DEMETRIA WALKER COATS, 70, of Memphis, retired senior nurse's assistant from the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a member of Temple of Emmanuel Baptist Church and Melrose Booster Club. She leaves four daughters, Veisnue 'Vicki' Hunter, Katrina Walker Perry, Elma Ramona Wooten and Heloise D. Simelton, and a brother, Willie Andrew Walker, all of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
VERMAL 'JACK' DOGGETT, 93, of Memphis, retired bookkeeper from Ayres Construction Co., died Monday at American Transitional Rehab & Specialty Care. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Coleman Avenue Church of Christ. Mrs. Doggett, the widow of W. H. Doggett, leaves a sister, Dorothy Sotak, and a niece who cared for her, Marti Sotak, both of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
ELLEN FAYE ELKINS, 64, of Memphis, waitress, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home, Ark., with burial in Pilgrim's Rest cemetery in Monkey Run, Ark. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Women's Auxiliary Post 1341. Mrs. Elkins, the widow of William Stanley Elkins, leaves two daughters, Terri Lynn Evans of Arkansas and Kellie Elkins Henegar of Memphis; a son, Michael William Elkins of Memphis; two brothers, William Lee Walton of Collinsville, Okla., and Wesley Edward Walton of Roy, Wash., and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to West Cancer Foundation.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
GLADYS M. FLEMING, 78, of Covington, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. She was a Sunday school teacher at Garland Baptist Church. Mrs. Fleming, the wife of Ephraim O. Fleming, also leaves two daughters, Sherry Hatton of Atoka and Bonnie Wicker of Brighton; a son, Jimmy Fleming of Covington; three sisters, Elizabeth Bradshaw of Covington, Christine Northcutt of Owensboro, Ky., and Delores McDivitt of Dyersburg, Tenn.; two brothers, Gene Dunn of Pensacola, Fla., and Hugh Dunn of Evansville, Ind., eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
HUBERTA L. FLOYD, 40, of Memphis, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church with burial in New Park Memorial Garden. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. She leaves her mother, Nancy R. Floyd; 11 sisters, Lillie Boyd Fleming, Sarah Wortham, Alice Floyd, Carolyn Floyd, Jo Linnie Stanton, Mattie Floyd, Mary Floyd, Martha Floyd, Barbara Floyd, Cynthia Floyd and Tammy Floyd, and a brother, William Floyd, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 20, 2002]
