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EDWARD L. WILBURN, 59, of Rochester, N.Y., formerly of Memphis, retired carpenter and welder, died Nov. 12 in Rochester. Snow Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Teresa Scott of Rochester and Charolett Katherine of Memphis; three sons, Rico Wilburn of Rochester, and Jason Katherine and Jonathan Katherine, both of Memphis; a stepson; a sister, Blondell Garrette of Memphis; a brother, Charles Wilburn of Los Angeles; an aunt who raised him, Mary Fields of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2002]
NOBLE B. WILLIAMS, 64, of Clarksdale, Miss., steel worker for Adams Manufacture, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at noon Saturday at Bradly Temple Church of God in Christ in Clarksdale. Snow Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Williams, the husband of Alfreda Williams, also leaves 10 daughters, Jennifer Williams of Clarksdale, Sandra Williams of Marks, Miss., Sandra Williams and Shawnie Williams, both of California, Jane Williams of Cleveland, Ohio, Karen Williams, Sharon Williams and Sandra Williams, all of Chicago, Helen Williams of Memphis, and Allison Williams of Milwaukee; four sons, Shawn Williams of South Dakota, Tony Williams of Twentynine Palms, Calif., Noble Williams of Chicago and Donte Moore of Pasadena, Calif.; his mother, Essie Williams, and a sister, Mintha West, both of Cleveland; two brothers, Ben Williams of Memphis and Hennesy Williams of Alabama; a nephew whom he raised, Robert Lee West of Memphis, and 20 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2002]
J. L. WRIGHT, 67, of West Memphis, crude unit operator for an oil refinery, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Murphy Funeral Home in Marked Tree, Ark., with burial in Marked Tree cemetery there. He was of the Church of Christ faith. Mr. Wright, the husband of Jo Ann Rollins Wright, also leaves a daughter, Karen Lumpkin of Marion; a brother, Stanley Wright of Lansing, Mich., and a grandchild.
[Obit dated November 19, 2002]
CHARLES H. ANDERSON, 79, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Southside Church of God in Christ. He leaves two daughters, Cheryl McNeil of Detroit and Ivy Smith of Memphis; three sons, William Anderson and Eric Anderson, both of Memphis, and Reginald Anderson of Detroit, seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
BILLY LEWIS BLANTON, 59, of Coldwater, Miss., carpenter and cabinet maker, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Love cemetery in Hernando. Mr. Blanton, the husband of Martha Jean Blanton, also leaves a son, William Hall Blanton of Hernando.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
EDWARD RAGLAND DAVIS, 86, of Horn Lake, official greeter for the State of Tennessee Welcome Center, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Edmondson cemetery in Southaven. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. He was a member of Horn Lake First Baptist Church and a Mason at Horn Lake Lodge 617. Mr. Davis, the widower of Irene Brewer Davis, leaves a son, Gerald Davis of Horn Lake; a brother, Jack M. Davis of Arkabutla, Miss., two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
EDWARD E. 'GENE' HAIRRELL, 66, of Memphis, retired from Grace Chemical and retired home builder, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. Mr. Hairrell, the husband of Dorothy Hairrell for 48 years, also leaves two sons, Keith E. Hairrell and Lance D. Hairrell, both of Memphis; a sister, Brenda Jones of Coppell, Texas, and a granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
MARTHARENE FORT HARGIS, 63, of Collierville, formerly of Southaven, former quality control inspector for American Plastic, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens there. She was a Baptist. She leaves three sons, Richard Gary Hart and Kevin C. Hart, both of Collierville, and Roger Adams of Southaven; six sisters, Christene Coopwood of Olive Branch, Emma Martens of Heber Springs, Alene Richards of Cordova, Mary Hall of Hernando, Lottie Greer of Black Rock, Ark., and Josephine Deese of Mountain View, Ark., four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
REV. EUGENE HENDERSON, 80, of Memphis, retired minister and retired auto body repairman for Charlie Bradshaw Chevrolet, died Oct. 26 near Vanndale, Ark. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Temple of Deliverance Church, where he was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. Rev. Henderson, the husband of Nettie B. Henderson, also leaves nine daughters, Queen Buchanan, Elizabeth Griffin, Katherine Henderson, Marie Scales, Selene Henderson, Lisa Jefferson, Eugenia Henderson and Flora Henderson, all of Memphis, and Dorothy Parker of San Diego; six sons, James Lee Henderson, Gene Howard Henderson, Albert Henderson and Truman Henderson, all of Memphis, Nathaniel Henderson of Chicago and James Edward Henderson of Richmond, Va.; two sisters, Elise Williams and Arizona Franklin, and a brother, Nathaniel Henderson, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
JAMES H. JACKSON, 71, of Memphis, construction worker and laborer, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Jackson, the husband of Marie Jackson, also leaves seven daughters, Gloria Jackson, Jean Arnold, Linda Jackson, Catherine Jackson, Latifah Rahim, Jeanie Mae Jane and Tracy Brown, and three sons, James Jackson Jr., Kenneth Jackson and Agustus Jackson, all of Memphis; four sisters, Elizabeth Thames and Ruby D. Epps, both of Memphis, Maxine Turner of Chicago and Dr. Constance T. Rockingham of Illinois; a brother, Sherman Jackson of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
WILLIE 'JOE' LEAKE, 62, of Memphis, retired from the Shelby County Penal Farm, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-South. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Leake, the husband of Ruthie Leake, also leaves eight daughters, Tonya Leake, Dorothy Coburn, Thernice Herndon, Gloria Freeman, Jill Reid, Pamela McCoy, Aundrell Mallett and Sharon Malone, all of Memphis; two sons, Eric Carter and Derrick Carter, both of Milwaukee; two brothers, Bobbie Gene Allen of Memphis and Richard Leake of Arkansas, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
EDWARD HUNTER LEWIS, 81, of Olive Branch, retired sales representative from CSX Transportation Co., died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a World War II Army veteran, honorary member of the Traffic Club of Memphis and member of Central Church in Germantown. He leaves three sons, Walter Hunter Lewis of Villa Rica, Ga., Russell Edward Lewis of Nashville and Robert Allen Lewis of Murfreesboro, Tenn., five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
CATHY JEAN McBROOM, 53, of Covington, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Townsend cemetery there. She was a member of Covington First United Pentecostal Church. She leaves two daughters, Audra McBroom and Brandy McBroom, both of Covington; three sons, Harold McBroom Jr. and James McBroom, both of Covington, and Scott McBroom of Mason; two sisters, Tina Marie Smith and Sam Akins, both of Covington; three brothers, Charles Byrd Jr. of Ripley, Tenn., Owen Byrd of Covington and Johnny Byrd of Jackson, Tenn., and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
DONALD CRISS MISTER Jr., 17-year-old son of Donald Criss Mister, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of the Healing Center and a student at East High School. He also leaves his stepmother, Leslie Mister, and a brother, Leon Mister, both of Memphis; his grandparents, Charles Jackson of Chicago, Ernest Mister and Bertha Cunningham, both of Memphis, and Ruby Sturdizant of Earle, Ark., and a step grandfather, Jerome Sturdizant of Earle.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
ROSETTA PULLIAM, 77, homemaker, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Hope Ministries. Mrs. Pulliam, the wife of Joseph Pulliam, also leaves a son, Herbert Rhodman, and a sister, Alice Mack, both of Pineville, Ky.; a brother, George Lyttle of Arizona, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
CLAUDE M. RODGERS, 59, of Memphis, owner/operator of ACW Security Co., died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a member of St. Stevens United Methodist Church, a Marine Corps veteran and a volunteer for Feed the Children. Mr. Rodgers, the husband of Doris Ann Rodgers for seven years, also leaves a stepson, Tony Churchill of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 18, 2002]
