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IDELLA MANNING, 81, of 899 N. Watkins, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Golden Leaf Baptist Church, where she was a choir member, Sunday school teacher and church bus captain, with burial in New Park cemetery. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Manning, the widow of Jake I. Manning, leaves two daughters, Deborah Thomas and Vanessa Pink, both of Memphis; two sons, Reginald J. Manning and Michael A. Manning; a sister, Almetric Wilson of Bartlett; a brother, Thomas McIntyre of Oakland, Calif., 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
ELAINE LAWSON MILLS, 78, of Covington, caretaker for foster children, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Ashport Baptist Church. Mrs. Mills, the widow of Wesley Mills, leaves two daughters, Marolyn Jeanette Hensley of Carson City, Nev., and Carolyn Elaine Holcomb of Covington; a son, Joseph Larry Mills of Tomah, Wis.; a sister, Mattie Ruth Jann of Glenallen, Mo., five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
DOROTHY L. PEOPLES, 79, of 2889 Harvard, retired employee from Home Health Care, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Messiah Baptist Church, where she was an usher, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Peoples, the widow of Arthur Peoples, leaves three daughters, Maybelle Green and Jeanette Green, both of Memphis, and Claudette Hatley of Chicago; five sisters, Gladys Taylor of Chicago, Mildred Tilliman of Sacramento, Calif., Irene Phillips of Indianapolis, Roberta Norfleet of Memphis and Beatrice Sharp of Mississippi, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
ANGELIA HOPE RUSSELL, infant daughter of Kristin and Joseph Russell of Cayce, Miss., died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Memory Hill Gardens with a memorial service to follow at 11:30 a.m. at East Win Christian Church. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. She also leaves a sister, Lauren Russell, and a brother, Aaron Russell, both of Cayce; her grandparents, Walter and Joann Glover of Memphis, and Elizabeth Ann Russell of Southaven, and her great-grandmother, Mattie Lee McGarrity of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
WILLIAM H. SUMRALL JR., 80, of Senatobia, Miss., and Memphis, retired sales engineer, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Owens Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston, La., with burial in Forest Lawn cemetery there. He was a deacon of First Baptist Church in Lafayette, La., a 32nd-degree Mason, Shriner, graduate of Louisiana Tech University and a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. Mr. Sumrall, the widower of Doris Childers Sumrall for 53 years, leaves two sons, William H. Sumrall III of Senatobia and Gary P. Sumrall of Collierville; a sister, Mary Sumrall Smith of Katy, Texas; three brothers, James E. Sumrall of Amherst, Va., and Barney J. Sumrall and Mickey H. Sumrall, both of Ruston, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Lafayette First Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
CARL OTIS POOLE WILLIAMS, 46, of Lubbock, Texas, formerly of Memphis, died Wednesday in Lubbock. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a sister, Shirley Warren of Memphis, and two brothers, James Poole and Walter Ivy, both of Zion, Ill.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
REV. SAMMIE L. WILLIAMS, 84, of 1344 Gleason, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Shelia W. Lewis; a son, Sonny Williams; a sister, Lillie McDavid, and a companion with whom he lived, Fannie M. Bowen, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]
CYNTHIA AHLGRIM, 61, of Holly Springs, Miss., Avon representative, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Mid-South Mortuary had charge. She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses. She leaves two daughters, Teresa Farley of Hickory Flat, Miss., and Tamara Mamier of Loveland, Colo.; a son, Gregg Ahlgrim; her parents, Mary and John Delguidice, and a brother, Richard Delguidice, all of Holly Springs, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Worldwide Work of Jehovah's Witnesses.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
RALPH HOWSE ATKEISON, 69, of Somerville, Tenn., retired truck manager for Cargill Corp. in Oakland, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Fayette in Somerville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Somerville First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Somerville City cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He was a Korean War Air Force veteran. Mr. Atkeison, the husband of Joyce Taylor Atkeison, also leaves a daughter, Tanya Kay Atkeison Moore, and a son, Michael Ralph Atkeison, both of Somerville; two brothers, Alf Atkeison of Somerville and Glenn Atkeison of Little Rock, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Somerville First Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
CLEO BELL, 85, of Memphis, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the mothers board at Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ. She leaves five daughters, Lynell Stovall of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Pazetta Ailsworth, Olivia Young, Mary Ann Bell and Thelma Perry, all of Memphis; five sons, Charlie Bell, Oliver Bell, Ollie Bell, Milton Bell and Collie Ray Bell, all of Memphis; a sister, Olivia Shannon of Chicago, 43 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
WILLIE MAE BOOTHE, 70, of Memphis, employee of The Peabody, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lake Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where she was an usher, with burial in Elmwood. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Deloris Armstrong and Betty Barnett, both of Memphis; three sons, Milimmie Boothe of Milwaukee, Melvin Boothe of Cleveland, Ohio, and James Boothe of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
JERRY L. BOWENS, 51, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mr. Bowens, the widower of Ernestine Bowens, leaves three daughters, Tracey Pete, Tiffany Pete and Tonyla Bowens; a son, David Pete; his mother, Genia Anthony Bowens; a sister, Paulette Bowens, and a brother, Phillip Jones, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
CLAUDE BROWN Jr., 65, of Memphis, retired truck driver for Kroger, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Life Ministries Church with burial at 10 a.m. Dec. 2 in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mr. Brown, the husband of Annie R. Brown, also leaves six daughters, Bernadette Bright, Faye Neely, Tess Young, Charis Dillihunt and Karen Washington, all of Memphis, and Jewell McCallister of Nashville; two sons, Claude Brown III and Cyril D. Brown, both of Memphis; three sisters, Lucille Richards of Memphis, Evelena Hurt of Milwaukee and Ada Wadley of Akron, Ohio, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
MARIE CHAMBERS CAWTHON, 98, of Memphis, retired EKG technician for Baptist Hospitals, died Saturday at Bright Glade Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a charter member of Central Church. Mrs. Cawthon, the widow of Bing V. Cawthon, also leaves a stepson, Bing V. Cawthon Jr. of Ormond Beach, Fla., and a niece who helped care for her, Mary Graham of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Central Church.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
SING-CHOW CHAN, 95, of Cordova, retired teacher in Hong Kong, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Elmwood. He leaves four daughters, Lai Mui Chan and Lai Lee Chan, both of Memphis, and Lai Chun Chan and Lai Shang Chan, both of Canada; three sons, Shu Lim Chan of Memphis, Shu Wan Chan of Hong Kong and Shu Chuen Chan of Canada, 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
MINISTER PATRICIA A. COLLINS, 48, of Horn Lake, employee of M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home and Area Courier Service, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-South. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was an associate minister at Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where she was also vice president of Women for Christ and the leader of youth and young adults. Minister Collins, the wife of Arthur Collins, also leaves a daughter, Kellisa Smith of Hernando; two sons, Gregory Phillips of Horn Lake and Vernon Smith of Hernando; four sisters, Willie H. Jackson, Mary Holmon and Mattie Phillips, all of Hernando, and Willie Mae Leakes of Memphis; three brothers, Jim Phillips and James Phillips, both of Hernando, and Eddie Smith of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
