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SARA THELMA COOKSEY, 81, of Covington, homemaker and farmer, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Ms. Cooksey, the widow of Charles Elvin Cooksey, leaves a daughter, Mary Geneva Cooksey Hendrix of Covington; a son, Charles Eugene Cooksey of Ripley, Tenn.; two sisters, Pauline McDaniel of Brighton, Tenn., and Shirley Hardister of Covington; two brothers, Robert Chumley and Richard Chumley, both of Covington, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
JAMES H. DAVIS Jr., 76, of Memphis, retired automotive electric manager, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a World War II Army veteran who received the World War II Victory Medal, the American Theater Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Purple Heart and the EAME Service Medal with one bronze service star. Mr. Davis, the husband of Helen Davis for 52 years, also leaves three daughters, Sandy Spell and Terry Davis, both of Memphis, and Debbie Lannom of Las Vegas; a son, Jeffrey Davis of Memphis; two brothers, Otis Davis of Shawnee, Okla., and Bill Davis of Mississippi, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
THELMA VERNEEDA DOWNS, 72, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Grace Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Downs, the widow of Mack Downs, leaves five sons, Kerry A. Collins, Kelvin A. Downs, Kenny A. Downs, Mack Downs Jr. and Keith Downs, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
A. D. FLEMING, 77, of Memphis, retired Exxon service station owner, died Thursday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Traditions Group at 3599 Macon. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Fleming, the widower of Laura Fleming, leaves four daughters, Faith Fleming of Fort Worth, Texas, Carol Kirk of Fayetteville, Ark., Lorie Fleming of Lakeland and Connie Brown of Mena, Ark.; two sons, Gary Davis of Cleveland and Dale Fleming of Georgia, 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or Friends of Bill W.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
ANNE B. HALLECK, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Church of the Holy Spirit, where she was a communicant, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Halleck, the wife of Theodore Halleck, also leaves a daughter, Lynn H. Drosdat of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a son, Terry Halleck of Germantown; a caretaker, Kathryn Bradley of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
MAC D. HOLMES, 55, of West Memphis, retired fire chief for the City of West Memphis and circulation manager for the Evening Times in West Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. He was a member of West Memphis First Baptist Church. Mr. Holmes, the husband of Debbie Holmes, also leaves a daughter, Kim Holmes Mulder of Pittsburgh; a son, Jeff Holmes of West Memphis; four brothers, Bobby G. Holmes of Memphis, Joe Kenneth Holmes of Amherst, Ohio, John T. Holmes of Milton, Fla., and Billy O. Holmes of West Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to West Memphis First Baptist Church or Missouri Street Church of Christ in West Memphis.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
HELEN INEZ DOZIER BARNETT HOOVER, 51, of Cordova, paralegal for Darrell Castle attorney and counselor at law, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Covent United Methodist Church and a volunteer for breast cancer at West Clinic. She leaves two daughters, Shelley Barnett of Memphis and Amy Marie Barnett of Cordova; a son, Beau Stafford Barnett of Cordova; her mother and stepfather, Cordie McAdams Dozier Orsborn and Edward Orsborn of Tunica, Miss., and two sisters, Carol Ann Smith of Cordova and Linda Lee Dozier Keck ler of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the West Clinic.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
THOMAS EARL HURD, 46, of Memphis died Thursday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Tosha Hurd of Memphis; his parents, Donna Hurd and Jessie Hurd, and five sisters, Sandra Horton, Loretta Hurd, Teresa Hurd, Treva Hurd and Kelly Hurd, all of Memphis; three brothers, Reginald Hancock and Ray Hurd, both of Memphis, and Jessie Hurd Jr. of Dallas, and his grandmother, Catherine Hurd of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
LELA BELLE JOHNSON, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Collierville Rehab. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Cherry Road Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Alfred D. Johnson, leaves a son, Alfred D. Johnson Jr. of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Nellie Kumpe, and two brothers, Carl Kumpe and Joe Kumpe, all of Little Rock; a granddaughter who cared for her, Angela Stagoski of Memphis, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association or Cherry Road Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
MINNIE MAE JOHNSON, 94, of 1127 Frayser, died Friday at her home. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Percy Johnson, leaves five daughters, Lorine Taylor, Armittie Price and Vera Jean Stewart, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Verdie Mae Bady and Marie Echols, both of Memphis; three sons, Booker T. Johnson, Percy Johnson Jr. and John Lewis Johnson, all of Memphis, 34 grandchildren, 88 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
BESSIE MAE LAWSON, 78, of Chicago, formerly of Memphis, died Tuesday in Chicago. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Church of Deliverance in Chicago with burial in Oakwood cemetery. A. A. Rayner and Sons Funeral Home in Chicago has charge. Snow Funeral Home has local charge. She was the president of the Manassas High School Class of 1941 Alumni and a member of the PTA, Operation PUSH in Memphis and the NAACP. She leaves two daughters, Janice Stewart of Chicago and Carolyn Leathers of Lansing, Mich.; three sons, James Lawson Jr., William Lawson and Charles Lawson, all of Memphis; a sister, Velma Webb of Chicago; three brothers, Harry Cooper and Willie C. Cooper, both of Chicago, and LeRoy Cooper of Los Angeles, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
EMILY PARHAM LONG, 24, of Millington, clerk specialist for the Shelby County Health Department, died Friday in Millington. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shelby Forest Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Northridge/Woodhaven Chapel in Millington has charge. Mrs. Long, the wife of Daniel Long, also leaves her parents, Debbie and William Parham of Shelby Forest, and her grandparents, William L. Parham and Ailene Melton, both of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Shelby Forest Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
HELEN LEWIS MASON, 65, of Memphis, retired title clerk, died Saturday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was an Army veteran. She leaves two daughters, Lena Bishop of Eads and Kathleen Coleman of Memphis; a son, Lewis Mason of Mason; a sister, Carol Starnes of Walls, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Arthritis Association.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
ELBERT MOERING, 58, of Memphis, self-employed contractor, died Sunday at his home. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Moering, the husband of Betty Lou Moering, also leaves five daughters, Sondra Carr and Frances Kay Moering, both of Greenville, Miss., and Nicole D. Glass, Cynthia P. Tate and Margarita Glass, all of Memphis; four sons, Michael Moering of Greenville and Everett D. Glass, Elbert Tate and Duke Moering, all of Memphis; his mother, Mary Lou Moering; eight sisters, Christine Smith, Hattie Smith, Lillie Moering, Annie Warren, Frances Wiseman, Hattie Washington, Mattie Thompson and Shirley Moering, and a brother, Daniel Money, all of Memphis, and 16 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
GEORGE HERBERT MONROE, 33, of Memphis died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Centenary United Methodist Church with burial in Union. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Daja'e Horton Monroe of Memphis; his mother, Mary Monroe Bowen; his father, George Herbert Messager of Clarksdale, Miss.; three sisters, Marcy Webb of Memphis, Debra Jackson of Walls and Malissa Burret of Hattiesburg, Miss.; seven brothers, DeHavilland Monroe, Carlos Webb, Cedrick Webb, Jerry Messager, Michael Messager, Erick Messager and Duane Messager, all of Memphis, and Reginald Monroe of Tiptonville, Tenn., and his grandmother, Rachel Monroe of Vicksburg.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
ANDREW MOORE, 73, retired from General Motors, died Wednesday at his home. V. H. Bins and Son Mid-South Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a sister, Maxine Moore of Memphis, and a niece who helped care for him, Delores Moore of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 25, 2002]
