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ADA MAE COLLINS LASTER, 75, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Trinity CME Church, where she was a member and stewardess, with burial Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta. Mrs. Laster, the widow of Leonard T. Laster, leaves a daughter, Edith Samynna Laster Jones, and a son, Collins Laster, both of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
THOMAS D. LAVENDER JR., 78, of Jonesboro, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired landscape architect from the Corps of Engineers, died Tuesday at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Graveside services will be at noon Friday at Owenby cemetery in Lewisburg, Tenn. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Greater Vision Ministries in Jonesboro. He leaves a daughter, Amy L. Bennett of Valdosta, Ga.; a son, Andrew Thomas Lavender of Jonesboro, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
RUSS LYNES, 45, of Memphis, electronics technician, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. today at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a Baptist and an Army veteran. He leaves his father, Connor L. Lynes Jr. of Hixson, Tenn.; two sisters, Nancy McRight of Las Vegas and Barbara Ayers of Chattanooga, and his grandmother, Betty Lynes of Hendersonville, N.C. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
MAYFIELD MORGAN, 90, of Water Valley, Miss., retired farmer, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Green Goshen CME Church in Water Valley, where she was a mother board member, stewardess and Benevolent Fund treasurer, with burial in the church cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Morgan, the widow of Doyle Morgan, leaves a daughter, Willie M. Gooch and a son, Doyle Morgan Jr., both of Cleveland, and a sister, Lola Caldwell of Water Valley.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
BRANDI TEEL PARKER, 56, of Memphis, sales associate of May Rising Book Store, died Monday at her home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bellevue Baptist Church, where she was a member. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mrs. Parker, the wife of Tom L. Parker, also leaves a daughter, Becky Smith and a son, Brian Smith, both of Hemet, Calif.; her mother, Jean Payton of Corpus Christi, Texas; a brother, Lloyd Teel of Lancaster, Calif., and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the IBC Foundation.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
SQUARE PEWITT, 93, of Memphis, retired from the old defense depot, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and member of Columbus Baptist Church. He leaves two sisters, Carrie P. Shelton and Earnestine Wooldridge and a brother, Ivory Pewitt, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
EVELYN PHILLIPS, 49, of Collierville, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Mark Missonary Baptist Church in Collierville, where she was a praise team and choir member, with burial in the church cemetery there. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. She leaves a daughter, Ashley Phillips; a son, Wesley Phillips, and two sisters, Mary Myles and Debra Banks, all of Collierville; two brothers, Clarence Phillips of Memphis and James Phillips of Salina, Kan.; two half-sisters, Christine Phillips and Earnestine Andrew, both of California, and a half-brother, Lonnie Phillips of Cleveland, Ohio.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
CLAIRE M. PIKE, 69, of Memphis, retired waitress, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with entombment in Memphis Memory Gardens Mausoleum. She was a Roman Catholic and a member of the Memphis Women's Bowling Association. She leaves two daughters, Mary L. Conwill of Arlington, Texas, and Ellen M. McElhaney of Memphis; three sons, William Paul Tucker of Newton, N.C., Norman Tucker of Memphis and Richard A. Tucker of Fort Worth, Texas; two sisters, Eleanor Staples of Winston Salem, N.C., and Carol Studdard of Rural Hall, N.C.; two brothers, James O'Brien of Germantown and Dennis O'Brien of Hollandale, Miss., and 12 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
JAMES H. PIPKINS, 75, of Cordova, retired sergeant first class from the Army and National Guard after 33 years, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Jones Funeral Home in Beaumont, Miss., with burial in Arlington cemetery there. Jones Funeral Home of Richton, Miss., has charge. He was a member of Arlington Baptist Church in Beaumont, a World War II veteran and former firefighter for the Arlington Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Pipkins, the husband of Ometa L. Pipkins, also leaves a son, Jimmy Pipkins of Cordova.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
NELLIE V. RUSHING, 78, of Covington, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Millington, where she was an usher board member, with burial in the church cemetery there. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mrs. Rushing, the widow of Robert Lee Rushing, leaves five daughters, Emma Watkins and Iola Jones, both of St. Louis, Fennis Wilson and Annie M. Smith, both of Covington, and Wanda Rushing of Mason, Tenn.; four sons, Ellis Rushing, Will Rushing and Wayne Rushing, all of Mason, and Charlie Rushing of St. Louis; a brother, Fremann Jackson of Memphis, 25 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
LEO MOODY STAMPER, 89, of Somerville, retired truck operator for Gordons Transports Inc., died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Fayette in Somerville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Evergreen cemetery in Williston, Tenn. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and the Teamsters Union and a former member of Moscow (Tenn.) United Methodist Church. Mr. Stamper, the widower of Evelyn Estelle Diffee Stamper and husband of Eldredge Parrott Smith Stamper, also leaves two daughters, Bettye Malone of Mission, Texas, and Becky Bridges of Middleton, Tenn.; two sons, J. T. Stamper of Moscow and Crossett Stamper of Collierville; a sister, Willie Jo Diffee of Williston, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society Fayette County Chapter.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
CHRISTINE SWANEY, 88, of Memphis, retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co., died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Speedway Terrace Baptist Church. Mrs. Swaney, the widow of Elvis Swaney, leaves three sisters, Dorothy McCullough and Maurice McKinnis, both of Union City, and Daurice Denton of Bartlett, and a brother, Ferrell Nipp of Union City. The family requests that memorials be sent to Speedway Terrace Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
MARY ELIZABETH TURNER WALTON, 51, of Memphis, retired from Piggly Wiggly after 30 years, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. Mrs. Walton, the wife of James A. Walton for 35 years, also leaves a son, Leslie Walton and his parents, Lawrence and Luvene Turner, all of Memphis; two sisters, Carolyne Turner of Memphis and Patricia Long of Hernando; a brother, William L. Turner of Memphis, and a grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, West Clinic Wings Foundation or Mullins Station Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
EUNICE WESTBROOKS, 75, of Arlington, development technician for Arlington Developmental Center, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at noon Saturday at Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church in Arlington, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery there. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. Mrs. Westbrooks was the wife of Walter Westbrooks.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
HARVEY WILSON, 54, of Memphis, forklift driver for Nike, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Columbus Missionary Baptist Church, where he was trustee board chairman and assistant Sunday school superintendent. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Julia Greene Wilson, also leaves three daughters, Lisa Collins, Marva Wilson and Aisha Wilson; a son, Russell Collins; his mother, Emma Wilson; three sisters, Zelda Rice, Lauren Owens and Carolyn Dillard and two brothers, Bonnie Wilson and James Allen Wilson, all of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 26, 2002]
