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ANDREW MARSHALL FLOWERS, 52, of Memphis, died Monday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was an Army veteran. He leaves three sisters, Barbara Washington, Louise Stephenson and Nellie Pickens, and six brothers, Willie Flowers, Early Flowers, Charles Flowers, Robert Flowers, Clyde Flowers and Eddie Flowers, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
JAMES 'BO' GATTIS, 63, of Hughes, Ark., retired insurance agent, died Monday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. Mr. Gattis, the husband of Virginia Gattis, also leaves a daughter, Lanette Harwell of Memphis; his parents, Thomas and Irene Burnes of Hughes; three sisters, Gladys Atkinson of Oxford, Miss., Sharon Caudill of Danville, Ill., and Debbie Floyd of Marble Falls, Texas, and a grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
REV. OLIVER W. GIBSON, 75, of Memphis, retired pastor from the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church. Rev. Gibson, the husband of Brenda Carol Steinberg Gibson, also leaves five daughters, Charlotte Gibson of New York, Lynn Gibson Johnson of Maryland, Wanda Glover and Marsha Major, both of Birmingham, and Katherlyn Walker of Memphis; a son, Oliver W. Gibson of Memphis; his mother, Evelyn Redmon of Atlanta; two sisters, Evelyn Lowery of Atlanta and Geraldine Bynum of Memphis; a brother, Harry B. Gibson of Chicago, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
PATRON HALL JR., 47, of Memphis, retired welder, died Tuesday at his home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist. He leaves two daughters, Anita Irby and Chevista Pack, both of Memphis; four sons, Travis Smith, Patrick Smith and Ametrius Hall, all of Memphis, and Tim Lloyd of Senatobia, Miss.; his mother, Dessie B. Hall; two sisters, Josephine Brooks and Mary Coleman, and three brothers, Steven Hall, Robert Hall and Kenneth Hall, all of Memphis, and 12 grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
CLARENCE HALTON, 91, of Memphis, farmer, died Monday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at noon Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Ridgely (Tenn.) Chapel Baptist Church. Mr. Halton, the husband of Flora Halton, also leaves six stepdaughters, Mae Vaughn and Rebecca Pitts, both of Dyersburg, Tenn., Joyce Smith of Augusta, Ga., Mary Mayfield of Martin, Tenn., and Ida Hawkins and Theresa Hogan-Purdy, both of Memphis; two stepsons, Joe Louis Bogan of Battle Creek, Mich., and James Bogan of Memphis, and 25 stepgrandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
GALE JONES, 59, of Memphis, former employee of Boeing Aircraft, died Sunday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a Navy veteran. He leaves his mother, Lillian Thomas; six sisters, Deanna Cunningham, Margaret Toles, Lauree Mosby, Maurinda Meadows, Renita Meadows and Marie Smith, all of Memphis, and three brothers, Ray Meadows of Memphis, and Willie James Cunningham and Lamar Cunningham.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
SIMEON 'SIMMIE' P. JONES, 68, of Eads, retired station manager for the Postal Service, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Jones, the husband of Regina Jones for 43 years, also leaves two daughters, Becky Chenault of Bartlett and Cindy R. Jones of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
PATRICIA LYNN LOVETT, 56, of Arlington, retired officer from the Memphis Police Department after 20 years and director of security for First South Credit Union, died Monday at her home. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at Griffin Memorial Chapel in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church, president of an Elvis Presley fan club and graduate of the FBI Training Academy. She leaves two friends who cared for her, Diane and Larry James of Arlington. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Memphis Humane Society.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
MARY BECHA L. MARINO, 91, of Memphis, retired cashier from Big Star, died Monday at American Transitional Rehab & Specialty Care. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Marino, the widow of Joe Marino, leaves a son, Arthur Panni, and a sister, Flora Pretti, both of Memphis, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
DEWAYNE 'BIG MONEY' MARSHALL, 42, of Memphis, employee of Memphis Hardwood Co., died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Golden Gate Full Gospel Baptist Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. He was a Mason. He leaves two daughters, Tanesia S. Marshall and Cierra C. Marshall of Memphis; a son, Tyler DeWayne Marshall of Memphis; his mother, Ida M. Marshall; five sisters, Laura M. Wilkerson, Bertha M. King, Dianne M. Settle and Lisa M. Sankhon, all of Memphis, and Emma J. Willis of Los Angeles, and six brothers, Eddie Marshall of Las Vegas, Clarence Marshall, Daniel Marshall and Robert Marshall Jr., all of Memphis, Eugene Collins of Kankakee, Ill., and Lane Collins of Baltimore.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
ELLEN RUSSELL DAVIS MARTIN, 69, of Memphis, formerly of Wynne, Ark., and Spokane, Wash., homemaker and former employee of the City of Spokane, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a Baptist. Mrs. Martin, the widow of Virgil Stanley Martin, leaves a daughter, Carla Laycox of Memphis; two stepdaughters, Cynthia Teague of Heafer, Ark., and Jackie Quintero of Spokane; three stepsons, Richard Martin, Stanley Martin and Claude Martin, all of Spokane; four brothers, Robert Davis, Tommy Davis and Carl Davis, all of Memphis, and Gus Davis of Cherry Valley, Ark., 21 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
CURTIS McNEAL, 41, of Memphis, bartender for Wing City, died Saturday in Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a graduate of East High School. He leaves a daughter, Kirby Elizabeth McNeal; five sons, Curtis Stewart McNeal, Christopher Stewart McNeal, Chase McNeal, Cornelius McNeal and Carron McNeal, and his mother, Elizabeth McNeal Pyles, all of Memphis; four sisters, Sylvia McNeal Joyner of Gary, Ind., and Annette McNeal Al-Fuqan, Tabitha McNeal Burts and Kirby McNeal, all of Memphis; a companion with whom he lived, Barbara Hawthorne of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
BARBARA LYNN MEEK, 59, of Byhalia, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired teacher from Memphis City Schools, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist and worked for Special Olympics. She leaves two daughters, Paula Meek and Jamie LaFoon, and her mother, Margaret Boland, all of Memphis; a sister, Rebecca Kavanaugh of Dallas, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
ANNIE MAE OWSLEY, 70, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Temple Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial at 1 p.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Owsley, the wife of Claud Owsley Jr., also leaves three daughters, Ericka N. Burnett, Yvonne Owsley and Nicole D. Roberts, all of Memphis; three sons, Vernell Davis and Claud Owsley, both of Memphis, and Napoleon Shelby of Springfield, Mo.; a sister, Elnora Nunley of Indianapolis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
SAMUEL LORENZA PAINTER, 57, of Lexington, Ky., formerly of Memphis, retired officer from the Navy after 20 years, died Sept. 18 at San Joaquin Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif. Services were Monday at Scobee Funeral Home in Winchester, Ky., with burial in Camp Nelson National cemetery in Nicholasville, Ky. He was a Vietnam War veteran. Mr. Painter, the husband of Rollean Leggett Painter, also leaves a daughter, Jennifer L. Painter of Lexington; two sons, Samuel L. Painter III of Lexington and John L. Painter of Port Royal, S.C.; his mother, Betty Painter Thomas of Memphis; two sisters, Barbara Ann Thomas of Texas and Sarah Thomas of Florida; three brothers, Robert L. Thomas of Yemen and Ronnie Thomas and Billy Thomas, both of Cleveland, Tenn., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association in Canton, Ohio, or the Navy Relief Fund.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
MARY DICKSON 'DODIE' PITTS, 75, of Rossville, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Kings Temple Church of God in Christ in Rossville, where she was a member, with burial in Mt. Zion cemetery No. 2 there. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mrs. Pitts, the widow of Sylvester Pitts, leaves three daughters, Dessie Pitts, Barbara Pitts Leonard and Versie Pitts, all of Rossville; three sons, Robert Dell Dickerson of Sanford, Fla., and Sylvester Pitts and Charles Pitts, both of Memphis; three sisters, Bertha Dickerson and Alberdia Dickerson Hale, both of Sanford, and Bessie Alston of Woodbridge, Va.; three brothers, W. C. Dickerson and Jobie Dickerson, both of Memphis, and Obie Dickerson of Sanford; two grandchildren she raised, Tiarra Harwell and Michelle Harwell, both of Rossville, 41 other grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
