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A. D. SMITH, 70, of Arlington, former employee of Iver and Ponds Piano Factory, died Saturday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Gallaway, Tenn., with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mason (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge. He was a Korean War veteran and a member of Belmont Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Smith, the husband of Rosie Jones Smith, also leaves five daughters, Palestine Howell of Jackson, Tenn., and Margie Vaughn, Sharon Jones, Castanya Austin and Sherea Smith, all of Memphis; five sons, Calvin Jones of Indianapolis, Alvin Smith and Kenneth Smith, both of Arlington, and Shelton Smith and Rodney Smith, both of Memphis; a sister, Mary Lee Smith of Arlington, and 14 grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
ANNE FOWLKES THREEFOOT, 80, of Memphis, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at St. John's Episcopal Church, where she was a member. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was past president of the Maternal League of Memphis, and past board member of Memphis Symphony League, Daughters of the American Revolution, English Speaking Union, Memphis Country Club and Women's Exchange Club. Mrs. Threefoot, the widow of Kutcher Threefoot, leaves a daughter, Annie W. Miller of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Julia E. Threefoot of Germantown, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. John's Episcopal Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
GEORGE UNDERWOOD JR., 75, of 2316 Drake, retired from International Paper, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Greater New Jerusalem Church with burial in Calvary. V. H. Bins & Son Mid-South Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Underwood, the husband of Frankie Underwood, also leaves a daughter, Ruthie Green of Chicago; four sisters, Dollie Mae Spencer of Memphis and Lottie B. Nickerson, Benetta Harris and U. D. House, all of St. Louis; a brother, Willie Underwood of St. Louis, a grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
JESSIE L. WASHINGTON, 86, of Memphis, died Monday at her home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Washington, the widow of Booker T. Washington, leaves three daughters, Annette Washington, Carolyn Washington and Katherine Washington; a son, Hartful Washington of Sacramento, Calif., 16 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
LAVERN LEONARD 'BUD' WILKERSON, 91, of Memphis, former owner of Otasco Retail Store in Hugoton, Kan., died Monday at American Transitional Rehab & Specialty Care. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, Miss., with burial in Oxford Memorial cemetery. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Trafalgar Village Baptist Church, the Rotary Club and the Lions Club. Mr. Wilkerson, the widower of Dorothy Jane Crawford Wilkerson, leaves a son, Gary Wilkerson of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
CLAUDE W. WOODARD, 74, of Memphis, retired concrete truck driver, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Emma Jackson of Detroit; two brothers, John Woodard of Nashville and Charles Woodard of Memphis, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
SHARI KETCHUM, 40, of Dyersburg, Tenn., co-owner and secretary of Ketchum Appliance, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at J. W. Curry and Son Funeral Home in Dyersburg with burial in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Ketchum, the wife of Anthony Ketchum, also leaves local survivors including her mother, Rosala Beam of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
BROOKSIE DALE SMITH, 78, of Harmontown, Miss., homemaker, died Tuesday in Como, Miss. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Holly Springs (Miss.) Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Pleasant (Miss.) cemetery. She was a member of Hosanna Full Gospel Church in Harmontown. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Curtis Smith, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Terry Winters of Munford, Tenn.; a son, James D. Smith of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
MILDRED STALLCUP, 87, of Lafe, Ark., homemaker, died Tuesday in Paragould, Ark. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Heath Funeral Home in Paragould with burial in Greene County Memorial Gardens there. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Stallcup, the widow of Elvis Armond Stallcup, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Carolyn Bowlin of Germantown, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 25, 2002]
ANTWON DEWAYNE ALLEN, 19, of Augusta, Ga., formerly of Memphis, Navy seaman apprentice, died Sunday at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. He leaves his parents, Patty Sanders and John Sanders; a sister, Kenyatta Jordan, and two brothers, Martavius Pittman and Tremaine Allen, all of Memphis; two stepsisters, Tanesha Sanders of Memphis and Lavette Sanders of Dayton, Ohio; two stepbrothers, Reshard Sanders of Kingsport, Tenn., and Shanard Sanders of Memphis; his grandmother, Ruby Allen of Memphis, and his great-grandfather, Jim Nicks.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]
JAMES A. ALLEN, 59, of Byhalia, Miss., formerly of Memphis, employee of the City of Collierville, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home-Stage Road Chapel has charge. He was an Army veteran and member of Christ the Rock Church. Mr. Allen, the husband of Glenda F. Allen, also leaves three daughters, Yolonda F. Pewitt of Tennessee, April M. Zimmerman of Florida and Jamie M. Allen of Mississippi; two sons, Timothy W. Allen and Shannon O. Allen, and a sister, Dale Mayo, all of Mississippi, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]
PATRICIA PARHAM BRAUN, 79, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sept. 17 at Allen Morgan Health Center. Services were Monday at St. John's Episcopal Church with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home had charge. She was a graduate of The Hutchison School, a member of The Junior League of Memphis, Le Bonheur, The King's Daughters and Our Home & Garden Club and a volunteer for Lion's Club Sight Saving School. Mrs. Braun, the widow of Dr. Winston Braun, leaves two daughters, Grace Brown Upshaw of Memphis and Nancy Braun Smith of Raleigh, N.C.; two sons, Winston Braun Jr. of Woodstock, Ga., and Phillip Curtis Braun of Memphis; a brother, Curtis Warner Parham Jr. of the Czech Republic, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. John's Episcopal Church, Church of the Good Shepherd in Durham, N.C., or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]
CAROLYN FLORETTA DYSON, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Millington Health Care Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Raleigh Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Dyson, the widow of Rev. Joseph Rex Dyson, leaves a daughter, Hazel Medason of Louisiana; five sons, Kenneth R. Dyson of Memphis, James C. Dyson of Malvern, Ark., David L. Dyson of Maumelle, Ark., Edward O. Dyson of Los Angeles and Joseph S. Dyson of Marion, N.C.; a sister, Faith Anderson of Mounds View, Minn., 23 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]
BOBBY C. FOWLER, 44, of Memphis, died Sunday at Oakville Health Care Center. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a member of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves his mother, Ora Mae Fowler, and his father and stepmother, Leon and Enna Fowler, all of Memphis; six sisters, Betty Jones, Barbara Fowler, Geneva Fowler, Amy Adams and Vivian Fowler, all of Memphis, and Lillie Journigan of Waterloo, Iowa, and five brothers, Levon Fowler, Melvin Fowler, Donald Fowler, Ronnie Fowler and Tony Fowler, and his grandmother, Lillian Fowler, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]
ROBERT HICKS, 70, of Memphis, died Monday at his home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hicks, the husband of Bertha Hicks, also leaves six daughters, Ruby Hicks, Shirley Williams, Debra Hunter, Mary Hicks, Dorothy Rutherford and Shirley Hicks, and three sons, Robert Hicks Jr., Raymond Hicks and Raleigh Hicks, all of Memphis, 21 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]
