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DUSTIN STRAWN, 33, of Walls, meat department manager for Jitney Premier, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. today at Our Place at 3213 S. Mendenhall. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. Mr. Strawn, the husband of Tabitha Strawn, also leaves two sons, Corey Strawn and Dylan Strawn, both of Walls; his mother and stepfather, Cathy and Kenny Newsom of Southaven; his father, Jack Strawn of Hinckley, Ill., and two stepsisters, Trisha Newsom and Sarah Newsom, both of Charlotte, N.C. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
JAMES WALTER TOMLINSON, 73, of Memphis, retired sheet metal worker at Dixie Sheet Metal, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was of the Church of Christ faith, a Korean War Navy veteran and a member of Sheet Metal Local 4. Mr. Tomlinson, the husband of Betty Tomlinson, also leaves three daughters, Peggy Fewell of San Diego, Trish Tong of Germantown and Kathy Howell of Collierville; two sisters, Margaret Boston of Plaquemine, La., and Betty Helm of Wurtsboro, N.Y., seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
ERNEST HENRY VAUGHN, 60, of Tunica, Miss., formerly of Memphis, electrician with IBEW Local 474, died Friday at North Oak Regional Medical Center in Senatobia, Miss. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He leaves three daughters, Traci Cato and Shelly Johnson, both of Southaven, and Shelly McClain of Memphis; two sons, Murray Vaughn of Hernando and Rodney Vaughn of Walls; a brother, William Vaughn of Horn Lake; his grandmother, Aliean House of Gates, Tenn., and 10 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
BARBARA ANN WELLS, 55, of Marion, machine operator for Bell Manufacturing, died Friday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She leaves two sisters, Lettie Dixon of West Memphis and Polly Crouch of Parkin, Ark., and a brother, C. D. Wells of Rosemark.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
JAMES E. WILLIAMS, 58, of Memphis, employee of Memphis Bonding Co., died Friday at his home. M. J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran. He leaves three daughters; seven sons; two sisters, Joy Williams and Annie Pearl Nunn, both of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
EARL WILSON, 73, of Memphis, retired from the City of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Enon Springs Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park. E. H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Jenetta Y. Wilson, also leaves six daughters, Ethel Sharif Pluitt, Thelma Lane, Mae Bell Herron and Beverly Harris, all of Memphis, Vera Jean Shy of Oklahoma City and Sherry Dean Lawrence of Nashville; six sons, Earl Wilson Jr., and William Earl Wilson, both of Memphis, James Wilson of Dallas and Howard Wilson, Harry Wilson and Michael Wilson, all of Oklahoma City; two sisters, JoAnn Haynes of Los Angeles and Laurine Lee of Chicago; three brothers, Ira Lawrence Wilson and John Vester Wilson, both of Chicago, and Frank Wilson of Memphis, 50 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
JESSIE WINGATE, 50, of Memphis, security guard, died Friday in Memphis. N. J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a son, Jason Wingate of Las Vegas; a sister, Maggie Wingate of Lake Elsinore, Calif., and three brothers, Charles Wingate of Yucca Valley, Calif., Travis Wingate of Twentynine Palms, Calif., and Ervin Wingate of Redlands, Calif.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
REV. ARNETT L. WINN Jr., 75, retired minister, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Southwoods. He was a World War II Army veteran, a graduate of Eureka (Ill.) College and Lexington (Ky.) Theological Seminary, received an honorary doctorate in divinity from Eureka College and was a former member of the East Memphis Optimist Club. Rev. Winn was a former minister at Kingsway Christian Church, president of the Christian Churches in Tennessee and the Christian Ministers of Memphis, secretary of the Memphis Ministers Association and associate regional minister for the Christian Churches of Western Tennessee. He was named Honored Minister of the Christian Churches in Memphis by the Disciple Men of Memphis and Minister Emeritus of Kingsway Christian Church and The First Christian Church in Chillicothe, Mo. Rev. Winn, the husband of Ruth Winn, also leaves five daughters, Teresa Johnson of Rossville, Tenn., Nancy Wigle of Abtswind, Germany, and Anita Veale, Natile Sanders and Andrea Tate, all of Collierville; two sisters, Loraine Bell and Dorothy Stubblefield, both of Paducah, Ky., nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Cancer Research Foundation or Baptist Trinity Home Care and Hospice.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
LILLIE J. WOODS, 50, of Memphis, security worker, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the choir and the Steering Committee at Redeemer Baptist Church. Mrs. Woods, the wife of Rev. Willie E. Woods, also leaves four daughters, Regina Baker of Collierville, Rosalind Woods and Veronica Woods, both of Memphis, and Ledra M. Pegues of Millington; two sisters, Gloria Polk and Georgia Johnson, and three brothers, Paul Johnson, Henry Lee Johnson and Larry Johnson, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
JESSIE LUCILLE WEAVER, 78, of Alamo, Tenn., homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ronk Funeral Home in Alamo with burial in Quincy cemetery. She leaves local survivors including a sister, Jean Carpenter, and two brothers, WIlliam Hudson and Jeff Hudson, all of Memphis, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 22, 2002]
DORA PEARL ADAMS, 94, of Byhalia, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired nurse, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Calvary. She was a member of Byhalia First Baptist Church. Mrs. Adams, the widow of Robert D. Adams, leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Traylor, and two sons, Earl Adams and Eugene Adams, all of Byhalia, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Byhalia First Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 21, 2002]
RUTH RAY BILLS, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church, a former member of Summer Avenue Order of the Eastern Star and an auxiliary member of the National Life and Accident Insurance Co. Retirees' Group. Mrs. Bills, the wife of Otis Bills for 64 years, also leaves three daughters, Vera Buck of Shelby Township, Mich., Carolyn Cloyes of Bartlett and Jeannie Byrd of Bainbridge, Ga.; three sons, Wayne Bills and Ray Bills, both of Bartlett, and John Bills of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Highland Heights Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 21, 2002]
LOTTIE MAE CALVERY, 82, of Horn Lake, retired nursing assistant for Baptist Memorial Hospital, died Thursday at Landmark of DeSoto Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Calvery, the widow of Robert P. Calvery, leaves two daughters, Betty Brown of Holly Springs, Miss., and Judy Morehouse of Memphis; a son, Ken Calvery of Boyd, Texas; three sisters, Viola Yancey of Ripley, Miss., Alice Walters of Corinth, Miss., and Dorothy Null of Falkner, Miss.; four brothers, Jackie Glidewell and Edward Glidewell, both of Ripley, Ray Glidewell of Corinth and Willie Glidewell of Burnsville, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Obit dated September 21, 2002]
FRANCES VAUGHAN DAUGHERTY, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Audubon Park Baptist Church. Mrs. Daugherty, the wife of James A. Daugherty, also leaves a daughter, Dorothy Jean Valentine of Memphis; three sons, Thomas Nelson Vaughan of Sevierville, Tenn., Robert Curtis Vaughan of Collierville and J. Michael Daugherty of Bryan, Texas; three sisters, Dorothy Moseley of Snow Lake Shores, Miss., Mary Brooks of Memphis and Carolyn Stovall of Walls; two brothers, Peter J. Ditto and Jack Ditto, both of Memphis, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wings Cancer Foundation or Audubon Park Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 21, 2002]
EDSEL ANDREW DAVIDSON, 87, of Harmontown, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired from Sealtest Dairy, died Friday in Olive Branch. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Free Springs United Methodist Church cemetery in Harmontown. He was a member of Free Springs United Methodist Church and was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Davidson, the widower of Cornelia Beatrice Davidson, leaves two daughters, Barbara D. Norkus of Springfield, Va., and Pam Davidson of Olive Branch; three sons, George H. Davidson of Scottsdale, Ariz., Eddie Davidson of Cordova and Dan Davidson of Olive Branch; a sister, Mary Elizabeth Honeycutt, and two brothers, Joseph Davidson and Pank Davidson, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Olive Branch Christian Church.
[Obit dated September 21, 2002]
THEOLLA DAVIS, 60, of Memphis, retired private nurse, died Wednesday at Overton Park Health Care Center. Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Greater Whitestone Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Friday in New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a member of Order of the Elk. He leaves a daughter, Theonetter Davis-Gross of Jackson, Miss.; a son, Christopher Davis of Memphis; three sisters, Lavenia Johnson of Memphis and Carrie Haywood and Katie Mae Forest, both of Mt. Bayou, Miss., and four brothers, James Davis, Clarence Davis and Curtis Davis, all of Memphis, and Edward Davis of Shelby, Miss.
[Obit dated September 21, 2002]
