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JOEL WAYNE HUTCHINSON, 68, of Brighton, Tenn., self-employed electrician, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Beth Salem cemetery in Ackerman, Miss. National Funeral Home in Clarksdale, Miss., has charge. He was a Baptist and an Army veteran. Mr. Hutchinson, the husband of Joyce Hutchinson, also leaves four daughters, Linda Stambaugh, Melissa Hutchinson and Wendy Beyer, all of Brighton, and Vickie Huestis of Kingsland, Ga.; a son, Michael Hutchinson of Southaven, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
TIMOTHY JACKSON, 34, of Memphis, employee of John & Son Lawn Services, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Word of God Deliverance Temple Church. He leaves a son, Justin Jackson; his mother, Earlean Jackson; seven sisters, Gwen Harris, Yvonne Barlow, Lovell Thomas, Priscilla Braden, Ora L. Mitchell, Minnie Hall and Voytres Hale, and four brothers, James Jackson, George Jackson, Harvey Jackson and Willie Jackson, all of Memphis; his grandmother, Emma L. Williams of Nesbit, and a companion with whom he lived, Valarie Jones of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
JACK L. JOHNSON, 66, of Olive Branch, formerly of Memphis, senior sales specialist for FedEx, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. He was a member of Central Church. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Joyce Maddox Johnson for 43 years, also leaves a daughter, Deborah Law, and a son, Jeff Johnson, both of Olive Branch; a sister, June Bailey of Collierville; two brothers, Joe Johnson of Memphis and Dale Johnson of Boulder, Colo., and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
JAMES JOHNSON, 86, of Turrell, Ark., farmer, died Sept. 12 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in New Bethel cemetery in Clarkedale, Ark. He leaves three daughters, Brenda Johnson of Turrell, and Cassie Massey and Barbara Johnson, both of Marion; six sons, Willie Johnson, Charles Johnson and Samuel Johnson, all of West Memphis, Otis Johnson and Stanley Johnson, both of Turrell, and Leon Johnson of Marion; a sister, L. B. Love of Chicago, 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
RACHEL JONES, 90, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in Promiseland Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Millington. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. She leaves a daughter, Beatrice Butcher of Memphis; a son, Osie Lee of Davenport, Iowa; a sister, Lula Cotton of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
EFFIE D. 'GREASIE' LEWIS, 75, of Millington, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Mark Baptist Church in Wilkinsville, Tenn., with burial in Restland Memorial Garden in Atoka, Tenn. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. She was a member of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Dixonville, Tenn., and foster grandparent for St. William's Headstart in Millington. Mrs. Lewis, the widow of Elton Lewis, leaves three daughters, Varye G. Mitchell of Elkhart, Ind., and Bessie Anderson and Norris Lewis, both of Millington; five sons, Elton Lewis Jr. of Coldwater, Miss., Charles Lewis and Carl Lewis, both of Millington, and Curtis Wayne Lewis and Randy Lewis, both of Lansing, Mich., 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
LYNN DePRIEST LIST, 53, of Lakeland, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at noon Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Mrs. List, the wife of Edwin List, also leaves a daughter, Tracie Johnson, and a son, Chris Johnson, both of Arlington; three stepdaughters, Rondell Bosquez and Jessica List, both of Memphis, and Tammy Ekstam of St. Louis; two stepsons, Bradley List of Memphis and Toby List of Lakeland; a sister, Martha Hunt of Waynesboro, Tenn.; a brother, Billy DePriest, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation in Massapequa, N.Y.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
TOMMY ELDRED McKINNEY, 73, of Memphis, retired from the Corps of Engineers, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a Korean War veteran, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4916 and a Baptist. Mr. McKinney, the husband of Betty Cooper McKinney, also leaves a daughter, Sheila Ann Warner of Memphis; two sons, Thomas Lloyd Higgins of Memphis and James W. Starks of Brunswick, Tenn.; a stepdaughter, Julie Abernathy of Memphis; a stepson, David A. Hall of Morristown, Tenn.; a sister, Dimple Irene Munn of Jackson, Calif., two grandchildren and six stepgrandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
ROBERT A. NEWMAN, 75, of Drummonds, Tenn., retired nightclub owner, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Newman, the husband of Bettye Ayers Newman for 53 years, also leaves a daughter, Margaret Michelle Sharlow of Christiansburg, Va.; a son, Robert Aubrey Newman Jr. of Nokomis, Fla.; four sisters, Mae Wallace, Tiny Walsh and Frances Hauf, all of Florida, and Lucille Wade of Missouri, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
WILLIE FRANCES NORMAN, 76, of Hernando, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Hernando Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Love Court 125 Heroines of Jericho. She leaves four daughters, Mattie Pearl Wilson, Ethel Norman Gales, Verna Norman and Betty Norman, all of Hernando; three sons, R. L. Norman of Horn Lake, and Willie Norman and Robert Lee Norman, both of Hernando; two sisters, Ada Mae Gatewood and Mamie Lee Atkins, both of Memphis, 25 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
ORRIN W. PICKETT, 83, of Memphis, real estate broker, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church, where he was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. S. W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Pickett, the widower of Thelma Pickett, leaves a daughter, Orrelia Boram of Memphis; four sisters, Emma Williams and Thelma Walton, both of Memphis, and Constance Walker and Augustine Pickett, both of Los Angeles; four brothers, Heiskell Pickett of Memphis, Clovis Pickett and Fountaine Pickett, both of Chicago, and James Pickett of Los Angeles, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
GRAYDON COOP SANDERS III, 44, of Foley, Ala., formerly of Memphis, chef for Silver Planter in Knoxville, died Sunday in Foley. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. He was a graduate of Germantown High School. He leaves two daughters, Ashley Sanders and Ricci Sanders, both of Knoxville; four sisters, Susan Calderon, Stacey Certain, Carolyn Thomas and Susan Massa, all of Memphis, and his grandmother, Magalene Ingram of West Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Church Health Center.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
EVA SCHENK, 74, of Southaven, formerly of White Plains, N.Y., radiology technician, died Monday in Memphis. Gan Aden Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two sons, Peter Schenk of Southaven and Charles Schenk of Collierville, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
WILLIAM FRANKLIN STRACENER Jr., 74, of Counce, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired mechanical contractor, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Counce First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in White Sulphur cemetery in Pickwick Dam, Tenn. Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah, Tenn., has charge. He was a member of Engineer Club of Memphis Local 614. Mr. Stracener, the husband of Nancy Stracener, also leaves two daughters, Loyce Hooker of Brentwood, Tenn., and Ellen Koonce of Nashville, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
DORTHA STROUD, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church Philathea Bible School Class. Mrs. Stroud, the widow of Jimmy Stroud, leaves four sons, James Andrew Stroud of Hernando, Thomas Ramar Stroud of Huntsville, Ala., Paul Markham Stroud of Nesbit and Walker Lewis Stroud of Bartlett; a brother, Glen Bailey of Dunbar, W.Va., seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis Union Mission or St. Francis Hospice.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
ALMA LEE THOMPSON, 69, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Thompson, the wife of Melvin Thompson, also leaves four daughters, Cheri Gladney, Pamela Taylor and Jacquline Cox, all of Memphis, and Courtess Thompson of Atlanta; two sons, Melvin L. Thompson of Boston and Billy Thompson of Omaha, Neb.; two brothers, Walter Cox of Memphis and Leon Cox of Chicago, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 20, 2002]
