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EUGENE F. PETRAKIS, 76, of Memphis, retired agent from the FBI after 23 years, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. He was a World War II Navy air corps veteran. Mr. Petrakis, the widower of Helen Wells Petrakis, leaves a daughter, Cathy Sheeks of Memphis; two sons, Patrick Petrakis of Memphis and Peter A. Petrakis of Baton Rouge, La., six grandchildren and a great-grandson.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
JESSIE MAE RANKIN, 63, of Memphis, retired supervisor from the IRS after 26 years, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church on Winchester. She leaves a daughter, Daphne E. Rankin; her father, Cleveland Rankin; two sisters, Emma J. Rankin and Myrtle R. Carpenter and five brothers, Cleveland Rankin Jr., Eddie Rankin, Thomas E. Rankin, Michael E. Rankin and Ronald G. Rankin, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
BETTY CHRISTINE COLEMAN REAVES, 82, of Memphis, retired from the Tennessee Association for the Blind, died Tuesday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Reaves, the widow of Wayne H. Reaves, leaves a niece and a great-niece who cared for her, Sharon Howard and Shaye Howard, and a nephew and his wife who cared for her, Bill and Reba Coleman, all of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Lions Club.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
BERNICE W. ROBINSON, 92, of 768 E. Trigg, retired from Kennedy VA Hospital Dietary Department, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church on Beale. Mrs. Robinson, the widow of William H. Robinson Jr., leaves a daughter, Jeweline R. Crenshaw and a son, Clarence W. Robinson, both of Memphis, two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
ROBBIE KAY RUTKOWSKI, 58, of Horn Lake, administrative assistant for FedEx, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She leaves a son, Dan Rutkowski of Memphis; a stepsister, Edwina Taylor of Mt. Juliet, Tenn.; a stepbrother, Allen Fitzhugh of Olive Branch, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
NORMA J. SEWARD, 79, of Eads, homemaker, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Seward cemetery in Eads. She was a member of Eads United Methodist Church. Mrs. Seward, the widow of Earl Seward, leaves two sons, David Seward of Sedro Woolley, Wash., and Don Seward of Collierville; a sister, Nancy Schusster of Memphis, five grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Collierville.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
STELLER R. SMITH, 60, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Mt. Sinai Baptist Church on Horn Lake Road, with burial in New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Bates Chapel Baptist Church in Coldwater, Miss. She leaves three daughters, Jacqueline A. Renfroe, Marilyn Todd and Janet Scott and two sons, Kenneth Todd and Carl Smith, all of Memphis; two sisters, Catherine Aldridge of Memphis and Camille Massey of Chicago; four brothers, Anderson Todd Jr., Macon Todd and Ozell Todd, all of Coldwater, and Robert Todd of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
LIONEL EUGENE THORNLEY, 79, of Memphis, retired supervisor from BellSouth Telecommunications, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a member of Raleigh United Methodist Church, a World War II Navy veteran and Master Mason of Lodge 770. Mr. Thornley, the widower of Frances Bass Thornley, leaves a son, Mark Thornley of Fayetteville, Ga.; two stepdaughters, Diana Bayer and Patricia Grooms, both of Nashville; a sister, Dale Orman of Memphis, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Lung Association.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
VIRGINIA W. WIGGINS, 97, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, real estate agent, died Aug. 1 at Alexian Village in Signal Mountain. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Lane Funeral Home Coulter Chapel in Chattanooga has charge. She was a former administrative board and trustee board member and treasurer of Madison Heights United Methodist Church and member of Women's Society of Christian Service and Signal Crest United Methodist Church. Mrs. Wiggins, the widow of Roy B. Wiggins, leaves a daughter, Joy Jones of Chattanooga, six grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
RICHARD W. WILEY, 84, of Memphis, retired bag handler from Illinois Central Railroad, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Union Valley Baptist Church with burial in Easthaven. Snow Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Magnolia Senior Citizens. He leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Clark and a stepson, Travis T. Herring, both of Memphis, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
ALZADY WILKINS, 78, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Easthaven. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. She leaves a daughter, Gwen Delaney of Chicago; five sons, Hosea Wilkins and Lenell Wilkins, both of Memphis, Lorise Walker and William Walker, both of Gary, Ind., and Clifford Grandberry of Waukegan, Ill.; a sister, Eunice Watkins of Chicago, and 19 grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
BERTHA V. SHEGOG, 77, of Cleveland, Miss., housekeeper, died Tuesday at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Paradise Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Crenshaw City cemetery. Delta Burial Corp. in Marks, Miss., has charge. She leaves local survivors including two sisters, Mary White and Martha Ashley, both of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
VERA J. HAMMOND SMITH, 61, of Wynne, Ark., homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne with burial in Johnson cemetery there. She was a member of Hickory Ridge Church of Christ and a volunteer for Cross County Hospice. Mrs. Smith, the wife of Johnnie Smith, also leaves local survivors including two daughters, Donna Sue Smith of Memphis and Lynne Rice of Marion, and a brother, Harold Hammond of Southaven. The family requests that memorials be sent to Cross County Hospice Program.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
JAVIER ALVAREZ, 33, of Memphis, employee of Turf-Green Landscaper, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He leaves his father Patricio Alvarez; six sisters, Julia Alvarez, Teresa Alvarez, Maria Alvarez, Gabriela Alvarez and Asuncion Alvarez, all of Mexico, and Rosa Alvarez of Memphis, and three brothers, Marcelino Alvarez, Jose Alvarez and Eliodoro Alvarez, all of Mexico.
[Obit dated September 18, 2002]
JOHN TERENCE ATCHISON, 23, of Cordova, employee of Don Pablos Mexican Kitchen, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Germantown Baptist Church. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He leaves his parents, Alex and Randi Atchison of Eudora, Miss.; two brothers, Alex R. Atchison Jr. of Oakland, Tenn., and Donald S. Atchison of Las Vegas; his grandparents, Betty Chappell of Clymer, N.Y., and Don and Mary Atchison of Santa Cruz, Calif., and his great-grandmother, Ruth Brant. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Office of Drug Education DARE program.
[Obit dated September 18, 2002]
HUBERT 'BUTCH' BIBLE, 49, of Walls, maintenance technician for Tension Envelope Corp. and former teacher for Southaven Vo-Tech, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Bible, the husband of Pam Bible, also leaves three daughters, Leigh Dalton of Horn Lake and Amber Bible and Kimberly Bible, both of Walls; three sons, Dusty Bible of Olive Branch, Josh Bible of Horn Lake and Matthew Bible of Walls; a sister, Polly Hutchinson of Cleveland, Tenn.; a brother, Mark Bible of South Carolina, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 18, 2002]
