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FLOY C. POMMER, 89, of Carrabella, Fla., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday in Carrabella. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Memphis. Mrs. Pommer, the widow of Henry Pommer, leaves a daughter, Helen Ann Wren of Carrabella; a son, Hank Pommer of Memphis; a sister, Lorraine Morrow of Picayune, Miss., six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
NADINE RYAN SMITH, 48, of Memphis, former employee of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Holy Tabernacle Episcopal Church. Mrs. Smith, the wife of John C. Smith Jr., also leaves two daughters, Lashanda Smith and Leveda A. Smith, both of Memphis; three sons, Joseph Smith and Reno Smith, both of Memphis, and Clevell Smith of Nashville; five sisters, Doris Hunter, Barbara Cannon, Beverly Vanhooks and Patricia Guy, all of Memphis, and Annette Bullock of Ripley, Miss.; four brothers, George Hunter, Ricki Coleman and Brian Reaves, all of Memphis, and Earnest Reaves of Chicago, and seven grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
LOUELLA CASEBIER SPENCER, 76, of Memphis, retired nurse, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Jackson's Harrisburg (Ark.) Funeral Home with burial in Farm Hill cemetery. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Laura Atkinson of Burlison, Tenn., and Lillie Johnson of Memphis; a son, Eric Spencer of Memphis; two sisters, Nina Martin of Denver and Elizabeth Lawrence of Jonesboro, Ark., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Church Health Center.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
DANIEL McKINLEY 'MAC' TUCKER, 22, of Munford, Tenn., electrician, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. He was a graduate of Brighton (Tenn.) High School and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Patricia and Wayne Delashmit of Atoka, Tenn.; his father and stepmother, Donald and Agnes Tucker of Munford; a brother, Chris Chapman of Munford; four stepsisters, Angela Starnes, Carolyn Delancey and Tanya Hughes, all of Atoka, and Doris Price of Brighton, and a stepbrother, Mike Delashmit of Burlison, Tenn.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
JAMES WALLS, 73, of Memphis, custodian for Oakland Headstart, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Philadelphia Baptist Church cemetery in Oakland, Miss. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He leaves two daughters, Vera Walls of Oakland and Shirley Murray of Memphis; three sons, James Walls Jr., Frankie Lee Walls and Michael Walls, all of Oakland; three sisters, Lodia Chillis and Mary Marshall, both of Memphis, and Willie Mae Powell of Benton Harbor, Mich., and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
JOSEPH BROOKS WHITTEN, 61, of Cordova, computer analyst for Grace Chemical Co., died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Neshoba Universalist Unitarian Church. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was an Army veteran and graduate of Harding University. Mr. Whitten, the husband of Terry Whitten for 31 years, also leaves a daughter, Laurie Leigh Whitten Bowers, and a son, Joseph Brooks Whitten Jr., both of Memphis, and a granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
LELAND S. WILLIAMS, 82, of Memphis, retired insurance agent, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery in Collierville. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Williams, the husband of Ruth Stafford Williams, also leaves two sons, Shad Williams of Adamsville, Tenn., and Preston Williams of Memphis; two sisters, Virginia Hatley of Memphis and Frances Fair Williams of Collierville, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
LAFAYETTE BILLINGS WILSON, 74, of Covington, Tenn., retired systems operator for Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division after 37 years, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Shiloh cemetery there. He was a charter member of Frayser Recreation Association for Youth, a Navy veteran and a deacon at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Elaine O. Wilson, also leaves a daughter, Debbie Christopher of Bartlett; two sons, Dennis Wilson of Cordova and Joey Wilson of Covington; a brother, Jerry Wilson of Burlison, Tenn., seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
LILLIE M. YOUNG, 82, of Memphis, retired production worker from Mid-South Refrigeration, died Saturday at her home. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a member of Revival Temple Evangelistic Church mother board, where she was a Sunday school teacher and family services volunteer. Mrs. Young, the widow of Damon Young, leaves six daughters, Cleo Harrison of Milwaukee, Carrie Roach of Skokie, Ill., Joanie Williams of Bellwood, Ill., Betty Jones of Naperville, Ill., and Vera Bell and Evelyn Young, both of Memphis; four sons, Lawrence Charles 'L. C.' Young, Andrew Charles 'A. C.' Young, Robert L. Young and Willie Earl Young, and a sister, Mable Fice, all of Memphis; two brothers, Clyde Harris of Atlanta and Willie Harris of Merigold, Miss., 59 grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren and 42 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
MELLER 'BEA' YOUNG, 50, of Coldwater, Miss., retired from William Carter Co., died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Velecia Young of Memphis and Latosha Young of Coldwater; five sisters, Mayene Williamson and Irma Stafford, both of Memphis, Louise Shelton of Detroit, Laverne Beasley of Gary, Ind., and Irene McClatchey of Coldwater; two brothers, Jessie Lesure and Larry Lesure, both of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
EFFIE BELL ALLEN, 89, of Oxford, Miss., homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Dickins Funeral Home in Batesville, Miss., with burial in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Oxford. Mrs. Allen, the widow of Lawrence P. Allen, leaves local survivors including a son, Lawrence Allen of Memphis.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
OLIVER LARKIN DUNN JR., 80, of Allsboro, Ala., retired from U.S. Steel in Cherokee Ala., died Sunday in Bartlett. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka, Miss., with burial in Allsboro (Ala.) United Methodist Church cemetery. He was a member of Allsboro United Methodist Church. Mr. Dunn, the husband of Dorothy Rutherford Dunn, also leaves local survivors including a son, Oliver Lee Dunn of Bartlett. The family requests that memorials be sent to Allsboro cemetery in Cherokee.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
MARGARETTE BROWN JONES, 85, of Friendship, Tenn., homemaker, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Friendship Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Bellevernon cemetery. Friendship Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Joe Edward Jones, leaves local survivors including a son, Jimmy Jones of Memphis.
[Obit dated August 27, 2002]
LORENE ABERNATHY, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Cherokee Baptist Church. Mrs. Abernathy, the widow of Leo Abernathy, leaves a daughter, Charlotte Thomas of Memphis; a son, Gary L. Abernathy of Brushcreek, Tenn; a sister, Mary Crumley of Ripley, Tenn., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]
JEFF ABLE, 96, of Earle, Ark., retired farmer, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. He was a member of Earle First Assembly of God and the Black Fish Lake Lions Club and a past board member of St. Francis County Farm Bureau and the St. Francis County Farmers Co-op. Mr. Able, the widower of Clara Lorene Able and the husband of Stella May Forrester Able, also leaves a daughter, Sarah Ferguson of Heth, Ark.; two sons, Tommy Able of West Memphis and Billy Able of Heth; two stepdaughters, Bettye Forrester Smith of Jacksonville, Fla., and Marie Forrester Almond of Russellville, Ark.; a stepson, Gene Forrester of Cherokee Village, Ark.; three sisters, May Hammons of Millington, Bee Conzone of Evans Mountain, N.C., and Dorothy Kinard of Grubbs, Ark.; three brothers, Dan Able of Bradenton, Fla., Roy Able of Munford and Richard Able of Tacoma, Wash., 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or Haven Hospice.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]
X. L. JEFFIE ALLRED, 88, of Memphis, inspector for General Electric, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Whitten Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs. Allred, the widow of Albie Allred, leaves a daughter, Shirley Martz of Memphis; two sons, Charles Allred of Oakland, Tenn., and Ken Allred of Memphis, 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]
