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ELLA B. 'MA MA DEAR' CURRIE, 67, of 1888 Blair Hunt, retired from the old defense depot, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ and the September Club there. Mrs. Currie, the widow of James Currie, leaves a daughter, Linda Morgan of Miami; five sons, James Clark, Ralph Clark, Charles Clark, Kelvin Clark and Clyde Currie; three stepdaughters, Rhonda Currie, Jina Currie and Sheryl Currie, and two stepsons, William Taylor and Michael Currie, all of Memphis; five sisters, Beatrice Netters and Freddie G. Davis, both of Memphis, Luebrita Barr of Buffalo, N.Y., Mary H. Williams of Bronx, N.Y., and Kathryn Guinn of New York City; two brothers, Fred Guinn Jr. of Memphis and Jimmy Guinn of Wichita, Kan., 25 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
DOROTHY JUNE NURSE GARRISON, 74, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Fayette County, homemaker, died Wednesday in Hamptonville, N.C. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship cemetery in Moscow, Tenn. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Garrison, the widow of Joseph William Garrison, leaves four daughters, Vera Hook of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Radyne Ellis of Marshville, N.C., Anna Kupka of Hamptonville and Sherri Holmes of Westland, Mich.; three sons, Fred Dupre of Naples, Fla., Duke Dupre of Monroe, N.C., and Joseph Garrison of Dallas; two brothers, Rod Nurse and Ted Nurse, both of Cleveland, Ohio, 18 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
GRANT MICHAEL GOUGHNOUR, 17-day-old son of Michael and Holly Gomila Goughnour of Collierville, died Thursday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Church of the Incarnation. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He also leaves his grandparents, Richard and Ellie Goughnour of Cordova and William and Susan Gomila of La Place, La., and his great-grandparents, Bev Goughnour of Marion, Iowa, Dorothy Gomila of La Place and Roland and Melba Millet of Garyville, La. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
EDWARD DEWEY HILL JR., 53, of Memphis, salesman for Tri-State Valve & Instrument, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Mullins United Methodist Church. He leaves a son, Alexander Edward Hill; a stepdaughter, Melody McGaughey, and a stepson, Zack Branch, all of Memphis; his mother, Betty Edminston Hill of Sun City, Ariz.; his father, Edward Dewey Hill of Little Rock; a sister, Betty Ann Hill Dunlap of Okinawa, Japan, and a brother, Richard E. Hill of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
BENNIE BERAINE BUNTYN JONES, 40, of Oakland, Calif., formerly of Memphis, died Thursday at Summitt Hospital in Oakland. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Northside High School and a Baptist. Mrs. Jones, the wife of James Lester Jones, also leaves two daughters, Crystal Strong Jones and Jasmine Jones, and two sons, Harry Strong Jr. and James Matthew Jones, all of Oakland; two sisters, Darlene Buntyn of Memphis and Dannette Scott of Oakland, and three brothers, Lepolyer Buntyn of Memphis, Eddie James Butyon of Richmond, Calif., and Wayne Wallace Buntyn of Oakland.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
ROBERT ALTON MILLER, 85, of Memphis, retired tile-setter, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Miller, the husband of Frances R. Miller, also leaves four daughters, Lewandia Chapman, Beverly Miller, Frances D. Wright and Gail Miller, and three sons, Robert Alton Miller Jr., Larry Miller and Terry L. Miller, all of Memphis; a sister, Zennie Williams of Webb, Miss.; a brother, Cleveland Miller of St. Louis, 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
DONALD B. MINDERMAN, 53, of Memphis, died Friday at Primacy Healthcare. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He was a member of Bartlett Presbyterian Church. He leaves a sister, Mary A. Ware of East Orleans, Mass., and a brother, Thomas A. Minderman of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
KATHY LYNN O'GWIN, 47, of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-South. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. O'Gwin, the wife of Robert Paul O'Gwin, also leaves a daughter, Regina Stevenson O'Gwin; a son, Cornelius O'Gwin, and her parents, Ruth Winbush and Clinton Winbush, all of Memphis; five sisters, Connie Buggs of Gary, Ind., Sharon Winbush, Carmen Nelson and Johnella Winbush, all of Memphis, and JoAnne Stevenson of Milwaukee; three brothers, Ronnie Stevenson and Alfred Southern, both of Chicago, and Leverne Stevenson of West Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
IDA M. OLIVER, 88, of 1585 Glenview, homemaker, died Friday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Union Valley Baptist Church. Mrs. Oliver, the widow of Johnnie Oliver, leaves a daughter, Delois Oliver; three sons, Lawrence Oliver, Barney Oliver and Brice Oliver; a sister, Sylvia Phillips, and a brother, Wyatt McKinney, all of Memphis, eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
PRESTON PETERSON, 92, of Memphis, retired steelworker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mr. Peterson, the husband of Mozelle Peterson, also leaves three daughters, Mary P. Moore of Kankakee, Ill., Gwendolyn L. Peterson of Silver Spring, Md., and Marietta Harris of Memphis; two sons, Walter L. Peterson of Memphis and Glenn E. Peterson of Lithonia, Ga., 10 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Vollintine Baptist Church on New Allen.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
VIRGINIA ROWLAND POE, 80, of Cordova, formerly of Walnut, Miss., retired from the University of Memphis, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and Cordova Athletic Club. Mrs. Poe, the wife of Ralph H. Poe, also leaves a brother, Guy M. Rowland of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bellevue Baptist Church.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
FRANK LOUIS REMBOWSKI, 78, of Batesville, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired from the Navy after 30 years, died Friday at Batesville Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Batesville, where he was a communicant, with burial in Ward cemetery in Strawberry, Ark. Roller-Crouch Funeral Home in Batesville has charge. He was a 4th degree Knight of Columbus and a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran. Mr. Rembowski, the husband of Mary Crouch Rembowski, also leaves two daughters, LaJuanna Beasley of Memphis and Varonica King of Batesville; a sister, Marie Buerkle of New Castle, Pa., and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
BESSIE ROGERS, 50, of Memphis, tax examiner for the Internal Revenue Service, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Vance Avenue Holiness Church of God in Christ, where she was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Rogers, the wife of Bishop Tommie Rogers, also leaves a daughter, Janice Jackson; a son, Larry Hodges Jr.; her mother, Mary Avington, and two brothers, Charles E. Brannon and Jerry Lewis Avington, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
DORIS E. SMITH, 71, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. She was a member of LaBelle Haven Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith, the wife of J. P. Smith, also leaves a half-sister, Pat Welch of Hot Springs, Ark. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
JOHN E. WARD, 64, of Memphis, formerly of Como, Miss., ceramics and pottery worker, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at his home with burial in Braham Chapel Church cemetery in Como. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home in Senatobia, Miss., has charge. He was a member of Braham Chapel Church. Mr. Ward, the husband of Bernice Hightower Ward, also leaves three daughters, Bernadine W. Jackson of Cordova, and Pearlie M. DePriest and Patricia Hathaway, both of Memphis; five sisters, Elizabeth Sanders, Martha Henderson and Cordelia Ward, all of Sardis, Miss., Morsie Wright of Memphis and Mattie Watson of Jackson, Miss.; four brothers, James Ward and Isaac Ward, both of Milwaukee, Clyde Ward of Kansas City, Kan., and Ricky Ward of Sardis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
EDDIE MAE WOODS, 73, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Praise of Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Woods, the widow of Jimmie Lee Woods, leaves six daughters, Sarah Clark of Detroit, and Carolyn Faye Woods, Sherry Woods, Lorene Woods, Penny Woods-Cross and Lisa Woods, all of Memphis; four sons, Edward Woods, Trent Woods, Anthony Woods and Terrance Maples, all of Memphis; a sister, Maggie Lee Stephens of San Francisco, 23 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]
