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CHRISTOPHER COLANDUS CRAFT, 26, of Memphis, lift driver for United Technologies Carrier Corp., died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Hospital Germantown. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. James CME Church in Collierville with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch, Miss., has charge. He leaves his mother, Easter Louise Craft of Collierville.
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SHAWN DEVAUGHAN, 26, of Burlison, Tenn., truck driver for Tipton County Highway Department, died Thursday of a gunshot wound at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home of Covington with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens there. Mr. DeVaughan, the husband of Kristy DeVaughan, also leaves two sons, Dustin DeVaughan and Allen Cole DeVaughan, both of Burlison; his parents, Peggy DeVaughan of Burlison and John Douglas Wilkes of Hernando, Miss.; a sister, Christina Speck of Brighton, Tenn.; a brother, Jeremy Clark of Memphis.; his grandparents, Betty Jo Wilkes of Hernando and Geraldine DeVaughan of Burlison, and his great-grandmother, Roberta Lollar of Burlison.
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RUBY FOWLER, 88, retired waitress, died of heart failure Thursday at Allenbrooke Nursing Home. Burial will be in Shelby County cemetery. Family Funeral Care has charge.
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DORIS KYLE GANN, 93, of Memphis, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools after 32 years, died of heart failure Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 9:30 a.m. today in Memorial Park cemetery. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, an instructor at Keesler Field Air Force Base in Biloxi during World War II, a member of Union Avenue Methodist Church, Summer Avenue Eastern Star 175, Al Chymia Ladies Star and was active in local, state and national education associations. Mrs. Gann was the widow of Cleland H. Gann.
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EDWARD COPELAND GREENELSH, 85, of West Memphis, retired construction foreman for Southwestern Bell, died of cancer Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. He was a member of West Memphis First United Methodist Church and Telephone Pioneers. Mr. Greenelsh, the widower of Genevieve Scott Greenelsh and the husband of Jewel Rains Greenelsh, also leaves two daughters, Mary Beth Sheppard of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Lois Ellen Orgeron of Baton Rouge, La.; a sister, Carolyn Green of Waubay, S.D.; a brother, Delta Greenelsh of Douglas, Kan., five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to West Memphis First United Methodist Church or American Cancer Society.
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MARY LOUISE HAUSER, 96, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Peter Manor Chapel with burial in Calvary. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She leaves two sisters, Rose Hauser Copeland and Bernadine Hauser Coleman, both of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Peter Manor Chapel or a charity of the donor's choice.
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MINNIE L. INGRAM, 66, of 842 Carson, domestic worker, died of kidney failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Ingram, the widow of William Ingram, leaves a daughter, Arnell Sullivan of Grand Junction; a son, Carlis McCain of Memphis; two sisters, Pearlie Mae Williams of Memphis and Magnolia Mason of Los Angeles; five brothers, Rev. Leroy Liddell of Memphis, Rev. Jerry Liddell, Willie B. Liddell, Timothy Ivory and George Willie Ivory, all of Los Angeles, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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CAROLINE GOSS JOHNSON, 69, of Memphis, retired cook, died of heart disease Nov. 20 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at New Hope Baptist Church, where she was an usher, with burial in the church cemetery. Woolf Funeral Home of Tunica, Miss., has charge. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Bennie Johnson, leaves a stepdaughter, Mary L. Howard of Memphis; a sister, Martha A. Brown of Richmond, Calif.; a brother, H.P. Goss of Grenada, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
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CHARLES W. MALONE, 100, of Memphis, retired sheet metal worker, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Malone, the widower of Mary Malone, leaves a friend, Barbara Ashwander of Southaven, and two nieces, all of whom helped care for him.
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THELMA TAPP MARTIN, 82, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Martin, the widow of J. D. Martin, leaves a sister, Mavis Black, and a brother, Hollis Tapp, both of Memphis; a granddaughter, Wanda Rogers of Nesbit, Miss., and a son-in-law, Larkin R. Ivy of Southaven, both of whom help care for her; two other grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
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NAOMI NEWSOM, 88, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital South after a stroke. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Olive Branch, Miss., with burial in Greenview Memorial Gardens in Nesbit, Miss. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Newsom, the widow of Hubert Newsom, leaves a sister, Charity Maples of Memphis; three brothers, Turner King of Horn Lake, Miss., and Robert King and James T. King, both of Memphis.
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NORRIS Y. ROBERSON, 73, of Memphis, retired captain for Memphis Police Department, died of heart failure Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He received a law degree from Memphis State University, retired from Air National Guard Military Police, was a member of Masonic Lodge 0729, Scottish Rite, Fraternal Order of Police, and was a World War II veteran. Mr. Roberson, the husband of Ann Bibb Roberson, also leaves a daughter, Susan Gooch, and a son, Barry Roberson, both of Memphis; a sister, Martha Thomas of Columbus, Ohio, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Berclair Baptist Church or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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CELESTINE WRIGHT-ROOSEVELT, 43, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of Calvin Roosevelt, also leaves her mother, Mattie B. Wright, four sisters, Ruby Thomas, Carolyn Taylor, Deborah McNary and Juanita Wright, all of Memphis, and five brothers, David Wright and Kenneth Wright, both of Memphis, John Wright of Decatur, Ga., William Wright of Pittsburg, Calif., and Sedrick Wright of Detroit.
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MAMIE EARNESTINE SCOTT, 103, of Memphis, retired laundry worker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Centenary United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two caregivers, Mamie and Dan Henley of Memphis.
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JASON BARKDULL STAINBACK, 18, of Somerville, Tenn., student at St. Xavier at Louisville, Ky., died of cancer Tuesday at University of Louisville Hospital. Graveside services will be at noon today in Somerville City cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He was a member of Middletown (Ky.) Christian Church. He leaves his parents, Mary Ann A. and Hal Palmer Stainback III; a sister, Susan Camille Stainback; a brother, Hal Palmer Stainback, and his grandparents, Irene and Ollis Adams, all of Louisville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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CHARLES THOMAS JR., 64, of Little Rock, formerly of Memphis, jazz pianist, died of heart failure Tuesday in Little Rock. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Ruffin & Jarrett Funeral Home in Little Rock. Local services will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Greater Hyde Park Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday in New Park cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Thomas, the husband of Ella Thomas, also leaves a daughter, Sheila Thomas of Memphis; two sons, Gene Rivers of Memphis and Dwayne Thomas of Italy; his father, Rev. C. E. Thomas of Memphis; three sisters, Ruth A. Thomas and Frances Cade, both of Memphis, and Evelyn Johnson of Buffalo, N.Y.; a brother, Harold Thomas of Alexandria, Va., and five grandchildren.
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