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ALTON HARDIN, 98, of Corinth, Miss., retired farmer, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lakeview Baptist Church, where he was a former deacon and trustee, with burial in Forrest Memorial Park cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home has charge. He leaves local survivors including a son, William Hardin of Memphis, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 24, 2002]
EARNEST McDONALD, 86, of Corinth, Miss., retired farmer, died Friday at Corinth Health & Rehab. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home in Corinth with burial in Holly Church cemetery. He was a member of Olive Hill Baptist Church. Mr. McDonald, the husband of Lois McDonald, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Gwyn Clark of Memphis, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 24, 2002]
MARGARET RAGGETT BLACK, 77, of Byhalia, Miss., retired licensed practical nurse, died Wednesday in Byhalia. Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Black, the widow of Gill R. Black, leaves three sons, Gill R. Black Jr. of Canal Winchester, Ohio, Ronald W. Black of St. Francisville, La., and Chester A. Black of Byhalia; three sisters, Ina B. Robinson of Parker, Calif., Dorothy A. Amsden of Memphis and Edna A. King of Brownsville, Tenn.; three brothers, John C. Raggett of Mobile, Ala., James L. Raggett of Downey, Calif., and W. Dewey Raggett of Southaven, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
LARRY L. BOYD, 23, of St. Louis, formerly of Somerville, Tenn., food service worker, died Monday at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church in Whiteville, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. He leaves a son, LeTevin Randolph of Stanton, Tenn.; his father, Roosevelt Stocking of St. Louis; his mother and stepfather, Shirley Boyd Kee and Ronnie Kee of Somerville; three brothers, Carlos Boyd of Memphis, and Pierre Kee and Laron Kee, both of Somerville; his grandmother, Georgia Boyd, and his stepgrandmother, Shirley Lewis, both of St. Louis, and his stepgreat-grandmother, Freddie Mae Kee of Somerville.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
JERRY LEMOND BROOKS, 26, of Memphis, died Sunday in Memphis. McGhee and Sons Funeral Home in Holly Springs, Miss., has charge. He leaves two sons, Jerry Montague and Jerrick Gray, and his mother and stepfather, Gloria and Edward Brown, all of Memphis; his father, John T. Brooks of Fayette County, Tenn.; four sisters, Jacqueline Brooks, Norlene Brooks and Shontie Brooks, all of Memphis, and Clara Brooks of Fayette County; two brothers, John T. Brooks Jr. of Memphis and Floyd Brooks of Fayette County, and his grandparents, Robert Hunt of Memphis and Gladys Malone of Fayette County.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
ROSCOE DRADEN CHANDLER, 78, of Memphis, retired bank examiner, died Thursday at Humboldt (Tenn.) General Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett, where he was a communicant, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Chandler, the husband of Betty Lou Chandler for 22 years, also leaves two stepsons, James D. Harper of Portland, Ore., and Gary L. Harper of Rossville, Tenn.; two sisters, Evelyn Chandler Strickland of Nashville and Nelladeane Chandler Burnett of Alexander City, Ala., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
LOREN NICOLE COLBERT, infant daughter of Renata Williams and Lorenzo Colbert of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She also leaves two brothers, Lorenzo Colbert Jr. and Nicholas Colbert, and her grandparents, Jennie Smith, Jerome Smith, Michael Williams, Helen Morgan and Clarice Brown, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
ANNIE LILLIAN CRUMPTON-HAYES, 58, of 3490 W. Horn Lake, copy shop manager for LeMoyne-Owen College, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at noon Monday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Crumpton-Hayes, the wife of Nehemiah Hayes, also leaves two daughters, Velma Crumpton and Wanda Wallace; a son, Anthony Crumpton, and two brothers, Ivory Crumpton Jr. and Joseph Crumpton, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
EFFIE DUKE, 93, of Memphis, retired sales clerk from Sears, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of First Evangelical Church Triple L's. Mrs. Duke, the widow of Vendall Duke, leaves a daughter, Joann Littlejohn, and a son, William T. Duke, both of Memphis, four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to First Evangelical Church building or mission funds or Crichton College.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
DOROTHY DUNN, 64, of Memphis, formerly of Somerville, nurse assistant at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Pulliam Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Somerville with burial in the church cemetery. J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mrs. Dunn, the wife of William Dunn, also leaves a daughter, Kimberly Dunn of Memphis; five sisters, Savanah Campbell, Girline Dancey, Virginia Gray and Forestine Owenes, all of Memphis, and Mary Ann Boone of Gary, Ind., and two brothers, Darnell Watkins of Memphis and Larry Watkins of Somerville.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
RICHARD EARL EDWARDS, 51, of Pontotoc, Miss., formerly of Hughes, Ark., assembly line worker for Day Brite of Tupelo, Miss., died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Mr. Edwards, the husband of Doris Edwards, also leaves two daughters, Dantoria Bell of Verona, Miss., and Aisha King of Chicago; five sons, Marquavin Edwards, Antwan Edwards and Demarquis Edwards, all of Pontotoc, and Richard Edwards Jr. and Kierre Edwards, both of Chicago; four sisters, Dorothy Young and Georgia Simon, both of Chicago, and Amanda Edwards and Evelyn Edwards, both of Tupelo; six brothers, Emmanuel Eadie and Eph Edwards, both of Chicago, Celodis Edwards of Belden, Miss., and Charlie Edwards, Jimmie Lee Edwards and Rev. James M. Edwards, all of Venice, Ill., and eight grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
MARTHA LORENE EPHLIN, 81, of Bartlett, formerly of Wardell, Mo., homemaker, died Thursday in Bartlett. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Wardell First Baptist Church and Bartlett Lanes Alley Cats. Mrs. Ephlin, the widow of Bobby Ephlin, leaves four daughters, Bobbie Jean Harris, Sharon L. Barry and Valerie Diana Washburn, all of Bartlett, and Pat Lawler of Chattanooga; two sons, Jim Ephlin and Tim Ephlin, both of Bartlett; two sisters, Hazel Guthrie of Alton, Ill., and Beatrice Latham of St. Peters, Mo., 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Trinity Hospice.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
MINERVA BLUMBERG GASOFF, 91, of Memphis, furniture business co-owner, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Collierville Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Temple Israel and a volunteer of the year for Plough Towers. Mrs. Gasoff, the widow of Harry Gasoff, leaves a daughter, Helen Stone of Collierville; a brother, Bernard Blumberg of Sarasota, Fla., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
SADIE LEILA HEARN, 90, of Belle ville, Ill., formerly of Memphis, retired secretary, died Thursday at Memorial Hospital in Belle ville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Hearn, the widow of Roy Hearn, leaves two daughters, Janet Paden of Belleville and Dolly Totty of Centerville, Tenn.; two sisters, Jane Morris of Ocala, Fla., and Martha Jones of Memphis, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Memphis School of Preaching.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
JAMES HOLST JR., 58, of Memphis died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Holst, the husband of Mae R. Holst, also leaves four daughters, Jazet Holst Brown, Jaqayla Holst, Sity Holst and Ajeenah Holst; five sons, Menasi Holst, Kareem Holst, Askia Holst, Zain Holst and Zakee Holst; his parents, Corine Holst and James Holst; three sisters, Addie Lee Harris, Lajuana Higgins and Shari L. Woods; a brother, Larry B. Holst, and an aunt who cared for him, Earnestine Holst Hughes, all of Memphis, and 30 grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
ROBERT JACKSON Jr., 55, of Somerville, employee of Western Auto, died Aug. 16 at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Somerville with burial in Freedonia Memorial Garden in Mason. J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mr. Jackson, the husband of Aretha Jackson, also leaves two daughters, Sandra Boswell of Somerville and Joyce Murphy of Memphis; seven sisters, Remel Ferguson, Mattie Brown, Delois Jackson, Dorothy Henderson and Patricia Jackson, all of Memphis, Nelzie Watkins of Rossville and Alberta Thompson of Amory, Miss.; a brother, Louis Jackson of Memphis; a stepbrother, Robert Powell of Somerville, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 23, 2002]
