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E. V. RAMSEY, 78, of Coldwater, Miss., retired construction worker, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Avenue Church of Christ in Coldwater with burial in Second Baptist Church cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. He was a member of Cistern Hill Baptist Church in Como, Miss. Mr. Ramsey, the widower of Ruthie Mae Ramsey, leaves nine daughters, Josephine Moore, Gloria Perkins and Sharon Logan, all of Coldwater, Mae Dora Johnson of Meridian, Miss., Bonnie Williams, Rosie Zella Rodgers and Peggie Mackins, all of Memphis, Evelyn Carr of Detroit and Patricia Echols of Birmingham; five sons, Joe Lee Ramsey, L. V. Ramsey and Willie Earl Ramsey, all of Memphis, Ananias Boyd of Chicago and Thurman Ramsey of Detroit; two sisters, Lou Ella Pope of Pennsylvania and Lady Mae Brown of Cleveland; three brothers, Ozell Ramsey of Valdosta, Ga., Willie Ramsey of Holly Springs, Miss., and Van Ramsey of Coldwater, 42 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
PETER A. SCHWARTZ, 83, of Memphis, retired Navy commander, died Monday at Allen Morgan Health Care. Services will be at 8 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a communicant of St. Michael Catholic Church and a member of the Retired Officers Association, Military Order of World Wars, Association of Naval Aviation, Naval Reserve Association, Tailhookers and Berlin Airlift Association. Mr. Schwartz, the husband of Martha Schwartz, also leaves a daughter, Rebecca Schwartz-Guinard of Boulder, Colo.; three sons, Peter A. Schwartz II of Virginia Beach, Timothy Schwartz of Winter Park, Fla., and John Schwartz of Longwood, Fla.; two sisters, Peggy O'Rouke of New Orleans and Patricia Barnthson of Galva, Kan., and seven grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
PEARL B. SCOTT, 101, of Grapeland, Texas, formerly of Memphis, retired teacher from Memphis City Schools after 40 years, died Sunday in Grapeland. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Normal State Teachers College, Sienna College and the University of Oklahoma, founding member of Christ United Methodist Church and member of the Beethoven Club, Nineteenth Century Club and Sunshine Home board of directors. She leaves a son, Walter Scott Jr. of Grapeland, three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
ARTELIA ARTEGER SHEARS, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Harvest Church of God in Christ with burial in Morning Star Church cemetery in Elaine, Ark. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mrs. Shears, the widow of Lawrence Shears, leaves three daughters, Mary Louise Woodson of Chicago, Hattie Shears of Hawthorne, Calif., and Reniney Morris of Memphis; three sons, Lawrence Shears Jr. of New Orleans, Robert Shears of Crumrod, Ark., and Roy Shears of Memphis; four sisters, Pearlie Daniels and Clara Allison, both of Chicago, Lettie Williams of Olympia Fields, Ill., and Sarah Westbrook of Marianna, Ark.; three brothers, Samuel King and Frank King, both of Chicago, and Ben King of Little Rock, 22 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
THERESA M. 'TERRY' SIMPSON, 74, of Southaven, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a member of St. Matthew's Methodist Church, Rainbow Garden Club and Methodist Women's Circle and retired member of Officers' Wives Club. Mrs. Simpson, the widow of La Vaughan L. Simpson, leaves four daughters, Marcia Parks and Gail Tollison, both of Southaven, Sue Warr of Memphis and Barbara Bostwick of Colorado; two sons, Jeff Simpson of Atlanta and Paul Simpson of Memphis; two sisters, Marina Robillard of Ottawa, Ontario, and Claire Lizar of St. Catherine, Ontario; two brothers, Bob Robillard of Ottawa and Leo Robillard of Montreal, seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or St. Matthew's Methodist Church.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
MARVIN SPEARMAN, 31, of Memphis, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Spearman, the husband of Felicia Spearman, also leaves four daughters, Ebony Spearman, Alexus Spearman, Shania Spearman and Kimberly Spearman; a son, Marvin Spearman Jr., and his mother, Nellie Spearman, all of Memphis; a sister, Anquinette Phillips of Minneapolis, and two brothers, Eric Spearman of Memphis and Torris Phillips of Minneapolis.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
SAMELLA STOUT, 92, of Collierville, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Olive No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church in Collierville, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mrs. Stout, the wife of Andrew Stout, also leaves four daughters, Olivia Stewart and Dorothy Shepard, both of Elkhart, Ind., Pearlie Mae Stevens of Vandalia, Mich., and Verletha Vaughn of Collierville; three sons, Johnny Crenshaw of Mississippi, and Andrew Stout Jr. and Samuel Stout, both of Elkhart; a sister, Clara Rozie of Cleveland; two brothers, Henry Harris of Arizona and John Harris of Chicago, 38 grandchildren, 84 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
ELLEN MAE TAYLOR, 67, of Memphis, formerly of Walls, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. She was a Baptist. She leaves a daughter, Marie Miller of Canton, Ga.; a granddaughter who cared for her, Crystal McMullin of Walls, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
M. RUDOLPH VETTER, 92, of Salt Lake City, formerly of Alexandria, Va., and Memphis, photographer and former chief photographer for the American Red Cross and The Commercial Appeal, died Saturday at Care Source Hospice in Salt Lake City. He was a World War II Navy veteran, former photographer for Acme News Pictures and the New York Daily News and charter member of National Press Photographers Association. Mr. Vetter, the husband of Reba Eleanor Mostellar Vetter, also leaves a daughter, Reba Morris of Salt Lake City; a son, Rudolph Vetter Jr. of Phoenix; a sister, Clara Vetter Nelson of Dallas, four granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
CHARLES T. WADE, 72, of Memphis, retired from Southern Tank & Boiler, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel. He was a member of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church and a Korean War Marine Corps veteran. He leaves two sisters, Pam W. White of Memphis and Mary Jane Hoag of White Plains, N.Y. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the American Heart Association.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
CECIL E. WARDE JR., 85, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Memphis, real estate agent, broker and developer, died Sunday in Tucson. Adair Funeral Home in Tucson has charge. He was a graduate of Central High School, a World War II Army veteran and past president of Couples Sunday School Class and elder of Second Presbyterian Church. Mr. Warde, the husband of Margie Warde for 55 years, also leaves three daughters, Lucia Catherine Warde of Memphis, Margaret Lynn Warde of Marana, Ariz., and Lisa Finley Robertson of Benson, Ariz., and a brother, William A. Warde of Jacksonville, Fla. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Idlewild Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
ELIHUE WILLIAMS, 53, of Arlington, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Griffin cemetery in Lakeland. B. T. Auston & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Patricia Williams; two sisters, Gracie McGraw and Annie Jean Chambers; and four brothers, Thomas William, Henry William, Charlie William and Earl William, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
GLENWOOD WILLIAMS, 49, of Memphis, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Aneshia Vester of Norfolk, Va.; three sisters, Mary Sneed and Denise Thompson, both of Memphis, and Marjorie Pratcher of Sacramento; a brother, Emmanuel Summers of Tacoma, Wash., and a grandchild.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
DEBRA TENNISE 'PEACHES' WOOTEN, 41, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four daughters, Frazzell Wooten of Ripley, Miss., and Lena Davis, Sherry Wooten and Melinda Wooten, all of Memphis; two sons, Willie Wooten Jr. and Melvin Wooten, both of Memphis; a sister, Frazzell Tydus of Ripley, Tenn.; three brothers, Charles Tydus of Nashville, and Bernard Tydus and Clarence Tydus, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
JAMES ELTON WINSLOW, 90, of Jackson, Tenn., retired manager of the Jackson Clinic, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home in Jackson with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens there. He was a member of the American Association of Clinic Managers and the Pacers Sunday School Class at Northside United Methodist Church. Mr. Winslow, the widower of Eloise Williams Winslow, leaves local survivors including a brother, Edward Winslow of Memphis, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Northside United Methodist Church Music Ministry or Lambuth University.
[Obit dated August 21, 2002]
DOROTHY BALDWIN, 67, of Halls, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, secretary for Hutcherson Scrap, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mrs. Baldwin, the wife of J. T. Baldwin for 54 years, also leaves two daughters, Valrie Baldwin Kidd of Bartlett and Vicki B. Ayers of Gates, Tenn.; two sisters, Mary Hines of Norfolk, Va., and Francis Quinn of Yuma, Ariz.; a brother, Albert U. Henson of Murray City, Tenn., six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 20, 2002]
