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JAMES H. JONES, 75, of Olive Branch, retired heavy equipment operator, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a member of Oak Grove Lodge and an Army veteran. Mr. Jones, the husband of Margie B. Jones, also leaves a daughter, Melba J. Elam of Hernando; two sons, Hubert Jones Jr. of Hernando and Charles J. Jones of Olive Branch; two sisters, Francis Dunlap and Iren Criswell, both of Olive Branch; two brothers, William Jones of Memphis and Charlie Jones of Ruston, La., five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
LORETTA HICKS KATEO, 87, of Memphis, retired social worker from Family Service, died Wednesday at her home. T. H. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member and former president of the choir of St. John Church on Vance. Mrs. Kateo, the widow of Karonto C. Kateo, leaves a daughter, Rosetta Hicks Peterson of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to LeMoyne-Owen College.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
ALICE M. KRAVIS, 82, of Memphis, waitress for Shoney's Restaurant, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church. Mrs. Kravis, the widow of Stanley A. Kravis, leaves a son, Mark S. Kravis of Germany, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
REGINALD DONALD LANGFORD, 46, of Memphis, former employee of Boeing Corp. in Dallas, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran, a Baptist and a graduate of Northside High School. He leaves his mother, Carrie Cartwright Langford of Memphis; two sisters, Carolyn Lewis of Chicago and Monica Langford of Memphis, and two brothers, Robert Langford Jr. of Illinois and Bruce E. Langford of Memphis.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
JUDY CAROL MARTIN, 51, of Heth, Ark., homemaker, died Tuesday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. She was a member of Gladden Baptist Church. Mrs. Martin, the wife of Ronald Ray Martin, also leaves a daughter, Lisa Morton of Heth; a son, Ronald B. Martin of Wynne, Ark.; four sisters, Mary A. Melton of Parkin, Ark., Minnie E. Pittman of Bartlett, Dorothy Grantham of Wynne and Jimmie Lou Loveless of Colt, Ark.; two brothers, Bill May and Bob May, both of Parkin, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
HUGH LEO McCABE, 91, of Memphis, formerly of Vero Beach, Fla., died Tuesday at his home. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home. He was a member of Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society and communicant of St. Helen's Catholic Church in Vero Beach. Mr. McCabe, the husband of Mary M. McCabe for 66 years, also leaves two daughters, Margaret Nicholson of Memphis and Patricia Cunningham of Las Vegas, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
DR. ROBERT COLEGROVE MEACHAM, 81, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Memphis, professor of Mathematics, died Tuesday at College Harbor Retirement Community in St. Petersburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Eckerd College Griffin Chapel in St. Petersburg with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home in St. Petersburg has charge. He was a graduate of Rhodes College and Brown University, former president of American Association of University Professors, Florida governor of the American Mathematical Association, a World War II Navy veteran and elder of Lakeview Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg. Dr. Meacham, the husband of Katharine Miller Meacham for 57 years, also leaves two daughters, Laura Keane of St. Petersburg and Katharine Meacham of Asheville, N.C.; a son, Andrew Meacham of St. Petersburg; a sister, Charlotte Parsons of Scituate, Mass., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Eckerd College Meacham Mathematics Memorial or Lakeview Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
LAFLOYD MILLON JR., 49, of 664 King, employee of Southwest Tennessee Community College, died Sunday at Cordova Rehab & Health Care. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mark's Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Millon, the husband of Linda Millon, also leaves a son, Lafloyd Millon III of Memphis; six sisters, Betty Guest, Rose Ghanor, Lucille Millon and Jacklon Millon, all of Memphis, Debra Daniel of Eudora, Miss., and Bessie Shannon of Hernando; six brothers, Ulysses Hines of Detroit and Robert Millon, James Millon, John H. Millon, Harold Millon and Kenneth Millon, all of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
LILLIE MAE 'SUE' NEAL, 86, of Somerville, homemaker, died Feb. 15 at Methodist Healthcare-Fayette in Somerville. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Wraip Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Patterson cemetery. Mason (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Neal, the widow of Ed L. Neal, leaves two sons, Clyde Neal and James Neal; two sisters, Marie Beasley and Gladys Beasley, 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
ESTHER B. PARSON, 77, of 1811 Ball, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. Mrs. Parson, the wife of Lee Collin Parson, also leaves two daughters, Joyce Parson Sargent of Kansas City, Mo., and Willie C. Moore of Memphis, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
EMILY D. PETTIES, 85, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Overton Park Health Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at New Sardis Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a mother board member and former choir director, with burial in the church cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Petties, the wife of Lucious Petties, also leaves three sons, Rev. Lucious Petties Jr., O. V. Petties and Willie James Petties, and two sisters, Sadie Smith and Elnora Pride, all of Memphis, 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
ANTONIO DESHAWN RICH ARDSON, 24, of Memphis, died Sunday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at J. O. Patterson Mortuary with burial in Calvary. He leaves two sons, Kevin Taylor and Tevin Taylor; his father, Ronnie Croome; four brothers, Jerry Partee Richardson, Paul Richardson, Derek Richardson and Edward Richardson; his grandfather, John E. Young, and his great-grandmother, Napeleoan Jimmerson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
JEANETTE B. ROSENBLUM, 40, of Cordova, benefits administrator for Perkins Restaurants for 15 years, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Rosenblum, the wife of Michael E. Rosenblum for 20 years, also leaves a son, David Ros enblum of Cordova; her mother and stepfather, Margaret and William Edrington of Bartlett; a sister, Rebecca Good of Collierville; three stepsisters, and her grandmother, Margaret Lawson of Bartlett. The family requests that memorials be sent to American Cancer Society or Memphis Jewish Home.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
ANNIE L. SANDERS, 82, of Memphis, retired licensed practical nurse, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial in Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Sanders, the widow of George Sanders, leaves a niece and a cousin who cared for her, Linda Davis of Memphis and Jan Crenshaw of San Antonio and Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
CHARLES A. SHERROD, 82, of Germantown, retired owner of Memphis Control Center, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Colonial Park United Methodist Church, the Summit Club, Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Sigma Chi, and American Society of Heating & Refrigeration Engineers board, a World War II veteran and recipient of Soldier's Medal. Mr. Sherrod, the husband of Marie Boyd Sherrod, also leaves two daughters, Barbara Sherrod White of Cordova and Ann Sherrod Erickson of Germantown; a son, Charles Anthony Sherrod Jr. of Denver; a stepdaughter, Patricia Boyd West of Memphis; a sister, Helenhill Sherrod Dove of Johnson City, Tenn., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Salvation Army.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
ADONIS CORTEZ 'LIL TEZ' THOMAS, 22, of Memphis, died Tuesday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Greater Kansas Baptist Church. He leaves his parents, Patricia D. Thomas and James Edward Thomas; two sisters, Jasmine Thomas and Jillian Thomas; three brothers, Alandis Thomas, James Edward Thomas and Darren Thomas; a stepsister, Tracie Thomas; a stepbrother, Emmitt Mohammad, and his grandfather, Rev. James Crump, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]
