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GEORGE W. DAIGNAULT, 50, of Collierville, formerly of St. Louis, president of Tradigrain Inc., died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Buchholz Mortuary West in Chesterfield, Mo., has charge. He was a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. Daignault, the husband of Courtney Daignault, also leaves three daughters, Chelsea Daignault and Emily Ann Daignault, and his mother, LaVerne Daignault, all of Collierville, and a brother, Gerry Daignault of Monument, Colo. The family requests that memorials be sent to Maternal League of Memphis.
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MARY ELIZABETH DEW, 87, of Southaven, formerly of Memphis, retired convenience store manager, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Dew, the widow of John Monroe Dew, leaves a brother, Alvin Hodges of Burbank, Calif., nine grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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ROBINETTE CHERRY DORRIS, 77, of Memphis, retired from the Regional Medical Center at Memphis pharmacy department, died Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Oakland cemetery in Monticello, Ark. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a Presbyterian. She leaves a daughter, Cherry Rose Dorris of Memphis; two sons, Robert B. Dorris and David L. Dorris, both of Bartlett; a sister, Ruth C. Moffatt of Monticello, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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JOAN P. TWISDALE DUNCAN, 66, of Bartlett, formerly of Mason, Tenn., retired Mason City recorder, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were Wednesday at Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mrs. Duncan, the widow of John David Twisdale and wife of Paul E. Duncan, also leaves two sons, John Mark Twisdale of Mason and Michael James Twisdale of New Johnsonville, Tenn.; six sisters, Emogene King of Collierville, Jean Bostick of Walls, Julia Smith of Memphis, Betty Summers of Bartlett, Retha Jackson of Olive Branch and Shirley Moseley of Perry, Ga.; two brothers, Robbie Perkins of Memphis and Roland Perkins of Hickory Withe, Tenn., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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CLARENCE JUNIOR DURFEE, 47, of Marion, landscaper, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home in Tyronza, Ark., with burial in Tyronza cemetery. He was a member of Tyronza Church of Christ. He leaves a daughter, Nikki Schwartz of Marion; his mother, Pauline Shepherd of Trumann, Ark.; two sisters, Louise McCorkle of Tyronza and Brenda Ward of Jonesboro, Ark.; three brothers, Jim Harris of Gravette, Ark., Cleveland Blanchard of Marion and Winston Blanchard of Tyronza, and two grandchildren.
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EVIE MAE ECHOLS, 84, of Coldwater, Miss., homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Roberts Chapel cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Echols, the widow of Russell Echols, leaves six daughters, Bernice Wooten of Coldwater, Sandra C. Ashford of Senatobia, Miss., Corinther E. Payne and Louise E. Burkley, both of Memphis, Doris Echols of Chicago and Bessie L. Wright of Dayton, Ohio; six sons, Michael B. Echols of Coldwater, Terry W. Echols, Larry Echols and Levii Echols, all of Memphis, M. L. Echols of Monticello, Ark., and Cifer Echols of Chicago, 27 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
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VAN BUREN FAULKNER, 91, of Memphis, retired driver from S&W; Construction Co., died Tuesday at Graceland Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Koinonia Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mr. Faulkner, the widower of Jennie Robinson Faulkner, leaves a daughter, Sarah Faulkner Smith of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters, Thelma Faulkner Malone and Alder Faulkner Anderson, both of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
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VELTON ARDELL GLADNEY, 31, of Memphis, employee of Sears, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Saturday at Norris Road Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Annie Mae Gladney and Waddell Gladney; a sister, Wanda Rios, and four brothers, Waddell Gladney Jr., Michael Gladney, Carlton Gladney and Dennis Gladney, all of Memphis.
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SARAH KATHERINE HAMER, 72, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Hamer, the widow of John Henry Hamer, leaves four daughters, Dorothy Louise Hamer, Louise Hamer and Polly Ann Hamer, all of Memphis, and Helen Bernice Hamer of Minneapolis; three sons, William Henry Hamer and Johnny Lee Hamer, both of Memphis, and Leroy Hamer of Minneapolis; five sisters, Fannie Mae James, Geneva Green, Mary Pearce and Ruth Martin, all of Chicago, and Doll Louise Williams of St. Louis, 31 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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EDDIE LEE HOLMES, 52, of Memphis, former social worker for Southeast Mental Health Center, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Mortuary in Millington with burial in St. Mathews cemetery in Woodstock, Tenn. Mr. Holmes, the husband of Delores Holmes, also leaves two daughters, Yvette Sonia Holmes and Athea Oriana Holmes, both of Memphis; three sisters, Irene Holmes Beach of Millington and LaVernezetta Holmes Moore and Fredia Delores Holmes, both of Indianapolis; four brothers, Timothy Holmes of Terre Haute, Ind., Leadner Holmes Jr. of Avra Valley, Ariz., Malcolm Holmes of Memphis and Dennis Ray Holmes of Indianapolis, and two grandchildren.
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PENNIE T. JOHNSON, 95, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Open Door Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Willie Tinsley, leaves three daughters, Minnie Miller and Willie D. Foster, both of Memphis, and Florida Lee Pryor of West Memphis; two sons, L. Lee Tinsley of Kansas City, Mo., and Jesse James Tinsley of Memphis, 19 grandchildren, 57 great-grandchildren and 43 great-great-grandchildren.
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LELAND JORDAN, 75, of Memphis, died Wednesday at his home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Jordan, the husband of Barbara Jordan, also leaves two daughters, Debra Humphries and Cynthia Hankins, both of Denver; three sons, Leland B. Jordan and Phillip Jordan, both of Denver, and Elliott Jordan of Lakewood, Calif.; a stepdaughter, Mary L. Hancock of Denver; three stepsons, Robert Lee of Denver, Michael Lee of Arlington, Texas, and Charles Lee of The Colony, Texas; three sisters, Edna Jones, Louise Walton and June Bryson, all of Peoria, Ill.; three brothers, Lyle Jordan of Bloomington, Ill., Willis Jordan of Peoria and Jack Gibson of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
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LUETHER KIRKWOOD, 63, of West Memphis, nursing assistant, died Saturday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves six daughters, Sherry Simmons, Theodora Hill and Jacqueline Suggs, all of West Memphis, Deborah Hawkins of Memphis, Annette Chitman of Horsehead, N.Y., and Geraldine Washington of Twentynine Palms, Calif.; two sons, Calvin Milton and Archie Lee Smith, both of West Memphis; her mother, Leonia Milton of Twentynine Palms; two sisters, Rebecca Brewster and Naomi Poter, and a brother, O. C. Melton, all of Los Angeles, 29 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
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PEARL A. SCHREBE BENNETT KRATZ, 92, of Wheeling, W.Va., formerly of Memphis, sales clerk for L. S. Good & Co., died Monday at Wheeling Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at McCoy Funeral Home in Wheeling with burial in Greenwood cemetery there. She was a former member of McLemore Christian Church and member of Wheeling First Christian Church. Mrs. Kratz, the widow of Lawrence Bennett and Lyle A. Kratz, leaves a daughter, Linda M. Baier of Wheeling; a son, Neil E. Bennett of Naples, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Sue Dudley of Noblesville, Ind., six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Valley Hospice in Wheeling.
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RUBY TAYLOR LEE, 89, of Arlington, retired seamstress from the Navy Exchange, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Fullview Baptist Church in Arlington, where she was a mother board member, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 68. Mrs. Lee, the widow of Osborne Lee, leaves two daughters, Shirley Newbern of Arlington and Margaret Williamson of Memphis; two sons, Osborne Lee Jr. and Wayne E. Lee, both of Arlington, 19 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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WOODROW LOFTON, 86, of Memphis, formerly of Jonesboro, Ark., retired Postal Service employee, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro with burial in Jonesboro Memorial Park cemetery. He was a member of Cherry Road Baptist Church and a charter member of Highland Drive Christian Church in Jonesboro. Mr. Lofton, the husband of Marie Lofton, also leaves a daughter, Mary Lou Pickering of Jonesboro; a son, Michael W. Lofton of North Little Rock; a sister, Verna Arnold of Memphis, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Arkansas Church Christy Pickering Memorial Scholarship Fund in Little Rock.
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