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WILLIAM CARTER JR., 71, of 395 Decatur, died of heart failure Wednesday at Parkway Nursing Home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two sons, William Carter III of Memphis and Larry Carter of Florida, and three sisters, Mary B. Anderson of Leland, Miss., Earnestine Lee of Chicago and Eddie Williams of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 30, 2001]
GARY E. CHAPMAN, 63, of Southaven, retired locomotive engineer, died of cancer Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Memorial services will be at Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens in Southaven. He was a member of Providence Presbyterian Church in Southaven and a Mason. He leaves three daughters, Tawnya Trimm of Southaven, Kim Coleman of Independence, Miss., and Karen Stewart of Hernando; a sister, Billie Jean Nelson of Dallas, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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ALICE CLARK, 99, of Memphis, formerly of Los Angeles, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Harvest Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Mildred Sanford of Memphis and Cammie Davis of Leland, Miss., and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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FRANCES BROOKS CORLEY, 85, of Memphis, retired coordinator of therapy for Les Passees Rehab Center after 35 years, died of respiratory failure Nov. 17 at her home. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Beth Sholom Synagogue. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a graduate of the University of Memphis and Duke University, member of Theosophical Society and the National Board of Examiners of the American Physical Therapy Association, consultant for Futures Unlimited of Columbus, Miss., and founding member of Association for Research and Enlightenment. Mrs. Corley, the widow of Frank A. Corley, leaves a daughter, Patricia Dayle Corley of Memphis; a son, Peter B. Burnett of Canyon City, Colo., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Les Passees Club or YWCA Abused Women's Services.
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VELMA JEAN DEAN, 45, of Memphis, died of an accidental drug overdose Thursday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. She leaves a daughter, Diamond Edwards of Milwaukee; a son, DeAndelo Dean; her mother, Elma Jean Dean; her stepfather, Sherman Townes, and a sister, Mosetta Wortham, all of Memphis; a brother, Lester Dean of Nashville, and four grandchildren.
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H. D. FOUTS, 78, of Olive Branch, retired employee of John Morrell Meat Co., died of heart failure Thursday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mr. Fouts, the husband of Eudean T. Fouts, also leaves a son, Larry D. Fouts of Olive Branch, a granddaughter and a great-grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to Grace Congregational Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 30, 2001]
MELINDA JO FRANKLIN, 42, of South St. Paul, Minn., formerly of Memphis, died of heart failure Nov. 23 in Woodbury, Minn. Services were Wednesday at Southern Funeral Home in South St. Paul with burial in Forrest Lawn in St. Paul. She was a member of the National Poets Society. She leaves a son, Bubba Joe Gray; her mother, Edith Jo Beckham, and a sister, Jack lynn June Arvin.
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C. D. 'JIM' GARDNER, 91, of Kingston, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, sales manager, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Kyker Funeral Home in Kingston with burial in Roane Memorial Gardens. He was a World War II veteran, a Shriner and a Paul Harris Fellow of Kingston Rotary Club. Mr. Gardner, the husband of Jean Sharpe Gardner, also leaves a son, Robert Michael Gardner, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 30, 2001]
DR. BOB GILMAN, 67, of Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Memphis, retired optometrist and former aerospace engineer, died of cancer Wednesday in Orlando. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Carey Hand Cox-Park Funeral Home in Winter Park, Fla. He was a member of Orlando (Fla.) First Baptist Church. Dr. Gilman, the husband of Kathleen Gilman, also leaves a daughter, Penny S. Gilman of Maitland, Fla.; a son, Mark T. Gilman of Oviedo, Fla., and a grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Nova Singers of Plantation, Fla.
[Obit dated November 30, 2001]
ALBERT J. GLENN, 81, of Senatobia, Miss., retired warehouse foreman for Tennessee Quick Freeze, died of heart failure Wednesday in Senatobia. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando with burial in Hernando Memorial Park. He was a member of Senatobia First Baptist Church, a Mason and a World War II veteran. Mr. Glenn, the husband of Joan S. Glenn, also leaves two daughters, Debbie Jones of Senatobia and Lynn Schnakenberg of Concordia, Mo., and five grandchildren.
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WILLIE 'TYRONE' GOLDEN, 22, of Memphis, former employee of Church's Chicken, died of heart failure Thursday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of New Allen AME Church. He leaves his mother, Bertha Watson; four sisters, Deshay Smith, Deborah Golden, Connie Turner and Pamela Cade; three brothers, Levi Golden, Jerry Watson and Ricky Watson, and his grandmother, Dorothy Golden, all of Memphis.
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MARGARET R. GRIFFITH, 85, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Police Department, died of cancer Wednesday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Highland United Methodist Church. Mrs. Griffith, the widow of Fred J. Griffith, leaves a daughter, Ellen R. Rasco of Cook Springs, Ala.; two sons, Fred J. Griffith Jr. and William S. Griffith, both of Memphis; a sister, Jeanne Thompson of New Orleans; a brother, William W. Ray Jr. of Metairie, La., five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wesley Senior Ministries.
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REV. CLENCIE OLA HOUCHIN, 82, of Memphis, pastor, died Thursday at her home of complications from Alzheimer disease. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Jackson's Newport Funeral Home in Newport, Ark., with burial in Ballews Chapel cemetery in Grubbs, Ark. Rev. Houchin, the widow of Zephro Earl Houchin, leaves two daughters, Virginia Lee Arnold of Springfield, Mo., and Regina Mercer of Memphis; a sister, Evelyn Mascari of Memphis; two brothers, Jelbert Siler of Bivins, Texas, and Johnny Siler of Ruston, La., four grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Voice of Victory School of Christ Clencie Houchin Memorial Fund in Beaumont, Texas, or St. Francis Hospice Clencie Houchin Memorial Fund.
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EULA LEE JEFFERY, 75, of 2491 Lowell, domestic worker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Heartland of Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Homeland Church of God in Christ, where she was an usher board member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Jeffery, the wife of Moses Jeffery, also leaves a stepson, Moses Jeffery Jr. of Memphis; eight sisters, Emma Daniel, Sadie Smith and Shirley McCrary, all of Aliceville, Ala., Dorothy Hollowell of Morristown, N.J., Martha Shaw of Jackson, Miss., Mary Seay of Queens, N.Y., Claudette Dyson of Indianapolis and Linda Bivins of Lees Summit, Mo., four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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ALFRED JOHNSON JR., 57, of Memphis, drywall finisher, died of heart failure Nov. 23 at High Point Care Home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. He leaves two daughters, Stacy Owens and Tiffany Owens, and two sons, Alfred Johnson and Eric Mitchell, all of Memphis; his mother, Shirley Johnson of West Memphis; a sister, Betty Poole, and a brother, Robert Johnson, both of Memphis, and 14 grandchildren.
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IDA FRANCESS JOHNSON, 42, of Philadelphia, formerly of Memphis, died of pneumonia Wednesday at Thomas Jefferson University Medical Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three sisters, Darrington Allain Jones Zieden of Princeton, N.J., Jimmie Jones of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Rosetta Edmondson of Boston.
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