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KAWASKI FOXX, 22, of Southaven, employee of Jack Rhines & Sons Plumbing, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. The cause of death had not yet been determined pending an autopsy. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Eudora, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery there. Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. He was a graduate of Hernando High School. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Beverly and Joe Renfroe, and his father, Roychester Foxx, all of Eudora; two brothers, Timothy Lloyd of Southaven and Jaraad Foxx of Hernando, and his grandmothers, Bernice Lloyd and Ida Bell Foxx, both of Hernando.
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WILLIE JAMES FRENCH, 52, of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital after a stroke. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Greater Life Baptist Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Family Mortuary has charge. He was an Army veteran and a member of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. French, the husband of Constance French, also leaves two daughters, Jacqueline French and Sharlena French; three sons, Mark French, Willie J. French II and Patrick French; a stepdaughter, Aria Woodears, and two stepsons, Cedric Woodears and Charles Woodears, all of Memphis; three brothers, Melvin French and Larry French, both of Memphis, and Ernest French of Minnesota, and 18 grandchildren.
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MARGARET GAUSE, 58, of Memphis, died of cancer Tuesday at Spring Gate Rehab. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Dunedin, Fla. She leaves a daughter, Fatima Atabey of Memphis; a son, Fred Gause of Bristol, Tenn.; her mother, Anna Rose Zemmerich of Dunedin, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Crossroads Hospice or Spring Gate Rehab.
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MILTON W. GAY, 76, of Memphis, retired diesel mechanic from Spector Freight after 29 years, died of cancer Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a decorated World War II Army veteran and a member of Leawood Baptist Church and Teamsters Local 667. Mr. Gay, the husband of LaNelle Gay for 52 years, also leaves two daughters, Joy Robertson and Joan Gay Osteen; a son, Milton Timothy Gay, and a brother, Robert Gay, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to World War II Veterans Memorial, Leawood Baptist Church Building Fund or the American Cancer Society.
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ONA H. GILL, 84, of Memphis, retired domestic worker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Belmount Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gill, the widow of Gus Gill, leaves a daughter, Terressia Robinson of Memphis; three sons, Cornelius McGhee and Lewis 'Sweet Milk Man' McGhee, both of Memphis, and Willie William McGhee of Greenville, Miss.; a sister, Ruby Lee Hester of Greenville, 25 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
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FRANCES M. GRIFFIN, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oaklawn Baptist Church, where she was a member for 50 years, with burial in the church cemetery. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Griffin, the widow of Joseph B. Griffin, leaves a daughter, Virginia Pritchett of Memphis; two sons, J. B. Griffin Jr. of Denver and Grady Banks of Bartlett; a sister, Macy Dunn of Memphis, eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Oaklawn Baptist Church or Memphis Humane Society.
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REV. CORNELIUS LADD, 70, of West Memphis, minister of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando, died of heart failure Friday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church and a memorial service at 5 p.m. at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a Mason, reserve deputy sheriff for Desoto County, Imperial Security Service guard and member of Literacy Council for East Arkansas Community College. Rev. Ladd, the husband of Kathurine Ladd, also leaves 10 daughters, Rev. Betty Jenkins and Martha Redmon, both of Chicago, Katie Ladd of Saginaw, Mich., Velverlora Julius of Milwaukee, Denise Ladd, Felecia Smith, Patricia Paige and Karla Davis, all of West Memphis, Belinda Hopkins of Phoenix and Cora Lott of Virginia Beach, Va.; 11 sons, Cornelius Ladd Jr., James Pulliaum, Michael McCauley, Freddie Ladd and Felix Strong, all of West Memphis, Arthur Ladd of Saginaw, Michael Wells of Memphis, Terrie Pulliaum of El Cajon, Calif., and Robert Ladd, Allen Ladd and Otis Ladd, all of Chicago; his mother, Cansada Smith of Memphis; six sisters, Clara White of West Memphis, and Rosie Daniels, Georgia Neal, Paria Cage, Katie Bibbs and Lillie Williams, all of Memphis; a brother, Fred Smith of Memphis, 77 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
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ELLA CAROTHERS MALONE, 91, of Cordova, bursar for the University of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Memphis Memory Gardens. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. Mrs. Malone, the widow of Rudy Malone, leaves a daughter, Shirley Fritsche of Cordova, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
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NORA KING MERRITT, 87, of Bartlett, retired teacher in Wilson, Ark., died Wednesday at her home after a stroke. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. She was a member of Wilson First Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Patricia K. Freels of Bartlett; a brother, Ben Prothro of Batesville, Ark., six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wilson First Baptist Church.
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BERTRAM R. NICHOLS, 88, of Memphis, retired letter carrier for the Postal Service and retired from FedEx, died of cancer Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greenwood CME Church with burial in Elmwood. Bell's Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of the National Brotherhood of Skiers, Memphis Silver Bullet Ski Club, Junior Golf Association, Corner Club and YWCA of Greater Memphis. Mr. Nichols, the widower of Oretha Nichols, leaves two daughters, Rosalyn R. Nichols of Memphis and Carol D. Haynes of Brentwood; a son, Philip Donaldson of Los Angeles; a sister, Cleo Deadmon, and three brothers, Charles Nichols, Nathaniel Nichols and Phillip Nichols, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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WILLIAM R. NORMAN, 83, of Cordova, retired salesman, died of an aneurysm Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Covenant United Methodist Church and Al Chymia Shrine and a Mason. Mr. Norman, the husband of Frances Norman for 34 years, also leaves two daughters, Frances Burling of Collierville and Kathleen Hughes of Atlanta; a son, Nicholas House of Jackson, Tenn., three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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VELMA J. PERKINS, 77, of Hughes, Ark., homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Friday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Lewis cemetery in Hickory Ridge, Ark. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Perkins, the widow of Willie Perkins, leaves a daughter, Betty Sanders of Hughes; four sons, Billy D. Perkins of Oklahoma, Earl Perkins of Walnut Ridge, Miss., Hershel Sampson of Hughes and Bill Sampson of Marion, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Hughes First Baptist Church.
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ANTHONY PORTER, 46, of Memphis, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of smoke inhalation. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Victory Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a brother, Donald Porter of Memphis.
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ANNIE LAURA TAYLOR REEVES, 85, of Collierville, formerly of Ripley, Miss., homemaker and former school cafeteria manager, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital after a stroke. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at McBride Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Peoples cemetery there. She was a member of Collierville First Baptist Church. Mrs. Reeves, the widow of Walter Homer Reeves, leaves two daughters, Louise Maddox of Collierville and Catherine Mitchell of Perrysville, Ind.; two sons, Homer Duane Reeves of Tupelo and John Wayne Reeves of Olive Branch; two sisters, Inez Box of Blue Mountain, Miss., and Jeanette Huebschman of Ripley; two brothers, Gerald Taylor and Cletus Taylor, both of Ripley, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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ROGER DEAN SCHLACHTER, 49, of Atoka, electronics technician, died of heart failure Sunday at his home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings, Neb., with burial in Parkview cemetery. Butler-Volland Funeral Home in Hastings has charge. He was a Navy veteran. He leaves two daughters, Tricia Bew of Yuma, Ariz., and Cathy Wallace of Havelock, N.C.; a son, Kelly Schlachter of Memphis; his father, Harlan Schlachter of Hastings; a sister, Vickie Hesselgesser of Highland Village, Texas; two brothers, Bill Schlachter and Mike Schlachter, both of Grand Island, Neb., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Diabetes Foundation.
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MARY FRANCES SMITH SCOTT, 64, of Germantown, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Canale Funeral Directors with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Mrs. Scott, the wife of Charles C. Scott, also leaves a daughter, Debra Scott Rainer, and a son, Lewis Mack Scott, both of Germantown, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Collierville Alzheimer Day Care Center.
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