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ELLA MAE RICE, 86, of Lexa, Ark., formerly of Moro, Ark., homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday in Lexa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in Marianna, Ark., with burial in Salem cemetery. Mrs. Rice, the widow of James H. Rice, leaves local survivors including a son, James Rice of Marion, 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 29, 2001]
LELA MARTIN SNELL, 62, of Grenada, Miss., retired secretary, died of heart failure Monday at Greenwood-Leflore Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at National Funeral Home in Grenada with burial in Oddfellow cemetery in Greenwood, Miss. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She leaves local survivors including a son, Jay Snell of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 29, 2001]
ROBERT H. BEASLEY JR., 82, of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired owner of Beasley Distributing Co., died of diabetes Saturday in Soddy Daisy. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Williamson & Sons Funeral Home in Soddy Daisy with burial in Hamilton Memorial Gardens cemetery in Hixson, Tenn. He was a World War II Navy veteran and recipient of the Navy Unit Citation and the Bronze Star. Mr. Beasley, the husband of Janice Camp Beasley, also leaves three daughters, Virginia Beasley Buzzell of Macon, Ga., Kate Beasley Dilworth of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and Miriam Beasley Lykes of Tampa, and 11 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
BOZZIE WILLIAM BOYD, 87, of Memphis, clerk for Leno's Liquor Store, died of heart failure Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Flora Jean Gilliam, and a son, William H. Boyd, both of Chicago; three sisters, Izola Garcia Cox of Manteca, Calif., Icie Vaughn of Chicago and Ocoie Knight of Memphis, eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
MELVIN LEE BROOKS, 74, of Memphis, retired construction worker for Bobby Bryant Construction Co., died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a Baptist. Mr. Brooks, the husband of Ruthie Brooks, also leaves a daughter, Deborah Brooks Wooten; two sons, Melvin Brooks III and Randy Brooks; three sisters, Lois Coleman, Betty Jean Banks and Earlene Gardner and a brother, Charles Howard Brooks, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
LEE ROY BROWN, 71, of Memphis, self-employed, died of cancer Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist, a Korean War veteran and former singer of Stars of Faith Gospel group. He leaves five daughters, Mildred Nargi, Linda Thomas, Lois Ann Brown, Monica Brown and Patricia Jones, all of Memphis; six sons, Gary Brown, Steven Newson and Leroy Brown, all of Memphis and Henry Thomas, George Thomas and Donald Milford, all of Detroit; a sister, Annie Kate Stamps of Tchula, Miss., 22 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
LILLIAN HEFFERNAN CAHILL, 65, of Memphis, retired educator and homemaker, died of cancer Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Ascension with burial in Calvary. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic, The Ministry to the Sick and Cursillo. Mrs. Cahill, the wife of Charles Cahill, also leaves two daughters, Margarett C. Zavodny and Cecilia M. Cahill, both of Memphis; a son, Charles J. Cahill Jr. of Virginia, Minn.; two brothers, Harry Bertrand Heffernan of Memphis and Michael Edward Heffernan of Fountain Valley, Calif., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Peter Church Shrine of St. Martin De Porres or Catholic Church of the Ascension.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
ODIE OWEN CARTER, 86, of Collierville, retired floral designer and sales representative for Lowenstein's, died of heart failure Sunday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Highland Central, Collierville and Covington Garden Clubs, Collierville Art League, Collierville First Baptist Church, Lily Society and Holly Society and national flower show judge. Mrs. Carter, the widow of Orman Guy Carter, also leaves two daughters, Carolyn Ulery of Burkburnett, Texas, and Guylene Brown of Memphis; a son, Orman Guy Carter Jr. of Mitchell, S.D.; a brother, Walter Sale Owen of Collierville, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
ALLEN L. CHEW, 49, of Memphis, died of cancer Tuesday at his home. Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Station Chapel has charge. He leaves a sister, Mamie Chew and a brother, Raymond Chew, both of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
DOYLE LAVERN COOK, 71, of New Albany, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired from International Harvester, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at United Funeral Service in New Albany with burial in Glenfield Memorial Park cemetery there. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, the Scottish Rite, a Shriner and a Mason. Mr. Cook, the husband of Jamie Grubbs Cook, also leaves two daughters, Dynnice Perry of Millington and Deborah Cook of New Albany; a son, Gary Cook of Nashville; a sister, Chestine Carter of Olive Branch, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to New Haven School.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
E. BRUCE 'SONNY' DILLAHAY, 72, of Memphis, retired business owner/operator, died of heart failure Saturday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Wesley Highland Towers. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a Methodist and Army Air Corps veteran. He leaves a son, E. Bruce Dillahay Jr. of Augustine, Fla.; four sisters, Billie Dillaha-Speck of Memphis, Nina Ottinger of Trenton, Tenn., Peggy Delgado of Tucson, Ariz., and Sandra Daniels of Dyersburg, Tenn.; a brother, Bobby Dillahay of Amarillo, Texas, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wesley Highland Towers Activity Fund.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
JANE B. FRANKLIN, 81, of Hermitage, Tenn., formerly of Germantown, retired real estate agent with Germantown Realtors, died of heart failure Nov. 9 at her home. Services were Nov. 13 at Woodlawn Funeral Home in Nashville with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Franklin, the widow of Albert R. Franklin, leaves four daughters, Pat Lujan, Penny Underwood, Pam Friend and Paula Duncan; two sisters, Patty Mason and Maryann Adams, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Lindenwood Christian Church.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
WILLIE JAMES FRENCH, 52, of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital after a stroke. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home 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.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
JOE B. HARLOW, 70, of West Memphis, self-employed paint contractor, died of cancer Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. He was a Baptist and a member of West Memphis Masonic Lodge 737, Scottish Rite and Sahara Shrine Temple. He leaves two daughters, Debbie Greer of Earle, Ark., and Jac kie Lynn Smithey of Joiner, Ark.; two sons, Gary Joe Harlow of Parkin, Ark., and J. Keith Harlow of West Memphis, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Shriners Children's Burn Hospital.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
FREDDIE JONES, 72, of Eudora, retired farmer, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven after a stroke. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Eudora with burial in Union Hill cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. He leaves three brothers, John Jones and Coleman Jones Jr., both of Hernando and Charles Jones of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
CHRISTEAN LEAKE, 75, of Memphis, retired assistant manager for Blue Light Studio, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at noon Friday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Nesbit with burial in Bethlehem cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. She leaves two sisters, Cora Mobley of Memphis and Amy Leake of Nesbit, and a niece and nephew who cared for her, Bessie Renfroe and Charles Renfroe.
[Obit dated November 28, 2001]
