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SHANIKA D. WARE, 10, daughter of Stephanie and Steven Ware of Memphis, student at Crump Elementary School, died Saturday in Sledge, Miss. of injuries from a tornado. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She also leaves two sisters, Shalonda Dean and Stephanie Webb; two brothers, Steven Ware Jr., and Isaiah Ware and her grandparents, Odessa Dean, Daisy Ware, Lucius Ware Jr., and Berniece Dunn, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
EVELYN WILLIAMS, 66, of Memphis, homemaker, died of complications from kidney failure Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Grace Tabernacle Church, where she was a mother board member, with burial in New Park cemetery. Snow Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Shirley Pigues and Brenda Williams, both of Memphis; a son, Carl Williams of Nashville, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
ROBERT LEE WILSON JR., 76, of Sardis, Miss., formerly of Southaven, retired from Kentucky State Highway Department, died after an apparent heart attack Monday at Sardis Community Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial Thursday in Cothran cemetery in Smithland, Ky. He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Southaven. He leaves a sister, Anna Lue Robertson of Green Valley, Ariz.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
HAZEL YOUNG, 87, of Memphis, died of heart failure Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Highland Heights Methodist Church. She leaves a nephew who cared for her, Robert Young.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
ESTHER B. BURCHAM, 87, of Burnsville, Miss., retired cosmetologist, died of heart failure Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Antioch Primitive Baptist Church near Corinth, Miss., where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka, Miss., has charge. Mrs. Burcham, the widow of Harvey Ray Burcham, leaves local survivors including a sister, Virginia Rinehart of Memphis, 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
BRUCE WAYNE MURPHREE, 68, of Bruce, Miss., retired self-employed carpenter, died of heart failure Saturday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Parker Memorial Funeral Home in Bruce with burial in Mt. Comfort cemetery there. He was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church, the American Legion Post 31, the David Murphree Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, was a quartermaster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5571, and was a Korean War Air Force Veteran. Mr. Murphree, the husband of Evelyn Joan Brown Murphree, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Barbara Spratlin of Germantown, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
J. R. WATERSON, 66, of Coldwater, Miss., owner of Coldwater Tire Co., died of cancer Sunday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at C. O. Pate Funeral Home in Senatobia, Miss., with burial in New Garden cemetery in Coldwater. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He leaves local survivors including a daughter, Melba Waterson of Memphis, a sister, Ethel Floyd of Olive Branch, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 27, 2001]
TAYBL AVERBUKH, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Anshei Sphard cemetery. Gan Aden Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth Synagogue. She leaves a nephew who cared for her, Yefim Rosenblum of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
GOLDEN DELL BAXTER, 79, of Hernando, formerly of Memphis and Counce, Tenn., retired from Eye Ear Optical, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a member of New Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in Counce. Mrs. Baxter, the widow of Rufus K. Baxter, leaves a son, Jerry Ray Baxter of Memphis; a brother, Billy Stuard of Fort Meade, Fla., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to New Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in Counce.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
JOHN W. 'JACK' BOMAR, 83, of Munford, Tenn., founding manager of the First Utility District, died of heart failure Saturday at Millington Health Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Munford Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder and Sunday school treasurer for 40 years, with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. Munford Funeral Home has charge. He was a 58-year member of Tipton Masonic Lodge and a former member of the Tipton County Beer Commission. Mr. Bomar, the widower of Agnes McCormick Bomar, leaves a daughter, Mary Margaret Wallace; a son, Jack Bomar, and a sister, Helen Bomar Nichols, all of Munford, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
KATHARINE SHELTON BRYANT, 85, of Memphis, self-employed seamstress, died of cancer Saturday at Spring Gate Nursing Home. Memorial services will be at noon Tuesday at Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Station Chapel. She leaves a daughter, Ann Bryant Barber of Charleston, S.C.; a son, Chuck Bryant of Bartlett; a brother, Bob Shelton of Universal City, Texas, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
UDELL W. BURGIN, 82, of Memphis, retired captain from the Memphis Fire Department after 28 years, died of heart failure Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett, where he was a communicant, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mr. Burgin, the widower of Margaret Burgin, leaves two daughters, Ann Taylor of Lakeland, and Mary Margaret Jackomino of Virginia Beach, Va.; a son, Ted Burgin of Memphis; a brother, Wayne Burgin of St. Louis, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
DAVID ALLEN CARROLL, 62, of Southaven, warehouse manager at Shirlo Inc. and retired chief aviation electronics technician for the Naval Reserves, died of Lou Gehrig disease Sunday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a member of Goodman Oaks Church of Christ in Southaven. Mr. Carroll, the husband of Joan Willingham Carroll, also leaves a son, Michael Allen Carroll, of Southaven; his mother, Hazel H. Carroll of Riverside, Calif., and a sister, Mary Carroll Strickler of Oakland, Calif. The family requests that memorials be sent to Goodman Oaks Church of Christ.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
EDNA COLQUITT COLVARD, 97, of Memphis, retired Shelby County teacher, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, a former member of Galloway United Methodist Church and a member of the Shelby County, State of Tennessee and National Teachers Associations and the King's Daughters. Mrs. Colvard, the widow of M. L. Colvard, leaves a son, Billy J. Colvard of Cordova, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association or Galloway United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
PAUL ESTIS, 66, of Memphis, retired computer programmer, died of cancer Saturday at his home. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel. He was a Navy veteran. He leaves a daughter, Sandy Stengel of Somerville; a brother, Floyd Estis of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
JULIUS GLASPER Jr., 69, of 50 Fernwood, retired truck driver for Time D.C. and Commercial Carrier, died of pneumonia Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where he attended Sunday school and was a member of the Male Choir, with burial in Haliburton cemetery in Nesbit. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Glasper, the husband of Irma Glasper, also leaves three sisters, Climmie Martin, Ozell Oliver and Nickie Taylor, all of Memphis, and four brothers, Rev. William Glasper and Robert Glasper, both of Chicago, Thermon Glasper of Memphis and Odell Glasper of Newport News, Va.
[Obit dated November 26, 2001]
