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LAURA ASHLYNN MERZ, 2-year-old daughter of Pamela and Paul Merz of Olive Branch, died Tuesday in Olive Branch of injuries in an auto accident. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hope Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park Southwoods. Brantley Funeral Home of Olive Branch has charge. She also leaves a sister, Hayley Monroe of Olive Branch, and her grandparents, Jeanette M. Merz of Memphis and Charlotte and James P. Hogan of Bartlett. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Hope Baptist Church Children's Ministry.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
OSCAR MILES, 76, of Millington, retired Navy Seabee after 23 years, died of pneumonia Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Station Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a member of Millington Second Baptist Church and a World War II veteran. Mr. Miles, the husband of Eva Sue Miles for 38 years, also leaves two daughters, Susan Itterly and Amika Henley, and two brothers, Mark Stafford and Walter Adam Miles, all of Millington; a brother, Lewis Miles of Nashville, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
BROOKE CHRISTIAN MONROE, 11-year-old daughter of Pamela Merz of Olive Branch and David Monroe of Ocala, Fla., died Tuesday in Olive Branch of injuries in an auto accident. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hope Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park Southwoods. Brantley Funeral Home of Olive Branch has charge. She was a member of Girls in Action and was an honor student at Olive Branch Middle School. She also leaves her stepfather, Paul Merz, and a sister, Hayley Monroe, both of Olive Branch, and her grandparents, Charlotte and James P. Hogan of Bartlett, Jeanette M. Merz of Memphis and Susan Hancock and Ronald Monroe, both of Ocala. The family requests that memorials be sent to Hope Baptist Church Children's Ministry.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
WILLIE MAE NICKENS, 72, of Memphis, retired teacher for the Memphis and Arkansas Board of Education, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Unity Center of Memphis. She leaves a son, Rednar Reaves of Memphis; five sisters, Susie Nickens of Memphis, Clara Bobbett and Carolina Nickens, both of Harvey, Ill., Mildred Blount of Riverdale, Ill., and Melva Lee McCarrell of Chicago; a brother, Walter Nickens of Memphis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
SYLVIA RAY, 89, of Covington, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Covington Care Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Mason (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Plummers Grove cemetery. She leaves a stepbrother, William Ballentine of Arlington.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
AUDFREY GUY ROBERTSON, 53, of Jackson, Tenn., employee of Corporate Express, died of heart failure Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Jackson Family Worship Center with burial in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home in Jackson has charge. Mr. Robertson, the husband of Marlin Robertson, also leaves local survivors including two sons, Audfrey Robertson and Brandon Robertson; his mother, Ann Robertson; a sister, Elizabeth Robertson, and four brothers, Elvesta Robertson Jr., Henry Robertson, Ray Robertson and William Robertson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
DONALD BOSTICK SCARLETT, 67, of Middleton, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired cable maintenance worker for South Central Bell, died of cancer Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a member of Middleton First Baptist Church, the Telephone Pioneers and Saulsbury Community Club, and was an Army veteran. Mr. Scarlett, the husband of Joan Scarlett, also leaves a son, Donald Allen Scarlett of Memphis; a brother, Carl Robert Scarlett of Tullahoma, Tenn., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Middleton First Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
GOLDIE LEE WELLS, 66, of Memphis, homemaker, died of cancer Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a Catholic. Mrs. Wells, the widow of Arthur Wells Jr., leaves seven daughters, Sheila Jones, Patricia Triplett, Earline Brown, Eva Johnson, Yvette Charleston and Helene Milam, all of Memphis, and Nina Sharp of Dayton, Ohio; two sons, Larry Rodgers of San Diego and Christopher Wells of Memphis; her mother, Eastern Rogers of Memphis; 10 sisters, Ollie Mae Griffins, Marie Wells, Clementine Coleman, Evelyn Wright, Juanita Hayes, Janetta James, Darnetta Thomas and Andrea Johnson, all of Memphis, Dorothy McKival of Texas, and Willie Mae Lee of Tornado, Ark.; six brothers, David Rodgers of Forrest City, Ark., Ronnie Rodgers of Memphis, and Earnest McKival, Carl McKival, Charles McKival and LeRoy McKival, all of Tornado, 56 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
ERIC A. WILLIAMS, 27, of 502 S. 25th, stocker, died of heart failure Nov. 14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Garden. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He leaves a son, Martavius Scott, and his mother, Lula M. Williams, both of West Memphis; three sisters, Shelia Buchanan and Danielle Williams, both of West Memphis, and Patricia Brown of Joiner, Ark., Keith Williams, Donald Williams and Bryant Williams, all of West Memphis.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
MABRY IRBY ANDERSON, 85, of Clarksdale, Miss., agricultural aviator, former owner of Mississippi Valley Aircraft Service, author and weekly outdoor columnist for Delta Farm Press, died of heart failure Thursday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Clarksdale Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Oakridge cemetery. Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale has charge. He was a World War II Marine Corps veteran, executive director of Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association, a member of Burke Hunting Club, National Agricultural Aviation Association and Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame. Mr. Anderson, the widower of J'Nellie Moody Anderson, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Vicki Anderson of Bartlett; a son, Mabry Anderson Jr. of Southaven, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to National Agricultural Aviation Museum in Jackson or the Mississippi Wildlife Federation.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
MARILYN LOWE BUTLER, 46, of Chapel Hill, N.C., formerly of Clarksdale, Miss., registered nurse, died of heart failure Nov. 16 at North Carolina University Hospital in Chapel Hill. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oakhurst Baptist Church in Clarksdale with burial in Oakridge cemetery there. Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale has charge. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. She leaves local survivors including her mother, Elwyn Lowe Butler of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
RUBY LEE BATES CHRISTOPHER, 71, of Jackson, Tenn., homemaker, died of cancer Wednesday at West Tennessee Skilled Nursing Center in Jackson. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Stock dale-Malin Funeral Home in Camden, Tenn., with burial in Pleasant Ridge cemetery in Big Sandy, Tenn. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Mason Hall, Tenn. Mrs. Christopher, the widow of James Clifton Christopher, leaves local survivors including a son, Malcolm Christopher of Germantown, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
VESTER BROOKS CLEEK, 91, of Maury City, Tenn., retired farmer and carpenter, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Maury City Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Maury City cemetery. Maury City Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Cleek, the husband of Mary Lou Cleek, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Betty Cleek Cain of Memphis, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
CHARLES F. HENRY, 63, of Holly Grove, Ark., died of cancer Wednesday at Little Rock Veterans Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cypert (Ark.) cemetery. Bob Neal & Sons Brickell Funeral Home in Marvell, Ark., has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Henry, the husband of Patsy Short Henry, also leaves local survivors including a a son, Todd Henry of Memphis, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
BEN MAC WHITE, 80, of Blytheville, Ark., retired general contractor, died of an aneurysm Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Elmwood cemetery in Blytheville. Cobb Funeral Home in Blytheville has charge. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. White, the husband of Mary White, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Debbie Eaton of Memphis, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Blytheville Humane Society.
[Obit dated November 24, 2001]
EDITH LEE ANDERSON, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Sycamore View Nursing Home after a stroke. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Laura Chapel Baptist Church in Patterson, Ga. She was a member of Berclair Baptist Church. Mrs. Anderson, the wife of Jackson C. Anderson for 56 years, also leaves a daughter, Sandra Lee Anderson of Knoxville; two sons, Michael Louis Anderson of Bartlett and Richard A. Anderson of Washington; five sisters, Gladys Blake, Lena Barnett and Jessie Newton, all of Amory, Miss., Mable Dickle of Memphis and Christine McAdams of Phoenix; four half-sisters, Mary Lou Palmer, Joyce Palmer, Lois Palmer and Grace Raymond, and a half-brother, Larry Palmer, all of Amory, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis United Way.
[Obit dated November 23, 2001]
