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LADDIE MORRIS, 95, of Cordova, died of heart failure Friday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Cordova, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Rosie Granderson of Memphis; seven sons, Elgue Morris, Vernon Morris, Jarvis Morris and Edward Morris, all of Memphis, Hullie Morris and Laddie Morris Jr., both of Cordova, and Willie Morris of Oakland, 34 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
ELIZABETH SANDERS PINNER, 83, of Munford, homemaker, died of cancer Sunday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. She was a member of Munford Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Pinner, the widow of Roy Winford Pinner, leaves three daughters, Sylvia Pickard of Burlison, Judy Morrison of Drummonds and Joan Billings of Atoka; a son, Michael Pinner of Munford, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
ELEANOR WADE PREST, 89, of Portland, Ore., formerly of Memphis, retired executive director for Welcome Wagon International and Thomas W. Briggs Foundation, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. Canale Funeral Directors had charge. Mrs. Prest, the widow of Robert R. Prest, leaves two daughters, Patricia Gleitsmann of Winnetka, Ill., and Marguerite Zimmerman of Eugene, Ore.; two stepsons, William M. Prest and Robert R. Prest Jr., both of Memphis, 18 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to MIFA Meals on Wheels or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
PATIENCE PERKINS PRUITT, 51, of Memphis, former employee of Saint Francis Respiratory Care, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. The cause of death had not yet been determined pending an autopsy. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a communicant of St. Augustine Catholic Church. Mrs. Pruitt, the wife of Earnest Pruitt, also leaves a daughter, Alisha Pruitt; two sons, Alarick Pruitt and Alex Pruitt; her parents, Louistein and Willie Perkins; two sisters, Cassandra Perkins and Stephanie Perkins, and a brother, Willie Perkins Jr., all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
JAMES PRYOR, 82, of 245 Mill, retired truck driver, died of cancer Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Pryor, the husband of Roseena Pryor, also leaves five daughters, Vera Hill, Rosalyn Morris, Jennifer Miller and Jacquelyn Pryor Young, all of Memphis, and Loretha Pryor of St. Louis; five sons, Willie James Pryor of St. Louis and Jerry Pryor, Ivin Pryor, Darryl Pryor and Mekous Collins Pryor, all of Memphis; a sister, Veronia Pryor of Chicago; three brothers, Charles Bates of Chicago, Bruce Bates of Memphis and Roman Bates Jr. of Baton Rouge, La., 30 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
BARRY LEE ROOKS, 55, of Memphis, retired from Lucent Technologies Inc. after 35 years, died of complications from surgery Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Evangelical Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mr. Rooks, the husband of Patricia Mantey Rooks, also leaves a son, Barry Lee Rooks Jr. of Altoona, Fla.; two sisters, Delores Irby of Olive Branch and Linda Herron of Memphis; a brother, Bill Rooks of Collierville, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to First Evangelical Church Mission Fund.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
INEZ RUFUS, 91, of Memphis, died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Rufus was the widow of Charles Rufus.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
PAUL C. SIMMS, 80, of Bartlett, Postal Service letter carrier, died of respiratory failure Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Lakeland, Memphis Belle Association, VFW and the Disabled American Veterans and was a World War II and Korean War Air Force veteran. Mr. Simms, the husband of Kathleen H. Simms, also leaves a daughter, Teresa Linebaugh, and a son, Dale H. Simms, both of Bartlett; two sisters, Margaret Crownover of York, Pa., and Pauline Beck of Huntingdon, Pa., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis Belle Association or St. Paul United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
MARY LOU SIMPSON, 88, of Memphis, former purchasing agent with the Memphis Army Depot, died of pneumonia Friday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a communicant of the Holy Apostles Episcopal Church and was a volunteer for the Memphis Literacy Council, Friends of the Library and in Navy thrift stores, was a Red Cross Gray Lady at the veterans hospitals and graduate of The Corcoran Gallery in Washington. Mrs. Simpson, the wife of John B. Simpson for 61 years, also leaves two daughters, Norma Jean Perry of Memphis and Mary Dolores Rickard of Brookings, Ore., seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
PAUL C. STATHAM, 90, of Memphis, retired West Memphis First Stop Garage owner, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mr. Statham, the widower of Mary Frances Statham, leaves a stepdaughter, Betty V. Wright; a stepson, Charles Nelson Vandeventer, and a grandson who cared for him, Mike Cooper of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
OTIS A. STIDHAM, 63, of Forrest City, Ark., truck driver, died of heart disease Saturday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Forrest Park cemetery in Forrest City, Ark. He was of the Pentecostal faith. Mr. Stidham, the husband of Bobbie Taylor Stidham, also leaves a daughter, Joyce Wright of Tallahassee, Fla.; four sons, Stanley Stidham and Otis Arthur Stidham Jr., both of Memphis, Steve Stidham of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Earl Stidham of Chicago; a stepdaughter, Lisa Gwathney of Harrisburg, Ark.; a stepson, Jessie Jones of Jackson; his mother, Allie Irene Stidham of Forrest City; five sisters, Betty Bartley of Palestine, Ark., Lynnie Kimble and Sylvia Cleaver, both of Forrest City, Stella Blondell of West Memphis and Ann Vick of Heber Springs, Ark.; three brothers, Travis Stidham of Wynne, Ark., and Troy Stidham and Edward Stidham, both of Forrest City, 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
SALLIE V. BARKSDALE SYKES, 94, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday in Memphis. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a mother board member and former choir member of Old Nonconnah Baptist Church. Mrs. Sykes, the widow of Clarence Sykes, leaves a daughter, Ollie Mae Sykes Clark of Memphis, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
FRANCES LOUISE WOODWARD, 89, of Collierville, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Woodward, the widow of James E. 'Pat' Woodward, leaves two daughters, Patte Fowler of Cordova and Marilyn Yeager of Collierville; a sister, Meleavee Tate of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
THURMAN WILLIAM WYNNE JR., 79, of Memphis, Postal Service letter carrier, died of cancer Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Wynne, the husband of Dorothy Wynne, also leaves two daughters, D.J. Wynne and Barbara Wynne, both of Memphis; three sisters, Lucille Menietto, Dorothy Hellstern and Ann Wolle, all of Edmond, Okla.; a brother, Arthur Wynne of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to American Cancer Society or charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
JOHN DOYLE CRAFT, 74, of Ripley, Tenn., retired senior vice president for Fischer Lime and Cement, died of heart failure Friday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ripley First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Marys Chapel cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Craft, the husband of Liz Craft, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Dianne Peebles of Collierville, and a sister, Irene Berrett of Bartlett, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
CORA SHOULAR, 98, of Coldwater, Miss., died of heart failure Saturday at her home. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a mother board member of Mt. Austin Church in Cockrum, Miss. Mrs. Shoular, the widow of Clifton Shoular, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Chris Shipp of Memphis, and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
