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REV. CASPER A. WILSON JR., 67, of Marked Tree, Ark., pastor of New Hope Baptist Church for 40 years and retired from Local Union 90 in Memphis, died of heart failure Friday at the Regional Medical Center of Northeast Arkansas in Jonesboro. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at New Hope Baptist Church in Tyronza with burial in Tyronza cemetery. Murphy Funeral Home in Marked Tree has charge. Rev. Wilson, the husband of Norma Wilson, also leaves local survivors including a sister, Joyce Smith, and a brother, Frank Wilson, both of Memphis, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 19, 2001]
VIVIAN MOORE BARBER, 62, of Memphis, retired medical transcriber for Baptist Memorial Hospital, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Monday at Greater New Shiloh Baptist Church with burial in Bethlehem cemetery in Moscow. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Barber, the wife of V.C. Barber, also leaves a stepson, Bobby L. Barber of San Pedro, Calif.; a sister, Naomi Smith and a brother, Burnnie Moore, both of Memphis, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
BRYANT BLAYLOCK, 81, of Bartlett, retired iron worker for Local 167 after 50 years, died of congestive heart failure Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Leawood Baptist Church and was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Blaylock, the husband of Opal C. Blaylock for 48 years, also leaves a daughter, Gloria Tuminello of Shreveport, La.; two sons, Michael Bryant Blaylock of Ellendale, Tenn., and Walter L. Blaylock of Bartlett; a sister, Nan Mary Bowles of Cape Girardeau, Mo., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Heart Association Fund or the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
LUCILLE A. BROWN, 82, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Brown, the widow of James A. Brown, leaves three daughters, Betty Stroupe of Asheville, N.C., Annette Smith of Memphis and Barbara Wilson of Lake Cormorant; a son, Walter Brown of Senatobia, Miss., 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
LULA MAE EAKER CROCKER, 81, of Florence, Ala., formerly of Memphis, retired sales representative for Goldsmith's Department Store, died of heart failure Saturday at ECM Hospital in Florence. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer, Tenn., with burial in Indian Creek cemetery in Chewalla, Tenn. She was a Baptist. She leaves a brother, Paul Daniel Baker of Florence.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
IMOGENE FENNELL DAVIDSON, 76, of Downey, Calif., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died of cancer Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Downey. Mrs. Davidson, the widow of Kenneth Calvin Davidson, leaves two daughters, Bonnie M. Shepard of Modesto, Calif., and Darlyn L. Friend of Cerritos, Calif.; two sons, Kenneth C. Davidson Jr. of Phoenix and Douglas R. Davidson of Las Flores, Calif.; two sisters, Rosetta Mabe of Horseshoe Lake, Ark., and JoAnne McRae of Olive Branch; two brothers, Hearsey Fennell Jr. of Horseshoe Lake and Charles Fennell of Memphis, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
ALFRED INGRAM DAVIES, 89, of Dallas, formerly of Memphis, retired senior vice president of Sears Roebuck and Co., and founder of the Memphis public television station, died of heart disease Saturday in Dallas. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, where he was a member, with burial in Cedar Hill cemetery in Rusk, Texas. Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home in Dallas has charge. He was a member of the Koon Kreek Club, the Citizen's Council and the Chamber of Commerce, was a former president of the United Way, served as a board member for Southwestern Medical School, Junior Achievement and Republic Bank, served as president of the State Fair of Texas for five years and was a World War II Army veteran who received the Bronze Star. Mr. Davies, the husband of Mildred Musselwhite Davies for 66 years, also leaves three daughters, Carolyn Davies Perry of Rusk, Donna S. Davies of Los Angeles and Debra A. St. Cyr of Denton, Texas; a son, Alfred Ingram Davies Jr. of Austin, Texas, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the United Way, Southwestern Medical School or the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
ERMA V. DICK, 87, of Memphis, formerly of St. Petersburg, Fla., homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a minister for the Salvation Army. Mrs. Dick, the widow of William P. Dick, leaves a daughter, Sandra D. Mills of Memphis; a son, Alan R. Dick of St. Petersburg, Fla., six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Salvation Army.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
MARY SUE EATON, 84, of Memphis, retired bookkeeper, died of respiratory arrest Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Covenant United Methodist Church and the Kings Daughters Circle. Mrs. Eaton, the widow of John Eaton, leaves two daughters, Bettye Claire Lynn of Memphis and Susan E. Hill of Roswell, Ga., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
LORENE MEADOWS EDLUND, 62, of Beulah, Miss., formerly of Fayette County, Tenn., owner of Neblett Landing near Benoit, Miss., died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Burrow cemetery in Gallaway, Tenn. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Edlund, the wife of Jerry Allen Edlund, also leaves a daughter, Margaret Edlund Brock of Cleveland, Miss.; two sons, Major Mark Cook of Swansea, Ill., and J. Kirk Edlund of Jacksonville, Fla.; three sisters, Sue Haley of Arlington and Mary Opal Deen and Faye Thornburg, both of Eads; two brothers, Johnny 'Buddy' Meadows of Warner Robins, Ga., and James 'Rooster' Meadows of Braden, Tenn., and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
MILDRED MARIE GRANT, 59, of Savannah, Tenn., formerly of Turrell, Ark., retired cook for Ingram Barge Lines, died of an apparent homicide Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tyronza (Ark.) First Baptist Church with burial in Tyronza cemetery. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Grant, the widow of Robert A. Grant, leaves two daughters, Elizabeth Grant and Cybill Marie Grant, both of Savannah; two sons, Billie Newt Grant of Elizabethtown, N.C., and Robert Alton Grant Jr. of Tyronza; five sisters, Mary Duncan of Tyronza, Jane Brown of Byhalia, Miss., Betty Green of Marked Tree, Ark., Mary Byrd of Lousiana and Gladys Byrd of Eugene, Ore.; three brothers, Van Woolsley of Tyronza, James Floyd White of Shiloh, Tenn., and Johnny Byrd of Byhalia, and eight grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
CAROL POTHIER GREEN, . 81, of Memphis, homemaker, died of cancer Wednesday at her home. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Monday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, where she was a communicant, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a member of the Krewe of Ramesses in the Memphis Cotton Carnival and was a charter member of the Annesdale Park Homeowners Association. Mrs. Green, the widow of Joseph Benjamin Green Jr. and Dr. Arthur W. Green, leaves a daughter, Marilyn Green Anderson of Memphis; a son, Gregory Pothier Green of Bartlett, and two grandsons. The family requests that memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
JOHN HENRY HALL, 81, of Memphis, retired packer for the Army Depot, died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Riverside Baptist Church, where he served on the Usher Board, with burial at 9 a.m. Nov. 26 at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He leaves three daughters, Marguerite Wright, Joyce Rawls and Forestine Todd, all of Memphis; two sons, John Henry Hall Jr. and Walter L. Hall, both of California, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
GEORGE EDWARD HARDIN, 61, of Memphis, homemaker, died of cancer Friday at his home. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Collierville Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Mr. Hardin, the husband of Gayle Hardin, also leaves a daughter, Jonelle Carson of Memphis; a son, James Wesley Hardin of College Station, Texas; five sisters, Mary L. Jeffries of Memphis, Evelyn Pearson of Huntingdon, Tenn., Lucille Cathcart of Lake Lure, N.C., and Betty Sue Snellings and Gene Louise Robinson, both of Houston, and a brother, James O. Hardin of Sardis, Miss.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
SHIRLEY V. HEIDEL, 93, of Memphis, retired registered nurse from the Memphis Shelby County Health Department after 30 years and the Visiting Nurses Association after two years, died of heart failure Friday at American Transitional. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in the Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a Methodist. She leaves three daughters, Sue H. Kaplan of Memphis, Ann H. Staley of Kennesaw, Ga., and Faith H. Howard of Knoxville; a brother, Edward R. Vincent of Alexandria, Va., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 18, 2001]
