THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1997 DEATHS DEATHS OBITUARIES Anderson, Essie Bishop, Eola Hankins Booker, Ronnie Brown, Betty Jo Carter, Ceretha Click, Homer E. Jr. Cole, Leverette Minor Crutcher, Ora Lee Garland, Richard V. Goodman, John A. Grimes, Alvin Hatmaker, W.
T. 'Tommy' Jr. Henderson, Augusta 'Duke' Washington Hodges, Dora Lee "Jackson, Anna Lee Johnson, Delores W. Johnson, Merle Phipps Phillips, Willard Oscar Pyron, Sandra Pearson Reed, Martha Louise Taylor, George W. Thomas, Carris William Vaughan, Lavinia K.
Wadley, Lutisha 'Penny' Washington, Howard J. Wright, Georgia Lee OTHER A17 Loden, Albert A. AREA DEATHS Through Thursday, Aug. 28 ESSIE ANDERSON, 63, of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at her home. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Corinthian Baptist Church. Mrs. Anderson, the wife of Jim Anderson, also leaves four daughters, Gloria Newson of New Mexico, and Katherine Chavis, Monika Anderson and Harriette Anderson, all of Memphis; four sons, Benjamin Johnson, Reginald Anderson, Rodney Anderson and Michael Anderson, all of Memphis; five sisters, Mamie Robinson of Lambert, Olivia Burks, Mary Daniels and Ellawease Moore, all of Memphis, and Josephine Flowers of Clarksdale, four brothers, Nathaniel Burks of Memphis, Eurmon Hervey of Springfield, John Willis of Greenwood, and Claude Burks of Clarksdale, 13 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
EOLA HANKINS BISHOP, 71, of 1550 North Parkway, homemaker, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after an auto accident. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Peabody Baptist Church with burial in Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery in Hickory Flat, Miss. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a 1948 graduate of the Shrine School and president of Les Passes Help Yourself Club.
Mrs. Bishop, the wife of Roland Bishop, also leaves her mother, Maude Hankins; a sister, Betty J. Headley, and a brother, Bill W. Hankins, all of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Peabody Baptist Church.
RONNIE BOOKER, 47, of Horn Lake, sales representative for Combs, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. He was a member of Lake Forest Church of Christ. Mr.
Booker, the husband of Debra Booker, also leaves two daughters, Shawn Merrill and Shannon Dalehite, both of Horn Lake; his parents, Bonnie B. and Robert M. Booker of Atlanta; two sisters, Laura Forest of Newnan, and Bonnie Reynolds of Houston, Texas, and two brothers, Greg Booker of Atlanta and Rick Booker of Dallas. BETTY JO BROWN, 61, of Bangor, formerly of Memphis, retired burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge.
She was a member of South Haven (Mich.) Church of Christ and a former employee of McDonald's Restaurant in South Haven. Mrs. Brown, the wife of James R. Brown, also leaves three daughters, Deborrah Salmons of Dowagiac, Melissa Montgomery of South Haven and Angela Brown of Kalamazoo, a son, Stanley Brown of Grand Junction, four sisters, Muriel Meredith and Dottie Perry, both of Lake Providence, Bobbie Paul of Monroe, and Shirley Hopkins of Tallulah, two brothers, Alfred Blair of Grand Junction and Larry Blair of Fort Worth, Texas, 10 grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. CERETHA CARTER, 63, of 1969 Wynton, retired Headstart teacher for Shelby County, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Hospital.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park Cemetery. N. J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Brentha Potts a and Phyllis Landers, and three sons, Terry Carter, Kelvin Carter and Jeffery Carter, all of Memphis; four sisters, Dorothy Cook and Catherine Boyce, both of Detroit, and Thelma Jackson and Erma Starks, both of Chicago; two brothers, Ervin Thomas and Sylvester Thomas, both of Memphis, grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
HOMER E. CLICK 52, of Miami, formerly of Humboldt, and Memphis, sales representative with Gulf State C.C. TV died Sunday of heart failure at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt.
Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home of Humboldt has charge. He leaves a companion with whom he lived, Carmen Carpio; two daughters, Allison Bryan of Clearwater, and Shannon Click of Bedford, Texas; a son, Todd Click of Granbury, Texas; two sisters, Judy Wayson of Arlington and Shirley Whyte of Memphis, and two stepsisters, Judy Plaster of Manassas, and Brenda Treco of St. Marys, Ga. LEVERETTE MINOR COLE, 95, of Memphis, retired superintendent with City of Memphis Engineering Department, died of heart failure Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday in Memphis Memory Gardens. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a member of Audubon Park Baptist Church. Mr. Cole, the widower of Florence Vick Cole, leaves three daughters, Marie Phillips, Jeanette Cooper and Ramona Jordan; a son, Benny Cole, and two sisters, Mae Ballinger and Mildred Parker, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
ORA LEE CRUTCHER, 75, of Mem- teacher's aide at Bangor Public Schools, died of heart failure at Allegan (Mich.) General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Gragg Avenue Church of Christ with phis, retired receptionist, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital North after a stroke. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Woodhaven Memory Gardens.
She was a member of Ardmore Baptist Church. Mrs. Crutcher, the wife of Robert Crutcher, also leaves two sisters, Lucille Philpot of Memphis and Min Overall of Lake Wales, a brother, James Hill of Union City, and a grandchild. RICHARD V. GARLAND, 64, of Cordova, retired Shelby County employee after 25 years and deli department employee for Kroger, died of cancer Wednesday at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Fisherville Baptist Church Cemetery. He was a Korean War Army veteran and a meme ber of Cordova Baptist Church. Mr. Garland, the husband of Helen Garland, leaves two daughters, Deborah Spencer and Brenda Gray, 1 both of Memphis; a son, Steven Garland; his parents, Mark and Pattie Garland, and two sisters, Jeanie Bolton and Terri A.
Campbell, all of Cordova, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. JOHN A. GOODMAN, 47, of Memphis, formerly of California, selfemployed handyman, died Tuesday in Memphis after being hit by a car. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He leaves three sisters, Linda Sue Goodman of Memphis, Mary Ann Fletter of Virginia Beach, and Cathy D.
Franks of Drummonds, and a brother, Larry E. Goodman of Oklahoma City. ALVIN GRIMES, 53, of Marion, maintenance worker for Flash Market died of heart failure Sunday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wells Memorial Funeral Home in Plant City, with burial in Memorial Park there.
He was a Vietnam War veteran, having served in the Army for 14 years. He leaves two sons, Sammy Grimes and Ronnie Grimes, both of Fayetteville, his mother, Ada Grimes of Plant City; two sisters, Ethel Wasden and Dorathea Leachers, both of Plant City, and four brothers, Freddie of Beaumont, Texas, Ernest Grimes of Orange, Texas, James Grimes of Plant City and Horace Grimes of Mulberry, Fla. W. T. 'TOMMY' HATMAKER 68, of Memphis, retired electrician with ABC Electric died of heart disease Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital.
Services will be at noon today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Hatmaker, the husband of Bettye B. Hatmaker, leaves two daughters, Sharon Whithers and Karen Hatmaker, both of Memphis; three sons, Tommy Hatmaker Ill of Cordova, Steve Hatmaker of Olive Branch, and Andy Hatmaker of Antioch, two sisters, Claire Christy of Las Vegas and Mary Robinson of Memphis, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
AUGUSTA 'DUKE' WASHINGTON HENDERSON, 41, of Memphis, apparently committed suicide Tuesday in Dyersburg, Tenn. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Vollintine Baptist Church. B. T.
Auston Sons Funeral Home has charge. DORA LEE HODGES, 82, of 21 Neely, Apt. 411, retired nurse's assistant at John Gaston Hospital, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Oakville Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial PAID DEATH NOTICES BLAYDE ELDER AUBREY L.
BLAYDE, 83, of Memphis, pastor emeritus at Woodstock Church of God in Christ and retired employee of Firestone Tire Rubber died of heart failure Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital. Elder Blayde the husband of Lillie Blayde, also leaves five daughters, Janet Blayde, Carolyn Taylor and Bertha Rayner, all of Memphis, Maxine Wells of Kenosha, and Dorothy Jones of Chicago; three sons, James Blayde, Ronnie Blayde and Elder Danny Blayde, all of Memphis; a brother Louis Blaydes of Rosemark, a sister-in-law Patsy Macklin and a brother-in-law George Gayles both of Memphis; 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren a host of neices, nephews other relatives and friends. Elder Blayde will lie in-state at Woodstock C.O.G.I.C., Hamleft Road Woodstock, TN this evening from p.m. and Memorial Service will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Elder Blayde will also lie in-state at Gethsemane Gardens C.O.G.I.C. 1740 Vollintine Avenue Memphis, Saturday (tomorrow) from 10:00 11:55 a.m. Funeral will begin at 12:00 noon, Bishop Samuel Lowe, pastor, officiating. Interment, Rosemark Cemetery, Arlington, TN. JEFFERSON MORTUARY in Millington has charge.
GLASGOW LEAH GADDY GLASGOW, 71, of Memphis, died Thursday at her home. She was the widow of Earl B. Glasgow, Jr. She is survived by three daughters, Pamela Walker, Leah T. Glasgow and Kimberly Novarese; three grandsons and one granddaughter, all of the Memphis area, and a brother, David C.
Gaddy of Kokomo, Indiana. MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME has charge. A private memorial service will be conducted at Calvary Episcopal Church. The family requests all memorials be sent to Calvary Episcopal or the charity of the donor's choice. JOHNSTON ELLA MAE JOHNSTON passed away Tuesday, August 26, 1997 after a long illness, in her home in Paragould, AR.
She leaves her husband Elvis Johnston, one son Hershell Johnston of Nashville, TN and two granddaughters. FARMERS UNION FUNERAL HOME of Jonesboro, AR is in charge of arrangements. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 29 at 10 a.m. WHITE WALLACE LEON "BILLY" WHITE, 51, a Medical Orthopedic Attendant died Aug. 26, 1997 in Memphis, TN.
Visitation Fri. Aug. 29, 1997, 5-7 pm at E.H. FORD MORTUARY SERVICE, 1880 Winchester. Visitation Sat.
Aug. 30, 1997, 10-12 noon at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Funeral 12 noon. Interment Greenview Cemetery, Nesbit, MS.
345-9558. TO PLACE A NOTICE CALL 529-2700 in the church cemetery. Victory Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Willie Mae Barton of Memphis, and eight grandchildren. ANNA LEE JACKSON, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Methodist Hospital North.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Murphy Funeral Home in Marked Tree, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Jonesboro, Ark. She was a Jehovah's Witness. Mrs. Jackson, the wife of Jasper Jackson, also leaves a daughter, Janice Sweat, and a son, Randy L.
Jackson, both of Millington; a sister, Bessie Wiggins of Hernando, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. DELORES W. JOHNSON, 63, of 761 Bonwood, died of heart failure Wednesday at her home. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of Henry Johnson, also leaves a daughter, Vichyla Vaughn-Hardin of Memphis; a son, Andre Johnson of Nashville; four brothers, Jesse Webster, Lawrence Webster, Charles Webster and Leo Webster, all of Memphis, six grandchildren and several greatgrandchildren.
PHIPPS JOHNSON, 90, of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at her home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Elmwood. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Union Avenue United Methodist Church and King's Daughters and a graduate of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Dr. Harry Johnson, leaves a daughter, Jane Barton, and a son, Harry Johnson, both of Memphis, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice. WILLARD OSCAR PHILLIPS, 56, of Burlison, retired self-employed carpet layer and machine operator for Allen Steel died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery in Munford. was a member of First Assembly of God of Covington, Tenn. Mr. Phillips, the husband of Minnie Dee Gray Phillips, also leaves a daughter, Marilyn Marie Phillips of Burlison; four sons, Kenneth Oscar Phillips of Covington, and Eddie Ray Phillips, Willard Oscar Phillips Jr.
and Nathan Scott Phillips, all of Burlison; three sisters, Nellie P. Sykes and Louise Hampe, both Memphis, and Rita Stokes of Millington; three brothers, Wilbur Phillips and Roy Phillips, both of Memphis, and Harold Wayne Phillips of Millington, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Assembly of God Church of Covington Royal Rangers Fund. SANDRA PEARSON PYRON, 52, of Jackson, formerly of Memphis, former teacher with Shelby County Schools, died of cancer Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. ServA ices will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday at West had taught Sunday school, with burial Jackson Baptist Church, where she in Ridgecrest Cemetery. She also was a member of the sanctuary choir and ladies' handbell choir at the church. She graduated from the University of Memphis. Mrs. Pyron, the wife of Michael R.
Pyron, also leaves a daughter, Amy Pyron Stoope, and a son, Jason Pyron, both of Jackson; her father and stepmother, L. and Linda W. Pearson; a sister, Margaret Carolyn Daugherty of Shawnee, a brother, Claude Lee Pearson of Bartlett, and a stepsister, Linda P. May of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Jackson Baptist Church for its 'Upon This Rock' Building Fund or its music ministry.
MARTHA LOUISE REED, 86, of 5076 Windcrest, domestic worker, died pneumonia Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Reed, the widow of Sam Reed, leaves daughter, Frances Reed Delk, and a grandchild. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, 66, of Memphis, truck driver, died of lung cancer Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 2 Saturday at Motley Rivers Funeral Home in Whiteville, with burial in McCulley Cemetery in Oakland, Tenn.
He leaves four daughters, Diane Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio, Janet Taylor of Memphis, Stephanie Payton of North Carolina and Jewelene Jones of Pontotoc, five sons, George Michael Taylor, Marlon Taylor George Bernard, all of Memphis, and Lloyd Taylor of Pontotoc; his parents, John W. Taylor W. Taylor of Arlington, a sister, Lula Pearl Johnson of Cleveland; a brother, Lea H. Taylor of Pemberton, N.J., and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. CARRIS WILLIAM THOMAS, 24, of Memphis, died of an apparent suicide Wednesday in Memphis.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters; his mother, Elizabeth A. Thomas; his father, Neal Johnson; two sisters, Masheka Thomas and Latanya Thomas; two brothers, and his grandmother, Phillistine Thomas, all of Memphis.
LAVINIA K. VAUGHAN, 84, of Florence, formerly of Memphis, retired from International Harvester, died of heart failure Thursday at Briar Hill Rest Home in Florence. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel with burial in Elmwood. She was a former member of the Women's Society at Schoolfield United Methodist Church and past president of Frayser High School PTA.
Mrs. Vaughan, the widow of Elliotte F. Vaughan, leaves a daughter, Dorothy Gilliland of Jackson, eight grandchildren, 14 great- grandchildren and two greatgreat-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Betty V. Sledge Memorial Fund at University of Tennessee Department of Pathology or Schoolfield United Methodist Church.
LUTISHA 'PENNY' WADLEY, 75, of 1592 Gabay, retired teacher at Lincoln Elementary, died of pneumonia Monday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Thomas Missionary Baptist Church, where she was church secretary and a member of choir, with burial in New Park then Cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs.
Wadley, the widow of Murray Wadley, leaves a daughter, Shirley Dickerson of Millington, and a son, Marvin Wadley, and a sister, Louise Johnson, both of Memphis. HOWARD J. WASHINGTON, 76, of Memphis, retired from Sammon Pennington died of cancer Wednesday at his home. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mr. Washington, the husband of Earnestine Washington, leaves five daughters of Flint, two stepdaughters, Michelle Frost and Valerie Scott; a sister, Mary Barker, and a brother, William Washington, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren. GEORGIA LEE WRIGHT, 85, of 3154 Hull, retired nurse's assistant, died of heart failure Thursday at Graceland Nursing Center.
N. J. Ford Sons Funeral Home, has charge. She was a member Tyler AME Church. Mrs.
Wright, the widow of Clarence Wright, leaves a daughter, Josie White of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. FUNERALS Previously unannounced services received through Thursday, Aug. 28: Willie Palmer, 66. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial In Mt. Carmel-Hollywood Cemetery. Contee Spencer 42.
M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home at noon Saturday. Burial in New Park Cemetery. John Weatherly, 59.
Kimball Chapel Church in Slayden, at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial In church cemetery. M. J.
Edwards Sons Funeral Home. Corrected services: Annie B. Bailey, 87. Wayside Church of God in Christ Saturday. Burial in New Park Cemetery, R.
S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home. Emma Jean Golden, 83. New Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Lambert, at 11 a.m.
Saturday. Burial in Lambert Cemetery. Family Mortuary, MID -SOUTH DEATHS The following obituaries were received through Thursday, Aug. 28. ARKANSAS WEST HELENA Elizabeth Reed, 67, homemaker, widow of Robert Reed, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Helena Regional Medical Center in West Helena.
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