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Jonestown -- Richard Morton, 78, retired from Delta Oil Mill after 54 years, died Wednesday at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Jonestown cemetery. Delta Burial Corp. in Marks has charge. He leaves 13 daughters, Fannie May Yancey of Chicago, Linda J. McGrew, Patricia Morton, Mary Louise Smith, Marilyn Nesby, Sabrina K. Mays, Lisa Jones, Doris J. Banks, Forstine Carter, Lackeyitha Willis, Ruthie Bullins and Deloris Jefferson, all of Jonestown, and Leora Bradley of Lincoln, Neb.; 10 sons, Richard Morton, Houston Jones, Joe Morton and Michael Muhammad, all of Jonestown, Demetric Morton, Stanley Morton and Rodney Morton, all of Lincoln, Neb., and Willie D. Morton, Henry J. Morton and Roger Morton, all of Chicago; six sisters, Roxy Berry of Yazoo City, Willie M. Williams and Jessie M. Sheard, both of Memphis, Odessa Morton of Chicago, Lillie Morton of Milwaukee and Teresa Morton of Jonestown; four brothers, Sol Morton Jr. of Memphis, Sol Morton of Lincoln, and Curtis Morton and Nathaniel Morton, both of Jonestown, 71 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Nesbit -- Scott Edwin Williamson, 24, student at Northwest Mississippi Community College, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was an Army veteran. He leaves his mother, Ann L. Shaffer of Nesbit; his father, Michael E. Williamson of Panama City Beach, Fla.; a sister, Tabitha Shaffer of Memphis, and his grandparents, Ed and Louise Williamson of Enterprise, Ala., and Glenn and Sylvia Lamb of Nesbit.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Ruby Arlene Presley Savell, 88, homemaker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Crosscreek Free Will Baptist Church in Olive Branch with graveside services at 2:30 p.m. at Lakewood Memorial Park cemetery in Jackson. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven has charge. Mrs. Savell, the widow of Dr. J.J. Savell, leaves two daughters, Linda Bowie of Olive Branch and Joyce Barrett of Richland; a son, Bruce Savell of Richland; a sister, Mary Edmisten of Winder, Ga., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to God's Bible School and College in Cincinnati, Ohio.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Oxford -- Jessie Bell Scroggins, 60, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. She leaves three daughters, Linda Perry Sattazahn and Lonita Perry Toombs, both of Memphis, and Gerry Jo Perry Blaylock of Southaven; a son, John W. Perry of Enid; three sisters, Mary Scroggins McGregor of Batesville, Peggy Scroggins O'Neal of Memphis and Cathleen Scroggins of Holly Springs; a brother, Sonny Scroggins of Holly Springs, and 14 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Red Banks -- Alma Ford Norfleet, 94, retired cook for H.W. Byers School in Mount Pleasant, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at New Hope CME Church, where she was a member and stewardess, with burial in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Norfleet, the widow of Hosie Norfleet, leaves four daughters, Earlie Mapp of Detroit, Ruth E. Betts of Red Banks, and Lottie Stephens and Ida L. Wells, both of Memphis; four sons, Roosevelt Norfleet of Red Banks, Edison Norfleet of Memphis, and Clarence Norfleet and Orlando Norfleet, both of Detroit; a brother, R.W. Ford of Osceola, Ark., 44 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Sardis -- Minnie Randolph Davis, 86, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Harmonia Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a mother board member, with burial in Mount Level Church cemetery. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home in Senatobia has charge. Mrs. Davis, the widow of Abe Randolph, leaves a daughter, Margaret Amos of Matteson, Ill., eight grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Southaven -- William E. Molett, 86, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, comic strip writer for Stars and Stripes and author of the book, "Admiral Perry and Matthew Henson at the North Pole," died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. A World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran, he was the recipient of the Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Air War Medal. He was a master duplicate bridge player and director. Mr. Molett, the husband of Janice B. Molett, also leaves a daughter, Genieva Steventon of Alexandria, Va.; two stepsons, Mark Atkinson of Southaven and Daryl Atkinson of Cordova; a sister, Alma Schrieber of Santa Cruz, Calif., and a granddaughter.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Walls -- James R. Kimbrell, 56, construction worker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington, Tenn., with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery there. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Millington. He leaves a daughter, Sunny Lynn Kimbrell, and his mother and stepfather, Helen and Chuck Denio, all of Memphis; his father, Roy Lee Kimbrell of Hardy, Ark.; a sister, Linda Hoaas of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Abbeville -- Mark Anthony Williams, 38, self-employed contractor and owner of Iron Horse Motorcycles, died Friday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford with burial in Christian Rest cemetery there. Mr. Williams, the husband of Brenda Williams, also leaves two stepsons, Chad Bishop and Brandon Mitchell, and his parents, Wanzie J. and Joyce Ann Williams, all of Oxford; a sister, Hope Hill of Etta, his grandmother, Dolly Williams of Oxford, and a stepgrandchild.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Barton -- Mary M. Rowan, 83, formerly of Memphis, retired from Kroger after 30 years, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville, Tenn. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of Collierville First Baptist Church and a former member of Cherry Road Baptist Church. Mrs. Rowan, the widow of Cecil B. Rowan, leaves a daughter, Gale R. Dancy, and a son, Steve A. Rowan, both of Barton, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Collierville First Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Coahoma -- Jerry Robert Pierce, 75, retired meter reader for the City of Lula, died Thursday at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at National Funeral Home in Clarksdale with burial in Barbee cemetery in Lula. He was a Korean War Marine Corps veteran and a member of Lula Baptist Church. Mr. Pierce, the husband of JoAnn Pierce, also leaves two sisters, Patsy Lafferty of Walls and Betty Jo Dodd of Caruthersville, Mo.; two brothers, Ronald Pierce of Bolivar, Tenn., and Billy Wayne Pierce of Creal Springs, Ill.; a half-sister, Marilyn Tosh, and a half-brother, Johnny Ray Pierce, both of Paris, Tenn.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Corinth -- Estelle Sparks Mingolello, 90, of Knoxville, formerly of Corinth, retired from Sears auditing department, died Friday at St. Mary's Hospice in Knoxville. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Henry cemetery. McPeters Funeral Home has charge. She was a member and treasurer of Fountain City Christian Church near Knoxville. Mrs. Mingolello was the wife of Leonard Mingolello. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Fountain City Christian Church or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Oxford -- Bobby Chatman, 54, retired mechanic, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tallahatchie-Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building with burial in Cypress Grove cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Chatman, the husband of Gloria Jean Barksdale Chatman, also leaves two daughters, Barbara Chatman and Jacqueline Chatman, both of Oxford; four sisters, Bessie Flemons of Thaxton, Mary Alice Pegues and Mary Jane Pegues, both of Oxford, and Robessie Cornner of Lewisville, Texas, and six brothers, Robert Chatman and Willie Chatman, both of Oxford, Johnnie Price, Louis Chatman and Johnnie Ivy, all of Indianapolis, and Lee Russell Price of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Oxford -- Daniel Alan Ford, 53, distribution manager for Klein Tools for 20 years, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Waller Funeral Home with graveside services at 2 p.m. at Lehrton cemetery in Ruleville. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Grace Baptist Church in Falls Church, Va. Mr. Ford, the husband of Bobbie D. Ford, also leaves a son, Matthew James Ford of Oxford; his parents, Margaret G. and Henry James Ford of Weston, W.Va., and a brother, David Wayne Ford of Preston, Va. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Walls -- James R. Kimbrell, 56, construction worker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington, Tenn., with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery there. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Millington. He leaves a daughter, Sunny Lynn Kimbrell, and his mother and stepfather, Helen and Chuck Denio, all of Memphis; his father, Roy Lee Kimbrell of Hardy, Ark.; a sister, Linda Hoaas of Memphis; his fiancee, Linda Williamson of Walls, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Byhalia -- Lena Mae Carman Mills, 89, retired physician's bookkeeper, died Saturday in Byhalia. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Byhalia cemetery. She was a member of Memphis First Seventh-day Adventist Church. Mrs. Mills, the wife of Charles Gilbert Mills, also leaves a daughter, Donna Mills Long of Germantown; a son, Don Gilbert Mills of Chattanooga, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Falkner -- Neil C. Hopper, 65, retired from Memphis Police Department after 30 years, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Ripley Funeral Home with burial in Little Hope cemetery. He was a member of the Army Reserves and Providence Baptist Church. Mr. Hopper, the husband of Jean James Hopper, also leaves a daughter, Stacy Hopper Reno of Falkner; three sisters, Lanell Douglas of McKinney, Texas, and Jean Burk and Joyce Gregory, both of Collierville, and three brothers, Bruce Hopper of Proctor, Ark., Ralf Hopper of Asheboro, N.C., and Brandon Hopper of Victorville, Calif.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Hernando -- Doss Clayton Brown Jr., 12-day-old son of Clay and Stephanie Brown, died Saturday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hernando Memorial Park. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves his grandparents, Doc and Pam Harris of Hernando, and Doug and Carolyn Brown and Jennifer Ashmore, all of Southaven.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Hernando -- Willie Mae Brown, 61, former employee of Imperial Dinette Co., died Friday at Beverly Healthcare. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Eudora Baptist Church, where she was a member of the choir and former president of the missionary society, with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home in Memphis has charge. Mrs. Brown, the wife of Al Brown, also leaves two sons, Sherwood Brown and Reginald B. Brown, both of Hernando; three sisters, Catherine Bell of Memphis, Betty Easter of Walls and Sarah Nelson of Hernando; four brothers, Lue L. Fox of Memphis, Ronnie Fox of Horn Lake, and Freddie Fox and Rochester Fox, both of Hernando; a sister-in-law who took care of her, Beverly Renfroe of Hernando, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
