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Senatobia -- May Ellon Floyd McPherson, 82, retired seamstress for William Carter Co. after 35 years, died Monday at her home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Bethesda cemetery. Pate-Jones Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Senatobia Church of Christ. Mrs. McPherson, the widow of James H. McPherson, leaves three daughters, Tena Davis of Senatobia, and Martha Ann Kyle and Betty Jean Taylor, both of Orange, Texas; three sons, James Robert McPherson of Knoxville, Gerald Floyd McPherson of Deweyville, Texas, and Steven Wade McPherson of Becker, Minn.; a sister, Ruby Jean Dodson of Apache Junction, Ariz., 19 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 10, 2005]
Southaven -- Virginia Humphries Sutherland, 82, retired bookkeeper for Ely Walker Co., died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Cherry Road Baptist Church in Memphis. Mrs. Sutherland, the widow of Jack Sutherland, leaves three daughters, Beverly Ann Shelton of Roswell, Ga., Jane Akins of Olive Branch and Jean S. Reed of Nesbit, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
[Death notice dated May 10, 2005]
Walnut -- Charles Monroe Mullins, 73, piano factory worker, died Sunday at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Corinthian Funeral Home Walnut Chapel has charge. Mr. Mullins, the husband of Blance Webb Mullins, also leaves a daughter, Donna Berryman of Walnut; four sisters, Betty Jane Smith of Ripley, and Lola Mae Wilbanks, Martha Jane Wilbanks and Mairs Aline Hicks, all of Corinth; two brothers, McAruther Mullins of Walnut and Vester Lee Mullins of Corinth, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 10, 2005]
Batesville -- Wilma Loretto Meadows Powell, 89, homemaker, died Monday at Beverly Health Care. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Wells Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park in Memphis. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Powell, the widow of Lewis Martin Powell, leaves a son, Sam W. Powell of Sardis, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Cayce -- Cora E. Pannell, 69, homemaker, died Friday in Mississippi. Services were Tuesday at Collierville First Assembly of God. Family Funeral Care has charge. Mrs. Pannell, the wife of Lawrence 'Tony' Pannell, also leaves two daughters, Carol Henley of Cayce and Marilyn Garrett of Houlka; two stepdaughters, Tammy Morris and Tonya Byrd, and a stepson, Rodney Pannell, all of Mississippi; four sisters, Ruby Prescott, Martha Fulgham and Alice Morgan, all of Mississippi, and Rena Sigler of Southaven; a brother, Andy Morgan of Memphis, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Collierville First Assembly of God.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Senatobia -- Floyd Madison, 62, truck driver for USF Logistics, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Paradise Gardens. He was a member of Minority Trucking & Transportation Development Association. Mr. Madison, the husband of Maria Madison, also leaves eight daughters, Deborah M. Madison, Cassandra K. Rice, Melvia A. Madison, Sabrina K. Madison and Sonya Madison, all of Detroit, Jessica R. Madison of Jackson, Amber M. Madison of Senatobia and Angela S. Fuller of Mount Morris, Mich.; five sons, Deno L. Wells and Floyd Madison Jr., both of Detroit, Edward A. Madison of Inglewood, Calif., Ronald A. Madison of Swartz Creek, Mich., and Jason Madison of Senatobia; two sisters, Melvina Williams of Flint, Mich., and Annie Adams of Germantown; four brothers, Rev. Sylvester Madison of Toledo, Ohio, and Virgil Madison, Rev. John E. Madison and Climie Madison, all of Memphis, 37 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Senatobia -- Marcelle J. Taylor, 85, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Senatobia First Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Bethesda cemetery. Pate-Jones Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Taylor, the widow of Ottie Taylor, leaves a daughter, Kay Minton, and two sons, Ronnie Taylor and Bill Taylor, all of Senatobia; a sister, Virginia Ford of Batesville, four grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Senatobia First Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Betty Sue Hudspeth Ash, 55, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Longtown cemetery in Crenshaw. National Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Jennifer Lynn Ash and Betty Anne Ash, and two sons, Steven Ash and Gregory Allen Ash, all of Clarksdale; two sisters, Nell Garcia of Pasadena, Texas, and Earnestine Sprouse of Nesbit; three brothers, Glenn Hudspeth of Tunica, Gwynn Hudspeth of Deeson and Sam James Hudspeth Jr. of Clarksdale, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First National Bank Betty Sue Hudspeth Ash Memorial Fund.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Corinth -- Bill H. Davis, 80, retired quality control manager for ITT Telecommunications after 28 years, died Wednesday at The Home Place in Saltillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at McPeters Funeral Home with graveside services at 2:30 p.m. at Houston City cemetery. He was a member of First Baptist Church, a graduate of the University of Mississippi and a former member of the Lions Club. Mr. Davis, the widower of Betty C. Davis, leaves a daughter, Ellen Miller of Tupelo, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a Children's Home or charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Hernando -- Margaret Louella Friedrich, 62, retired waitress for 455 Truck Stop in Tupelo, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home of Hernando with burial in Hernando Memorial Park cemetery. She was a member of New Life Church of God. She leaves two daughters, Debra Jewell of Blytheville, Ark., and Judy Burns of Eudora; a son, Robert McNeel of Horn Lake; three sisters, Faye Young of Hernando, Rachel Veal of Manila, Ark., and Annie Jarrell of Byhalia; two brothers, Sidney Fair of Steele, Mo., and Roy Fair of Southaven, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Lillie Pearl Wilson Walker, 72, retired domestic worker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Rust College Doxey Auditorium with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. She was treasurer, steward and trustee of Hamilton Chapel CME Church in Waterford. Mrs. Walker, the widow of Willie B. Walker, leaves four daughters, Janice Jean Walker of Holly Springs, Elaine Williams of Oxford, Pearlie Jean Walker of Frankfort, Ky., and Mary Walker Collie of Milwaukee; three sons, Delois Walker of Memphis, and Charles Edward Walker and Dennis Ray Walker, both of Holly Springs; eight sisters, Margaret Myles of California, Barbara Ward of Victorville, Calif., Irene Frames and Pauline Walker, both of Champaign, Ill., Evelyn O. Walker of Montgomery, Ill., Cordia Harper of Byhalia, and Corrine Pryor and Mamie D. Malone, both of Holly Springs; four brothers, Tarther Thompson Jr. of Holly Springs, and Lawrence Thompson, John Thompson and Russell Thompson, all of Aurora, Ill., 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Kossuth -- Oliver Lee Mattox Jr., 75, owner/operator of O.L. Mattox Used Cars and former owner/operator of Corinth Feed Mill, farmer, landowner and real estate developer, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Union Baptist Church, where he was chairman of the Deacons and treasurer, with burial in the church cemetery. McPeters Funeral Home has charge. He was a Shriner, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Corinth Lodge 116. Mr. Mattox, the husband of Joyce Mills Mattox, also leaves two sons, Danny Lee Mattox of Starkville and Dr. Johnny Lynn Mattox of Kossuth; a brother, Ladron Mattox of Kossuth, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Nesbit -- Nancy Kay Gammon, 67, homemaker and missionary, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Mrs. Gammon, the wife of Joe Gammon for 47 years, also leaves a daughter, Leslie Kay Fittis of Northern Ireland; two sisters, Mary Catron of Horn Lake and Ruth Dobbs of Smithville, Tenn.; a brother, Ron Froelich of Georgia, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Stroke Foundation.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Sardis -- Johnny Russell Thomas, 69, died Monday at Beverly Health Care. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Viney Creek Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Delta Burial Corp. in Marks has charge. Mr. Thomas, the widower of Rebecca Lock-Thomas, leaves three daughters, Shirley Holcomb of Southaven, Peggy Floyd of Memphis and Patricia Moore of Sardis; three sons, Johnny R. Thomas Jr. of Sardis, Clay Thomas of Marks and Tony Wheatley of Pope; eight sisters, Edith Davis and Verlean Foster, both of Fort Worth, Texas, Lizzie Partee of Atlanta, Mary Partee of Senatobia, Eva Partee and Doris Partee, both of Chicago, and Barbara Cox and Catherine Partee, both of Sardis; five brothers, Haywood Foster, John Partee, Charlie Partee and Fred Partee, all of Sardis, and Willie Partee of Chicago, 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Senatobia -- Lorene Davis, 67, homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wyatte Community Church, where she was a member, with burial in Harris Chapel cemetery. Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater has charge. Mrs. Davis, the wife of U.L. Davis, also leaves five daughters, Ollie Ingram and Verna Cathey, both of Holly Springs, Mae Lena Mays and Felicia Davis, both of Senatobia, and Arbella Nichols of Byhalia; five sons, U.L. Davis Jr. and Joe Lee Davis, both of Senatobia, Larry Davis of Como, Almos Davis of Memphis and Wavely T. Davis of Southaven; four sisters, Henretta Jones, Mary Lee Cathey and Linda Woods, all of Senatobia, and Hazel Harden of Memphis; two brothers, Boyd Caradine of Senatobia and Andrew Lee Caradine of Byhalia, 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 12, 2005]
Ashland -- Charlie Jackson Jr., 64, died May 4 at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sims Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Michigan City with burial in the church cemetery. Serenity Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. He leaves three daughters, Brenda Thomas and Ella Stevenson, both of Memphis, and LaShell Jackson of California; a son, Charles Jackson of Memphis; a sister, Mattie Lou Craig of Holly Springs; six brothers, Frank Bolden of Ashland, Willie Craig and Joe Craig, both of Byhalia, Charles Edward Craig of Slayden, James Craig of Lamar and Lee Roy Jackson of New York, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Batesville -- Robert Earl McCullough, 68, electrician and owner of McCullough Electric, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wells Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Memorial Park cemetery. He was a member of Batesville Church of Christ. Mr. McCullough, the husband of Susie K. McCullough, also leaves a daughter, Susie McCullough Ferguson of La Grange, Ga.; a son, Rob McCullough of Sardis; a stepdaughter, Kim McCuan of Batesville; two stepsons, Scott Griffith of Illinois and Matt Griffin of Horn Lake; a sister, Johnnie McCullough Ozbirn of Tupelo, and eight grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Batesville Church of Christ.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Chulahoma -- Elvan Clark, 85, retired machine operator for Southern Fabrications in Memphis, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Chulahoma Missionary Baptist Church in Holly Springs, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He leaves six daughters, Gladil Higgins, Patricia Alexander and Myra Milan, all of Holly Springs, and Ezell Walton, Juanita Street and Ella Mae Street, all of Milwaukee; seven sons, Carnell Alexander and Levy Alexander, both of Holly Springs, Leo Street and Jesse Street, both of Milwaukee, Curtis Lee Alexander and Curtis Thomas, both of Chicago, and Willie Street of Ripley, Tenn.; two sisters, Lydia Hardin of Holly Springs and Julia Reynolds of Memphis; three brothers, Rev. Leo Clark of Memphis, Rev. O. D. Clark of Holly Springs and S. T. Clark of Chicago, 50 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
