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Como -- Raymond Thomas, 53, construction worker, died Saturday at North Oak Regional Medical Center in Senatobia. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Senatobia with burial in the church cemetery. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home in Senatobia has charge. He was a member of Cherry Street Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves two sons, James Thomas of Senatobia and Tony Thomas of St. Louis; two stepdaughters, Charlotte Rodgers and Gernesha Edwards, both of Como; two sisters, Eula Bowens of Como and Earnestine Roberson of Coffeeville; three brothers, L.T. Thomas of Greenville, A.C. Thomas of Ruleville and James A. Thomas of Sardis; a caregiver, Geraline Edwards, and 11 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Corinth -- Nelle Brady Jobe, 98, retired owner of Nu-Way Cleaners after 32 years and retired co-owner of Broken Spoke Restaurant in Pickwick, Tenn., died Wednesday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home with burial in Henry cemetery. Mrs. Jobe, the widow of Clarence Ketcham Jobe, leaves two daughters, Bobbie Ann Green of Corinth and Edith Harms of Knoxville; a son, Marcus Brady Jobe of Pickwick; a brother, James Brady of Hendersonville, seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Alcorn County Humane Society or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Hernando -- Vivian Camp, 76, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Memphis, Hernando and New Albany, retired housekeeper for Methodist Hospitals in Memphis, died Saturday in San Antonio. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mortimer Funeral Home in New Albany with burial in Ingomar cemetery. She leaves a sister, Elizabeth Kinard of New Braunfels, Texas, and a brother, Randolph Swords of Atoka, Tenn.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Maggie Lucas Ingram, 100, homemaker, died Tuesday at Alliance Healthcare System. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Beverly Chapel CME Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Ingram, the widow of Bolivar Ingram, leaves three sons, Harris Ingram and John Ingram, both of Holly Springs, and Willie Ingram of Battle Creek, Mich., 30 grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Horn Lake -- Roy Little, 78, housekeeper and dairy manager for Oakville Hospital, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at United Funeral Service in New Albany with burial in Glenfield Memorial Park cemetery there. He was a World War II Army veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Little, the widower of Alice Little, leaves a daughter, Nancy Ellis; a son, David Little; two sisters, Mattie Lee Bryson and Cleo Gadd; a brother, Troy Little, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Oxford -- Warren Curtis Slayden, 78, retired lab technician for the Department of Agriculture, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church, a former vestryman and Sunday school teacher at Christ Episcopal Church and a former Scout master. Mr. Slayden, the widower of Marie Barber Slayden, leaves a daughter, Lois Slayden Jones of Memphis; a son, Warren Wynne Slayden of Madison, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Herman Borgognoni, 94, retired meat cutter for Liberty Cash Grocery, died Friday at Clarksdale Nursing Center. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, where he was a communicant, with burial in Memorial Gardens. National Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Air Force veteran. Mr. Borgognoni, the husband of Lorene Jenkins Borgognoni, also leaves three sisters, Edith Borgognoni Simpson, Rosa Borgognoni Bates and Dora Borgognoni Curcio, and four brothers, Albert Borgognoni, Joe Borgognoni, Reno Borgognoni and Paul Borgognoni, all of Clarksdale.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Joe Kelly Logan, 58, retired captain with Clarksdale Police Department and carpenter, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at National Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens. He was an Air Force veteran, a Baptist and member of National Rifle Association. Mr. Logan, the widower of Ellen Fyfe Logan, leaves a daughter, Kelly Logan Spratlin of Memphis; a son, Joe Kelly Logan Jr. of Clarksdale; a brother, Lytton Logan III of Los Alamos, N.M., and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Crowder -- Dorothy Vernice Haire, 86, homemaker, died Saturday at Quitman County Hospital and Nursing Home in Marks. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at National Funeral Home in Clarksdale with burial in Forest Memorial cemetery in Batesville. Mrs. Haire, the widow of Lonnie Haire, leaves eight daughters, Marie Whitt of Greenville, Pearl Miller of Benson, N.C, Louise Swindell of Fort Worth, Texas, Kay Casey of Jackson, Jeanette White of Enid, and Shirley Eads, Linda Willis and Paula Gilson, all of Crowder; a son, Bennie Haire of Benton; a sister, Cybil Jones of Batesville; two brothers, Delma Tutor of Batesville and Curtis Tutor of Pope, 33 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Bobby Griffin, 70, retired owner-operator of Griffin Carpet, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care in Memphis with burial in Memory Hill Gardens there. Mr. Griffin, the husband of Dorothy Griffin for 49 years, also leaves two daughters, Beth Simmons and Gail Ross, both of Olive Branch; three sisters, Hettie Lee of Memphis, Betty Clegg of Atoka, Tenn., and Katherine Bunnell of Fort Myers, Fla.; two brothers, Tommy Griffin of Ripley, Tenn., and Joe Griffin of Jonesboro, Ark., and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Getwell Road United Methodist Church Youth Fund.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Jimmie Sue Wilson, 72, retired secretary for Exxon, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a Methodist, member of Veterans of Foreign Wars post 4935 Ladies Auxiliary and graduate of Messick High School. She leaves two sons, Robert Hollinger of Olive Branch and John F. Wilson of Atlanta; a sister, JoAnn Bolin of Olive Branch; two brothers, Robert Adair of Olive Branch and Bennie Adair of Hernando; a companion with whom she lived, Junior Beach, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Sardis -- Doc Ellis George, 84, retired construction foreman, died Friday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Wells Funeral Home with burial in Wesley Chapel cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran, member of Shady Grove Baptist Church, a Mason and a Shriner. Mr. George, the husband of Ruby Jennings George, also leaves two daughters, Carolyn Farless Blanford of Collinsville, Ill., and Jeanette George Smith of Evans, La.; three sons, Richard A. Farless of Maylene, Ala., Bobby George of Sardis and Larry Edward George of Jonesboro, Ark.; a brother, Herbert George of Michigan City, Ind., 18 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Blue Mountain -- Barm Rutledge Jr., 78, millwright, died Sunday in Blue Mountain. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mortimer Funeral Home in Ecru with burial in Sand Springs cemetery in Pontotoc County. He was a member of I.A.M., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Middle Tennessee Carpenters and Millwrights Union, Memphis Scottish Rite and Hamasa A.A.O.N.M.S. in Meridian, volunteer for Shelby County Rescue Squad and a Freemason. Mr. Rutledge, the husband of Cora Rutledge, also leaves a sister; three brothers, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Coldwater -- Eula Mae Dancy, 77, retired from William Carter Co., died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Love cemetery. She was a member of Jackson Chapel Methodist Church. Mrs. Dancy, the widow of Jessie Roy Dancy, leaves two sons, Kenny Dancy and Randy Dancy, both of Coldwater, and a brother, Billy Chance of Ashland City, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Jackson Chapel Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Lake Cormorant -- Esther Harris Thornton, 85, retired manager for Goldsmith's layaway department, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown there. She was a member of Davant Avenue Methodist Church. She leaves a daughter, Valery Smith of Lake Cormorant; a son, Joe S. Thornton of Pelham, Ala., eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Pope -- Willie Mae Davis, 61, retired real estate agent, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with burial in Magnolia cemetery there. She was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Davis, the wife of Charles K. Davis, also leaves three daughters, Jan Davis of Bogaloosa, La., Joanne Davis Arnett of Ripley and Charlene Davis Andreasen of Pope; a brother, Raymond Wray of Pope, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Sardis -- Audrey Daron Lunsford, 29, Army sergeant, died May 23 in Iraq. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Batesville First United Pentecostal Church, where he was a member, with burial in Forrest Memorial Park there. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville has charge. Mr. Lunsford, the husband of Vangi Cannon Lunsford, also leaves a daughter, Paris-Audrey McKaLyne Lunsford, and his mother, Martha Brown Lunsford, both of Sardis; a sister, Donna Green Miller of Guin, Ala.; two brothers, David Smith of Sardis and Danny Green of Russellville, Ark., and his grandmother, Louise Brown of Sardis.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Southaven -- Donald Keith Bowen, 61, small-engine mechanic and farmer, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South there. He was an Army veteran, member of Bethel Baptist Church, a Mason and a Shriner. Mr. Bowen, the husband of Carol J. Bowen for 37 years, also leaves two daughters, Donna Jean Girard of Trenton, Tenn., and Kellie Michelle Mamczur of Southaven; a son, Keith Whitten Bowen of Southaven; two sisters, Inez Burr of Nesbit and Mavis Hutchison of Booneville, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Southaven -- Elizabeth 'Donna' Wicker, 81, retired teacher for Harding Academy after 20 years, died Saturday at Hermitage Gardens. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis with burial in Memorial Park there. She was a member of Goodman Oaks Church of Christ and former day care director for Union Avenue Church of Christ. Mrs. Wicker, the widow of Dr. John U. Wicker, leaves a daughter, Joni Lancaster of Nesbit; a son, Charles T. Wicker of Dallas, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
