Saturday, May 5, 2012 The Commercial Appeal Saturday, May 5, 2012 SHELBY COUNTY Armstrong, Edward Milton Bailey, Dorothy Louise Barbee, Diva Boyd, Adell Brakefield, Willam Earl Dasch, Victoria Russell Duke, Helen Peel Fisher, Eve Ford, Riley Gray, William Dalvd Harris, Jimmie Jeffrey, Gerald W. Jones, Dorothy Jones, Joe Lincoln Kelton, James Phillip McDonald, Corine Nolen, Corinne Watkins Pitts, Charles Scott, Barry Thames, Daniel Maurice Thomas, Reginald Andre Toney, Verlisia Underwood, Mary Wilkins, Johnnie Lee DESOTO COUNTY Acree, Grace TENNESSEE Allen, Calvin Lee Atkins, William P. Brandon, Mildred L. Parker Cothran, Norris Daniels, Berniece Onie Densmore, Dura L. Garner, Dewayne Harris, Robert Leslie Harvell, Jackie Harvill, Rev.
Ronald Ervin Johnson, Russell W. Kruliski, Mary Frances Cooper Majors, William Gaylord Massey, Franklin D. Mathis, Bernice Moore, Mack York, James Edward Bradford, Lyndon Burns, Landyn Drake Harmon, Bertha Irene Hubbard, Fisher Smith Hudspeth, Joyce Jackson Tatum, Dwight Morrow SHELBY COUNTY EDWARD MILTON ARMSTRONG, age 63 of Cordova, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Baptist East Memorial Hospital in 1 Memphis. Born April 5, 1949 to the late Walter Boyce and Frances Pauline Armstrong, Mr. Armstrong grew up and lived in Bolivar for most of his life where he was a member of New Union Baptist Church.
He graduated from Bolivar Central High and the University of Tennessee at Martin. He was employed at Armstrong Transportation and Trailers, LLC as a Logistics Coordinator. Surviving Mr. Armstrong is his daughter, Shelley Armstrong Garner of Bolivar; two sons, Chad Armstrong and wife Nicole of Sparta and Blake Armstrong and wife Haley of Oakland; a sister, Cathy Gillem of Medon; and a brother, Jerry Armstrong of Toone. He is also survived by a granddaughter, Chloe Grace Russell of Sparta.
Funeral services for Mr. Armstrong will be held at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 6th, with Todd Hampton officiating and burial in New Union Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, May 5th from 3 to 6 p.m. Shackelford Funeral Directors Bolivar (731)658-5277 DOROTHY LOUISE "Dot" BAILEY, our beloved aunt, died May 3, 2012.
Dot was born in Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, on May 30, 1917. After graduating high. school and attending MSCW in Columbus, MS, she moved to Memphis and began her lifelong career in banking with the National Bank of Commerce. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Memphis, and for many years served as a greeter and volunteer on Wednesday nights as members gathered for dinner and prayer. To her family, Dot was the devoted daughter, sister, and beloved aunt, always giving selflessly to those she loved.
In her retirement years, she enjoyed traveling much of the world with good friends, and never saw age as a hindrance to remaining active and enjoying each day of life. She is preceded in death by her parents, William V. Bailey, and Davie P. Bailey, her brother William V. Bailey, and sisterin-law Nan B.
Bailey. She is survived by her three nieces, Nan Niell of Memphis, Sally Thompson and her husband Tommy of Franklin, Tennessee, and Dottie Mooney and her husband Bill, also of Franklin, Tennessee. She also leaves six great nephews and a great niece, each of whom she loved and took great joy in following their lives. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. followed by funeral services at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 6 at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery. Interment will follow. The family wishes to thank the staff of Bright Glade Nursing Home for their kindness and loving care rendered to Dot. Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, 4680 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, Tennessee. Memorial Park Funeral Home Cemetery the stone wall" (901) 767-8930 DIVA BARBEE, 51, died May 4, 2012.
Ford Sons Home Parkway, (901)948-7755 OBITUARIES ADELL BOYD, 69, died May 1, 2012. M.J. Edwards Funeral Home-Airways, (901)327-9360 WILLIAM EARL BRAKEFIELD, 63, died May 1, 2012. Wilson Funeral Home, (870)563-2877 VICTORIA RUSSELL DASCH 59, of Memphis, passed away April 30, 2012. Vickie is survived by her husband of 20 years, William Dasch; mother, Catherine Russell, and sister, Ann Russell; several close cousins and close friends.
A memorial will be held at a later date. Family Funeral Care (901)761-8000 www.familyfuneral.com EVE FISHER. Curtain Closes on Glamorous Era. Eve Fisher, Davidson, Vaughn went to glory on Wednesday, April 11, 2012; she had been just about everywhere else of interest. Born April Fool's Day, 1921, her career as one of the South's leading Socialites encompassed most of the twenti-.
eth century. Eve was the daughter of George Vaughn and his wife, Marganina, heiress to a Louisiana cotton fortune. Eve's parents, inveterate world travelers, entrusted her to the care of a bachelor uncle, Dr. Albert Vaughn, with whom she and her nurse lived in a suite of rooms at The Peabody Hotel. Eve attended Miss Hutchison's School and later St.
Mary's. At the age of 14, she was given her first car, a red 1935 convertible, in which she set out for the summer on a solo road trip, making unannounced visits to friends and relations along both sides of the river between Memphis and New Orleans: a trip she repeated annually during her high school years returning for the start of term each fall. Eve was possessed of many passions, among which clothes ranked first. In the 1940's, she accompanied her father on business trips to Hong Kong and ordered an elaborate wardrobe of mandarin costumes which she wore when entertaining at home. Eve also befriended Laclede Sturdivant, owner of the eponymous Memphis couture house; Eve would accompany Laclede on numerous buying trips snatching up the choicest designer gowns to assure that she would always be the most dazzling belle at any local ball.
Besides clothes, she collected antiques which along. with her lavish entertainments were often profiled in newspaper articles about her and her homes. She gained further notoriety for greeting guests to her door with a .357 Magnum in hand, accompanied by a shotgun wielding family retainer; this followed a 1964 break-in during which she and her husband were bound and robbed of a fortune in jewels, including a 6- carat diamond stripped from her finger. Her first husband, James P. Davidson, made a fortune after WWII in Army Surplus Stores, and served as first president of the Bank 'of DeSoto.
Once when he was out of town, Eve employed a teenager named Elvis Presley to work in the company's warehouse (not caring for the boy's looks, Jim fired him upon his return a few weeks later). During most of their marriage, Eve and her first husband resided at White Clover Hill, a home built on 15 acres in North Mississippi where the Peabody ducks once took their hiatus from the lobby fountain. They also kept an apartment in the penthouse of the William Len as an in town base. After being widowed, Eve met her second husband, Henry Fisher. Eve and Henry began their lives together in a home on Horseshoe Lake; retiring later to Village where Eve spent the remainder of her life.
Eve loved gardening and was especially proud of her orchids and azaleas. She was an avid golfer, and was passionate about swimming: something she imparted to scores of children whom she instructed in the sport. Eve committed many years toward working for Children's Diabetes. She leaves a family of dear friends in the Chatham Village Community; among them, Jane Munn, Jim and Ann Silano, Julie Alexander, Maya McNeal and her son, Shawn, and her little dog, Weenie. HELEN PEEL DUKE, 87, passed away May 2, 2012.
Helen was retired from Goldsmith's and worked for many years at Gould's Beauty Shop. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hattis Duke and daughter Darla Jane Duke Jumper. She is survived by sons, Mark Duke (Andrea), David H. Duke (Nancy); three grandchildren, Amy BannerZane Duke, Slade Duke and two great grandchildren Brooks Bannerman and Brinley Bannerman. The family will receive friends on Sunday, May 6 from 2-4 p.m., a graveside service will be on Monday, May 7 at 10 a.m.
with a reception following all will be at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens on Germantown Road. In lieu of flowers memorials be made to St. Jude may, Children's Research Hospital. Online condolences may be expressed at www.memphisfuneralhome.net. Memphis Funeral Home And Memorial Gardens 5599 Poplar Ave.
(901)725-0100 RILEY FORD, 62, died May 3, 2012. Snow Funeral Home, (901)946-9726 WILLIAM DAVID GRAY, 47, of Cordova died Thursday, May 3, 2012 after an extended illness at his home in Cordova, Tennessee. He is survived by two sons; Blake and Cody Gray of North Little Rock. AR: his parents W. Neal and Carolyn Gray of Cordova, TN; a sister, Connie Woods (Billy) of Marion, AR: two nieces Elise and Lindsey Woods of Marion, AR.
Memorial Service will be 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 at RollerCitizens Funeral Home in West Memphis, Arkansas. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 200 N. Missouri Street, West Memphis, Arkansas 72301. On-line guest book at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com Roller-Citiznes Funeral Home (870)735-1000 JIMMIE HARRIS, 58, died April 30, 2012.
Service will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 8 at New Beginning Church, 2300 Frayser. Blvd. Burial in Union Cemetery. N.J. Ford Sons Funeral Home 12 So.
Parkway West (901)948-7755 Veteran GERALD W. JEFFREY, 74, of Collierville, died May 3, 2012 at Baptist Trinity Hospice House. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a retired Lieutenant with the Huntington Woods, MI Police Department after 30 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Janice E.
Jeffrey and daughter, Julie A. Jeffrey and her husband Daniel E. Sharmek and his brother, Eugene Jeffrey. A memorial service will be 6 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Collierville Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Baptist Trinity Hospice House, the Wounded Warriors Project or Memphis Area Golden Retriever Rescue. Collierville Funeral Home 901-853-2628 www.ColliervilleFuneral.com JOE LINCOLN JONES. 91, died April 30, 2012. M.J. EdwardAirways, (901)327-9360 DOROTHY JONES, 67, died May 4, 2012.
M.J. Edwards Funeral -Airways. (901)327-9360 JAMES PHILLIP KELTON, 53, died February 13, 2012. J.E. Herndon.
(901)353-4499 CORINE McDONALD, 71 died May 2, 2012. Superior Funeral Home, 901-323-7898 CORINNE WATKINS NOLEN. 76, passed away May 3, 2012. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, May 7, at Forest Hill South with visitation from 1 p.m-2 p.m.
prior to the service. Burial will be at Forest Hill South Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents Ethal Mae Hunsucker Watkins and Clarence Walter Watkins; three brothers; Walter, Norris, and Leon Watkins; a son, Tommy Wayne Rhea and a granddaughter Corrine Nicole Logan. Corinne is survived by her husband, Luther M. Nolen; daughter, Debra.
Rhea; son and daughter-in-law, Clayton and Pam Rhea; one brother, Malcom "Sonny" Watkins; 4 grandchildren: Robbie, Kenny, Ricky, and Page; and also four great-grandchildren: Micah, Noah, Emma, and Ava. Forest Hill Funerat Home South 901-346-3250 CHARLES "Skip" PITTS, 65. Visitation from 3 p.m. until service at 5 p.m., Sunday, May 6 at N.J. Ford Sons Funeral Home 12 So.
Parkway West (901)948-7755 VERLISIA TONEY, 17, of Memphis, member of Shady Grove Baptist Church, 12th grader at Mitchell High School, died May 1, 2012 at LeBonheur Children's Hospital. Visitation will be Monday, May 7 from 10 a.m. until service at 12 noon at Shady Grove Baptist Church on Kansas St. Burial in New Park Cemetery. N.J.
Ford Sons Funeral Home 12 So. Parkway West (901)948-7755 BARRY SCOTT, 55, died May 3, 2012. Superior Funeral Home, DANIEL MAURICE THAMES, 24, Alamo CALVIN LEE ALLEN, died May 1, 2012. M.J. Edwards- 45, died May 2, 2012.
Currie's Stage. (901)791-9700 Funeral Home, (731)738-2625 ANDRE Bruceton FRANKLIN D. REGINALD THOMAS, 52, died May 3, 2012. J.E. MASSEY, 76, died May 3, 2012.
Herndon, 901-353-4499 Bruceton, 731-586-2512 MARY UNDERWOOD, 49, died May 2, 2012. Superior Funeral Burlison NORRIS COTHRAN, Home, (901)323-7898 87, died May 3, 2012. MaleyJOHNNIE LEE WILKINS, 58, Yarbrough, 901 476 9778 died April 22, 2012. A memorial Columbia REV. RONALD service will be held at 3 p.m.
ERVIN HARVILL, 64, died May Sunday, May 6. 2012 at 930 2,2012. Heritage, 931-840-4750 Maury Street, Memphis, TN 38107. 17. Repass to follow.
Drummonds BERNICE DESOTO COUNTY Olive Branch GRACE ACREE, 81, of Olive Branch, MS, passed away May 3, 2012. Mrs. Acree was a member of Mineral Wells United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Acree, and is survived by her daughter, Peggy Tapp (Mickey), 5 sisters, 1 brother, 1 sister law, 1 brother-in-law, 6 grandand many friends. children, 6 great grandchildren be 2 p.m.
Monday, May 7, at Brantley Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at the funeral home. She was a very loving mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Brantley Funeral Home Olive Branch 662-895-2310 www.BrantleyFuneral.com TENNESSEE Veteran Athens WILLIAM P.
"Willie" ATKINS, 83, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at NHC of Athens. A native of Earl, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Odie and Allene Hickman Atkins and was also preceded in death by his lovely wife Ruth Arnett Atkins (September 22, 2011), to whom he was married for 53 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Athens. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
He attended the Keegan School of Radio Broadcasting and attended Arkansas State and he later was associated with WLAR as Sales Manager and a broadcaster for over 50 years, until his retirement. He was especially known in later years for his Sunday Morning Memory Music Program in the WLAR-WJSQ broadcast area. He was a member of the VFW Post and the Masonic Lodge. He is survived by several cousins in the Earl, Arkansas area and local cousins, Ron Arnett, Jerry Arnett, Paul Arnett, Larry Arnett, Tommy Arnett, Jessie Arnett, Mark Arnett, Denzil Burke, Melvin Mooneyham, Wayne Bohannon, C.E. Vincent, Paul Vincent, Don Wilson, Joyce Torbett, Eglenda Arnett, Marsha Johnston, Melinda Arnett, Susie Hooper and Joann Wilson.
A graveside service will be conducted, 2 p.m., Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Dr. Jason Clark officiating, a Eulogy will follow by Charles (Chuck) Ketron. Military honors will be presented at the graveside by the U.S. Army. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
prior to the service. Pallbearers will be Ron Arnett, Jerry Arnett, Paul Arnett, Larry Arnett, Don Tyler Wilson, Bobby Scott, Chuck Ketron, Jackie Baker, Bryan Arnett, Broderick Arnett, John Webb and Randy Sliger. The family suggests memorials be made to First Baptist Church of 305 Ingleside Avenue, Athens, TN 37303. If you are unable to attend this service or visitation you may sign the guest register at www. jerrysmithfuneralhome.com.
Smith Funeral Cremation Service of Athens (423)745-3013 Covington DURA LOUISE MASON DENSMORE, 87, of Memphis, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 4, 2012 at Covington Care Center, Covington. Louise was born to John D. Mason and Mary Sue McCormick Mason on July 7, 1924 in Covington, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, June Mason and Mary Mason Ralph, and three brothers, Cecil Mason, J.B. Mason and Charles Thurmond (PeeWee).
moved to Memphis in her early teens. She graduated from Mathis High School in 1940. She worked in many different beauty salons for over 40 years. Most of her years were with Golds Beauty Shop. Louise was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 6 at Memorial Park Funeral Entombment will follow in the Mausoleum at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home Cemetery Behind the stone wall" (901) 767-8930 "Bernie" MATHIS, 76, retired operator for Dupont after 25 years, died May 4, 2012 at his residence. The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m., Saturday, May 5, and services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, May 6, all at Munford Funeral Home, Munford Chapel.
Interment in Poplar Grove Cemetery, Drummonds, TN. Mr. Mathis was a member of Poplar Grove United Methodist Church. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Bertha Mathis; daughter, Lisa Mathis; one sister-in-law, Mary Brunt; and two sisters, Lillian Summers and Lillie Smith. Munford Funeral Home Munford Chapel (901)837-0123 brentwoodfuneralservices.com Dyersburg MILDRED L.
P. BRANDON, 89, died May 3, 2012. Dyersburg, 731-285-3021 Fayette County JACKIE HARVELL, 69, died March 6, 2012. Peebles, (901)465-3535 Halls MACK MOORE, 85, died May 3, 2012. Currie's, (731)738-2625 Jackson BERNIECE ONIE DANIELS, 82, died May 3, 2012.
Holly Springs, 662-252-1161 Jackson RUSSELL W. JOHNSON, 86, died May 2, 2012. Lawrence-Sorensen, 731-424-2424 Jackson ROBERT L. HARRIS, 54, died May 2, 2012. Law-Sorensen, 731-424-2424 Jackson WILLIAM GAYLORD MAJORS, 93, died 3, 2012.
Shackelford, (731)658-5277 Palmersville-MARY F. COOPER KRULISKI, 82, died May 3, 2012. Bowlin, 731-364-3101 Ridgely DEWAYNE GARNER, 49, died May 3, 2012. Dyersburg Funeral Home, 731-285-3021 Silerton JAMES EDWARD YORK, 70, died May 3, 2012. Shackelford, (731)658-5277 MISSISSIPPI Batesville FISHER SMITH HUBBARD, age 92, died Thursday afternoon May 3, 2012.
at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be held on Saturday May 5, 2012 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m., with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating. Interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Fisher was the daughter of the late David H. Smith and Christine Fisher Smith. A life-long residence of Panola County, she graduated from Courtland High School and then attended and received her RN degree from Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, TN in 1942. During World War Fisher served as a nurse at the Prisoner of War Camp in Como, She was a homemaker for many years and later employed for 11 years as a school nurse by South Panola School District. Fisher was life time active member of the First Baptist Church.
She was also a charter member of the "Stitchers" Sewing Club that met for over 50 years. She was preceded in death by her husband Harris Hubbard, and a sister, Helen Smith Bevell of Memphis, TN. Survivors include two daughters, Christine Hubbard Fleming and husband Bill of Batesville, MS and Harriet Ruth H. Karatassos and husband Straton of Starkville, MS; four grandchildren, Fisher Fleming of Olive Branch, MS, Will Fleming and wife Meredith of Batesville, Mary Straton K. Smith and husband Kell of Jackson, MS and Harris K.
Carruba and husband Louis of Pelham, AL; one great-grandson, William Russel Fleming; and three sisters, Martha Todd Rowsey of Batesville, Mary Louise Drake of Southaven, MS and Frances E. Stanley of Batesville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, 104 Panola Ave. Batesville, MS 38606 or the charity of your choice. Wells Funeral Home (662)563-5700 Batesville LYNDON BRADFORD, 45, died May 1, 2012.
Cooley's, 662-563-8829 Batesville LANDYN DRAKE BURNS, newborn, died May 2, 2012. Wells, (662)563-5700 Paris BERTHA IRENE HARMON, 90, died May 3, 2012. National, (662)226-1621 Water Valley DWIGHT MORROW TATUM, 69, died May 2, 2012 Seven Oaks, 662-473-2363 West Point JOYCE JACKSON HUDSPETH, 82, died May 2, 2012. Calvert, (662)494-2833 Co-owner of Butcher Shop held BY SARA PATTERSON Germantown police arrested Butcher Shop house co-owner Scott Day Friday on domestic assault charges after what was believed to be a nightlong barricade situation at his home. A neighbor made a call to police about 11 p.m.
Thursday after a woman and child fled from a residence in the 8400 block of Creek Bridge Drive. The first officers on the scene attended to the woman, who suffered minor injuries and didn't require transport to the hospital, according to Scott Deputy Chief Day Rodney Bright. However, police were told that. the 42-year-old suspect was still in the house and possibly armed. A tactical team surrounded the property and tried to coax the suspect out of the house for hours, to no avail.
"Over time, we weren't getting any kind of response or result," Bright said. When the team finally stormed the house, no one was there. Day was found at about 4:45 a.m. at his parents' home close by in the 8300 block of Green Downs Cove. Day's father, Dennis, is a founder of the Butcher Shop Steakhouse restaurants, where customers can cook their own cuts of meat.
Scott Day was taken into custody without incident and charged with domestic assault. Sara Patterson: (901) 529-2542 Hayes fire reports withheld BY CLAY BAILEY The Shelby County Fire Department declined Friday to release reports of previous fires involving the occupants of a house once owned by Isaac Hayes, saying the cases are now part of the ongoing investigation into the latest blaze. Department spokesman Brent Perkins, who had planned to release the reports Friday, said the investigation into Wednesday night's fire at 9280 Riveredge in south Cordova is continuing. Perkins said there was no preliminary information on the cause of the Wednesday evening fire or where it started in the house. Asked how he would characterize the investigation expanding to previous fires, Perkins said: "I would consider this standard operating procedure." The house, built in 1996, was purchased by Kenneth and Doris Peters the current occupants in June 2011.
A fence was stretched across the yard in front of the house earlier Friday and insurance adjusters had started working at the site in conjunction with county fire investigators. Part of the fire officials' work now includes reviewing previous fire calls at the 9280 Riveredge address and 368 Riveredge West, where the Peters family lived before moving into Hayes' former house. Perkins confirmed that before Wednesday night's fire, the department answered a pair of calls to the 9280 Riveredge address last November. On March 20, 2011, firefighters responded to a fire at 368 Riveredge West, which is several blocks west of the current Peters residence. The assessor's office shows that was the Peters' previous residence.
It is now a vacant lot. Perkins could not provide any other details about those calls since they are part of the current investigation. Clay Bailey: (901) 529-2393.
