MEMPHIS, SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1999 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL B7 DEATHS wards Sons Funeral Home with burial in Easthaven Cemetery. He was a member of Morning Star Holiness Church. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Magnolia Johnson, also leaves three daughters Janice Gates, Cleo Jackson and NaTasha Gayton; two sons, Charles Ray Johnson and James Johnson; a stepdaughter, Catherine Pitts; a stepson, Jessie Pitts, and his mother, Gracie P. Parker, all of Memphis; two sisters, Bernice Munson of Chicago and Mattie Jackson of Memphis; seven brothers, Mose Parker, Harold Parker, Wayne Parker, Melvin Parker and Kevin Parker, all of Memphis, Chayane Johnson of Marigold, and Sammy Johnson Ruleville, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
JOHN R. KING 79, of Memphis, retired director for State Technical Institute and retired officer of the Navy, died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a Navy lieutenant commander and a graduate of Pennsylvania State University.
Mr. King, the widower of Iris B. King, leaves two daughters, Amy Bloomfield of Brentwood, and Virginia Laster of Germantown; a son, John R. King Ill of Memphis; a sister, Esther McAteer of Hampton, N.H.; a brother, Myles A. King of San Jose, and five grandchildren.
TULA P. MINOR, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a Baptist.
Mrs. Minor, the widow of Robert D. Minor, leaves two daughters, Wanda Hurst of Linden, and Sarah Kittelson of St. Charles, a son, Robert Minor of Memphis, eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and a great-greatgrandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
JAMES MOORE, 63, of Memphis, retired employee of Plough, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after a stroke. R.S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Mandy Norris of Mississippi and Tommy Moore of Tunica, nine sisters, Lilly Sprawls, Martha Wilson, Sarah Clayton, Mattie Hardeman, Elnora Richardson, Eudora Moore, Janis Willaby and Linda Johnson, all of Chicago, and Ella Barber of Memphis, and two broGeorge Norris of Memphis and Moore Jr. Miami.
ALMA L. MURRY, 78, of 3031 McAdoo, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Hospital. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge.
She was a member of Greater Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Murry, the wife of Robert H. Murry, also leaves five daughters, Alfreda King, Dianne Lewis and Wanda Murry, all of Memphis, Frendalious Cardell of Louisville, and Glenda Jones of Houston, Texas; five sons, Robert H. Murry Derrell Murry, William Murry and Barry Murry, all of Memphis, Karl Murry of Henderson, 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
CLARA L. NICHOLSON, 88, of Mem- phis, retired employee of South Central Bell, died of pneumonia Friday at UT Bowld Hospital. Services will be at 2. p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
She was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Church Women United and Telephone Pioneers of America, and was a former member of Madison Heights United Methodist Church. Mrs. Nicholson, the widow of Paul A. Nicholson, leaves a son, Lee A.
Nicholson of Memphis, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to St. Luke's United Methodist Church or to Christian Life Center. RUSSELL EDWARD SIEBECKER, 57, of Southaven, customer support senior analyst for Federal Express, died of heart failure Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Monday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven. He was a Presbyterian, an Army veteran, a member of the Army band, and was a volunteer for WKNO Action Auction and Federal Express March of Dimes Team Walk. He leaves a daughter, Kristen Siebecker of New York, and a brother, William D. Siebecker of Wausau, Wis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Intergroup at 3340 Poplar.
ELIZABETH M. SMITH, 69, of Bartlett, retired purchasing agent for Presto Foods in Arlington, died of heart failure Thursday at her home. Services were Saturday at Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she was a member, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery in Charlotte, N.C. Bartlett Funeral Home Family Heritage Chapel had charge. Mrs.
Smith, the wife of Raymond H. Smith for 49 years, also leaves two daughters, Katherine Smith of Gallaway, and Joy Smith of Raleigh, N.C.; a son, Michael Smith of Cordova; two sisters, Madie Helms and Dodie Smith, both of Salisbury, N.C., and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue in Raleigh. ANNIE MAE WILEY, 74, of Memphis, retired housekeeper, died of heart failure Saturday in Memphis. R.S.
Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of St. John's Baptist Church and Lewis Center for Senior Citizens. Mrs. Wiley, the widow of Booker T.
Wiley, West Memphis, Booker J. Wiley, Shirley leaves six daughters, Bobbie J. Smith of a A. Sallie, Peggy A. Barkley and Joyce D.
Jones, all Memphis, and Annie M. Thomason Hayneville, two sons, of Clifford P. Blackman and Christopher D. Wiley, and a sister, Florence Blackman, all of Memphis, 22 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. BEATRICE CURTAIN WILSON, 73, of Millington, formerly of Jackson, cook, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at West Canaan Baptist Church in Millington with burial in Garden Everlasting Life in Covington, Tenn. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning, has charge. She leaves four daughters, Denise Thomas, Lesa Beard and Regina Beard, all of Millington, and Marsha Wherry of Drummonds, eight sons, Joseph Wilson of Tacoma, Melvin Wilson and Morris Wilson, both of Memphis, Darrell Wilson of Jackson, Carlton Beard of San Diego, Hubert Beard of Millington, and Ronald Wilson and Dana Wilson, both of Vancouver, 29 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. 'He always had a smile on his face, twinkle in his eye' OBITUARIES Boyd, Elder Willie Brown, Venzetta Byars, Alice Canon, Ruby Henry Foshee, Arthur K.
Garrett, Betty K. German, Katie R. Griffin, Edward 'Cotton' Griger, Gerald 'Jerry' Harris, Paul Holley, Aaron B. Hudson, Almary Hussey, Gracie Johnson, James King, John R. Jr.
Minor, Tula P. Moore, James Murry, Alma L. Nicholson, Clara L. Russell, Ola G. Siebecker, Russell Edward Smith, Elizabeth M.
Wiley, Annie Mae Wilson, Beatrice Curtain Young, Lee Francis OTHER PAGE Gossett, William Gene Walker, Mary E. MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS Through Saturday, June 19 ELDER WILLIE BOYD, 73, of Memphis, retired nurse's aide for Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died of heart failure Wednesday at Celebration Health Hospital in Orlando. Services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ with burial Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was assistant pastor for Riverview Church of God in Christ, and was a World War Army veteran. Mr. Boyd, the husband of Essie Brooks Boyd, also leaves six daughters, Inez Brown of Chicago, Luvenia Reynolds of Pulaski, and Loisteen Singleton, Barbara Love, Patricia Faulkner and Roslyn Boyd, all of Memphis; two sons, Willie Boyd Jr.
of Cedar Rapids, lowa, and Arthur Boyd of Memphis; a sister, Ersula Wilson of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. VENZETTA BROWN, 35, of 1040 Greenwood, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after an apparent homicide. N.J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three daughters, Shenika Hightower, Letrice Lyon and Erica Lyon; her mother, Sarah Brown, and a sister, Bonzetta Toler, all of Memphis, and four brothers, Fredrick Holmes, Waddell Brown and Patrick Brown, all of Memphis, and Terry Brown of Las Vegas.
ALICE BYARS, 73, of 1544 Riverside, retired employee for Memphis City Schools, died of lung disease Friday at Methodist Hospital. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was an usher at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. She leaves a nephew who cared for her, Parnell Bobo of Memphis.
RUBY HENRY CANON, 77, of Memphis, retired employee for Firestone Tire and Rubber died of cancer Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was Pentecostal. Mrs.
Canon, the widow of John D. Canon, leaves two daughters, Alice Jones and Barbara Sowell, both Memphis; two sons, Dennis Canon of Arlington and John Daniel Canon Jr. of Paden, a sister, Willie Stacks of Memphis, seven grandchildren a and a great-grandchild. ARTHUR K. FOSHEE, 70, of Memphis, retired clerk for the Postal Service, died of heart failure Friday his home.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. Family Funeral Care has charge. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a brother, Walter E.
Foshee of Bartlett. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association. KATIE R. GERMAN, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge.
She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She leaves two guardians who for her, Will Lyons and Evelyn Carr, both of Memphis. EDWARD 'COTTON' GRIFFIN, 78, Army veteran, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East of injuries received in an auto accident. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery.
He was a member of Bethesda Word of Life Church. Mr. Griffin, the husband of Wilma Louise Millican Griffin, also leaves three sisters, Mary Francis Ellison and Alice Marie White, both of Millington, and Dorothy Gibson of Mississippi, and two brothers, Glen Howard Griffin and Clyde 'Buddy' Griffin, both of Memphis. GERALD 'JERRY' GRIGER, 58, of Memphis, died of cancer Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Griger, the husband of Marsha Griger, also leaves a daughter, Nicole French, and a son, Daniel Griger, both of Memphis; a sister, Donna Purchase, and two brothers, Ron Griger and John Griger, all of Omaha, and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Cancer Society.
ALMARY HUDSON, 80, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at American Transitional Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park Cemetery.
She leaves two daughters, Ida Berkley and Alphelia Saunders; five sons, George F. Hudson, Albert L. Hudson, David Hudson, Ollie Hudson land Abe Joe Hudson, all of Memphis, nine grandchildren and several greatgrandchildren. GRACIE HUSSEY, 76, of La Grange, died of heart failure Saturday at Sunbridge Nursing Home in Bolivar, Tenn. M.
J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Mother Board at Sims Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Hussey, the wife of James Hussey, also leaves three daughters, Helen Murrell and Beverly Hussey, both of La Grange, and Gloria Brown of Somerville, five sons, James Hussey of Nashville, Willie Hussey and Rickey Hussey, both of Memphis, and Leo Hussey and Leon Hussey, both of La Grange; sister, Ella Jones of Memphis, and a brother, Charlie Coleman of Clinton, lowa, 15 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
JAMES JOHNSON, 63, of Memphis, truck driver, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at M. J. Ed- LEE FRANCIS YOUNG, 84, of Memphis, formerly Ripley, retired mechanic, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East.
Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Ripley (Miss.) Funeral Home with burial in New York Cemetery there. He was a member of the Broadway husband of Baptist Mabel Church. Mercer Mr. Young, also leaves a sister, Ethel Glass of Memphis, and two brothers, Ellis Young of Memphis and Elmer Young of Olive Branch.
DEATHS ELSEWHERE BETTY K. GARRETT, 62, of Eastlake, Ohio, formerly of Counce, retired administrative assistant for Sears, Roebuck and Co. in North Randall, Ohio, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brunner Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Mentor, Ohio, with burial in Riverside Cemetery in Painesville, Ohio.
She leaves local survivors including a sister, Doris Qualls of Memphis. PAUL HARRIS, 79, of North Little Rock, real-estate educator, died of cancer Thursday in North Little Rock. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Roller-Owens Funeral Home in North Little Rock with burial in Little Rock National Cemetery. He was a member of Little Rock First United Methodist Church, founding member of Park Plaza Lions Club, a member of Twin City Toastmasters Club and founder of National Real Estate School in 1977.
Mr. Harris leaves local survivors including a son, Wallace Harris of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be made to Lions World Services for the Blind or Arkansas Realtors Foundation. AARON B. HOLLEY, 79, of Florence, retired employee of Reynolds Metals died of heart failure Friday at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cutshall Funeral Home in luka, with burial in Tishomingo (Miss.) Cemetery. He was a member of Central Heights Baptist Church and was an Army veteran. Mr. Holley, the widower of Olene Holley, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Linda McQueen of Collierville; a son, Danny Holley of Bartlett, and two sisters, Mildred Haughton and Freda Tull, both of Memphis.
OLA G. RUSSELL, 97, of Middleton, homemaker, died heart failure Wednesday at Sunrise Care Rehabilitation Center in Memphis. Services were Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar, with burial in Reaves Cemetery near Middleton. She was a member of Porter's Creek Baptist Church. Mrs.
Russell, the widow of Travis D. Russell, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Virginia Matthews of Bartlett. FUNERALS Previously unannounced services received through Saturday, June 19: Lizzie Mae Walls, 71. Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church at 3 p.m. today.
Burial at 10:30 a.m. Monday in National Cemetery. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home.
MID-SOUTH DEATHS The following obituaries were received through Saturday, June 19. ARKANSAS WYNNE Clarence William Smith, 59, employee of Halsteads Industries, husband of M. 'Jane' Smith, died of cancer Friday at his home. MISSISSIPPI BENOIT Richard Myers Holman, 89, farmer, husband of Vera Mae Garrison Holman for 68 years, died of heart failure Friday at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville. CLARKSDALE Dorothy White Ivy, 75, retired licensed practical nurse, wife of Boyd Ivy, died Friday at Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi in Oxford after a stroke.
COFFEEVILLE Ella Louise Wright, 77, homemaker, widow of Fulton Wright, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. GREENVILLE Frank Joseph Alvarez, 83, dry goods salesman, husband of Martha Virden Alvarez, died of heart failure Friday at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville. GRENADA William John Anderson, 80, retired engineer, widower of Marian Harper Anderson, died of complications from emphysema Friday at Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi in Oxford. LAMBERT George Lee Ross 85, retired postal carrier and farmer, widower of Katherine Savage Ross, died Friday in an auto accident in Marks. OXFORD Jessie Mae Morris Sneed, 73, retired secretary for University of Mississippi English department, wife of Dwight Sneed, died of cancer Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.
RIPLEY Alta Lou Carter, 88, homemaker, widow of Buren Malcom Carter, died of heart failure Friday at her home; Minnie Pearl Hatcher, 80, homemaker, widow of Loyd Hatcher, died of heart failure Friday at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley." STARKVILLE John H. Mitchell 73, retired bank CEO and vice chairman for National Bank of Commerce, husband of Ann Brooks Mitchell, died of cancer Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospita Triangle in Columbus. TUPELO Opalene H. Morris, 74, waitress, died of heart failure Saturday at Beverly Health Care. WEST POINT Sarah C.
Champion, 81, retired postal clerk, retired beautician and former owner of Champion's Grocery in Pheba, widow of J. P. 'Pete' Champion, died of heart failure Friday at Clay County Medical Center. TENNESSEE ALAMO Earnest O'Neil Privett, 82, retired farmer, died of heart failure Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. DYERSBURG Norman Bryson, 37, construction worker, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of injuries received in an auto accident.
GIBSON Tommy Randoph Speer, 61, service manager, husband of Sharon Speer, died of heart failure Friday at his home. HENNING Billy Ivan Land, 58, retired guard at Fort Pillow State Prison, husband of Doris Weston Land, died of cancer Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. HOLLOW ROCK Josie Mae Beal, 60, retired employee of Henry I. Siegel, widow of Leonard Beal, died of heart failure Friday at Huntingdon Health and Rehabilition Center. McKENZIE Joe Lee Gooch, 80, retired plant foreman for BellSouth, widower of Louise Hawkins Gooch, died of cancer Friday at his home.
RIPLEY Mildred A. Griffin, 77, seamstress, widow of John E. Griffin, died of cancer Friday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. SAVANNAH Rebecca J. Allen Hunt, 32, homemaker, wife of Steve Hunt, died of cancer Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
TIPTONVILLE Paul Benton Roberts, 52, dispatcher for Lake County Sheriff's Department, widower of Eddie Jean Roberts, of cancer Friday at UT Bowld Hospital in Memphis. TRENTON James C. Rader, 77, linotype operator, widower of Ruby Rader, died of heart failure Friday at McKenzie Health Care. By Jacinthia Jones The Commercial Appeal William Gene Gossett, a teacher at Christian Brothers High School, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 56.
Mr. Gossett, known to friends simply as Bill, recently celebrated 30 years at Christian Brothers, where he taught world history, current events, world geography and theater. Outside the classroom, he taught Sunday school at Christ United Methodist Church for 20 years. "He always had a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye," said Beth Moore, a member of his Crossroads Sunday school class. "He was like a friend to everybody," said class member Donna Glenn.
For the past 30 years, Mr. Gossett had been affiliated with the Memphis Park Commission, where he served as the city's first mobile unit driver, Glenn said. "Instead of Bill kids going to Gossett him, he went to them and played games and did theater and arts and crafts in the summer." Mr. Gossett also was active in Barnabas Builders, a church mission effort that builds homes for low-income families. Services for Mr.
Gossett will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Christ United Methodist Church with entombment in Memorial Park Bill Gossett Mausoleum. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mr. Gossett, the husband of Betty B.
Gossett, also leaves two daughters, Eva Brooks and Betty Brooks, both of Memphis; and two sons, Hope Brooks of Gastonia, N.C., and William G. Gossett Jr. of Memphis; his mother, Lucille M. Gossett, and a brother, Dr. Bob Gossett, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Emmet Marston Memorial Fund at Christ United Methodist Church or to Bill Gossett Memorial Fund at Christian Brothers High School. To reach reporter Jacinthia Jones, call 529-2780 or E-mail Mrs. Walker advocated for kids in court By Kimberly Edwards The Commercial Appeal Mary E. Walker was a champion of children's rights and gave her all when it came to defending children in the criminal court system. Mrs.
Walker, a public defender for Shelby County Juvenile Court, died of cancer Friday at Methodist Hospital. She was 57. "She made sure that kids who couldn't afford an attorney got a square break," said Dr. William Walker, her husband. "She was very involved in making sure that children's rights were guarded." Mrs.
Walker became juvenile defender coordinator for Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court in 1981. Attorney Zeke Graves, who worked with Mrs. Walker for nine years, said she had a heart of gold and a humble personality. "This could be a very demanding and depressing job working with these kids, and she handled it well," he said. "A lot of the defendant families didn't realize what good she did for them by looking into their affairs and charges she was the type that always went the extra mile." Graves said he and Mrs.
Walker had an unusual relationship. They were adversaries in the court system until five years ago, when he became a juvenile defender on her staff. "We became the best of friends outside of the court," he said. "To me, her job was more like social work because she had a real kind way of talking to families in juvenile court." Mrs. Walker was a graduate of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where she was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.
She received her law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law in 1978 and began her career at Horne and Peppel, P.C. in Memphis. She was a member of the Memphis Bar Association, Association of Women Attorneys, University of Memphis Law School Alumni Board, Tennessee Juvenile Courts Services Association, president of the Avon School Parent Teacher Association. Mrs. Walker was also a founding member of the Central Gardens Association and served as president in 1994-1995.
Mrs. Walker also leaves two daughters, Heather Williamson of Bartlett and Jennifer Walker-Journey of Birmingham; her parents, Loyal and Francis Stinebaugh of La Quinta, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Katherine Hookan Scholarship Fund at the University of Memphis School of Law. To reach reporter Kimberly Edwards, call 529-2322; E-mail 14-year-old air crash victim is buried By Robert Sanchez The Associated Press ARKADELPHIA, Ark. The youngest victim of the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 was buried Saturday, remembered as a "story of courage, patience, strength and love." Rachel Fuller, 14, died Wednesday of burns suffered in the June 1 crash at Little Rock National Airport.
"The thing I learned from her is whatever you do, work with all your heart," said Greg Jones, Rachel's band director at Goza Junior High. "She was a person we all hope our children would grow up to be and who we'd like to be too." After that remark, there was an audible sigh from many among almost 1,000 people who packed the performing arts center on the Ouachita Baptist University campus. Mourners began arriving 90 minutes before the service and formed a line. Inside, they spoke quietly as they passed a 15-foot table, leafing through photo albums and reviewing scholastic awards. Her eighthgrade report card, with all A's, was framed.
On a table, near four athletic trophies and her softball jersey, was a softball, with encouraging messages from her teammates; they sent it to her as she lay in a Little Rock hospital. In the corners of the entryway were flowers sent from one of the bands in which Rachel played the oboe, and two arrangements from American Airlines. Rachel suffered serious burns over more than half her body. She received skin grafts before dying at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Flight 1420 arrived at Little Rock during a thunderstorm.
Data from in-flight recorders show that equipment designed to slow the plane didn't deploy fully and the jet sped off the runway at about 90 mph. The plane slid into a bank of elevated runway lights, then careened down a rock levee and crashed into steel stanchions supporting an airport guidance system. The plane broke in half and developed other cracks through which many passengers escaped as a fire swept the plane. Rachel was the 11th person to die from the crash of the McDonnell-Douglass MD82 jet. Nine, including the pilot, died the night of the crash; a 10th person died last week.
The girl's mother, Cindy Fuller, her left leg propped up from an injury received in the crash, was wheeled into the auditorium by her husband, Charles. As an oboe player, Rachel was so special that Jones, made room for her in all-brass band. The band was onstage; her seat was empty. "Rachel deserves so much more than this," Jones said. His words trailed off and he paused to wipe his eyes.
At the same time, OBU president Andrew Westmoreland looked down and wiped away tears. Near the end of the 80-minute service, Greg Kirksey, president of the state Baptist Convention, read from a poem that Rachel wrote in the sixth grade: "I know where I'm going when my life is through. "To a place of no worries, a place of no fear, a place of joy, a place of cheer. "Of love everlasting, of peace throughout, of all these things, and never doubt." Rachel was on the plane with the Ouachita Baptist University choir, which was returning from a trip to Germany and RESTAURANT INSPECTION SCORES Each week, the Memphis County Health Department inspects 80 to 90 full-service restaurants, food pantries, bars, lounges, concession stands and other food service businesses. Scores of less than 70 out of 100 are considered unsatisfactory and require corrective action within 10 days.
Failure to score higher than 70 on the followup inspection can result in further disciplinary action. This list, which is provided by the Health Department, only those restaurants that scored below 70 or 95 and above on the date noted. Complaints about a restaurant can be made to the Health Department, 544-7757 or 544-7671. JUNE 7 Chili's, 4609 Poplar .69 Krystal, 3330 Austin Peay ....63 Dyer's Hamburgers, 205 Beale ...60 JUNE 8 Oasis Church of God in Christ, 792 Avon ..96 Martinoya's Saloon, 16 G.E. Patterson .95 JUNE 10 Country Club Golf Snack Bar, 9800 Poplar, Collierville Ridgeway Country Club Swimming Pool Snack Bar, 9800 Poplar, CollierRidgeway ville St.
Columba Episcopal Conference Center, 4577 Billy Maher Rd. ..........96 Mrs. Winner's Chicken Biscuits, 3243 Jackson .66 Shoney's, 3641 Elvis Presley. JUNE 11 Sanders Facilities, 2600 Elvis Presley .100 Chickasaw Men's Grill, 3395 Galloway Memphis Springhill Suites, 2800 New Brunswick Rd. MIFA-Hamilton Community Center, 1363 E.
Person .96 McWherter's Senior Citizen Center, 1355 Estate Austria. Her father, the choir conductor, was not seriously injured. One choir member, James Harrison, 21, died of soot and smoke inhalation after helping others out of the plane including Rachel. DEATHS REVEREND DR JAMES E. WALLACE SR.
Baby, our 1st Father's Day without you in our hearts you will never die. We are just separated by the sky. You will be our BeWallace, Sr. loved forever. Our pain is still at the peakest point, but God is continuing to give us strength, your teachings shall always remain with us.
You were the greatest, Husband, Father, Granddaddy, Pastor and Friend. I'll always love you, your Samella, The Jordan River Church Family, Children, James E. Il, Ronald, Geno, Sheyla, Donald, Christopher, Johnathan and Lil and your grandchildren. We'll always love you IN MEMORIAM Anthony McHarty 10-1-47 to 8-15-98 Happy Father's Day Your love reaches higher than the heavens; your loyalty extends beyond the clouds. Psalms 57:10.
McHARTY LOVE, PEARLIE BENJAMIN WASH, SFC have the memory of good times, have the memory of bad, I will always remember joyful times, will never forget the sad. Even though you are not here today, I feel your presence near. I know you keep your watchful eye, I have nothing to fear. All in all I love you so, all I want to say, I miss you, miss you, miss you so and, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Your Daughter, Diandrea Wash Loving Memory DAVIS HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Many years have come gone, But there isn't a passing moment when you aren't in my heart my mind. Thanks for giving me something to pass on to my son, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
Love Always, Carlos O. Davis IN MEMORY OF CHESTER COLEMAN To our loving husband, father and brother. You are missed dearly and you still live on in our hearts. COLEMAN Your loving wife, Shella Coleman; your daughter, Alisa Martin; your sister, Nettle Johnson. PAID CARD OF THANKS The Family of the Late Mrs.
Mayolay Flynn, thanks all, for their kindness during our hour of breavement. To place a notice, call 529-2700.
