Friday, March 24, 2006 The Commercial Appeal DEATHS SHELBY COUNTY Braddick, Louise Carter-Byrd, Betty R. Chambers, Shirley Jean Cochran, Timothy L. Daniel, Martha Jean Narmore Dean, Marie Dempster, Warree West Dilworth, Homis Joshua Edwards, Albert Joseph Jr. Fletcher, Leon H. Godsey, Robert Harrell, James K.
Harris, Inez, J. Harris, Louise Hill, Herman Koen, Josephine Wright McMurry, Lawrence Douglas McNeil, Dorothy J. Moore, Willie Lee Nasdahl, Judy Laura Raiford, Virginia Rowe, Donna Marie Skinner, Boyce Murff Jr. Townshend, Jeannie Gregory Tunstall, Terry Charles Walker, Lametra DeSOTO COUNTY Hill, Karl G. Lane, Rev.
Talmadge Howell TENNESSEE Atkins, Lucille S. Hopper, Henry C. Sr. Melton, Elsie Smith Mitchell, Michael Colby Ozier, Marjorie Darnell Perry, Deborah Lee Pipkin, Homer Lee Scheland, Nelsie Sykes, Rose Mary White, Bertha Mae MISSISSIPPI Boehm, Wandra Hovater Bowdery, Jonnie C. Brewster, Marcus F.
Brubaker, Christopher Wayne Cosby, Avery Merle Drew, Linda Gail Duncan, Robbie Joe Casey Freeman, Richard Hall, Martha Virginia Akins Houston, Martha Ree Hudson, Mary Lee Marcellini, Lavonia Lavail Miller, Willie Earl Gude Redmond, Emma Jean Rodgers, John E. Sanders, Carl Southerland, Timothy Daniel Welch, Vanville ARKANSAS Hobbs, Marlyn Janet Johns, Aleen Permenter, Alma Stokes, Donna Sue OTHER AREAS Hamm, Tommy L. Hunt, Glenda Anderson SHELBY COUNTY LOUISE BRADDICK, 91, of Memphis, died March 20, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital. Service will be at Noon, Saturday, March 25 at New Highway COGIC, 191 W.
Shelby Drive. Burial in Galilee Memorial Garden. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services 901-345-9558 BETTY R.
CARTER 63. of Memphis, died Wednesday, March 22,2006 at her residence. She was a retired and was a member Chapel United Methodist Church in Covington. Mrs. Byrd is survived by her two sons, Russell and Richard Carter both of Memphis; and a grandson, Davis Carter.
Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 25, with a memorial service beginning at 5 p.m. at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, please consider memorials to be sent to Memphis Humane Society or the Alzheimers Foundation. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar 901-725-0100 ww.memphisfuneralhome.net SHIRLEY JEAN CHAMBERS, 61, of Memphis, passed away Monday, March 20.
2006. She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Oakhaven Congregation, and I also a member of the AKA, and the Memphis Road Runners where she was known as "Big She leaves two daughters, Dujuna D. Chambers and Lydia C. Babb; four sisters, Anita Faye Dauthery, Margaret Fowler Hollis, Mary Alice Fowler and Owedia Redwing; a brother, Shelby Donnell Fowler, along with her grandchildren, Anquinette Sutherland, Daniell, Georgetta, and Ivana England, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. A Memorial Service will be held 2 p.m.
Saturday. March 25 at Kingdom Hall, 4306 Hickory Hill. Memorial Park Funeral Home 901-767-8930 TIMOTHY L. COCHRAN. 36.
of Memphis, manager for Walgreen's Drug Store, died March 21, 2006. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel. Service will be at 12 p.m. Sunday.
March 26 at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel. Burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He leaves his parents, Richard and Judith Cochran of Memphis; a brother, Shawn (Jennifer) Cochran of Bartlett; an aunt, Sandra Walther of Denver, IA: an uncle, David (Robin) Walther of Denver. IA; his grandmother, Margaret Walther; three cousins, Erik, Austin and Lacey Walther, all of Denver, IA. Memorials may be sent to the Mid South Transplant Foundation, 910 Madison Avenue.
Suite 1002, Memphis, TN 38103 Memphis Funeral Home Bartlett 901-725-0100 www.memphisfuneralhome.net MARTHA JEAN NARMORE DANIEL, 71, of Bartlett, retired administrative assistant, died Wednesday. March 22, 2006 in Memphis. Visitation will be from 12-2 p.m. with services following at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at Mem- phis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens.
She was a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Lakeland. She leaves three daughters, Cheryl Haney of Sugar Land, TX, Lana Lechner of St. Louis, MO, and Stephanie Ferrell of Mt. Juliet, TN; a son, Keith Daniel of Cordova, and seven grandchildren, Ross and Amanda Daniel, Rachel and Ryan Haney.
Hayley and Sydney Lechner and Luke Ferrell. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Daniel; her parents, William and Ida Narmore, and a sister, June Jackson. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Paul Methodist Church Fellowship Class or the West Clinic. Memphis Funeral Home Bartlett 901-725-0100 www.memphisfuneralhome.net MARIE DEAN, 82, of Germantown, TN.
formerly of Greenleaf, MS, died March 23, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital. Brantley Funeral Olive Branch, MS 662-895-2310 2310 WARREE WEST DEMPSTER, 90, longtime Collierville resident, passed away in Knoxville. TN onTuesday, March 21, 2006. Mrs.
Dempster was born on July 25, 1915. in Rossville, TN, to Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. West.
She graduated from Collierville High School and was an alumna of the University of Tennessee. At Mrs. Dempster was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was selected Carnicus Queen in 1936. On May 20. 1940, she married Jimmy Dempster of Knoxville.
The couple first made their home in Nashville and then later settled in Collierville where they were both church and community leaders. Mrs. Dempster served as president of the Women's Society of Christian Service and was active in the Rotary Auxiliary, the Contemporary Club, and the VFW Auxiliary. From 1955 to 1970, she was employed by several banks in the Memphis area, including Union Planters, Peoples, and Citizens. After retiring in 1970, she enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family.
Mrs. Dempster was an avid bridge player and an enthusiastic UT sports fan. She was a member of Collierville Methodist Church. A few years after her husband's death in 1995, Mrs. Dempster moved to Knoxville where she was a resident at Homewood Assisted Living.
Mrs. Dempster was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother, Dr. Felix West. She is survived by daughters, Martha Masengill of Knoxville and Donna Montgomery and husband, Brad of Mohnton, PA; son, Jim Dempster and wife, Grace of Carson City, NV; five grandchildren, Marian Lewis and husband, David of Knoxville, Rob Masengill and wife, Shana of Sarasota, FL. Libby Livingston and husband, Kevin of Atlanta, GA, Josh Dempster and wife, Kelly of Ft.
Worth, TX, and Duane Dobbins and wife, Tiffany of Bremerton, WA; eight great-grandchildren, Erin and Eli Lewis, Paxton, Alexis and Reagan Masengill, Sarah Livingston, and Reid and Emily Dempster. The family will receive pm. Saturday, March 25 a Ville Methodist Church on the Square with service to follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery in Collierville. Collierville Funeral Home is in charge.
The family would like to express special thanks to the staff and care associates at Homewood Assisted Living at Deane Hill for their loving care over the past seven and a half years. They would also like to thank the staff at St. Mary's Hospice for their care and support. For those who wish, memorials may be made to the University of Tennessee, 600 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville. TN 37996, or either the Dempster Scholarship Endowment or the Delta Delta Delta Building Fund.
Collierville Funeral Home 901-853-2628 HOMLS JOSHUA DILWORTH, 91, of Memphis, retired owner and operator, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Marcy 28 at J.0. Patterson Mortuary with burial in National Cemetery. He was a U.S.
Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Hazel James Marshall; two sisters, Anna Buckingham and Isabella Brownlee; a brother, Anderson Gunn, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. J.O. Patterson Mortuary 901-324-4022 ALBERT JOSEPH EDWARDS, 78, of Bartlett, died at his residence on March 22, 2006. He was a retired director of NAESU at the Naval Air Station in Millington.
He was a member of Central North Church and served in the United States Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, was a member of the Bartlett Senior Citizens Police Patrol and a member of the American Legion. He was a volunteer coach for the Bartlett Bowling Lanes. He loved kids and was also a pilot and loved airplanes. He was also an amazing husband, father and grandfather. His visitation will be on Saturday at Family Funeral Care on Summer Avenue from 4-7 p.m.
His service be on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Central North Church on Yale Road. is survived by his wife years, Janet Arvin Edwards; seven daughters, Robin A. Sanborn of Gwendolyn Rideout of Springfield, MO, Penny E. Vazelli of Cordova, Teri D.
Alexander of Bartlett, Lori Frazier of Bartlett, Christina L. Ross of Cordova, and Niki R. Cupp of Bartlett; a son, Albert Jason Edwards of Bartlett; two brothers, Robert R. and Richard F. Edwards, both of Ontario, Canada; 21 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to be sent to the American Cancer Society. Family Funeral Care 901-761-8000 LEON H. FLETCHER, 64, of Bartlett, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Fletcher was a design engineer for Southern Systems.
He was a member of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his son, William David. He is survived by his wife. Dianne Clark Fletcher; a son, Robert Wayne and wife, Laura Beth, and their two sons, William Clark and Harrison James, all of Johnson City, TN. Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m.
Sunday at Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with a memorial service following at 3 p.m. Mr. Fletcher was a proud veteran of the United States Navy and a member of American Legion Post 249 of Bartlett. In lieu of flowers family request that any contributions be made to Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church or the Bartlett Humane Society. Family Funeral Care 901- 761-8000 ROBERT J.
"Bobby" GODSEY, 47, lifelong resident of Collierville, TN, passed away on March 21, 2006 in his home. He was of the First Assembly of God faith and a graduate of Collierville High School. Visitation will be from 4 -8 p.m. Friday at Collierville Funeral Home with funeral on Saturday at 10 a.m. with Rev.
David Cross officiating, and burial immediately following in Magnolia Cemetery. Collierville Funeral Home is in charge of services. He is survived by his mother, Nanch Pauline and stepfather, Calvin McCullough of Collierville; father, James Tilber Godsey and Fay and Ben Ivester, all of Snowlake Shores, MS; sister, Anne (Michael) Pratt; half-sister, Tilda Jo Walden of Gates, TN; two stepsisters, Barbara Wagner of Germantown and Lois Shatzer of Jonesboro, AR; stepbrother, Dr. Edward McCullough of Leawood, KS; two nieces, Natalie and Anna Pratt of Collierville. He enjoyed close ties with a family of aunts, uncles and cousins throughout West Tennessee and Northcentral Alabama and was blessed with an abundance of friends.
The family requests that any memorial be sent to a charity of the donor's choice. Collierville Funeral Home JAMES K. "J.K." HARRELL, 66, of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, formerly of Germantown and Cordova, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Conway Regional Hospital in Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Phone: (901) 725-0100 www.memphisfuneralhome.net LOUISE HARRIS, 74, retired escort technician with St. Francis Hospital, died March 18, 2006 at Methodist University, HospiVisitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 at M.J.
Edwards Airways Chapel and from 11-12 p.m. Saturday, March 25 with service to immediately follow at Union Baptist 806 Semmes Street with burial in New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Moscow, TN. Miss Harris is survived by two sisters, Opheilia (Andrew) Wright, Bobbie Luellen both of Memphis; a brother, Moses R. Harris of Grand Rapids, MI; five sisters-in-law, and a host of nieces and nephews. M.J.
Edwards Funeral Home Ariways 901-327-9360 INEZ J. HARRIS, 68, of Memphis, died March 18, 2006. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Whitestone Missionary Baptist Church, 187 S. Parkway East.
Service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25 at Greater Mt. Moriah Church at 1098 S. Wellington. M.J.
Edwards Funeral Home Whitehaven 901-332-3164 HERMAN HILL, 71, of Memphis, carpenter, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 in Memphis. Visitation will be from 1-6 p.m. Monday, March 27 at Millington Funeral Home, 7738 Church Street in Millington. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tues- Conway, Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Gayle P. Harrell; three children, James Kenneth Harrell, Jr. of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, Dena Hendren Lankford: (Russ) of Cordova and Chad M. Harrell (Deidra) of Bartlett; five: grandchildren, Amanda Trantham and Kelley Harrell, both of Pineville, Louisiana, Wesley Hendren of Cordova, Lauren Michele Harrell and Charlie Harrell, both of Bartlett; four great-grandchildren, Brice Riggs, Levi Trantham, Abigail Trantham and Trantham; two sisters, Irene Sanders of Crawfordsville, Florida, and Grace Wells of Cordele, Georgia, and a brother, Melvin Harrell of Crawfordsville, Florida. J.K.
was a member of Fairfield Bay Baptist of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas. He retired from Nationwide Insurance Company in 2001 as a District Sales Manager. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with interment to follow at Memory Hill Gardens. Anyone wishing to leave lasting memorials, please consider Fairfield Bay Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 1029, 481 Dave Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay, Arkansas 72088. day, March 28 at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Pamela Reid; a son, Frankie Hill; two sisters.
Zetta Brown and Laverne Hayes, and a brother, Harry Hill, all of Men Memphis, and seven grandchildren. Millington Funeral Home 901-872-2273 JOSEPHINE WRIGHT KOEN, 91, of Memphis, died Thursday, March 23, 2006. She was the widow of Jerry D. Koen, and a member of Park Avenue Church of Christ. She is survived by her daughter, Gloria R.
Estes; two granddaughters, Traci Hamilton of Cleveland, Tennessee, and Leigh Price of Bartlett, and two great grandchildren. In addition, she is J. survived Koen and by Betty children. Tommy both of Nashville, Linda G. Welchman of Summerville, South Carolina, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Visitation will be this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. The family requests that memorials be made to Park Avenue Church of Christ or a charity of the donor's choice. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel 901-725-0100 LAWRENCE DOUGLAS McMURRY, 92, of Memphis, retired manager for the U.S.
Postal Service and accomplished artist, died Thursday, March 23, 2006. He was a WWII U.S. Navy veteran and served in the South Pacific. He was preceded in death by his wite, Eunice Lenore Hovde McMurry. is survived by his three children, Anita Darden of Atlanta, and Patricia Speck and Robert McMurry, both of Memphis.
He also leaves four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 25 at Canale Funeral Home with the service following at 12 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Heart Association or a charity of the donor's choice.
Canale Funeral Directors 901-452-6400 DOROTHY J. McNEIL, 57, of Mem- phis, homemaker, died March 20, 2006. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Faith Fellowship C.O.G.I.C, 2941 Chandler. Service will be at 12 p.m.
Saturday, March 25 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Somerville. Burial in Asbury Cemetery, Somerville. She leaves her husband, Charles Powell; and two daughters, Tasha Hunter and Stephanie McNeil Shelton, both of Memphis; two sisters, Earnestine Hart, nie L. Bolden, and one brother, Walter L.
McNeil, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Christian Funeral Directors 901-358-0062 WILLIE LEE "Frog" MOORE, 65, of welder, died March 19, 2006 at Methodist South Hospital. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 at M. J.
Edwards Whitehaven Chapel. Service will be at Noon, Saturday, March 25 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 1482 Pillow Street. Park metery. lea companion, Mildred Bady; three daughters, Tommicker Moore, Millicent Moore, and Davina Moore; a stepdaughter, Coletha Ellezy; a son, Andre Moore, all of Memphis; two sisters, Carrie Moore and Betty Moore; three brothers, Autra Charlie Moore and Freddie Moore, all of Memphis; three sistters-in-law, Joshula Moore of Memphis, Janice Moore of Ocala, FL and Dorothy Moore of Michigan City, IN; 12 grandchildren; 23 nieces nephews, 39 grandnieces and nephews; six greatgrandnieces and nephews; a host of cousins and other relatives; also a close and personal friend of the family, Annie Bell Crawford. M.
J. Edwards Funeral Home Whitehaven 901-332-3164 JUDY LAURA NASDAHL, 51, of Mempis, and her newborn twin boys, Curtis Stephen and Christopher Carroll, were joined in heaven Thursday, March 23, 2006. She was a Special Education Teacher at Macon Hall Elementary School and a graduate of the University of Memphis, where she received her Masters Degree in Special Education. She had also been a volunteer at the Memphis Veterans Medical Center. She leaves her husband, Clifford Stephen Nasdahl.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Memorial Park Funeral Home with the funeral mass being said at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with burial to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial Park Funeral Home 901-767-8930 VIRGINIA RAIFORD, Memphis native Virginia Brown Raiford died Tuesday at Methodist-Central Hospital. She was 89 years old and a resident of The Parkview.
A forImer co-owner of Livestock Weekly Newspaper, a Memphis based cattle industry news publication, she affiliated with several life insurance companies after moving to New York City in the early '60s. She subsequently retired from John Hanco*ck Life Insurance in 1990. Following retirement she went to work for St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, NY where she was the first woman to received the Episcopal Charities Volunteer of the Year in 1998, presented by the Dioceses of New York. She was the buyer for the church's outreach program dedicated to caring for the homeless.
Active at Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis, prior to moving to New York, she also owned several small Memphis businesses centered on advertising and the sale of Mid-South cattle. She was predeceased by her parents, Laura Love Brown and William Harrison Brown, and leaves one son, William H. Raiford; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren, all of Memphis. Services are pending. DONNA MARIE ROWE.
78, of Millington, co of Indmar Products died March 20, 2006 in Miami Beach, FL. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 25 at St. Louis Catholic Church.
Burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She leaves her husband, Dick Rowe; a daugh(Joseph) Tidwell of Germantown; a son, Richard C. (Diane) Rowe, Jr. of Millington; two brothers, Dale Provo and Albert White, both of Minneapolis, MN; six granddaughters, Amy, Jennie, Audra, Wendy; and six great grandchildren, Jacob, Nicholas, Hunter, Lindsey, Joshua and Jordan. Memphis Funeral Home Bartlett 901-725-0100 www.memphisfuneralhome.net BOYCE MURFF SKINNER, 50, of died March 19, 2006 at Methodist University Hospital.
He is survived by one sister, HarHoladay of Oviedo, FL; two brothers, Hugh Skinner of Cordova and Gene Skinner of Franklin, TN. A Memorial Service will be held Friday, March 24, 2006 at 3 p.m. at ForestHill Funeral Home East. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society. Forest Hill Funeral Home East 901-382-1000 died Tuesday.
March 21,2006 at her home. Visitation will be at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Christ United Methodist Church Parlor. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church Wilson Chapel.
She was born in Alcoa, TN, and moved to Memphis 45 years ago. She helped start the United Cerebral Palsy affiliate in Memphis and served as Special Events Director and Vice President for 26 years. She was a member of Subsidium and three Red Hatters groups, a Fair representative for Youth Talent, judging contests throughout the Mid-South. She was a well known bridge player and played competitive tennis in Memphis in the 70's. She was a tireless worker for people with disabilities.
She leaves three sons, Gregory Townshend of Henning, TN. Scott Townshend of Atlanta, GA, and Brady Townshend of Gulf Shores, AL; her mother, Edith Blair; a sister, Lynn Webb, and a brother, Wayne Gregory, all of Alcoa, TN, and eight grandchildren. The family requests any memorials be sent to United Cerebral Palsy of the Mid-South, 4189 Leroy Memphis, TN JEANNIE GREGORY TOWNSHEND, 66, of Memphis, 38108. TERRY CHARLES "TC" TUNSTALL, 70, of Memphis, died Friday, March 17, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital.
Family Hour will be from 4-5 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Harrison's Funeral Home Chapel, 2647 Carnes Avenue. He will lie in state from a.m. Saturday, March 25 at Travelers Rest Baptist Church, 1641 Sydney with funeral ceremony at 11 a.m. Interment in Prospect Church Cemetery in MS.
Harrison's Funeral Home, Inc. Orange Mound Chapel 901-452-7331 LAMETR'A S. WALKER, 17, of Memphis, daughter of Donald and Monica Walker, died in a tragic accident, March 17, 2006. She was a senior at East High School, a student of high achievement with a GPA of 4.0, ranked 14 of 255 of her class, received a scholarshop to attend UTK to study Veterinary and Fisheries and enlisted in the Tennessee Army National Guard. Graveside service will be at Memorial Park Cemetery East, with full military honors, at 10 a.m.
Saturday, March 25. A Memorial service will be held to celebrate her life at Midtown Church of Christ, 1930 Union Avenue, Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m. with family and community fellowship afterwards. She is survived by a brother and sister, LeMoyne and LaTosha. Christian Funeral Directors 901-358-0062 DESOTO COUNTY Olive Branch KARL G.
HILL, 48, printing at Quebecor, died March 21, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 24 and from 11 a.m.Noon Saturday, March 25 with service to begin at Noon, at St. Luke Church of God In Christ. Burial in Memorial Park Southwood.
He leaves a son, Travis Hill of Olive Branch; eight sisters, Mahalia Crenshaw, Eloise Sanders, Martha Hill and Angela Mann, all of Memphis, TN, Karol Lyons of Southaven, Gloria Dotson, Faye Mayes and Rose Martin, all of Olive Branch; three brothers, Kemp Hill, Willie Hill and Otis Hill, all of Olive Branch; and three grandchildren. Gillespie Funeral Home 662-895-2470 Southaven REV. TALMADGE HOWELL "Teaky" LANE, 73, died Thursday, March 23, 2006 after a long struggle following a brain aneurysm and subsequent cancer. Born in Tallahatchie County, MS, on March 5, 1933 to the late Knott and Latra Lane, he is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Mary Dean Holland Lane of Southaven; a son, D. Michael Lane of Brentwood, TN; a daughter-in-law, Susan Lane; two granddaughters, Lindsay Lane Jennings (Seth) of Nashville and Jacquelyn Susanne Lane of Brentwood, TN: three brothers, Thomas Lee and wife, Murlee, Shellie Guy and wife, Marion and Lane Frank Ray Lane and wife, Patsy, all of Grenada, MS; two sisters, Frances (Joe Dan) Edwards of Jackson, MS, and Agnes Lane Martin of Richmond, VA, and a sisterin-law, Mary K.
Lane of Bristol. CT. he was preceded in death by a brother, Roman K. Lane. Rev.
Lane was a graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University and held a masters degree from George Peabody College. He served as pastor of several Nazarene churches in the Memphis and North Mississippi area. He also served as a teacher and principal in the DeSoto County School System. In addition, he was the co-founder. with dear friend, Henry Rider of WVIM-FM, the area's first Christian radio station.
Upon meeting young people, his first question was, "Young man, where do you go to Sunday School? If they answered that they did not go anywhere then he was sure to invite them to church and would assure they had transportation. He had a passion for mission work with Hispanics, both locally and in LaCeiba, Honduras. Having lived a life of service to God and his fellow man, he was loved and respected not only by those in his denomination, but by all who knew him. He was a tireless worker, a humble and gentle spirit, and truly lived a selfless life. His motto was God first, others second, and himself a distant third.
He will be terribly missed by friends and family. His was indeed a life bearing much fruit! Pallbearers will be Seth Jennings, Andy Lane, Jim Holland, Eric Holland, Daniel Pressgrove, Dr. Joseph Daniel Edwards, Brad Holland and Chad Holland. Honorary pallbearers are Mike Kane, Henry Rider, Don Daniels, John Sellers, Dave Joyner, Dr. Robert Seymore, Shirley Kane, Margie Rider, Brenda Joyner, Hester Sellers and Anna Daniels.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25. at Longview Heights Baptist Church in Olive Branch.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Living Waters Honduras Mission. Brantley Funeral Home Olive Branch 662-895-2310 TENNESSEE Bolivar ROSE MARY SYKES, 75, died March 122, 2006. Service will be at 4 p.m. March 24 at Shackelford's Bolivar Chapel. She leaves five daughters, four sons, six siblings, 18 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Bolivar 731-658-5277. Covington MICHEAL COLBY MITCHELL, 21, press operator for Quebcor World, died March 20, 2006 at Haywood Park Hospital. Mr. Mitchell was a choir member and male chorus member, and usher at the Lower Salem Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation will be at 6-8 p.m.
Friday. March 24 and Saturday, March 25 at Noon with service to follow at 2 p.m. at Mercer Baptist Church. Burial in Taylors Cemetery in Brownsville. he leaves his parents, Kenny and Dollie Ownes of Brownsville and father, Michael J.
Mitchell of Mason; a sister, Rosalyn M. Mitchell of Brownsville; his maternal grandfather, Ellis "Book" Taylor of Brownsville. Barlow Funeral Home 901-476-9675 Fayette County MARJORIE DARNELL OZIER, 79, lifelong resident of Somerville, wife of the late Otis U. Ozier, Sr. and a person active in the religious and community affairs of Fayette County for many years, died Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ozier will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at the Somerville First Baptist Church, where she had been a member since 1949. with interment to follow in the Somerville City Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be from 1-3 p.m.
Friday at the church. Mrs. Ozier was instrumental with her husband in the formation of the West Tennessee Heart Association and served as Fayette County Memorial Gift Chairman for the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. For many years, she served as a Pink Lady for the local hospital and healthcare facility. She will be remembered for her love of golf, flower gardening and as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
Mrs. Ozier is survived by her daughter, Bettina Voigt of Indianapolis, Indiana; her son, Otis U. Ozier, Jr. of Memphis; her sister, Mary Ann Lazenby of Williston, three grandchildren and one great-grandson. The family request that memorials be directed to the Fayette County Chapter of the American Heart Association.
Peebles Fayette County Home Chapel Somerville, TN 901-465-3535 Henderson ELSIE SMITH MELTON, 90, of Henderson, TN, died March 22, 2006 at Jackson General Hospital. Services at 11 a.m. March 24 at Casey Funeral Home. Burial in Henderson City Cemetery. Casey Funeral Home Henderson, TN 731-989-2421 DEATHS continued on page B9 We know your people.
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