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Fanny Beal
Fanny DiScuillo Beal, 85, St. Augustine, died Sept. 8, 1998, at the Mariner Health Care Center, St. Augustine. She was born in Providence, R.I., and she had resided in St. Augustine since 1976. Prior to moving to Florida, she had resided in Ledyard, Conn., where she was active in Ledyard Grange for 30 years and was a member of the Ledyard Fire Auxiliary. She was a gourmet cook who worked for the Harkness family, owners of the New York City Ballet, and the Springborn family, owners of the New York Jets. She was a member of Moultrie Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Craig Funeral Home, with the Rev. Michael Mott, pastor of Moultrie Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in St. Augustine Memorial Park. Friends may call at Craig chapel from 6 to 8 p.m., today.
Flowers are gratefully accepted, or those wishing may make a contribution, in her memory, to Hospice Northeast, 1400 Old Dixie Hwy., Suite A, St. Augustine, 32086.
Survivors include two daughters, Marion McCombs, Frances Lowery, both of St. Augustine; one son, Stephen Beal Jr., West Fork, Ark.; a sister, Evelyn Test, Illinois; two brothers, Peter DiScuillo Jr., William DiScuillo, both of Connecticut; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Hattie Bennett
Hattie L. Bennett, 132 M.L. King Ave., died Sept. 6, 1998, at the Samantha Wilson Care Center. She was born in Sanford, and she had resided here since 1968. She was a member of Pompey Temple Church of God In Christ, Hastings.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the chapel of Chase and Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. F.D. Richardson Jr., pastor of St. Paul AME Church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Chase chapel from 5 to 9 p.m., today.
Survivors include three cousins, Leroy Johnson, Sanford, Jacqueline Bryant, St. Augustine, Claudia Mae Jones Dawson, Jacksonville; and other relatives.

Al Carter
Al Vernon Carter, 71, St. Augustine, died Sept. 9, 1998, at the St. Johns Health Care Center. He was born in Kentucky, and he had resided in St. Augustine for the past 26 years. He was a retired truck driver for the St. Johns County Road and Bridge Department, and he was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m., Friday, at Craig Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. LaVoy Newton Jr., pastor of Lighthouse Church of God, officiating. Friends may call at Craig chapel from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Survivors include his wife, Anna; three daughters, Carla Lang, Cindy Carter, both of St. Augustine, Carol Dubose, Palm Coast; three sons, Timothy, Steve and Allen; one brother, Charles Carter, Ohio; and 12 grandchildren.

John Eubanks Jr.
Funeral services for John Charles Eubanks Jr., 47, Tallahassee, who died Sept. 1, 1998, at Columbia Hospital, Lake City, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Paul AME Church, with the Rev. Ron Stafford, pastor of St. Luke AME Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. F.D. Richardson Jr., St. Paul pastor. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call at Chase and Son Funeral Home chapel from 5 to 9 p.m., today, and at the church from noon Friday until the hour of services.

Donald Genovese
Memorial services for Donald ``Vito'' Genovese, 60, Elkton, who died Sept. 6, 1998, at the Veterans Hospital, Gainesville, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Heritage Baptist Church, with the Rev. Garry Martin, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Craig Funeral Home chapel.
Flowers are gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a contribution, in his memory, to the American Cancer Society, POB 5355, St. Augustine, 32085.

Bayard Wharton
Bayard Wharton, 71, St. Augustine, died Sept. 6, 1998, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and he had resided in St. Augustine for the past four years. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy, and he owned and operated a Hallmark Card Shop and Gift Shop in Rhode Island.
Survivors include his wife, Marian; a daughter, Susan W. Moffett, Exeter, R.I.; one stepsister, Evie Smith, St. George, Maine; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services will be announced by Craig Funeral Home.

Jesse Bowles
Jesse Talmage Bowles, 76, St. Augustine, died Sept. 8, 1998, at his home. He was born in Speedway, W.Va., and he had resided in St. Augustine since 1975. He was a retired steel mill rigger, and he was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Memorial services will be held at a later date in Speedway.
Survivors include his wife, Maria, and one sister, Odell David, Speedway.
Craig Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Ann Phillips
Funeral services for Ann Marie Phillips, 80, St. Augustine, who died Sept. 6, 1998, at St. Vincent's Medical Center, Jacksonville, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Craig Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Garry Martin, pastor of Heritage Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in St. Augustine Memorial Park. Friends may call at Craig chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today.
Flowers are gratefully accepted, or those wishing may make a contribution, in her memory, to the Heritage Baptist Church Mission Fund, 1480 Wildwood Drive, St. Augustine, 32086.

Thomas Sawyer
Funeral services for Thomas Edward Sawyer, 55, St. Augustine, who died Sept. 6, 1998, at Mariner Health Care, were to be held at 2 p.m. today at Craig Funeral Home, with the Rev. Donovan Tinsley, pastor of Trinity Chapel Ministries, officiating. Burial will be at Lake Helen Cassadaga Cemetery.
Craig Funeral Home in charge.

Donald Genovese
Donald ``Vito'' Genovese, 60, Elkton, died Sept. 6, 1998, at the Veterans Hospital, Gainesville. He was born in Chicago, Ill., and he had resided in St. Augustine for the past two years. He was retired from Acme Parcel, where he worked as a truck driver, and he was a member of Local No. 705, IB of T. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and he was a member of Heritage Baptist Church.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Heritage Baptist Church, with the Rev. Garry Martin, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Craig Funeral Home chapel.
Flowers are gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a contribution, in his memory, to the American Cancer Society, POB 5355, St. Augustine, 32085.
Survivors include his wife, Racquel Genovese, Elkton; two daughters, Denita Mallahan, Blue Springs, Mo., Kimberly Phillips, Northport, Ala.; and grandchildren, Nicole, Patrick, Austin, Gianna, Shelby, Jessica, Kelsey and Paige.

Matilda Alfieri
Matilda Milewska Alfieri, 88, St. Augustine, died Sept. 27, 1998, at Mariner Health Care Center. She was born in Hoboken, N.J., and she had resided in St. Augustine since 1980. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and of the church's guild.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Frank A. Alfieri; two sons, Stephen David Alfieri, North Dartmouth, Mass., Kenneth Michael Alfieri, M.D., Roswell, N.M.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements will be announced by Craig Funeral Home.

Hope Bartlett
Hope Lorraine Bartlett, 22, Orange Park, died Sept. 24, 1998, during a boating accident, as she as she was reporting for ABC 25, WJXX, TV, Jacksonville. She was a member of the Island View Baptist Church, Orange Park, and she also held membership in numerous organizations, including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She had received numerous awards for her community service. She was a graduate of Orange Park High School, Class of 1993, and Northwestern University-Medill School of Journalism, Class of 1997. She held a master of science degree in journalism.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Island View Baptist Church, with the former pastor, Dr. James F. Hoffman Jr. delivering the eulogy. Burial was at 10 a.m. Monday at Jacksonville Memory Gardens, Orange Park.
Those wishing may make a contribution, in her memory, to Hope L. Bartlett Memorial Fund for the Homeless or Hope L. Bartlett Scholarship (The Northwestern Medill School of Journalism). Contributions should be sent to WJXX Channel 25, 7025 AC Skinner Parkway, Jacksonville, 32256; phone 904-332-2525.
Survivors include her mother and father, Charles and Elaine Bartlett, paternal grandmother, Gretchen Bartlett, maternal grandmother, Maggie Bradley, paternal great-grandmother, Georgia Major; and other relatives. She was also the granddaughter of the late Rev. Emery Bradley.
Chase and Son Funeral Home, St. Augustine, was in charge.

Clarence English
Clarence R. English, 61, died Sept. 26, 1998, at Flagler Hospital West. He was born in Tullah Lodge, Ga., and he moved to St. Augustine in 1965. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having been involved in the Berlin Conflict.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at Watts Funeral Home, San Mateo. Burial will be in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Survivors include his mother, Cleo English, Demorest, Ga.; three daughters, Cheryl Schriver, Jacksonville, Tammy Hallman, Kim English, St. Augustine; brothers and sisters, Geraldine Baker, Demorest, John English, St. Augustine, Christine Bartram, Yucaipa, Calif., Lacey English, Redlands, Calif., Betty Van Puffelen, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and two grandchildren.

William Whitaker
William Joseph Whitaker, 61, St. Augustine, died Sept. 26, 1998, at Flagler Hospital East. He was born in Pawtucket, R.I., and he had resided here since 1989. He was a retired TWA commercial airline pilot, and he served in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Cathedral-Basilica, serving as a lector.
Funeral services will be held at 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine. Burial will be in St. Augustine Memorial Park. Prayers will be said at 7 p.m. today at the Cathedral. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Cathedral.
Survivors include his wife, Dianne Whitaker, St. Augustine; two stepdaughters, Mary Jo Maff, Bethlehem, Pa., Alison O'Brien, Budd Lake, N.J.; one stepson, William Callahan, Kulpmont, Pa.; two sisters, Barbara Freeman, West Warwick, R.I., Gayle Twaddle, Portsmouth, R.I.; and two grandchildren.
Craig Funeral Home is in charge.

Antawan Williams
Antawan ``Angie'' Williams, 22, 430 Francis St., died Sept. 27, 1998, at Flagler Hospital East. She was a lifelong resident of St. Augustine, and she was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Survivors include her father, Leroy Williams, Fort Pierce; her mother, Carolyn Gladden, St. Augustine; a son, Xazavier Williams, St. Augustine; daughter, Aviance T. Jones, St. Augustine; brothers, James, Tony, Curtis and Xazavier, St. Augustine; her maternal grandmother, Canzator Anderson, St. Augustine; paternal grandmother, Sadie Pearl Jones, Crescent City; and other relatives.
Arrangements will be announced by Chase and Son Funeral Home.

William Scott
William A. Scott, 77, St. Augustine, died Sept. 26, 1998, at Flagler Hospital West. He was born in Bergenfield, N.J., and he had resided in St. Augustine for over 13 years. He was a graduate of NYU, and he received his master's degree at Hofstra University. He was a retired biology teacher, having worked in the public school system in Babylon, N.Y., and he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II. He was a member of EMMA, the Navy League, St. Augustine Lions Club, St. Augustine Jazz Society, and he also taught 55 Alive with AARP.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Craig Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kenneth Sauerman, pastor of Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Ponte Vedra Beach.
Flowers are gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a contribution, in his memory, to the American Cancer Society, POB 5355, St. Augustine, 32085.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Scott, St. Augustine; one daughter, Pamela M. Campbell, Zion, Ill.; two sons, William E. Scott and his wife, Linda, Brookhaven, N.Y., Edward W. Scott and his wife, Kathleen, Salt Lake City, Utah; four sisters, Ann Fitzgibbon, Port St. Lucie, Edna Armstrong, St. Petersburg, Grace Swayne, North Fort Myers, Natalie Laverdure, Brick Township, N.J.; and grandchildren, Richard and Tammy Lynn Scott, Brookhaven; Matthew, Timothy, Andrew and Jeffrey Scott, Salt Lake City; Erik Campbell, Waukegan, Ill., Heather Campbell, Zion; and one great-granddaughter, Ambria Campbell, Waukegan.
Craig Funeral Home is in charge.

Elizabeth Aunchman
Elizabeth E. (Leslie) Aunchman, 80, North Reading, Mass., died Sept. 12, 1998, at the Apple Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Ayer, Mass. She was born in Somerville, Mass., and was a graduate of Cambridge Latin High School. Prior to moving to Townsend, Mass., four years ago to make her home with her sister, she resided in St. Augustine with her son, Jerry, a St. Johns County employee. While in St. Augustine, she was a member of Trinity Chapel Ministries, and she and her late husband, John Aunchman, built three homes on Porpoise Point. Her husband died in 1975.
Funeral services were held Sept. 16 in North Reading, with burial following there in Riverside Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her son, Gerald of St. Augustine, include sons Kenneth, Georgia, and Robert, Derry, N.H.; daughters, Cheryl Cairns, North Reading, Karin Massey, South Carolina; sisters, Marjorie Cook, South Boston, Evelyn Leonard, Townsend; 12 grandchildren and a many great-grandchildren.

Elodeous Baxter
Elodeous Baxter, 73, 917 Josiah St., died Sept. 16, 1998, in Flagler Hospital East. She was a lifelong resident of St. Augustine, and she was of the Baptist faith.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Chase and Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. F.D. Richardson Jr., pastor of St. Paul AME Church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Chase chapel from 5 to 9 p.m. today, and from 8 a.m. Saturday until the hour of services.
Survivors include her husband, Dewey Baxter, St. Augustine; daughters, Loretta Bowen, Katherine Baxter, Darla Douglas, all of St. Petersburg, Patricia Mack, St. Augustine; a brother, Tommy Given, St. Augustine; one sister, Rebecca Hightower, St. Augustine; 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and other relatives.

Johann Bissinger
Johann Erhard Bissinger, 74, St. Augustine, died Sept. 17, 1998, at his home. He was born in Mainz, Germany, and he had resided here since 1972. He was of the Catholic faith, and he was a former motel owner.
Survivors include his wife, Kathi Bissinger, St. Augustine; two daughters, Elke Kluge, Dublin, Ireland, Madeline Dyke, Montreal, Canada; two sons, Hans Bissinger, Toronto, Frank Mergl, Jacksonville; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Private services are planned. Flowers are gratefully declined, and those wishing may make a contribution, in his memory, to Hospice Northeast, 1400 Old Dixie Hwy., Suite A, St. Augustine, 32086.
Craig Funeral Home is in charge.

Lois Childs
Funeral services for Lois Lymas Childs, 56, Palatka, who died Sept. 13, 1998, at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion AME Church, Hastings, with the Rev. Sylvester P. Bradley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill West Cemetery, Palatka. Friends may call at the Chapel of Serenity, 2400 Madison St., Palatka, from 5 to 9 p.m., today and at the church from 8 a.m. Saturday until the time of services.
Survivors include her husband, William Clarence Childs, Palatka; sons, Ralph Lymas, Karnack, Texas, Alvin Lymas, Palatka; daughters, Felecia Milton, Gainesville, Rhonda Whitley, Fort Benning, Ga., Odessa Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa.; her mother, Clara Sanders, Hastings; sister, Leria Peeples, Hastings; an adopted sister, Madeline Holtz, St. Augustine; grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Karl N. Flagg Serenity Memorial Chapel, Palatka, is in charge.

Clinton Esau
Deacon Clinton Ward Esau, 88, Palatka, died Sept. 16, 1998, at his home, following a long illness. He was born in St. Johns County, and he was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army. He retired from W.L. Wheatley/Campbell Soup Company, Clayton, Del., following 20 years of employment, and he had resided in Palatka since 1965, moving there from Hastings.
He was a former member and class leader at Mt. Zion AME Church, Hastings. When he moved to Palatka, he joined the Pentecostal Church of God in Christ in 1967, serving as an ordained deacon and devotional leader.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, with Elder Johnny Shaw, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery, San Mateo. Friends may call at the Chapel of Serenity, 2400 Madison St., Palatka, from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.
Survivors include his wife, Corine Esau, Palatka; one daughter, Ruby Lee Andrews, Palatka; a son, Arthur Lee Coley, Palatka; four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Karl N. Flagg Serenity Memorial Chapel, Palatka, is in charge.

Edward Kearse
Edward Kearse, 88, 81 Lovett St., died Sept. 17, 1998, in Flagler Hospital West. Arrangements will be announced by Chase and Son Funeral Home.

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