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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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NANCY LAURA HUGHEN, 45, of Memphis, registered nurse, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bellevue Baptist Church, where she was involved in the Singing Christmas Tree, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her parents, W. L. Hughen of Pensacola, Fla., and Margaret Lawrence Lafferty of Bartlett; two brothers, Joel Hughen of Camden, S.C., and John Hughen of Palm Bay, Fla.; a stepbrother, Dr. Nathaniel Lafferty of Asheville, N.C., and her grandmother, Mary Lawrence of Springdale, Ark. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bellevue Singing Christmas Tree Production Fund.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

IRENE B. JONES, 59, of Memphis, crossing guard for the City of Memphis, died Tuesday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. She leaves a daughter, Teresa Handy of Monroe, N.C.; a son, William Jones of West Memphis, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

CLANCE JOYCE, 60, of Proctor, Ark., farmer, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lakegrove Missionary Baptist Church in Proctor with burial in the church cemetery. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He leaves three daughters, Gloria Gant of Marion, and Maxine Miller and Sonya Johnson Pope, both of West Memphis; six sons, Clance Joyce Jr., Robert Joyce, Edmond Joyce and Kevin Pope, all of West Memphis, Arthur Joyce of Proctor and Floyd Clifton Pope of Marion; a brother, Pete Joyce of West Memphis, 23 granchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

L. T. KUYKENDOLL, 83, of Memphis, retired chauffeur, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary Baptist Church in Nesbit, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Kuykendoll, the husband of Christine Kuykendoll, also leaves five daughters, Kathryn Donald of Marion, Ind., Katie Hinds of Detroit, and Arcie Gaston, Gloria Hampton and Regina Kuykendoll, all of Memphis; five sons, L. T. Kuykendoll Jr. of Dallas, Kirk E. Kuykendoll of San Bernardino, Calif., David Kuykendoll of Atlanta, and Michael Kuykendoll and Frederick L. Kuykendoll, both of Memphis; a sister, Katie Mason of Detroit, 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

DENA M. LEATHERWOOD, 47, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Carey Chapel cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, Miss. She was a member of White Station Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Julie Moore, and her parents, Mildred and Julius Phillips, all of Memphis; a sister, Laurie Barnett of West Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

DORETHA FRIASON LEWIS, 38, of West Memphis, dialysis technician, died Sept. 26 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mrs. Lewis, the wife of Jerry Lewis, also leaves four daughters, Whitney Stokes, Cynthia Banks and Angela Lewis, all of West Memphis, and Mia Lewis of Forrest City, Ark.; four sons, Nakita Lewis, Jerry Lewis Jr., Floyd Jones and Clayborn Stokes, all of West Memphis; two stepsons, Tony Lewis of Forrest City and David Lewis of West Memphis; her parents, Willie Lee and Mildred Friason of West Memphis; four sisters, Joretha Crutcher and Charletha Gannaway, both of West Memphis, Angie Fitzgerald of Marion, Ark., and Katherine Rogers of Hampton, Va.; three brothers, Johnny L. Friason, Willie Friason Jr., and Anthony O'Gwin, all of West Memphis; her grandfather, Charlie Smith of Benton Harbor, Mich., and eight grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

JOHNNY J. MARTIN, 72, of Horseshoe Lake, Ark., retired electrician, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church in Hughes, Ark., and a Horseshoe Lake councilman. Mr. Martin, the husband of Ruth Foster Martin, also leaves two daughters, Robyn Yearout of Horn Lake and Deborah Flanigan of Batesville, Miss.; four sons, Steve Martin of Dallas, Kevin Martin of New Orleans, Charles Daugherty of Memphis and Bruce Daugherty of Goose Creek, S.C.; three sisters, Louise Bland of Lubbock, Texas, Billie Mae Ready of Fort Smith, Ark., and Rose Lee Head of Marysville, Mich.; two brothers, Ray Martin of Largo, Fla., and Bernard Martin of Fort Smith, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Crossroads Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

BRAD MESSER, 39, of Memphis, electrician, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. He leaves a daughter, Dana Messer of Rosemark; his mother, Betty Messer of Memphis; a sister, Kathy Hamblin of Southaven, and a brother, Warnar Straign of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

NORMA J. NUSSBAUMER, 67, of Cordova, homemaker, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Independent Presbyterian Church Chapel. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. She leaves a daughter, Karen Avery of Cordova; a brother, Ben R. Kelly of Johnson City, Tenn., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Independent Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

MICHAEL 'MIKEL' PAYNE, 55, of Atoka, Tenn., landscaping laborer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Jefferson Mortuary in Millington with burial in St. John cemetery in Atoka. He was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Atoka. He leaves two sisters, Mary Evelyn Smith of Millington and Juanita Tolbert of Drummonds, Tenn., and two brothers, Earl Tolbert Jr. of Flint, Mich., and Billy Tolbert of Brighton, Tenn.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

ROBERT 'MIKE' W. ROGERS, 70, of Somerville, Tenn., retired master sergeant from the Air Force after 23 years and retired from the Corps of Engineers, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Somerville Presbyterian Church. Mr. Rogers, the husband of Dot Rogers, also leaves four daughters, Teresa Jourdan of Somerville, Valetta Jo Duncan of Horn Lake, Sharon McMullan of Leesburg, Ind., and Denise Rosario of Beaufort, S.C.; three sons, Timmy Rogers, Terry Rogers and Tommy Rogers, all of Somerville, and 13 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

FRANCES MILLER SMITH, 79, of Brandon, Miss., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, Miss. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Odd Fellows cemetery in Greenwood, Miss. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon has charge. She was the historian of the J. Z George Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a patron of the Southern Debutante Association of Greenwood, a member of the Chakchiuma Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a former state cookbook chairman for the Mississippi Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a member and former officer for the Mississippi State Society Children of the American Revolution, the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, the Rev. Samuel Swayze chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century, the National Society of Southern Dames of America, the Mississippi Company of Jamestown Society and the Cameo Society of Mississippi. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Edgar Erle Smith Jr., leaves two daughters, Ladye Margaret Townsend and Frances Elizabeth Burnham, both of Brandon; two sons, Edgar Erle Smith III of Glendora, Miss., and Jasper Franklin Smith of Dallas; a sister, Kathryn Jane Day of Brandon, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Colonial Dames XCVII Century for the Pocahontas Project.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

MATTIE M. SMITH, 84, of Brighton, died Sept. 26 at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Atoka, where she was church secretary, a Sunday school teacher, served on the mother board and was president of the Missionary Society, with burial in the church cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Robert L. Smith, leaves three daughters, Mae Hicks of Millington, Bernice Shaw of Atoka and Lydia Foster of Memphis; three sons, Maurice Smith of Tupelo, Miss., Victor Smith of Brighton and Willie E. Smith of Millington; a sister, Willie A. Bonds, and a brother, L. C. Matthews, both of Memphis, 21 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

PHEOBIA RUTH STAFFORD, 63, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Stafford, the wife of Jesse J. Stafford Jr., also leaves three daughters, Pamela Small, Timena Olison and Shamanda Griggs, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

DAVID SUMLIN, 70, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Sumlin, the husband of Florence Mae Sumlin, also leaves three daughters, Cassandra Kizer of Chicago, and Diane Sumlin and Ruth Oaks, both of Memphis; a sister, Rosie Williams, and two brothers, Robert Sumlin and Ben Exon, all of Memphis, 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

ROGER H. SWAIN, 48, of Bolivar, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, road maintenance worker for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Powell's Chapel cemetery in Hornsby, Tenn. He was a member of Raleigh Assembly of God. Mr. Swain, the husband of Debbie Swain, also leaves a son, Daniel Swain; his parents, Evelyn and Harold Swain, and a sister, Becky Sherrill, all of Bolivar, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Dancyville Assembly of God.
[Obit dated October 4, 2002]

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