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NETTIE A. HOOPER, 89, of Memphis died Thursday at American Transitional Rehab & Specialty Care. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Frayser Assembly of God Church and a Sunday school teacher for Rubgy Park Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Hooper, the widow of Samuel Hooper, leaves a daughter, Jo Dye of Memphis; a son, Charles Hooper of Lakeview, Ark.; two sisters, Willie Burger of Michigan and Edna Hall of Arkansas; a brother, Amos Davis of California, five grandchildren and four great-grandsons.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
DORTHA B. HUFF, 89, of Germantown, formerly of Rector, Ark., homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Irby Funeral Home in Rector with burial in Woodland Heights cemetery there. She was a member of Simmons Chapel Methodist Church. Mrs. Huff, the widow of Jesse Hal Huff, leaves a daughter, Marcelle Roberts of Germantown; a son, Jerry Huff of Independence, Kan., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
ESTALLA ISABELL, 52, of 3105 Morningview, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-South. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of St. James Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Isabell, the wife of Charles L. Isabell, also leaves a daughter, Ollie Isabell, and three sons, Charles L. Isabell Jr., James E. Isabell and Andrew L. Isabell, all of Memphis; three sisters, Peggy Brookins and Earnestine Davis, both of Memphis, and Rubystine Sharpe of Coldwater, Miss.; a brother, Sam Dotson of Memphis, 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
NATHANIEL JACKSON, 40, of Memphis died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Healing Temple Church of God in Christ. He leaves his parents, Delores Jackson and Jim Jackson, both of Memphis; six sisters, Martha Jackson of Houston and Shirley Jackson, Mary Jackson, Regina Blakley, Cindy White and Marilyn Nichols, all of Memphis; two brothers, Thomas Jackson and Michael Jackson, both of Memphis, and his grandmother, Sara Flemmings of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
BOOKER T. MARIS, 68, of Memphis, formerly of Somerville, auto mechanic, died Wednesday at Parkway Health & Rehab. Services will be at noon Saturday at J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Shiloh cemetery there. Mr. Maris, the husband of Dora L. Maris, also leaves a son, Booker T. Maris Jr. of Memphis; three sisters, Mary Harper, Elzoria Fleming and Nancy Brewer, all of Chicago, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
LALLA R. MELTON, 89, of Memphis, employee of Davis & Davis law firm, died Saturday in North Little Rock, Ark. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander, Ark. Huson Funeral Home in Sherwood, Ark., has charge. She leaves a sister, Maurine Sisk of North Little Rock, and a brother, Franklin Melton of St. Louis.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
WALTER 'LEE' MEREDITH, 78, of Hernando, former manager of DeSoto County Co-op, former teacher, former DeSoto County sheriff and city alderman and former Hernando police chief, died Wednesday at North Oak Regional Medical Center in Senatobia, Miss. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Hernando Memorial Park. He was a member of Hernando Church of Christ, former member of Rotary and Optimist Clubs, volunteer fireman, Veterans of Foreign Wars commander, Boy Scout leader, graduate of Mississippi Law Enforcement Academy and World War II veteran, and he formed the DeSoto County Rescue Squad and DeSoto Little League Baseball. Mr. Meredith, the husband of Maxine McCullar Meredith, also leaves a daughter, Quay Meredith Bible of Walls; four sons, Walter Lee Meredith Jr. and Robert Alan Meredith, both of Southaven, and Blake Meredith and David Kyle Meredith, both of Hernando; five sisters, Prudie Moss of Batesville, Miss., Olive McCollum of Collierville, Christal Haynes of Olive Branch, Mildred Hayek of Cordova and Evelyn Hall of Memphis; two brothers, Doris Kyle Meredith of Frayser and John Calvin Meredith of Kansas City, Mo., five grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
CLARESSA CASTLE NELSON, 71, of New Orleans, formerly of Memphis, sales associate, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Hermon Baptist Church in New Orleans with burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery there. Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home in New Orleans has charge. She was a member of the First District Missionary Association Choir and Sisters In Touch, a breast cancer awareness organization, former member and pianist of Southside Baptist Church and graduate of Manassas High School. She leaves three daughters, Patricia 'P Rose' Nelson of Memphis, Janet Nelson Singleton of Los Angeles and Andree' Nelson Dillon of New Orleans; two sons, Charles Anthony Vasset and Alvin 'Tyrone' Nelson, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
TAERION DURWELL BROOKS ROBINSON, infant son of America Nicole Brooks and Timmie Robinson of Memphis, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at noon Saturday at Union cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. He also leaves a sister, Alexus Brooks, and his grandparents, Gwendolyn Brooks, Brenda Holloway and Timmie Robinson, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
RUTH C. SCOTT, 88, of Hernando, formerly of Memphis, retired office manager from Nabisco, died Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Colonial Baptist Church, Traffic Club of Memphis and Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Scott, the widow of Charles E. Scott, leaves two sisters, Louise C. Rogers of Hernando and Viola C. Alpe of Crawfordsville, Ark., and three brothers, Walter J. Carlson, Ralph C. Carlson and William A. Carlson, all of Marion. The family requests that memorials be sent to Baptist Hospice.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
REV. RICHARD SMITH JR., 74, of St. Louis, formerly of Nesbit, pastor of Greater King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis for 18 years and owner of Smith Brothers Wrecking Co. there, died Oct. 25 at St. Alexian Hospital in St. Louis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Nesbit, where he was a former member, with burial in the church cemetery there. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs, Miss., has charge. He was a former member of Mt. Gideon Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Mr. Smith, the husband of Beverly Shaw Smith, also leaves three daughters, Patricia Smith and Gloria Smith, both of St. Louis, and Willa Dean Beacon of Memphis; four sons, Abdullah Muqtasid of Atlanta, James 'Rodney' Smith of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Rev. Dwight Smith and Richard Smith, both of St. Louis; a sister, Leona Garrett of Cleveland, Ohio; three brothers, Frankie Lee Smith of Memphis and Robert Smith and Leeaurn Smith, both of St. Louis, 26 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
MILDRED M. SZCZUKA, 88, of Hazelwood, Mo., formerly of Memphis, retired cashier for St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, died Wednesday at Manor Care Health Service in Florissant, Mo. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Calvary. Hutchens Mortuary in Florissant has charge. She was a communicant of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Mrs. Szczuka, the widow of Anthony J. Szczuka, leaves two sons, Anthony E. Szczuka of Hazelwood and David Szczuka of Birmingham, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
MIA SIMONE TAYLOR, infant daughter of Eboney Peatro Taylor and Christianna Latrice Stewart of West Memphis, died Monday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She also leaves a sister, Paris La'Starr Taylor of West Memphis, and her grandparents, Wanda and Joe McLaurin of Memphis, Marilyn Taylor of West Memphis and Earl Meeks of Lakewood, Calif.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
MACK WATKINS Jr., 70, of Memphis, security guard, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. B. T. Auston & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Watkins, the husband of Barbara Watkins, also leaves two daughters, Kim Owens and Tammie Euell, both of Memphis; two sisters, Augustine Duncan-Hicks of Flint, Mich., and Martha A. Duncan of Memphis, and 10 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
VERNAS JEAN WRIGHT WILLIAMS, 40, of Anthonyville, Ark., homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in Anthonyville with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mrs. Williams, the wife of James Michael Williams, also leaves six daughters, Tiffany Shaw of Edmondson, Stephanie Pollard of Memphis and Toney Wright, Tina Wright, Teresa Lowe and Venessa Wright, all of Proctor, Ark.; four sons, Lavelle Wright of West Memphis, Thomas Lowe III and Kadrian Wright, both of Proctor, and James Williams III of Rogers, Ark.; three sisters, Carrie Gilliam of Hughes, Ark., Annette Wright of Proctor and Ada Mae Wright of West Memphis, and six brothers, Jessie Wright of Dallas, Elbert Wright and Willie Charles Wright, both of Detroit, Mack Wright of Wichita, Kan., and Jamie Wright and Floyd Wright, both of West Memphis.
[Obit dated November 1, 2002]
CARRIE DEE WILSON, 91, of DeRidder, La., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Beauregard Memorial Hospital in DeRidder. Graveside services will be at noon today in Forest Hill cemetery South. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. She was a member of Highland Baptist Church in West Monroe, La. Mrs. Wilson, the widow of Willard Fletcher Wilson, leaves a son, Willard Fletcher Wilson Jr., and a grandchild.
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