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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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REV. JAMES WARE, 74, of Memphis, died Wednesday at his home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was pastor of Christian United Baptist Church. Rev. Ware, the husband of Sally C. Ware, also leaves two daughters, Zelda Walton and Lisa Birdo, and a brother, Lee M. Ware, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

JOHNNY LEE 'BUTTON' WOODS Jr., 64, of Holly Springs, Miss., retired brick-maker for Holly Springs Brick and Tile, died Monday at Alliance Healthcare System. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hudsonville (Miss.) CME Church with burial in the church cemetery. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. He was a member of Hopewell No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church in Hudsonville. Mr. Woods, the husband of Lela Bell Riddle Woods, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Mae Doria Franklin, two sisters, Shirley Cathey and Margaret Woods, all of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2002]

PATRICIA ANN AUSTIN, 41, of Memphis, died Nov. 11 in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, Terrell Austin; a sister, Vera Brooks, and a brother, Michael Austin, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

J. B. BROWN, 69, of Hernando, building engineer for DeSoto County School System, died Monday in Hernando. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando with burial in the church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home of Hernando has charge. Mr. Brown, the widower of Arnetta Brown, leaves two daughters, Antoinette Jackson of Memphis and Leslie Yarbrough of Hernando; three sons, Barry Brown of Memphis, John Brown of Hernando and Jermayne Brown of Walls; a sister, Lurenda Woods of Memphis; a brother, Earnest Lee Brown of Chicago, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

ROSZETTA CARTER, 74, of Nesbit, retired cosmetologist, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Enon Springs Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando, where she was a choir member, with burial in the church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home of Hernando has charge. Mrs. Carter, the widow of Rev. Robert Carter, leaves two daughters, Brenda Carter of Nesbit and Karen Carter of Memphis; four sons, Larry Gray, James Thomas Jr., and Dwight Carter, all of Memphis, and Darrell Carter of Byron, Ga.; a sister, Allen Ward of Kankakee, Ill.; a brother, John Gray of Chicago, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

VIRGIE HUTCHISON CULBREATH, 89, of Mason, Tenn., retired teacher for Tipton County Schools, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Mason with burial in the church cemetery there. Mason Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Culbreath, the widow of Landers Culbreath, leaves a stepson, Lawrence Eaton Culbreath.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

ETHEL MAE DeSHIELDS, 62, of Memphis, employee of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, died Wednesday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two sons, Terry DeShields and Howard DeShields Jr., both of Memphis; two sisters, Bertha Barbour of Memphis and Margaret Ensley of Boston, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

SHERYL DOWNEY, 41, of Millington, processor for Ingram Micro, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Quito cemetery. Mrs. Downey, the wife of Tom Downey, also leaves a son, Jonathan Downey of Millington, and her parents, Hugh Snipes and Janie Troup; two sisters, Karen Manus and Gayle Wong, and her grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Harris, all of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

RUTH M. ERWIN, 91, of Atoka, retired sales representative from Memory Hill Gardens, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Leawood Baptist Church. Mrs. Erwin, the widow of W. T. Erwin, leaves a sister, Katheryn Pierce of Jackson, Miss., two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

EDGAR ALBERT EVANS, 88, of Brighton, retired physical therapist, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Munford Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Tammy Clark of Brighton, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

JEANETTE LEWIS FAY, 73, of Memphis, waitress for Western Sizzlin', died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a Catholic. She leaves a daughter, Linda Lewis, and a son, Clansey Lewis, both of Memphis; four sisters, Ernestine Lindsay of Newark, Ark., Jean Lawrence and Sue Baugh, both of Granite City, Ill., and Mary Johnson of Mesquite, Texas, and two brothers, Willis Brightwell of Ferguson, Mo., and Harold Brightwell of Jonesboro, Ark. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

WILLIE LEE HAILEY, 56, of Memphis, former employee of PSI South, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, Miss. Mr. Hailey, the widower of Earlene Hailey, leaves two daughters, LaShunda Hailey and Myra Saulsberry; two sons, Mark Saulsberry and Montrell Hailey, and two sisters, Mildred Felix and Lillie Gardner, all of Memphis; five brothers, Robert Lee Hailey, Ollie Hailey, T. C. Hailey and Henry Hailey, all of Southaven, and Larry Hailey of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

EDDIE LEE HARRIS, 57, of 1471 Barksdale, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park cemetery. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Harris, the husband of Geraldine Harris, also leaves three daughters, Sherrie L. Sanders, Sandra Lewis and Stephanie Okhiria; three sons, Adrian Lee Harris, Oliver Lee Sanders and Michael Sanders; two sisters, Ruby Simmons and Juanita Washington, and a brother, William Harris Jr., all of Memphis and 14 grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

LOIS RUTH THOMPSON HENNINGS, 65, of Mason, Tenn., former employee of Youth Villages, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Braden, Tenn., where she was a mother board and former usher board member, with burial in the church cemetery there. Mason Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge 148. Mrs. Hennings, the wife of Melton Dean Hennings, also leaves three daughters, Iris LaNora Hines, Annette Douglas and Carla Flowers, all of Memphis; a son, Carl Hennings of Mason; three sisters, Vera Beasley of Akron, Ohio, Shirley Hennings of Mason and Carrie Bolds of Memphis; two brothers, Irvin Thompson of Mason and Barnie Thompson of Akron, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

DELVIN DEMOND JOHNSON, 22, of Memphis, employee of Hatley Crickett Ranch, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He leaves his parents, Vera Johnson and Lue L. Fox; three sisters, La Quitta Johnson, Roshunda Fox and Shalonda Fox; four brothers, Christopher Johnson, Patrick Fox, Dressel Fox and Marshun Fox; his grandmother, Alice Faye Johnson, and his great-grandmother, Clemmie Battle, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

ELIZABETH P. KAY, 85, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Kay, the widow of Pete J. Kay, leaves three daughters, Maureen Kay and Debbie Kay Brewer, both of Memphis, and Nancy Kay of Brandon, Miss.; a son, John P. Kay of Brandon; a sister, Connie Kotsios of Chicago, and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.
[Obit dated November 21, 2002]

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