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(From various funeral homes in the Memphis, Millington, and neighboring towns of Shelby County.)

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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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PAULINE 'POLLY' MILLER, 70, of Memphis, waitress for Pete & Sam's Restaurant, died Saturday in Memphis. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She leaves three daughters, Marsha Miller of Cordova, Janice Miller of Memphis and Karen Adams of Bartlett; two sons, James Weir of Olive Branch and Jack Miller of Bartlett; a sister, Carolyn Duncan of Virginia Beach, Va., and five grandsons. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 17, 2002]

DOROTHY L. PEOPLES, 79, of 2889 Harvard, retired employee from Home Health Care, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Messiah Baptist Church, where she was an usher, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Peoples, the widow of Arthur Peoples, leaves three daughters, Maybelle Green and Jeanette Green, both of Memphis, and Claudette Hatley of Chicago; six sisters, Gladys Taylor of Chicago, Mildred Tilliman of Sacramento, Irene Phillips of Indianapolis, Roberta Norfleet and Sylvester Carr, both of Memphis, and Beatrice Sharp of Mississippi, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 17, 2002]

CURTIS A. SLOMAN, 17-year-old son of Dorothy V. and John A. Sloman of Bartlett, student of Bolton High School, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Episcopal Church. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a Christian. He also leaves a sister, Pamela Elaine Garcia of Albuquerque, N.M.. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center brain trauma research.
[Obit dated November 17, 2002]

LEE ROY WEBBER, 92, of Memphis, timber buyer for American Fork & Hoe, True Temper Corp., and Charles O. Cox Corp., died Saturday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at noon Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a real estate investor. Mr. Webber, the widower of Merlin P. Webber, leaves two daughters, Nancy Webber of Memphis and Merna Ford of Zachary, La.; a son, Dr. Ben P. Webber of Memphis; a sister, Arbelle Barkemeyer of West Point, Miss.; a brother, James Lesley Webber of Cedar Bluff, Miss., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Highland Heights United Methodist Church.
[Obit dated November 17, 2002]

MAUDIE TODD WILSON, 81, of Millington, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Harris Chapel Church of God in Christ with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. She was a member of Greenleaf CME Church in Millington, Bickford Senior Center and Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Wilson, the widow of John E. Wilson, leaves four daughters, Donnie Todd Mathews, Annie Todd Louis and Renee Wilson, all of Memphis, and Linda Wilson Edwards of San Pedro, Calif.; two sons, John Wilson of Portland, Ore., and Donald Wilson of Memphis; two sisters, Marye Todd Graham of Los Angeles and Donnie Todd of Memphis; a brother, Oces Todd of Comp ton, Calif., 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 17, 2002]

ROBIN BOONE, 39, of 2748 Claudette, homemaker, died Friday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. She was a member of the Temple of Joy. She leaves two daughters, TaLisa Boone and Crystal Boone, and two sons, Tedrick Boone and Jeremy Atkins, all of Memphis; six sisters, Sandra White, Barbara Boone, Rosezena Boone, Jeraline Aluka and Alzade McGiven, all of Memphis, and Lucille Golden of Orlando, Fla., and six brothers, Sammie Walker, Greg D. Boone, James E. Boone, Hosea Boone, James H. Boone and Clifton Boone, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

LAURA BOWEN, 84, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. Mrs. Bowen, the widow of Vernon Bowen, leaves a cousin who cared for her, Fannie Conner of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

EVELYN CROUTHERS STILLMAN BRAUND 81, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Memphis, homemaker and farm manager, died Wednesday in Kennett. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Kennett First Methodist Church. McDaniel Funeral Service in Kennett has charge. She was a member of the Cotton Wives, the Doctors Wives, the Memphis Brooks Museum Art Gallery League, the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, the Pink Palace Museum and the Stage Set. Mrs. Stillman, the widow of Claud Stillman and Dr. Ralph Braund, leaves two sisters, Alene Smith of Belton, Mo., and JoAnn Marchi of Missouri. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

RONALD J. BROOKS, 49, of Memphis, independent agent for Funeral Associates Inc. in Knoxville and funeral director, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a member of Rhodes College Executive Leadership Program, former regional executive for Stewart Enterprises, Inc. in Knoxville, where he was a member of the President's Club, and past president of the Tennessee cemetery Association. Mr. Brooks, the husband of Dianne Britt Brooks, also leaves a daughter, Melanie Brooks Persteiner of Medford, Ore.; a brother, Donald L. Brooks of Crossville, Tenn., and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

ZELMA KEITH DARNABY, 86, of Cordova, retired customer service representative from Westinghouse Electric Corp., died Friday at Memphis Jewish Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church J.O.Y. Sunday School. Mrs. Darnaby, the widow of William C. Darnaby, leaves a daughter, Carol Hillard of Cordova; a stepson, Wayne Darnaby of Memphis; two sisters, Edna Earnheart of Friendship, Tenn., and Pauline Mohundro of Denver, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis Union Mission or Love Worth Finding Ministries.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

RUFUS DAVIS Jr., 46, of Covington, forklift operator for Osco, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at noon today at Kingshill Missionary Baptist Church in Brighton with burial in the church cemetery. Mason Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Juanita Davis of Covington; two sisters, Mary Cleaves of Covington and Shirley Fossetta of Collierville, and eight brothers, Fred Davis and Reece Davis, both of Covington, Hardford Davis, Clarence Becton David Beason and James Davis, all of Memphis, Rodney Becton of Collierville and Steve Beason of California.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

HOLMES ROANE FARMER, 90, of Covington, farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in R. H. Munford cemetery there. He was a member of Rialto Baptist Church. Mr. Farmer, the husband of Lottie Mae Combes Farmer, also leaves three daughters, Ann Elizabeth Sage, Linda Burnett and Billie Renfrow, and a son, Skip Farmer, all of Covington, 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

DOROTHY FLOWERS, 76, of Trenton, Tenn., former hairdresser for Gould's and Tress Tamer, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She leaves a son, Larry Flowers of Gainesville, Ga.; a sister, Edith Stinson of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; a brother, Leon Reed of Dyer, Tenn., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

WILLIE M. GASTON, 53, of Memphis, machine operator for the old defense depot, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. He was a member of Faith Temple Church in Tutwiler, Miss., and the Men of Promise. Mr. Gaston, the husband of R. L. Gaston, also leaves a daughter, Cherrill M. Foster of Memphis; two sons, Willie M. Gaston Jr. of Memphis and Anthony P. Gaston of Hawaii; his mother, Lula Bailey of Memphis; five sisters, Catherine Baker of Toledo, Ohio, Annie M. Temple, Mattie Patterson and Dianne Chestnut, all of Chicago, and Hattie Hayes of Milwaukee, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

AGATHA BROCK HAWK, 93, of Hernando, formerly of Alamo, Tenn., and Pinson, Tenn., seamstress, died Thursday at Tunica (Miss.) Convalescent Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando with burial in Alamo cemetery. She was a member of Alamo Church of Christ. Mrs. Hawk, the widow of Aubrey Brock, leaves a daughter, Vilant Monte Thompson of Hernando, four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

JOE E. JARRETT, 70, of Memphis, retired truck driver, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Magnolia cemetery in Coldwater, Miss. He was a member of Graves Creek Baptist Church in Hernando. Mr. Jarrett, the husband of Ruby J. Jarrett for 47 years, also leaves three daughters, Debra L. Lamb and Pamela J. Jarrett, both of Memphis, and Marilyn L. Porter of Atoka; two sons, Joe E. Jarrett Jr., and Ricky Jarrett, both of Memphis; his mother, Sadie L. Owens of Coldwater; a brother, Dale Owens of Olive Branch, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Hartland Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 16, 2002]

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