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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

GenealogyBuff.com - TENNESSEE - Shelby County Obituary and Death Notice Collection - 26

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Date: Monday, 26 February 2018, at 1:17 p.m.

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ORVILLE RAY HINDS JR., 69, of Memphis, retired traffic controller from the Federal Aviation Administration, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a Korean War Air Force veteran and a member of Gracewood Baptist Church in Southaven. Mr. Hinds, the husband of Louise Hinds for 48 years, also leaves a daughter, Karen Hinds Bowers of Memphis; two sons, Michael Martin Hinds of Memphis and James Martin Hinds of Olive Branch; a brother, Elbert Leroy Hinds of Memphis, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

WILLIAM MORGAN HOLLO WAY, 69, of Covington, Tenn., owner of Holloway Motors, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Covington Memorial Gardens. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington has charge. He was an Army veteran and a member of Covington First United Methodist Church. Mr. Hollo way, the husband of Marieda Wilson Holloway, also leaves two daughters, Vicki Holloway Arthur and Nancy Holloway Sampietro, both of Germantown; a son, John Morgan Holloway of Nashville; a sister, Effie Holloway Garrett of Gates, Tenn.; two brothers, Clyde Holloway of Ripley, Tenn., and Robert T. Holloway of Las Vegas, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Tipton County Public Library.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

JOE JONES, 84, of 3011 Gulf, retired plumber, died Friday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Jones, the widower of Earnestine Jones, leaves a daughter, Josephine Powell, and a son, Harold Suggs, both of Memphis; two sisters, Leanna Pomroy of Kansas City, Mo., and Mary Elder of Los Angeles; two brothers, Herman N. Smith of Denver and John E. Smith of Omaha, Neb.; a grandson who cared for him, Larico Powell of Memphis, 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

SHERMAN EARL LIGGINS, 46, of Memphis, bindery operator for Starr Toof Printing Co., died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Powerhouse Church of God in Christ with burial in New Park cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Liggins, the husband of Ethel Liggins, also leaves two daughters, Adrienne Denise Liggins and LaKeesha Anette Liggins; a son, Russell Hunt, and two sisters, Linda Taylor and Denitra Davis, all of Memphis; four brothers, Lee Earnest Liggins, Prentiss Liggins and Randy Liggins, all of Memphis, and Jason Montaze Liggins of Chattanooga, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

LUELLA MANUELS, 93, of Memphis, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of St. Stephen's Baptist Church. She leaves a friend who cared for her, Jake Allen of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

GEORGE MASON II, 44, of Memphis, housekeeper for Radisson Hotel, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Family Mortuary with burial in Union cemetery. He leaves three sons, George Mason III, Tony Jones and David Strogging, and two sisters, Tshana Davis and Margaret Mayes, all of Memphis; four brothers, Chris Mason, Willie Mason and Ronald Mason, all of Memphis, and Timothy Mason of Henning, Tenn., and a grandchild.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

WILLIE MASON JR., 80, of Memphis, roofer, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Lake Cormorant. Mr. Mason, the husband of Annie Mae Mason, also leaves three daughters, Shelia Mason, Shirley Golden and Jacqueline Mason, all of Memphis; seven sons, Joe Willie Mason, Melvin Mason, James Mason, David Mason, Mark Mason and Arthur Mason, all of Memphis, and Henry Arthur Mason of Gary, Ind., 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

SHARON RENEE McCLAIN, 35, of Memphis, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Downtown Church on Vance. She leaves three sons, Terrence McClain, Demetrious McClain and Jarvis McClain, and her mother, Rita G. McClain, all of Memphis; her father, Lee W. McClain of Centralia, Ill., and a brother, Antonio Glass of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

FELIPE MENDOZA, 29, of Memphis, laborer, died Saturday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Catholic. He leaves a son, Luis Felipe Mendoza; his parents, Felipe Mendoza Perez and Dalia Melgar Ramirez; a sister, Sandra Luz Mendoza, and a brother, Enrique Mendoza, both of Veracruz, Mexico, and his grandmother Guadalupe Ramirez.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

PAUL STEPHEN MOTT, 81, of Memphis, retired deputy director of installation services for the old Defense Depot after 42 years, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a deacon, trustee and church administrator of Speedway Terrace Baptist Church, a World War II Army veteran, member of Gideons International and former president of Service Corps of Retired Executives. Mr. Mott, the husband of Martha Holcombe Mott for 37 years, also leaves a daughter, Martha Lisa Lawson of Chambersburg, Pa.; a son, Paul Stephen Mott Jr. of Jackson, Tenn.; two brothers, Allan C. Mott and Charles L. Mott, both of Indianapolis, and 10 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Speedway Terrace Baptist Church, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Gideons International.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

WALTER PERINO, 87, of Memphis, retired from Mid-America Auto Parts, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Castalia Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a deacon of Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Perino, the husband of Jessie Ella Gunn Perino, also leaves a daughter, Ella Denise Perino, and a son, Walter Perino Jr., both of Memphis, and a grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

JOE E. PERKINS, 60, of 1547 Doris Cove, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. Mr. Perkins, the husband of Wyvonia Perkins, also leaves two daughters, Beverly Daniel and Sharon Fitzpatrick; a son, Gregory Perkins; two sisters, Mary Ann Taylor and Bonnie Mae Sharp; a brother, John Whitley, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

EVANGELINE BRANCH PERRY, 78, of 681 Marianna, retired domestic worker, died Saturday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church mother board. Mrs. Perry, the widow of Tillman Perry, leaves a stepdaughter, Eula Marie Lovett of Reston, Va.; a stepson, Tillman Perry Jr. of California; two sisters, Isabella Williams of Birmingham and Mignonette Alexander of Lansing, Mich.; a brother, Wilks Branch of Chandler, Ariz., and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

LOUISE JACKSON PEWETT, 65, of Memphis, retired line worker for AT&T;, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Family Mortuary. She was a member of Prosperity Baptist Church. Mrs. Pewett, the widow of Jessie Pewett, leaves a son, Carl J. Burns; four sisters, Dorothy J. Cain, Bernice J. Mickens, Renita J. Reed and Elizabeth J. Irby and four brothers, Charles Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Elgin Jackson and Virgil L. Jackson, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

HUSIE BOVENDER ROTHROCK, 93, of Jonesboro, Ark., formerly of Memphis and Osceola, Ark., homemaker, died Monday at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. She was a member of Osceola First Baptist Church. Mrs. Rothrock, the widow of George Edward Rothrock, leaves a daughter, Suzanne Rothrock Hackney of Jonesboro; two sisters, Sara Taylor and Betty Sue Fulton and a brother, J. A. Bovender, all of Winston Salem, N.C., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center or Osceola First Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 24, 2002]

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