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CHARLES FORD, 70, of Memphis, retired musician, died Tuesday at Quality Care Center. Memorial services will be at noon Saturday at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. Millington Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two sisters, Ruby F. Webb of Memphis and Alean F. Carter of Chicago and two brothers, Sylvester Ford and Clarence Ford, both of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
AVA LEE WHITWORTH GILLESPIE, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Millington Healthcare. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Rugby Hills Baptist Church. Mrs. Gillespie, the wife of Louis P. Gillespie, also leaves two daughters, Marie Weigandt of Munford, Tenn., and Virginia Parks of Little Rock; a son, Roger Neal Gillespie of Denham Springs, La., and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
SYLVIA RENA GREEN, 35, of Memphis, certified nursing assistant for High Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Center, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eudora Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando with burial in the church cemetery. B. T. Auston & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Green, the wife of Michael Green, also leaves a daughter, Ronesha Pettigrew; a son, Corshun Love; her parents, Robert L. Braxton and Sarah Braxton; three sisters, Barbara Pollard, Jacqueline Cole and Karen Braxton and three brothers, L. A. Braxton, Robert A. Braxton and Carl O. Braxton, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
BOBBY LEE HALL, 65, of Memphis, retired mechanic, died Sept. 11 in Memphis. Services were Saturday at Waters Funeral Home in Baldwyn, Miss., with burial in Lebanon cemetery there. Mr. Hall, the husband of Mary Louise Wood Hall for 47 years, also leaves two daughters, Betty Jane Burress and Terry Lynn Gehl; his mother, Mary Ellen Hamblin of Tupelo, Miss.; a sister, Martha Dean Hill; two brothers, Jimmy Stokes Hall and Jerry Wayne Hall; a half-sister, Annie Catherine Bryson, and six grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
LOUISE TAYLOR HALL, 79, of Memphis, formerly of Elba, Ala., homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest cemetery in Elba. Hayes Funeral Home in Elba has charge. Friendship (Tenn.) Funeral Home has local charge. She was a member of Crestview Baptist Church. Mrs. Hall, the widow of O. V. Hall, leaves a daughter, Brenda Foreman of Memphis; two sisters, Ruby White of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Ruth Boothe of Opp, Ala., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society, Methodist Alliance Hospice or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
CORA BELL JONES, 77, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Willie J. Jones, leaves two daughters, Joyce J. Mosley of Houston and Katie L. Tyler of Memphis; two sons, Bobby J. Jones and Gary Jones, both of Memphis; two sisters, Ella C. Fondren of Sardis, Miss., and Josephine Vollintine of Batesville, Miss.; a brother, Odell Draper of Sardis, 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
WILLIE JACKIE HOUSTON JONES, 87, of West Memphis, died Saturday at West Memphis Health Care & Rehab. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. She leaves a nephew and a sister-in-law who cared for her, Joey Houston and Doris Houston, both of West Memphis.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
A. A. 'PETE' LAWSON, 76, of Southaven, salesman and manufacturer's representative, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and a World War II and Korean War Navy veteran. Mr. Lawson, the widower of Barbara Ann Lawson, leaves a daughter, Katheryn R. Lawson of Southaven; a son, A. Lee Lawson of Arlington; two half-sisters, Gwen Olson of Harrison, Ark., and Betty Hopper of Huntsville, Tenn.; a half-brother, Arthur Lawson of Williford, Ark., and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
JOSEPH KEITH LINEBERRY, 34, of Hornsby, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retail salesman, died Aug. 22 at his home. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Faith Cumberland Road Presbyterian Church on Appling. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He leaves his parents, Verlinda Lineberry of Hornsby and George Lineberry of Bartlett; a brother, Brian Lineberry of Bartlett, and his grandmother, Velma Barnes of Hornsby. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or the Leukemia Foundation.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
JOHN W. MASON JR., 54, of Paris, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, former welder and draftsman for Hinson Boiler Works in Walls, died Monday at his home. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Maplewood cemetery. McEvoy Funeral Home in Paris has charge. He was a Baptist. He leaves a daughter, Michelle Hiatt of Olive Branch; a son, Dennis Mason of Woodward, Okla.; his mother, Marjorie McFarland Mason, and a sister, Sue Williams, both of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
JERRY McCLENDON, 43, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Sharondra McClendon and Kendra McClendon and his parents, Effie McClendon and Lindon Q. McClendon, all of Memphis; seven sisters, Barbara Isom, Gail Lane, Jacquelyn McClendon, Ladorise McClendon, Chastity McClendon and Marilyn McClendon, all of Memphis, and Joyce McRay of Milwaukee; four brothers, Lindon Q. McClendon Jr., Vernon McClendon, Curtis McClendon and Randy McClendon, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
ALBERT McGHEE, 62, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Parkway Rehab. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Dean Hill Church cemetery in Nesbit. Mr. McGhee, the husband of Mary P. McGhee, also leaves two daughters, Phyllis McGhee and Yolanda McGhee, both of Atlanta; two sons, Albert Joe McGhee of Memphis and Marvin McGhee of Oklahoma City; three stepdaughters, Annie Black, Susie Tynes and Belinda Jones; a sister, Annie Ruth Lockett and three brothers, Robert Brown, Eddie McGhee and Jessie McGhee, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
LAWRENCE LEE MOORE, 39, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Union cemetery. Superior Funeral Home-Hollywood Chapel has charge. Mr. Moore, the husband of Benniether Moore, also leaves a daughter, Chandra Moore and a son, Lawrence Lee Moore Jr., and Johnny Moore.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
E. LORENE OSBORNE, 71, of Memphis, retired teacher from Hamilton High School, died Monday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. She was past president of Memphis Education Association and Memphis Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, member of NAACP, the first graduating class of Leadership Memphis, League of Women Voters, Panel of American Women, Voulants and YWCA and graduate of LeMoyne-Owen College. Mrs. Osborne, the widow of Fred Osborne Jr., leaves two daughters, Donna Bradley of St. Louis and Karen Osborne of Memphis; three brothers, Leonard Anderson of Atlanta, Willie Anderson of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Ronald Anderson of Los Angeles, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
CAROL E. PETERS, 65, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. She leaves three daughters, Karen Campbell of Memphis, Patti James of El Dorado Hills, Calif., and Lisa Smith of Costa Mesa, Calif.; a son, Michael Keema of Carmel Valley, Calif.; a sister, Nancy Barker of Salinas, Calif., six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 19, 2002]
