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FRANK BARRETT, 93, of Cordova, retired district superintendent from Marathon Oil Co., died Saturday at Fox Acres Assisted Care Living. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at St. Philip Episcopal Church, where he was a member. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Barrett, the husband of Virginia D. Barrett, also leaves a daughter, Cora Lee Seale of California; a son, Dr. Fred Barrett of Cordova, seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to Crossroads Hospice or St. Philip Episcopal Church.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
BETTY LOUISE BRATCHER, 56, of Memphis, retired accounts receivable employee from Methodist Healthcare, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church, Taxidermy Association and National Wildlife Association. Mrs. Bratcher, the wife of Johnny D. Bratcher, also leaves two daughters, Deborah Lynn Roderick of Bartlett and Dana Louise Bratcher of Memphis; a sister, Barbara Gentry of Benton, Ark.; a brother, Louis Franklin Hurst of Senatobia, Miss., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center Research Fund, American Cancer Society or the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
ROBERT 'MACDAFI' LEE BROOKS JR., 25, of Memphis, recording artist for Ambush Co., died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a graduate of Wooddale High School. He leaves a daughter, Darnice Brooks; two sons, Robert Lee Brooks III and Darmain Brooks; his parents, Brenda Brooks and Robert Lee Brooks; two sisters, Tanya Brooks-Hullett and Michelle Horton; two stepsisters, Robin Brooks and Erica Brooks; a stepbrother, Bryan Brooks, and his grandmothers, Rosie Ivory and Minnie Cooper, all of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
BARBARA JOYCE HENKE COFER, 56, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with graveside service at 1 p.m. at Eudora (Miss.) cemetery. She was a Baptist. She leaves a daughter, Cynthia Cofer Hyde of Memphis; her father, John T. Henke of Lamar, Miss.; a sister, Rita Hall of Somerville, and a grandson. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Arthritis Foundation in Memphis.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
CHRISTIAN SHAUN DACUS, infant son of Amanda and William Dacus of West Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services were Monday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. He also leaves a sister, Skilar Dacus, and a brother, William Ethan Dacus, both of West Memphis; his grandparents, Mary and Steve Sarten of Covington, and Lisa Wooten and Michael Wooten of West Memphis, and his great-grandparents, Leona and Carl Dieterlen of Quito, Tenn., and Wilma and A. C. Floyd of Drummonds.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
BESSIE M. DUGGER, 81, of Memphis, died Saturday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was an usher and deaconess of Greater Whitestone Baptist Church. She leaves five daughters, Margaret Clark, Dorothy Brown, Martha Tate, Gwendolyn Brown and Tonja Wynn, all of Memphis; three sons, Charles Dugger Jr. and Andrew Dugger, both of Memphis, and Melvin Dugger of San Diego, 30 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
DORAN D. DURFEE, 73, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Memphis, retired sports equipment manager from the University of Memphis and retired chief petty officer from the Navy after 23 years, died Aug. 11 at Valley Lutheran Hospital in Mesa. Bunker's Desert View Funeral Home in Mesa has charge. Mr. Durfee, the husband of Patricia Durfee for 52 years, also leaves four sons, Michael Durfee of Spokane, Wash., David Durfee and Frank Durfee, both of Mesa, and James Durfee of Midland, Texas, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
ZETTIE IRENE EASLEY, 82, of Earle, homemaker, died Sunday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at First Assembly of God in Marked Tree, where she was a member, with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Murphy Funeral Home in Marked Tree has charge. Mrs. Easley, the widow of Lester Easley, leaves seven daughters, Betty Vannatter and Ruby Russell, both of Earle, Eula Mae Taylor and Shirley McClelland, both of Turrell, Janice Blaylock of Wynne, Ark., Martha McBryde of West Memphis and Connie Keithley of Marion; two sons, Donald Hooker of Heafer, Ark., and James Hooker of West Memphis; three sisters, Evelyn Peak of Earle, Nettie Bea Echols of Trumann, Ark., and Imogene Wade of Alabama; a brother, Cloyes Hamilton of Marked Tree, Ark., 31 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
JAMES A. HOLCOMB JR., 56, of Memphis, freelance artist, died Sept. 7 at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Lisa Ferri of Memphis; a son, Ross Holcomb of Martin, Tenn.; his father, James A. Holcomb of Florida; three sisters, Noni Gardner of Lake Forest, Ill., Jamie Henwood of Memphis and Susan Grove of St. Simons Island, Ga.; two brothers, Dr. Hampton A. Holcomb of Memphis and David Harrington of Clearwater, Fla., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Hope Christian Community Foundation Jay Hatchett Holcomb Fund.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
DR. EARL ROBERTS HORN, 77, of Memphis, retired optometrist, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. He was a member of Gracewood Baptist Church, a World War II veteran, charter member of Whitehaven Lions Club, a Mason and former chairman of the Southern College of Optometry Board of Trustees. Dr. Horn, the husband of Dortha Horn for 55 years, also leaves a son, Glen Horn of Pensacola, Fla.; a sister, Marcelle Mims of Memphis, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Gracewood Baptist Church, Southern College of Optometry or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
MARY REA HUBBARD, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Egypt Baptist Church VIP Club. Mrs. Hubbard, the widow of Floyd Hubbard, leaves a daughter, Peggy Dobbs of Nesbit; four sons, Marion Hubbard of Byhalia, Miss., Milton Gene Hubbard and Aubrey Hubbard, both of Bartlett, and Bobby Hubbard of Memphis, 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
TERRY LAVELLE MAGEE, 58, of Horn Lake, owner of Delta Plumbing, Inc., died Sunday at Reelfoot Lake in Tiptonville Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Mr. Magee, the husband of Cindy Magee, also leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Watkins of Horn Lake; a son, Terry Magee Jr. of Brandon, Miss.; a stepdaughter, Renee Schoggen of Southaven; a stepson, Joey Dwayne Byrd of Horn Lake; a sister, Amanda Foshee of Jackson, Miss., seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
YVONNE A. MARSHALL, 46, of Memphis, died Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Middle Baptist Church in Whitehaven with burial in New Park cemetery. Superior Funeral Home-Hollywood Chapel has charge. Mrs. Marshall, the widow of Elisha Marshall, leaves a daughter, Deidra Turner of Osceola, Ark.; two sons, Deadrick Turner and Melvin Turner Jr.; her mother, Dorothy Pointer; four sisters, Sandra Clark, Yvette Williams, Miltonette Moore and Denise Shorter; four brothers, Andrew Pointer, Donald Pointer of Los Angeles, Michael Love and Milton Love, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
VIRGINIA HOLLOWELL OLIVER, 92, of Hernando, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-South. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Grove CME Church in Eudora, Miss., with burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home of Hernando has charge. Mrs. Oliver, the widow of Larmy Oliver, leaves two sisters, Verdell Simmons of Memphis and Edlee Watson of Chicago, and a brother, T. C. Hollowell of Chicago.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
JOHN ALBERT PICKARD, 81, of Munford, merchant for an automobile agency, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Munford First Methodist Church and the Tipton Masonic Lodge. Mr. Pickard, the husband of Wilma Hamilton Pickard, also leaves a sister, Dorothy Hooper of Memphis.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
MARY QUINN, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Crossroads United Methodist Church. Mrs. Quinn, the wife of William F. Quinn, also leaves three daughters, Anita Pridemore, Deborah Quinn and Cathy Clayton, all of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated September 17, 2002]
