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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

GenealogyBuff.com - TENNESSEE - Shelby County Obituary and Death Notice Collection - 42

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JANETTE AKIN, 71, of Millington, sales clerk at the Navy Exchange Commissary, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. She was a member of East Acres Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Diane Pearson and Jan Ballard, both of Burlison; a brother, Dink Allred Jr. of Tupelo, Miss., and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Methodist Alliance Hospice.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

HOLLEN HARGROVE BARKLEY, 92, of Hermitage, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired from M.M. Cohen, died Friday at Nashville. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Mrs. Barkley, the widow of Roy Leon Barkley, leaves a daughter, Gail Nicar of Franklin; a son, Gary L. Barkley of Hermitage, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Prescott Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

MARGARETTE BARNES, 86, of Collierville, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Collierville United Methodist Church. Mrs. Barnes, the widow of J.W. Barnes, leaves two daughters, Barbara Houck of Collierville and Donna Hardin of Como, Miss.; a son, James A. Barnes of Olive Branch, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

DELLA MAE BETHEL, 72, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Bethel, the widow of Robert Bethel, also leaves three sons, D.L. Woodley, Arthur Stitts and Robert Bethel Jr., and a stepdaughter, Carrie Johnson, all of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

SILVIO J. BOSI, 88, of Memphis, retired owner of Bosi and Sons Grocery, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Church of the Little Flower Catholic Church with burial in Calvary. He was a member of St. Vincent DePaul and the Italian Society. Mr. Bosi, the husband of Magdalene F. Bosi, also leaves two daughters, Sylvia B. Creedon of Collierville and Deborah B. Jenkins of Memphis; three sons, Robert J. Bosi, Edward A. Bosi and Eugene M. Bosi, and a sister, Dolly B. Pierantoni, all of Memphis; a brother, Joseph Bosi of West Memphis, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Poor Clares Monastery or Madonna Day School.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

EUGENE M. BOSWELL, 71, of Bartlett, formerly of Covington, retired shipping clerk for International Harvester, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in R.H. Munford cemetery there. He was a member of Ellendale Baptist Church, UAW Local 988 and Fraser Masonic Lodge 746 and was a Navy veteran. Mr. Boswell, the husband of Mary Boswell, also leaves a daughter, Burma Grayson of Bartlett; a son, Myron Boswell of Memphis; a brother, Mick ie Boswell of Oakland, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

JODY M. BYNUM, 19, of Cordova, student at Columbia School of Broadcasting, died Thursday at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and a graduate of Cordova High School. He leaves his parents, Jance D. and Michael D. Bynum, and his brothers, Christopher Bynum and John Bynum, all of Cordova; his grandparents, Wilma and Forrest Bynum of Mountain Home, Ark., and his great-grandmother, Novie Gaskins of Wynne, Ark. The family requests that memorials be made to American Lymphoma Society.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

PAUL AARON CHAPMAN, 90, of Ashland, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired from Sealtest Dairies, died Saturday at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley, Miss. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Memory Gardens. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a member of Quails Unlimited. Mr. Chapman, the husband of Kathryn Wise Chapman for 62 years, also leaves two sons, Paul C. Chapman of Falkner, Miss., and Mike W. Chapman of Ashland; a sister, Bernice Van Horn of Hughes, Ark., and two stepsisters, Linda Chapman and Nancy Chapman, both of Memphis, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

DAVID ARTHUR CLARK, 73, of Memphis, former coach and teacher, died Friday at Blue Grass Hospital in Versailles, Ky. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. He leaves three daughters, Tanya S. Clark and Donna Clark, both of Versailles, and Dr. Wanda C. Gonsalves of Lexington; a sister, Lula Boarders of Memphis; two brothers, William F. Gunter of Chicago and Watson P. Gunter of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

FRANK EDWARD COLEMAN, 77, of Memphis, regional sales manager at Kendall Co., died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Mass will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where he was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran who received the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with one star, the American Theatre Medal, the Philippine Operations Medal and the Victory Medal. Mr. Coleman, the husband of Dorothy Nash Coleman for 50 years, also leaves two daughters, Nancy Coleman Lanigan and Kay Coleman Johnson, and three sons, Frank Edward Coleman Jr., Jack Matthew Coleman and David Michael Coleman, all of Memphis; a brother, James Preston Coleman of New Orleans, and nine grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ave Maria Home or the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

JAMES DeVORE, 56, of Atoka, formerly of Collierville, routeman for Wonder Bread, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. He was a member of Kirk Christian Church and was a former Mason. Mr. DeVore, the widower of Deborah DeVore, leaves two daughters, Tammy Teems of Atoka and Misty Maynard of Nashville; a sister, Betty Farina of Boston; six brothers, Thomas Paul DeVore, Curtis Franklin DeVore, Billy DeVore, Lloyd Elton DeVore, Floyd Velton DeVore and Donnie Ray DeVore, all of Collierville, and five grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

GEORGE 'HOLLIS' FAWCETT, 75, of Somerville, retired from Troxel Manufacturing, died Aug. 20 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar, Tenn., with burial in Wesley cemetery in Silerton, Tenn. He was a Baptist and a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Fawcett, the widower of Gladys Louise Fawcett, also leaves two sons, Larry Wayne Fawcett of Clarksville, Tenn., and Marvin L. Fawcett of Somerville; four sisters, Hazel Orr and Irene Orr, both of Jonesboro, Ark., Ruby Weaver of Walls, Miss., and Hazel Smith of Hayti, Mo.; four brothers, Robert Fawcett of Brownsville, Tenn., Wade Fawcett of Sanford, N.C., John Fawcett of Rochelle, Ill., and Kenneth Rutledge of Algonquin, Ill., a companion with whom he lived, Jewell Brown, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

NORMA JEAN COLSON HALEY, 65, of Somerville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, accountant, bookkeeper and office receptionist for Rhea Clinic in Somerville, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services were Saturday at Somerville Church of Christ with burial in Fayette County Memorial Park cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar, Tenn., had charge. She was a member of Arlington Church of Christ. Mrs. Haley, the wife of Thomas Austin Haley, also leaves two daughters, Melinda Thompson of Memphis and Karen Haley Hjerpe of Oakland; two sons, Paul W. Haley of Arlington and Tharen E. Haley of Bolivar; a sister, Gwinda Colson of Memphis, and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Memphis School of Preaching.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

JOANN HARRIS, 65, of West Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Mrs. Harris, the widow of David Harris, leaves three daughters, Lynn Inman and Jennifer Harris, both of West Memphis, and Betty Chambers of Marion; three sons, James Byers of Columbia, S.C., Roy Graham of Trumann, Ark., and David F. Harris of Southaven; a sister, Earlana Prescott of Columbia; a brother, Claude Logan of Detroit, 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

J.K. McCRACKEN, 70, of Memphis, laborer, died Thursday at Springgate Nursing Home. Services were Saturday at Pleasant Grove Church with burial in Union. Family Mortuary has charge. He leaves six daughters, Sandra Kay McCracken, Sandra McCracken, Katie Mae Payne, Patricia Johnson and Mary Ann Harris, all of Memphis, and Diane Taylor of East Louis, Ill.; six sons, Patrick Lynn McCracken of Norfolk, Va., and Kevin LaShun McCracken, Tommie Joe Hawkins, Henry Lee Hawkins, Maurice Hawkins and L.C Hawkins, all of Memphis; four sisters, Ophelia McIntosh, Jannie W. Howard, George Alice Houston and Delois Jones, and two brothers, Dudley McCracken and L.C. McCracken Jr., all of Memphis, 57 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

ROBERT N. RANEY, 81, of Memphis, retired captain for the City of Memphis Fire Department, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a member of Liberty Memorial Baptist Church, the O.K. Houck Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite and was a World War II Navy veteran who received the American Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. Mr. Raney, the husband of Era Gustafson Raney, also leaves a daughter, Betty Jones of Olive Branch; a brother, H.E. Kyle of Memphis, six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Liberty Memorial Baptist Church.
[Obit dated September 1, 2002]

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