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

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SARAH G. MULLINS QUINLEY, 73, of Covington, retired corporate secretary for Mays Howard Lumber Co., died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Covington First United Methodist Church, where she served as treasurer, with burial in R. H. Munford cemetery in Covington. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington has charge. She was a state officer for the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge 316, treasurer for Byars Hall High School Class of 1946 and was a member of Covington Garden Club and Covington Bridge Club. Mrs. Quinley, the widow of Reese Mullins and the wife of Earl Quinley, also leaves three daughters, Suzanne M. German of Dresden, Tenn., and Charlotte Quinley and Deborah David, both of Covington; a son, Walter Mullins of Covington; four sisters, Alcia Baum, Katie Lou Cates, Linnie Lord and Brenda Roberts, all of Covington; four brothers, Richard Gay of Shreveport, La., and Bobby Gay, Max Gay and Hughes Gay, all of Covington, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Covington First United Methodist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

JANE GILFILLAN TYSON, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a charter member of Thalia Circle of the King's Daughters. Mrs. Tyson, the wife of Dr. William T. Tyson Jr. for 60 years, also leaves a daughter, Lynn Sherrod Tyson; a son, William T. Tyson III, and a sister, Josephine G. Seabrook, all of Memphis, three grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Idlewild Presbyterian Church or the Memphis Humane Society.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

MARTHA COUSAR SANDERS WAKEFIELD, 70, of Rosemark, office manager of Russann Lumber Co. and retired branch administrator for Metropolitan Life Insurance, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home. She was a member of Rosemark Baptist Church. Mrs. Wakefield, the wife of Russell Wakefield, also leaves a daughter, Sharon Goin of Bartlett; two sons, Robert Anthony Sanders Jr. and Michael Sanders of Nashville; a stepson, John Wakefield of Memphis; two sisters, Mary Cousar Cole of Drummonds and Eleanor Cousar Talley of Munford; a brother, Oren Cousar of Burlison, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

JOHN E. WARD, 64, of Memphis, formerly of Como, Miss., ceramics and pottery factory employee, died Tuesday at his home. Services were Sunday at Braham Chapel CME Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home in Senatobia, Miss., had charge. Mr. Ward, the husband of Bernice Hightower Ward, also leaves three daughters, Bernadine W. Jackson of Cordova, and Pearlie M. DePriest and Patricia Hathaway, both of Memphis; five sisters, Elizabeth Sanders, Martha Henderson and Cordelia Ward, all of Sardis, Miss., Morsie Wright of Memphis and Mattie Wilson of Jackson, Miss.; four brothers, James Ward and Isaac Ward, both of Milwaukee, Clyde Ward of Kansas City, Kan., and Ricky Ward of Sardis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

E. JOAN WARMACK, 62, of Anniston, Ala., formerly of Memphis, retired nurse, died Saturday at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Thompson Funeral Home in Piedmont, Ala., with burial in Union Grove cemetery. She was a member of Saks Church of Christ. Mrs. Warmack, the wife of Dennis Warmack, also leaves two sons, Steve Warmack of Anniston and Brandon Warmack of Memphis; a sister, Frances Dobbs of Spring Garden, Ala.; three brothers, Billy Jennings of Birmingham, Davis Jennings of Franklin and John W. Jennings of Centre, Ala., and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

JOHN WILLIAMS, 75, of Memphis, retired sanitation worker for the City of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Jefferson Mortuary in Millington with burial in Gilfield cemetery in Arlington. Mr. Williams, the husband of Lee Ethel Greer Williams, also leaves six sisters, Emma Pugh and Shirley Cates, both of Mason, Florene Williams of Arlington, Flozine Smith and Betty Smith, both of Memphis, and Peggy A. Dotson of Millington, and two brothers, Bill Williams and Samuel Wiggins, both of Memphis.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

LELAND WILLIAMS, 82, of Memphis, retired insurance agent, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery in Collierville. Collierville Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Williams, the husband of Ruth Stafford Williams, also leaves two sons, Shad Williams of Adamsville, Tenn., and Preston Williams of Memphis; two sisters, Virginia Hatley of Memphis and Francis Fair Williams of Collierville, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 26, 2002]

X. L. JEFFIE ALLRED, 88, of Memphis, inspector for General Electric, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Whitten Memorial Baptist Church. Mr. Allred, the widower of Albie Allred, leaves a daughter, Shirley Martz of Memphis; two sons, Charles Allred of Oakland, Tenn., and Ken Allred of Memphis, 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

COL. JOHN HUGH BAUER, 81, of Memphis, retired from the Army and retired attorney, died Friday at his home. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, Military Order of The World Wars and Tennessee Retired Officers Association, former president and chairman of the Fraternal Order of Police, police department counselor, teacher for the University of Memphis and the University of Mississippi, a World War II and Korean War veteran, recipient of the Bronze Star and Silver Star and communicant of St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett. Mr. Bauer, the widower of Charlotte Bauer, leaves a daughter, Charlotte Ann Trask of Memphis; a son, John Hugh Bauer Jr. of Collierville; a brother, William P. Bauer Jr. of Nashville, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

CLEDIECE WEBSTER BRANNAM, 96, of Memphis, formerly of Kennett, Mo., Church of Christ minister, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Roller Family Funeral Home with graveside services at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dunklin County Memorial Gardens in Kennett. He was a charter member of Freed-Hardeman University Preachers Hall of Fame, ministered to Slicer Street Church of Christ and Bakerville Church of Christ, superintendent of Homecrest Children's Home in Kennett and Bible teacher and visitation minister of Quince Road Church of Christ. Mr. Brannam, the widower of Lucille Blain Brannam, leaves a daughter, Gloria B. Elliott of Memphis; a son, Dwain W. Brannam of Hernando, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Quince Road Church of Christ Brannam Scholarship.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

DOROTHY L. BRASHAW, 76, of Covington, maid, died Tuesday at her home. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. today at Barlow Funeral Home in Covington. She leaves a son, Melvin Cotton of Covington.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

BLANCHE B. BROWN, 67, of Memphis, retired from the City of Germantown, died Saturday at Allenbrooke Nursing Home. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Canaan Baptist Church. She leaves three daughters, Tracy Lashone Brown, Sandra Denise Brown and Carolyn Ann Eskridge; six sons, Carl Brown, Paul William Brown, Nernest Y. Beasley, Quentin Brown, Ricky Gregory Brown and Wayne David Brown, and her father, Joseph Mhoon, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

NORMA HERREN BROWN, 71, of Cordova, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Messiah Lutheran Church, where she was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Brown, the wife of Leland Brown, also leaves two daughters, Patty Sanders and Jennifer Green, both of Cordova; a son, David Brown of Atoka, Tenn.; a brother, Gordon Herren of Cordova, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Messiah Lutheran Church Altar Guild.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

OVENIA CARTER, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Senior Services Healthcare Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Academy Baptist Church in Ripley, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Raleigh Baptist Church. Mrs. Carter, the widow of James Douglas Carter, leaves a daughter, Rena Mangum of Memphis; three sons, Don A. Carter of Memphis, Jerry Kelon Carter of Tulsa, Okla., and James Randy Carter of Snow, Okla., 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

MARY B. CLARK, 91, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anne Church on Highland, where she was a communicant, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Clark, the widow of R. W. Clark, leaves a son, Barry Clark of Germantown. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated August 25, 2002]

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