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JEWEL COLEMAN CHENNAULT, 90, of Nesbit, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Progressive Care of Southaven. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Memorial Park. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando has charge. She was a member of Horn Lake First Baptist Church. Mrs. Chennault, the widow of Howard Coleman, leaves a daughter, Doris McDaniel of Nesbit, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

RUBY ELLA COOK, 83, of Memphis, formerly of Jackson, Tenn., retired secretary from Ely Walker Dry Goods, died Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and a graduate of Union High School in Jackson. Mrs. Cook, the widow of Newton A. Cook Jr., leaves a daughter, Linda Suzanne Dale of Houston; two sons, Newton Earl Cook of Tequesta, Fla., and Jack Edward Cook of Memphis; a sister, Wilma Thompson of Jackson, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Covenant Presbyterian Church.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

LEONARD THOMAS COSSEY, 79, of Memphis, retired supervisor from Memphis Light, Gas & Water, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a deacon of Ridgeway Baptist Church and a Mason. Mr. Cossey, the husband of Mary Bell Cossey for 55 years, also leaves a daughter, Janice Davis of Jonesboro, Ark.; a son, Ronald Cossey of Albuquerque; a sister, Ouida Miller of Burnsville, Miss., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ridgeway Baptist Church.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

HENRY THOMAS DAILY, 88, of Cedar Grove, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired sheet metal worker for Walker J. Walker Co., died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Mr. Daily, the husband of Margaret Daily and widower of Mary Elizabeth Daily, also leaves two daughters, Priscilla Forgacs of Middleburg, Fla., and Pamela Daily Badowski of Arlington; a son, Thomas Michael Daily of Lilburn, Ga.; two sisters, Opal Lindsey and Elizabeth Scott, both of Nesbit, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to American Heart Association.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

ROBERT DAWSON, 91, of Memphis, engineer, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Methodist. Mr. Dawson was the husband of Esther T. Dawson.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

EMMA L. FISHER, 94, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Southern Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a member of Whitestone Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Fisher, the widow of Mack Fisher, leaves a daughter, Georgia Fisher and a son, Mack Fisher Jr., both of Memphis, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

LATOSHA E. HOBSON GREEN, 26, of Moscow, Tenn., died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Williston, Tenn., where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. H. C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mrs. Green, the wife of Melvin Green, also leaves a daughter, Cardedria Hobson of Somerville, Tenn.; her parents, Thelma Adams of Somerville and John Allen Hobson of Williston; five sisters, Carmita Hobson of Somerville, Joann Hammond and Kathy Combs, both of Nashville, Sharon Bogan of Memphis and Jacqueline Bogan of Moscow; a brother, William Bogan of Brownsville, Tenn.; a stepbrother, Dedric Wallace of Moscow, and her grandmother, Sally Hobson of Oakland, Tenn.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

CYNTHIA DARLENE HALL, 26, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two sons, D'Anfernee Hall and Shaquille Maurice Hall, and her mother, Lottie Mae Hall, all of Memphis; five sisters, Christie Hall, Tanzie Killebrew and Beverly Riddle, all of Memphis, Candice Hall of Los Angeles and Eliza Sledge of Chicago, and two brothers, Tim Sledge of Chicago and Terry Riddle of Memphis.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

FRANCIS MADERO HARKNESS, 86, of Munford, Tenn., inspector for Naval Support Activity Mid-South, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Poplar Grove Assembly of God. Mr. Harkness, the husband of Vashtie Potts Harkness, also leaves a daughter, Betty J. Vinson of Millington; three sons, Douglas M. Harkness and Jessie L. Harkness, both of Munford, and Dennis S. Harkness of Antioch, Tenn.; a sister, Mable Barmer of Memphis, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

IRVIN LAVERNE HARPER, 36, of Memphis, employee of Memphis Auto Center, died Tuesday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a communicant of St. Patrick Catholic Church. He leaves a daughter, La Quita Harper; two sons, Irvin Laverne Harper and John Harper; his father, Irvin Carlock, and four sisters, Rose Carlock, Pamela Carlock, Shirley Harper and Retha Harper, all of Memphis, and five brothers, David Harper, Sherman Harper, David Hines and Calvin Hines, all of Memphis, and James Harper of Des Moines, Iowa.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

LAURA A. HARRIS, 74, of Memphis, retired secretary from Dunbar High School, died Monday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in New Park cemetery. S. W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Berean Baptist Church. Mrs. Harris, the widow of Robert Harris, leaves three daughters, Regina M. Burton, Selena V. Jones and Clovicta L. Harris, all of Memphis; two sons, Frederick N. Moore of Memphis and Everett T. Harris of Dallas; three stepdaughters, Joni Hunter, Audrey Howard and Kimberly Norton, all of Freeport, Ill., 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

THOMAS D. 'T. D.' HARRISON, 75, of Memphis, retired baker from Keathley Bakery, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Mr. Harrison, the husband of Estella Harrison for 54 years, also leaves two daughters, Nancy Leem of Covington, Tenn., and Rita Pass of Bartlett; a son, Randall Harrison of Clarksville, Tenn.; three sisters, Frances Ammons of Lakeland, Eldridge Childress of Halls, Tenn., and Joyce Fitzgerald of Oxnard, Calif.; two brothers, James Harrison of Ripley, Tenn., and Amos Harrison of Pope, Miss., 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

DOROTHY M. HOBBS, 59, of Memphis, transportation worker for Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven, died there Wednesday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Middle Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Hobbs, the wife of Charles S. Hobbs, also leaves three daughters, Annette Hobbs, Sheila D. Hobbs and Cynthia Jernigan, all of Memphis; two sons, Aaron Hobbs of Memphis and Reginald Finley of California; her parents, Mary Bennett and Clarence Bennett, both of Toledo, Ohio; four sisters, Della Weaver and Martha Williams, both of Memphis, Earline Williams of Atlanta and Vanessa Bennett of Toledo; three brothers, Robert Lee Williams and Roosevelt Williams, both of Atlanta, and Clarence Bennett Jr. of Toledo, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

GRETA GRAHAM HOLLINGS WORTH, 70, of Memphis, died Tuesday in Memphis. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a member and organist for Bellevue Baptist Church and former Miss Memphis and Miss Tennessee. Mrs. Hollingsworth, the wife of John Gordon Hollingsworth Jr. for 50 years, also leaves two daughters, Nan Gill and Meg James; four sons, Jay Hollingsworth, Dan Hollingsworth, Ted Hollingsworth and Joe Hollingsworth, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Porter Leath Children's Home or Memphis Chapter of The Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

VINCENT EDWARD JENKINS, infant son of Delphine Jenkins and Jonas E. Jenkins Jr., both of Memphis, died Wednesday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves two sisters, Gelisa Jenkins and Paula Jenkins, and a brother, Jonas Jenkins III, all of Memphis, and his grandfather, John Ester Rodgers of Sardis, Miss.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

ALBERT LOUIS JONES, 74, of Memphis, retired from Northrop, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves five daughters, Stephanie O'Toole of Milwaukee, Connie Jones of South Carolina, Stephanie Miller of Lakewood, Calif., Jennifer Peoples of Memphis and Martha Ruth Thomas of Bruce, Miss.; six sons, James Jones, Jimmie Jones, Kevin Jones and Sonny Jones, all of Milwaukee, Eric Jones of Chicago and David Jones of Houston; three sisters, Bobbie S. Jones and Mary Louise Ezell and Cathy Jones, both of Milwaukee; three brothers, Eddie C. Jones and Freddie W. Jones, both of Memphis, and Arlis Jones of Milwaukee; a companion with whom he lived, Eva Reddick, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated February 21, 2002]

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