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ARTHUR LEONARD GRONBERG, 91, of Huntsville, Ala., formerly of Memphis, retired minister from Ascension Lutheran Church, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ascension Lutheran Church with burial in Blossom Hill cemetery in Badger, Iowa. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mr. Gronberg, the widower of Ruth M. Gronberg, leaves two daughters, Karen Ruebush of Parkville, Mo., and Edith Johnson of Jasper, Ind.; two sons, James Gronberg of Birchwood, Wis., and John Gronberg of Huntsville; a sister, Esther Gronberg of Andover, N.J., nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ascension Lutheran Church.
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LEROY HAILEY, 64, of 251 Grandville, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Saturday at All Believers Faith & Christian Center with burial in Shiloh Baptist Church cemetery in Southaven. T. H. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Betty J. Hailey Glover, and two sisters, Lillie Gardner and Mildred Felix, all of Memphis, and six brothers, Robert Hailey, T. C. Hailey, Henry Hailey and Ollie Hailey, all of Southaven, and Willie Hailey and Larry Hailey, both of Memphis.
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SADIE HAYES, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday in Collierville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. Mrs. Hayes, the widow of Garner Hayes, leaves three daughters, Barbara Ray and Kay Johnson, both of Baton Rouge, La., and Lynn Donnell of Collierville; a son, Don Hayes of Memphis; a sister, Lora Pearl Blakely of Ramer, Tenn.; a brother, Robert Kirk of Bethel Springs, Tenn., 14 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
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GENEVA VICTORIA HUTCHISON, 88, of Memphis, retired seamstress for Memphis Cotton Carnival, died Wednesday at American Transitional Rehab Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Jackson Avenue United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hutchison, the widow of Dan Hutchison, leaves two daughters, Frances Hays of Gillette, Wyo., and Vickey Beckman of Bath, Maine; two sons, Bill Hutchison of Memphis and Danny Hutchison of California, 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Jackson Avenue United Methodist Church.
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KENNETH O'DONNELLE LaVELLE, 42, of Brighton, cotton warehouse manager for Kelcot Warehouse, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. He was a member of the Genesis Sunday school class at Smyrna Baptist Church. He leaves his parents. Olean and Ennis LaVelle, and a sister, Lynne LaVelle Sanders, all of Burlison. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
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LINDA PIRANI MARCONI, 75, of Proctor, Ark., homemaker, died Tuesday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in West Memphis, where she was a communicant, with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mrs. Marconi, the wife of Alex Marconi, also leaves two sons, Michael Marconi and Ronnie Marconi, both of Proctor; two sisters, Lena Reginelli of Marion and Mary Marotti of Crawfordsville, Ark.; three brothers, Joe Pirani and Adolph Pirani, both of Marion, and Paul Pirani of Turrell, Ark., five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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DONALD A. MARTZ, 75, of Memphis, retired from First Tennessee Bank and the Air Force, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ardmore Baptist Church with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Station has charge. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Desoto Masonic Lodge and an Army veteran. Mr. Martz, the husband of Merlene Martz, also leaves three daughters, Janice King and Judy Lovelace, both of Memphis, and Tammy Knox of Olive Branch; four sons, Donald Martz of Bartlett and Dennis Starr, Danny Starr and Todd Starr, all of Memphis; two sisters, Beverly Pitts of Ohio and Patricia Baker of Clarksville, Tenn.; two brothers, Richard Martz and Sam Martz, both of Memphis, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Tennessee School for the Blind in Nashville.
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HAROLD WINFORD MATHIS, 65, of Covington, erosion control and freeway construction worker, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Mt. Lebanon cemetery. He was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. Mr. Mathis, the husband of Lynn Hartley Mathis, also leaves two daughters, Vickie Leigh Crockett of Covington and Saundra Lynn Jones of Corona, Calif.; a son, Harold 'Skip' Mathis Jr., and his parents, Ruby and Leroy Mathis, all of Covington; a sister, Carolyn Smith of Brighton; a brother, George Reeves Mathis of Covington, and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Mt. Lebanon cemetery Fund.
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JOHN FRANKLIN MAULDIN, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Covington, retired boiler room fireman for Mead Containers, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. Mr. Mauldin, the widower of Vergie Hartsfield Mauldin, leaves four daughters, Bertha Holcomb of Terrell, Texas, Betty Pilkington of Covington, Brenda Klein of Mesquite, Texas, and Connie Walker of Pensacola, Fla.; two sons, John W. Mauldin of Memphis and Terry Mauldin of Murfreesboro, Tenn., 26 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
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NANCY D. McCARTER, 88, of Memphis, food service worker for the Board of Education, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Snow Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Mt. Zion Senior Citizens Club. Mrs. McCarter, the widow of William McCarter, leaves a daughter, Bertha Graham, and two sisters, Carrie King and Lorene Jones, all of Memphis; four brothers, Earnest Doss of Brooksville, Miss., and Booker T. Doss, J. C. Doss and Robert Doss, all of Memphis; three grandchildren whom she raised, Kelvin F. Graham of Topeka, Kan., and Carolyn Bailey and Michelle Graham, both of Memphis, and several great-grandchildren.
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FLORENCE M. McCLAIN, 56, of Hernando, employee of DeSoto County Transportation, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Baptist Industrial Center in Hernando with burial in Greenview cemetery there. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Second Eudora (Miss.) Baptist Church. Mrs. McClain, the wife of Henry L. McClain, also leaves a daughter, Tracie McClain of Hernando; two sons, Gary McClain of Horn Lake and Edwin Carpenter of Southaven; her parents, Romona Brown and J. B. Brown, both of Memphis; four sisters, Fannie M. Smith of Memphis, Mary Jones of Horn Lake and Ola B. Anderson and Joyce Pipkin, both of Hernando; seven brothers, Robert Jones, James Jones and Norris Jones, all of Horn Lake, Calvin Jones and Myles Brown, both of Memphis, Vincent Jones of Senatobia, Miss., and Julius Brown of New Orleans, and six grandchildren.
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CHRISTOPHER McDOWELL, 36, of Memphis, associate computer systems analyst for KPMG in Memphis, died Monday in Memphis. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Balmoral Presbyterian Church, where he was a member. Wilkerson Funeral Home in Greenville, N.C. has charge. He was a graduate of Westfield Academy in Perry, Ga., and Christian Brothers University and board member of Alfred D. Mason Family YMCA. He leaves a son, Austin McDowell; his mother, Carolyn McDowell of Boulder, Colo.; his father, Dwight McDowell of Kathleen, Ga.; a sister, Elizabeth McDowell Everett, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Alfred D. Mason Family YMCA, Balmoral Presbyterian Church or Christian Brothers University.
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ESTELLA MORRIS, 82, of West Memphis, domestic worker, died Feb. 7 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at West Memphis Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves a daughter, Ruthie Baxter of Memphis; a brother, Rev. John Vance of Woonsocket, R.I., five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
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CHARLOTTE EMERSON LOVE O'LEARY, 93, of Memphis, died Tuesday in Memphis. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 22 at Evergreen Presbyterian Church, where she was a member. She was president of Presbyterian Women, a member of the Presbyterial and Synodical Boards, the Historical Committee, Watauga, N.S., Daughters of the American Revolution, Lwellyn Circle of the King's Daughters, University of Illinois Alumni Association, Kappa Delta Alumnae Association and Book Lovers' Club and president of Civitana Club. Mrs. O'Leary, the widow of Vincent Charles O'Leary, leaves a daughter, Kathleen Louise O'Leary of Des Moines, Iowa. The family requests that memorials be sent to Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Germantown Presbyterian Church, King's Daughters & Sons Home Endowment Fund or a charity of the donor's choice.
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JOHN PARRISH JR., 75, of Memphis, pipefitter for Lasco Sprinkler Co., died Thursday at Select Specialty Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Local Union 669. He leaves two daughters, Brenda Wynn of Memphis and Jean Pennington of Cordova; three sons, Larry Parrish of Olive Branch, Michael Parrish of Southaven and John Parrish III of Memphis; a sister, Norma Pilcher of Cordova; two brothers, Douglas Parrish of Little Rock and Bobby Byars of Marathon, Fla., seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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SCOTT RAWLS, 37, of Bartlett, customer service manager for Graybar Electric Co., died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Millington First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven cemetery. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. Mr. Rawls, the husband of Tammi Rawls, also leaves a daughter, Chelsea Rawls, and a son, Connor Rawls, both of Bartlett; his parents, Dr. Sam and Jerry Rawls of Millington; two sisters, Elizabeth Buck er of Bartlett and Jeanne Littleton of Memphis, and a brother, Nathan Rawls of Millington. The family requests that memorials be sent to Millington First United Methodist Church Rawls Children Trust Fund.
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