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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection
(From various funeral homes in the Memphis, Millington, and neighboring towns of Shelby County.)

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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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DANIEL SHANE SHIVERS, 25, of Memphis, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after being shot several times outside 1526 Patton. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a son, Daniel Bowdery; a stepdaughter, Tia Bowdery; a stepson, Lorenzo Bowdery; his parents, Patsy Johnson and Eugene Johnson, and two sisters, Tracey Beam and Evelyn Beam, all of Memphis; four brothers, Brian Holmes, Carlos Beam and Steven Johnson, all of Memphis, and James Bently of Tupelo, Miss., and a companion with whom he lived, Catrina Bowdery.
[Obit dated November 22, 2001]

JOHN F. SWATEK, 74, of Cordova, retired pilot for the Air Force and FedEx, died Wednesday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran. Mr. Swatek, the husband of Frances Swatek, also leaves a daughter, Karen A. Swatek of Gallaway, Tenn.; three sons, Robert Swatek of Topeka, Kan., Michael Swatek of Horn Lake and John M. Swatek of Hilo, Hawaii, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2001]

JUDIE ANN TANT, 51, of Memphis, medical billing worker for Baptist Memorial Hospital, died of heart failure Monday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Station Chapel has charge. She leaves a daughter, Judith Tammy Groves; two sons, Jerry Thomas Tant and John Timothy Tant; her father, Joe Richardson and a sister, Gay Cone, all of Memphis; two brothers, David Richardson of Bartlett and Robin Richardson of Fisherville, Tenn., and a grandchild.
[Obit dated November 22, 2001]

VASHTI WATKINS, 97, of Olive Branch, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Oakville Health Care Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mt. Gilliam Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia, Miss., with burial in Watson cemetery there. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Watkins, the widow of G. P. Watkins, leaves a grandson, Jimmy B. Jones, and a nephew, John Edward Shipp, both of Memphis, both of whom cared for her.
[Obit dated November 22, 2001]

JOE LOUIS WEST, 63, of Memphis, farmer, died of heart failure Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Center Chapel Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Martha Boyd; a son, Walter Tate; three stepdaughters, Samynna Tate, Jennifer Tate and Mary Spencer, and two caregivers, Jessie Hubbard and Robert West, all of Memphis, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2001]

DAVIS LOUIS WYNN, 62, of Memphis, employee of A. S. Barbaro, died of cancer Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Taska Baptist Church in Byhalia, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Wynn, the husband of Nellie Wynn, also leaves three daughters, Teresa Wynn, Marilyn Wynn and Delois Lindsey and three sons, Marvin Lindsey, Rickey Lindsey and Michael Wynn, all of Memphis; four sisters, Jannie Garrison, Annette Guy and Bonnette Horton, all of Memphis, and Mamie Moore of Collierville, and seven grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 22, 2001]

STEVEN C. ALLRED, 40, of Hernando, self-employed carpenter, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Evensville cemetery there. He was a member of Evensville Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters, Danyelle Lashay Allred and Shannon Leigh Allred and his mother, Betty Allred, all of Hernando; a sister, Barbara J. Daniels of Coldwater, Miss., and two brothers, Thomas Edward Allred of Bartlett and Howard D. Allred of Hiram, Ga.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

KATE M. BEALE, 80, of Holly Springs, Miss., died of heart failure Tuesday at Holly Springs Health & Rehab Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Byhalia (Miss.) cemetery. She leaves two sisters, Martha Morrow of Holly Springs and Christine Rushing of Trimble, Ohio.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

JOHNNY BELL, 68, of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home. Services will be at noon Friday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Airways Chapel with burial in Union cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Angela Bell of Memphis; a son, Peter Bell of California; two sisters, Mary Henderson of Clarksdale, Miss., and Bertha Nero of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

ELIZABETH W. BENNETT, 95, of 4444 Opal, domestic worker, died of cancer Monday at Graceland Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church with burial in Elmwood. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of St. James AME Church. Mrs. Bennett, the widow of Stepney W. Bennett, leaves four daughters, Elizabeth Davis, Delilah Davis, Ernestine Yates and Dorothy Wadlington, 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

GENEVA PALMER ELLIOTT BOGGAN, 87, of Memphis, formerly of Milan, Tenn., homemaker, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan with burial in Gibson County Memory Gardens there. She was a member of Getwell Church of Christ. Mrs. Boggan, the wife of Paul Boggan, also leaves three daughters, Maxine Roberts and Carolyn Harris, both of San Diego, and Beverly Carter of Martin, Tenn.; six sons, Oteen Elliott of Milan, Gary Elliott of Redfield, Ark., Larry Elliott of Dyer, Tenn., Aubrey Elliott of Parsons, Tenn., Dennis Elliott of Encinitas, Calif., and Gerald Elliott of Santee, Calif.; three sisters, Ramona Blaylock and Pearl Reddick, both of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Marge Burks of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a brother, Junior Palmer of Newbern, Tenn., 27 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Getwell Church of Christ or Sitka Church of Christ in Milan.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

EUGENIA BOTTO BURNS, 86, of Atlanta, formerly of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at Kennestone Hospital in Atlanta. Services will be at noon Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Central Christian Church on McLean. She leaves three daughters, Marlise Holmes of Atlanta, Linda Norton of Olive Branch and Bonita Graves of Germantown, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Central Christian Church.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

EDDIE G. COOPER, 80, of Memphis, retired from National Guard Products, died Monday at Senior Services of complications from multiple strokes. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a Mason and a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Cooper, the husband of Essie Jean Cooper for 51 years, also leaves a son, Eddie Cooper Jr., and a sister, Helen King, both of Memphis; a brother, Howard Cooper of Bartlett, two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wells Station Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

PAULINE FOSTER, 91, of 673 Spring, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Services will be at noon Friday at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Brighton, where she was a mother board member, with burial in the church cemetery. B. T. Auston & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four daughters, Lorene Burrow and Irene Wesson, both of Memphis and Glenda Thomas and Jewel Marie Foster, both of Uniondale, N.Y.; two sons, James Ester Foster and Willie Foster, both of Memphis; a sister, Ethel Jones of Brighton; five brothers, Charles Wilson, Arthur Lee Wilson, Lee Andrew Wilson and Eddie N. Wilson, all of Brighton and Thomas Wilson of Pontiac, Mich., 24 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

BRADY A. FRANKLIN, 29, of Somerville, truck driver for Anderson Trucking Co. in Memphis, died Monday in Memphis of injuries in a motorcycle accident. Services will be at 5 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville. He was a Lutheran. He leaves his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth 'Judy' Franklin of Hornsby, Tenn., and his grandmother, Rita Thurman of Wickenburg, Ariz.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

EUGENE GARDNER, 81, of Memphis, retired commercial electrician, died of cancer Monday at his home. Services will be at noon today at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a member of Ardmore Baptist Church for 55 years, a World War II Marine Corps veteran and a member of IBEW Local 474. Mr. Gardner, the husband of Clara Gardner for 58 years, also leaves a daughter, Judi Clement and a son, Rob Clement Gardner, both of Memphis; two sisters, Marie Davis of Memphis and Katherine Waldo of Panama City, Fla.; a brother, Ken Gardner of Pensacola, Fla., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Easter Seals or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

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