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Shelby County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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DOROTHY T. GAY, 86, of Hernando, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 9:30 a.m. today in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gay was the widow of William D. Gay. The family requests that memorials be sent to Wesley Meadow Methodist Retirement Community.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

TONY R. GREEN, 42, of Horn Lake, formerly of Memphis, painter, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He leaves a son, Dustin Green of Walls; his mother, Juanita C. Jones of Horn Lake; three sisters, Mary F. Raggett and Joyce Thweatt, both of Southaven and Janette Curle of Nesbit and a brother, T. Allen Green of Nesbit.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

BEATRICE HAWKINS, 88, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Memphis, died of heart failure Nov. 12 in Fort Worth. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Baptist Church. Superior Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hawkins, the widow of Ezell Hawkins, leaves a son, James Foreman, seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

MIRACLE HOPE HUFF, infant daughter of Cille and David Huff of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill cemetery East. Snow Funeral Home has charge. She also leaves a sister, Faith Huff and a brother, Stanley Williams, both of Memphis and her grandparents, Ophelia Dates of Memphis and Matilda and Johnny Huff of West Memphis.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

RUTH SINGER LESHNOWER, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Temple Israel cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of Temple Israel. Mrs. Leshnower, the widow of Harry F. Leshnower, leaves a daughter, Nancy L. Schoenholtz of Roxbury, Conn.; a son, Alan C. Leshnower of Odessa, Texas; three sisters, Sylvia S. Breakstone, Isabelle S. Klitzner and Shirley S. Levine, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Temple Israel.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

ANNA MARIE LEWIS, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Central. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel. Mrs. Lewis, the widow of Conrad Lewis, leaves four daughters, Carol A. Schneider of Bartlett, Sandra M. Harper and Connie Nelson, both of Memphis and Margaret Lewis of Mississippi; a son, George Lewis of Memphis; two sisters, Francis Alford of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Betty Jane Leland of St. Louis, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

JUANITA LOWERY, 88, of Memphis, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools, died of heart failure Monday at her home. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Lowery, the widow of Fred Lowery, leaves a daughter, Pat Braun of Austin; two sisters, Maxine Thompkins Bettis of Albany, Ga., and Charlyne Thompkins Hudson of Naples, Fla., and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

WILLIAM WARREN MANN, 84, of Memphis, formerly of Shirley, Ark., retired machinist for International Harvester, died of heart failure Sunday at Woodland Hills Rehab & Health Care in Little Rock. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home South Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of East Frayser Church of Christ and a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Mann, the widower of Yvonne L. Mann for 62 years, leaves two daughters, Martha Yvette Young of Memphis and Susan Lorette Mann Dale of Maumelle, Ark., and three grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

JOSEPHINE M. McNEMAR, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died of respiratory failure Monday at Select Specialty Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Matthews United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Station Chapel has charge. Mrs. McNemar, the widow of William H. McNemar, leaves two daughters, Gayla Marie Cullipher of Jackson and Vicki Diann Robertson of Memphis; a son, James Wesley McNemar of Tupelo, Miss.; two sisters, Hazel Koch of Memphis and Sara Jones of Red Banks, Miss.; a brother, Jack Henderson of Searcy, Ark., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

FRANCES V. MILLER, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Hernando, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Tishomingo Manor Nursing Home in Iuka, Miss. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Miller, the widow of Dwight Lyman Miller, leaves two stepdaughters, Ann Turnage of Memphis and Cathy Latham of Pickwick, Tenn.; a stepson, Lyman Miller of Cordova; a brother, William Andrew Herron, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

THURMAN MILLS, 49, of Memphis, roofer for City of Memphis Roofing Co., died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Mt. Olive Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Easthaven cemetery. S. W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Mills, the widow of Martha Ann Mills, leaves three sons, Thurman Mills Jr., Fred Mills and Timothy Mills; three sisters, Lois Green, Diane Young and Adella Franklin, all of Memphis; three brothers, Curtis Mills, Otis Mills and John Mills, and six grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

IDA PEARL NEWSON, 72, of 451 Tillman, died of heart failure Monday at her home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four daughters, Annie Rose Hawkins, Nelsie Walls, Janie Walls and Dianne Walls, all of Memphis; four sons, Andrew Walls of Chicago and James Walls, Robert Lee Walls and Milton Newson, all of Memphis; her mother, Minnie Pearl Williams of Memphis, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

ELIZABETH RIGGINS NICHOLS, 90, of Memphis, retired from International Harvester, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Tennessee Genealogical Society, Early Settlers of Shelby County, Daughters of the American Revolution Fort Assumption Chapter and Jaffre Area Civic Association. She leaves a son, Jerry Nichols of Memphis; a sister, Margaret Eleanor Barham of Stuart, Fla., two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

MARY EARL RUTLEDGE, 98, of Olive Branch, formerly of Eads, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Progressive Care. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Bethany cemetery in Eads. She was a member of Bethany Christian Church. Mrs. Rutledge, the widow of Johnnie Clinton Rutledge, leaves four sons, William Rutledge of Fairfield, Ill., Johnnie Dan Rutledge of Augusta, Ga., Max Rutledge of Southaven and Roy Rutledge of Memphis, four grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, 26 great-great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

LESLIE SEXTON, 64, of Arlington, retired from Colonial Bakery, died of heart failure Monday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Mr. Sexton, the husband of Janet Sexton, also leaves three daughters, Vicki Hoffman of Cordova and Karen Holden and Brenda Nelson, both of Bartlett; a son, Eugene Sexton and his mother, Nita Sexton, both of Memphis; a sister, Martha Brannon of Denver; a brother, Charles Sexton of Millington, and eight grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

MARY LOUISE HOGAN SHUBERT, 73, of Somerville, retired from American Steel Corp., died of heart failure Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Granite City, Ill. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Shady Grove cemetery in Williston, Tenn. She was a Pentecostal. Mrs. Shubert, the wife of R. V. Shubert, also leaves two sons, R. V. 'Gordon' Shubert of Granite City and Richard Elton Shubert of Pontoon Beach, Ill.; a sister, Christine Thompson of Laconia, Tenn., six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 21, 2001]

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