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JANET UHLMANN WELDON, 52, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Bartlett Funeral Home-Stage Road Chapel has charge. Mrs. Weldon, the wife of Ricky Weldon, also leaves a daughter, Crystal Weldon; a son, Rick Weldon Jr.; her mother, Kate Uhlmann; a sister, Diane Tyson, and three brothers, Mark Uhlmann, Rob Uhlmann and Chris Uhlmann. The family requests that memorials be sent to Madonna Learning Center.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
JEWEL STEINE WILLIAMS, 58, of Memphis, housekeeper, died Sept. 24 at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Greater Bush Grove Church No. 2, where she was a member, with burial in Fullview Church cemetery. B. T. Auston & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Alfonso Williams, leaves two daughters, LaTisha Williams and Sonji Malone, and two sons, Immeari Williams and Nickalus Williams, all of Arlington; three sisters, Louise Keath of Cleveland, and Eloise Parker and Betty Jo Floyd, both of Arlington, and two brothers, Howard Brooks and Charles Brooks, both of Arlington.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
EDDIE WILSON JR., 92, of Memphis, owner of Sun Cleaners, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ, where he was a deacon board member, with burial in Elmwood. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Wilson, the widower of Catherine Wilson, leaves three daughters, Jacqueline Woods of Memphis, and Louise Flowers and Marjorie Lloyd, both of Chicago; a sister, Mary Wilson Jackson, and three brothers, Bennie Wilson, Clifford Wilson and Alvin Wilson, all of St. Louis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 2, 2002]
OLETA BEARDEN, 75, of Memphis, formerly of Bramlett Community, Ark., homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was a member of East Frayser Church of Christ. Mrs. Bearden, the widow of Kenneth Admiral Bearden, leaves a daughter, Kenleta Pokorski of West Memphis; two sons, Kenneth A. Bearden Jr. of Denver and Ernest Michael Bearden of Memphis, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
BARBARA ANNE BELTON, 65, of Memphis, formerly of Orlando, former flight attendant and public relations representative, died Sept. 1 at UT Bowld Hospital. She was a member of Multiple Sclerosis Society. She leaves two sisters, Susan White of Rock Ledge, Fla., and Renee Kidera of San Francisco. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
CHARLES E. BENSON, 81, of Memphis, retired construction worker, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of All Saints Deliverance Church of God in Christ. He leaves three daughters, Charlene Collins, Charlene R. Collins and Shirley Chambers; four sons, Charles Collins Jr., David Bernard Collins, Johathan Collins and Eric J. Collins, and a sister, Margaret Nunnally, all of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
JENNIE V. BRIDGES, 74, of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church on New Allen. She leaves four daughters, Geneva Banks, Jane Taylor, Doris Taylor and Edna Johnson, all of Memphis; three sons, Benjamin L. Bridges of North Carolina, and Robert L. Bridges Jr., and David L. Bridges, both of Memphis, 19 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
BETTY J. BROWN, 69, of Southaven, formerly of Memphis, retired from Baptist Memorial Hospital food service department after 30 years, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Elliston Baptist Church. She leaves a son, David Brown of Southaven; two sisters, Katie Sue Raper of Jackson, Tenn., and Fay Crosslin of Memphis; three brothers, Bobby Brown and Kenneth Brown, both of Trenton, Tenn., and Ray Brown of Agua Dulce, Calif., and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
DELORIS MELVIN 'LORIS' BROWN, 44, of Memphis, cashier for Union Planters Bank, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Greater Mt. Herman Baptist Church. Mrs. Brown, the wife of Rev. Lee Brown, also leaves two daughters, Candace M. Brown and Olivia N. Brown, and her mother, Esther L. Melvin, all of Memphis; her father, James H. Melvin of Chicago; three sisters, Dorothy Hargraves and Evelyn Carter, both of Memphis, and Rosetta Melvin of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a brother, James H. Melvin Jr. of Memphis.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
TRAVIS CHAPMAN, 55, of Memphis, retired respiratory therapist from St. Joseph Hospital, died Sunday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a member of Central Baptist Church. He leaves his mother, Martha Chapman of Memphis; a sister, Dianne Whetherholt of St. Petersburg, Fla., and a half-brother, Dr. Robert Long of Yukon City, Okla. The family requests that memorials be sent to Central Baptist Church.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
ALDRIC NORVELL COHN, newborn son of Veronica Brown and Aldric Cohn of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-North. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He also leaves a sister, Hadria L. Walton, and three brothers, Eddrel A. Brown, Marijuan Walton and Myron M. Cook Jr., all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Geneva Duncan of Jackson, Miss., Charles Brown of Luxora, Ark., and Barbara Price and Micheal Price, both of Webb, Miss.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
LUCILLE DOYLE, 91, of Memphis, retired ward clerk for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Grace Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Friday in New Park cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Doyle, the widow of Eddie Doyle, leaves two cousins who cared for her, Delores Hawkins and Betty Thigpen, both of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Grace Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
MELBA JEAN COMPTON EDWARDS, 74, of Brighton, Tenn., homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Randolph Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Edwards, the widow of Louie 'L. L.' Edwards, leaves two daughters, Glinda Nason of Covington and Wanda Gail Chrisman of Millington; a son, Mark Edwards of Memphis, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
FATHER JAMES F. FISHER, 74, of Memphis, minister, writer and former employee of Paulist Press, died Saturday in Memphis. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City, where he was former minister, with burial at the Paulist Fathers retreat house in Oak Ridge, N.J. John J. Barrett & Son Funeral Home in New York City has charge. He leaves a brother and sister.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
FLORENCE VASHTI FITTS, 91, of Memphis, retired from the regional post office in Washington and Memphis and former teacher for Hardin County Schools, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah, Tenn., with burial in New Harmony cemetery there. She was a member of Savannah First United Methodist Church. She leaves a sister, Margretta Uldene Davis of Milledgeville, Tenn.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
SANDRA FAYE GATLIN, 54, of Byhalia, Miss., employee of Protein Technologies International, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Magnolia cemetery in Collierville. Mrs. Gatlin, the wife of Darnell 'Frank' Gatlin, also leaves three daughters, Deborah Bowlin of Byhalia, Teresa Anderson and Paula Wells of Lamar, Miss.; two sons, Winston Nesmith and Michael Nesmith, both of Byhalia; a stepdaughter, Lori Hill, and a stepson, David Gatlin, both of Olive Branch; two brothers, Jeff Hughes and Mark Hughes, both of Byhalia, and 17 grandchildren.
[Obit dated October 1, 2002]
