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MARGARET ALIENE YOUNGBLOOD, 71, of Byhalia, homemaker, died March 16 at her home. Services were held March 19 at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. She leaves a sister, Alice M. Davis of Byhalia and a brother, Alivs E. Youngblood of Hampton, Va.
Dated March 21, 2003
RUTH NORTON BENNETT, 82, of Tippah County, retired schoolteacher, died April 13 at Tippah County Hospital. Services were held April 15 at Ripley Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Pine Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. She was a graduate of Blue Mountain College, a member of Pine Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Kappa Kappa Iota Educational Sorority, Tippah County Retired Teachers Association, and the Ripley Business and Professional Women's Club. She was an adult advisor for the Tippah County 4-H clubs for 20 years and a Ripley Girl Scout Leader, and she also coached Jr. High and High School girls basketball teams in the North Tippah District. Mrs. Bennett, the widow of Charlie Miles Bennett, leaves a daughter, Patsy Braddock of Falkner; a son Charles ‘Jerry’ Bennett of Olive Branch; a brother, Will Ed Norton of Ripley; two sisters, Elizabeth Crawford of Ripley and Opal Mauney of Lewisville, Tex., six grandchildren, a stepgrandson, and a great-grandaughter.
Dated April 16, 2003
PERCY RAY BOGGAN SR., 85, of Memphis, Tenn., retired LPN for V.A. Hospital, died April 9 at Spring Gate Nursing Home in Memphis. Services were held April 12 at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Boggan Cemetery there. He was a member of White Station Baptist Church, and a World World II Army veteran. Mr. Boggan leaves his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Langley Boggan; a daughter, Kay Aldridge of Collierville, Tenn.; two sons, Percy Ray Boggan Jr. of Germantown, and James Boggan of Memphis; two sisters, Fannie Mae Laughter and Stella Kate Powell, both of Byhalia; two brothers, Charlie Boggan of Brownsville, Tenn., and Paul Boggan of Memphis, five grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Association or White Station Baptist Church.
Dated April 16, 2003
CECIL W. BUSBY, 47, of Olive Branch, factory worker, died April 11 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held April 13 at Brantley Funeral Home of Olive Branch with burial in Lebanon Cemetery in DeSoto County. He leaves his mother, Ella Busby; a sister, Daisy Riley, and four brothers, Gene Busby, Thomas Busby, Winston Laughter and Calvin Martin, all of Olive Branch.
Dated April 16, 2003
CAROLINE S. CAPREFOLI, 90, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Memphis, retired clerk, died April 12 at Olathe Medical Center. Services were held April 16 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with burial in Memorial Park. Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch had charge. Mrs. Caprefoli, the widow of Frank Caprefoli, leaves a daughter, Barbara Gray of Byhalia; a son, William T. Caprefoli of Olathe, eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Dated April 16, 2003
ROSS C. COLLINS, 94, of Hernando, retired farmer, died April 14 at his home. Services were held April 19 at Kyleton Church of Christ in Hernando with burial in Kyleton Cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch had charge. Mr. Collins, the husband of Arie Lee Garrett Collins, also leaves a son, Rodney D. Jones, and a stepson, James G. Whitaker, both of Hernando, and two brothers, William Collins of Memphis and Council Collins of Hernando.
Dated April 16, 2003
JOE H. DEATON, 77, of Southaven, retired district manager from Newell Manufacturing Co., died April 14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held April 17 at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. He was a Navy veteran and member of Markham United Methodist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars, both in Little Rock. Mr. Deaton leaves his wife of 57 years, Marie Deaton; a son, Mike Deaton of Southaven, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Dated April 16, 2003
CHARLES ‘MICKEY’ DEES JR., 64 of Cary, carpenter, died April 4 at Sharkey-Issaquena Hospital in Rolling Fork. Services were held April 7 at Glenwood Chapel in Rolling Fork with burial in Mound Cemetery there. Glenwood Funeral Home had charge. He was a member of Eudora Baptist Church, and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Mr. Dees leaves his wife, Clara B. Dees; four sons, Charles ‘Rickey’ Dees III of Horn Lake, Thomas ‘Dickey’ Dees of Eudora, Robert ‘Bob’ Dees of Horn Lake, and Norman "Nick’ Dees of Memphis; three stepdaughters, Sherri Thompson of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Ronda Reed of Parsons, Tenn., and Tammy Faye McClaum of Scotthill, Tenn.; two stepsons, Carl Williams of Camden, Tenn., and Guy Williams of Rolling Fork; his mother, Marie Dees; three sisters, Joan Carson of Eudora, Carolyn Smotherman, of Parsons, and Ann Woodall of Eudora, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Dated April 16, 2003
RUBY HAMILTON GURLEY, 89, of Southaven, homemaker, died April 14 at Methodist Healthcare-South. Graveside services were held April 16 at Forest Hill Cemetery South. Canale Funeral Directors had charge. Mrs. Gurley, the widow of Gordon Gurley, leaves a daughter, Suzanne G. Ridley of Jackson, Tenn.; two sons, Joseph Gurley of Southaven and A. W. Booker of Senatobia, and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Dated April 16, 2003
JANICE C. HARLAND, 68, of Olive Branch, sales associate for Wal-Mart, died April 9 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services were held April 12 at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Harland leaves her husband, James A. Harland Jr; three daughters, Mary Louise Jordan of Van Nuys, Calif., Patricia Ann Hall of Cochran, and Pamela Ruth Argo of Chatsworth, Calif.; two sons, James A. Harland III of Colt, Ark., and Frank Stewart Harland of Southaven; two sisters, Becky Tratford and Melba Strong, both of Memphis; two brothers, Robert Maxwell of Memphis and James Dixon Maxwell of Atlanta, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Dated April 16, 2003
FRED A. HARPER, 67, of Southaven, former forklift operator for Humboldt Express, died April 11 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held April 14 at Carriage Hills Baptist Church in Southaven, where he was a member of Bible Drillers and Young at Heart, with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens there. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven had charge. Mr. Harper, the husband of Letha Carol Harper for 45 years, also leaves four sons, Terry Harper of Bartlett, Jeffrey Wayne Harper of Southaven, Philip Harper of Kissimmee, Fla., and Jonathan Harper of Hendersonville, N.C.; a brother, Max Fanning of Bartlett, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Carriage Hills Baptist Church.
Dated April 16, 2003
CLIFFORD WAYNE HOGUE, 59, of Horn Lake, retired shop foreman for Tri-State Sprinklers Corp., died April 10 at his home. Services were held April 13 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. He was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and the Pipe Fitters Union 669, a 32nd degree Mason and Past Master with the Wallace Lodge 632, an Al Chymia Shriner, and a former Rainbow Dad of Horn Lake Assembly 29. Mr. Hogue leaves his wife, Martha Hogue; six daughters, Shari Moore and Brandi Keel, both of Hernando, Lori Dahler of Collierville, Debbie Davis and Donna Hogue, both of Horn Lake, and Angie Cotton of Hopkinsville, Ky.; a son, Glenn Littleton of Southaven; a stepson, James Waldrup of Horn Lake; his father, Paul Wayne Hogue of Arlington; three sisters, Peggy Szubinski of Lakeland, Fla., Linda Lindsay of Sparta, Mich., and Mary Ruth Starnes of Paris, Tenn.; a brother, Eddie Hogue of Bartlett, and 12 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Dated April 16, 2003
ANNIE BELL HUMPHREYS, 78, of Detroit, formerly of Byhalia, machine operator for Bunte & Chase Candy Co., died April 12 at St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital. Services were held April 19 at Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in St. Paul Cemetery in Byhalia. Mrs. Humphreys, the widow of Moses Humphreys, leaves a daughter, Annie Jolliff of Byhalia; a son, James Alvin Humphreys of Chicago; a sister, Dorothy Bassett of Byhalia, and 12 grandchildren.
Dated April 16, 2003
ARLENE B. HUNTER, 72, of Como, fomerly of Memphis, retired airline stewardess for C&S Airlines, died April 10 at her home. Graveside services and burial were held April 15 at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando had charge. She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Lebonheur Club, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, Women's Exchange Club, and Memphis Cotton Wives. Mrs. Hunter, the widow of Thomas O. Hunter, leaves two daughters, Mary Lu Duffy of Como, and Allison Canale of Oakland, Tenn., and three grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia.
Dated April 16, 2003
ORA LEE DOUGLAS LEE, 89, of Hernando, homemaker, died April 10 at her home. Graveside services were held April 11 at Grays Creek Cemetery in Hernando. Hernando Funeral Home had charge. She was a member of Grays Creek Baptist Church. She leaves a son, William V. Lee Jr. of Hernando.
Dated April 16, 2003
ROBERT ‘CHRISTOPHER’ LYONS, 46, of Las Vegas, formerly of Southaven, hotel and casino investigator, died April 7 at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Memorial services were held April 17 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. He was a Gulf War Navy veteran and recipient of three Bronze Stars. Mr. Lyons leaves his wife, Mellissa Lyons; three sons, Thomas Roberts of Horn Lake, and Jonathon Roberts and Chris Roberts, both of North Las Vegas; his father, Robert Patrick Lyons of Memphis; a sister, Cindy Erwin of Olive Branch; his grandmother, Hazel Lyons of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
Dated April 16, 2003
RODNEY ‘MULETRAIN’ McCULLOUGH, 60, of Eudora, hardwood floor installer, died April 14 at his home. Services were held April 16 at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando with burial in the cemetery of Eudora Baptist Church, where he was a member. He leaves two daughters, Cheryl Pegram of Eudora and Vonnie Pegram of Arkabutla; two sons, Edward Shawn McCullough of Eudora and Bubba McCullough Jr. of Arkabutla; his mother, Evelyn McCullough of Hernando; three sisters, Ann Ellis and Lena Johnson, both of Hernando, and Rita Long of Eudora; four brothers, Harry McCullough, Dennis McCullough and Ricky McCullough, all of Eudora, and Tommy McCullough of Olive Branch, and nine grandchildren.
Dated April 16, 2003
