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Corinth -- William Orien Bonds, 89, retired welder, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Memorial Park cemetery. He was a member of Corinth First Baptist Church. Mr. Bonds, the husband of Oleta T. Bonds, also leaves a daughter, Carolyn Johnson of La Crosse, Wis.; four sisters, Geneva Woodruff of Iuka, Reba Day of Baton Rouge, La., and Helen O'Brian and Lonetta Allen, both of Corinth; three brothers, Blondell B. Bonds of Baton Rouge, Leroy Bonds of Corinth and Charles F. Bonds of Ashland, Ore., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Corinth -- Ralph Harold Gardner, 73, retired carpenter, died Monday at Mississippi Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McPeters Funeral Home with burial in Shiloh Baptist cemetery. He leaves three daughters, Sharon Fryar of Blue Mountain, Deborah Widner of Blytheville, Ark., and Kim Rocker of Des Moines, Iowa; four sisters, Pauline Dillinger, Alene Newcomb and Lucille Woodall, all of Corinth, and Rita Brueck of Cordova; two brothers, Keith Gardner and Haryse Gardner, both of Corinth, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Corinth -- Paul R. Scruggs, 57, reserve deputy and retired emergency medical technician for Magnolia Regional Health Center, died there Tuesday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Wheeler Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Magnolia Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Scruggs, the husband of Lucy Allen Scruggs, also leaves a sister, Mary Russell of Booneville, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Joseph Johnny Cassatta, 65, owner/operator of WKRA Radio Station, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest cemetery. He was a Catholic, a member of The Son's of Italy and a former member of the Rotary Club, Lions Club and Jaycee's. Mr. Cassatta, the husband of Nell Cassatta, also leaves two daughters, Angela Scott of Somerville, Tenn., and Francis Blessike of Holly Springs; two sons, Joe Cassatta of West Point and Johnny Cassatta of Carrollton; his mother, Lucy Deaton Cassatta of Holly Springs, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Curtis Edward Cowan, 49, of Chicago, formerly of Holly Springs, died Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Thursday at Strawberry Baptist Church with burial in Cottrell Memorial cemetery. Serenity Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a son, Carlos Rashawn Cowan of Memphis; his parents, Bessie V. and Cliff Cowan Jr. of Holly Springs; six sisters, Betty Cowan, Patricia Harris, Linda Cowan and Joyce Thomas, all of Holly Springs, Sandra Dawkins of Waterford and Dorothy Oliver of Memphis, and four brothers, Cliff Cowan III and Michael Cowan, both of Holly Springs, Roger Cowan of Norfolk, Va., and Jackie Cowan of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Mario Mares, 49, woodworker, died Monday in Holly Springs. Holly Springs Funeral Home has charge. He was a Catholic. He leaves a daughter, Mayra Mares of Dallas; two sons, Louise Mares and Horge Mares; a sister, Reyes Blanca Natalia Josefina Mares, and a brother, Antonio Mares, all of Mexico, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Oxford -- Taleah Anjeal Juanita Cannon, infant daughter of Kerrie Batts and Bruce Cannon Jr., died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hodges Funeral Home with burial in Harrisonville cemetery. She also leaves her grandparents, Bruce and Virginia Cannon of Oxford and Carolee Batts of Robinsonville, and her great-grandparents, Cora and Levan Wadlington of Oxford, Frank Juanita Cannon of Racine, Wis., James and Donna Workman of Houston, Texas, and Harold and Ida Batts of Jamestown, N.D.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Sardis -- Travis William Allred, 92, retired farmer, died Monday at Graceland Nursing Home in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Hollywood Baptist Church in Sledge, where he was a member, with burial in Longtown cemetery in Crenshaw. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville has charge. Mr. Allred, the widower of Vadis Blount Allred, leaves five daughters, Barbara Nell Allred Potts of Batesville, Peggy Allred Barber of Senatobia, Patsy Allred Turner and Judy Allred Parker, both of Leland, and Denise Allred Glover of Red Bay, Ala.; four sons, Caris Allred of Tupelo, Troy Allred of Sardis, Ronnie Allred of Jonesboro, Ark., and Mickey Allred of Southaven, 21 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 21 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 9, 2005]
Corinth -- William Charles Reynolds, 77, retired industrial worker, died Tuesday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Coleman Family Chapel with burial in Corinth National cemetery. He was an Army and Air Force veteran. Mr. Reynolds, the husband of Laverne Reynolds, also leaves a son, Charles Eugene Reynolds, and a sister, Billie Gephart, both of Corinth; a brother, Chris G. Reynolds of Memphis, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Hernando -- Martha Ruth Flint, 65, homemaker, died Tuesday at Landmark of DeSoto Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mrs. Flint, the widow of Jim Flint, leaves two daughters, Fay Nehring of Southaven and Dana Scragg of Spartanburg, S.C.; two sons, Wesley Flint of Olive Branch and Kenny Flint of Memphis; a sister, Debra Wilson of Southaven; two brothers, Richard Williamson of Gainesville, Fla., and Jerry Williamson of Conyers, Ga., nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Lung Association.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Hernando -- Lovie Mae Williford, 86, homemaker, died Monday at Atrium of Memphis Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Kileton cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Williford, the widow of Johnnie B. Williford, leaves three sons, Hayes Manning, Talbert Manning and Bruce Manning, all of Memphis; two sisters, Beola Williford and Julia Owens, both of Hernando, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Edward Fant, 55, self-employed building contractor, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at World Overcomers Outreach Ministry in Memphis, where he was a member of Perfecting School, Ministerial and Apostolic Leadership Equipping Training and an usher, with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Fant, the husband of Evelyn M. Jones-Fant, also leaves a daughter, Natalie Nicole Fant of Nashville; three sons, Prynceston Fant of Jacksonville, Fla., Edward Fant Jr. of Horn Lake and Tony Fant of Nashville; a stepson, Bobby Wilson Fant of Horn Lake; four sisters, Mamie Ruth Nunally of Holly Springs, Johnnie M. Cochran of Huntsville, Ala., and Cora Nash and Reola Burke, both of Cleveland; three brothers, Oscar Lee Fant of Holly Springs, David Fant of Dallas and Arthur Fant of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Jim Mills, 85, truck driver, died Monday in Southaven. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Byhalia cemetery. He was a Baptist. Mr. Mills, the husband of Mary Sides Mills, also leaves a daughter, Renee Mills of Holly Springs; three sisters, Rudel Parker and Mabel Parker, both of Byhalia, and Mary Brigance of Barton, and three brothers, Lawrence Mills of Byhalia, and Hubert Mills and Robert Mills Jr., both of Barton.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Olive Branch -- JoAnn Alexander, 56, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mid-South Mortuary has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Alexander, the widow of Billy Dewain Alexander, leaves a daughter, Tonya Kraft of Olive Branch; a son, Billy Alexander of Stafford, Va.; two brothers, Mike Goodin and Jimmy Goodin, both of Little Rock, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Southaven -- Robert L. Edgerton, 71, formerly of Memphis, retired Navy lieutenant commander and retired vice president and broker manager of Crye Leike, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Elisabeth Episcopal Church with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Family Funeral Care has charge. He was a Shriner. Mr. Edgerton, the husband of Ruth Tarver Edgerton for 50 years, also leaves two daughters, Katherine DeLoach of Southaven and Kristin Edgerton of McKenzie, Tenn.; a son, Keith Edgerton of Brighton, Tenn.; his mother, Lena Williamson of Southaven, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Southaven -- Paul Hunt Escue, 76, retired vice president of Sunburst Bank, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Ripley (Tenn.) First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Edith cemetery in Ripley. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. He was an Army veteran and a member of Wedgewood Country Club and Mississippi Golf Association. He leaves two sisters, Selma White of Collierville and Odessa Fields of Cherokee Village, Ark., and a brother, Joe Turner Escue of Ripley. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Ripley First United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Southaven -- James E. Ledbetter, 85, formerly of Memphis, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a Baptist. Mr. Ledbetter, the husband of Frances Ledbetter for 64 years, also leaves two daughters, Judy Glover of Finger, Tenn., and June Clarkson of Southaven; a son, James E. Ledbetter III of Southaven; a sister, Viona Bono of Ohio, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Coldwater -- Chadwick O. Jamison, 18, of Chicago, formerly of Coldwater, died March 4 in Chicago. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Baptist Church with burial in Magnolia cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel in Memphis has charge. He leaves his mother, Armetta Jamison of Chicago; his father, Van McGhee of Coldwater; two sisters, Vanishia Jamison and Jasmine Jamison, and a brother, Jalvan Jamison, all of Chicago, and his grandparents, Lula Edwards, Zelma Jamison, Francie McGhee and Lou Francis Williams, all of Coldwater and Arthur and Rose McGhee of Senatobia.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Parthina 'Tick' Phillips Hopkins, 76, retired cook, died March 3 at her daughter's home in Rockford, Ill. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hopkins, the wife of Hazekaiha Hopkins of Memphis, also leaves two daughters, Martha Hopkins of Rockford and Shirley Sims Peyton of Holly Springs; two sisters, Iola Rayford and Kattie Phillips, both of Byhalia; a brother, Freeman Phillips of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Olive Branch -- R.D. 'Shot' Suggs, 103, retired farmer, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Kyleton cemetery in Hernando. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Suggs, the widower of Lizzie Suggs, leaves a daughter, Geraldine Phillips of Olive Branch, five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
