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Batesville -- Lula Jo Darby Walker, 52, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wells Funeral Home. She was a member of North Batesville Baptist Church. Mrs. Walker, the wife of Rick Walker, also leaves a daughter, Marissa Lott Milam of Batesville; two sons, Joey Lott of Southaven and Mark Lott of Batesville; 10 sisters, Sandra Wood of Walnut, Linda Mills, Melissa Darby and Reba Polson, all of Courtland, and Nancy Ginn, Kathy Tribble, Betty Perry, Susan Cook, Helen Pitcock and Tina Woodard, all of Batesville; three brothers, Casey Darby of Batesville, and Phillip Darby Jr. and Nolan Darby, both of Courtland, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Maveline Ayrs Shaffer, 77, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Nowell Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Shaffer, the widow of William Floyd Shaffer, leaves a daughter, Wendy J. Hawkins of Clarksdale; four sons, Steven F. Shaffer of Nashville, Donnie R. Shaffer of Clarksdale, Ricky T. Shaffer of Russellville, Ark., and Jimmy Shaffer of Kosciusko, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Coldwater -- Mary Frances Harris, 83, homemaker, died Saturday at North Oak Regional Medical Center in Senatobia. Services will be at noon Thursday at Antioch No. 1 Missionary Baptist Church in Senatobia, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Pate-Jones Funeral Home in Senatobia has charge. Mrs. Harris, the widow of Cattrell Harris, leaves a daughter, Annette Jackson, and a son, Sherman Riley, both of Coldwater, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Horn Lake -- Jack 'John Walker' Craig, 74, retired Navy chief petty officer, died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. He was a Korean War veteran, communicant of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church for 41 years, and former secretary for Frayser Masonic Lodge 747. Mr. Craig, the husband of Alma Annette Craig for 46 years, also leaves a son, Willis Walker Craig of Horn Lake, and four brothers, Virgie Lee Walker of Somerville, Tenn., Pete Walker of Atoka, Tenn., Joe Walker of Arlington, Tenn., and Doak Walker of Munford, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Nesbit -- Howard L. 'Buddy' Moore, 75, formerly of McDonough, Ga., retired from the old defense depot in Memphis, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Haisten Funeral Home in McDonough with burial in Sharon Baptist Church cemetery there. Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch has local charge. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Moore, the husband of Wincie Moore for 50 years, also leaves two daughters, Kathy Moore Phillips of Olive Branch and Karen Moore of Nesbit; two sons, Kenneth Moore and Michael Moore, both of Nesbit; two sisters, Dorothy M. Miller and Peggy M. Patterson, both of McDonough, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Oxford -- Jimmy Lee Pruitt, 47, carpenter, died Friday at his home. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Waller Funeral Home. He leaves two sons, Greg Pruitt of Franklin, Tenn., and Drew Pruitt of Oxford; his mother, Frances L. Pruitt of Raymond; four sisters, Anna Ruth Kesler of Arlington, Texas, Cindy Hutson of Raymond, Edith Metts of Oxford and Ann Pruitt of Jackson Hole, Wyo., and two brothers, Andy Pruitt of Oxford and Johnny Pruitt of Enterprise. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Rienzi -- Wayne Hickman, 77, retired construction worker, died Monday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at McPeters Funeral Home in Corinth with burial in Macedonia cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Jacinto Church of Christ. Mr. Hickman, the husband of Leila Joy Burcham Hickman for 59 years, also leaves a daughter, Quida Ross, and two sons, Barry Hickman and Michael Hickman, all of Corinth; a sister, Margaret Pearson of Palestine, Texas; a brother, Talmadge Hickman of Corinth, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Sardis -- Sherry Draper, 51, employee of Batesville Job Corps Center food services, died Thursday in Tunica. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Gillion Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home in Batesville has charge. Mrs. Draper, the wife of Willie Draper, also leaves three daughters, Sandra White of Sardis, and Pamela Norwood and Sharhonda Draper, both of Batesville; a son, Russell Draper of Sardis; her stepfather, Jessie Draper of Oxford; her stepmother, Jean Vaughn of Chicago; five sisters, Lore Rice of St. Louis, and Janice Vaughn, Angie Vaughn, Mary Vaughn and Patrice Vaughn, all of Chicago; six brothers, Hugh White Jr. of Chicago, Robert Vaughn and Carl Draper, both of Oxford, and Willie Vaughn, Donald Draper and Kenny Draper, all of St. Louis, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Southaven -- Bill Findley, 81, retired maintenance mechanic for DuPont, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery in Memphis. Twin Oaks Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran and member of Audubon Baptist Church in Memphis. Mr. Findley, the husband of Marjorie Findley, also leaves three sons, Frank Findley of Memphis, and Fred Findley and Bo Findley, both of Southaven; a sister, Francis Molnar of Memphis, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 15, 2005]
Barton -- Frances R. Johnston, 84, retired from Gem Inc., died Monday at Collierville Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Barton First Baptist Church, where she was a member for 57 years and a Sunday school teacher, with burial in Byhalia cemetery. Collierville (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Johnston, the widow of R. Harrison Johnston, leaves a daughter, Sarah Farley of Barton; a son, Jimmy Johnston of Cayce, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Barton First Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Batesville -- Connie Petrovich, 88, food service worker, died Sunday at Beverly Health Care. Mass will be said at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial at 2 p.m. Friday in Northampton Memorial Shrine in Easton, Pa. Wells Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Letitia P. Davis of Pope; a sister, Letitia Yaworski of Easton, and two brothers, Joseph Pecora of Bethlehem, Pa., and Louis Pecora of Santa Ana, Calif. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Mary's Catholic Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Janice Strider, 65, insurance clerk for South Group, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at National Funeral Home with burial in Smith cemetery near Cascilla. She was a member of Oakhurst Baptist Church and Coahoma County Country Club. Mrs. Strider, the wife of Tommie Strider, also leaves a daughter, Gwenda Easley of Newnan, Ga.; a son, Gene Strider of Clarksdale; four sisters, Ann Gray of Tunica, Lil McDaniel of Rena Lara, and Doris Ceranti and Patti Camponovo, both of Clarksdale; two brothers, Vernon Carpenter of Oklahoma and Gene Carpenter of Clarksdale, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Corinth -- John Allen Mullins, 94, former bailiff of Alcorn County for 12 years, died Tuesday at Corinth Health & Rehab. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hills cemetery. He was a charter member of Tishomingo Chapel Baptist Church, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Scottish Rite. Mr. Mullins was the widower of Clara Mae Sebring Mullins.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Horn Lake -- Jack 'John Walker' Craig, 74, retired Navy chief petty officer, died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. He was a Korean War veteran, a communicant of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church for 41 years and past master and secretary of Frayser Masonic Lodge 747. Mr. Craig, the husband of Alma Annette Craig for 46 years, also leaves a son, Willis Walker Craig of Horn Lake, and four brothers, Virgie Lee Walker of Somerville, Tenn., Pete Walker of Atoka, Tenn., Joe Walker of Arlington, Tenn., and Doak Walker of Munford, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Elizabeth Walters Bobb, 89, formerly of Vicksburg, Miss., homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cedar Hill cemetery in Vicksburg. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven has charge. She was a World War II Army veteran and a Catholic. Mrs. Bobb, the widow of John Cashman Bobb, leaves a daughter, Barbara Anne Mullins of Braxton; a son, John Norman Bobb of Olive Branch; two sisters, Helen Beatty of Pennsylvania and Irene Wagner of Nevada, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Olive Branch -- George L. Perry, 57, agent for New York Life Insurance Co., died Monday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Longview Heights Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park Southwoods. He was a Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran, a Gideon, a Mason, a Shriner, a member of Kiwanis Club and Scottish Rite and former commandant of DeSoto County Marine Corps League. Mr. Perry, the husband of Margaret Andrews Perry, also leaves a daughter, Anna Meagan Perry of Olive Branch; his mother, Betty Perry of Memphis, and a sister, Edna Evans of San Antonio, Texas. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Longview Heights Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Sledge -- Rosie Lee Hallmon, 94, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Greater Little Zion Church with burial in New Bethel cemetery. Delta Burial Corp. has charge. She leaves a daughter, Olivette Lenora Buckley of Darling; three stepdaughters; three stepsons; a sister, Leathie McMurray of Memphis, 16 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Tunica -- Linda Fay Spencer, 59, retired librarian, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Pate-Jones Funeral Home in Senatobia with burial in Longtown cemetery. She was a member of Little Texas Baptist Church. Mrs. Spencer, the wife of Bernard Spencer, also leaves two sons, Bernard Spencer Jr. of Senatobia and Scott Spencer of Tunica; a sister, Stella Rowe of Tunica; two brothers, Ray Yount of Destin, Fla., and Gene Yount of Yellville, Ark., and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Byhalia -- Lester Wilson, 80, farmer, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Ceola Wilson, also leaves six daughters, Cornelia Hamilton, Cecelia Sawyer and Linda Kizer, all of Memphis, Anna Gatewood of Collierville, and Ruby Tucker and Lorraine Wiseman, both of Olive Branch; three sons, Rev. Jimmy Stewart of Coldwater, Robert Wilson of Byhalia and Marvin Wilson of Memphis; a sister, LeAnna Bradley of Orlando, Fla.; six brothers, J.B. Bell, Johnnie Bell, Robert Bell and Booker T. Sanders, all of Chicago, Eugene Hardin of Memphis and Autry Hardin of Holly Springs, 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Juanita Peters Ross, 74, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. George's Episcopal Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Oakridge cemetery. Nowell Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Ross, the wife of Harvey Turner Ross, also leaves a daughter, Scott Boucek of Memphis; a son, Chet Abraham of Tupelo; a sister, Wedell Noland, and a brother, Bo Peters, both of Clarksdale, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
