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Hickory Flat -- Thelma Nelson Childers, 86, homemaker, died Saturday in New Albany. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Flat Rock cemetery. She was a member of Flat Rock Baptist Church. Mrs. Childers, the widow of Earl Childers, leaves eight daughters, Molly Cranston of Marne, Iowa, Martha Vanzant of Memphis, Sandy Brown of Germantown, Debbie Crist of Mandeville, La., Earlene Reed and Neva Sing, both of Hickory Flat, and Jane Goode and Jo Simpson, both of New Albany; three sons, Tommy Childers of Potts Camp, and Don Childers and Jerry Childers of Hickory Flat; three sisters, Mary Lois Gurley of Potts Camp, Hazel Ferrell of Memphis and Sue Seitz of Osceola, Ark.; two brothers, Lynn Nelson of Olive Branch and John Nelson of Byhalia, three grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Olive Branch -- James W. House, 61, formerly of Memphis, retired from Tennessee National Guard and BellSouth marketing executive, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis with burial in Memorial Park. He was a graduate of South Side High School, a Baptist and member of Olive Branch Country Club. Mr. House, the husband of Libby House, also leaves a daughter, Jamie Riley of Nashville; a son, Chuck House of Memphis; two sisters, Rita Baggett of Olive Branch and Patty Puckett of Arlington; two brothers, Frank House Jr. of Somerville and Milton House of Winchester, Va., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Oxford -- Viola Downs Smith, 84, homemaker, died Sunday at Graceland Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Waller Funeral Home with burial in Abbeville cemetery. She was a member of Abbeville Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was the widow of Jesse Smith. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Abbeville Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Red Banks -- Alma Ford Norfleet, 94, retired cook for H.W. Byers School in Mount Pleasant, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at New Hope CME Church, where she was a church stewardess, with burial in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Norfleet, the widow of Hosie Norfleet, leaves four daughters, Earlie Mapp of Detroit, Ruth E. Betts of Red Banks, and Lottie Stephens and Ida L. Wells, both of Memphis; four sons, Roosevelt Norflett of Red Banks, Edison Norfleet of Memphis, and Clarence Norfleet and Orlando Norfleet, both of Detroit; a brother, R.W. Ford of Osceola, Ark., 44 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Sardis -- Mario 'Sam' Tamboli, 82, electrician, died Saturday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Batesville, where he was a communicant, with graveside services at 3 p.m. at Memory Hill Gardens in Memphis. Dickins Funeral Home in Batesville has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Tamboli, the husband of Rose Catherine Rasbach Tamboli, also leaves a daughter, Maria Windham of Sardia; four sons, Robert Tamboli of Clearwater, Fla., William Tamboli of Macon, Ga., and Patrick Tamboli and Roy Tamboli, both of Memphis; four sisters, Mary Pittman of North Carolina, Josie Smith of Fresno, Calif., and Lillian Baron and Julia Liberto, both of Memphis; three brothers, Robert Tamboli of Enid, and Joe Tamboli and Frank Tamboli, both of Memphis, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Association or St. Mary's Catholic Church.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Walnut -- Mary Edna Flake, 61, retired from Reeds pants factory, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Community Pentecostal Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home in Corinth has charge. She leaves a daughter, Shelly Ross; a son, Daven Flake, and two sisters, Ruby Smith and Dianne Flake, all of Walnut; a brother, Hubert Colvin of Water Valley, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 21, 2005]
Cayce -- Harry C. Vaughn, 70, truck driver, died Sunday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Vaughn, the husband of Betty Vaughn, also leaves six daughters, Wanda Paty of Dickson, Tenn., Barbara Vaughn of Centerville, Tenn., Paula Vopp of Memphis, and Donna Wylie, Penny Vaughn and Angela Garcia, all of Byhalia; a son, Harry C. Vaughn Jr. of Centerville, 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Corinth -- Ruth Moore Stevens, 84, retired from Weavers Pants Factory after 36 years, died Sunday at Dogwood Plantation Retirement Home. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Coleman Family Chapel with burial in Forrest Memorial Park. She was a member of Harper Christian Church. Mrs. Stevens was the widow of W.A. Stevens.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Hernando -- Aline W. Carey, 84, retired chief operator for BellSouth, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial park Funeral Home in Memphis with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Hernando Methodist Church, Mrs. Carey, the widow of John W. Carey, leaves a daughter, Margaret Dennen of Senatobia, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Hickory Flat -- Thelma Nelson Childers, 86, homemaker, died Saturday in New Albany. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Flat Rock cemetery. She was a member of Flat Rock Baptist Church. Mrs. Childers, the widow of Earl Childers, leaves nine daughters, Molly Cranston of Marne, Iowa, Martha Vanzant of Memphis, Sandy Brown of Germantown, Debbie Crist of Mandeville, La., Laverne Provost of Apopka, Fla., Earlene Reed and Neva Sing, both of Hickory Flat, and Jane Goode and Jo Simpson, both of New Albany; three sons, Tommy Childers of Potts Camp, and Don Childers and Jerry Childers of Hickory Flat; three sisters, Mary Lois Gurley of Potts Camp, Hazel Ferrell of Memphis and Sue Seitz of Osceola, Ark.; two brothers, Lynn Nelson of Olive Branch and John Nelson of Byhalia, three grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Doris Perrine Edwards, 61, homemaker, and employee of Wulitzer and Maury Manufacturing, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Ashland cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Edwards, the widow of Cecil Edwards, leaves a daughter, Carla Edwards Davis of Holly Springs; two sons, Keith Kimery of Falkner and Timothy Edwards of Holly Springs; two sisters, Mary Childers and Josephine Gibson, both of Ashland, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Oxford -- Clara Elizabeth Ray Howard, 78, retired University of Memphis cafeteria cashier, died Sunday at Graceland Care Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Waller Funeral Home with burial in Pine Flat cemetery. Mrs. Howard, the widow of George Howard, leaves three sisters, Juanita Martin of Water Valley, and Annie Miller and Susie Tidwell, both of Oxford, and two brothers, Johnnie Ray of Madison and James Ray of Oxford. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mississippi Alzheimer's Association in Jackson or Pine Flat cemetery Fund.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Byhalia -- Emerson Devon Manning, 88, routeman, died Saturday in Southaven. Graveside services were Tuesday at Byhalia cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home had charge. He was a Baptist. He leaves three daughters, Virginia Glover of Guntown, Kathleen Mitchell of Athens, Tenn., and Rebecca Manning of Statesville, N.C.; two sons, Emerson D. Manning Jr. of Mooresville, N.C., and Paul W. Manning of Statesville; a sister, Jewel Manning of Jackson; two brothers, Leon Manning of Southaven and Rodney Manning of Snow Lake, seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Coldwater -- Regina Ann Ferrell, 84, homemaker, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Greenleaf cemetery in Coldwater. Mrs. Ferrell, the wife of Milton Ferrell, also leaves a daughter, Brittany Michelle Ferrell; a son, Jeffrey Wayne Ferrell; her parents, Vivian and Harold D. Taylor, and a sister, Janice Jones, all of Coldwater.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Corinth -- Johnnie Hollins, 89, farmer and sawmill worker, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Corinthian Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Baptist Church cemetery. He was a Baptist. Mr. Hollins, the husband of Mary N. Hollins, also leaves six daughters, Glenda King, Becky Hollins Bain, Linda McCully, Brenda K. Hollins and Patsy Reeves, all of Corinth, and Rita Hollins of Michie, Tenn.; four sons, Johnny R. Hollins, Ricky Hollins and Ty Hollins, all of Corinth, and Joseph Hollins of Maryville, Tenn.; a sister, Bertha Kennedy of Fulton, 31 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Hernando -- Marcia Jane Zacharias, 84, formerly of Orinda, Calif., died Sunday at her grandson's home in Hernando. Hernando Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Zacharias, the widow of Henry Zacharias Jr., leaves a daughter, Teresa Silver of Moscow, Tenn.; a son, Henry Zacharias III of Orinda, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Michigan City -- Cassie L. Miller, 96. construction worker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Early Grove cemetery in Michigan City. He was a Baptist. Mr. Miller, the widower of Hazel Miller, leaves three daughters, Shirley Clarkson of Holly Springs, Barbara Pickens of Saltillo and Laverne Miller of Lamar; four sons, Johnny Miller of Holly Springs, Jerry Miller of El Dorado, Kan., Charles Miller of Fulton, Kan., and Billy Miller of Atlanta; two sisters, Lois Yeager of Greenwood and Mary Ruth Swords of Ingomar; a brother, Roderick Miller of Michigan City, 31 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Olive Branch -- J.T. Milton Bonds, 77, formerly of Memphis, retired plumbing contractor for Village Plumbing Co., died Tuesday at Memphis Jewish Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial at 1:30 p.m. in Booneville (Miss.) cemetery. Mr. Bonds, the widower of Juanita Bonds, leaves two daughters, Trisha Bermudez of Bartlett and Linda Williams of Charlotte, N.C.; two sons, Steve Bonds of Cordova and Jerry Bonds of Collierville, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Longview Heights Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Sardis -- Jimmie L. Wilbourn, 72, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Sardis, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary in Batesville has charge. She leaves three daughters, Louella Webb and Virginia Wilbourn, both of Sardis, and Sarah Wilbourn of Akron, Ohio; seven sons, Wayne Wilbourn, Ulysses Wilbourn, James Melvin Wilbourn and Rainey Wilbourn, all of Sardis, W.T. Wilbourn of Coldwater, Willie James Wilbourn of Detroit and Homer Wilbourn Jr. of Bartlett, Tenn.; five sisters, Ethel Bradley of Como, Emma Jefferson of Jackson, Josephine Miles of Horn Lake, Ruthie Jean Miles of Detroit and Ruby Carter of Chicago; three brothers, Jessie Frank Burnette, George Ellis Burnette and Belaster Burnette, all of Detroit, 26 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Southaven -- Jo Anne Horton, 66, of Gentry, Ark., formerly of Southaven, homemaker, died Monday at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Gentry First Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Gentry cemetery. She was a member of Central Church in Memphis. Mrs. Horton, the wife of James Horton, also leaves a son, Perry Anthony Horton, and her parents, Paul and Gladys Gerrndt, all of Gentry; a sister, Shirley Smith of Gravette, Ark., and two granddaughters.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
