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Walls -- Jerry L. Crum, 67, of Judsonia, Ark., formerly of Walls and Horn Lake, truck driver for Consolidated Freightways, died Wednesday in Heber Springs, Ark. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at his daughter's home in Southaven. Mr. Crum, the husband of Ann Guess Crum, also leaves two daughters, Patricia Crum LaRoche of Chesapeake, Va., and Linda Crum Barnes of Southaven; a son, Michael Crum of Gilbert, Ariz.; his mother, Birdie Scott of West Memphis, Ark.; two brothers, Doyle Crum of Proctor, Ark., and Darryl Crum of Sycamore, Ill., and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Batesville -- Brett Thomas Broome, 19, student at the University of Mississippi, died Saturday in Tupelo. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church with burial in Batesville-Magnolia cemetery. Dickins Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Bart and Christy Broome; a brother, Dane Broome, and his grandparents, Art and Barbara Broome and Talmadge and Carolyn Goodnite, all of Batesville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Dudale/Van Eys Scholarship care of Tennessee Hemophilia Foundation or First United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated May 23, 2005]
Batesville -- Ethel L. Ford, 81, homemaker, died Friday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at New Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Bethlehem cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary has charge. She leaves four daughters, Rosie Trantham of Harvey, Ill., and Amy Adair Conner, Inez Lee and Eunice Adair, all of Batesville; two sons, Michael Lee and Randy Lee, and a sister, Ivory Nona King, all of Batesville, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 23, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Nettie Roy Purvis, 88, homemaker, died Sunday at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Nowell Funeral Home with burial in Oakridge cemetery. Mrs. Purvis, the widow of Bill Purvis, leaves four daughters, Frankie Hodges Poythress of Longmont, Colo., Judith Roy Riley of Merigold, and Yvonne Roy Ashley and Glenda Roy Cannon, both of Clarksdale; two sisters, Pat Mora of Millington, Tenn., and Dorothy Barber of Atlanta, 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 23, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Inez Merritt West Peyton, 89, homemaker, died Saturday at Senatobia Convalescent Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon cemetery. She was a member of the Ladies Bible Class at Olive Branch Church of Christ. Mrs. Peyton, the widow of Winford P. Peyton, leaves three daughters, Ruth Sneed Sowell of Hernando, and Mary Evelyn Johnson and Ann Dunlap, both of Olive Branch; two sons, Winford Lee Peyton and Tony Peyton, both of Olive Branch; three sisters, Laura Black of Olive Branch, Estelle Kopf of Coldwater and Anita Sanders of Southaven; two brothers, William B. West of McMinnville, Tenn., and Garnett B. West of Southaven, 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, three stepgreat-grandchildren and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Olive Branch Church of Christ or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated May 23, 2005]
Hernando -- Toney W. Hughes Jr., 38, mechanic for Gateway Tire Co., died Tuesday in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home of Hernando with burial in Cockrum (Miss.) cemetery. He was a Pentecostal. Mr. Hughes, the husband of Cheryl W. Hughes, also leaves two daughters, Chasity Hughes and Megan Hughes, both of Hernando; two sons, Steven Hughes of Hernando and Bryan Hughes of Southaven; his parents, Shirley and Tony Hughes of Hernando; a sister, Kristen Carlisle of Chicago; two brothers, Cecil Hughes and Richard Hughes, both of Hernando, and his grandmother, Minnie Striplin of Horn Lake.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Lawrence Vinson Pannell, 80, farmer and trailer builder for Fruehauf, died Monday in Holly Springs. Joint services with his son will be at 2 p.m. today at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Clear Creek cemetery in Lamar. He was a 39-year deacon at Clear Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Pannell, the widower of Annie Lorene Pannell, leaves two daughters, Linda Pannell Evans of Red Banks and Kathy Pannell Bailey of Southaven; three sons, Tommy Wayne Pannell and Jimmy Dale Pannell, both of Red Banks, and James Edward Pannell of Southaven; a sister, Ethel Pannell of Holly Springs; two brothers, Thurman Pannell of Southaven and Dewey Pannell of Holly Springs, 19 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Nesbit -- Shirley D. Jones, 68, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hinds Chapel United Methodist Church in Horn Lake, where she was a member. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home of Hernando has charge. Mrs. Jones, the wife of Robert Jones, also leaves five daughters, Margie A. Bennett of Ashland, Pamela E. Creasie of Lamar, Diana Torian of Marion, Ark., Theresa Wilson of Southaven and Rhonda Hawkins of Nesbit; two brothers, Robert Griffin of Paris, Tenn., and Joseph Griffin of Tupelo, 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hinds Chapel United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Debbie Garner, 49, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. She leaves her mother, Dorothy Garner of Olive Branch. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Bellevue Baptist Church or Mineral Wells Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Olive Branch -- James Arthur 'Brother' Jeans, 84, retired construction worker, died Monday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Cooper Chapel CME Church with burial in Cowans cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Jeans, the widower of Julia Jeans, leaves a brother, Rufus Jeans, and a nephew who helped care for him, Melvin Allen, both of Olive Branch.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Oxford -- Lar Vell Flemmons, 88, homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Flemmons, the widow of Raster Flemmons, leaves five daughters, Alice Pegues, Jessie Thompson, U.V. Mathis and Eddie Lou Pegues, all of Oxford, and Gracie Smith of Etta; a son, Robert Flemmons of Oxford, and a sister, Hattie Mae Rucker of Chicago.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Oxford -- Stella Louise Gross, 54, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Peter's Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville with burial in the church cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gross, the wife of James Earl Gross of Batesville, also leaves a daughter, Gloria Brooks of Oxford; her mother, Eva Mae Webb of Senatobia; two sisters, Lula Mae Youngblood of Jacksonville, Fla., and Martha Bobo of Senatobia; four brothers, John Barksdale of Batesville, Otis Brooks of Como, Sammie Bobo of Coldwater and Danny Bobo of Jacksonville, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Red Banks -- Lawrence V. 'Tony' Pannell Jr., 60, welder and fitter, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Joint services with his father will be at 2 p.m. today at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Clear Creek cemetery in Lamar. He was a Baptist. Mr. Pannell, the widower of Cora Edna Pannell, leaves two daughters, Tammy Renee Morris of Greenville, S.C., and Tonya Jane Pannell of Holly Springs; a son, Rodney Wayne Pannell of Olive Branch; two stepdaughters, Carol Ann Henley of Byhalia and Marilyn Sue Garrett of Houlka; two sisters, Linda Pannell Evans of Red Banks and Kathy Pannell Bailey of Southaven; three brothers, Tommy Wayne Pannell and Jimmy Dale Pannell, both of Red Banks, and James Edward Pannell of Southaven, eight grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Senatobia -- U.L. Davis, 69, retired road maintenance worker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wyatte Community Church with burial in Harris Chapel Church cemetery in Tyro. Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater has charge. Mr. Davis, the widower of Lorene Davis, leaves five daughters, Ollie Ingram and Verna Cathey, both of Holly Springs, Mae Lena Mays and Felicia Davis, both of Senatobia, and Arbella Nichols of Byhalia; five sons, U.L. Davis Jr. and Joe Lee Davis, both of Senatobia, Larry Davis of Como, Almos Davis of Memphis and Wavey T. Davis of Southaven; a sister, Ollie Mae Sessom of St. Louis, 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Southaven -- Ralph Louellen Cunningham, 67, of Jackson, Tenn., formerly of Southaven, retired meat cutter for Kroger, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was an Army veteran and a Presbyterian. Mr. Cunningham, the widower of Janet Cunningham, leaves a daughter, Joanna Douglas of Jackson; two sons, Jeff Jackson of Memphis and Chris Cunningham of Alabama; a brother, Edward Cunningham of Texas, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Southaven -- William Benton 'Ben' Jones, 51, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Twin Oaks Funeral Home. He was a Baptist. Mr. Jones, the husband of Kathy Jones, also leaves a daughter, Stacey Jones of Memphis; a son, Jason Jones of Horn Lake; his mother, Margie Jones of Senatobia; two sisters, Laurie Baker of Hernando and Lisa Lackey of Senatobia, and a brother, Jeff Jones of Senatobia.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Ashland -- Mattie Lee Yancy Gibson, 72, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke Church of God in Christ with burial in Good Hope cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. She was a member and an usher of Palestine Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Gibson, the wife of DeWitt Gibson, also leaves a daughter, Daisy Lee Gibson Tipler of Ashland, and two grandsons.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Como -- Robert Johnson Jr., 63, factory worker, died May 20 at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cherry Street Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a steward, with burial in Hammond Hill Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Senatobia. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home in Senatobia has charge. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Matilda Pratcher Johnson, also leaves five daughters, Lizzie Price, Saddie Mabry and Effie Jones, all of Como, Brenda Johnson of West Memphis, Ark., and Freda Johnson of Erie, Pa.; six sons, Robert E. Johnson of Kansas City, Mo., George E. Johnson of West Memphis, Michael Johnson of San Diego, Robert J. Johnson of Erie, and Joe Pratcher and Mott Young, both of Como; four sisters, Ora Lee Longstreet of Memphis, and Rosie Lee Doyle, Johnnie B. Taylor and Florine Haynes, all of Como; three brothers, R.L. Johnson and James Willie Johnson, both of Como, and Amos Johnson of Kalamazoo, Mich., 31 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Como -- Johnny Lee McNeil Jr., 30, factory worker, died Saturday in Nashville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church with burial in Hammond Hill cemetery in Senatobia. Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater has charge. He leaves two sons, Cordarius Milan of Sardis and Terrell Carpenter of Como; his parents, Bessie Lee McNeil and Johnny B. McNeil of Como; five sisters, Shirley Ann Little, Patricia McNeil, Juanita McNeil and Mary McNeil, all of Como, and Jeanette Little of Waterford, and two brothers, James Little and Tracy McNeil, both of Como.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
