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ORBREY ‘J. R.’ BROTHERTON, 56, of Ingrams Mill, retired barber, died May 27 at his home. Graveside services were held June 2 at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis. Family Funeral Care in Memphis had charge. Mr. Brotherton leaves his wife of 21 years, Judith Brotherton; a son, Jason R. Brotherton of Ingrams Mill; his parents, O. E. and Emma Lee Brotherton of Memphis, and a sister, Frances Gaines of Olive Branch. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Dated June 1, 2004
CALVIN DEWITT BROWN, 86, of Olive Branch, retired mechanic for Roadway Express, died May 28 at his home. Services were held June 1 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. Mr. Brown, the widower of Ruby Kennum Brown, leaves two daughters, Colleen Brown Early of Olive Branch and Patty G. Quinn of Memphis; two sons, Calvin V. Brown of Bartlett, Tenn., and Larry H. Brown of Collierville, Tenn.; seven sisters, Otis Davis, Jewell Potts, Lavonia Lafrain, Annie Grace Martin and Mary Jo Alexander, all of New Albany, Novella Foster of Potts Camp and Jean Everett of Memphis; a brother, Pete Brown of New Albany, 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hospice Homecare in Oxford.
Dated June 1, 2004
BRIAN M. CAMPBELL, 23, of Germantown, electrician for Tri-State, died May 29 in Germantown. Services were held June 2 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He leaves his mother, Gigi Phillips of Germantown; his father and stepmother, Roy and Cheryl Campbell of Olive Branch; a sister, Christy Shaffer of Cordova; two brothers, Andy Anderson of Olive Branch and Jeremy Anderson of Southaven, and his grandparents, Billy and Frances Campbell of Olive Branch. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Getwell Road United Methodist Church Building Fund.
Dated June 1, 2004
Willie Coffee, 88, of Lake Cormorant, retired from the Corps of Engineers, died May 30 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held June 6 at Lake Cormorant Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando hadcharge. He leaves four daughters, Emma Nelson of Chicago, Lillie Baggett of Horn Lake, Rosie Miles of West Memphis and Reddie Miles of Southaven; three sons, W. C. Miles and James Gill, both of Walls, and Robert Gill of Lake Cormorant; a sister, Kattie Banks of Indianapolis, 18 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
Gerald Phillip Conlee, 64, of Eudora, retired from Coors Brewery, died May 31 at his home. Services were held June 2 at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia Cemetery in Coldwater. Mr. Conlee, the husband of Louise Conlee, also leaves two sons, David Conlee of Houston, Texas, and Darin Conlee of Hernando; two sisters, Janet McGovern and Shelia Northan, both of Memphis, and a grandchild.
Dated June 1, 2004
WALLACE E. COWAN JR., 76, of Memphis, retired from Hohenberg Cotton Co., died June 3 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services were held June 5 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a Korean War veteran, a member of White Station Baptist Church and Cotton Row Alumni Association and a graduate of Humes High School. Mr. Cowan leaves his wife, Grace Kennedy Cowan; four daughters, Gloria Williams, Betty Collins and Glenda Mills, all of Olive Branch, and Cindy Buck of Germantown; a sister, Grace Barcroft of Memphis; a brother, James B. Cowan of Hanford, Calif., and nine grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to White Station Baptist Church.
Dated June 1, 2004
William Addis Cross, 72, of Olive Branch, retired maintenance worker for Shelby County, died May 31 at his home. Services were held June 2 at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. He was a Korean War Marine Corps veteran and a member of McLemore Masonic Lodge 715, Wahabi Shriner and Olive Branch Shrine Club. Mr. Cross leaves his wife, Rose Marie Cross; a son, William B. Cross of Olive Branch; a stepdaughter, Paula Turnmire of Horn Lake; a stepson, Rocky Gresham of Collierville, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Olive Branch Shrine Club Transportation Fund.
Dated June 1, 2004
Annie Laurie Darling, 89, homemaker, died June 4 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. June 10 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. She was a member of Capleville United Methodist Church and a Pink Lady for Methodist University Hospital. Mrs. Darling, the widow of Murray Darling, leaves a daughter, Margaret D. Traylor of Olive Branch; two sons, Elbert 'Buddy' Darling of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Thomas Darling of Blaine, Wash., 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Capleville United Methodist Church Mission.
Dated June 1, 2004
FAYE DOWDY, 77, of New Albany, homemaker, died May 28 at her home. Services were held May 31 at Browning Funeral Home in Ecru with burial in Ecru City Cemetery. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Dowdy, the widow of Royce Dowdy, leaves local survivors including a daughter, Brenda Bell of Olive Branch; a son, Bobby Dowdy of Oxford, and a grandchild.
Dated June 1, 2004
LUCILLE ‘BIGGIE’ ECHOLS, 87, of Hernando, died May 28 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held June 5 at Morgan Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home in Memphis had charge. Mrs. Echols, the widow of Meriwether Echols, leaves a daughter, Katie Merriweather of Hernando, seven grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
Darlene Weeden Fooshee, 71, of Byhalia, homemaker, died June 1 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held June 4 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. She leaves two daughters, Nola J. Hart of Byhalia and Sherry L. Isbell of Horn Lake; a sister, JoeAnn Weeden of New Albany; two brothers, Dean Weeden of Southaven and Tommy Weeden of Potts Camp, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
FORISTER, LOUISE V., 78, of Hernando, homemaker, died June 6 at her home. Services were held at 1 p.m. June 8 at Forest Hill Cemetery South in Memphis. Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis has charge. Mrs. Forister, the wife of John William Forister for 55 years, also leaves three daughters, Lynn Wells of Southaven, Hilda Taylor of Olive Branch and Pat Furr of Whiteville, a granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Dated June 1, 2004
BENNIE M. HARGETT, 84, of Southaven, retired truck driver for Baldwin Piano Co., died May 31 at Landmark of DeSoto. Services were held June 3 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Longtown Cemetery. He was a World War II Air Corps veteran and a member of Southaven Church of Christ and the American Legion. Mr. Hargett leaves his wife, Lottie Ruth Hargett; two daughters, Carole Rhodes of Horn Lake and Brenda Torrence of Lakeland; two sons, Bennie M. Hargett Jr. of O’Fallon, Ill., and Albert J. Hargett of Southaven; a sister, Alice McGill of Tampa, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Dated June 1, 2004
ERNEST TATE ‘TATER BUG’ HARWELL, 76, of Memphis, retired electrician for Standard Electric, died May 28 at Methodist University Hospital. Services were held June 1 at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was an elder and Sunday school superintendent at Highland Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a Mason and a member of Memphis Electric League, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 474, Summer Avenue Lodge and Al Chymia Shrine. Mr. Harwell leaves his wife of 51 years, Harriet L. Harwell; a daughter, Barbara Gail Robinson of Arlington; a son, Ernest M. Harwell of Millington; three sisters, Icy Brown of Memphis, Shirley Davis of Hernando and Luci Roberts of Round Rock, Texas; three brothers, Clarence Harwell of Cordova, Roy Harwell of Olive Branch and James Harwell of Hickory Withe, Tenn., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Highland Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Dated June 1, 2004
CHESTER EARL JONES, 63, of Memphis, retired mill operator for Kellogg’s, died June 1 at his home. Services were held June 4 at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. He attended Cornerstone Church of Christ. He leaves a daughter, Wendy Gann of New Albany; two sisters, Cora Feathers of Finger, Tenn., and Johnnie Langston of Lakeland; four brothers, George E. Jones of Byhalia, Gene Jones and Marvin Ray Jones, both of Olive Branch, and Roy Lee Jones of Southaven, and two granddaughters. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Dated June 1, 2004
JOAN MARIE LOONEY, 71, of Southaven, retired nurse, died June 3 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were held June 5 at Heritage Christian Life Center with burial in Goodrum Memorial Cemetery in Eudora. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando had charge. Mrs. Looney, the widow of George Everette Looney, leaves a daughter, Trish Greene of Sevierville, Tenn.; five sons, George Everette Looney Jr. of Eudora, William Winfield Looney, Paul Anthony Looney and Henry Clay Looney, all of Lake Cormorant, and Jim Bruce Looney of Southaven; three sisters, Polly Noreen Dean and Mary Catherine Case, both of Olive Branch, and Juanita Jean Lovelace of Abbeville; a brother, William Reese Hadden Jr. of Southaven, and 12 grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
Ester Marie Louden, 49, of Walls, homemaker, died May 27 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held June 5 at Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Lake Cormorant with burial in Greenview Cemetery in Nesbit. Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando had charge. She leaves two daughters, Jessica Louden and Iesha Louden, and a son, Frank Baxter Jr., all of Walls; three sisters, Gloria Louden and Fredia Louden, both of Walls, and Edna Louden-Hailey of Southaven; a brother, Silas Louden Jr. of Walls, and a grandchild.
Dated June 1, 2004
