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Herbert H. Marr, 75, retired farmer, died June 4 at his home. Memorial services were held at 10 a.m. June 8 at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home with graveside services at 1 p.m. at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a Methodist. Mr. Marr, the husband of Mildred S. Marr, also leaves two daughters, Donna June Noe and Lynn Marr, both of Hernando, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Robinsonville United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
Dated June 1, 2004
Jessie Massey, 93, of Hernando, died May 29 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held June 5 at Enon Springs Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Enon Springs Cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home had charge. He was a member of St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church in Olive Branch. He leaves a son, Jessie W. Massey, and a brother, Emerson Massey, both of Hernando, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Dated June 1, 2004
Mary Margaret Monk, 62, homemaker, died June 4 at her home. Memorial services were held at 3 p.m. June 7 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis. Mrs. Monk, the wife of Roger H. Monk for 23 years, also leaves four daughters, Andrea McLeod of Collierville, Sherie Clifton of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Tina Wolfe of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Reecelynn M. O'Brien of Memphis; a son, Roger H. Monk Jr. of Byhalia; a sister, Martha Strickland of Orange Park, Fla.; two brothers, Dewey Bills Jr. of Horn Lake and Dan Bills of Memphis, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Dated June 1, 2004
BAILEY JAMES MOTT, son of Chastity and Michael Mott of Walls, was stillborn May 29 at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women in Memphis. Graveside services were held June 1 at Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens in Southaven. Twin Oaks Funeral Home had charge. He also leaves a brother, Michael Mott Jr. of Walls; his grandparents, Cathy and Mike Ashford of Brookland, Ark., Sharon Ashford of Jonesboro, Ark., and Sandra Mott of Arkabutla, and his great-grandparents, Barbara and Sonny Mott of Canton and Imigine James of Jonesboro.
Dated June 1, 2004
G. MULLINS, 68, of Memphis, retired from Lifeway Christian Book store, died May 22 at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services were held June 1 at Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder and Sunday school teacher. Memorial Park Funeral Home had charge. He was an Army veteran and a graduate of Southside High School. Mr. Mullins leaves his wife of 40 years, Mary ‘Beba’ Mullins; two daughters, Melissa Genes of Arlington and Angela Williams of Southaven; a son, Tony Mullins of Collierville; a sister, June Williams of Senatobia; a brother, Wayne Mullins of Henderson, Tenn., and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Dated June 1, 2004
DONALD WAYNE PERRY, 42, of Memphis, died May 28 at Methodist North Hospital. Services were held May 30 at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Randolph (Tenn.) Cemetery. He was a member of Central Baptist Church. Mr. Perry leaves his wife, Roxanne Needham Perry; two daughters, Katherine Marie Perry and Rebecca Lynn Perry, and his father and stepmother, Glenn and Gloria Perry, all of Memphis; his mother and stepfather, Bobbie Lynn and Joe Daughtry of Somerville; two brothers, Kim Perry of Allen, Texas, and Norlin Perry of Eads; two half-sisters, Glenda Perry of Republic, Mo., and Gayle Perry of Memphis; a stepsister, Diane Maher of Pensacola, Fla., and a stepbrother, Mark Daughtry of Southaven.
Dated June 1, 2004
Carl Richard Personke, 75, of Hernando, elementary education professor for the University of Wisconsin, died June 1 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Memorial services were held June 4 at Trinity Baptist Church in Southaven. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven had charge. He was a Korean War Marine Corps veteran. He leaves a son, Curtis Personke of Sun Prairie, Wis.; a sister, Gloria Schantz, and a brother, Charles Personke, both of Detroit, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Dated June 1, 2004
Donald Ray Sims, 48, employee of Avent Dairy, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Grove Cemetery. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He leaves his mother, Bonnie Jean Sims of Horn Lake, and a sister, Debbi Starkey of Jackson, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Dated June 1, 2004
BARBARA ANN CARLISLE STOVALL, 68, of Memphis, retired owner of Playland Day Care Center, died May 27 at Methodist North Hospital. Services were held June 1 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. She was a communicant of St. Paul Catholic Church and a graduate of Southside High School. Mrs. Stovall, the widow of William Stovall, leaves five daughters, Susan McDaniel of Cordova, Stacey Hissong of Nashville, Sandra Stovall of Bartlett, Sharon Hatton of Dallas and Stephanie Hall of Olive Branch; a son, William Scott Stovall; three brothers, George Lavalle Carlisle of Horn Lake, William Thomas Carlisle of Bartlett and Aubrey Lee Carlisle of Las Vegas, and 12 grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
CLYDE W. ‘SLIM’ SUMMERS, 79, of Memphis, retired employee of Big Star Grocery, died May 28 at North Oak Regional Medical Center in Senatobia, Miss. Services were held June 2 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Hernando, where he was a communicant, with burial in Goodrum Memorial Cemetery in Eudora. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando had charge. Mr. Summers leaves his wife, Carolyn Summers; two sons, Larry Shelby of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Robert Michael Shelby of Memphis, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Holy Spirit Catholic Church Building Fund.
Dated June 1, 2004
Dan W. Tacker, 62, of Byhalia, formerly of Hernando, employee of Memphis Industrial Tire Service, died June 1 at his home. Services were held June 4 at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando with burial in Hernando Memorial Park Cemetery. He was a member of Olive Branch First Baptist Church. Mr. Tacker leaves his wife, Pam Tacker; a daughter, Angie Howarth of Hernando; two sons, Greg Tacker of Memphis and Chris Tacker of Southaven; a stepson, Andy Nichols of Olive Branch; two brothers, Wayne Tacker of Germantown and Larry Tacker of Collierville, and five grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
JOSEPH ‘RYAN’ TILLISON, 18, of Nesbit, senior at Southaven High School and courtesy clerk for Kroger in Olive Branch, died May 27 at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services were held June 1 at Longview Heights Baptist Church in Olive Branch. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven had charge. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Brenda Tillison and Rick Dusenbury of Nesbit; his father and stepmother, Joe and Sharon Tillison of Oceanside, Calif.; a sister, Lindsey Tillison of Nesbit; a stepsister, Brittney Pastine, and a stepbrother, Justin Pastine, both of Lakewood, Colo., and his grandparents, Shirley and Larry Streitmatter of Edmond, Okla., and John Tillison of Tahlequah, Okla.
Dated June 1, 2004
Fred 'Jay' Vowell, 73, died June 5 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held June 8 at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veteran's Cemetery. He was a Korean War veteran. Mr. Vowell, the husband of Marie Holmes Vowell, also leaves a daughter, Debra Peters of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; a son, James 'Tony' Vowell of Olive Branch; a sister, Eleanor Boyette of Pasadena, Texas; two brothers, James Orval Vowell of La Marque, Texas, and Gerald Vowell of Livingston, Texas, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Dated June 1, 2004
WILLIAM W. WATTS, 84, of Hernando, general contractor, died May 30 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were held June 2 at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Blocker Cemetery there. He was a World War II Navy veteran, president of Associated Builders and Contractors, former president of Associated General Contractors and the Genealogical Society of DeSoto County and a member of National Rifle Association and Highland Hundred. Mr. Watts, the widower of Eleanor A. Watts and husband of Doris T. Vaughn Watts, also leaves a daughter, Nancy W. Hartz of Lakeland; a son, William W. Watts Jr. of Olive Branch; a stepdaughter, Marceia V. Harbin of Olive Branch; three stepsons, Tom W. Vaughn of Suwanee, Ga., Maurry L. Vaughn of Hernando and Dell R. Vaughn of Memphis; a sister, Dorothy W. Winn of Germantown, 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to New Prospect Baptist Church Building Fund.
Dated June 1, 2004
SARA K. WEST, 68, of Olive Branch, retired secretary for Murdock Printing Co., died May 29 at Methodist University Hospital. Services were held June 1 at Gracewood Baptist Church in Southaven, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home South had charge. Mrs. West leaves her husband, H. S. ‘Red’ West; three daughters, Kathryn Mehlhorn of Springfield, Mo., Donna Miller of Southaven and Linda Calaway of Bartlett; a son, James Fisher of Jackson; two stepdaughters, Darlene Garavaglia of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Cindy Byars of Cordova; a stepson, Chris Cantrell of Memphis, 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Gracewood Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.
Dated June 1, 2004
JUANITA A. ABRAM, 74, of Memphis, died May 30 at Methodist South Hospital. Services were held June 5 at New Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park Cemetery. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home had charge. She leaves seven daughters, Thelma Newson, Delois Richardson, Edna Abram, Doris Swinney, Patricia Johnson, Gladys Johnson and Joyce Anderson, all of Memphis; eight sons, William Abram, James H. Abram, Emanuel Abram, Calvin Abram, Terry C. Abram and Dwight A. Abram, all of Memphis, Benjamine F. Abram of Nesbit and Ronnie Abram of Horn Lake; six sisters, Louise Marshall of Chicago, Gladys Reynolds, Ruth Bridge forth and Lucinda Partee, all of Memphis, Myrtle Hackett of New Jersey and Virtle Morgan of Southaven; a brother, Errison Price Jr. of Southaven, 49 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Shelia Kay Akers, 47, of Southaven, homemaker, died June 4 at Methodist South Hospital in Memphis. Services were held June 8 at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery there. Mrs. Akers leaves her husband, Ralph Akers; a son, Richard Alexander Akers of Southaven; her mother and stepfather, Elizabeth and Hal C. Cooper of Millbrook, Ala.; a sister, Karen Marie Hamilton of Hernando, and a brother, Hal Blair Wayne Cooper of Millbrook.
William S. Berryman, 73, of Southaven, retired sales manager for Thurston Motor Lines, former general manager of Happy Hal Toys and former performer for King Brothers Circus, died June 6 at his home. Services were held June 8 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. He was a member of Southcrest Baptist Church and a graduate of Arkansas State University. Mr. Berryman, the widower of Virginia L. Berryman, leaves two daughters, Sherry Stevenson of Southaven and Charlotte Wilson of Memphis; a son, Charles Abbott of Olive Branch; a sister, Mary Sue Graham of Portageville, Mo.; a brother, Bob Berryman of Birmingham, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Morning Star International Ministries.
Dated June 12, 2004
