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Flowers, Anterious Cortez
Anterious Cortez Flowers died Saturday, July 26, 2003, at Tri Lakes Medical Center.
Memorial services were Saturday, July 26, 2003, at Rock Hill cemetery.
Flowers, born
July 26, 2003, was the son of Jennifer Barksdale and Anthony Flowers.
Survivors, in addition to his parents include one sister Jakeysha Flowers of Batesville; one brother Anthony Flowers Jr. of Batesville; his grandparents Cynthia and Sammy Armstead of Batesville and Brenda and Terry Robisson of Batesville and great-grandparent Cora Barksdale, all of Batesville.
Flowers, Harry Lee
Harry Lee Flowers, 59, of Batesville, died Thursday, May 1, 2003, at his residence of heart failure.
Services were Saturday at Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was at Forrest Memorial Park cemetery in Batesville. Rev. Steve Nichols officiated. Wells Funeral Home had charge.
Flowers, born
May 9, 1943, to the late Dennis Alton and Minnie Lee Wray Flowers, was a retired automobile mechanic and a U.S. Air Force Vietnam Veteran.
Survivors include his wife Loretta Montgomery Flowers of Batesville; three daughters, Karen Shelton of Batesville, Deborah Reeves of Portland, Ore., and Nicole Wiechert of Memphis; his mother Minnie W. Flowers of Tennessee; one son Timmy Cannon of Collierville, Tenn.; one sister Helen Morris of Tennessee and five grandchildren.
Fondren, Hattie Gertrude Johnson
Hattie Gertrude Johnson Fondren, 85, of Sardis died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Oxford.
Funeral services were Sunday at Mt. Gillion M.B. Church in Sardis. Rev. Walter Newson Jr. officiated. Burial was at Mt. Gillion cemetery in Sardis. Cooley's Mortuary had charge.
Fondren, born
Jan. 25, 1918, to the late Lee Andrew Johnson and the late Julia Mackey, was a housewife and a member of Mt. Gillion M.B. Church in Sardis.
Survivors include her husband Lewis Fondren of Sardis; two daughters, Clara Black of Batesville and Jean Alstoro of Wheatley Heights, N.Y.; four sons, L.P. Fondren of Sardis, Alexander Fondren of Courtland, Bobby W. Fondren and George Lee Fondren, both of Batesville; 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Forbes, Lora Mae
Lora Mae Forbes, 81, of Batesville, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center of heart failure.
Services are today at 2 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Burial is at Magnolia cemetery. Rev. Diane Lemon will officiate.
Forbes, born
Oct. 26, 1922, to the late Clem and the late Annie Elizabeth Keith Hodo, was a homemaker and a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church.
Survivors include five daughters, Shirley Forbes Smith, Betty Lou Forbes Wilkerson and Janice Forbes, all of Batesville, Brenda Fay Forbes Hawkins and Glenda Kay Forbes Mullins, both of Courtland; two sons, Herbert Forbes of Batesville and Mike J. Forbes of Pope; two sisters, Mattie Sue Beckwith of Greenville and Inez Mooneyhan of Woodland, Calif.; one brother Billy Hodo of Waynesville, N.C.; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Ford, James Leslie
James Leslie Ford, 77, of Water Valley, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford of heart failure.
Services were Thursday at Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was at Union cemetery in Sardis. Wells Funeral Home had charge.
Ford, born
Dec. 4, 1925, to the late Dudley and the late Christi Mae Allen Ford, was a member of Oakland Baptist Church, retired from Ford Motor Company, was an U.S. Army Veteran of WWII and a Deacon of the Oakland Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife Virginia Johnson Ford of Water Valley; three daughters, Sherry Ford Jones of Orlando, Fla., Carolyn Ford Sarlow of Pam Bay, Fla. and Beth Ford Crist of Amherst, Ohio; three sons, Jimmy L. Ford of Water Valley, Larry G. Ford of Austin, Texas and Charles Leslie Ford of Santee, Calif.; four sisters, Katherine Ford Wood and Juanita Ford Busby, both of Ackerman, Lucy Ford Stokes of Eugene, Ore. and Lois Ford Rayford of Olive Branch; two brothers, Irby Ford of Hernando and Kenneth Ford Ackerman; 10 grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.
Ford, Johnny Lloyd
Johnny Lloyd Ford, 83, of Batesville, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003, at his home of heart failure.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Interment will be at Clear Creek cemetery in Oxford. Rev. Gearld Walker will officiate services. Wells Funeral Home of Batesville had charge of arrangements.
Floyd, born
Jan. 7, 1920 in Oakman, Ala. to the late Newt and Verna Smith Ford, was a retired auto metal worker and a member of Goodhope Baptist Church in Batesville.
Survivors include hid wife, Jean Horne Ford of Batesville; five daughters, Amy Ford Hersey of Birmingham, Ala., Donna Rutherford Speakman of Somerville, Ala., Dorothy Rutherford Coleman of Greenville, Ala., Emma Joyce Ford and Patsy Ford Brown, both of Anderson, SC; four sons, Jimmy Lloyd Ford and William Roy Ford, and William Edward Ford, all of Anderson, SC, and Toby Ford of Philadelphia, Penn.; two sisters, Mary Ford Dollar of Olive Branch, and Hazel Ford Gentry, of Bedford, OH; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Ford, Willie X
Willie X Ford, 82, of Senatobia, formerly of Memphis, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003, at his residence.
Services are Saturday at 11 a.m. Paradise M.B. Church in Senatobia. Burial is at National V.A. cemetery in West Tennessee. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home has charge.
Ford was in construction and a member of Paradise M.B. Church.
Survivors include his wife Pearlie B. Ford; two brothers, Robert Ford of Memphis and Ashley Ford of Chicago, Ill.
Foughty, Donna Jo
Donna Jo Foughty, 46, of Independence, died Monday, July 14, 2003, at North Oak Medical Center in Senatobia.
Services were Saturday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Independence. Burial was at Mt. Zion cemetery. C.O. Pate Funeral Home had charge.
Foughty, born
to William Embrey of Independence, was a homemaker and was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she was a member of the BYW.
Survivors include her father William Embry of Independence; her husband Bob Foughty of Independence; one daughter Courtney Brett Foughty of Independence; one son James Michael Davis of Independence and one sister Wanda Underwood of Pope.
Memorials may be sent to Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Fowler, Rupert M.
Rupert M. Fowler, 79, of Courtland, died Friday, Nov. 7, 2003, at his residence of heart failure.
Services were Monday at Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was at Eureka Private cemetery in Courtland. Rev. Clay Baker and Rev. Todd Lemon officiated. Wells Funeral Home had charge.
Fowler, born
April 14, 1924, to the late Joan Angelo and the late Nettie Hyland Fowler, was a retired plumber and Army WWII Veteran and a member of the Eureka United Methodist Church in Courtland.
Survivors include his wife Bernice Williamson Fowler of Courtland; two sons, Donnie Fowler and Larry Fowler, both of Courtland; two sisters, Osie Fay Fowler White of Nacogdoches, Texas and Irene Fowler Porter of Courtland; four brothers, Douglas Fowler and Coleman Fowler, both of Courtland, Harry Fowler of Walnut and Billy Ray Fowler of Conroe, Texas; three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Memorials may be sent to Eureka Private cemetery in Courtland.
Francis, Joseph Raymond
Joseph Raymond Francis, 73, of Clarksdale, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, at Clarksdale Nursing Center of heart failure.
Funeral services were held Monday, Jan 20, at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Clarksdale. Interment was at Oakridge cemetery. Father Kent Bowlds officiated services. Nowell Funeral Home had charge.
Francis, born
July 21, 1929, in Clarksdale, was a retired farmer and salesman for Arcadian Farm Supply. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, and a member of Knights of Columbus, and also a member of American Legion and VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Furini Francis of Clarksdale; three daughters, Rita Harden of Atlanta, Ga.; Vicky Rybolt and Lisa Williams both of Clarksdale; two sons, John Francis of Batesville, and Keith Francis of Clarksdale; and seven grandchildren.
Fretland, Dorothy
Dorothy Fretland, 86, of Williston, N.D., died Monday, September 22, 2003, at Trinity Medical Center in Minot, N.D.
Services are today at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Williston, N.D. Burial is at Hillside Memory Gardens in Williston, N.D. Rev. Morris Kirchhof will officiate. Fulkerson Funeral Home had charge.
Fretland, born
Feb. 7, 1917, to the the late Washington Simpson and the late Julia Dixie "Arnold" Goodnight, was raised and educated in Sardis, she worked in housekeeping at Mercy Hospital and was a member of Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Sig; one son, Dennis Fretland; two daughters, Wanda McNary and Linda Goedhart; a granddaughter Trina Fretland and 11 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Rodney Fretland of Williston, N.D. and Edward Webb of Battleground, Wash.; four daughters, Pamela Workman, Julia Huravitch, both of Williston, N.D., Frances Page of Camas, Wash. and Jean Hammack of Tell City, Ind.; one brother Boyd Goodnight of Batesville; four sisters, Bobbie Leeton and Lillian Prince, both of Batesville, Lorene Abbey of Jackson and Minnie Lee Ales of El Cahon, Calif.; 20 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Fry, Steven Morgan
Steven Morgan Fry, 50, of Como died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.
Funeral services were Friday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel in Sardis. Burial was at New Hope cemetery near Como. Rev. Troy Defer officiated. Moore Funeral Home had charge.
Fry, born
Aug. 8, 1952, to the late Delbert Fry and Betty Ricks Fry, was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and a Vietnam Veteran.
Survivors include his mother Betty R. Fry of Como; one sister Pamela Fry Smith of Memphis and two brothers, Mike Fry of Como and Donny Fry of Memphis.
