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SARDIS, MS - Hudson Lewis, 54, construction worker, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Level Missionary Baptist Church in Como, where he was a member, with burial in Mt. Level cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary of Batesville has charge. Mr. Lewis, the husband of Georgia Lewis, also leaves a daughter, Shelia Lewis of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sons, Anthony Lewis and Patrick Lewis, both of Sardis; four sisters, Odessa Wesley of Sardis, Doshia Lewis of Memphis, and Savannah Hopsin and Isabelle Lewis, both of Flint, Mich.; two brothers, John Lewis of Batesville and Roosevelt Lewis of Chicago, and a grandchild.
[Dated March 2, 2000]
SARDIS, MS - Laura Christine Lockhart, 91, homemaker, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital South in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home with burial in Peach Creek cemetery. She was a member of Peach Creek Baptist Church. Mrs. Lockhart, the widow of Gabriel E. Lockhart, leaves six daughters, Virginia Merrell of Benson, Ariz., Madge May of Walls, Ouida Adsmond of Carthage, Tenn., Gladys Phillips of Cordova, Tenn., Billie Fay Lewellyn of Lonoke, Ark., and Lorene Borden of Walls; two sons, Ernest Lockhart of Killeen, Texas, and Henry Paul Lockhart of Niceville, Fla.; a sister, Rosie Scott of Strayhorn, 31 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Dated March 2, 2000]
WILLIAM FRED CARR, 75, of Horn Lake, Miss., retired employee from McLean Truck Line, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven after a heart attack. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. He was a Baptist and a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Carr, the husband of Maxine Jones Carr, also leaves three daughters, Dottie Hanks of Germantown, Pat Plumley of Potts Camp, Miss., and Marilyn Fisher of Memphis; three sons, Billy Carr of Memphis, Johnny Carr of Ashland, Miss., and Richard Carr of Horn Lake; a sister, Lillie Camp of Walls, Miss.; a brother, Henry Carr of Brandon, Miss., 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Dated June 9, 1997]
JAMES ABBEY BLACKBURN, 75, of Coldwater, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired truck driver, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Magnolia cemetery in Coldwater. C. O. Pate Funeral Home of Senatobia, Miss., has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Any memorials may be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
[Dated June 9, 1997]
MYRTLE GRADY DYE, 69, of Lake Cormorant, Miss., homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday in Lake Cormorant. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hernando (Miss.) Funeral Home with burial in New Bethlehem cemetery in Nesbit, Miss. She was a member of Community Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Dye, the widow of Carl Leslie Dye, leaves a daughter, Penny Lutz of Walls, Miss.; four sisters, Linda Gatewood of Eudora, Miss., Martha Perry of Horn Lake, Miss., and Marie Eppinette and Molly Riley, both of Memphis; a brother, George Grady of Horn Lake, and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Cancer Society.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
ZELDA NADINE SLOCUM CASON, 67, of Olive Branch, Miss., formerly of Hickory Ridge, Ark., retired bookkeeper and teller for Cross County (Ark.) Bank, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hickory Ridge United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial at 5 p.m. in Stoneville (Miss.) cemetery. Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home of Wynne, Ark., has charge. Mrs. Cason, the wife of Wallace Cason, also leaves a daughter, Jenny Lind Cason of Oxford, Miss.; two sons, Wallace B. Cason III of Okolona, Miss., and David Braxton Cason of Paducah, Ky.; two sisters, Sue Elliott of St. Louis and Tina Imboden of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
JAMES C. SAMMONS, 74, of Walls, Miss., retired attorney for Traveler's Insurance Co., died of cancer Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a Shriner. Mr. Sammons, the husband of Barbara Sammons, also leaves a daughter, Linda Gail Bollinger of Switzerland; three sons, Tommy Sammons of Walls, Jimmy Sammons of Memphis and Rodney B. Sammons of Austin, Texas; two half-sisters, Lilly Miller and Minnie McCain, both of Arkansas; a half-brother, John Sammons of Illinois, and a grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
DESSIE MERRILL MILLS, 94, of Olive Branch, Miss., homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Blocker cemetery there. She was a member of Fountainhead United Methodist Church in Byhalia, Miss., and a charter member of Lofton Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Mills, the widow of David Dewey Mills, leaves a sister, Helon Sowell of Coldwater, Miss.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
MARCO AUNTEIZ THOMAS, 18, of Horn Lake, Miss., died of cardiac arrest Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Union Street Church of Christ in Tunica, Miss., with burial in Union Hill Church cemetery in Eudora, Miss. Henderson Funeral Home in Hernando, Miss., has charge. He leaves his parents, James and Bobbie Jones of Horn Lake, and his grandmother, Jessie B. Jones of Tunica.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
JAMES THOMAS RANSOME, 74, of Olive Branch, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired clerk for Missouri Pacific Railroad, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a World War II Merchant Marines veteran and a member of Railroad Retirement Club of South Memphis. Mr. Ransome, the husband of Carolyn `Pete' Ransome, also leaves two daughters, Sandra Wigley of Olive Branch and Cathy Erby of Horn Lake, Miss.; three sons, Tommy Ransome of Southaven, and Randy Ransome and Rickey Ransome, both of Olive Branch; two sisters, Florene McAfee and Mel Ramsey, both of Memphis; a brother, Dick Ransome of Bush, La., five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
