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MINNIE LEE BYNUM, 77, of Memphis, retired factory worker, died June 5 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services were held June 9 at Morning Star Worldwide Ministries, where she was a member of the mother’s board and usher board, with burial in Union Cemetery. Southern Funeral Home had charge. She leaves a daughter, Irene Conley-Thomas of Southaven, five grandchildren 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Dated June 12, 2004
Fernando A. Coletta, 84, of Southaven, formerly of Memphis, retired optician, died June 7 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Mass was held June 10 at St. Mary Catholic Church with burial in Calvary. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel had charge. He was an Army veteran, a communicant of St. Paul Catholic Church and a member of Knights of Columbus, Tennessee Dispensing Opticians Association and St. Paul Men’s Club. Mr. Coletta, the widower of Dorothy Coletta, leaves two daughters, Louise Brewer of Hernando and Cecilia Gardner of Olive Branch; six sons, Ronnie Coletta of Bartlett, Tenn., Richard Coletta, David Coletta and Mark Coletta, all of Memphis, Pat Coletta of Atlanta and Frank Coletta of Byhalia, 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Dated June 12, 2004
Annie Laurie Thompson Darling, 89, of Olive Branch, homemaker, died June 5 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held 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 Food Pantry.
Dated June 12, 2004
Opal Mae Christensen Dixon, 88, of Byhalia, homemaker, died June 8 at Alliance Healthcare System in Holly Springs. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville had charge. She leaves five daughters, Sandra Dixon Tuttle of Byhalia, Patricia Dixon Hurley of Jackson, Neb., Elaine Dixon Danker of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Linda Dixon Duelmer of Little Rock and Janet Dixon Gallagher of Collierville, Tenn.; a son, Richard Dixon of Sedalia, Mo.; a sister, Ruth Hatch of Albert Lea, Minn., 16 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Dated June 12, 2004
Louise V. Forister, 78, of Hernando, homemaker, died June 6 at her home. Graveside services were held June 8 at Forest Hill Cemetery South. Forest Hill Funeral Home South had charge. Mrs. Forister leaves her husband of 55 years, John William Forister; three daughters, Lynn Wells of Southaven, Hilda Taylor of Olive Branch and Pat Furr of Whiteville, Tenn., a granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Dated June 12, 2004
Johnnie Bea Henson, 75, of Olive Branch, homemaker, died June 6 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were held June 8 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery South. She was a member of Olive Branch Christian Church. Mrs. Henson, the widow of Henry Garfield Henson, leaves a daughter, Patricia Ann Henson Schneider; a sister, Lucy Herbert, and a brother, Warren Herbert, all of Olive Branch, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Sun Belt Christian Youth Ranch.
Dated June 12, 2004
Helen Lucille Adams Hollis, 80, of Hernando, homemaker, died June 7 at her home. Services were held June 10 at Jones-Wynn Funeral Home in Douglasville, Ga., with burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery there. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Hollis leaves her husband, James Thomas Hollis; a daughter, Brenda Gail Griffin of Carrollton, Ga.; three sons, James Thomas Hollis of Hernando, and Jerry Wayne Hollis and Gary Lamar Hollis, both of Douglasville; a brother, Henry Riley ‘Butch’ Adams Jr. of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Dated June 12, 2004
Jerre Earl Howard, 60, riverboat pilot, of Walls, died June 9 at Beverly Health care in Southaven. Services were held June 12 at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando with burial in Goodrum Memorial Cemetery in Eudora. He was a Baptist. Mr. Howard leaves his wife, Susan R. Howard; three daughters, Terre Lynn McCollister of Crawfordsville, Ark., Sherre Lou Henderson of Proctor, Ark., and Leslie Ann Irby of Sardis; four sons, Charles Nathan Howard of Nesbit, Michael Shane Howard of Sardis, and Jerre Howard Jr. and Edward Roy Howard, both of Walls; a brother, Charles L. Howard, and two half-brothers, David Ray Reynolds and Raymond R. Reynolds, all of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Dated June 12, 2004
Curtis Wayne Luna, 62, of Walnut, retired from the Air Force after 28 years, died June 3 at Alliance Healthcare System in Holly Springs. Services were held June 9 at Oakland Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in New Salem Cemetery. Ripley Funeral Home had charge. He leaves a son, Joey Luna of Horn Lake, and three grandchildren.
Dated June 12, 2004
Herbert H. Marr, 75, of Hernando, retired farmer, died June 4 at his home. Memorial services were held June 8 at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home with graveside services at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a Methodist. Mr. Marr leaves his wife, Mildred S. Marr; 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 12, 2004
VERA N. McCOY, 68, of Collierville, homemaker, died June 7 at Appling Wood Health Care Center. Services were held June 11 at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. She was a member of Old Paths Baptist Church in Collierville. Mrs. McCoy leaves her husband of 48 years, Leonard H. McCoy; a daughter, Belinda G. Turner of Southaven; three sisters, Helen Roeder, Jean Bybee and Patricia Kerley, and a brother, Howard Francis, all of Glasgow, Ky., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Old Paths Baptist Church.
Dated June 12, 2004
Mary Margaret Monk, 62, of Nesbit, homemaker, died June 4 at her home. Memorial services were held June 7 at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis. Mrs. Monk leaves her husband of 23 years, Roger H. Monk; 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 12, 2004
MARY CHARLOTTE NICCUM, 88, of Anderson, Ind., died June 6 at Anderson Community Hospital. Services were held June 9 at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home in Anderson with burial in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. She was a member of East 38th Street Free Will Baptist Church and United Auto Workers 662, both in Anderson. Mrs. Niccum, the widow of Frank L. Niccum, leaves a daughter, Christy Fulp of Southaven, 16 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Anderson Community Visiting Nurse Association.
Dated June 12, 2004
Ernest Nichols, 82, of Byhalia, retired farmer and laborer for Bush Hog Continental in Olive Branch, died June 1 in Marshall County. Services were held June 12 at Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where he was chairman of the deacon board and Sunday school superintendent, with burial in McCraven Cemetery in Victoria. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home had charge. Mr. Nichols leaves his wife, Ruth M. Porter Nichols; a son, Ernest ‘Puddin’ Nichols Jr. of Byhalia, a granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Dated June 12, 2004
James Earl Norman, 49, of Byhalia, died June 5 at his home. Services were held June 9 at Serenity Funeral Home in Holly Springs with burial in St. Matthews Cemetery. He leaves two brothers, Bennie Norman of Byhalia and R. D. Echols Norman of Memphis.
Dated June 12, 2004
Donald Ray Sims, 48, of Hernando, employee of Avent Dairy, died June 6 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services were held June 9 at Oak Grove Cemetery. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home had 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 12, 2004
