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Obituaries
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Minerva Tobitha Lewelling
1906-2005
GLEASON: Services for Minerva Tobitha Lewelling, 98, will be held at 11:00
a.m., Wednesday, March 16, at Gallimore Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Stewart
officiating. Burial will be in Carroll County Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Lewelling died Monday, March 14, at McKenzie Health Center.
She was born May 17, 1906, in Clarksburg to the late Ben N. Johnson and Susie
Mills Johnson. She was a member of the Caledonia Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Vernon Lewelling of Memphis; two daughters, Eris
Connell of Memphis and Edna McAlexander of Puryear; five grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Lewelling, and a daughter, Jo Ann
York.
Blake Austin Wade
2005
GLEASON: Graveside services for stillborn infant Blake Austin Wade were at
2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 13, at Butler Cemetery with the Rev. Gene Price
officiating.
Infant Blake, son of Jason Trent Wade and Marilyn Martin Wade, was born
Wednesday, March 9, at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin.
Survivors include his sister, Alyssa Clair Wade; his grandparents, Marvin and
Linda Martin, Shirley Smith, and Bobby Wade, all of Gleason.
Lewis Marshall Boane
1928-2005
GLEASON: Services for Lewis Marshall Boane, 76, were at 2:00 p.m., Saturday,
March 12 at Gallimore Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Copeland officiating.
Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery.
Mr. Boane, a retired farmer, died Tuesday, March 8, at McKenzie Health Care
Center.
He was born July 28, 1928, in Gleason to the late Jodie and Alice Leaver Boane.
He was a member of Beech Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Boane; a son, W.L. Boane of Gleason; two
daughters, Linda Mayberry of McKenzie and Lois Jones of Greenfield; and a
half-brother, Houston Boane of Gleason.
He was preceded in death by a brother, G.W. Boane.
Marie Kathryn Britt
1958-2005
MCKENZIE: Services for Marie Kathryn Britt, 46, will be at 2:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 16, at Brummitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Vance Rushing
officiating. Burial will be in Long Rock Cemetery.
Mrs. Britt, a homemaker, died Saturday, March 12, at her residence.
She was born December 14, 1958, in Huntingdon. She was a member of First Baptist
Church in McKenzie.
Survivors include her mother, Helga Renzland Britt of McKenzie; three sons,
Brian McDavid of Jackson, Larry Sanders of Murfreesboro and Michael Britt
Carroll of McLemoresville; a daughter, Jennifer Wallace of McKenzie; three
brothers, Leonard Ralph Britt and Bobby Gene Britt, both of McKenzie, and Jimmy
Lynn Britt of Lebanon; a sister, Leni Sue Chick of Nashville; and three
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Subber Britt.
Lorene Walters Azbill
1932-2005
CEDAR GROVE: Services for Lorene Walters Azbill, 72, were at 2:00 p.m.,
Saturday, March 12, at Reed's Chapel Funeral Home. Burial was in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Azbill, a retired employee of Brown Shoe Company, died Thursday, March 10,
at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Bobby Azbill; a daughter, Teresa Key of Cedar
Grove; two sisters, Lorene Young of Cedar Grove and Ethel Brooks of Medon; two
brothers, Bedford Gateley and Richard Gateley, both of Cedar Grove; two
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Harold R. "B" Boyd
1931-2005
HUNTINGDON: Services for Harold R. "B" Boyd, 73, were conducted at 2:00
p.m., Friday, March 11, at Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Fred Ward
officiating. Interment followed in Hampton Cemetery.
Mr. Boyd died Tuesday, March 8, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
He was born December 22, 1931, to Alva Nickelous Boyd and Louise Cassinina Boyd.
He was self employed as a construction worker and served in the Army National
Guard.
Survivors include one son, Greg Boyd, and one sister, Virginia Boyd, both of
Huntingdon; two grandchildren; and one step-grandchild. www.dilday.com
Elmer Randolph Ellis
1925-2005
HUNTINGDON: Services for Elmer Randolph Ellis, 80, were conducted on Sunday,
March 13, at Twin Oaks Church of Christ with Brother Dave Morrison officiating.
Interment followed at Sellers Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Ellis died Friday, March 11, at his home.
He was born February 21, 1925, to the late Giles Vick Ellis and Ethel Bond
Ellis. He was a veteran of the United States Army, a retired farmer and member
of the Twin Oaks Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by four brothers,
Wilbern Ellis, Kelsey Ellis, Fay Ellis and Illa Dee Ellis, and two sisters,
Sally King and Maydelle Johnson.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Virginia Holladay Ellis; two daughters,
Alice Webb of Huntingdon and Leesa Barkley of Gibson; one son, Otis Ellis of
Huntingdon; one brother, Robert Loyce Ellis; three sisters, Genelle Griggs of
Tecumseh, Michigan and Odessa Downing and Mary Massengill, both of Dexter,
Missouri; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. www.dilday.com
Hubert O. Foulks
1918-2005
ROSSER: Services for Hubert O. Foulks, 86, were conducted on Tuesday, March
15, at 1:00 p.m. in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev. Rufus Anderson
officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Mr. Foulks died Saturday, March 12, at his home.
He was born May 12, 1918, in the Rosser Community to the late Jeff and Virgie
Hampton Foulks. He retired from the L&N Railroad, farmed, was a member of the
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (where he served as a deacon) and was a member of
the Masonic Lodge Highland 269. He was preceded in death by one daughter,
Shirley Ann Foulks; four brothers, Hulon Foulks, Jeff Foulks, Rufus Foulks and
Roger Lee Foulks, and one sister, Veddie Foulks.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Dimple Neely Foulks; three sons, Larry
Ozell Foulks, Lawrence Wade Foulks and Timothy Foulks, all of the Rosser
Community; two brothers, Oliver Foulks of Huntingdon and Joe Louis Foulks of
Detroit, Michigan; two sisters, Coetter Porter and Lacquila Walker, both of
Detroit, Michigan; one sister-in-law, Pearl Foulks of Huntingdon; four
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Lela Christine Jackson Gaines
1922-2005
NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI: Services for Lela Christine Jackson Gaines, 83,
were conducted at United Funeral Chapel with Bro. Kenny Adair officiating.
Burial was in Glenfield Memorial Park.
Mrs. Gaines, a homemaker, died Tuesday, March 8, at Graceland Care Center in New
Albany.
She was born in Union County on January 14, 1922, to the late Coral Knox Jackson
and Mary Alma Maddox Jackson. She was a member of Neely Memorial Baptist Church.
Survivors include four sisters, Ruth Brooks of Jackson, Connie Louise Shirley of
New Albany, Mississippi, Virginia Baird of Elizabethtown, Kentucky and Mary E.
Knight of Modesto, California; two brothers, Doyle Damon Jackson of Booneville,
Mississippi and Windham Jackson of McKenzie.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Devoe Gaines, on February 15,
2000; two sisters, Maybelle Cooper and Willie Mae Pannell, and two brothers,
Ramon Jackson and Clifford V. Jackson.
Joyce Lee Hill
1930-2005
TREZEVANT: Services for Joyce Lee Hill, 74, were conducted Tuesday, March
15, at 11:00 a.m. at the Trezevant First Baptist Church with Rev. Malcolm Norton
officiating. Burial followed in the Trezevant Cemetery.
Mrs. Hill, widow of Edward Glynn Hill, a homemaker and retired from Henry I.
Siegel Company, died Saturday afternoon, March 12, at McKenzie Regional
Hospital. She was a Trezevant native and was born September 7, 1930, to the late
Ebbie Leon Caraway and Ora Cochran Caraway. She was a member of the Trezevant
First Baptist Church.
Survivors include cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died on
February 10, 1988, and a son, Donald Glynn Hill, who died May 31, 1975.
McKenzie Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Charles McKeever
1905-2005
HUNTINGDON: Services for Charles McKeever, 90, were held at the Kingdom Hall
of Jehovah's Witnesses with Bro. Karlen Harris, Sr. officiating. Interment
followed in Greenwood Cemetery Garden of Hope. Johnson's House of Aetna was in
charge of the arrangements.
Mr. McKeever died Thursday, March 10, in Huntingdon. He was preceded in death by
his wife, Johnetta McKeever and one son, Clement M. McKeever.
Survivors include eight children: Charles W. McKeever of Houston, Texas; Alice
Howard of Huntingdon; George McKeever, Sr., Helen Lewis, Mary Lewis and Samuel
McKeever, all of Nashville; Madeline Moore of Detroit, Michigan; and Michael
McKeever of Nashville; 27 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 10
great-great-grandchildren.
Lizzie Mae Harris Taylor
1933-2005
HUNTINGDON: Services for Lizzie Mae Harris Taylor, 71, were conducted on
Saturday, March 12, at 11:00 a.m. at Parker's Chapel with burial following in
the Parker's Chapel Cemetery.
She died Tuesday, March 8, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
She was born May 27, 1933. She was a former employee of H.I.S. in Bruceton.
Survivors include one son, Clarence Edward Harris of Huntingdon.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. www.dilday.com
Velma Nolen
1922-2005
PARIS: Services for Velma Nolen, 82, were at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 15,
at Ridgeway Funeral Home in Paris with Alan Trull officiating. Burial was in
Hillcrest Cemetery.
Mrs. Nolen, a retired factory worker, died Sunday, March 13, at Henry County
Healthcare Center.
She was born June 15, 1922, in Lexington, to the late Charlie and Patra Bailey
Beecham. She was the widow of Alvin Earl Nolen, who died May 13, 1994. Mrs.
Nolen was a former employee of the Milan Arsenal during World War II. She worked
23 years at Salant & Salant in Paris and retired from Plumley Co. in 1988. She
was a member of the Henry United Methodist Church.
Survivors include six daughters: Fay Lowery, Earlina Matheny and Gail Clayton,
all of Henry, and Alice Spears, Melisha Nolen and Patricia Williams, all of
Paris; four sons, Ray Nolen of Paris, Dale Nolen and Melvin "Nubbin" Nolen, both
of Buchanan, and Earl Dean Nolen of Camden; four sisters, Mary Nolen and Sue
Page, both of Henry, Fern Wilson of Paris and Maxine Bethune of Lexington; three
brothers, Gary and Paul Beecham, both of Henry and Eugene Beecham of Lexington;
14 grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three
great-great-grandchildren; and seven great-step-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by three brothers, Robert Beecham, Velton Beecham and Dale Beecham, and
two sisters, Gaytha McGrew and Katie Beecham.
George Daniel "Danny" Bradberry
1952-2005
McKenzie: George Daniel "Danny" Bradberry, 52, of Gleason, died Friday,
March 4, 2005, at McKenzie Regional Hospital in McKenzie.
Mr. Bradberry was disabled. He was born September 17, 1952, in Paris. Mr.
Bradberry was preceded in death by his father, Norman Edward Bradberry, and a
brother, Larry Bradberry.
Mr. Bradberry is survived by his wife, Sandra Dawn Waller Bradberry; a
stepdaughter, Angela Dawn Scott of Dresden; his mother, Martha Sue Owen
Bradberry of Gleason; a brother, Gary Bradberry of Alexandria, Virginia; and two
sisters, Linda Gibbons of Pinson, Tennessee, and Shelia Keeling of Gleason.
Ivy Nell Crawford Williams
1915-2005
CLEVELAND: Ivy Nell Crawford Williams died March 14 in Cleveland. She was
born October 11, 1915, to the late J.D. and Evy Crawford of Huntingdon. She was
employed by McKenzie Banking Company for many years and was a member of the
First Methodist Church of McKenzie.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Williams, and two sisters,
Helen Cligerow and Susan “Suzie” Rowland.
Survivors include two sons, James O. (Carolyn) Williams of Cleveland and Joseph
C. Williams (Azza El-Abd) of Washington D.C. and three grandchildren, James O.
Williams Jr. of Nashville, Courtney R. Williams of Ashville, North Carolina, and
Hussein M. Heshmat of Prescott, Arizona.
Visitation will be at the McKenzie Funeral Home from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
on Friday, March 18, followed by a service in the chapel at noon. Interment will
follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the First
Methodist Church of McKenzie or Bethel College.
Richard "Dick" Stephen Wahl, Sr.
1935-2005
Services for Richard "Dick" Stephen Wahl, Sr. were conducted at 11:00 a.m.,
Monday, March 7, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Paris. Mr. Wahl died at his
home on Thursday, March 3.
He was born March 2, 1935, to the late Steve and Betty Klostermann Wahl. He was
a retired security guard for Watertower Place Security and was a Marine veteran.
Survivors include a son, Rich Wahl, Jr. of Unionville; two daughters, Karen Wahl
Mitchell of Gleason, and Beth Wahl Collins of Latham; three brothers, Ken Wahl
of Clancy, Montana, Bill Wahl of Naperville, Illinois, and Danny Wahl of
Chicago, Illinois; two sisters, Bonnie Kist of Greenwood, Indiana, and Barbara
Voldering of Chicago, Illinois; and three grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. |
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