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OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2001 

Miggie Owens
HUNTINGDON:
Services for Mrs. Miggie Owens, 74, were on Saturday, July 28 at 3:00 p.m. at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Yuma with the Rev. Billy Williams officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Owens died on Wednesday, July 25 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
She was born September 17, 1926 to the late Roxie Gooch and Doc Taylor. She was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband Cletus Owens and two sons, Cletus Owens, Jr. and Robert Lee Owens.
Survivors include seven daughters, Eventure Williams and Marylou Harmon, both of Lexington, Carolyn Owens of Bruceton, Peggy Owens and Helen Armour of Huntingdon, Molly Bailey of Buena Vista and Linda Dodd of Jackson; six sons, Floyd Owens and Donnie Owens of Bruceton, Jerry Owens and Billy Owens of Hollow Rock, Anthony Owens of Huntingdon and Timmy Owens of Lexington; 36 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Mary Pate Pennell
MCKENZIE:
Services for Mary Pate Pennell, 87, retired clerk for Combs Jewelry Store, were on Thursday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. at Brummitt Funeral Home. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie.
Mrs. Pennell died Tuesday, July 24 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie of heart failure.
She was born May 21, 1914 in McKenzie to the late Fairy Arnold Pate and Roy Pate.
Survivors include a son, Phillip Edwards of McKenzie; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Roy Pennell, preceded her in death.

Kenneth Willie Davis, Sr.
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Kenneth Willie Davis, Sr., 92, died Saturday, July 28 at his residence. Funeral services were conducted on Monday, July 30 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Wayne Holmes officiating. Interment followed in Davis Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Davis was born September 16, 1908 to the late John Marshall and Willie Bell Yates Davis. He was also preceded in death by two grandchildren. He was a retired farmer, a member of WOW and a member of Davis Chapel Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 75 years, Vonnell Brandon Davis of Huntingdon; three sons, William Clayton Davis of Shalimar, Florida, Rayburn Davis and Kenneth Davis, Jr., both of Huntingdon; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Anne Morgan Burrow
BRADEN:
Anne Morgan Burrow, 76, a retired account clerk for Arlington Development Center, died of cancer Tuesday, July 24 at her home. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 27 at Braden United Methodist Church where she was a member and organist for 40 years. Burial was in Walls Cemetery with Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Burrow, a former resident of McKenzie and widow of Billy Jack Burrow, was the daughter of the late Edward and Irene Morgan.
Survivors include a daughter, Amy Burrow Barcroft of Brownsville; three sons, Layne Burrow of Bolivar and Eddie Burrow and Jack Burrow, both of Braden; a sister, June Morgan King of Benton, Kentucky; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to Braden United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society Fayette County Chapter.

Patrick Henry "Pat" Bishop, Sr.
HOLLOW ROCK:
Mr. Patrick Henry "Pat" Bishop, Sr., 73, died Sunday, July 29 at his daughter's residence of cancer. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, July 31 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Brothers Jim Roberts and Bill Goodpasture officiating. Interment followed in the Mixie Church Cemetery.
Mr. Bishop was born June 1, 1928 in Bethel Springs to the late William Everett and Audrey Duncan Bishop. He was a retired welder for the West Tennessee Public Utility District and a member of the McKenzie Church of Christ. His wife Betty Sayle Bishop preceded him in death on April 24, 1999.
He is survived by two daughters, Patti Foster of Huntingdon and Joanie Dill of Riverside, Iowa; one son, Pat "Spud" Bishop Jr. of Hollow Rock; one brother, William "Bill" Bishop of Paris; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Joe "J. B." Thomas
MILAN:
Services for Joe "J. B." Thomas, 79, were held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 31 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Atwood. Burial was in the Mt. Olive Church Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas, a truck driver, died Thursday, July 26 at Methodist LeBonheur Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Thomas and two sisters, Ms. Rena Seets of Huntingdon and Ms. Katherine Frame of Cedar Grove.
Baskerville Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

T. Willie Adkisson
TREZEVANT:
T. Willie Adkisson, 77, died Monday, July 30 at Devel Hospital in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Arrangements were incomplete at press time.
Bond Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements, call 731-686-7959 or 424-5115.

Martha Faye Beasley
MCKENZIE:
Services for Martha Faye Beasley, 80, will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 1 at McKenzie Church of Christ with Brother Jim Roberts and Brother Kenneth Edwards officiating. Burial will follow in the Caledonia Cemetery in McKenzie.
She was born March 25, 1921 in Gleason to the late Hattie Seaton Stephenson Wheat and Walter Lee Wheat. She was a member of the McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include a daughter, Debra Charlene Hawkins and a son-in-law, Joe Hawkins of Anamosa, Iowa; a sister, Rozell Fodge of McKenzie; three brothers, Bob Wheat of Dresden, Marlon Wheat of Bradington, Florida and Max Wheat of Los Alamos, New Mexico; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Clayton Beasley.
 

    

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