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Archie E. Adkisson
1923-2003
TREZEVANT: Services for Archie E. Adkisson, 79, were
on Saturday, March 1, at 12:00 p.m. at Wingo Baptist
Church with the Rev. Joe Daniel Morton officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Adkisson, retired from the Milan Arsenal, died on
Tuesday, February 25 at McKenzie Regional Hospital.
He was born March 23, 1923 in Trezevant to the late
Verde Ma Adkisson and Priest Adkisson. He was a member
of Wingo Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Elnora R. Adkisson, one
stepson, Cornelius Howard; one daughter, Dorthy Greer
Carter; three brothers, Ethridge, James and Evester
Adkisson, all of Trezevant; and three grandchildren,
Ricardo Adkisson, Cornelius Wayne Howard and Angie
Howard.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Guy Raymond Batchelor
1928-2003
TRENTON: Funeral services for Guy Raymond Batchelor,
74, were held at 10:00 a.m., at Shelton Funeral Home
with burial in Griers Chapel. Mr. Batchelor, owner and
operator of Batchelor’s Repair Shop, died on Sunday,
February 23 at Trenton Health Care Center.
Survivors included cousins, Bond Puckett of Jackson,
Harold Bond of Dyersburg, Bonnie Wade King of Trenton,
Frank Hays of McKenzie, Annie Lou King of Dyer, Mark
Bond of McKenzie and Belle Puckett of Knoxville.
Albert Lee Harris
1904-2003
MCKENZIE: Services for Albert Lee Harris, 98, were
at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 3 at McKenzie Church of
Christ with Brother Jim Roberts and Brother Kenneth
Edwards officiating. Burial was in the Carroll Memorial
Gardens in McKenzie. Mr. Harris, a retired farmer, died
Saturday, March 1 at Life Care Center in Bruceton.
Mr. Harris was born on September 4, 1904 in Wildersville.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Odell
Thomas Harris; his mother, Etta Reams Harris, father
Andy Harris, a daughter Onell Harris Bannister; sisters,
Lena Harris Wilson, Clara Harris and Ruby Harris
Wilkins; a brother, Paul Harris and a granddaughter,
Lori Lynn Sexton.
Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth H. Barlow and
husband Karl; and Ruth H. Bucy and husband Ralph; a son,
James A. Harris and wife, Faye, all of McKenzie; three
grandchildren, Robin Barlow, Kristi B. Oakley and
Melissa McElroy and seven great-grandchildren. A nephew,
Larry Paul Harris also survives.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Ruby Horn
1920-2003
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI: Ruby Lee Edwards Horn, 83, died
Wednesday, February 5 at her home in Tupelo. She was
born January 6, 1920 in Weakley County to the late Lee
and Enola Brawner Edwards. She lived most of her life in
Houston before moving to Tupelo in 1992. She was a 1940
graduate of Houston High School where she was
salutatorian. She graduated from Mississippi State
University in 1972 at the age of 52. She was an emeritus
life member of Phi Kappa Phi. She retired from the
Mississippi State Department of Public Welfare in 1985.
She worked as a clerk, caseworker, program auditor and
quality assurance evaluator. She was a member of the
Houston First Baptist Church, where she was the Sunday
school general secretary for 40 years. She was a member
of the Delphian Club and served as a Pink Lady at the
Houston Hospital. She was an avid flower and vegetable
gardener and enjoyed sewing and traveling.
Services were on Friday, February 7 at Houston First
Baptist Church with Bro. Don Robertson and Bro. Bennett
Blanton officiating. Entombment followed at the Chapel
of Faith Mausoleum at Lee Memorial Park. Lee Memorial
Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, R.C. “Ted”
Horn of Tupelo; a son, David Horn and wife Pat of Van
Vleet; a daughter, Sandra Cox of Carolina; five
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one
step-great-grandchild; a sister, Garnette Vaughn and
husband Brock of Humboldt; two sisters-in-law, Winnie
Edwards of Battle Creek, Michigan and Joyce Wray of
Gleason; several nieces and nephews; special friends,
Dottie Patterson, Brenda Chrestman, Mary Cunningham and
Linda Shackelford.
Her parents, a special aunt, her stepmother, two
sisters, a brother and stepbrother preceded her in
death.
Loria Jameson
1963-2003
HUNTINGDON: Services were at 1:00 p.m. Saturday,
March 1 at Smyrna Baptist Church in Huntingdon for Loria
Jameson.
The Rev. Carvene Jameson, pastor of Williams Grove
Baptist Church near Camden officiated. The burial was in
the Church of Deliverance Cemetery at Huntingdon.
Mrs. Jameson, 39, died of heart failure on Tuesday,
February 25 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
Born in Flatwood on April 14, 1963, she was the daughter
of Charles Lee Owens and Robbie Lou Hall Owens of
Lexington. She was married to Mark Jameson, who
survives, on September 3, 1986. A 1982 graduate of
Lexington High School, she attended Tennessee Technical
School in McKenzie. She was a clerical worker and a
member of the Full Gospel Church of Deliverance Church
in Huntingdon where she was a first lady.
Survivors include three daughters, Candus Owens of
Lexington, Carrisa Sade Jameson of Huntingdon and
LaToyha Ray Ross of Jackson; two sisters, Jackie and
Barbara Owens, both of Lexington; and one brother,
Charles “Chuck” Owens, Jr. of Lexington.
James Stansell
1935-2003
TREZEVANT: Services for James Stansell, 67, were
held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 28 at Brummitt
Funeral Home in Trezevant with Rev. Malcolm Norton
officiating. Burial was in the Trezevant Cemetery.
Mr. Stansell, a retired employee of the Milan Arsenal,
died on Tuesday, February 25 at Jackson-Madison County
General Hospital. He was born on March 7, 1935 in
Finger.
One daughter, Sandra Dee Stansell, preceded him in
death.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Stansell; his mother,
Kathleen Whitmore of Trezevant; one son, Tim and wife
Rhonda Stansell of Trezevant; one daughter, Kimberly and
husband Anthony McCartney of Trezevant; one sister,
Nancy and husband Richard Pinson of McKenzie; seven
grandchildren, T.J. Stansell, Bethany Stansell, Justin
Carroll, Brittney Barber, Harleigh McCartney, Frankie
Murphy and Jessica Murphy.
George Washington Twyman
1914-2003
HUNTINGDON: Mr. George Washington Twyman, 88, died
on Tuesday, February 25 at his home. Funeral services
were conducted on Thursday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m. in
the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Robert
Barger officiating. Interment followed at Carroll
Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Twyman was born on December 20, 1914 in Waverly,
Ohio, to the late Moses and Jane Nesselroad Twyman. He
was a retired employee of the Milan Arsenal and a World
War II navy veteran. He was preceded in death by two
sisters, Margaret Frazee and Marie Rosser and three
brothers, Cortes Twyman, Herbert Twyman and Charles
Twyman.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Ovie Wilkes
Twyman; a daughter, Elinor Karen Twyman of Huntingdon;
two sons, James Glynn Twyman of Cosby and George Lynn
Twyman of Huntingdon; two brothers, Walter Twyman of
Nashville and Frank Twyman of Jackson; two sisters,
Jennie Sanders of Huntingdon and Mary Grimm of Jackson;
two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
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Curtis Harlon Peery
1924-2003
DRESDEN: Services for Curtis Harlon Peery, 78, will
be on Thursday, March 6 at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel in
Dresden. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery.
Mr. Peery, a retired janitorial supervisor at UTM in
Martin, died on Sunday, March 2 at Jackson-Madison
County General Hospital.
He was born in Weakley County to the late Curtis Hansel
and Mamie Summers Peery. He was a member of the Olivet
Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Judy Morris of
Dresden, Brenda Kay Parish of Trezevant, Sandra Latimer
of Pacifica, California and Elizabeth Ann Argo of
Pawnee, Oklahoma; a brother, Dan Richard Peery of
Nashville; twelve grandchildren and fifteen
great-grandchildren.
His wife, Rachel Elizabeth Miller Peery, also preceded
him in death.
Vadie Stokes
1911-2003
MCKENZIE: Services for Vadie Stokes, 92, will be at
2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 5 at Brummitt Funeral Home
with Bro. Dennis Beal officiating. Burial will be in
Everett’s Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Stokes, widow of Ernest M. Stokes, died on Sunday,
March 2 at Henry County Medical Center in Paris.
She was born on February 27, 1911 in Perry County to the
late Imogene Crafton Stokes and John Allen Stokes. She
was a member of McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include a son, Louis Stokes of McKenzie; two
daughters, Betty Reeves of McKenzie and Buelah Mingle of
Gleason; eleven grandchildren; seventeen
great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Her parents were the late Imogene Crafton Capps and John
Allen Capps.
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