Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 14

2B February 27, 1985 WEDNESDAY THE CLARION-LEDGER DEATHS State Mtro Jackson principal enters race for City Council seat From Staff and Wire Reports A junior high principal in the Jackson Public Schools announced Tuesday that he would be a candidate for City Council during this spring's elections. Charles Tillman of 986 Royal Oak Drive said he will run from Ward 5 under the city's new mayor-council form of government. A ruling on the ward plan is due March 4 from the U.S. Department of Justice. Primary elections for City Council and iV TILLMAN mayor are scheduled May 14 with runoffs May 21.

The general election is scheduled June 4. "In a time when political rhetoric vies for the most important element in a political campaign, it is important that the residents are afforded an opportunity to vote for a candidate whose actions speak louder than words," Tillman said during a morning news conference at City Hall. Tillman, 52, is principal at Brinkley Junior High School, and has worked for the Jackson Public Schools since 1964. He said he is running for the City Council to serve his community. "The city of Jackson needs good people to offer services to Jackson.

If elected, I would work with the other elected officials to make Jackson a better place for all," Tillman said. Tillman attended Alexander High School in Brookhaven and earned his bachelor's degree from Alcorn State University. He received his master's degree from the University of Southern California. He has also studied at the Notre Dame and Jackson State University. Tillman and his wife Issie have one daughter, 16-year-old Vanessa.

Dentist enters campaign for vacant House seat t' From Staff Reports A west Jackson dentist Tuesday joined the race for the vacant House seat of former State Rep. Fred Banks of Jackson. Dr. Charles Leonard, 56, said he will challenge Alyce Clark, director of nutrition at Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, in a March 5 special election. The seat was vacated when Gov.

Bill Allain appointed Banks a Circuit Court iiidceFeh. 14. Fred Alexander Jr. McCOMB Fred Alexander 60, died Friday at his home. Services are 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Bethal AME Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery No. 1. Young Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. Alexander was a member of Bethal AME Church and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

He had served as a teacher, principal and administrator in public education before working as an administrator for the Jackson Welfare Department His father, Clay Alexander preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alberta Alexander of Jackson; son, Fred Alexander in of Jackson; daughters, Mrs. Barbara Irving of Grambling, Miss Sylvia Alexander of Huntsville, and Mrs. Carmen Calvin and Miss Ramona Alexander, both of Jackson; mother, Mrs.

Clay Lee Alexander of McComb; brother, Luther Alexander of Greenville; sisters, Mrs. Patricia Sims of Jackson, and Mrs. Doris Sims and Mrs. Olga Gilmore, both of McComb; and two grandchildren. Mrs.

Mildred M. Green BROOKHAVEN Mrs. Mildred McKee Green, 84, died Monday at Silver Cross Nursing Home. Services are 2 p.m. today at Brookha ven Funeral Home chapel with burial in Rosehill Cemetery.

Mrs. Green attended Copiah-Lincoln Junior College, the University of Southern Mississippi and Pea body College, where she did postgraduate work. She taught in the city school system in Hattiesburg for a number of years before moving to Brookhaven in 1947 to open Mildred's Kindergarten. The kindergarten is credited as the first to open in Brookhaven and one of the first to receive state certification. She closed the school after retiring in 1970.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She is survived by her sisters, Mrs. Murray Davis, Mrs. Leonard T. Harris and Mrs.

Randolph Fairfax, all of Brookhaven; brother, James S. McKee of Brookhaven; and a number of nieces and nephews. Robert B. Boone VICKSBURG Robert B. Boone, 85, died Monday at Vicksburg Convalescent Home.

Services are 3 p.m. today at Glenwood Funeral Home chapel with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Boone, a lifelong resident of Vicksburg, was a member of Oak Ridge Christian Church. He retired from Houston Brothers Saw Mill.

He is survived by his sons, Robert B. Boone Jr. and Floyd Boone, both of Jackson, Thomas Boone of Simmesport, David Boone and Billy Boone, both of Vicksburg, and Joe Boone of Florence; daughters, Mrs. Nancy Ruth Puckett of Terry, Mrs. Mayone Mae William of Yazoo City and Mrs.

Frances Simpson of Morton; sister, Mrs. Frances Moore of Flowood; and 28 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. John W. Jordan KOSCIUSKO John W. Jordan, 70, died Tuesday at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Graveside services are 10 a.m. today at Kosciusko City Cemetery with Jordan Funeral Home handling arrangements. Mr. Jordan served as a chief pharmacist's mate in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Trinity Masonic Lodge No. 88, Parkway Baptist Church and Board of Adjustments of Kosciusko. He graduated from Mississippi State University and Gupton Jones School of Embalming. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Jordan of Kosciusko; sisters, Mrs.

Elizabeth Pack of Laurel; brothers, Donald Jordan, Hunter Jordan and L.W. Jordan all of Kosciusko; and five grandchildren, two stepdaughters and one stepson. James Belcher KOSCIUSKO James "Jimmy" Belcher, 68, died Tuesday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital. Graveside services are 1:30 p.m. today at Parkway Cemetery with Jordan Funeral Home handling arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy King Belcher, daughters, Miss Carol Suzanne Belcher of Kosciusko, Mrs. Betty Jean Stokes of Hattiesburg, Mrs. Shirley Ann McJordan and Mrs. Martha Lou Richardson, both of Clinton; sons, James Alfred Belcher Jr.

and Michael Irving Belcher, both of Kosciusko; half-sisters, Mrs. Faye Dem-phey of SomervUle, Mrs. LaFre Peterson of California and Mrs. Frances Benson of San Antonio, Texas; half-brothers, Orval C. Belchef of Tuscaloosa, Raymond Belcher of Olympia, and Robert Par-ham Belcher of Longview, Texas; and six grandchildren.

William L. Cook CRYSTAL SPRINGS William Leon Cook, 72, died Monday at a local doctor's office. Services are 2 p.m. today at Stringer's Funeral Home chapel with buiral in Old Crystal Springs Cemetery. Mr.

Cook was a native of Copiah County. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, Shriner, Rainbow Dad of the Masons and member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He had served as lodge master three times and as a worthy patron of the Order of the Eastern Star for the past 17 years. Mr. Cook was chosen as Crystal Springs' Father of the Year in 1982.

He was a member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Roziller Mathews Cook; daughters, Mrs. Peggy Jeanne Lamb and Mrs. Barbara Ann Pepper, both of Jackson, and Mrs.

Teri Walker of Crystal Springs; brother, Milton Cook of Crystal Springs; sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Martin of Crystal Springs and Mrs. Marjorie Mae Sykes of Jackson; and eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Shed H. Bell Sr.

EUPORA Shed Hill Bell 76, died Monday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 2 p.m. today at Wise Funeral Home chapel with burial in Eupora Cemetery. Mr. Bell was currently employed as a salesman at Howard-Ford Motor Co.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Bell Bell; sons, Johnny Gwin Bell of Houston, Texas, and Shed Hill Bell Jr. of Eupora; and sisters, Mrs. Lovie Gunter and Mrs. Ola Fon-dren, both of Eupora.

Mrs. Grace M. Perkins COLUMBUS Mrs. Grace M. Perkins, 74, died Tuesday at Golden Triangle Regional Medical Center.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Gunter Holmes Funeral Home chapel with burial in Taylor Springs Cemetery in Sulligent, Ala. Mrs. Perkins, a native of Sulligent, was a member of Wesley Methodist Church. She was a retired employee of the Joe Cook Junior High School cafeteria, and was working as a cashier at Golden Triangle Regional Medical Center at the time of her death.

She was the daughter of the late Will and Alta Vinson. She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Glenda Haney and Mrs. Nellie Grantham, both of Columbus; sons, James R. Minor and Fred Minor, both of Columbus; brothers, Banks Vinson of Moline, DL, and Julius Vinson of Birmingham, stepdaughter, Mrs.

Thelma Cooper of Columbus; stepson, Dwight Perkins of Slidell, and 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Henry C. Dellinger RICHTON Henry C. Dellinger, 79, died Sunday at Perry County General Hospital. Services are 2 p.m.

today at Goodhope Baptist Church in Richton with burial in Brown Cemetery in Jones County. H.L. Jones Son Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Visitation is from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Mr. Dellinger was a member of Goodhope Baptist Church and the Mississippi Sheriff's Association's boys and girls ranches. He is survived by his stepsons, Carl Bax-ley of Rutherfordton, N.C., James Baxley and William Baxley, both of Miami, Barney Baxley of Tallahassee, and Robert Baxley of Orlando, stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Dearman of Richton; brothers, Marvin Dellinger and Fonzy Dellinger, both of Cherryville, N.C., and Lonnie C.

Del-linger and Aubrey Dellinger, both of Bessemer City, N.C.; sisters, Mrs. Lila Mae Rohn of Spencer Mountain, N.C., and Mrs. Viola Huf stettler of Bessemer City, half brothers, Marshall Gautt of Kings Mountain, N.C., Clete Gautt of Stanley, N.C.; stepbrothers, Leonard Gautt and Houston Gautt, both of Kings Mountain, N.C., and Miles A. Gautt of Cherryville, N.C.; and 18 stepgrandchildren and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren. Halford B.

Robinson Halford B. Robinson, 95, of 716 Cherry St. died Tuesday at Hinds General Hospital. Graveside services are 3:30 p.m. today in Lakewood Memorial Park with Wright Ferguson Funeral Home handling arrangements.

Visitation is 10 a.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Robinson, a native of Primghar, Iowa, had lived in Jackson since he was 2 years old. Educated in the Jackson public schools, Robinson was part-owner and operator of Robinson Brothers Auto Repair.

He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and a veteran of World War I. He is survived by his son, Harold C.Robinson of Raymond; sister, Mrs. Irene Pearson of Jackson; and two grandsons and one great-grandson. Jake N. Brown Jr.

Jake Neal Brown 63, of 4847 Westwood Drive died Monday at Hinds General Hospital. Services are 10 a.m. today at Baldwin, Lee Barnes Southwest Chapel with burial, accompanied by Masonic rites, in Lakewood Memorial Park. A native of Lawrence County, Mr. Brown had lived in Jackson for 40 years.

He retired in 1982 as maintenance supervisor with Blue CrossBlue Shield of Mississippi, where he had worked for 18 years. He was a member of the Pearl Masonic Lodge, York Rite Masons, the Shriners and Van Winkle Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War and the Korean conflict He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gloria Brown; daughter, Mrs. Mike J.

(Carol) Aren-dale of Memphis; stepdaughter, Mrs. James R. (Carol Ann) Davis of Jackson; stepson, Michael E. Clark of New York, N.Y.; and four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Joe Harrell Sr.

Joe Harrell 84, formerly of Meadow Moss Road in Jackson, died Sunday in Alabaster, Ala. Services are 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Jackson Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from to 8 p.m. today and after 10 a.m.

Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Harrell was a native and lifelong resident of Jackson. He was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church and a former employee of the Tax Division for the State of Mississippi.

His wife, Mrs. Lucille Williams Harrell, died in July 1983. He is survived by his son, Joe L. Harrell Jr. of Alabaster, sisters, Mrs.

H.P. (Katie Mae) Heam and Mrs. Maggie Lee Corley, both of Jackson; and three grandchildren. Mrs. Belle B.

Stelman JASPER, Ala. Mrs. Belle Boshell Stelman, 82, died Feb. 18 at a local hospital. Services were Thursday at Collins-Burke Funeral Home chapel with burial in New Prospect Cemetery.

She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Agnes Voss of Townley, Mrs. Jennie Duncan of Nauvoo, Mrs. Emma Cortex of Pascagoula and Mrs. Bessie Williams of Pearl; sons, James (Bud) Stelman and Johnny Stelman, both of Jasper, and Franklin D.

Stelman of Jackson; sisters, Elizabeth Polk of Jasper and Mrs. Mary Keeton of Kansas, brother, Walter Boshell of Kopperston, W.Va.; and 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. Mrs. Sarah E. Schilling MCCOMB Mrs.

Sarah Evelyn Schilling, 70, died Sunday at Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton, La. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Silver Springs Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Catch-ings Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mrs.

Schilling was a. member of Silver Springs Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Clay Schilling of Osyka; son, George Schilling of Osyka; and three grandchildren. Miss Mabel L. Cobb WEIR Miss Mabel L.

Cobb, 76, died Tuesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services are 2 p.m. today at Presbyterian Church with burial in Presbyterian Cemetery. Nowell Funeral Home of Weir is handling arrangements. She was a retired employee of the Merchants Farmers Bank in Kosciusko.

Miss Cobb is survived by her sister, Mrs. Vera Irving of Weir, and three nieces and two nephews. Leland Boyanton BRAXTON Leland Boyanton, 71, died Monday at his home. Services are 11 a.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mendenhall with burial in Braxton Cemetery.

Mr. Boyanton was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the American Legion. He is survived by his sisters, Mrs. N.J. Lee of Wiggins, Miss Nancy Boyanton of Mendenhall, Mrs.

O.L. Breland of Texarkana, Texas, and Mrs. Wilburn Buckley of New Hebron; brothers, J.A. Boyanton of Bay Springs, Clyde Boyanton of New Hebron and Earl Boyanton of Port Arthur, Texas; and a host of nieces and nephews. Task force named to study problems in city's libraries The City Council appointed a 12-member task force Tuesday to study problems and recommend solutions for the city's eight libraries.

Each of the three council members appointed four members, who were instructed to make a report back to the council within 60 days. Appointed by Mayor Dale Danks were: Howard McMillan, a vice-president at Deposit Guaranty National Bank; Lynn Lee, president of the South Jackson Civic League; Bettye Jolly, a board member of Jackson Friends of the Library, and Lelia Rhodes, a librarian at Jackson State University. Appointed by Commissioner Luther Roan were: Gretchen Allred, a board member of Jackson Friends of the Library, Carolyn Raine, president of the Forest Hill Parent-Teacher Association; W.M. Dalehite, retired administrator for the Jackson Public Schools; and John Peoples, former president of Jackson State who is now an administrator at the Research and Development Center. Appointed by Commissioner George Porter were: Nyles Potts, a retired Presbyterian minister; Joann S.

Gilder, marketing director for the Mississippi Museum of Art; Sylvia Scott, former employee of the Mississippi School for the Deaf; and Les Range, a local research consultant. Failure to file nets prison term Danny L. Prewitt, an electrician from Jackson who said he was exempt from taxes because his rights were violated, has been sentenced in federal court for failing to file income tax returns in 1980 and 1981. Instead of filing the required income tax returns in those years, Prewitt filed forms on which he failed to provide any financial information. He also testified that he filed a Form W-4 on which he stated he was exempt from tax withholding.

During 1980, Prewitt earned $36,880 and in 1981 he earned $41,794. U.S. District Judge John R. Countiss III sentenced Prewitt to a one-year prison term and fined him $5,000. Countiss also placed Prewitt on five years' probation after his release from prison and ordered him to pay all taxes, penalties and interest from 1980 and 1981.

Girlfriend held in shooting A 27-year-old Brandon man was in critical condition Tuesday after being shot during an argument with his girlfriend, police said. Brandon Chief Jim Addy said Georgia M. Proctor, 23, of 215 Lakeland Drive was being held on a charge of aggravated assault in connection with the Monday night shooting. The man, who was admitted to Rankin General Hospital, was struck just below the front of the rib cage with a bullet from a handgun, Addy said. Children, mother escape fire Three children and their mother escaped unharmed from a fire that caused about $15,000 in damages Thursday to a northwest Jackson home, a fire department spokesman said.

Firefighters were called to 2938 Bailey Ave. at 5:17 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the back bedroom where the blaze began, said Bob Bullock, spokesman for the Jackson Fire Department. Louise Hilliard and her three children, ranging in age from 19 months to 6 years, were home at the time of the fire but managed to escape before it spread to other rooms in the wood-frame house, Bullock said. Arson investigators determined the cause of the fire was children playing with matches or a lighter, Bullock said.

Leadership role under scrutiny The role of student leadership in the 1960s and today will be discussed by student activists from both eras at a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Thursday in the H.T. Sampson Library auditorium at Jackson State University. Constance Slaughter-Harvey, head of the Public Lands and Elections Division of the secretary of state's office, and Wazir Peacock, who were active in the civil rights movement, will be joined on the panel by Anthony Owens, president of the Student Government Association at Tou-galoo College, and Thomas Elliott Fox II, president of the Student Government Association at Jackson State. The panelists will discuss the legacy left by the leadership of the '60s, and the role that students should play in helping to shape public policy.

The issue of whether there is a genuine student movement today will also be discussed. The public is invited to attend. For additional information, contact Dr. Leslie B. McLemore, coordinator of the workshop and dean of the JSU Graduate School, at Leonard said that if elected he would LEONARD use the legislative seat to push for stronger support of education from state government.

He also said he would request a seat on the House Education Committee and the House Appropriations Committee to push for support of education. Leonard said he would work for creation of a state labor relations board to hear the complaints of Mississippi teachers and other state employees. Leonard is a graduate of Florida University and Me-harry Medical College. He taught in the Greenwood Public Schools and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Leonard has been active with the Capitol Area United Way and is a member of the Jackson Arts Alliance and Lynch Street CME Church. Leonard and Clark are both making their first bid for public office. Copiah Details, from page IB Forged the names of voters on absentee ballots. Engaged in fraud and misrepresentation in obtaining signatures on absentee ballots. Falsely attested to absentee ballots when the voter did not appear before the attesting official.

Voted absentee ballots that were falsely obtained and did not represent the will of the absentee voter. Hood received 877 votes to Welch's 858 in the 1983 runoff. Of the total votes cast, 111 of 115 absentee ballots were cast for Hood. Barbour said the number of absentee ballots cast in the 4th District far exceeded the number cast in any previous election. Barbour said all of the absentee ballots were subject to challenge and that at least 49 clearly were invalid.

Had those votes been thrown out, the election would have swung to Welch. Redisricting I ifpnfflsi Names Faces Every day in The Clarion-Ledger. Call 961-7130. District, from page IB reapportion the 1st and 2nd Districts. But the Cook plan resulted in the election of 4th District Supervisor Karl Banks and 5th District Supervisor J.L.

McCul-lough, the county's first two black supervisors. Harris said Justice Department approval of the plan would permit the county to hold an Election Commission vote for the first time since January 1980. Blacks hold a 3-2 majority on the commission, and the NAACP opposed placing Election Commission candidates on the January ballot. Blackmon said asking for a delay on the election commission vote "was an effort to make the supervisors act more quickly. And I think that it worked." LAMP CLINIC Candlestick Park Shopping Center AN OLD-TYME Lamp Hardware Store 373-9874 "We've got it all" Nursery Garden Center FLORIST 354-0116 Renfrow Insulation, Inc.

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The Senate bill could not be amended to include a newspaper excise tax, a tax on the income from coin-operated amusement machines and a beer excise tax. Moreover, the Senate bill could not be amended to include House language that would give school districts author-! ity to lease school buildings. Rep. Tom-! my Walman of McComb, a member of the Ways and Means Committee and the Education Committee, said language was necessary because many school districts cannot afford to build new classrooms but they can afford to lease buildings. Walman said the authorizing language is made even more urgent by the implementation of kindergartens during the 1986-1987 school year.

Rep. Terrell Stubbs of Mendenhall also blasted the Senate bill because its $82.1 million in tax hikes does not finance the teacher pay increases for the 1986-1987 and 1987-1988 fiscal years. MR. CHARLES F. CORNWALL 139 Cypress Drive, Madison, MS 11a.m.

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