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The Clarion-Ledger Jackson Daily News Saturday, October 22, 1988 JACKSON-AREA DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATHS Mrs. Hattie Taylor, retired homemaker By Arnold Lindsay Carton-Ldgr Obituary Writer Marylyn Crisler of Jackson; and two grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Arlena Walker homemaker PEARL Mrs. Arlena Walker, 84, a homemaker, died of a heart attack Friday at her home.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Baldwin-Enochs Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson. A native of the Saper community, Mrs. Walker was a Member of East Side Baptist Church. She was the widow of C.C.

Walker. Survivors include: daughters, Dorothy McFarland of Jackson and Patricia Allen of Birmingham; sister, Leona Riley of Carmichael; and five granddaughters and five great grandchildren. sons, Phillip Glynn Price, Richard F. Price and Karlton C. Price, all of Flora; mother, Zetta Lee Price of Flora; and eight grandchildren.

Mrs. Leola H. Smith retired schoolteacher Mrs. Leola H. Smith, 94, of 1900 Chadwick Drive, who taught school in Walthall County, died of heart failure Thursday at Inglewood Manor Nursing Home.

Graveside services are 10 a.m. today at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery. Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mrs. Smith, a Terry native, attended the University of Southern Mississippi.

She was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church of Terry. She was the widow of William Issac Smith. Survivors include: daughter, Mrs. Pattie C. Britt, 8 1 homemaker, Arlington, Texas; 1 0 a.m.

today, Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Wilcox Funeral Home of Carthage Claude C. Coats, 87, former state legislator, Pelahatchie; 10 a.m. today, Pelahatchie United Methodist Church Walter Dent Husband, 72, retired security guard, Raleigh; 1 1 a.m. today, First Baptist Church, Smith County Funeral Home Charles Ross Jordan, 68, retired painter, Brookhaven; 2 p.m. today, Hartman-Henderson Funeral Home Charlie Lum 90, grocery store merchant, Greenville; 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, Greenlawn Cemetery, Bdone-Wells Funeral Home Dan Bacon McCorkle, 57, oil fabricator, Dayton, Ohio; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nowell Funeral Home of Kosciusko Ronald Coyle McCreary, 37, salesman, Durant; 2 p.m. today, Southern Funeral Home Joseph Hudson McCully, 83, retired merchant, Louisville; 10:30 a.m. today, First Baptist Church, Westbrook Funeral Home Mrs. Iva May, 85, homemaker, Decatur; 2 p.m.

today, Webb Funeral Home in Newton Mrs. Laura E. Nations, 82, retired motel owner, Brookhaven; 1 1 a.m. today, Hartman-Henderson Funeral Home Mrs. Doris Newell, 61, retired restaurant owner, Brookhaven; 10 a.m.

today, Pleasant Ridge United Pentecostal Church, Brookhaven Funeral Home Lillie Avants Wiltshire, 88, homemaker, Columbus, Ohio; 1 p.m. Monday, Thweatt-King Funeral Home in Cleveland taught high school English both in Jackson and in Columbia, S.C. In Kalamazoo, she was a member of the Kalamazoo Newcomers Club, serving as treasurer and reservations chairman. She was active in helping to lead the Cub Scouts. She was a Sunday school teacher at St.

Barnabas Episcopal Church. Survivors include: husband, Ronald; daughter, Kathryn Lee Gammill of Kalamazoo; sons, Joseph Christian Gammill and David West Gammill, both of Kalamazoo; mother, Carolyn Bass Watson of Natchez; father, Leslie West Maglathlin of Canton; sisters, Leslie Judith Ruhn of Dallas, Patti Lu Dennis of Pigeon Forge, and Jo Beth Youngof Dallas; and maternal grandmother, Clara Bass of Wood-ville. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the building fund of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Mrs.

Junie C. Mahaff ey homemaker Mrs. Junie C. Mahaffey, 80, of 1521 W. Highland Drive, died of heart failure Monday at Hinds General Hospital.

Services are 12:30 p.m. today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home with burial at Lakewood Cemetery. Mrs. Mahaffey, a Union native and longtime resident, moved to Jackson in 1964. She was a member of Parkway Baptist Church.

Survivors include: daughter, Mary Ann Montague of Jackson; sons, Bobby Joe Mahaffey and Lamar Mahaffey, both of Pearl; sisters, Bessie Cleveland of Jackson and Ruth Germany of Morton; and five grandchildren. Coleman M. Price retired merchant FLORA Coleman M. Price, 63, retired owner of Price's Stop-A-Lot, died of a stroke Thursday at the Veterans Adminsitration Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 2 p.m.

today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Bethel Cemetery. Mr. Price, a lifelong resident of Flora, was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include: wife, Ethel; Springs with burial in Poplar Springs Cemetary.

Mrs. Crews lived in Jackson for 37 years and was an active member of Capitol Street United Methodist Church. She had lived in Gulfport for the past year. Survivors include: daughter, Jo Ann Eady Graham of Gulfport; sisters, Polly Guynes of Crystal Springs and Florice Haley of El Dorado, and three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mrs.

Andrea M. Gammill former teacher KALAMAZOO, Mich. Mrs. Andrea Maglathlin Gammill, 39, a former teacher at Jackson's Callaway High School and a community volunteer, died of cancer Oct. 14 at Vicksburg-Bronson Hospital.

Memorial services were Monday at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Gammill, a Plymouth, Mass. native, graduated from Brandon High Scool in 1966 and received a bachelor's degree in English from Mississippi College in 1971.

She Dillman From IB between Gutterman's death and other mysterious deaths in the Columbus area. "I truly believe that Dr. Gutter-man's death may only be the tip of the iceberg," he said. He would not reveal the identity of the others killed. Dillman called on Gov.

Ray Ma-bus and Attorney General Mike Moore to investigate Gutterman's case. "Mississippi has a critically ill death investigation system," he said. Hayne claimed that Dillman has no right to criticize the state's death probes because the Gutterman case is the only Mississippi death investigation in which Dillman has been involved. Halloween From IB It's easy to be scared, just knowing that the old two-story house is a former funeral home. The first warning to guests: "Touch no one, and no one will touch you." Proceeds from the haunted house, which will be open through Oct.

29, except on Sunday, will help fund the $600,000 Ronald McDonald House under construction on the grounds of University of Mississippi Medical Center. The haunted house will be open from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

A Ronald McDonald House is a home where parents of critically ill children can stay while their children are in the hospital. Parents of patients at University of Mississippi Medical Center Chil TRIVIA ANSWERS MADISON Mrs. Hattie Mae Strong Taylor, 60, a retired home-'rrraker noted for her talent as a seamstress and her love of died of abdominal cancer ItThursday in Hinds General Hospital in Jackson. services are 3 p.m. Sunday at Willard F.

Bond Home on Old Canton Road. donated her organs to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson for cancer research. IMrs. Taylor, a Jackson native, active in many activities that 'involved her children in her early life. Seeking to remain close to her Ho of her three daughters Carol Taylor and April Taylor she lived in- Houston, Texas, and Lafayette, before returningto Mississippi.

was a very dear, loving and kitid Christian person," said her sister, Ruby Nix of Jackson. "She Moved crocheting and needlework. "Ahd she was involved in a lot of activities that her children participated in." For her children, Mrs. Taylor's compassion showed in many of the commitments she chose to honor. "She was a talented seamstress and expressed her creativity through a wide variety of crafts, es-; pecially needlework," said daughter Robin Taylor of Anchorage, Alaska.

"She loved her children very rmjuch; I mean she participated in a lot of things because her children wej-e involved. She did a lot of vol- uneer work because of her children; she was a loving person." Nix said Mrs. Taylor's decision to donate her body for cancer research came about because her concerns were to better someone else's life by aitling science in finding a cure for the disease. "She made her will and finalized it when she was in Houston," Nix said. "She was just that kind of per-'1 son who always wanted to help if she could." Mrs.

Taylor was a Baptist. She also is survived by a nephew. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Breeland FUNERAL HOMES 3580 Robinson St. Jackson 922-1071 221 South Liberty St.

Canton 859-3661 QUIET SERVICE WITH DIGNITY QV STRINGER FTTNFRAT HOTUF CLINTON 924-9308 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 892-1521 MRS. MERLE C. BANKSTON Gulf port, MS 2 p.m. Saturday Stringer Chapel HAZLEHURST 894-1331 MRS. MYRTIS ALLEN Arrangements Incomplete THF OKDER (V THE COIIXN RUIF ireenbrook Flowers Flowers For All Occasions WRIGI it! FERGUSON MR.

CLAUDE C. COATS Pelahatchie 10 a.m. Saturday Pelahatchie United Methodist Church Body to Church at 9 a.m. MRS. FLO B.

COLEMAN 1505 N. State St. 11 a.m. Saturday Chapel MRS. JUNIE C.

MAHAFFEY 1521 West Highland Dr. 12:30 p.m. Saturday Chapel MR. COLEMAN M. PRICE, JR.

Route 1 Flora 2 p.m. Saturday Chapel Visit 10 a.m. Saturday CENTRALLY LOCATED HIGH AT NORTH WEST STREET MtMB! INVITATION SllfClfO 211 NATIQNAI cmJ lfttmn rttra "To generalize to all death investigations is unacceptable," he said. Hayne said Dillman's comments have cast unfair aspersions on the governor, attorney general, the district attorney, sheriffs and coroners. "I take offense at that," he said.

Unholy Matrimony, made into a television movie, is a true story of Dillman's solving a case involving the death of a newlywed in a hit-and-run accident. Dillman learned the husband, a bigamist, had taken out a $300,000 insurance policy on his new wife and had her killed. Hayne defended the medical examiner's office. "There's a perception that the death investigation system is inadequate. That is categorically false." dren's Hospital will be able to stay at the facility for $8 a night or whatever they can afford.

The first Ronald McDonald House was opened in 1974 in Philadelphia, now there are more than 80 across the country. Lynn Ross, president of Lovebilt a nonprofit organization spearheading the fund drive for the Ronald McDonald House, said he hoped the haunted house would net $15,000 to $12,000. This is the third year Lovebilt has sponsored a haunted house. Taylor Thornhill, 8, and his mother, Margaret Thornhill, 33, were the first customers at the haunted house Friday night. "I'm not scared," Taylor kept repeating before entering.

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State a retired homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at St. DominicJackson Memorial Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mrs.

Coleman, a native of Eureka Springs, was a 60-year member of Calvary Baptist Church. She attended Oklahoma Women's College, at Chickasha, where she studied music. Survivors include: daughter, Vel-ma McLaurin of Jackson; and two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Merle Crews retired restaurant owner GULFPORT Mrs.

Merle Crews, 83, a retired restaurant owner and manager, died of respiratory failure Thursday at her home. Services are 2 p.m. today at Stringer Funeral Home in Crystal 8 At Lakewood Funeral Home and Memorial Park, the task of planning funeral and burial services is less complex today than ever before. Whether your need is immediate or for the future, Lakewood's experienced and understanding professional staff can help you make all the necessary arrangements in a single transaction with one widely respected institution. Lakewood is at your service in every limy.

Lakewood Kunerai Home 922-21 23 JACKSON 5235 Robinson Rd. Ext. 372-5623 MRS. LEOLA H. SMITH 1900 Chadwick Dr.

10 a.m. Saturday Graveside Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery MISS JO ANNE UPCHL'RCH 957 Valencia St. Jackson, MS 2 p.m. Saturday Baldwin Lee Chapel PEARL 3780 Hvvy. 80 East 939-6110 MRS.

REATHEL M. COLLINS Pearl, MS 10 a.m. Monday Baldwin Enochs Chapel MRS. ARELENA LILLIAN WALKER Jackson, MS 2 p.m. Saturday Baldwin Enochs Chapel 1.

Frank E. Smith, a native of Sidon, who also distinguished himself while serving as a U.S. congressman from Mississipi's 3rd District (1951-1962). 2. Henry Stuart Foote.

3. Waverly. Mississippi Trivia is provided by Forrest Lamar Cooper. Readers are welcome to submit contributions to Mississippi Trivia. Submissions will be verified before publication.

tjuttrts) FLORIST 354-0116 WATS 1-800-962-2418 OPEN 7 DAYS reopies Funeral Home 886 Farish St Telephone: 969-30W A TRADITION SINCE 1925 MRS. DAISY YOUNG Flora 2:30 p.m. Saturday Woodman Hill Church Church Cemetery Flora MRS. WILLEANER HOLMES Pearl 2 p.m. Saturday Oak Grove Church Church Cemetery Pearl MR.

WILLIE FIELDS 3130 Tudor St. 11 a.m. Saturday Mt. Vision MB Church Smith Chapel Cemetery Flora MR. AGUSTUS BARRETT 2846 Smith Robinson 2 p.m.

Saturday Institional Methodist Church Garden Memorial Park MRS. HATTIE JONES 3017 Comfort St. 2 p.m. Saturday China Grove Church Wilson Cemetery MR. KENNETH SPANN Pelahatchie 11 a.m.

Saturday Mt. Carmel Church Ormond Hill Cemetery Pelahatchie MR. LOUIS ROBINSON 1104 Virginia Lloyd Dr. 2:30 p.m. Sunday St.

John Church St. John Cemetery Utica Peoples Assured Family Life Insurance Co. Lift- and Funeral Insurance Before Need Funeral Planninu Monuments Sotary Peoples ff Funeral Homeu jjM Service by COLLINS Since 1903 COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, INC. 415 North Farish Street Jackson, Mississippi 39202 948-7223 MRS. MINNIE DALLAS 1921 Overbrook Drive 11 a.m.

Saturday Morning Star Baptist Church Garden Memorial Park MR. GREGORY L. JEFFERSON 1309 Topp Ave. 11 a.m. Saturday Collins Chapel Garden Memorial Park MR.

ENOS MATTHEWS Madison 11:30 a.m. Saturday Simon Hill Baptist Church Jones Cemetery Madison, MS MRS. RUBY DRAPER 417 Rockdale 2 p.m. Saturday New Bethel Baptist Church Garden Memorial Park MRS. RUBY FORD 2502 Holmes Ave.

2:30 p.m. Saturday Collins Chapel Garden Memorial MRS. ROSIE SCOTT 232 Deleware Ave. funeral fcV Life Insurance Premiums '3? JACKSON, MS DOM MOT MMMTI MY CMTIMOTIOII OF IXPfRTM THMIK I Renfrow Insulation, Inc. Th Insulation Pro FREE ZL ESTIMATES 6" Blown Fibergloti Attic Insulation R-13 installed.

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39209 353-2288 BABY MARILYN SHANNON Hazlehurst 2 p.m. Saturday New Zion Baptist Church Church Cemetery MRS. BESSIE KIMBROUGH Jackson 2 p.m. Saturday Cook Chapel Garden Memorial MR. ROBERT L.

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