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The Clarion-Ledger I Saturday, October 3, 1992 JACKSON-AREA A DEATHS Leslie E. Mabus retired merchant By Andy Kanengiser Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer ACKERMAN Leslie E. Mabus, 95, a retired merchant, died of cancer Friday at Choctaw County Medical Center. Services are 3 p.m. Sunday at Adams-Nowell Funeral Home with burial in Enon Cemetery.

Visitation is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Mabus, a lifelong Ackerman resident, was a member of Ackerman Presbyterian Church. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1917 and the U.S.

Military Academy of West Point in 1920. He served in the Mississippi Senate from 1932-36 and, at the time of his death, was the state's oldest livling former senator. He was the widlower of Adelle Mooreland Mabus. "He was a heroic figure to me. When I was little, my parents lived next door to him," said his nephew, former Gov.

Ray Mabus of Jackson. "He gave me good advice all of my life." Leslie Mabus, who also was a timber farmer, became the first in his family to enter politics. He served as a delegate for Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1932. Among the other delegates from Mississippi: now-1st District U.S.

Rep. Jamie Whitten. Born when President Grover Cleveland was in the White House, Leslie I Mabus "lived an amazingly long and full life," Ray Mabus said. Leslie Mabus attended his nephew's 1988 inauguration as governor. He returned to the state Senate in recent years to greet retired and current senators at annual reunions.

Memorials may be made to the Ruth Elisabeth Mabus Scholarship Fund at Mississippi University for Women, or the Raymond E. Mabus Sr. Scholarship Fund at the University of Mississippi. Laura Lee Cooper, church custodian The Clarion-Ledger YAZOO CITY Laura Lee Cooper, 70, a church custodian, died of heart failure Tuesday at King's Daughters Hospital. Services are 11 a.m.

today at First United Methodist Church with burial in Glenwood Cemetery. Gregory Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mrs. Cooper, a lifelong resident of Yazoo City, was a member of Chapel Hill Church, the Star of Bethlehem No. III of the Order of the Eastern WRIGHT FERGUSON MRS.

MARIE MAXWELL 10 am Sat. Raymond Baptist Ch Visit 9 am Raymond Baptist Ch MISS PAMELA ROWAN 11 am Sat. Hinds Chapel MRS. MARGARET D. HOLDERFIELD 10 am Graveside Cedarlawn MR.

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WILLIAM E. "ED" MAYS 352-3632 MISSISSIPPI DEATHS Troy Ables, 54, retired painter, heart failure, Kosciusko, 2 p.m. today, Nowell Funeral Home. William T. Brewer 86, retired asphalt superintendent, Hodgkin's disease, Yazoo City, 2:30 p.m.

today, Center Ridge Baptist Church, Stricklin-King Funeral Home. Edward "Jeff" Campbell, 62, retired city employee, heart failure, Oxford, 2 p.m. today, Browning Funeral Home. John Washington Crosby 94, retired steel company employee, heart failure, Bay Springs, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jerusalem M.B.

Church, visitation 7-9 p.m. today, Colonial Funeral Home. W. P. "Penn" Goldman, 93, retired farmer, heart failure, Magee, services were Friday, Mims Mitchell Funeral Home.

Earline Griffith, 71, retired supervisor, emphysema, Mendenhall, 3 p.m. today, Colonial Funeral Home. Margaret D. Holderfield, 78, retired secretary, respiratory arrest, Hattiesburg, 10 a.m. today, Wright Ferguson Home.

Charles Earl Johnson, 32, lumber company employee, hemorrhage and shock when he was hit by a train, Yazoo City, 2 p.m. today, Tulane Baptist Church, Gregory Funeral Home. Thurmond "Winkee" Johnson, 48, laborer, cancer, Cruger, 2 p.m. Sunday, Ed Roberts Memorial Chapel, Roberts Sons Funeral Home. Jessie Lovelace, 76, retired iron worker, respiratory failure, Beaumont, 10:30 a.m.

today, Jones Funeral Home. Reathie McGee, 56, domestic worker, heart failure, Bay Springs, 2 p.m. today, Bay Springs Funeral Home. Mamie Morgan, 77, homemaker, heart failure, Ellisville, 2 p.m. today, Jones Funeral Home.

Fay Ola Richardson, 73, homemaker, respiratory failure, Forest, 2 p.m. today, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Ott Lee Funeral Home. Ed Scoggin, 65, retired field representative, heart attack, Newton, 11 a.m. today, First Baptist Church of Newton, Webb Funeral Home. John Tipton "Jack" Shields, 71, retired engineer, injuries received in auto accident, Union, S.C., 2 p.m.

Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, Holcombe Funeral Home. Aprly Brooke Tucker, 18, student, under investigation, Philadelphia, 11 a.m. today, McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mattie Wright, 52, beautician, heart failure, Sardis, 1 p.m. today, Mount Zion M.B.

Church, visitation p.m. today, Cooley's Mortuary. CLARION -LEDGER OBITUARY POLICY The Clarion-Ledger publishes obituaries free of charge. Since they are news stories, certain facts are required. Included are the deceased's complete name, age and occupation; date, cause and place of death; time and place of services; and survivors.

Families may add background information such as club and church memberships and school accomplishments. Obituaries received by 7 p.m. will appear in the next day's editions. Obituaries will be published for any person who has lived in Mississippi or is being buried in Mississippi. Information must be received from the funeral home.

Funeral homes may dial 961-7252 or 1-800-222-8015 Extension 7252 and leave their names and phone numbers or fax obituary information to 961-7211. Star and Queen Ester Court No. 22 of the Heroines of Jericho. Mrs. Cooper was a church custodian for First United Methodist Church for more than 40 years.

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Services are 2 p.m. today at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home with burial at 4 p.m. in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Magee. A native of Smith County, Mrs. Everett had lived in Jackson eight years, moving from Magee.

She was a retired teacher and principal at Magee Lower Elementary. She was a member of Woodville Heights Baptist Church. She was the widow of Clyde Everett. Survivors include: sons, Ralph Everett of Herndon, and Raymond Everett of Valparaiso, sister, Juanita Bobo of Jackson; and six grandchildren and 12 great- grandchildren. Ruth A.

Finch homemaker Ruth A. Finch, 89, of Raymond Road, a homemaker, died of respiratory arrest Friday at Pleasant Hills Nursing Home. Graveside services are 1 p.m. Sunday at Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery in Magee. Visitation is at 4 p.m.

today at BaldwinLee Funeral Home. Mrs. Finch, a Simpson County native, moved from Port Gibson to Jackson in 1949. She was a member of Goodwater Baptist Church. Survivors include: sons, Clyde Finch of Jackson, Kenneth Finch of Saugus, and Thomas K.

Finch of Fairfield Bay, daughters, Clara Munn and Ceclia Finch, both of Jackson; brother, Albert Mangum of Jackson; sister, Eunice Hawthorn of Seminary; and 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Goodwater Baptist Church of Magee, or to a favorite chairty. R. Merrill Harris geologist R. Merrill Harris, 82, of Eastbrooke, a geologist, died of heart failure Thursday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Cemetery. A Wagoner, native, Mr. Harris had lived in Jackson since 1940. He was an independent geologist and oil operator since 1943.

He was a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Mississippi Geological Society, New Bourbon Street Jazz Society, Magnolia Investment Club and the Beaver Investment Club. Survivors include: wife, Eva daughters, Sue Squires of Shreveport and Judy Greene of Covington, brother, Roy Harris of Midland, Texas; and five grandchildren Williams Furniture Repair Refinishing Repairing Handrubbed Finish Upholstery 366-2581 5434 N. State St. Service by COLLINS 415 N. FARISH ST.

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JOHN McGEE 12:00 Noon Saturday Providence Christian Church Church Cemetery, Tillman, MS MRS. LIZA RILEY 1:00 p.m. Saturday Rose Hill No. 2 Baptist Church Forest Grove Cemetery Fayette, MS MR. JOE STEEL Jackson, MS Lave is Peoples MRS.

BESSIE TAYLOR 2530 Brown St. Repose in Church at 10 am 11 am Saturday Liberal Trinity C.O.G.I.C. (Northside Drive) Garden Memorial Park MR. E.P. WHITE Flora 2 pm Saturday Shady Grove Baptist Church Church Cemetery Flora MR.

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Center Cemetery Raymond 969-3040 and one great-grandson. Memorials may be made to New Bourbon Street Jazz Society Music Promotion Fund, Dan Wright, 1980 U.S. 80 West, Jackson MS 39204. Charlie Lynn Jr. retired farmer EDWARDS Charlie Lynn 85, a retired farmer, died of heart failure Sunday at Vicksburg Medical Center.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. Lynn, a native of Edwards, was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include: son, Robert Lynn of Jackson; sisters, Ida Anderson of Chicago and Anna Walker of Los Angeles; and two grandchildren. Ernest Saik retired business owner PEARL Ernest Saik, 82, a retired business owner, died of a heart attack Thursday at home. Services are 2 p.m. today at St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral with burial in Lakewood Cemetery.

Visitation is after 10 a.m. today at Wright Funeral Home. Mr. Saik was a member of St. George Episcopal Church, where he was ordained as a deacon, and served as assistant minister.

He founded the Butcher Shop in 1968 and retired in 1990. He was also a former member of the Vestry at St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a lifetime member of the Wahabi Temple. Survivors include: wife, Bessie Rose; sons, Nathan Saik of Jackson and Charles Saik of Madison; sister, Eva Joseph of Hammond, brothers, Billy Saik and Joe Saik, both of Jackson; and four grandchildren and three-step grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to St. George Episcopal Church Building Fund. Beckwith secretly hospitalized twice for high blood pressure, his wife says The Clarion-Ledger hospital under a false name. Secrecy has cloaked Byron De La Beckwith's visits to a Jackson hospital, his wife says. Thelma Beckwith said her 71- year-old husband spent two days at Methodist Medical Center in midAugust after he complained of dizziness.

She said Beckwith told her in a letter she received Monday that he had been hospitalized again with elevated blood pressure. She said she didn't know of the hospitalization until she received his letter. She said he was checked into the talized. Beckwith From 1B "Even though our lives have gone on, the experience has been a living nightmare," she said. "It's reliving everything.

I have never been able to put it aside. It has been with me every day of my life and many of my nights." "The last year or so has been extremely difficult," she said. "We seem so close to the solution of this case, yet so far." Beckwith's son said, "It's just a crying shame and I feel it's ridiculous they have dragged things out for this long. It's an unnecessary burden and hardship on members of his family. "We feel the pressure from everybody asking questions that we can't answer or don't want to answer.

We are not politicians or preachers. We are just hard-working people that want to be treated fairly and left alone," he said. Methodist Medical Center spokeswoman Janice Baddley told The Clarion-Ledger on Aug. 18 and Sept. 22 that no one by the name of Beckwith had been treated at the hospital.

Four other Jackson hospitals contacted on both occasions by The Clarion-Ledger said Beckwith had not been treated there. "He's in the custody of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department," is all Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin will say when asked whether Beckwith has been hospi- joyed helping children in the church. "She worked with the Scouts on their cooking and camping merit badges whatever they needed," he said. Janice Middleton said Mrs. Cooper even took some of her four sons fishing to help them complete work on a Boy Scout merit badge.

Survivors include: son, Joseph J. Jones of Anderson, brothers, Charlie Lewis Grant of Vaughan, Sampson Grant of Yazoo City, Milton Otha Grant of Zion, Monroe Grant of Charleston, Willie Allen Grant and Joe Phillip Grant, both of Jackson, Chaplin Anderson Henry Grant of Clarksville, and Chaplin Jonathan Grant of Anchorage, Alaska; sisters, Emma Lee Hope of Lake Providence, Vera Lee Anderson and Mary Alice Schaffer, both of Jackson, Rosie Lee Baldwin -Lee JACKSON 372-5623 MRS. LOLA MAE EVERETT 2 p.m. Chapel MRS. RUTH A.

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Sunday 1:00 p.m. Spring Hill Baptist Church Int. Church Cemetery Raymond, MS MS. MAUDESSA R. LENOIR 1222 Everett Ave.

Tuesday 1:00 p.m. Rose Hill Church Int. Church Cemetery Magnolia, MS MS. CONNIE MAE GOSS 3648 Skyline Dr. Thursday 11:00 Mt.

Galileo Baptist Church Int. Garden Memorial Park Jackson, MS INCOMPLETE MR. LEWIS JONES, JR. Fresno, CA. Burial, Funeral and Life Insurance OUR RULE IS THE GOLDEN RULE Thelma Beckwith, 81, said her husband spends his time writing letters and reading.

She keeps in touch via letters and telephone. Although she lambasted Hinds County authorities for keeping Beckwith jailed without bond, she said he's received better treatment at the Hinds County Detention Center than at the Hamilton County Jail. But she said she fears he needs surgery for heart problems. He has previously had surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Thelma Beckwith said her husband also has high blood pressure and has recovered from a previous bout with cancer.

"When the phone rings way after midnight, I think, 'Oh, Lord, something has happened to De They don't understand his life is in danger." Tips for choosing president in November. paign that they aren't giving much weary of the presidential camthought to whom they will vote for Solution: A University of MisProblem: Voters may be so -NEWS sissippi political science professor offers tips on how to choose a This feature is intended to help The Clarion-Ledger's readers cope with president. Much thought should be given to choosing a candidate to suplife's problems. A different subject will be discussed daily. port for the sake of the country, says Gregory Mahler, chairman of or realistic? Ole Miss' political science departLook beyond campaign rhetment.

oric and determine what the candiHis suggestions: dates really value. Take the time I Consider the issues of the to do some research. election. Really tough issues are at stake international affairs, Make a judgment on the charthe domestic agenda and eco- acter of the candidates. "Amerinomics.

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Medical Center 973-5505 Poison Control: 354-7660.