Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 20

January 6, 1983 I THURSDAY THE CLARION-LEDGER DEATHS Bessie L. Butler Mrs. Bessie Lockett Butler, 64 of Jackson, died Sunday at Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Norman Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Willow Park Cemetery. Peoples Funeral Home is handling: arrangements.

She is survived by her James Butler, several nieces and nephews; and six great-nephews. W.E. Frazier W.E. "Elmo" Frazier, 83, died Tuesday at St. Dominic son Memorial Hospital.

Services are 11 a.m. today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery. A native of Stone County and a former resident of Rio, Frazier had been a resident of Jackson since 1929. He was a member of Parkway Baptist Church and a retired railroad employee. Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Lea of Tangipahoa, three daughters, Mrs.

L.R. Morrison of Tulsa, Mrs. Jean F. Starling of Jackson and Mrs. James Powell of Duncanville, Texas; and one brother, Judson P.

Fraizer of Moss Point. Memorials may be made to The Bus Ministry, Parkway Baptist Church. Mrs. Edna N. Tuttle Mrs.

Edna N. Tuttle, 76, died Tuesday at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services are 12:30 p.m. today in the chapel of Wright Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery. A native of Lawrence County, she had lived in Memphis a number of years before moving to Jackson in the early 1970s.

Survivors include a brother, Henry Nations of Hazlehurst; four sisters, Agnes Arnold and Mable Boone, both of Jackson, Irene Armstrong of Fort Worth, Texas, and Jennie Mae Hill of Clinton; and a number of nieces and nephews. Steven M. Shivers PEARL Steven M. Shivers, 20, died Tuesday: at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Services are 1 p.m. today from the McLaurin Heights United Methodist Church with burial in Shivers Cemetery. Baldwin-Enochs Funeral Home is handling arrangements. He was a Pearl resident and member of McLaurin Heights United Methodist Church. He is survived by his mother, Jeannine' T.

Shivers of Pearl; a sister, Nancy Shivers of Pearl; a brother, Robert C. Shivers, of Pearl; and his grandmother, Eora Turpin of Fort Worth, Texas. William I. Thomas RICHLAND William I. "Billy" Thomas, 47, died Wednesday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Services are 3 p.m. today at Baldwin-Enochs Funeral Home with burial in Florence Cemetery. Baldwin-Enochs Funeral Home is handling arrangements. He was a native of the Richland-Florence community and a member of First Baptist Church of Richland. He was a member of IBEW Local No.

480 and retired from McRae's Department Stores. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Jean Thomas; a son, Glen I. Thomas; a daughter, Terri T. Dear; his mother, Irene Thomas; two sisters, Jeanette Boteler and Juanita Prewitt; a brother, Charles Thomas; and four grandchildren. All are of Richland.

The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church of Richland. Henry A. McBroom CANTON Henry Allen McBroom, 75, died late Tuesday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services are 11 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with burial in the Canton Cemetery.

Breeland Funeral Home is handling arrangements. A native of Canton, he was retired after 50 years with Canton Municipal Utilities. He was a member of the Lions Club and Elks Club and was a member and an elder of First Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Norma Simpson McBroom of Canton; a sister, Mrs.

Elizabeth Boyt; three grandaughters; and five great grandchildren. Fred R. Propst COLUMBUS Fred Roberts Propst, 82, died Tuesday in Sherwood, Ark. He was born in Gordo, and moved in 1911 to Colombus. He was part owner of Propst and Co.

until 1948 and owned and operated Propst Hardware for 10 years. He served as Lowndes County tax assessor and collector from 1967 to 1980. Propst attended Tennessee Military Institute and the University of Alabama. He was a charter member of the Exchange Club, a Rotarian and member of the First Baptist Church. Services are today at 2 p.m.

from Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Friendship Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rieveland Nash Propst of Sherwood, and two daughters, Mrs. Carol Mitchell Jackson and Mrs. Becki Cassar of Sherwood.

Hutch McCrory MORTON Hutch McCrory, 86, died Tuesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jackson. Services are 2 p.m. today at Ott Lee Funeral Home with burial in Hodge Hill Cemetery. A native of Morton, he was a retired lumber company worker. He is survived by his wife, Bell McCrory; three sons, Oscar, Earl and Oliver, all of Morton; four daughters, Mrs.

Lillie McLemore of Morton, Mrs. Zula Roland of Jackson, Mrs. Robbie Ross of Pearl, and Ida Davis of Brandon; two brothers, William of Forest and Graham of Morton; two sisters, Ossie Beard of Brandon and Mrs. Jeannie Roland of Brandon; 20 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. Jerry Halford NATCHEZ Jerry "Peewee" Halford, 43, No.

10 Summerfield Road, died Tuesday evening in Galveston, Texas. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Natchez. Laird Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was employed as a tool pusher at Cactus International Drilling Co.

He was a member of Parkway Baptist Church in Natchez and a member of Natchez Moose Lodge. Survivors include Sandra Halford of 1 Natchez, a son, Paul Halford of Natchez, a daughter Sanda Halford; mother, Mrs. Dollie H. Allen of Roxie; brothers, Marvin Halford Jimmy Halford both of Roxie, Levon Halford of McComb and Donald Halford of Ferriday, and sisters, Peggy Thomas of Natchez and Patty Barron of Morgan City, La. Lewis A.

Young HATTIESBURG Lewis Alton Young, 67, died Tuesday in Convarest Nursing Home. Services are 2 p.m. today from Big Creek Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Born in Iowa, Young moved to Soso in 1962. He was a retired photographer and a U.S.

Army veteran who served in World War II. He was a member of Big Creek Baptist Survivors include a son, Jeffrey Young of Seminary, two daughters, Julane Young and Mrs. Judith Parker, both of Hattiesburg; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Hunt of St. Paul, three grandchildren; and a niece.

Mrs. Annie C. Terry KOSCIUSKO Mrs. Annie Carter Terry, 94, died Tuesday at Monfort Jones Memorial Hospital. Services are 10:30 a.m.

today at Pryor- Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Calhoun City with burial in Calhoun City Cemetery. A native of Calhoun City, she moved to Kosciusko five years ago. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the widow of J.F. Terry of Calhoun City. She is survived by her daughter, Miss Mildred Terry of Kosciusko; a son, Frank Leslie Terry of Kosciusko; two grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

Carl O. Richardson GRENADA Carl Otto Richardson, 70, died Tuesday at Grenada County Hospital. Services are 2 p.m. today at PryorWilson Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Concord Cemetery near Calhoun City. A native of Yalobusha County, he moved to Grenada 31 years ago.

He was a retired lumber inspector. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laverne Hollis Richardson of Grenada; daughters, Mrs. Ann Ruis of Grenada and Mrs. Betty Jean Byers of Elliott; a son, Larry Wayne Richardson of Grenada; his mother, Mrs.

Eddie Burl 1 Richardson of Hazlehurst; a sister, Mrs. Irene Calhoun of Crystal Springs; and 10 grandchildren. Mrs. Ruth A. Lowrimore DUCK HILL Mrs.

Ruth Allen Lowrimore, 78, died Wednesday at the Grenada County Hospital. Services are 2 p.m. today at the Oliver Funeral Home chapel in Winona with burial in Salem Cemetery. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Frances Lowrimore of Germantown, a son, James Erving Lowrimore of Duck Hill; and a brother, Sam Allen of Winona. Mrs.

Jennie Lowery GREENWOOD Mrs. Jennie Mae Standard Lowery, 85, died Wednesday at Greenwood Memorial Hospital. Services are 2 p.m. today at Williams and Lord Chapel with burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Williams and Lord Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

A native of Greenwood, she was the widow of Josh Lowery. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. C.E. Gordon and Mrs. Bob Robertson of Greenwood and Mrs.

Jud Pittman of Clarksdale; a son, James Lowery of Winona; a sister, Mrs. JesLennard of Sidon; 10 grandchildren; and eight great children. James W. White MERIDIAN James Wesley White, 81, died Tuesday at Meridian Regional Hospital. Services are 10 a.m.

today at Stephens Funeral Home chapel with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Lauderdale County. He is survived by daughter, Mrs. Janie M. Poole of Collinsville; a sister, Mrs.

Sadie M. Flannigan of Bailey, four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Dean Blancett KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dean Blancett, 58, died Tuesday at Veteran's Administration Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Services are 7 p.m.

today at Highland Memorial Funeral Home with burial Friday in Highland Memorial Cemetery. He was a former resident of Jackson and Flora and was plant manager with Magnavox Corp. in Flora. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. He is survived by his daughters, Linda Martin of Knoxville and Dee Anne Clark of Bridgewater, son, Larry Blancett of Atlanta, and six grandchildren.

Mrs. Effie Reeves BROOKHAVEN Mrs. Effie Reeves, 91, died Wednesday Daughter's Hospital. Services are 2 today at Montgomery Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Hartman Henderson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

She is survived by her son, Cecil Reeves of Bogue Chitto; a daughter, Mrs. Yvonne Wallace of Brookhaven; a brother, Fred Brown of Bugue Chitto; a sister, Mrs. Ailene Green of Summit; 14 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Frances H.

Dahly AUSTIN, Texas Mrs. Frances Hathorn Dahly, 60, died Dec. 30. Services were Sunday in Austin, with burial in Memorial Hill Park. A native of Jackson, she was the daughter of V.B.

Hathorn, who was bursar and business manager of Millsaps College. She was the first commander of the Austin Chapter of the Disabled American Veteran's Auxiliary, managed the youth services at Bergstron Air Force Base for many years and was active in the VFW Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, Donald E. Dahly, sons, D.E. Dahly Jr.

of Austin and Charles H. Dahly of Houston; a daughter, Dianne D. Dismukes of Houston; brothers, Thomas Q. Hathorn of Biloxi, Robert L. Hathorn of Vicksburg and John L.

Hathorn of Jackson, sisters, Mrs. Mary Thompson of Bassfield, Mrs. Dorothy Berry of Pearl and Mrs. Amanda H. Kolb of Jackson; and six grandchildren.

Thomas H. Butler MEADVILLE Thomas Hilton Butler, 75, died Tuesday at Mississippi State Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. today at Franklin Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Butler Cemetery in McCall Creek. He is survived by his brothers, Stewart H.

Butler of Jericho, and John R. Butler of Harahan, and sisters, Mrs. Emily B. O'Quin of McComb and Mrs. Martha D.

Jackson of Baton Rouge, La. Lloyd Golden FOREST Lloyd Golden, 51, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. today at New Zion Rantist. Church, with burial in New Zion Cemetery in Leake County.

Ott Lee Funeral Home is Creationism vote possible in Senate The Associated Press State senators may get another crack at voting on a bill requiring schools to teach scientific creationism, but opposition is expected to be more organized this year. Sen. Emerson Stringer of Columbia caught the Mississippi Senate by surprise on the opening day of the 1982 legislative session and won 48-4 approval of the creationism bill. Stringer was able to bypass customary committee consideration of the measure and a number of surprised senators who ordinarily would have been disposed to oppose it wound up voting for it. But the bill was buried in an Education subcommittee when it reached the House and never surfaced again.

Stringer introduced 1 the same bill Wednesday, but this time the proposal will go to a committee for review. The measure would require schools that teach evolution to also teach creationism. A native of Leake County, he moved to Lake in 1973. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Golden of Lake, a son, Lloyd Golden Jr.

of Lake, a daughter, Mrs. Annie Pearl Fortenberry of Lake; five brothers, James Golden of Forest, Emery Golden of Walnut Grove, Floyd Golden of Phildelphia, Raymond Golden of California, and Faymond Golden of Florida; a sister, Mrs. Hubert Shuler of Forest; and three grandchildren. Dirk McAdory Dirk McAdory, 15, died Tuesday in Winston County, Services are 11 a.m. today at Vernon Assembly of God Church with burial in Winston County.

McClain-Hays Funeral Home of Philadelphia is handling arrangements. A native of Winston County, he was a member of Vernon Assembly of God Church and was a sophomore at Nanih Waiya High School. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton McAdory of Louisville, and his grandmothers, Mrs.

Minnie Miles of Louisville and Mrs. Dennis McAdory of Noxapater. Mrs. Minnie N. Davis CRYSTAL SPRINGS Mrs.

Minnie Nell Davis, 61, died Monday at home. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Good Hope Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery in Crystal Springs. Peoples Funeral Home in Jackson is handling arrangements. She is survived by her husband, William Davis, a daughter, Mrs.

Mary L. Ford of Crystal Springs, a son, Roy Moore of Crystal Springs, sisters, Mrs. Ella Mapps of Georgetown, Mrs. Flavie Dampeer of New Hebron and Elmer Smith of Hattiesburg, brothers, G.C. Moore of New Hebron and George Moore of Arons; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Newton Kirby LOUISVILLE Newton Kirby, 76, died Tuesday at Community Hospital in Louisville. Services were Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the McClain-Hays Funeral Home chapel. Burial was in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Noxapater.

Mr. Kirby was a native of Dallas, Texas, and lived in Pleasant Hill, before moving to Noxapater six years ago. He was a member of Noxapater Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lenora E.

Kirby of Noxapater; a son, Wayne Kirby of San Padlo, Calif; a sister, Mrs. H.P. Jenkins of Oklahoma City, brothers, Bill Kirby of Wasko Joe Kirby California and Carl Kirby of Hayward, Calif; and four grandchildren. Clayton Lewis -PHILADELPHIA Missisippi Clayton Medical Lewis, Center 74, in died Jackson. Wednesday Services at are 3 p.m.today at First Baptist Church in Philadelphia with burial in Cederlawn Cemetery.

McClain-Hays Funeral Home is handling arrangements. A native of Neshoba County, where he lived most of his life, he served as county attorney for three terms and was a member of the Mississippi Legislature from 1948 to 1952. He was a former mayor of Philadelphia for three terms and was the oldest practicing attorney in Neshoba County, where he had practiced since 1936. A veteran of World War IL, Mr. Lewis was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans.

He was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church in Philadelphia and taught Sunday school there. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lessie Taylor Lewis of Philadelphia; a son, Clayton Taylor Lewis of Philadelphia; a sister, Mrs. Cornelia Waurzyniak of Port Richey, a brother, Ralph Lewis of Philadelphia; and three grandchildren. Mrs.

Robert Ledbetter Jr. MATHISTON Mrs. Robert T. (Hesta) Ledbetter Jr. died Tuesday in Mathiston.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Wright 1 Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery. A native of Covington County, she was a graduate of Mississippi University for Women. She was a charter member of Mount Salus Presbyterian Church, the MUW Alumnae Association, and was a retired bookstore manager. She also was active in the Presbyterian Women's Organization.

Survivors include her husband, Robert T. Ledbetter a daughter, Mrs. Martin T. Jasper of Mathiston; a son, Bob Ledbetter of Jackson; and a sister, Mrs. K.L.

Larmee of Louisville. Memorials may be made to the Mount Salus Christian Day School in Clinton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home after 10 a.m. today. Mrs.

Mary A. Cooper COLUMBUS Mrs. Mary Alice Cooper, 79, died Tuesday afternoon at Oxford-LaFayette Hospital in Oxford. Services are 11 a.m. today at the Gunter Holmes Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Friendship Cemetery.

Gunter Holmes Funeral Home is handling arrangements. A native of Columbus, the widow of the late Frank R. Cooper Jr. She was a retired legal secretary and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Mrs.

Frank R. Cooper Ill; and two grandchildren, all of Jackson. Ernest R. Brasier BELZONI Services for Ernest Ray Brasier, 26, were Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church at Belzoni with burial in Greencrest Garden.

Mortimer Funeral Home of Belzoni handled arrangements. He was a native of Belzoni. He is survived by his wife, Linda Brasier of Belzoni; a daughter, Lou Brasier of Belzoni; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.L.

Brasier of Belzoni; a sister, Mrs. Debra Butts of Shreveport, and a brother, Keith Brasier of Belzoni. Telephone 352-3632 WRIGHT FERGUSON HIGH AT NORTH WEST STREET MR. W. E.

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Tuesday and could not reach local engineers to find out what the problem was. "We immediately called our operating engineer. The phone was busy, so we just assumed be was doing some work, getting in touch with somebody or adjusting something," Sherwood said. "Then we received a call that there was a fire in Edwards it was a transmitter, they said. A feeling of shock came over us." he said.

Station officials confirmed it was their transmitter, and then rushed to the site from Vicksburg, where they found the station destroyed. "A transmitter fire usually means a piece of equipment caught fire and the system shut down," Sherwood said. He said transmitting equipment has protective safety devices which automatically discontinue operation when something electrical goes wrong with a single component. Fires in transmitting equipment, because of the shutoff devices, cannot spread electrically. "When I got there, the building was just totaled, every piece of equipment just gutted.

I mean, gone," he said. "The whole thing is gone it's like someone took a matchbook cover and threw it in a fireplace." WOMV had been transmitting to Jackson from Vicksburg with a 56,000 watt transmitter and a 300-foot tower, Sherwood said. In October 1982, the station moved the transmitter to Edwards and installed a 500-foot tower. That month, he said, the transmitting station was damaged by vandals who broke into the station, sprayed paint, smashed equipment and stole some of the components. Sherwood said the damage was quickly repaired and the station resumed operation.

Tuesday, the station improved its signal by switching to a 100,000 watt transmitter. Sherwood said the new transmitter was on the air less than nine hours when the fire destroyed the station. Fire destroyed Madison-based rock radio station WDGMFM on Sept. 10, 1982, according to a spokesman for the state fire marshal's office. The file on the case has not been closed, he said.

Matt Wiggins, station manager for the Madison station, which operated at frequency 102 on the FM dial, said the station went the air on July 7 and was shut down by fire two months later. He said the station's insurance company had sent a team of investigators to the site and concluded the fire began in a trash area of the mobile home housing the station. The fire began at about 3 a.m., during the six hours the station was off the air, Wiggins said. He said the station may resume operation next month with call letters WZXQ. The fire marshal's office also reported a March 9, 1982, fire: at a Lexington FM radio station had been deliberately set.

No other information about that blaze was available Wednesday. Claiborne schools may be accredited Claiborne, from page 1B accreditation hearing that began Dec. 16, Brewer said. Travillion's lawyers rapidly ushered him out of the room before he could be questioned by reporters. The agreement, which included the names of school personnel, is vague because the board and Travillion agreed verbally to work out their differences during a two-hour closed-door session.

A formal agreement will be written by the commission staff and given to the board before it meets today, said commission Chairman Bill J. Curbow of Pontotoc. The board and Travillion met three times during the Christmas holidays with Brewer and Assistant Director Jack Gunn, but the disagreements remained unsolved until the commission met Wednesday. The commission also approved other requirements that should force school officials to abide by state school laws or. forfeit their accreditation once it is restored.

The immediate effect of loss of accreditation on the district's three schools is suspension of all athletic programs by the Mississippi High School Activities Association, Brewer said. According to association policy, all participating schools must be accredited. The accreditation would be restored only on a day-to-day basis for one year. If the board or Travillion violates one accreditation standard during the next year, the accreditation would be lifted immediately. Other measures in the agreement state: A commission representative must monitor all school board meetings for one year and the representative must be given a 24-hour notice if the board plans a special session.

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