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Obituaries 10B The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Friday, March 7, 1986 Charlie Watson Allison Ulysses W. Johnson r- v. -j AP Laserpholo Bathing beauties A group of turtles crowd onto some logs in in New Orleans. The turtles and their human the swamp exhibit at the Audubon Park Zoo visitors were enjoying the sunny weather. Science fair field trip From Page 1 She and Lincoln's new principal Mavis Johnson put their heads together and planned three events to acquaint Highland Park parents with Lincoln and to put their fears to rest.

A week ago, Johnson and several Lincoln teachers described their curriculum at Highland Park's PTO meeting. "We had some fourth-grade students to sing, so we knew we'd have a lot of fourth-grade parents," McA-lexander explained. Highland Park parents also will be invited to Lincoln's May 3 pancake breakfast. And Lincoln will have open house from 1 to 4 p.m. May 16, a Friday, for Highland Park parents to see the school in action.

Johnson, who was West Jackson Elementary School's librarian last year, speaks proudly of Lincoln. Businessmen visiting the school "always say "This is the quietest school I've ever been in." That's because the building is so spacious, she has a room devoted just to music and another to art. "We don't have to cart the instruments and supplies around," she explained. "It gets all of the noise out of the school and down in the activity rooms." McAlexander, whose son attended Lincoln, agrees the teachers and curriculum at Lincoln are response, it seemed people in the room had deep emotions on this topic. Jones will collect the testimony and prepare it for submission to the House Budget Committee and the Appropriations Committee.

"A big ace in the hole is Crowd offers reasons Lela M. Reed BROWNSVILLE Services for Lela M. Reed. 51, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Haywood County with the Rev.

Tommy House officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Reed, widow of John Robert Reed, died last Saturday at Haywood Park General Hospital after a short illness. She was a native of Haywood County and a member of the Chapel Hill Church, where she taught Sunday school, served on the Deaconess Board and sang in the choir.

Surviving are three sons, John Robert Reed Stanley Reed and Carney Reed, all of Brownsville; her father, A C. Hubbard of Brownsville; two brothers. Charlie C. Hubbard and Willie D. Hubbard, both of Memphis; and five grandchildren.

Rawls Funeral Home is in charge. Rosia Pearson BROWNSVILLE Services for Rosia Pearson, 85, of Haywood County's Nutbush community, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Glen Strickland officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pearson, widow of Felix Edward Pearson, died last Saturday at Lauderdale Baptist Hospital in Ripley after a long illness. She was a native of Haywood County's Tibbs community and was a member of the St. Luke Church.

Surviving are a son, Willie Roy Pearson of Ripley; a daughter, Edmonia Henderson of Gates; a sister, Genora Williams of Detroit; a brother, Watter D. Riley of Los Angeles; four grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren. Rawls Funeral Home is in charge. Henry Bond BROWNSVILLE Services for Henry Bond, 85, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St.

Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Haywood County with the Rev. Allen Morris Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Rosenwald Cemetery. Mr.

Bond, a sawmill laborer and farmer, died Sunday morning at Haywood Park General Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Haywood County and had been a member of the St. John Church since he was a child. Surviving are his wife, Evelena Cur-rie Bond a son, Charlie T. Bond of Liberal, 16 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Rawls Funeral Home is in charge. "Tonnie Springfield BROWNSVILLE -Services for Ton-nie Springfield, 82, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Haywood County with the Rev. Thomas Averyheart officiating. Burial will be in Rosenwald Cemetery.

Mr. Springfield, a retired farmer and landowner, died last Saturday morning at Haywood Park General Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Haywood County and a member of the Willow Grove Church. Surviving are his wife, Opal Taylor Springfield; six sons, Salathiel Spring- field of Jackson, Lee Springfield of Memphis, Jim Howard Springfield of Gary, Aaron Springfield of Marion, Tony Springfield of Ypsi- lanti, and Clarence Springfield of Ann Arbor, eight daughters, Betty Carter and Dorothy Binion, both of Nashville, Shirley Bannister and Opal Wilkerson, both of Washington, DC, Dr. Asalean Springfield of Springfield, Wallis Harrell of Memphis, Cloria Johnson of Connecticut and Lois Chipepo of Newark, N.J.; four brothers, Dan Springfield of Brownsville, Avery Springfield of Memphis, Lawrence Springfield of Milwaukee and Charles Springfield of Decatur, five sisters, Mary Taylor, Elsie Berry, Louise Cook and Ada Jackson, all of Decatur, and Venice Waddell of Pontiac, 38 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Rawls Funeral Home is in charge. Mozell Robinson MI LAN Services for Mozell Robinson, 66, will be at Saturday at the Phillips Chapel CME Church with the Rev. C.W. Gilbert officiating. Burial will be in the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Robinson, a retired employee of the Plaza Court Motel, died Tuesday evening at the City of Milan Hospital after a short illness. A native of Carroll County, she was the daughter of the late Fonnie and Ada "Williams Robinson. She moved to Milan as a child and attended public schools there. She was a member of the St.

Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Marvin D. Slate ofColdwater, Miss a sister, Ernestine Smith of Milan; a brother, Bondee Robinson of Toledo, Ohio; and four grandchildren. Gill-Bledsoe Funeral Home is in charge. Ottis Lloyd Scates CAMDEN Services for Ottis Lloyd Scates, 76, were this morning at Stock- dale-Malin Funeral Home with the Rev.

Greer officiating. Burial was Hollow Rock's Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Scates, a retired employee of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Michigan, died Wednesday night at his home of a heart attack. He was a native of Henderson County.

Surviving are a daughter, Joan Stolt-man of Clarksville; a son, Billy L. Scates of Memphis; three sisters, Helen Prince of Bruceton, Mildred Joyner of Nashville and Rachel Vaughn of Waverly; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services for Ulysses W. Johnson, 65, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Pinson with the Rev.

James Smith officiating Burial will be in Trice Cemetery in Henderson. Mr. Johnson died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. The Madison County native was the son of the late Rufus and Obie Johnson, attended public schools here and was a veteran of World War II. He moved to Indianapolis 30 years ago and later returned to Jackson.

He was a member of the Beech Grove CME Church in Pinson. Surviving are five sisters, Robbie Ruth of Henderson, Ethel Thomas of Pinson, Lula Thomas and Lerline Brooks of Akron, Ohio, and Ruth Collier of Milwaukee, and a brother, Lonn L. Johnson of Arkron. Pallbearers will be Lynotha Thomas, Rodney Collier, Michael Thomas, Richard Thomas, Dennis Thomas and Israel Polk. The body will be at the Jackson chapel of Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home until time for services.

Earl K. Stratton Services for Henderson County native Earl K. Stratton, 79, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Furr officiating.

Burial will be in Rocky Springs Cemetery in Madison County. Mr. Stratton, a retired aircraft mechanic, died Wednesday morning at Villa Mercy Convalescent Home in Mobile, after a three-year illness. He was the son of the late William C. and Lula Anderson Stratton, was educated in Henderson County schools, was a World War II veteran and lived the past 42 years in Mobile.

Mr. Stratton was a member of the South Brookley United Methodist Church and was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans. Surviving are his wife, Alta Staples Stratton, to whom he was married in 1946; a daughter, Linda Hager of Mobile; a sister, Ruby McDonald of Lexington; and a grandson, Edward Earl "Ted" Parks of Mobile. Pallbearers will be nephews Nolen Staples, L.T. Staples Julian Co-plm, Thomas Raines, Bud Crowder and Donald Roberts.

Other nephews will be honorary pallbearers. Rosie Shelton STANTON Rosie Shelton, 80, died Tuesday night at Layton-Watson Nursing Home in Galloway after a long illness. Arrangements will be announced by Peebles-Gilliam F. Jones Funeral Home. Texanna Woodfork Texanna Woodfork, 96, died Thursday morning at Mission Convalescent Home after a long illness.

Arrangements will be announced by Ford Funeral Home. Ethel M. Bailey DANCYVILLE Services for Ethel M. Bailey, 80, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Dancyville CME Church with the Rev.

H.J. Massey officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bailey, widow of James A.

Bailey, died Monday night at the home of her daughter, Augustine Spicer, in Nashville after a long illness. She was a native of Dancyville and a member of the Dancyville CME Church. Besides Mrs. Spicer, she leaves another daughter, Catherine Hobson of Memphis; three sons, James Bailey of Memphis, Lcroy Bailey of Chicago and Marcus Bailey of Somerville; two sisters, Sally Jones of Stanton and Hor-tense Hay of Brownsville; and a brother, Walter B. Jones of Brownsville.

Rawls Funeral Home of Brownsville is in charge. Lorine Bond BROWNSVILLE Services for Lorine Bond, 51, will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Averyheart officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Bond, a domestic worker, died Thursday afternoon at Haywood Park General Hospital after a long illness. She was a Haywood County native and was a member of the Willow Grove Church. A list of survivors was not available this morning. Rawls Funeral Home is m.charge Lonell Williams Jr.

Services for Lonell Williams 38, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Salem Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. C. Reed officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Williams, an employee of the Albany (N.Y.) Urban League, died Thursday evening at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a short illness. A native of Madison County, he was the son of Lonell and Grace Williams of Jackson, attended the former Merry High School (now Jackson Central-Merry), lived about five years in Albany and moved back here about three weeks ago. Mr. Williams was a member of the Salem Church.

Besides his parents, he leaves a son, Lonell Williams III of Jackson; three sisters and their husbands, Delores and Clyde Jones, Josephine and Raymond Jones and Kim and Craig Ozier, all of Jackson; two other sisters, Sandra Donaldson of Jackson and Shelia Williams of Atlanta; a brother and wife, Leroy and Polly Williams of Jackson; and two other brothers. Billy Williams of Jackson and Melvin Williams of Washington, C. The family will receive friends 6 7 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. HUNTINGDON Services for Charlie Watson Allison, 79, were today at Dilday Funeral Home with Dan Winkler and E.C.

Meadows officiating. Burial was in McKenzie's Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Allison, a retired lineman for the Carroll County Electric Department, died early Thursday morning at his home after a long illness. He was a native of Henry County, lived most of his life in Carroll County, started work for the electric department on Feb.

15, 1943, and retired Oct. 12, 1972. He was a member of the Huntingdon Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife, Lena Haz-lewood Allison; a daughter, Martha Crider of Huntingdon; two sons, Kenneth Allison of Huntingdon and Charles Allison of Coldwater, Miss. two sisters, Suzie Neely of Paris and Christine Williams of Jackson, a brother, Jesse Allison of Huntingdon; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Clyde Clark FRIENDSHIP- Clyde Clark of Dyer County's Bonicord community died Thursday night at Parkview Methodist Medical Center in Dyersburg after a long illness. Arrangements will be announced by Friendship Funeral Home. Bill Birmingham HUMBOLDT -Services for Bill Birmingham, 58, formerly of Humboldt, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hunt Funeral Home. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery.

Mr. Birmingham, an electrician, died Monday in Bell, after a long illness. He was a native of Humboldt and had lived the past several years in California. Surviving are his wife, Sylvia Birmingham of Bell; two daughters, Lori Birmingham of Bell and Pam Stewart of Sunnymeade, Calif. a son, Keith Birmingham of Bell; a sister, Virginia Fonville of Humboldt; and a brother, Arthur Farrow of Chicago.

Earnest Lee Neal ATWOOD Earnest Lee Neal, 76, a retired farmer, died this morning at Methodist Hospital of McKenzie after a long illness. Arrangements will be announced by Hunt Funeral Home of Bradford. James Hammonds MILAN Graveside services for James Hammonds, 66, were today at Oakwood Cemetery with Elder T.L. Webb officiating. Mr.

Hammonds, a retired employee of Bob's Grill, died Wednesday morning at his home after a long illness. He was a Gibson County native and lived in Milan most of his life. Surviving is a sister, Joyce Davidson ofThomasville, Ga. Pallbearers will be Farris Hughes, Dan Ayers, Bob Brown and Will Jerre Pillow. Bodkin Funeral Home was in charge.

Laura Hall Parker MARTIN Services for Laura Hall Parker, formerly of Martin, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Murphy Funeral Home. Burial will be in East Side Cemetery. Mrs. Parker, a homemaker, died Thursday morning at a nursing home in Memphis after a long illness.

She was a Martin native and a member of the First Baptist Church. Among survivors are two daughters, Frances Hankins of Horn Lake, and Patty Bumpas of Leighton, six grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren. Cecil A. Brewer MARTIN Services for Cecil A. Brewer, 74, formerly of Martin, will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Murphy Funeral Home. Burial will be in East Side Cemetery. Mr. Brewer, a retired laborer, died Wednesday evening at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, after a short illness. He was a native of Martin, was a World War II veteran and had lived the past several years in Wickliffe, Ky.

Surviving are a niece who took care of him, Reva Jean Dennis of Wickliffe, and four sisters, Carrie Bennett of St. Louis, Lena Belle Schuele of Wickliffe, Lottie Sozo of Burlington, N.J., and La-verne Hutcherson of Forrest City, Ark. Mary B. Smith KENTON Mary B. Smith, 95, formerly of Kenton, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Shirley Shackle-ton, in Metairie, after a long illness.

Arrangements will be announced by Karnes and Son Funeral Home. Colonel Taylor STANTON Services for Colonel Taylor, 75, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Perkins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Taylor, a retired laborer, died Sunday morning at St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. He was a native of Stanton and a member of the New Hope Church. Surviving are a daughter.

Alma Taylor Pearson of Memphis; two sons, Robert Taylor of Saginaw, Mich, and Lester Taylor of Chicago; and two sisters, Katherine Taylor of Memphis and Hat-tie M. Gibson of St. Louis. Rawls Funeral Home of Brownsville is in charge. National briefs From Page 1 Among those who spoke before 11 a.m.

were TVA Director John Waters, Land Between the Lakes manager Elizabeth Thach, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency official Alan Gebhart, state Assistant Commissioner of Conservation Tom Ripley, representatives of U.S. Sens. Jim Sasser and Albert Gore, and state Reps. Bill Collier, D-Waverly, and Don Ridgeway, D-Paris. The hearing continued past 1 p.m.

Most speakers said they were in favor of reducing the national debt but thought this was not the place to do it. They cited benefits that make the money well spent. Ridgeway drew applause from the audience when he recalled the original families who were displaced when the TVA took over the land. Although "we have used it as a prospecting tool for industry," and he wants the Land Between the Lakes to continue the way it is, he said: "Should this ever be sold, I hope those that were displaced would have the first opportunity to buy back the land from which they were displaced." From their among the best. Students "are very prepared by the time they get to junior high," she said.

"Hopefully this will acquaint people to get them over there and they can see how wonderful it is. A lot of parents don't even know where it is," McAlexander said. "They've never been in that part of town before." The teachers' presentation of their computer, typing and other enrichment programs to Highland Park's PTO was well-received, both said. Several parents came up to Johnson after last week's meeting. "They were very glad we came," she said.

"They certainly wanted to come visit and felt much freer to call and ask if they could." Sasser," said Jones' field services director Joe Hill, "because he's on both committees." Sasser submitted testimony in writing. The House of Representatives should start dealing with the material about the middle of April, Hill said. labor, capital and products, government policy and national geography. FDA suspects cheese to be contaminated WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration is warning that a Mexican-style soft cheese distributed primarily in California and also in Arizona, Oregon and Texas may be contaminated with a potentially dangerous bacteria. The cheese manufactured by Rodeo Industries City of Industry, carries the labels Queso Fresco, Quesa Panela, Manchego, Quesa Enchilado, Quesa Jalapeno, Requeson and Adobera, FDA spokesman Jim Greene said Thursday.

sent in a vibrant and sensual way a feeling for nature, is incredible." Miss O'Keeffe's best-known paintings were of flowers or landscapes. the main character in the tale of family life in the South in the first half of the century. Caesar was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role as Sgt. Waters in the 1984 film, "A Soldier's Story," a tense drama about life in the segregated Army at the end of World War II. Helping Hand feeds 131 The Helping Hand Organization fed 131 people on Wednesdny, Ninety-six meals were served at the Washington-Douglass CourU Community Center, 348 Commerce and 35 were taken by volunteers to homes.

On Saturday, the group will feed again at 4 p.m. at the center. The menu will include beef patties with gravy, rice, candied yams and juice. For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation write HI 10 at P.O. 2864.

Jackson 38302. Council says birth rate just one economic factor WASHINGTON (AP) Most developing nations can benefit by reducing their population growth, but that is only one factor in improving their economic outlook, concludes a new study by the National Research Council. In general, lowering fertility results in improved health and education for children, lowers income gaps between social classes and reduces pressure on the environment, the council said in a report released Thursday. But, it added, many other factors also are important in improving the economic outlook for developing nations. These include the availability of markets for auction house in New York, which sold an O'Keeffe oil on canvas, "White Rose New Mexico," for $1.27 million in December.

"I think her great feeling for color and for form, her ability to repre Art world mourns Georgia O'Keeffe 'The Color Purple' actor, Adolph Caesar, dies at 52 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -Georgia O'Keeffe, "a national treasure" who helped shape the course of modern art, was "the most important woman artist" America has ever produced, experts said after the death of the 98-year-old painter. "Certainly it is a very sad event that Georgia O'Keeffe has died," Jack Cowart, the National Gallery of Art's curator of 20th century art, said in a telephone interview Thursday from Washington. "She was a modern artist," Cowart said. "She continued to look at things from a different point of view and to challenge our own kind of vision.

But she is, I think, a national treasure." Miss O'Keeffe, who in 1977 received the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, died Thursday at St. Vincent Hos-pital Hospital spokesman Charles Cullen said he had no other details. Miss O'Keeffe had lived in Abi-quiu, north of Santa Fe, since 1949, and moved to Santa Fe last summer. "She has spent a good deal of her 98 years enlivening the early 20th century and the mid-20th century development of American art," Cowart said. "We feel certainly she's the most important woman artist that America has ever produced," said Warren Weitman, senior vice president of Sotheby's LOS ANGELES (AP) Adolph Caesar, a stage actor introduced to a wider audience through two critically acclaimed films dealing with black life, "A Soldier's Story," and "The Color Purple," is dead at 52.

Caesar apparently suffered a heart attack Thursday after he showed up for the second day of filming of "Tough Guys," a Walt Disney Co. project, said his manager, Marvin Starkman. He died about 1:30 p.m. at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, said spokeswoman Adelaida de la Cerda. "After 'A Soldier's his career took on a new life and Adolph often told me that this was just the beginning," said Steven Speilberg, who directed "The Color Purple." "He was a gentle soul with a crusty surface and I am very saddened by this loss," Spielberg said.

In the 1985 film, nominated for 11 Academy Awards, Caesar played the father-in-law of Celie, Aim r- it.