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Jackson Sun Saturday, December 21, 2002 Pope paves way for the beatification of Mother Teresa By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who spent much of her life caring for the poor of Calcutta's slums, moved a step closer to sainthood Friday when Pope John Paul II approved a miracle credited to her intercession. With the miracle, Mother Teresa will be beatified in a ceremony scheduled for Oct. 19 in Rome, her order said. The date is the Catholic Church's Mission Sunday, and the Sunday closest to the 25th anniversary of John Paul's election as pope. John Paul, who has elevated more than 460 people to sainthood in his 24 years as pope, has long held the nun in high esteem.

He waived the customary fiveyear waiting period and began the process that can lead to sainthood just a year after Mother Teresa died in 1997 at age 87. A second miracle is required for sainthood. Nuns at Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity house in Calcutta, India, rejoiced Friday at Margie Wright Leath, 93 SOMERVILLE Margie Wright Leath, age 93, wife of Houston A. Leath, died Thursday evening, December 19, 2002. Funeral, 2 P.M.

Saturday at Peebles Funeral Chapel. Interment, Hebron Cemetery in the Bethlehem Community. Contact Peebles Fayette Co. Funeral Home 901-465-3535. Clive Maxwell (Tootsie) Sells SALTILLO Services for Mr.

Clive M. Sells, 78, will be Sunday, December 22, at 2:00 P.M. at Smith Funeral Home South with Reverend Jimmy Horton officiating. Burial will follow at New Friendship Cemetery in Chester County. Mr.

Sells died Thursday night, December 19, 2002 at his son's home in Saltillo, TN. after a battle with cancer. He was born in the Five Points Community on January 18, 1924, son of the late John Clint Sells and Annie Mae Mitchell Sells. He attended Pinson School. He left early in life to join the CCC corps and was sent to Escalante, Utah to help build campgrounds in the National Forest.

When World War II began, he joined the Army and served in the Third Army, 742 Field Artillery Battalion under General George Patton. He saw active duty in Northern France, Ardennes. Rhineland, and Central Europe. He received the Eame Theater Ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars, and the Bronze Star Medal. After an Honorable Discharge from the Army he entered the Tennessee National Guard Company Armor where he retired with 38 years service in 1984.

He also retired in 1978 from the Tennessee State Highway Dept. with 33 years service as a Truck Driver hauling heavy equipment. He was a life long member of the VFW, Cocks Danuiels Post 1848, and the American Legion Post 12 in Jackson. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church and lived his entire life in Jackson, most of which was on Harts Bridge Rd. in the Lesters Grove Community.

In December 1999, he moved to Saltillo, TN to be near his son. He is preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Sarah Vann Blackmon Sells, two brothers, James C. Sells and Vonsel M. Sells. Survivors include one sister, Verlin Jeter of Lexington, TN; two brothers, John G.

Sells and Shelbin M. Sells, both of Henderson, TN; his son, Paul Maxwell (Maxie) Sells and wife Judy Sells, of Saltillo, TN; one grandson, Daniel Maxwell Sells of Dyersburg, TN. Pallbearers to serve will be Jacky Young, Rex Landers, H. W. Maness, Charles W.

(Butch) Maddox, Duward Hanna and Mike Diggs. Honorary pallbearers to serve will be the Men's Sunday School Class at Southside Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 21, 2002 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Smith's South Chapel Funeral Home.

George A. Smith and Sons South Chapel 731-427-5555 Honored Provider Memorial Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun is pleased to provide the first fifteen lines of copy at no charge. Text is to be provided by the family of the deceased or the funeral home. Additional lines may be purchased through our Classified Department at (731-423-0300), or the funeral home. 2002 had record number of journalists killed word a miracle had been approved and passed out candies to about 100 orphans to celebrate.

"The mood is joyous. It's great news for us," said Sister Priscilla. "This is something very special, not only to India, but to the whole world." The pope gave his approval to the miracle as well as 13 others for other saintly candidates in a solemn ceremony in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints, outlined Mother Teresa's "heroic virtues" to the pope, calling her work with the poor in Calcutta's slums a "world emblem of Christian charity." A "vast movement" in support of society's most marginalized was launched by her example, he said. The miracle attributed to Mother Teresa's intercession involves the recovery of a young Indian woman, Monica Besra, who had a stomach tumor.

Her recovery, after an image of Mother Teresa was placed on her stomach, was judged to be without Tommie J. Love, 46 Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Tommie J. Love, 46, are incomplete at this time. She died Friday, December 20, 2002 at her residence.

For more call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 731-423-4922 Mary Evelyn McGarity, 86 ALAMO Services for Mary Evelyn McGarity, 86, will be held at 2:00 pm today at Ronk Funeral Home with burial in Cairo Cemetery in Alamo, TN. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas McGarity. Survivors include daughters, Deloris Leath, Ann Butler, Dean Simpson, Neda Rogers and Robbie Piercey; sons, Richard McGarity, Ray McGarity and Jerry McGarity. 731-696-5555. Jo Ann White Long JACKSON Services for Ms.

Jo Ann White Long, age 44, will be Sunday, December 22, 2002 at Union Hill C.M.E. Church. Burial is in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Ms. Long, a Cook, died Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at at Jack County General Hospital.

She is survived by three sisters, Janet White, Connie White and Patricia Miller, all of Jackson, TN; 2 brothers, Barry White and Terry White, both of Jackson, TN. For more information call Bledsoe Funeral Home 731-427-1521 James Coy Moody www.paffordfuneralhome.com SCOTTS HILL Funeral services for James Coy Moody, 76, a retired Pipeline employee and WWII Navy Veteran, will be Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at Pafford Scotts Hill Funeral Home with burial to follow i in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Bath Springs. Mr. Moody is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Delphia Moody of Scotts Hill, TN; his daughter, Janice Rosson of Franklin, TN; his brother, Billy Moody of Scotts Hill, TN; his two sisters, Tharnell Creasy of Caruthersville, MO and Blondell Lawry of California. He is also survived eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mr. Moody was preceded in death by a son, Larry Moody and one daughter, Kathy Jones. Pafford Funeral Home 731-968-2544 Barbara Jean Riley Barbara Jean Riley, 67, died in her home on December 18, 2002.

She was born on July 25, 1935 the daughter of E. T. and Geneva Dunaway. She was retired from Jackson-Madison County General Hospital where she was Administrative Assistant in Social Services. She is survived by her husband, Bill Riley of Jackson, TN; a son Steven D.

Riley of Asheville, NC; a daughter, Jeanne D. Riley of Whitmire, NC; and a brother Phillip Dunaway of Memphis, TN. The family has requested that memorials be directed to the Jackson-Madison County Humane Society, 3107 Paul Coffman Drive, Jackson, TN 38301 A visitation for family and friends will be held at Arrington Funeral Directors on Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 2:00. A private family service will be held at a later date on Amelia Island. Arrington Funeral Directors 148 West University Parkway Jackson, Tennessee 38305 (731) 668-1111 By PAUL AMES The Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium The slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl highlighted the intensified targeting of investigative reporters in 2002, a year when up to 67 media professionals were killed, the International Federation of Journalists said Friday.

In its annual report on media casualties, the IFJ listed Colombia, Russia and Pakistan as the most dangerous countries for journalists. The global figures include 48 confirmed killings and 19 still under investigation. Pearl's kidnapping and beheading by Islamic militants in Pakistan in January was but one of many slayings aimed at stopping journalists investigating terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption and other crimes. "If there is one terrible theme that runs through the year, it is that journalists are being targeted for pursuing stories that others do not want told," the IFJ said. It listed cases in India, Russia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Philippines and Colombia where investigative reporters Mary Ann Patterson HOLLOW ROCK Funeral Services will be conducted on Sunday at 2:00 PM at Chase Funeral Home with burial to follow in the New Prospect Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Bobby Patterson, daughter, Melissa Patterson, sister, Diane Wethington, brothers, Clifton Todd, Wayne Todd, Robert Todd, granddaughter, Marshawnda Fuller. Chase Funeral Home 731-986-0500. Helen Stoppenhagen Maclin, 82 BROWNSVILLE Services will be held at 3:30 pm, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002 at Brownsville Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Stanton Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lancelot Maclin.

Survivors include: a daughter, two sons, a sister; three brothers; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Call Brownsville Funeral Home, 731- 772-1551. www.brownsvillefuneralhome.com Kathleen Collier Crafton Milan Services for Mrs. Kath- leen Collier Crafton, 67, will be at 2:00 PM Sunday at the First Assembly of God Church in Milan. Burial will be in the Double Springs Cemetery near Milan with Bodkin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Crafton was the widow of James Edward Crafton. She is survived by a daughter, Barbara Jean Crafton of Milan; four sons, Ricky Collier of Tazewell, TN, James Keith Crafton of Carol Stream, IL and Kenneth Wayne Crafton and Stephen Ray Crafton both of Trenton; a sister, Gladys Myers of Morristown, TN and five grandchildren. The family will receive friends after 5:00 p.m., this evening at the funeral home. Bodkin Funeral Home 731-686-3111 Winfield Aulcy Taylor SELMER Services for Winfield Aulcy Taylor, 83, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 22, 2002, at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer. Burial will follow in Falcon Cemetery in Selmer, TN.

Mr. Taylor, a retired Maintenance Director at UT Bowld Hospital, died Thursday, December 19, 2002, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Moore Taylor; father, Winfield S. Taylor; one sister, Desda Taylor Braneky; and four brothers, Lessie Taylor, C.D. Taylor, Elihue Taylor and Parvin Taylor.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Dillon Taylor of Selmer, TN; one son, Bill Taylor and wife Cordie King Taylor of Eads, TN; one sister, Dovie Taylor Ballard of Tupelo, MS; two grandchildren, Mark Taylor of Mandeville, LA and Rebecca Taylor Carter of Germantown, TN; three great grandchildren; and one step great grandchild. Shackelford Funeral Directors 731-645-3481 were deliberately sought out for assassination. The overall toll of journalists slain is down from last year, when the IFJ listed 100 fatalities. Those figures included seven killed in the attacks on New York's twin towers and eight killed covering the fighting in Afghanistan. Cases this year included Tim Lopes of Brazil's TV Globo, who disappeared while investigating drug gangs in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown.

Drug lord Elias Pereira da Silva was arrested in September and charged with torturing Lopes and executing him with a Samurai-style sword. In one of nine reported journalist killings in Russia, Valery Ivanov was gunned down April 29 in the city of Togliatti. His paper had published a series of articles about contract killings, local gangsters, and alleged embezzlement by city officials. In India, newspaper editor Ram Chander Chaterapatti was shot four times outside his home in October. He had reportedly received death threats after reports uncovering a sex scandal involving members of a religious sect in the northern state of Haryana.

PLINIO Associated Press Mother Teresa of Calcutta attends a Mass celebrating St. Peter and St. Paul's day in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, in 1 this 1997 file photo. In a statement released Friday, Pope John Paul approved a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa's intercession, paving the way for the beatification of the nun who dedicated her life to the poor.

any medical explanation by a panel of doctors consulted by the Vatican. However, doctors who work for the state of West Bengal, of which Calcutta is the capital, have challenged the Church's claim that Besra was cured only by the image. Obituaries Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors Dr. Robert Stanworth Dr. Robert Stanworth died Friday, December 20, 2002 at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete. George A. Smith and Sons North Chapel 731-427-5555 LovE Dignity Alberta Donald Turner HUMBOLDT Services for Alberta Donald Turner, 80, will be Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 1:00 PM at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Humboldt with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. She died Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at Humboldt General Hospital of heart failure. For more information call Baskerville Funeral Home at 731-784-1717.

James Aubrey Hill, 94 Services for James Aubrey Hill will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, at Dilday Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Humbles Cemetery. Mr. Hill, a farmer, died Wednesday, at the Huntingdon Health Rehabilitation Center. Survivors are a brother, Rayborn Hill of Roanoke, VA; and a nephew, Larry Joe Smith of Benton, LA.

For more information call Dilday Funeral Home at 731-986-8281 Johnnie Franklin Mitchell Funeral services for Mr. Johnnie Franklin Mitchell, 84, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, December 22, 2002, at West Jackson Baptist Church with Rev. Max Cooper and Dr. Maurice Hollingsworth officiating. Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 23, 2002, in Ridgecrest Cemetery.

Mr. Mitchell died Thursday at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Mr. Mitchell was born December 1, 1918 in Sardis, Tennessee the son of the late Eddie Franklin and Nellie Allen Mitchell. He was a graduate of Sardis High School and served as a United States Marine during World War II.

Mr. Mitchell was a faithful member of West Jackson Baptist Church for 54 years, where he was a member of the Robert Nolen Sunday School Class, a lifetime Deacon, taught junior boys in the youth program and participated in the church visitation program. He was a member of the Golden Agers and a volunteer with the Pastoral Care Department at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife Maxine Mitchell of Jackson, TN; one son, David Mitchell and wife Teresa of Orlando, FL; one daughter, Lynne and husband Robert of Arab, AL; one brother, Ray Mitchell of Vera Beach, FL; one sister, Mrs.

John E. Parker of Jackson, TN; three grandchildren, Amanda Scott, Brian Scott and Jonathan Mitchell; four great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be John Parker Jimmy Mitchell, Bill Dyer, Bobby Dyer, Homer Cagle and Ray Scott. Honorary pallbearers will be the Robert Nolen Sunday School Class and the Deacon body, and are asked to sit together during the service. The family will be receiving friends between 3:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m., Saturday, December 21, 2002, at Arrington Funeral Directors.

Mr. Mitchell will lie in state on Sunday, December 22, 2002, at West Jackson Baptist Church from 2:00 p.m., until service time. Arrington Funeral Directors 148 West University Parkway Jackson, Tennessee 38305 731-668-1111 MICHIE Services for Lucy Tucker, 89, will be held at 3:00 pm today at Shackelford ChapelActon with burial in Liberty Cemetery in Michie, TN. She died 12-19- 02. Survivors include her husband, Carl T.

Tucker; daughters, Faye Brooks and Linda Crotts; sons, John Tucker, Lance Tucker and Billy Tucker. For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer at 731-645-3481. Lucy Tucker, 89 Jere Neal Webb HUMBOLDT A Memorial Service for Jere Neal Webb, 56, will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 22, 2002 at Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home. Mr.

Webb, a Construction Worker, died Thursday at Humboldt General Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Richardson Webb of Humboldt, TN; daughter, Christie Lish of Gadsden, TN; son, Clayton Neal Webb of Humboldt, TN; sister, Alinee McGee of Bells, TN; one grandchild. Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home 731-784-1414 W.W. Donnell Services for William Wadford Donnell, 95, will be held at 2:00 pm. Sunday, December 22, 2002 at Arrington Funeral Directors with Reverend Lew Kizer officiating.

Burial will follow in the Browns Cemetery. Mr. Donnell died on Friday, December 20, 2002 at his residence. Mr. W.W.

Donnell was born on September 7, 1907 the son of the late John Baxter and Bertha Woolfolk Donnell. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years Lanier Donnell. He is survived by his son Billy Donnell and his wife Rose Ann of Spring Creek, TN; two grandchildren, William B. Donnell Jr. and his wife Jill and Andrew Thomas Donnell and one great grandson, William Braden Donnell.

The family will be receiving friends from 3:00 pm until 7:00 pm Saturday, December 21, 2002 at Arrington Funeral Directors Arrington Funeral Directors 148 W. University Parkway 731-668-1111 TERRY COMMUNITY Funeral services for Mrs. Shirley Garner Herndon, 67, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, December 21, 2002 at the Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan. Following the services, burial will be in the Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery in the Terry Community. A life-long resident of Carroll County, Mrs.

Herndon was a retired school teacher, spending most of her career at Trezevant High School. The love and care Mrs. Herndon shared with her family, friends and students will forever be her legacy. She will be missed greatly, but her life will remain an inspiration to all who knew and loved her. Mrs.

Herndon was preceded in death by her husband, William Eugene Herndon. She is survived by her mother, Pauline Perkins of Terry; one sister, Judy Tidwell of Terry; one brother, Billy Garner of Alabama; three children, Julie Plunk of Huntingdon, Gina Barnes of Dresden and Terry Herndon of Atwood; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The family has requested that memorials be directed to the Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund or to the charity of the donor's choice. For more information call Bodkin Funeral Home 731-686-3111 Shirley Garner Herndon Evelyn Collins, 75 Services for Evelyn Collins, 75 will be 1:00 p.m. Monday at George A.

Smith and Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel. Burial will be in Pleasant Springs Cemetery. She died Friday, December 20, 2002 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. For more information call George A. Smith and Sons, South Chapel, 731-427-5555 Mr.

Roy W. Barnett, 90 BROWNSVILLE Services for Mr. Roy W. Barnett, 90 will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Archers Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co. He was preceded in death by his wife Lessie "Kate" Barnett.

Survivors are son, Royce Barnett, Stanton, TN; sister Minnie Heath, Alamo, TN; 2 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren. Call Brownsville Funeral Home, 731-772-1551. Howell Green Butler, Jr. BRUCETON Services for How- ell Green Butler, 75, will be Sunday at 2:00 PM at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel. He died Friday, December 20, 2002.

Surviving are his wife, Nellie Jo Butler of Bruceton; a daughter, Dr. Jan Butler of Bruceton; a son, Dr. Joe Butler of Birmingham, AL; a sister, Wilmuth Bridges of Bruceton and two grandchildren. Call Bruceton Funeral Home at 731-586-2512. Mary Blondell Smothers CAMDEN Services for Mrs.

Smothers, 74, is 2:00 p.m. today at Oakdale Chapel. Burial is in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She died Dec. 20, at her home.

Husband James Smothers preceded her in death. Surviving are daughters, Linda Hargrove, Deborah Jones; sons, Ralph Smothers, Jimmy Smothers; sisters Aletress Bennett, brother, William Bain. Oakdale Funeral. Home, 731-584-4343. Dale Malone Johnson SAVANNAH Funeral services for Dale Malone Johnson, 53, will be Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 3:00 p.m.

at Cherry's Chapel United Methodist Church near Savannah, TN with burial to follow in Johnson Family Cemetery. Mr. Johnson died December 20, 2002 in Savannah. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Cherry's Chapel United Methodist Church where he served as a trustee.

He was a farmer and of a sawmill and trucking company. He also was a Board Director of Farm Bureau and FSA (Farm Services Agency); Director of Soil Conservation for Hardin County and Past Director of Hardin Farmers Cooperative. Mr. Johnson is survived by his spouse Martha Kooken Johnson of Savannah, Tennessee; mother, Earline Johnson of Savannah, Tennessee; son, Robert Malone Johnson of Savannah, Tennessee; sisters, Kathy Black of Jackson, Tennessee, Janice Turnbow, Rhonda Duren and Cindy Tyler all of Savannah, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his father, Lane Johnson.

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