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The Paducah Sun Friday, January 25, 2002 DEATHS WICKLIFFE, Ky. Services for Clarence Austin. 75. of Wickliffe will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe.

The Rev. William Releford will officiate. Graveside services will be con-. ducted later Mr. Austin died at 2:05 p.m.

Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. A graduate of the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in administration. Mr. Austin was a retired sheet metal superintendent for the W. Biddle Walker Co.

and was a member of Sheet Metal International Local Union No. 110 in Louisville. A Navy veteran of World War 11. Mr. Austin served aboard the destrover US.S Ault in the 3rd and 7th fleets under the command of Admiral William F.

Halsey Jr. and was the only survivor when the ship sank off the coast of the Marshall Islands. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Drakesboro. Surviving are his wife. Babe R.

Beardsley Austin: 1. two sons. Clarence Bradford, Austin of Aurora. Colo, and Larry Thomas Austin of Liberty. Mo, three sisters.

Billy Lou Pogue of Greenville. Donald Dean Lollar of Indianapolis and Pauline Beavin of Louisville, and one granddaughter His parents were Thomas Bedford Austin and Beulah Pearl Wray Austin. Friends may call after 6 this evening at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, 417 S. 4th Paducah.

KY 42001. Mary Stewart Funeral Mass for Mary Elizabeth Stewart. 77. of Paducah will be at 12:05 p.m. today at St.

Francis de Sales Catholic. Church. where she was a member. The Rev. Gregory Arflack will officiate.

Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Mrs. Stewart died at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital. She had worked as an operator for South Central Bell and was a volunteer with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Lourdes Auxiliary and the American Red Cross.

There are no. immediate survivors. She was preceded in death by her husband. Ray Stewart. Her parents were Loyd Ervin Price and Rosemary Elizabeth Oehlschlaeger Price.

Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at Roth Funeral Chapel. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Parish Hall, 116 S. 6th Paducah.

KY 42001. Henrietta Evers BELKNAP, III. Graveside services for Henrietta Jones Evers. 58, of Belknap will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Beiknap Masonic Cemetery.

The Rev Kenneth Capps will officiate Mrs. Evers died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. A native. of Clinton, she was a member of Belknap Pentecostal Church Survving are two sons, J.R.

Evers of Cypress and Todd Evers of her mother, Mary Geneva Joces of Belknap; three grandchildren. Erica Evers of Christa Evers and Micrea. Evers, both of Belknap; and two taters Man preceded in dealt oyster mustand, Owen Junlot her father Henry Jones, and one cronzer trends may call from 6 to 8 this evening Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak Lois Little METROPOLIS, III. Lois Mae Little, 85. of Floris- sant, formerly of Pulaski County, died Thursday at the Christian Hospital Northeast in St.

Louis. Mrs. Little is survived by one sister, Hazel Fox of St. Louis; one brother, Louis Anderson of Ferguson, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion Little; one daughter, Dorothy Ryan; two sisters; and two brothers.

Her parents were Louis and Mae Oliver Anderson. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Anderson Cemetery in Massac County. Friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home of Metropolis.

Dorothy Owens Owens Services for Dorothy Nell Owens, 76, of Paducah will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. The Rev. Harold Council will officiate. Burial will be in Maplelawn Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Owens died at 1:45 Owens p.m. Wednesday at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Owens formerly worked as a registered nurse at the old Riverside Hospital in Paducah and as a tax preparer for Block.

She was a charter member of the Paducah Quilters Association and was of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Owens is survived by her husband. Herb Owens; one daughter. Brenda Kay Clemans of Murfreesboro.

two sons, William H. -Bud" Owens Jr. of Nashville, and Robert M. Owens of Flower Mound, Texas; six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son.

John Richard Owens. Her parents were Robert Cecil and Ethel Swihart Jacobs. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Alzheimer's Association, Louisville Chapter, 3703 Taylorsville Road.

Suite 102. Louisville, KY Charles Johnson METROPOLIS, III. Charles Johnson, 66, of Metropolis died at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. Mr.

Johnson was a boilermaker with Local 40 of Elizabethtown, Ky. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a member of American Legion Post 306 and a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3847. He was a member of the CB and Ham Radio Operators organization. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Stevens Johnson; three daughters, Serena Kay Stockdall of New Liberty, and Lunette Johnson and Peggy LaDawn Brewer, both of Metropolis; two sons, Charles Johnson Jr.

of Metropolis and Arthur Johnson of. Flatwoods, and two sisters, Nora Worthen and Sue Bowman, both of Metropolis. He was preceded in death by one brother and two grandchildren. His parents were James and Minnie Weaver Johnson. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Monday at the World of Pentecost Church where he was a member. The Rev. Don Carlton will officiate. Burial will be in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m, Sunday at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home.

William McKinney MAYFIELD, Ky. William McKinney, 78, of Mayfield died at 8:10 a.m. Thursday at Jackson Purchase Medical Center. He was a plumber and a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of Mayfield Holiness Church.

Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Lillie Copeland McKinney; two daughters, Peggy Perry of Wingo and Anna Marie May of Symsonia; four sons, Harold McKinney, Bobby McKinney, Donnie McKinney and Glen McKinney, all of Mayfield; six sisters, Maggie Brooks, Cluster Paul, Ethel Burd, Beulah Hawkins, Lida Clapp, all of Mayfield, and Betty Rushing of Martin, 15 grandchildren; and 15 great -grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Linda Carol McKinney, and two brothers. His parents were James Willie and Mary Jackson McKinney. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home, in Mayfield.

The Revs. Larry Marley, Jeff Hartman and Steve Perry will officiate. Burial with military rites will be in Calvary Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Tamms died Thursday at her home. Arrangements were incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Edith McCormick TAMMS. Ill. Edith McCormick, 81, of Karen Gholson Gholson Services for Karen June Gholson, 50, of Paducah will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church. where she was a member. The Rev. Dewayne Franklin will officiate. Burial will be in New Hope Cumberland Presbyte- Gholson rian Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Gholson died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home. She was an interior designer and owner of K.J.'s Design and a member of the American Society of Interior Designers. Surviving are her husband, John W.

Gholson; her parents, William Albert and Marilee Ward Reeves of Paducah; one daughter, Lydia Gashel of Winchester; one son, Willie Gholson -of Paducah: two brothers, Bobby Reeves of Paducah and Dale Reeves of Rochelle, one granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church Building 7680 New Hope Road, Paducah. KY Omer Shields NEW CONCORD, Ky.

Services for Omer Lee Shields, 56, of New Concord will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home in Murray. The Rev. Jerry Norsworthy and Clint Lester will officiate.

Burial will be in Murray Memorial Gardens. Mr. Shields died at 4:15 a.m. Thursday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Dunbar Road. (Details, 7A.) A native of Pinkstaff, Mr.

Shields was the associate pastor and a member of Blood River Baptist Church. He was also an automobile mechanic. Surviving are his wife, Joette Sledd Shields; two daughters, Vickie Prescott and Ruth Ann Drew, both of Murray; six sons, Jeff Shields of Lynn Grove, Eddie Newberry and Tony Newberry, both of New Concord, Alvin Newberry of Wrightsville, Steven, Newberry of Paducah and Greg Newberry of Mayfield; his mother, Mona Shields of New Concord; three sisters, Patricia Tomkowiack of New Concord, and Marcia Bolden and Beverly Casey, both of Millington, four brothers, Oscar Shields of Palestine, Tony Shields of Terre Haute, Steve Shields of Sheridan, and Doug Shields of New Concord; 17 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Robbie Shields; and his father, Omer Shields. Friends may call after 5 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Blood River Baptist Church Building Fund, 4974 Dunbar Road, New Concord, KY 42076. Ruth Baine SIMPSON, Ill. Services for Ruth C. Baine, 62, of Simpson will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Gilead Church near Simpson, where she was a member. The Rev. Bud McDannel officiate, with burial in Gilead Cemetery. Mrs. Baine died at 3:20 p.m.

Tuesday at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Mrs. Baine, a native of Hammond, was a member of the Pond Ladies Club. Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Martin Gene Baine; six children, Martin W. Baine of Mahomet, Leon S.

Baine of Manhattan, Ralph F. Baine of Burleson, Texas, James P. Baine of Steger, Carol Lynn Baine of Vienna and Janet S. White of New Burnside; two brothers, Robert of Crown Point, and Ralph DeLong of Lakes of the Four Seasons, three sisters, Ray Lenzo of Hobart, Dorothy Lancaster of Lake Station, and Lola Bowman of Gainesville, 15 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother.

Her parents were Walter Redmond and Edith Cave Redmond. Friends may call after 6 this evening at Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna and after 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home, 1304 Bernard Denton, TX 76201. Fannye Tankersley CUNNINGHAM, Ky.

Fannye Mae DeJarnatt Tankersley, 104, of Cunningham died at 1:10 a.m. Thursday at Countryside Health Care in Bardwell. She was retired from Bendix Corporation in South Bend, and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Surviving are one son, Michael Tankersley of Cunningham; two sisters, Josephine Terry of Columbia City, and Evalyn Forester of Santa Margarita, Calif; three grandsons, Michael Alan Tankersley of Glencoe, Bob Tankersley of Cunningham and Richard Carder Tankersley of Anchorage, Alaska; and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Noah E.

Tankersley; one son, Noah Everett Tankersley; one sister; two brothers; and one granddaughter. Her parents were William Tolly DeJarnatt and Flora Mahalia Griffith DeJarnatt. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Bardwell. The Revs.

Ray Provow and Marita Burkeen will officiate, and burial will be in Old Bardwell Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Marion Chandler CUNNINGHAM, Ky. Services for Marion Essie Chandler, 88, of Cunningham will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield.

The Rev. T.L. Futrell and the Rev. Dwain Warren will officiate. There will also be services at 10 a.m.

Sunday at Westline Holiness Church in De Queen, where she was a member. The Revs. Gaylon Cunningham, Charles Chandler and Loy Don Chandler will officiate. Burial will be in Westline Holiness Church Cemetery. Mrs.

Chandler died at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday at Green Acres Health Care Center. Surviving are her son. D.R. Cunningham of Cunningham; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Chandler was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Chandler; three brothers; one sister; and one great Her parents were Marion and Vesta Hammonds Cunningham. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield and after 9 a.m. Sunday at the church in De Queen.

Chandler Funeral Home is handing arrangements in De Queen. William Grothman METROPOLIS, Ill. Services for William F. Grothman, 88, of Metropolis will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, where he was a member.

The Rev. Louis Brinker will officiate. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis. Mr. Grothman died at 12:45 a.m.

Thursday at Western Baptist Hospital. He was a retired employee of Electric Energy Inc. of Joppa. Mr. Grothman is survived by one daughter, Shirley J.

Heine of Metropolis; three grandsons, David Beck of Eddyville, Jeff Beck of Houston and Tim Beck of Karnak; seven greatgrandchildren; and one niece. Mr. Grothman was preceded in death by his wife, Alfreda Hall Grothman; one son, Billy Joe Grothman; and one sister. His parents were Fred and Minnie Quint Grothman. Friends may call after 9 a.m.

Saturday at the church. Miller Funeral Home of Metropolis is in charge of arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 516. Girard Metropolis, IL 62960. Court reverses DNA testing right Associated Press RICHMOND, Va.

Reversing a groundbreaking opinion, a federal appeals court ruled that a man convicted of rape in 1990 does not have a constitutional right to DNA testing on evidence. The three- judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found unanimously Wednesday that James Harvey failed to prove the Fairfax County prosecutor violated his civil rights by refusing to allow tests on evidence from Harvey's rape and sodomy trial. "Such relief (DNA testing) must be conferred by either state or federal legislation or by the state courts acting under their own constitutions," the court said. Lambert breach delays many flights A man carrying a computer bag bolted past security and remained at large two hours after exiting into the concourse.

Associated Press ST. LOUIS A man carrying a computer bag bolted through a Lambert Airport security checkpoint Thursday, prompting officials to evacuate the concourse. The man remained at large more than two hours after he passed through an exit in the concourse, bypassing security, said Lambert Police Chief Paul Mason. The breach prompted American Airlines to remove passengers from about a dozen flights and have them rescreened, said Julia Bishop-Cross, a spokeswoman for the airline. Another 10 flights were delayed, she said.

The concourse was reopened about two hours later. "With all these guys at' security, how come they couldn't run and catch them?" said 63-year-old Pete Bucki of Raleigh, N.C., who was headed to Las Vegas. "Someone went through here and they can't catch him? That's ludicrous." Mason said National Guard troops at the checkpoints were helping monitor the screening process, and "they're not focused on the exit Flier calls radio about his knife, is arrested By Liz Sidot Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio A judge set a $500,000 bond Thursday for a man arrested by airport police after he called a talk radio show and said he had boarded a plane with a knife concealed in his belt. Robert Hedrick, 37, slouched against a wall during his hearing, his hands handcuffed in front of him. He is charged with carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft, a felony.

"This is not a time to be seeking publicity, Mr. Hedrick," Municipal Court Judge W. Dwayne Maynard said. Hedrick, of' nearby Delaware, Ohio, called the Columbus talk show on Wednesday and said he had inadvertently boarded a US Airways flight in Greensboro, N.C., with a 3-inch knife hidden in his belt, said Angie Neal, a spokeswoman at Port Columbus International Airport. She said a listener notified authorities.

Hedrick's flight had a layover in Pittsburgh, but he did not have to pass through security there, Neal said. Hedrick called the show from the Pittsburgh airport and again from the plane after it touched down in Columbus, program director Steve Konrad said. He said there was nothing sinister about the call. "We had no idea there was anything other than surprise and dismay on his part," Konrad said. "He wasn't bragging like all those bozos are saying.

According to Konrad, Hedrick said he noticed the knife was part of his belt buckle during a trip to the bathroom. Columbus airport police officer Troy Mills said officers decided to check the belt buckles of all males getting off the plane. He said Hedrick told police he was the man they were looking for. After the hearing, Mills said Hedrick indicated he had called the station to get advice on what to do. Konrad, the program director, said Hedrick told the show's producer, "I've just got to tell Hedrick lives on a farm, and the telephone there was busy Thursday.

He works for a medical distribution company and has a second job as a township zoning inspector, police said. John Bronson, a spokesman for Arlington, US Airways, said the airline was aware of the arrest but details would have to be obtained from police. Police at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro declined to comment. Authorities searching for 144 stolen guns Associated Press BELLEVILLE, Ill. Investigators in the St.

Clair County Sheriff's Office are trying to find 144 guns from simple handguns to semiautomatic weapons that are on the street after being stolen from a storage room at the local courthouse. Authorities say an East St. Louis man who used to clean the building stole five of the guns earlier this month and was arrested walking out of a storage room in the Circuit Clerk's Office allegedly with weapons in his hands. Two other guns were found by nearby police agencies, but investigators say they don't know where the 144 other missing weapons are. The guns, which had been confiscated by police in cases already resolved, were stored in unlocked cabinets in a room secured by a simple key lock, said St.

Clair County Circuit Clerk C. Barney Metz, who is responsible for storing the weapons. They were hauled away to Granite City Steel every two years to be melted down, said St. Clair County Sheriff Mearl Justus. An office worker, LouAnn Henry, said she took inventory of the weapons every year, the last time in August, when each was accounted for.

But in early December, when a police department requested a few of the guns, Henry noticed some were missing, she said. She eventually counted 151 Florida Garden Gift 442-3525 Sale Off Christmas Merchandise (excludes Fontanini) 812 Old Mayfield Paducah, KY www.floridagardencenter.com 02 guns missing from the room, and sheriff's deputies set up a video camera in early January that resulted in the arrest of 34-yearold Joseph Williams. He was charged with burglary and possession of a firearm by a felon, and was being held in the St. Clair County Jail. Williams had been convicted in 1995 of aggravated battery.

When asked if Williams was considered a suspect in the disappearance of any of the 144 other guns, Sgt. Dave Thornton of the St. Clair County Sheriff's office referred questions to prosecutors. St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida did not return messages.

Williams worked for Foley Chemicals and Machines a 50- year-old Caseyville firm that has contracted with the St. Clair County Public Buildings Commission to clean the courthouse for the past eight years, said its owner, Art Foley. The supervisor of the county's buildings, Darius Monken, also did not return messages left at his office Thursday by The Associated Press. Tired of that NITEGOWES Lic is ugly the Put made answer A REMODELING New with bathroom? Zasy Bathtub Re-Bath. Over Your Old One.

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