The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 2

JUMU 1A10 THECOMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS SA DEATHS and five grandchildren POTTS CAMP Unnit Graham 76 retired farmer died Thursday at his home after a short illness Services will be at 2:30 pm Sunday at Baptist Hill MB Church in the Bethlehem community where he was a member with burial in the church cemetery Brittenum Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs has charge Graham leaves three daughters Mrs Ostella Pegues and Mrs Lillie Johnson both of Aurora Body found was LA JACKSON Miss (AlJ Skeletal remains found in Tishomingo County on July 21 near the wreckage of a stolen picl truck have been ldeatiled those of 22-year-old Eddie Robert DIFranco of Los Angeles officials said yesterday 1 Dr Steve Hayne acting state medical examiner said the remains were identified by a specialist from the state medical office and the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry Dr Hayne said additional studies are being performed on remains to determine the cause of his death1! Cpl Leslie Blaylock of the Mississippi Highway Patrol said the truck near the remains had been reported stolen April: IS from Santa Ana Calif Blaylock found thd vehicle about 100 yards east Of Meek's Grocery lust off UA 72 west of Burnsville He said the vehicle apparently left the highway and flipped upside down The truck was covered by foliage when it was found MISSISSIPPI ACKERMAN Mrs Bertha Thompson Hutchison 91 died Thursday at Choctaw County Nurs- ins Home Services will be at II am today at Bethsalem Presbyterian Church near here where she was a member with burial in the church cemetery' Adams-Nowell Funeral Home has charge Mrs Hutchison the widow of Willie 1 Hutchison leaves three daughters Mrs Doris Selby and Mrs Louise Stephens both of Jackson and Mrs Janie Dale Taylor of Louisville a son 1 Hutchison of Weir six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren BYHALIA Mrs Erma Lee Milam 84 died Wednesday at her home Services will be at 8 pm Monday at Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial at 11 am Tuesday at St Paul Cemetery Mrs Milam the widow of Elbert Milam leaves 10 daughters Miss Elma Milam Mrs Mary Ella Thomas Mrs Marie Hughes Mrs Lula Hancock Mrs Mary Smith Ms Elnora Milam Mrs Eva Pitts and Mrs Earlene Pruitt all of Chicago Mrs Mamie Bennett of Detroit and Mrs Maggie Harper of Olive Branch a son Robert Curtis Milam of Chicago a sister Mrs Pearl Lee Harper and a brother Tommy Rogers both of Memphis 44 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren COFFEEVILLE John Chappell Sides 91 retired farmer and cattleman died Thursday at Oxford-La-fayette Medical Center after a short illness Services will be at 10 am today at First Baptist Church with burial in Coffeeville Cemetery Garner-Harper Funeral Home of Grenada has charge Sides was a member of First Presbyterian Church a World War I veteran and a teacher at Senatobia Agricultural High School He was also a cotton gin operator and a former John Deere dealer Sides the husband of Ella Griffin Sides also leaves three sons Chappell Sides Jr and Donald Hughes Sides both of Coffeeville and Elbert Caldwell Sides of Como five grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren DUNCAN Mrs Opal Harrington Boschert 78 former owner of City little short Coming up a short on stature but is forced to use a basket to get church food fair in Bristol Va still growing produce that is Shorty Tester of Bluff City Tenn to the garden goods in his truck as he prepares his wares for a Heat wave is dealt a setback by rains reach the mld-90s again today and tomorrow and the heat index is expected to reach 105 to 110 both days according to the weather service The forecast gives a 20 percent chance of thundershowers this afternoon and tonight and a 30 percent chance tomorrow Fans or other heat-related help can be requested for low-income people who are at least 55 by calling 525-CARE 24 hours a day seven days a week By Brian Felnberg Staff Reporter Pounding afternoon rain knocked down yesterday's heat although: hot humid weather was expected back today Temperatures dropped from 95 to 83 degrees between 3 pm and 4 pm when a line of thunderstorms came through the city The heat index effect of humidity and temperature on the body reached 108 but the rain reduced it to 92 according to the Memphis office of the National Weather Service The air-quality standard index which measures pollution levels was 89 down from 118 on Thursday and below levels considered unhealthful according to Thomas Zavodny an engineer with the pollution control division of the Health Department Only trace amounts of rain were recorded at Memphis International Airport according to the weather service but other areas received heavy downpours Isolated thundershowers also hit West Tennessee and there were showers in northeastern Arkansas and north central Mis both stationed with the Army at Fort Hood in Killeen Texas and Alex Graham of Memphis three brothers Johnny Graham James Graham and Wardell Graham all of Jackson Tenn 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild RIPLEY John Gordon Pittman 47 of Bolivar Tenn formerly of Benton County factory employee died Thursday at Community Hospital of Bolivar after an apparent heart attack Services will be at 2 pm today at McBride Funeral Home with burial in Little Hope Cemeteiy near Falkner He was a Baptist Pittman leaves his mother Mrs Mary Pegram Pittman of Bolivar and two sisters Mrs Martha Adair Rutherford of Falkner and Mrs Pauline Breedlove of Jena La TUPELO Brunson 84 retired district manager of Lamar Life Insurance Co where he was employed for 39 years died Friday at his home after an extended illness Services will be at 2 pm Sunday at the chapel of Pegues Funeral Directors with burial in Tupelo Memorial Park Brunson formerly owned Tupelo Ice Coal Co and was a former board member of First Citizens National Bank former board director for Mid-South Packers for 30 years former member of the board of trustees for the Tupelo City Schools member of the board of directors for the Development Foundation Inc of Mississippi State University and member of the board of directors for Clarke College He was also a member of Calvary Baptist Church Brunson the husband of Beryl Cox Brunson also leaves a daughter Mrs Albert Green of Jackson and two grandchildren A Baggett is dead at 62 Special to The Commercial Appeal TUPELO Miss Robert A Baggett 62 of Jackson formerly of Memphis and Tupelo and a former member of the Misslsslp-1 Tax Commission died Thurs-y at his home after a short illness Baggett was nominated by former governor Cliff Finch to succeed Robert A Biggs as ad valorem tax commissioner He won Senate confirmation to the post on the three-member commission in 1977 and served on the panel until he retired in 1982 He was also the retired owner of A Baggett Tile Co in Tupelo and in 1967 was elected Tile Man of the Year Baggett was a Memphis native and a former member of Tupelo First Baptist Church He was a World war Navy veteran a member of the Mississippi General' Contractors Association the Community Development Foundation the Tupelo Touchdown Club and a board member of Lee Investments Inc He was a Master Mason and a member of Scottish Rite Services will be at 2 pm today at the chapel of Pegues Funeral Directors with burial in Lee Memorial Park in Verona He leaves his wife Billie Porter Baggett two sons Robert Baggett Jr of Spartanburg SC ana Rick Baggett of Pontotoc a sister Mrs Cappie Gunn and a brother Dave Baggett both of Memphis and five grandchildren DEATHS William Andanon 37 of 1407 Dacatur Mamptili Hardwood Flooring Co amploy-oo Goorga Anglin 74 of 1774 Myrna Lana rati rad Inauranca agant Tony Ballay Mt of 454 Carpontar ra-tlrad gardanar Mr Oral Baa 44 of 104 Lucy Mrs Barilo Maa Brooks 01 of 2372 Huntor Mrs Mattla Francos Farris 54 of 1422 Sunsat Mrs Eliza batti Pollard Groan 71 of Mamptils Mrs Laila Kathryn Hayas 17 of Harl-fago Manor Nursing Homo Mrs Vostal Ann Hanry 43 of 4404 Tutwilar ratlrad amployao of Forost Hill Camotarlas Mrs Sarah Hudson II of 511 East Frank Murray Lindsay Jonas 14 son of Mr and Mrs Jamas Jonas of Wllllston Tann Mrs Goldla Fhalps Kallay 47 of Wast Mamphls Sammla Lao Lawls 54 of 3550 Sharp amployao of Tri-Stata MarMo Co Timothy Daa McDonald 14 of 4020 Brunswick construction worker Jessica Marla Nelson newborn daugh- i daugh i of 204 tar of Craig and Vlodalda Nelson Lauren Lana Mrs Flora A Nelson 44 of 2220 Hernando Road Morris 'Em' Patterson 14 of 417 Billion Victor Robison 14 of 14 Silvaraga William Albert Rosa 74 of 3023 Donna ratlrad salesman for Schilling Llncein-Marcury Wilson Shelton 47 of 1044 Esplanade employee of Cargill Inc Mrs Rosatta Nelson Smith of 52 East Davant Thomas Elmo Spencer 14 of 2500 Wat-sally ratlrad electrician Mrs Ora Lea Stewart 54 of 2341 Arlington Mrs Rosa Stults 57 of Treadwell ratlrad employee of Bolden Mid-South Distribution Cantor Lavie Whitley 74 of 750 South Lauderdale Dolly Williams II of 145 Flamingo Mrs Estolla Willingham 7 of 121 Hill Manor Richard Staphan Wood 34 of 423 Mist Hollow former Southern Hardwood traffic analyst Willie Wright 57 of 3701 Hawkins Mill Road driver for John A Dpnle's Sons Co cynt i examiner's office for identification -I DIFranco had visited his brother in Decatur Ala on May 10 and officials speculated I was en route to California when the vehicle he is believed to have been traveling in left the highway Blaylock said Deaths linked to suffocation COLUMBUS Miss (AP) Autopsies show the deaths of two Alabama men in a Lowndes County industrial accident oci curred as the result of suffocation when their breathing masks malfunctioned as they worked in a pit area County Coroner Don Harris said yesterday Harris Identified the victims as Hillary Hester 31 of Linden Ala and Michael Lassiter 25 of Silas Ala Officials said the deaths at Ke-maNord Inc formerly Hooker Chemical Corp occurred Thursday as the two men sandblasted in a pit Harris said the men apparently lost their oxygen supply when a power outage occurred in Severn areas of Northeast Mississippi Company officials said the victims both subcontractors who handled cleaning and painting at the pit were discovered after they failed to respond to communications Murder trials to be moved STARK VILLE Miss (AP) Circuit Judge Harvey Buck has approved a change of venue for the trials of two men charged in the Jan 1 slaying of a Mississippi State University art professor On Thursday the judge gave prosecution and defense attorneys 10 days to submit the names of three counties in which to hold the capital murder trials of 17-year-old Charles Reese and 20-year-old David Outlaw both ofStarkville Reese and Outlaw are charged in the stabbing death of 44-year-old Kenneth Clifford who was reported missing early Jan 2 after he disappeared while walking his dog the night of Jan 1 body was recovered from the Starkvllle-Oktlbbeha County landfill after it had been transmuted to the site from a trash bin Defense attorneys want the trials moved from Oktibbeha County because of publicity Gunman to appeal in slaying CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa (AP) Ralph Davis will appeal his conviction for the murder of Mt Pleasant Mayor Edward King Notice of the appeal was fried in Linn County District Court by lawyers Ford and Michael Schilling In addition to finding Davis guilty of first-degree murder the Linn County jury found him guilty of attempted murder in the wounding of Gty Council members JoAnn Sankey and Ronald Dupree Davis 69 was accused of shooting the three during a council meeting last Dec 10 He was angered over a backed up sewer for which the city had refused to pay $350 in damages Uganda fight near end ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia (UP1) Ugandan President Yoweii Museveni said his troops were to wiping out rebels who have waged an almost yearlong battle against government forces in the north of the country -SOUTH DEATHS TENNESSEE HUMBOLDT Mr Trauia Elizabeth Gregory 14 widow of William Homer The facts are bared by Miss September Drug Store in Tunica died Friday at Shelby (Miss) Community Hospital after a long illness Services will be at 4 pm today at Duncan Baptist Church where she was a member with burial in Shelby Cemetery Fletcher Funeral Home of Cleveland has charge She was a Claiborne County native Mrs Boschert the widow of Thomas Boschert leaves two stepsons Thomas Boschert of Duncan and Henry Boschert of Greenville a sister Mrs Hazel Dakin of Cleveland five grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren The family asks that in lieu of flowers any memorials be made to the Duncan Baptist Church ENID Mrs Annie Hollingsworth Smith 87 died Thursday at Graceland Nursing Home in Oxford Services will be at 11 am today at Womble Funeral Home in Charleston with burial in the cemetery of Bethel United Methodist Church near here of which she was a member Mrs Smith the widow of Ernest Smith leaves two sons Tommie Lee Bonner of Memphis and Willie Bonner of Enid three stepdaughters Mrs Lela Taylor and Mrs Temple Smith both of Humble Texas and Mrs Lena Neater of Meridian a sister Mrs Carlie Ho-kett of Oakland 32 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren GREENWOOD William Turner 62 disabled self-employed painter died Thursday at his home after a long illness Services will be at 4 pm today at Williams Lord Funeral Home with burial in Mt Pisgah Cemetery in Carrollton Turner the husband of Lucille Turner also leaves a daughter Mrs Ann Richardson of Greenwood a son Billy Turner of Sardis two stepdaughters Mrs Becky Lance and Mrs Janice Gammill and a stepson Jimmy Switzer all of Greenwood four sisters Mrs Pearl Halfes of the Teoc community Mrs Merle Greenlee of Lake Mrs Nola Wilson of Ma-ben and Mrs Lee Narman of Dallas Texas three brothers Richard Turner of Greenwood Cecil Turner of Carrollton and Ruble Turner of North Carollton and 13 grandchildren GRENADA Walter Jehu Baker 82 retired polisher with Bins-wanger Mirror Co died Friday at Grenada Lake Medical Center after a short illness Services will be at 3 pm today at Garner-Harper Funeral Home with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery He was a member of New Life Baptist Church Baker the husband of Hester Du Boise Baker also' leaves a brother Wallace Baker of Greenwood HOUSTON Mrs Eula Mae Pate 87 died Thursday at Houston Com-Ital after a long illness Services will be at 10 am today at Houston Funeral Home with burial in Woodland Cemetery near here She was a member of Woodland Baptist Church Mrs Pate the widow of Baxter Pate leaves two daughters Mrs Mattie Mae Andrews of Houston and Mrs Bettie Ruth Thomas of Tuscaloosa Ala two sons Roy Pate of Houlka and James Robert Pate of Woodland a sister Mrs Hallie Earp of Houlka two brothers Sid Ward of Woodland and Maylon Ward of Derma 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren PITTSBORO George Clements Cole 70 retired furniture worker died Thursday at Veterans Medical Center in Jackson Services will be at 10 am today at Pryor Funeral Home in Calhoun City with burial in Rocky Mount Cemetery near Bruce He was a member of Hunters Chapel Methodist Church and a World War veteran Cole the husband of Loyce Jones Cole also leaves three daughters Miss Hilda Cole of Tupelo Mrs Barbara Halre of Plttsboro and Mrs Deborah Parker of Florence a sister Mrs Madge Joyner Cole of Randolph a brother ted Cole of Carrollton Texas sissippi according to the weather service But temperatures didn't drop early enough to prevent several heat-related illnesses According to Memphis Veterans Medical Center a 65-year-old man arrived yesterday suffering from dehydration and Methodist Hospital reported that a 20-year-ola man was treated at Methodist North for possible heat exhaustion Even though yesterday was the 16th straight day that tern- Eeratures reached 90 or above ere the county program providing free electric fans to poor elderly people has given away relatively few units this year Peggy Edmiston director of community services for Shelby County estimated that not more than 50 fans have been given away this summer probably because thousands of fans riven away in past years are still in The program was prompted by a deadly heat wave in 1980 that killed 83 people in the city and county in 15 days she said people are really she said since they may be unable to go to a cool place during the day Temperatures are expected to Parkman both of whom might have dealt with an insurance-risk surveyor said they heard of Mrs Hajek Mrs Hajek said the couple relocated to a ForrestGty hotel when he landed a Job analyzing fire risks for Insurers She said she didn't know Playboy would say she was from the Delta town of about 14000 never got a paycheck in my name I just helped my husband We went out to a house and measured it and took front and back photos We'd ask simple questions about the inside whether it had carpet how many she said Mrs Hqjek said she met a Playboy photographer through an acquaintance fn Shreveport and that her photographs were shot in California and at Key West Fla was living in Forrest Gty at the time and I guess that's where they thought I was going to stay I never really considered Arkansas my home although I loved the state It was beautiful and She hopes to pursue an acting and modeling career in California Doug Hajek said he was excited about his prospects Asked about the reaction in Forrest Gty to her centerfold Mrs Hajek said sorry that it makes anybody unhappy but I do what I da I don't look to anybody for approval really I'm concerned about people being upset but I have to live my life the way I want This was going to provide a lot of including a part in a motion picture thatrs scheduled for release in December she said NEW PARK Memorial Gardens WMSiwwnM 715-7151 "Call for details about our prf-ananflonmrtpian" Joseph Levine movie producer is dead at 81 GREENWICH Conn (AP) Joseph Levine a pioneer independent producer who often called one of the last movie moguls died yesterday at Greenwich Hospital after a short illness He 81 Among the films he produced were The Graduate Carnal Knowledge The Lion In Winter A Bridge Too Far and The Producers He made his first big break in 1959 when he bought and dis-movie trlbuted the After that he Hercules distributed through his company Embassy Pictures such Italian movies as Federico 8M He also brought over from Italy the 1960 film Two Women starring Sophia Loren Her performance won her an Academy Award the first to be given to an actress for a foreign film In 1967 Levine backed The Graduate with the unknown actor Dustin Hoffman and director miw Nichols Mike gave me the book The Graduate Itold him the worst (book) I ever read in my Levine said in a recent interview persisted and although he never made a movie I signal him because I could tell he was a The film grossed more than $100 million worldwide have a knack for betting on unknown directors and actors and getting my said Levine who worked on 497 films in his career either as producer distributor backer or in other capacities He has said his favorite movie was The Lion in Winter made in 1968 starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn Levine who lived in Greenwich is survived by his wife Rosalie Harrison his son Richard daughter Tricia and two grand- A funeral was scheduled Monday in Manhattan Man 74 proves swimming mettle YORKVHLB Mich (AP) A 74-year-old man towing his wife npleted a mile swim down Gull Lake near here defeating a rival endurance swimmer In a match discussed since 1961 Walter Poenisch of Columbus Ohio traversed the lake in five hours 26 minutes said his wife Fi Jim Woods also 74 of Orlando Fla finished about an hour later Mrs Poenisch said Woods towed an empty rowboat but became fatigued halfway down the lake stopping for about 30 minutes to tread water she said 'RENTALS LITTLE ROCK AP) Playboy Miss September said sterday she lived briefly in rrest City while helping her husband in his job but ft's incorrect to say she's from the eastern Arkansas city "Sounds like it's a Gwendolyn Hajek 20 said in a telephone interview from Shreveport La where she lives with her 26-year-old husband Doug Hajek He worked from January to July as a fire-risk surveyor for a Little Rock company Mrs Hajek said she was his helper in a job that constantly kept them on the road stayed to ourselves most of the Mrs Hajek said Just stayed in our particular hole! I knocked on a lot of doors I know if anybody recognized me but I talked to a lot of eople We went everywhere an Buren Fayetteville Fort Smith Jonesboro Helena West Memphis We also stayed at Fayetteville and Fort Smith We ived out of Mrs Hajek's centerfold raised eyebrows in Forrest Gty but reporters find anyone who knew the Playmate who said she was born and raised at Shreveport created a great deal of talk in the Sharon Marrs executive director of the Forrest Gty Chamber of Commerce said resterday of what I heard was people wanting to know if knew her But nobody The magazine incorrectly elled the town's name Janice Peterson a spokesman for Playboy Enterprises in Chicago said Thursday apologize if we misspelled the name Someone here will be very embarrassed about On Thursday Forrest Gty Fire Ihief Bobby Johnson and St Francis County Sheriff Dave DISPOSABLE BLUE BED PADS ADULT DIAPtRS-ATTINDS Mhw ftoa Aacftf Or Mara 396 MAIN 525-1333 -a yr 3 RIPLEY Eugene Gore 47 C-.