Source: Ancestry Database Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), Obituaries, 1998-1999 Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: February 20, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BRUCE - Dewey Edward `Sam' Pettit, 79, farmer and feed mill co- owner, died of heart failure Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Parker Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Memory Memorial Gardens. He was a member of Skunna Valley Baptist Church. Mr. Pettit, the husband of Cecil Shirley Pettit, also leaves two daughters, Geneva Wilbanks and Betty Gregory, both of Pontotoc; a son, Billy Ray Pettit of Bruce; a sister, Annie Dover of Zellwood, Fla., 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great- grandchild. ========== Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: January 29, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: ACKERMAN - Shed H. McMinn, 91, school bus driver, died of heart failure Thursday at Starkville Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sturgis (Miss.) Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Sturgis Cemetery. Nowell Funeral Services here has charge. He leaves two daughters, Margaret Hester of Starkville and Neola Hildreth of Columbus; a son, William L. `Pete' McMinn of Douglasville, Ga.; two sisters, Kathleen Henry of Sturgis and Mary Dover of Birmingham; a brother, Bill McMinn of Columbus, seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. ======== Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: November 27, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: OXFORD - Jennie Delacy Dover, 88, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Dickins Funeral Home in Batesville with burial in Batesville Magnolia Cemetery. She was a member of First United Pentecostal Church in Batesville. Mrs. Dover, the widow of Melvin Dover, leaves a daughter, Dorothy Dover Wright of Oxford, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Oxford Church of the Nazarene. ============ Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: October 02, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: CORINTH - Curtis Michael Grimes, son of Michael and Tina Hammond Grimes, died at birth Tuesday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Coleman Funeral Home with burial in Shiloh Cemetery in Tippah County. He also leaves his grandparents, Judith Grimes and Benny Grimes, both of Corinth, and Vernon and Sybill Dover of Hernando; and a stepgrandmother, Mildred Grimes, and a great-grandmother, Mary Etta Grimes, both of Corinth. =============== Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH MONDAY, JAN. 11 Publication Date: January 12, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: ELDRED A. LAWRENCE, 85, of Millington, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Wesley Nursing Home in Millington. Services were Monday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven Cemetery. She leaves four daughters, Jeri Carpenter of Columbus, Ga., Norma Jean Latuszek of Chicago, Joan Stewart of Memphis and Kathleen Fowler of Millington; a son, Floyd Mitchell, and two sisters, Willie Mae Dover and Verble Ingles, all of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a donor's choice. ============ Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 21 Publication Date: September 22, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: ERNEST L. NYKODEM, 78, of Memphis, retired employee of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division after 25 years, died of heart failure Sunday at the Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Bartlett Funeral Home-Family Heritage Chapel and 2 p.m. Thursday at Erin (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Cane Creek Cemetery in Erin. Bartlett Funeral Home-Family Heritage Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Merton Avenue Baptist Church for 50 years. Mr. Nykodem, the husband of Frances McGowan Nykodem, also leaves two daughters, Pat Malone of Germantown, and Virginia Dover of Knoxville, and five grandchildren. ============= Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2 Publication Date: December 03, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: EDITH NITA LOCKE, 50, of Bartlett, production worker for Shepherd Tissue, died of breast cancer Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven Cemetery. Mrs. Locke, the wife of Tom Locke, also leaves a son, Taz Locke, and her mother, Willie Mae Dover, both of Bartlett; two sisters, Pat Vickers of Memphis and Nancy Austein of Bartlett, and two brothers, John Dover of North Carolina and Ricky Dover of Bartlett. ========== Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 Publication Date: February 18, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: VERBLE JUANITA INGLE, 76, of Memphis, former physical therapist for Campbell Clinic, died of heart failure due to cancer Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Northridge/Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge/Woodhaven Cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Jean Evans of Senatobia, Miss.; a son, James Lillie of Bartlett; a sister, Willie Mae Dover of Bartlett, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. ========= Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS Publication Date: October 07, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: EMMA CRYSTELL YOUNGBLOOD JOHNSON, 78, of Nesbit, Miss., homemaker, died of respiratory failure Monday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of James Johnson for 62 years, also leaves two daughters, Elisabeth Gravette of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Patsy Spicer of Bartlett; four sons, James G. Johnson and Thomas A. Johnson, both of Germantown, and David H. Johnson and James A. Johnson Jr., both of Southaven; a sister, Mary Avis Dover of Bartlett; two brothers, Calvin Hurst Youngblood of Eudora, Miss., and James Shields Youngblood of Memphis, 18 grandchildren and 17 great- grandchildren. ========= Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS Publication Date: October 16, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: EDNA PAULINE WOOD, 64, of Parkin, Ark., riverboat cook and employee of American Greetings, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital of Jonesboro, Ark. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. She was a member of Earle (Ark.) Church of Christ. Mrs. Wood, the wife of E. T. `Pete' Wood, also leaves two daughters, Mary Phillips of Choctaw, Ark., and Julie Humble of Rodgers, Ark.; three sons, Kenny McKay of Blytheville, Ark., Gary McKay of Clinton, Ark., and Andy McKay of Harrisburg, Ark.; four stepdaughters, Janie Dover, Jan Jackson and Pam Steakley, all of Collierville, and a stepdaughter of Rector, Ark.; three sisters, Joanne Robinson of Wolf Bayou, Ark., Betty Lou Bartlett of White Plains, N.Y., and Jeannie Hice of Bee Branch, Ark.; four sons, James Edward Buckman of Wolf Bayou, Paul Ellis Buckman of Marion, Johnny Ray Buckman of Russellville, Ark., and Larry Buckman of Siloam Springs, Ark., 17 grandchildren, 10 stepgrandchildren, four great- grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren. 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