Appeared in the Independent Appeal Newspaper Wednesday, August 25, 1999 ELLA MAE WHITAKER, 88, died on Fri., Aug. 20, 1999, at her daughter's home of heart failure. She was a homemaker and attended Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Services took place at 1 p.m. on Sun., Aug. 22, 1999, at Shackelford Chapel. Burial was held at Bethesda Cemetery near Selmer. Officiating the services was Minister Zolan Clayton. Her grandsons were the Pallbearers. Mrs. Whitaker was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Whitaker, her parents, Jack and Mary Raines Willis, and a grandson, Donald Whitaker. She is survived by one daughter, Shirley Montgomery of bethel Springs, one son, Ralph Whitaker of Selmer, one sister, Dovie Sylvester of Haden, Ala., then grandchildren, thirteen gr-grandchildren, and two gr-gr-grandchildren, and two dear friends, Janie Bryant and Florence Gann. >>>>>>>>>>>> COUNCIL LAWYER BIAS, 91, died on Thurs., Aug. 19, 1999, at his residence in Adamsville of heart failure. He was a retired farmer, school teacher, and county highway department employee. He was a member of Masonic lodge #338 Adamsville, East McNairy West Hardin County Fox Hunters Club and the last surviving member of the 1928 Purdy High School State Championship Basketball Team. Services took place at 1 p.m. on Sat., Aug. 21, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Mars Hill Cemetery near Leapwood. Pallbearers were Robert Bias, Jr. Larry S. Bias, Shawn Bias, Steve Whitten, Doyle Treece, and David Morris. Mr. Bias was preceded in death buy his parents, Charlie Curtis and Mary Price Murry Bias and three sisters, Mary Violet Wagoner, Nola Curry and Nell Putnam. He is survived by his wife, Ervie Treece Dias, two daughters, Gaylia Robinson of Selmer and Deborah Coffman of Adamsville, three sons, Bobby Bias of Bartlett and Danny Bias of Selmer, seven grandchildren, Robert C. Bias, Jr., Larry S. Bias, Paula Whitten, Shawn Bias, Jennifer Morris, Brandi Bias, and Chasteti Plunk, two gr-grandchildren, Colton Harris and Myles Dylon Whitten, and one niece, Johnnie Blackman. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> KENNETH LEE HYNEMAN, 87, died on Tues., Aug. 17, 1999, at Magnolia Regional Healthcare in Corinth, Miss., of heart failure. He worked for T.V.A. Department of Power for thirty-five years and was a member of Acton Church of Christ. Woodman of World, and I.B.E.W. (International brotherhood of Electrical Workers). Services took place at 11 a.m. on Thurs., Aug. 19, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Michie Cemetery in Michie. Officiating the services were Ministers Malcolm George and Mike Eaton. Pallbearers were Larry Elder. Todd Hyneman, Heath Hyneman, Robb Stephenson, and Dave Greene. Mr. Hyneman was preceded in death by his parents, James Henry and Cora Brice Hyneman, three sisters, Mary Francis Gooch, Birdie Marie Hoover, and Norma Jean Jackson, a son, Kenneth Norman Hyneman, and a grandson, Mark Mills. He is survived by his wife, Ernestine Lee Hyneman, two daughters, Sue Elder of Germantown and Sylvia Mills of Michie, one son, Woody Hyneman of Michie, one sister Laura Strickland of Savannah, one brother, G. C. Hyneman of Corinth, Miss., nine grandchildren, and six gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>> J. R. TREECE, 82, died on Mon., Aug. 16, 1999, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital of heart failure. He was retired carpenter and a member of Mars Hill Church of Christ, American Legion, and a Veteran of WWII U.S. Army. Services took place at 3 p.m. on Thurs., Aug. 19, at Shackelford Chapel in Adamsville. Burial was held at Mars Hill Cemetery in Adamsville. Mr. Treece was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob Howard and Pattie Jane Inman Treece and three brothers, Ecard Treece, Ernest Treece, and Amos Treece. He is survived by his wife, Cora Griswell Treece, and two sisters, Adern Walker and Demetra Barham both of Adamsville. >>>>>>>>>>>>> JAMES LOUIS TANNER, 71, died on Sat., Aug 21, 1999, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital of Cancer. He was a retired U.S. Navy Master Chief and a member of Midway Baptist Church in Bells. Services took place at 1 p.m. on Tues. Aug. 24, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Falcon Cemetery. Officiating the services was Minister Paul Williams. Mr. Tanner was preceded in death by hiss parents, Lester Melton Tanner and Edith Dillard Tanner and three siblings, Lynn Tanner, Dorothy Hall, and Ernestine Dicus. He is survived by his wife, Rubye O. Barnes Tanner, one step-daughter, Shelia Willis of Selmer, two sons, Michael L. Tanner of Norfolk, VA., James B. Tanner of Jackson, two step-sons, Joel Gant of Bells and Tim Gant of Birmingham, Ala., four sisters, Margaret Pifer of Saginaw, Ark., Lillian Glaeser of Hot Springs, Ark., Rose Mary Shankle of Jackson, and Carol Thomason of Malnern, Ark, three brothers, Gene Tanner of Russellville, Ark., Maurice Tanner of Clarksville, Ark., and Joe Tanner of Jackson twelve grandchildren, and seven gr- grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>> REBA J. RUSH, of Pocahontas formerly of Memphis died on Mon, Aug 23, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. She was a retired from H. W. Reed Upholstery. She leaves her daughter, Judy Sessions and her husband, Paul of Pocahontas, sister, Leola Jewell Andrews of Little Rock, Ark. Two grandsons, two step-grandchildren and one step-gr-grandchild. Services were held Thursday at 10:30 at Graveside Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Family request any memorials to the Heart Association or the Cancer Society. >>>>>>>>>end Have a great day Barbara [email protected]