Appeared in the Independent Appeal Newspaper Wed, Aug. 18, 1999 VELMA MAY PHELPS DAVIS, 92, died on Wed., Aug. 11, 1999, at Methodist Healthcare McNairy County. She was born on June 30, 1907, in McNairy County to Ira and Mary Jane White Phelps. She was a homemaker and a member of Little Chapel Pentecostal Church. Services took place at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, at Corinthian Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was held at Salem Christian Church Cemetery. Officiating the services was Minister bro Lee Willis. Pallbearers were Bryan Browder, Jimmy Hancock, Carl Slaughter, Mike Allen, Shandon Harris, and Billy Browder. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Robert I Davis, one son, Billy Davis, one grandson, Jerry Hancock and one gr-grandson, Monty Hancock. She is survived by three daughters, Doyce Hancock and Reba Shields both of Corinth, Miss., and Donna Browder and husband, Billy off Adamsville, two brothers, Troy Phelps and Homer Phelps both of Corinth, Miss., ten grandchildren, and twenty-one gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>> MILDRED ANN VINSON, 85, died on Thurs., Aug. 12, 1999, at Jackson General Hospital of cerebral hemorrhage. She was a homemaker and a member of Acton Church of Christ. Services took place at 3 p.m. on Sat., Aug. 14, at Shackelford's Acton Chapel. Burial was held at Adamsville Cemetery in Adamsville. Officiating the services were Minister Mike Eaton and Harold gray. Pallbearers were Jim Wigginton, Shea Wigginton, Tom Wigginton, Billy Ray Vinson, Weldon Wilkens, Bill Williams, John George and Grady Coln. Honorary Pallbearers were Charles Craft and James Eley. >>>>>>>>> DAVIE WHITTEN KING, 92, died on Sat., Aug. 14, 1999, at the residence of her son Ralph King of heart failure. She was a homemaker, member of Ramer Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a member of the church quilting circle. Services took place at 3:30 p.m. on Tues., Aug. 17, 1999, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Selmer. Officiating the services was Minister Bro. Dale Watson. Pallbearers were Steve King, Greg King, David King, Doug King, Randal Deaton, and J. B. Rackley. Mrs. King was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer King, her parents, Oscar and Sarah Laughlin Whitten, one son, Harvey King, three brothers, Claude, Clyde, and Olford, and one sister, Lucille. She is survived by one daughter-in-law, Barbara King of Council Bluff, Iowa. Ralph (wife Jean) King of Selmer, eight grandchildren, Steve, Greg, David, Doug King, Becky Rackley, Debbie Masker, Mickala Sisk, and Sherry Deaton, and fifteen gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>> JASON D. NIXON, newborn, died at birth on Sat. Aug 7, 1999, at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth, Miss. A graveside service took place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10, 1999, with burial in the Wyatt Cemetery near Hornsby. Officiating the services was Minister Orville McMahan. Jason was preceded in death by his grandfather, Bobby Nixon. He is survived by his parents, Vonny and Monica Foust Nixon of Adamsville, two sisters, Christie Cotner, and Jessica Nixon both of Adamsville, one brother, Corey D. Nixon of Adamsville, grandparents, Monroe and Jean Guy of Middleton, Kirbey and Pan Edwards of Red Banks, Miss. And Nancy Osborn of Bethel Springs, gr- grandparents, James and Frances Brumbley of Savannah, and gr-gr-grandparent, Beulah Sparks of Middleton. >>>>>>>>> MARY ELLEN CAROTHERS MANESS, 78, died on Mon., Aug. 9, 1999, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital of heart failure. She was a retired machine operator at Brown Shoe Company for 20 years, order of the Eastern Star, and Bethel Springs Senior Citizens. She was "Memi" to all who knew and loved her. Services took place at 3 p.m. on Wed., Aug. 11, 1999, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Lake Hill Memory Gardens in Bethel Springs. Officiating the services were Minister Howard Kitter, Bertie Moore. And John Howard Hutcherson. Pallbearers were Jay Whirley, John Whirley, Trey Plunk, John Thomas, Bob Graham, and Rick Halcomb. Mrs. Maness was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Ethel Kernodle Carothers. She is survived by her husband, Howard Maness, two sisters, Katherine Clayton of Bethel Springs, Ernestine South of Ypsilanti, Mi. Special extended family members were Bobbie Foust of Bethel Springs, Cheryl Robinson Thomas of Stantonville, Amanda Robinson Whirley of Bethel Springs, Lynn Robinson Plunk of Selmer, Jacey and Jill Whirley and Tucker Plunk. >>>>>>>>>> ERA PEARL ROSS HOLLIN WADE, 93, died on Sun., Aug. 15, 1999, at Methodist Healthcare McNairy Hospital of heart failure. She was a homemaker and a member of Sardis United Pentecostal Church. She enjoyed gardening and cooking. Services took place at 5 p.m. on Tues., Aug. 17, at Adamsville Funeral Home in Adamsville. Burial was held at Milledgeville Cemetery. Mrs. Wade was preceded in death by her first husband, Harvey Hollin and her second husband, newton Albert Wade, She is survived by two step-daughters, Dorothy Jean McLure of South Bend, Ind., and Adonis Robertson of Jackson, one son, Samuel Don Holin of Adamsville and one step-son, Marty Wade of Decatur, Ala, sixteen grandchildren twenty-eight gr-grandchildren, five gr-gr-grandchildren, twenty-two step-grandchildren, forty-six step-gr-grandchildren, twenty-seven step-gr-gr-grandchildren, and one gr-gr-gr-grandchild. >>>>>>>> BILLIE JOE RISNER, 62, died on Wed., Aug. 11, 1999, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss., of an aneurysm. He was the owner of Risnner's Restaurant andd an Army Veteran. Services took place at 3 p.m. on Sun., Aug. 15, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Carter Cemetery near Michie. Officiating the services were Ministers Jerry Prather and Bobby McCord. Pallbearers were Lee Irons, O'Neal Moore, Ray Risner, Don Risner, Mitchell Bryant, and Johnny Allen. Mr. Risner was preceded in death by his father, Logan Risner and one grandson, Joey Singleton. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Bryant Risner, his mother, Georgia Risner of Ore., three daughters, Wendy Jones of Las Vegas, Ne., Sheila Pullen of Dearborn Heights, Mi., Lisa Allen of Ramer, two sons, William J. Risner of Gatewood, Mo., and Raymond Risner of Selmer, two sisters, Joyce Houston of Boring, Ore, and Margaret Nossum of Sandy, Ore., one brother, Donald Risner of Boring, Ore, and eight grandchildren. >>>>>>>>> GLENDA SUE ANDERSON, 55, died on Tues., Aug. 10, 1999, at her home of cancer. She was a homemaker and a member of Milledgeville Pentecostal church. Services took place 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14, at Milledgeville Pentecostal Church. Burial was held at Milledgeville Cemetery in Milledgeville. Officiating the services was Minister Charles Johnson. Mrs. Anderson was preceded in death by one sister, Betty R. Johnson and her parents, Aaron Zee and Ira Row Meek Johnson. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Anderson, one daughter, Renee Johnson of Memphis, one step-daughter, Stacey Phillips of Oklahoma, one son, David Welch of Desoto, Mo. One step-son, Thomas Anderson of Oklahoma, two sisters Linda L. Chambers of Somerville and Nancy J. Adams of Oakland, seven brothers, Billie Joe Johnson of Memphis, Bobby Dee Johnson of Milledgeville, James Alton Johnson Of Covington, Robert C. Johnson of Berea, Ky., Harold Johnson of Oakland, Donnie Johnson of Milledgeville, and Doyle Johnson of Lake Comerant, Miss., and nine grandchildren. >>>>>>>end Have a great day Barbara [email protected]