Appeared in the Independent Appeal Newspaper Wed., April 5, 2000 DANIEL LEE BROWDER, 75, died on Sunday, Apr. 2, 2000, at Baptist Memorial Hospital West in Memphis of cancer. He was a retired receiving clerk with Brown Shoe, a farmer, and was a member of Adamsville First Presbyterian Church. Services took place at 2 p.m. on Apr. 4, at Adamsville Presbyterian Church in Adamsville. Burial was held at Adamsville Cemetery in Adamsville. Officiating the services was Minister Don Coleman. Pallbearers were Rod Trovience, Jimmy Dan South, Jimmy (Coon) Plunk, Joe Nichols, Billy Browder and Eddie Browder. Mr. Browder was preceded in death by his parents, Alfonzo Franklin and Mary Dora Baker Browder, a sister Elsie Kirk, and three brothers, Frank Browder, Herman Browder, and Clarence Browder. He is survived by his wife, Maggie Nichols Browder, two daughter, Margaret Browder Venable of Chattanooga and Danna Browder of Memphis, one sister, Ruth South of Michie, and two grandchildren Nick and Maggie Venable. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society or the Adamsville First Presbyterian Church. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HOWARD HALL, 87, died on Wed., Mar. 22, 2000, at Methodist Healthcare hospital in Selmer, TN, of heart failure. He was a retired mechanic and from the Brown Shoe Company in Selmer. He was a member of the Finger Baptist Church. Services took place at 1 p.m. on Fri., Mar. 24, at Casey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was held at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Officiating the services were. Rev. John Howard Hutcherson and Rev. Daryl Azbill. Mr. Hall is survived by his wife, Myra Jo Isbell Whitten Hall of Finger, on step-son Mike Whitten of Roswell, GA, one daughter Dianne Hatmaker of Orlando, FL, one step-daughter, Nyta Walls of Oak Ridge, one sister Maxine Simpson of Selmer, and two grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BETTYE CAROL SNYDER SMITH, 59, died on Fri., Mar. 31, 2000, at her home of cancer. She was a salesperson at Wal-Mart in Selmer. Services took pace at 2 p.m. on Sat., Apr. 1, at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Selmer. Burial Was held at Roby Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by Lloyd Snyder. She is survived by one daughter, Sonia Lynn Smith of Finger, her parents Robert A and Ruby Snyder Ray of Finger, and one brother, Ronnie Christopher of Adamsville. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. EVELYN RAGAN McCARTER, 83, died on Thurs., Mar. 30, 2000, at Baptist memorial Hospital East in Memphis of cerebral hemorrhage. She was a homemaker, a member of Bellevue Baptist church in Memphis, and a member of the National Beefmaster association. Mrs. McCarter was preceded in death by her husband James Lautis McCarter and G. F. and Sue Johnson Ragan. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, James Ragan and Connie McCarter of Lakeland, two sister, Geraldine Pierce of New Orleans, LA, and Nadine Stover of Miami, FL, one brother, H.E. (Son) Ragan of Corinth, Miss, an aunt Lois Glissen of Corinth, Miss, and two grandchildren, Justin Ray McCarter and Shelly Ann McCarter. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> EDNA LOUISE JULIAN, 65, died on Mon., Mar. 27, 2000, at her residence in Adamsville of heart failure. She was a homemaker and a member of Hardins Graveyard Solitude Freewill Baptist Church. Services took place at 3 p.m. on Wed., Mar. 29, at Hardins Graveyard Solitude Freewill Baptist Church. Burial was held at Mars Hill in Adamsville. Mrs. Julian was preceded in death by both parents, Thomas Barnes and Mary Etta Lancaster Barnes and a brother, Thomas Barnes, Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Janis Eaton of Rienzi, Miss., and Sherry Lipford of Adamsville, three sons, Ricky Suitor and Randy Suitor both of Adamsville, and Dennis Suitor of Counce, five sisters, Gertrude Taylor, Sue Lambert and Dorothy Perkins all of Corinth, Miss, Kathryn Mills of Kossuth, Miss, and Betty Joe Harvey of Hoxie, Ark., two brothers Bill Barnes of Rienzi, Miss, and Charles Barnes of Corinth Miss, nineteen grandchildren, and five gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> EFFIE AZELIA GRAY, 73, died on Fri., Mar. 31, 2000, at Methodist Healthcare McNairy County in Selmer of heart failure. She was a homemaker and a member of Adamsville Church of God of Prophecy in Adamsville. Services took place at 3 p.m. on Sat., Apr. 1, at Shackelford Chapel in Adamsville. Burial was held at Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery in Michie. Officiating the services was Minister Alvin Jones and Todd McDonald. Pallbearers were Lynn Baker, Ray Cummings, Johnny Chandler, Mike Robinson, Richie Homer, Kevin Homer, and David Hamm. Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by her father Elmer Grissom and her husband, James Gray. She is survived by two daughter, Sylvia Dian Cummings of Corinth, Miss. And Charlotte Elaine Rickman of Adamsville, three sons, Jimmy Wayne Gray and Donnie Eugene Gray both of Adamsville, and Hubert Ray Gray of Corinth, Miss., one sister, Nannie Tennyson of Union City, Ala, seven grandchildren, and six gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ROGER D. MOORE, 38, of Memphis, formerly of Eastview Community in Ramer, died Apr. 1, of cancer. He leaves his father James M. Moore of Memphis, his mother, Mary W. Moore of the Eastview Community, and his grandmother, Mrs. Sue Wade of Jackson. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. on Apr. 4th at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in the Mausoleum. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JOHN LEE POWERS, 80, died on Sun., Apr. 2, 2000, at his residence of cancer. He was a retired principal of the former Selmer High School, a member of Selmer First Presbyterian Church, and a member of Retired Teachers Association. A private family graveside service will take palace on Tues., Apr. 4, at Ne Salem Cemetery in Bethel Springs. Officiating the services will be Minister Craig Krueger. Mr. Powers was preceded in death by his parents, Jess and Alma Montgomery Powers, and two sister, Marie Sherron and Betty Harris. He is survived by his wife Johnie Powers of Selmer, one daughter, Sarah (Mrs. Vince) Smith of Madison, Ala., one son, Scott Powers and wife, Denise of Selmer, one sister, Joan Henry of Bethel Springs, and four grandchildren, Oleiva Powers, John Hunter Powers, Corey Smith and Megan Smith. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have a great day Barbara [email protected]