Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: September 01, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: SAVANNAH - Hester Lee Hinton Scott, 80, homemaker, died Monday at Jackson- Madison County General Hospital after a heart attack. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Savannah Cemetery. Mrs. Scott, the widow of Marvin Scott, leaves a companion with whom she lived, John Hager; three daughters, Patricia Davison of Sheffield, Ala., and Peggy Plunk Steele and Danna Porter, both of Savannah; two sons, James Marvin Scott of Savannah and Billy Don Scott of Ellendale; five sisters, Callie Qualls, Betty Battles, Pauline Higgins, Jo Fielder and Elease Clement, and a brother, Otis Hinton, all of Savannah, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: September 08, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: SAVANNAH - Betty Jean Bolton Rauchle, 69, homemaker, died Sunday at Jackson- Madison County General Hospital of an apparent heart attack. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Mars Hill Cemetery near Adamsville. She was a member of Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Rauchle, the wife of Herman Rauchle Jr., also leaves two sons, Tommy Rauchle of Savannah and Jeff Plunk of Crump; three sisters, Nell Springer of Adamsville, Barbara Spain of Denham Springs, La., and Janice Austin of Bartlett; two brothers, Billy Bolton of Houlka, Miss., and Johnny Bolton of Crump, and two grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: September 15, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: ADAMSVILLE - Davie Lee Ashe, 69, retired machine operator, died of cancer Sunday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Good Hope Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Good Hope Cemetery here. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Ashe, the wife of Millard Ashe, also leaves two daughters, Janet Ashe Weaver of Jackson and Charlotte Ann Ashe of Adamsville; three sisters, Leatrice Copeland of Wilmington, N.C., Erlene Cantrell of Martin and Dorothy Leggins of Kingston; four brothers, Doyles Plunk and Ronald Plunk, both of Martin, and L. C. Plunk and James Plunk, both of Sharon, and two grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: September 29, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: JACKSON - Allie R. Droke, 93, retired carpenter, died of heart failure Saturday at Milan General Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. He was a Pentecostal. Mr. Droke, the widower of Vivian Plunk Droke and Vera Hamilton Droke, leaves a daughter, Barbara Scroggins of Jackson; a son, Wayne Droke of Hohenwald, 14 grandchildren, 26 great- grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: October 08, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: CORINTH - Lester Green, 88, retired employee for Sunshine Laundry, died of heart disease Tuesday at Selmer (Tenn.) Methodist Healthcare. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Coleman Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Memorial Park here. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church. Mr. Green, the widower of Ruthie Green, leaves a daughter, Helen Plunk of Selmer; a sister, Lola Hodum of Walnut, a grandson and three great- grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: November 24, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: DUCK HILL - Lena Heath Leverette, 97, homemaker, died of respiratory arrest Sunday at Manhattan Health Care Center in Jackson. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Duck Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Duck Hill Cemetery. Oliver Funeral Home in Winona has charge. Mrs. Leverette, the widow of James Clifford Leverette, leaves four daughters, Eleanor Evans of Water Valley, Joan Finn of Memphis, Jeannine Bradshaw of Jackson, and Betty Minton of Rutherford, Tenn.; three sons, James C. Leverette Jr. of Jackson, Jesse Eugene Leverette of Dennard, Ark., and Bobby Leverette of Grenada; two sisters, Mary Sue Plunk of Duck Hill and Geneva Carpenter of Greenwood; a brother, Vardaman Heath of Duck Hill, 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Duck Hill Baptist Church Building Fund. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: November 25, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: CANTON - Hilary Etheldred `Ted' Gardner, 59, professional bird dog trainer and owner of Gardner Kennels, died of cancer Monday at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Nowell- Flippin Funeral Home with burial in Red Banks Cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Gardner, the husband of Kathleen Fisher Gardner, also leaves three sons, John D. Gardner of Madison, Thomas H. Gardner of Ridgeland and Timothy E. Gardner of Canton; three sisters, Betsy Plunk of Memphis, Sara Halsted of Henderson, Ark., and Sue Faucett of Hickory Valley, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First United Methodist Church in Canton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: December 01, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BETHEL SPRINGS - Louise McCombs Plunk, 78, bookkeeper and McNairy County employee for 48 years, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson after a heart attack. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Maggie Jones Memorial United Methodist Church in Finger, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. Mrs. Plunk, the widow of Prince A. Plunk, leaves a daughter, Retha Moore of Memphis; a son, Ronald Allen Plunk of Bethel Springs; two brothers, Roy McCombs of Memphis and Vernon McCombs of Enville, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Maggie Jones Memorial United Methodist Church in Finger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: December 09, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: CLARKSDALE - Clinton Elmo Bland, 79, retired employee of Emhart Corp., died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a stroke. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at National Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. He was a member of First Christian Church and Conservation League. Mr. Bland, the husband of Jinnie Davis Bland, also leaves two daughters, Nancy B. Sanders and Sandra B. Gordon, both of Clarksdale; a son, Jerry Bland of Warrensburg, Mo.; three sisters, Ludell Busby and Juanita Phillips, both of Oxford, and Lila Mae Plunk of Pontotoc; two brothers, John Henry and James Bland, both of Oxford, and four grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: December 11, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: COLUMBUS - Evie Phillips Forrester, 94, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services were Thursday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home had charge. She was a member of Murrah's Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Forrester, the wife of Eddie Hue `Buck' Forrester, also leaves a daughter, Virginia Beatty of Columbus; four sons, Robert W. Plunk and Hue Ray Forrester, both of Monroe, La., and Paul Forrester and Jimmy Forrester, both of Columbus; two sisters, Daisy Garner of Lexington, Tenn., and Mary Jo Blankenship of Adamsville, Tenn.; three brothers, James Phillips of Roswell, Ga., Roy Phillips of Killen, Ala., and R. A. Phillips Jr. of Adamsvillle, 17 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 11 great- great- grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Jan