I I I I I I I I I The Clarion-Ledger Monday, May 25, 1998 MISSISSIPPI DEATHS Janice Ferguson, educator The Clarion-Ledger GREENVILLE Janice Neal: Shirey Ferguson, 59, associate superintendent of Greenville Public Schools, died of cancer Sunday at Delta Regional Medical Center. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Second Baptist Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today at Boone-Wells Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ferguson was a Choctaw County native and grew up in Leland where she attended Leland High and earned her master's degree from Delta State University. She also received a specialist degree from the University of Mississippi. Mrs. Ferguson was a longtime teacher and administrator in Greenville, Senatobia and Tate County Mississippi schools.
She served as principal of Strayhom Elementary and Matty Akin Elementary. She was federal programs director and associate superintendent of Greenville Public Schools. Mrs. Ferguson instituted many programs, including the Pre-K program in Greenville Public Schools, designed to help students reach their potential. She was a member of Mississippi Association of Educators, Mississippi Association of School Administrators, Mississippi Association of Federal Education Program Directors, Mississippi Educational Computing Association, Mississippi Reading Association, Mississippi Association for Supervision and Development, Mississippi Early Childhood Association and American Association of University Women.
She was a member of Woodmen of the World and served as secretary of her loyal lodge and a member of the North Mississippi Emmaus community. She was a member of Second Baptist Church. "During her years as an educator, she saw many changes in the public schools of Mississippi," said her husband, Travis. "But, she continued to strive for excellence in education and always insisted on the worth of each individual student." Other survivors include: daughters, Alice Shirey Vanderford of Hernando, Chery Johnson of Matthews, N.C., Gaye Thomas of Trinity, N.C., Tanya Ferguson of Greenville and Jan Ferguson of Denver; sons, James Shirey Jr. of Hemando and Travis Ferguson Jr.
of Batesville; mother, Alice Portwood Neal of Greenville; brother, Fred Lee Neal Jr. of Greenville; and 11 grandchildren. Bessie Jennie Bardwell cashier BRANDON Bessie Jennie Bardwell, 95, a cashier, died of respiratory failure Saturday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services are 3 p.m. Tuesday at BaldwinLee Funeral Home with burial in Andrew's Chapel Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Bardwell was a Rankin County native and lived in Texas from 1964 to 1984. She was a member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church.
Survivors include: sons, Clovis Bardwell and Bardwell, both of Brandon; daughter, Bessie Christine Sprowles of Winona, Texas, and Martha Evelyn Chaplain of New Orleans; sister, Willie Belle Cagle of Brandon; and 17 grandchildren, 31 great- and one great-great-grandchild. Sara Almeda Benton homemaker MENDENHALL Sara Almeda Benton, 80, a homemaker, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Saturday at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church with burial in Poplar Springs Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-9 p.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Mrs. Benton was a Simpson County native. She was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
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Memorials may be made to Poplar Springs Baptist Church Building Fund, Mendenhall MS. Annie M. Brewer retired state employee FOREST Annie M. Brewer, 92, retired, 20-year employee at Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, died of heart failure Saturday at Leake Memorial Hospital. Services are 2 p.m.
today at Oft Lee Funeral Home with burial in Hillsboro Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is 8 a.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Brewer, a Newton County native, had lied in Scott County.
Survivors include: Goss of Union; daughter, Frances Bell of Forest; brother, Leroy Morehead of Conehatta; and 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Donald Ray Chambers store owner FOREST -Donald Ray Chambers, 56, a store owner, died of heart failure Friday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services were Sunday at Oft Lee Funeral Home with burial in Hillsboro Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Chambers was a Scott County native.
He was the former owner of Donnie's Bait Shop. He also was a member of Hillsboro Baptist Church. Survivors include: wife, Faye; sons, Donnie Chambers and Shawn Chambers, both of Forest, and Tim Chambers of Decatur; daughter, Tori Chambers of Forest; mother, Bessie Chambers of Forest; brother, Roger Chambers of Forest; and two grandchildren. Billy Austin Cooper truck driver PETAL Billy Austin Cooper, 81, a truck driver for Miller Transport for 36 years, died of cancer Sunday at his home. Services are 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday at Moore Funeral Home with burial in Roseland Park Cemetery. Visitation is 5-9 p.m. today and p.m. Tuesday at Oft Lee Funeral Home. Mr.
Cooper was a Scott County native and lived in Petal 31 years. He was a Baptist. Survivors include: wife, Nettie; sons, Lynn Austin Cooper and Billy Glenn Cooper, both of Petal; brother, Jimmie Lane Cooper of Morton; sisters, Betsy Comfort and Mary Nell Napp, both of Morton; and twc grandchildren. Aletha S. Cummings homemaker BROOKHAVEN Aletha S.
Cummings, 79, a homemaker, died of cancer Saturday at King's Daughters Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. today at Brookhaven Funeral Home with burial in Riverwood Cemetery. Visitation is 8-11 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Cummings was a Yazoo County native. She was a member of First Methodist Church. Survivors include: husband, Homer; sons, Homer Nelson Cummings of Jackson, Elton "Buzzy" Cummings of Bogue Chitto and Richard Gene Cummings of Purvis; daughter, Ollie Boone of Bogue Chitto; sisters, Myra Sadler, Doris Hilderbrand, Tot Hanco*ck, Rena Hilderbrand, Charlene Lancas- Affordable Retirement Living $895mo Admiral RETIREMENT CENTER 905 North State St. 601-948-4161 OTT LEE FUNERAL HOME Since 1934 Brandon 824-6018 Locally Forest 469-3412 Owned Morton 732-6571.
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Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland with burial in Parkway Memorial Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs.
Harrison was a Huron, S.D., native and had lived in Jackson 50 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson and volunteered in various civic organizations. She was a member of the educational sorority Alpha Delta Kappa. Survivors include: husband, Ray; daughters, Lenice Hopkins of Brandon and Diane Noel of Saucier; sons, Bruce Herring of Zackery, and David Herring of Prairieville, brother, Jack Cranston of Huron; and nine grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren. Memorials may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children Wahabi Temple, P.O.
Box 2750, Jackson MS 39207, or to Gateway Rescue Mission, 328 S. Gallatin Jackson MS 39203. James Lee Howard maintenance worker OXFORD James Lee Howard, 27, a maintenance worker for Georgia Pacific, died of a gunshot wound Saturday on Mississippi 315 near Batesville. Police are investigating his death as a homicide. Services are 10 a.m.
today at Browning Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Howard was a Memphis native and a member of Pilgrims Rest Church in Panola County. He was a Marine veteran. Survivors include: parents, Kenneth and Linda Howard of Oxford; sisters, Michelle Turner of Middleburg, Fla.
and Tonya Kaye Howard of Batesville; and brother, Jeffery Eugene Howard of Orange Park, Fla. Phyllis Irehene Hurst retired seamstress GREENWOOD Phyllis Irehene Hurst, 90, a retired seamstress, died of heart failure Wednesday at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation is 10 a.m.
Tuesday at Wilson Knight Funeral Home. Mrs. Hurst was a Moline, native and resident before moving to Greenwood. She was the widow of Florus Hurst. She was cared for by her niece, Marlene Sivley of Greenwood.
Survivors include: nieces and nephews. Scott McCain business owner EUPORA Scott McCain, 37, owner of Custom Exteriors, died Friday of a gunshot wound off Hazlewood Road in the Griffin community of West Point. Police are investigating his death as a homicide. Graveside services are 1 p.m. today in Old Cumberland Cemetery.
Oliver Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. McCain was a Houston, native. Survivors include: wife, Nora; mother, Shirley Love Dutton of Mathiston; father, John William McCain Jr. of Costa Rica; and grandfather, John William McCain Sr.
of Long Beach. Bernice McCullar Morris homemaker BATESVILLE Bernice McCullar Morris, 83, a homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Batesville Manor Nursing Home. Services are 2 p.m. today at Goodhope Baptist Church with burial in Goodhope Cemetery. Wells Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Morris was a Panola County native. She was a member of Goodhope Baptist Church. She was the widow of Howard Wesson Morris. Survivors include: daughters, Shirley Franks Wells of Senatobia and Joyce Thaggard of Laurel; sons, James Wesson Morris, Gerald Morris and Howard Kelly Morris, all of Batesville; sister, Mildred Crowell Bailey of Courtland; brother, Shelby McCullar of Batesville; and 19 grandchildren, 26 greatgrandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
obituaries free of charge. Since they are required. Included are the deoccupation; date, cause and place and survivors. Obituaries received day's editions. Information must be ter and Dorothy Sadler, all of Bentonia, and Thetis Fuller of Jackson; and 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Calvin Douglas Dettor vendor MEMPHIS Calvin Douglas Dettor, 64, a vendor for Tennessee Business Enterprises, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Hospital South. Services are 4 p.m. today at Dickins Funeral Home in Batesville, with burial in Black Jack Cemetery. Mr. Dettor was a Panola County, native and member of Black Jack Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include: wife, Mary; and sister, Peggy Dettor Vinson of Memphis. Ruth Watkins Durrett retired schoolteacher COVINGTON, La. Ruth Watkins Durrett, 90, a retired schoolteacher, died of heart. failure Friday at Lacombe Nursing Home. Services are 11 a.m.
Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, with burial in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Visitation is 9 a.m. Tuesday at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Durrett was a Philadelphia native and had lived in Covington eight years.
She was a member and Sunday school teacher at First United Methodist Church of Philadelphia. She was the widow of T.J. Durrett. Survivors include: daughter, Bettye Simpson of Covington; sister, Ellen Haddock of Philadelphia; and two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Lawrence M.
Foster retired equipment operator FLORENCE Lawrence M. Foster, 89, a retired heavy equipment operator, died of heart failure Friday at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. Services are 11 a.m. today at Rosemont Gardens Funeral Home in Jackson with burial in Greenfield Cemetery in Glen Allan. Mr.
Foster was a Belzoni native. He was a member of Florence Assembly of God Church and also was an active former member and deacon of Indianola Assembly of God Church. Survivors include: wife, Annie; sons, Donald M. Foster of Temple, Texas, Carl E. Foster of Florence and David L.
Foster of Hurley; daughters, Barbara Sue Windham of Houston, Texas, Nancy June Corley of Florence, Rebecca Bender of Springfield, and Elsie Elaine Graves of Hendersonville, sister, Kate Daniels of Hattiesburg; and 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or Florence Assembly of God Church. Eva Malone Harrington homemaker BAY SPRINGS Eva Malone Harrington, 80, a homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Rush Hospital. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.
Michael Catholic Church with burial in St. Michael Cemetery. Visitation is p.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Mrs.
Harrington was a Laurel native. She was a parishioner of St. Michael Catholic Church and was a member of the Altar Society. She was the widow of William Harrington. Survivors include: son, William Harrington of Jackson; and daughter, Joan Wilson of Oxford.
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Tues. At Lone Pine Baptist Church Burial Lone Pine Church Cemetery 601-977-0665 Eugene E. Pearson retired millwright WEST POINT Eugene E. Pearson, 91, a retired millwright, died of kidney failure Saturday at Aberdeen-Monroe County Hospital. Services are 10 a.m.
today at Calvert Funeral Home with burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Memory Garden Cemetery in Memphis. Mr. Pearson was a Dyersburg, native, who had lived in West Point, Memphis and Kenton, before returning to West Point. He was a carpenter and homebuilder.
He built and lived in the first F.H.A. home in West Point. He was a member and deacon at First Baptist Church. Survivors include: wife, Geneva; daughters, Peggy Adams of Dothan, Jan Little of Athens, and Monica Blanton of Hamilton; sons, Robert Russell of New Augusta and Butch Russell of Jackson; and 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O.
Box 794, West Point, MS 39773. Thomas A. Phillips Army veteran RICHLAND Thomas A. Phillips, 71, an Army veteran of World War II, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Healthcare. Services were Saturday at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home with burial in Rosemont Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Phillips was a Covington, native and had lived in Jackson most of his life before moving to Richland. He was an avid golfer. Survivors include: wife, Audrey; sons, Tom Phillips of Richardson, Texas, Rick Phillips of Pearl, David Phillips of Brandon and Mike Phillips of Jackson; daughter, Patty Gray of Jackson; brother, Charles Phillips of Covington, sister, Linda Sue Anderson of Florida; and 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St.
Therese Catholic Church or the American Heart Association. Dale Ann Roberts homemaker GREENVILLE Dale Ann Roberts, 52, a homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Daughters Hospital. are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mortimer Funeral Home with burial in Greenville City Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Mrs. Roberts was a Greenville native. She was a Greenville High graduate. She had lived in New Orleans more than 14 years before returning to Greenville.
Survivors include: husband, Tommy Roberts of Greenville; and mother, Doris Hartman Seguin of Greenville. Edward 'Edsel' Savell auto mechanic PELAHATCHIE Edward "'Edsel" Savell, 54, an auto mechanic, died of cancer Sunday at Whispering Pines Hospice in Jackson. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at McClainHays Funeral Home with burial in Sandtown Cemetery. Visitation is 3-9 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Mr. Savell was a Sandtown native and longtime resident. He was self-employed. Survivors include: daughters, Mary Johnson and Jennifer Embry, both of Philadelphia; brothers, Medrick Savell of Laurel and Pheris Savell of Philadelphia; sisters, Mary Ragan of Pelahatchie and Jeannette Irons of Philadelphia; and several grandchildren.
John William Steen bulldozer operator CANTON John William Steen, 84, a bulldozer operator, died of cancer Saturday at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lone Pine Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 4-8 p.m.
today at, Nowell-Flippin Funeral Home. Mr. Steen was a Rankin County native. He was a member of Lone Pine Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his children and grandchildren.
Survivors include: wife, Annie; daughters, Ann Steen Hitsman and Elaine Steen Forbush, both of Canton; brothers, Hubert Steen of Itasco, Texas, and Haynes Steen of Rockdale, Texas; and seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Robert Lee Thompson retired watchman MANTEE Robert Lee Thompson, 75, a retired night watchman, died of heart failure Saturday at North Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m. today at Houston Funeral Home with burial in Wake Forrest Cemetery. Mr.
Thompson was a Sparta native. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Survivors include: sons, Ellis Thompson of Mantee and Jerry Thompson of Prairie; sister, Fowler Smith of Eupora; and seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Hansford Charles Vest retired aircraft engineer COLLINS Hansford Charles Vest, 78, a retired aircraft engineer, died of respiratory arrest Friday at Forrest General Hospital.
Services are 3 p.m. today at Mims-Mitchell Funeral Home with burial in New Bethlehem Cemetery. Mr. Vest was a Amherst County, native who later moved to Covington County. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Collins.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. He was a World War veteran and had received numerous awards and medals, including the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts. Mr. Vest had been a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the 101st Airborne Division Association and the Order of the Purple Heart. Survivors include: wife, Loraine; sons, Malcolm Vest of Commerce, Jay Charles Vest of Mankato, and David McKay Vest of Los Angeles; daughter, Brenda Lockett of Lexington, sister, Littie Naomi Vest of Virginia; and three grandchildren.
Martin V. 'Buddy' Wenzler sales representative BRANDON Martin V. "Buddy" Wenzler, 68, a sales representative for Vaughn-Bassett Furniture died of heart failure Saturday at River Oaks Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home on High Street with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Wenzler was a Memphis native and lived in Jackson 40 years before moving to Brandon. He was a member of St.
Jude lic Church. He was a member of Mississippi Home Furnishings Representative Association. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. TIRO Survivors include: wife, Darwin; and sisters, Patsy Rybarczyk of St.
Joseph, and Kathleen Magner of Memphis. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Chil-, dren Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis TN 38101. John Ruben White carpenter 1900 1015 RICHLAND John Ruben White, 94, al carpenter, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Healthcare.
Graveside services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-9, p.m. today at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home. Mr.
White was an Attala County native and had lived in Richland 47 years. He was a member of County Line Baptist Church. Survivors include: sons, Harold White and Bobby White, both of Richland; daughter, Kathryn Land of Richland; and 10 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and five greatgreat-grandchildren. Mill: Levee work should be completed by 2000 From 1B erate the discharge of dioxins in waste water. Dioxins form a closely scrutinized class of chemicals thought to pose risks of cancer and other ailments in very small amounts.
The Yazoo already has been scarred The Yazoo by decades of already has heavy cide runoff been scarred from the sur- by decades of farmland. rounding heavy Long after pesticide DDT was runoff from banned in the 1972, fish from the Yazoo con- surrounding tained the farmland. highest levels of the pesticide among more than 100 U.S. rivers sampled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Such testing stopped in 1985, but DDT and similar chemicals can persist in river bottoms for decades. Hamil said he welcomed the county bond issue to help the mill raise its levees. "This should expedite their work." The mill has agreed to complete the work by the year 2000, Ford said. The most critical work will be done before then, he said. Ford also said the mill is using ash recycled from the burning of Bruce Clarion-Ledger bark to help build up the the levees.
This year, spring flooding of the Yazoo River has forced International PaThe ash is encapsulated with per's Redwood mill north of Vicksburg to seek alternate means of disclay. charging waste water, suchias an above-ground pump..
