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THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL Friday, January 17, 2003 B3 Former City Council leader Gwen Awsumb dies By Bill Dries Gwen Awsumb held the highest political office any woman had ever achieved in Memphis politics when she became chairman of the City Council in 1970. Political pundits of the day wondered aloud how a woman would survive the city's tough and often personal politics. But Mrs. Awsumb held her own in the limelight and became an icon for women drawn to local politics. Mrs.

Awsumb died Thursday evening of cancer at Allen Morgan Health Center. She was 87. Funeral arrangements were incomplete late Thursday. Memorial Park Funeral Home Anglin, Bobby 'Honey' L. Baker, Mary V.

'Ginger' Biggers, Mary Irene Bolden, Mattie P. Bridges, Ladarias Brooks, Della Jean Burt, James L. Crawford, Annie Davis, Janice I. Fulton, Frederick Douglas Gantert, Bernice Catherine 'Bee' Gilkey, Herman Andrew Hall, Janie Hudson, Jimmy James, Sallie Vera Jeans, Clifton Johnson-Dowden, Jacqueline Marie Keesee, Emily Hull Luckett, Stella Madglyn, Bryan Massengill, Una V. Austin McAdams, Othell Jr.

McNeil, Roosevelt en Newman, Ida Nicholson, Clark E. Norfleet, Garvin O'Neal, Clyde Reeves, Clarice Whitehead Richardson, Jim Henry Shelton, Udell Shipp, Eddie Terrell, Lucille Voyles, Richard Lee Walton, Betty Jean Whitney, James Anna Woods, Marie Yarbro, Betty Barton DEATHS ELSEWHERE Hubbard, Harry Wood, Luther Eugene MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS Through Thursday, Jan. 16 BOBBY 'HONEY' L. ANGLIN, 65, of Cockrum, retired dairy farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 11 Saturday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Cockrum Cemetery.

Mr. Anglin, the husband of Ophelia Anglin, also leaves a daughter, Debby Brown; a son, Barry Anglin; his mother, Lazelle Anglin, and a brother, Clyde Anglin, all of Cockrum, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Cockrum United Methodist Church Building Fund. MARY V. 'GINGER' BAKER, 60, of Sanford, died Tuesday in Sanford.

Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodhaven Cemetery Millington. Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Debora Daniel of Sanford and Crystal Villard of Garland, Texas; two sons, Harry Blizard of Florida and Tracy Baker of Atoka, two brothers, Bill Bowser and Jimmy Bowser of Florida, and 11 grandchildren. MARY IRENE BIGGERS, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rome (Miss.) Cemetery. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. She was a Baptist and former nurse's aide in Tucson, Ariz. Mrs.

Biggers, the widow of Warren Word Biggers, also leaves two. daughters, Catherine Blackwell of Memphis and Elizabeth Smith of Grenada, a son, Warren Thomas Biggers of Friendship, 10 grandand children, four 15 great dren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Alzheimer Association. MATTIE P. BOLDEN, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital.

Services will be at noon Saturday at St. John Baptist Church on Barron, where she was an usher, with burial in Liberty Branch Cemetery in Moscow, Tenn. R. S. Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Bolden, the widow of Bobbie L. Bolden, leaves two daughters, Mary Gray and Louise Bolden, both of Memphis; four sons, Willie Bolden and Edward Bolden, both of Memphis, and Herbert Bolden and Michael Bolden, both of Chicago; a brother, Roosevelt Holmes of Memphis, 20 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. LADARIAS BRIDGES, 12-yearold son of Barbara A.

Belmont and James Bridges of Memphis, student of Gordon Elementary School, died Jan. 8 at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Zion Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in McCulley Cemetery in Oakland, Tenn. J.0. Patterson Mortuary has charge.

He was a member of True Liberty Baptist Church. He also leaves a sister, Alisha Bridges, and two brothers, Brian Pierce and Kenny Pierce, all of Memphis; his grandparents, Virginia Pierce a and Wayne Belmont, both of Memphis, and Dixie Taber of Clarksdale, and his great-grandmother, Helen Pierce of DELLA JEAN BROOKS, 52, of Memphis, formerly of Somerville, certified nursing assistant for Loving Hands died Sunday has charge. Mrs. Awsumb moved with her family to Memphis from Marshall, when she was 15. She was a Gwen graduate of St.

Awsumb Mary's Episcopal School and Rhodes College, which was then Southwestern at Memphis. Politics was not foreign to her. Her father, Carl A. Robinson, was a Michigan state legislator the first Democrat elected in his predominantly Republican county since the Civil War. Mrs.

Awsumb's first political involvement in Memphis was in the 1950s with a voter regis- Gwen at Methodist Healthca University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Nollies Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Somerville with burial in Pisgah Cemetery there. J. A.

Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She leaves three daughters, LaNelle Stewart, Nakia Stewart and Rachael Brooks, and three sons, Timothy, Brooks, Steven Brooks and Samuel Brooks, all of Memphis; five sisters, Lillian McGhee of Moscow, Mary C. Chamers of Somerville, and Brenda Bond, Vanessa Bratton and Deloris Crawford, all of Memphis; five brothers, Eugene Anderson of Moscow, Ray Crawford of Somerville, Augusta Crawford of Memphis, Karl Crawford of Florida and Kevin Crawford of San Francisco, and eight grandchildren. JAMES L. BURT, 85, of Mountain Home, formerly of Memphis, retired printer for The Commercial Appeal after 37 years, died Jan.

4 in Mountain Home. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 25 at Mountain Home First Presbyterian Church. Roller Funeral Home in West Helena has charge.

He was a World War I1 veteran, editor and publisher ofthe ITU Local 10 newsletter, the Memphis Union News and the Mid-South Golfer magazine, and a member of the Memphis Philatelic Society. Mr. Burt, the widower of Jane Mackinnon Burt, leaves a daughter, Kathryn Templin of Mountain Home; a son, James L. Burt Ill of Fort Worth, Texas; a sister, Betty Jo Henderson of Greenville, three granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. ANNIE CRAWFORD, 90, of Cordova, homemaker, died Wednesday in Cordova.

Services will be at 10 Funeral a.m. Home Saturday in at Roller -Citizens with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery there. She leaves two daughters, Joy Crawford Jones of Memphis and Mary Crawford Bradshaw of Oklahoma City; two sons, Jack Crawford of Marvell, and Bobby Crawford of Lambert, and 21 grandchildren. JANICE I. DAVIS, 70, of Memphis, retired dietitian from Methodist Healthcare, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar, Chapel with entombment Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Faith Christian Church Christian Women's Fellowship and King's Daughters. Mrs. Davis was the of Philip D.

Davis. The family requests that memorials be sent to Faith Christian Church. FREDERICK DOUGLAS FULTON, 41, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Worldwide Church of God with New Park Cemetery.

N. J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Ernestine Fulton, and a sister, Sonya Monique Herrod, both of Memphis, and a brother, Tony Marlowe Fulton of Atlanta. formerly of Memphis, died Jan.

9 in Franklin, Tenn. Memorial mass will be said at 6:30 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Catholic Church here. Dahl Funeral Home in Bozeman has charge.

She was a former communicant of St. Therese-Little Flower Catholic Church and president of the DCCW, a member of the Legion of Mary and Ladies of Charity. Mrs. Gantert, the widow of Tom Gantert, leaves six daughters, Mary Micallef of Bitburg, Germany, Catherine Hughes of Franklin, Barbara Covello of Pleasantville, N.Y., Stephanie Sisk and Teresa Gantert, both of Southaven, and Lauren Meddings of Bozeman; two sons, Rev. Richard M.

Gantert of Memphis and Thomas J. Gantert of Colorado, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Seminarian Fund in Memphis. HERMAN ANDREW GILKEY, 77, of Wabasso, formerly of Memphis, died Tuesday at West Palm Beach (Fla.) VA Hospital. N.

J. Ford Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Gilkey, the widower of Annie Lewis Gilkey, leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Gilkey of Brownsville, a sister, Rebecca Porter of Muskogee, Okla; a brother, Harvey Gilkey of Wichita, five grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren and four greatgreat-grandchildren.

JANIE HALL, 93, of Covington, farm worker, died Tuesday at Covington Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Covington, where she was a member, with burial in Plummers Grove Cemetery there. Mason (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge.

She leaves a brother, William Hall of Covington. JIMMY HUDSON, 56, of Memphis, formerly of McKenzie, BERNICE CATHERINE 'BEE' GANTERT, 83, of Bozeman, tration group called the Civic Research Committee. Years later, she recalled knocking on doors to find any unregistered voters and encountering women who said they did not believe it was proper for women to vote. Mrs. Awsumb ran for the State House in 1956, winning the GOP primary before losing in the general election.

When civic leaders looked at consolidation of city and county government and then a restructuring of city government, Mrs Awsumb served on the charter committee that recommended the city's current mayor-council form of government. 1967 elections to fill those newly created positions, she was elected to the District 2 seat, the only woman on the maintenance worker, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery there.

He leaves his father and stepmother, Charles Hudson Jr. and Kelly Hudson; a sister, Wanda Hudson, and a brother, Jerry Hudson, all of McKenzie. SALLIE VERA JAMES, 87, of Las Vegas, formerly of Memphis, retired teacher from Memphis City Schools, died Sunday at The Manor in Las Vegas. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Castalia Missionary founder Baptist of Church, International where she Ministers' was, Wives Council, with burial in National Cemetery.

Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was president of the Baptist Ministers' Wives Guild, Outstanding Volunteer for Memphis Juvenile Court and American Red Cross and graduate of Rust College. Mrs. James, the widow of Rev. Robert L.

James, leaves three sisters, Mary Watkins of Memphis, Elizabeth Mitchell of Lakeview Terrace, and Remell Hence of Las Vegas, and a brother, Robert McCoy of Memphis. CLIFTON JEANS, 86, of Hernando, laborer, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Knights Chapel Church with burial in Carrollton Cemetery. Hernando Funeral Home has charge.

Mr. Jeans, the widower of Annie Mae McLawyer, leaves five daughters, Dorothy Jeans, Alma Ruby Payne, Dorrine Jeans and Ida Brown, all of Memphis; four sons, Alonzo Jeans of Hernando, and Willie Jeans, Clifton Jeans and Terry C. Jeans, all of Memphis; two sisters, Flora Jeans Cole and Ada Jeans Wooten, both of Hernando, 60 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and 70 great-great-grandchildren. JACQUELINE MARIE JOHNSONDOWDEN, 49, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. M.

J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of South Parkway Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Joni Sherri Dowden; a son, Deven Neo Johnson; a sister, Amanda Parker, and five brothers, George W. Sumlar, Ellis H.

Johnson, Deven Leo Johnson, Anzell Johnson and Willie Johnson, all of Memphis, and eight grandchildren. DEATHS DEATHS 13-member body. Two months after the council members took office, sanitation workers went on strike, thrusting the new city leaders into the intense confrontation between the union representing the workers and Mayor Henry Loeb. What started as a labor dispute took on a life of its own, releasing decades of pent-up racial ills that were often aired at tense City Council sessions and in marches ending at City Hall. The strike brought Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. to the city, where he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Decades later, Awsumb said she felt "sadness and rage that it happened in our town." "I just felt like there was some way we could have avoided it. I just had so many Memphis and Dallas, retired from Standard Construction Co. in Cordova, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Powell Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Holly Springs with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden there. J. F. Brittenum Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge.

He was a member of Anderson Chapel CME Church and the NAACP. Mr. McAdams, the husband of Josephine Hubbard McAdams, leaves four daughters, LaShandra M. MAdams of Holly Springs, Jacquelyn Montgomery of Cedar Hill, Texas, Cheryl Cole of Grand Prairie, Texas, and Shawn Edwards Dallas; four sons, Clifton MAdams and Rodney Taylor, both of Holly Springs, Otheli McAdams Ill of Dallas and Thomas Earl McAdams of Duncanville, Texas; stepdaughter, Marsha Hubbard of Holly Springs, and 14 grandchildren. retired custodian for Methodist Hospital, died Sunday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.

Services will be at noon Saturday at Asbury CME Church in Somerville with burial in New Mt. Zion Church Cemetery there. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mr.

McNeil, the widower of Sarah Jane McNeil, leaves three daughters, Virginia Hussey of Somerville, and Ossie Harris and Earnestine Lee, both Memphis; four sons, Theldo McNeil of Houston, Texas, William C. McNeil and Burldy D. McNeil, both of Toledo, Ohio, and Larry Robertson McNeil of Memphis, 45 grandchildren and 95 great ROOSEVELT McNEIL, 95, of Memphis, formerly of Somerville, IDA NEWMAN, 70, of 376 Hewlett, private-duty nurse, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hebrew Church of God in Christ, where she was a church mother, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens.

J.0. Patterson Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Newman, the wife of Eddie Newman, also leaves five daughters, Sandra R. Montgomery, Glenda V.

Wheeler, Trinny L. Frazier, Pamela E. and Kimberly S. Frazier, all of Memphis; nine sons, Bobby J. Bynum of Laurel, and David L.

Jones, Willie Frazier Johnny A. Frazier, Everett R. Marty J. Michael O. Frazier, Steve C.

Frazier and Patrick C. Frazier, all of Memphis; a sister, Dora Blount Bonds of Elkhart, a brother, Joseph Blount of Memphis, 46 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. CLARK E. NICHOLSON, 36, of Memphis, travel agency owner, died Thursday at his home. Memorial services will be at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East. He leaves his parents, Jack and Nancy Nicholson of Memphis; two brothers, Todd Nicholson of Hartford, and Michael Nicholson of Madison, and his grandmother, Mable Murdock of Millington. GARVIN NORFLEET, 77, of Memphis, retired from the Postal Service, died Thursday at Oakville Nursing Home. M. J.

Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Salem Gilfield Baptist Church. He leaves three daughters, Jackie Norfleet of California, and Cherilyn Norfleet and Angela Norfleet, both of Memphis; six sons, Garvin Norfleet, Ronald Norfleet, Carl Norfleet and Randy Norfleet, all of Memphis, Reginald Norfleet of and Barron Norfleet of Detroit, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. CLYDE O'NEAL, 88, of 75 South Parkway retired custodian from Kimco Auto Parts, died Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at noon today at M.

J. Edwards and Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in National Cemetery. Mr. O'Neal, the widower of Ruth Mae O'Neal, leaves a daughter, Beverly Couch of Memphis; two sons, Robert O'Neal of Memphis and Clyde O'Neal Jr. of San Diego; a stepsister, Mattie Mathis, and a stepbrother, W.

C. Stafford, both of Cleveland, Ohio, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. CLARICE WHITEHEAD REEVES, 94, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Allen Morgan Health Center. Services will be at 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.

She was a volunteer for the American Red Cross. Mrs. Reeves, the widow of Roy Reeves, leaves a daughter, Clara A. Reeves of Memphis. Covington, retired from Lilly Industries, died Monday at his home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Barlow Funeral Home in Covington with burial in St. Paul Chapel Cemetery in Drummonds, JIM HENRY RICHARDSON, 86, of Memphis, formerly of regrets," she said in a 1995 interview with The Commercial Appeal. Elected by other council members as chairman in 1970, Mrs. Awsumb declined any labels suggesting she was a "feminist." "It's still a man's world," she told a YWCA luncheon during her first month as chairman.

"If women are going to revolt, let's revolt against apathy. Let's revolt against the extremes that threaten to drown out the sound voice of moderation. Let's work for things that made us great in the first place." Mrs. Awsumb ran for election to an at-large council seat in the 1971 city elections and won. She resigned from the council in 1975 when Mayor Wyeth Chandler appointed Tenn.

Mr. Richardson, the husband of Judie Faye Richardson, also leaves five daughters, Consandra Thompson and Kandi Gray, both of Memphis, and Sharon Brown, Goldie Brown and Audrey Brown, all of Milwaukee; five sons, Darrell Maclin of Memphis, Danny Richardson and Jimmy Brown, both of Milwaukee, David Brown of Miami, and Shepard Pitchford of Fort Knox, 20 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. UDELL SHELTON, of Memphis, homemaker, 'died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. R. S.

Lewis Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Union Grove Holiness Church. Mrs. Shelton, the wife of Walace Shelton, also leaves a son, Minister Garry Shelton of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. EDDIE SHIPP, 82, of Memphis, retired cement truck driver, died Thursday at High Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Center.

M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of New Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Mr.

Shipp, the husband of Florida Shipp, also leaves a son, Robert Shipp, and two sisters, Callene Weaver and Beatrice Caples, all of Memphis, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. LUCILLE TERRELL, 51, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be 9 a.m. Saturday at World Overcomers Outreach Ministries, where she was a member, with burial in Union Cemetery. M.

J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, Darryl Flowers; her mother, Eddie B. Williams, and four sisters, Betty. Redd, Patterson Christine and Malone, Williams, all of Memphis, and a grandchild.

RICHARD LEE VOYLES, 71, of Bartlett, formerly of Texarkana, retired foreman from GTE, died Wednesday at Cordova Rehab Nursing Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. He was a Presbyterian. He leaves a daughter, Angela Dawn Golden of North Little Rock, three sons, David Alan Voyles of Bartlett, Michael Lee Voyles of Columbia, S.C., and Jeffrey Kent Voyles of Little Rock; a sister, Betty Brown of Hillsboro, five brothers, Reynolds Voyles of Hillsboro, Bill Voyles of Butler, Jim Voyles of McMinnville, Jack Voyles of New London, Iowa, and David Allen Voyles of Alton, and 11 grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a hospice service of the donor's choice.

BETTY JEAN WALTON, 54, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Golden Gate Full Gospel Baptist Church with burial in Union Cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge.

She leaves three daughters, Cheryl Jackson, Christia Ivery and Tonya Walton; two sisters, Betty Jean Ransom and Erlyne Jones, and a brother, Henry Walton, all of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. JAMES ANNA WHITNEY, 99, of Memphis, formerly of Moscow, 10 great-grandchildren. MARIE WOODS, 66, of Mem- homemaker, died Tuesday at Allenbrooke Health Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Moscow, where she was a mother board member, with burial in New Zion Cemetery there.

J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville, has charge. Mrs. Whitney, the widow of Cash Whitney, leaves a daughter, Jeannette R.

James of Jackson, three sons, Barkley Whitney, Willie C. Whitney, and Irby Whitney, all of Memphis; two sisters, Millie Barry of Chicago and Vivian McDonald of Memphis, 23 grandchildren and BETTY BARTON YARBRO, 74, of Atoka, homemaker, died phis, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Center Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where she was usher board member, with burial in the church cemetery. Victory Funeral Home has charge.

She was a member of Zion No. 17 Lodge. Mrs. Woods, the widow of James Woods, leaves two daughters, Evelyn Lee and Bunny Woods, and a sister, Bunny Sharp, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tenn.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery there. She leaves two daughters, Joanie Burlison of Atoka and Lori J. Young of Cole Camp, a son, Richard B. Turnage of Atoka; a sister, Frances Miller of Covington; her as the first head of the city's department of Housing and Community Development.

She served in that post through 1981. During her 14-year run in city politics, Mrs. Awsumb was frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for mayor, but she never ran. She took up golf after leaving city government, serving as president of Galloway Ladies Golf Club. Mrs.

Awsumb quipped that golf and politics were alike because success involved shooting straight. Mrs. Awsumb took up the political challenge again in 1995 when she was appointed to the Shelby Farms Board, serving five years as chairman before retiring in 2000. Bill Dries: 529-2643 a brother, Billy D. Barton of Atoka, and four grandchildren.

Springs, retired from Burlington Northern Railroad, died Monday at Alliance Healthcare System in Holly Springs. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Christ Temple Church of God in Christ in Holly Springs, where he was a member, with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden there. J. F.

Brittenum Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. Mr. Hubbard, the husband of Lucy L. Isom Hubbard, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Hope Jones; a stepdaughter, Patricia Allen, and a sister, Corrine Powell, all of Memphis, 25 grandchildren and eight great DEATHS ELSEWHERE HARRY HUBBARD, 88, of Holly LUTHER EUGENE WOOD, 73, 0 of Oxford, retired heavy-equip- ment operator for Brown and Root Engineering died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford with burial in Abbeville (Miss.) Cemetery. He was a member of Abbeville Baptist Church. Mr. Wood, the husband of Lenora Wood, also leaves local survivors including a daughter, Patsy Clifton of Hernando; a son, Larry Eugene Wood of Bartlett, 20 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Abbeville Baptist Church Building Fund.

FUNERALS Betty Jean Banks, 50. M. J. Edwards Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel at noon Saturday. Burial in Avery Cemetery in Southaven.

Clemmie Clark, 72. Greater Lewis Street Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Cemetery in Millington. M.

J. Edwards Sons See Page B6 Deaths EMILY HULL KEESEE, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Episcopal Church, where she was a member of St. Margaret's Guild, with entombMemorial Park Mausoleum.

Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a graduate of The Hutchison School and Vassar College, a member of the Junior League, Memphis Country Club, Little Garden Club, Chickasaw Garden Club, Tuesday Study Club, Del Ray Yacht Club and Gulf Stream Club and former board member of Memphis College of Art and Episcopal Girls Home. Mrs. Keesee, the widow of Thomas M. Keesee, leaves a daughter, Louise Lamoreaux Purcell of New York City; three sons, Thomas M.

Keesee John Keesee and Lawrence Keesee, and a sister, Helen Hull Freeburg, all of Memphis, four grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Calvary Episcopal Church or the Church Health Center. STELLA MADGLYN BRYAN LUCKETT, 76, of Longtown, formerly of Memphis, retired sales clerk, died Wednesday a at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at C.

O. Pate Funeral Home in Senatobia, with burial in Longtown Cemetery. Mrs. Luckett, the wife of William Smith Luckett for 58 years, also leaves two daughters, Sandra Louise Thomas of Dickson, and Tina Katherine Priestas of Cordova; four sons, William Ray Luckett of Weatherford, Texas, John Wesley Luckett of Bartlett, Richard Neal Luckett of Sarah, and David Bryan Luckett of Garland, Texas; a sister, Peggy Edwards of Santa Clara, a brother, Robert Bryan of New York City, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to St.

Jude Chil- dren's Research UNA V. AUSTIN MASSENGILL, 90, of Memphis, formerly of Henderson, retired from Salant Salant, died Wednesday at Sycamore View Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Casey Funeral Home in Henderson with burial in Chester County Memory Gardens there. Mrs.

Massengill, the widow of Alvin Ervin Massengill, leaves a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. OTHELL MADAMS 63, of Holly Springs, formerly of KIRK KIMBERLY YVETTE KIRK, Visitation Jan. 17, 2003, 5-7 PM. Olivet Fellowship Baptist Church, 4450 Knight Arnold Road, in State Sat. Jan.

18, AM. Funeral Ceremony 12:00 Noon. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Dr. Fred C.

Lofton, officiating. Arrangements professional services by: Harrison's Funeral Home, Inc, Orange Mound Chapel, 2647 Carnes Ave, 901-452-7331 Pald In Memoriam Happy Birthday Frank 'Diddy' Guy, Love, Your Wife, Vervie, Daughter, Frankie, Son-in-law, Hayward, GUY Grandchildren, Darin (Sylvia), Alecia (Mario) Angela a (Terry), Great Grandsons, Mario, DJ, Desmond, Dominique Stefan. Rest in Peace 'Diddy' In Loving Memory Of TONI CURTISA JOHNSON Eventhough you are gone, you are still in our thoughts. We love cherish TE TE our memories of you. You will always be in our hearts.

Happy 16th Birthday TeTe! Love, your mother, Tammy; stepfather, Mark; sisters: Shuronda Sandra; brothers, Anthony, Brandon, DeMarkus; grandmothers, grandfather, aunts, uncles, cousins When we first brought you home from the hospital I knew you were special. You are still a part of me. Although you are gone, It seems that it was just yesterday when God took you home-because He saw you were special too. You will always be in my heart. Your grandmother, Ether To place a paid Obituary or In Memoriam, call.