The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee (2024)

November 21, 1989

Publication:

The Commercial Appeali

Location:

Memphis, Tennessee

Issue Date:

Tuesday, November 21, 1989

Page:

3

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MSAR EDITION rrA P- THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21 1989 DEATHS Rites today for Sparks gun victim Ark spending anemic in needy ibelta counties areas have the most immediate need for new projects you do it based upon need and you define need as traffic congestion and high traffic counts then you have to go to the places where got the Slater said Tourism was cited by the Delta Commission as a possible means for boosting the region's economy But state Parks and Tourism Department records show the 16county area will get 76 percent of the S19 million in operating money for the 1989 budget year That excludes money spent in the headquarters at Little Rock Education fares somewhat better in the region on a proportionate basis Delta districts ceived $1719 million more than 27 percent of the contribution to school districts statewide during the 1987-1988 school year according to state Education Department figures Most of that money is apportioned under a formula devised in the legislature that's Intended to channel more money to poorer districts But the Delta compare as well when the combination of state and local money spent on students is examined Arkansas City was second highest in expenditures per student during the 1988-89 school year But only five Delta districts made the list of SO districts with the highest per-student expenditures that year In higher education the Delta will get only 159 percent of the money allocated for four-year institutions based on current projections for state appropriations The state will spend an average of $3055 per student in Delta four-year colleges compared to a statewide average of $4592 per student this year -I'if By Tha Ataociatad Press rrc 1 rjistate spending in the 16 counties of the Mississippi River Delta in Arkansas indicates the needs of the economically depressed area getting mpch special consideration obvious that state resources (in all nine states that comprise the Delta) are being allocated on a basis other than the greatest said Wilbur Hqwkins executive director of the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission 'Last month the commission iqnned under a congressional mandate to propose solutions to the economic woes issued an Interim report calling on the federal government to pev more attention to the region Jk comparison of spending by Arkansas in the region shows the state spend much more and in some cases spends less in the Delta than in other areas of the state VThere is a tendency to build on whatever's already in place harder to build some place that needs to be Hawkins said State records show money spent in the region on highways tourism and education three areas of need addressed in the report is no greater than spent in other areas I The Highway Department spent $3498 million on new project contracts in the 16 Delta counties from 1979 to 1988 partment figures show That amounts to 20 percent of the total projects in the 75 counties during that period Rodney Slater of Jonesboro a state highway commissioner whose district includes the nprthern Delta counties said more money was spent in areas because those gijowth on County pm Wednesday at Fredonla Baptist Church where she was a member with burial in Vista Memorial Park The widow of Broadus Baker she leaves five daughters Mrs Linda Womack of Jupiter Fla Mrs Wava Rakestraw Blue Springs and Mrs Wanda Henderson Mrs Kaye Hall and Mrs Gloria Bennett all of New Albany two sons James Baker of New Albany and Larry Baker of Verona 16 grandchildren and a great-grandchild PONTOTOC Mrs Pearl Mixon Lindsey 79 retired employee of the old Lowenstein's Department Store died Sunday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Browning Funeral Home with burial In West Heights Cemetery She was a member of Hackkburg Church of the Nazarene The widow of Dalton Theo Lindsey she leaves three sisters Mrs Mary Martin of New Orleans Mrs Grace Britnell Mrs Shellie Sims both of Memphis a half-sister Mrs Mona Taylor of Hackkburg Ala six grandchildren 12 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild SENATOBIA Heber Aiken 83 retired wholesale distributor for Standard Oil Co died Sunday at his home after a long illness Services will be at 2 pm today at Senatobia Church of Christ where he was a member with burial in Bethesda Cemetery Pate Funeral Home of Senatobia has charge He was a member of Senatobia Rotary Club He leaves his wife Irma Burns Aiken a brother Dr Aiken of Starkvile and a granddaughter SCOBEY Jerry Kerr Dogan 59 construction worker died at Grenada Lake Medical Center after an apparent heart attack Services will be at 1 pm today at National Funeral Home in Grenada with burial in Union Cemetery in Tillatoba He was a Korean War Army veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4488 He leaves his wife Ollie Simmons Dogan a daughter Mrs Nora Lee Murphy of Cleveland two sons Alan Dogan and Rusty Dogan both of Sco-bey three sisters Mrs Agnes Bratton of Grenada Mrs Jo Denley of Tillatoba and Mrs Etta Brown of Gor Springs a brother Jack Dogan of Vardaman and six grandchildren WEST POINT Dan Jolly 76 retired auto mechanic and farm worker died Sunday at West Point Nursing Home after an apparent heart attack Services will be at 1 pm today at Calvert Funeral Home with burial in Bevil Hill Cemetery in Winston County He was a Methodist and an Army veteran of World War He leaves three sisters Mrs Shirley Williams of Brooksvllle Mrs Nona Jones of Tuscaloosa Ala and Mrs Mary Emma Hartness of Starkvllle and three brothers Gilbert Jolly of Brooksvllle Sherrell Jolly of West Point and Floyd Jolly of San Antonia The family requests any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or to a charity of the donor's choice WINONA Nannk Mae Denson 78 died Sunday at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Oliver Funeral Home with burial in Beth-saida Cemetery in Montgomery County The widow of Ckyborn Monroe Denson she leaves a daughter Mrs Mary Lessie Rice of Denver two sons Thomas Wesley Denson of Panama City Fla Richard Monroe Denson of San Jose Calif a sister Mrs Thelma Geola Hogland of Denver two brothers 'Rowland' Walker of Winona and Sherman Wade Walker of Panama City and four grandchildren ARKANSAS EARLE Howard Norvell 70 of Earle retired employee of Dacus Casket Co died Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center Graveside services will be at 1 pm today at Gibson Bayou Cemetery Roller-Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis has charge He leaves his wife Emma Norvell a Mrs Jennifer Jackson of I a son John Norvell of Earle a sister Mrs Ann Pool of Memphis a brother Ben Richard Norvell of Phoenix Ariz and three grandchildren FORREST CITY James Griffin 70 retired Sanyo Corp engineer died Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis Services will be at 10:30 am today at Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church where he was a past elder with burial in Forrest Park Cemetery Stevens Funeral Home has charge He was past president of Forrest City American Association of Retired Persona He was a Mason and a member of Happy Days Club and the Ham Radio Club He leaves his wife Margaret Griffin a daughter Mrs Brenda Emery of Paris Texas a son Jim Griffin of Dallas a sister Mrs Bob Keen of Memphis and three grandchildren FORREST Mrs Nannie Sulcer 74 of Cordova Tenn formerly of FOrrest City died Monday at St Joseph Hospital Services will be at 2 pm today at Stevens Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Park Cemetery She was a member of Wi-dener Baptist Church She leaves a daughter Mrs Pat Rodgers of Tur-rell a son A1 Sulcer of Cordova a sister Mrs Estella Peevey of Forrest City 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren HARRISBURG Joe Hutchison 59 retired merchant and farmer died Sunday evening at his home Services will be at 1030 am Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Waldenburg where he was a member with burial in Wat denburg Cemetery Langford's Fit neral Service in Jonesboro has charge He was area director for the Arkansas Cattleman's Association founder of the Harrisburg Youth Program and past president of Harrisburg Jaycees He was a a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars He leaves his wife Katy Hutchison a daughter Mrs Maurie Lashlee of Saulsbury Tenn two sons Steve Hutchison of Memphis and John Hutchison of Harrisburg two sisters Mrs Bobble Broadway of Jonesboro and Mrs Francis Hollander of Louisville Ky two brothers Rex Hutchison of Evening Shade and Bill Hutchison of Wichita Foils Texas four grandchildren and a great-grandchild McCRORY Jimmy Currier 51 farmer died Sunday at Newport Hospital after an apparent heart attack Services will be at 2 pm today at Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson County where he was a member with burial in the church cemetery Thompson-WiL son Funeral Home of McCrory has charge He was an Army veteran He leaves his wife Edna Taylor Currier a daughter Miss Ronlca Currier a son James Currier his mother Mrs Bonnie Currier all of McCroiy a sister Mrs Maxine Snyder of San Bernardino Calif and two brothers Eugene Currier of McCrory and Currier of Cabot PARAGOULD Mrs Byrdie Rice Hartwkk 73 retired emp Cotton Belt Railroad died 5 Arkansas Methodist Hospital vices will be at 10 am today at Heath Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens She was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and a past worthy matron of Paragould Eastern Star She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Para- el She leaves her husband Wil-Hartwlck a stepdaughter Mrs Kay McGavln of Merritt Island Fla a stepson Billy Hartwkk of Paragould a brother Harry Rice of Del-plaine and a stepgrandchild WEST HELENA Mrs Geraldine Barlow of Tempe Ariz formerly of West Helena died Sept 12 in Tempe Memorial graveside services will be at 11 am Wednesday at Maple Hill Cemetery Roller-Citizens Funeral Home has charge MISSISSIPPI ABBEVILLE Mrs Grade Lee Barlow 84 died Sunday at South Panola Hospital in Batesville Sep vices will be at 2 pm today at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial inHilkrest Cemetery The widow of A Barlow she leaves two daughters Mrs Lorraine Kail of Paris Tenn and Mrs Phyllis Jean Ferrell of Abbeville two sons James Bap low of Southaven and Robert Freano of Selmer Ala seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren Mrs Swindle 79 died early Monday at Choctaw County Medical Center in Channel One to air in Coahoma schools of Locust Fork Robert Swindle of Warrior Ala Billy Swindle of Tupelo and Lt Cmdr Daniel Swindle (USN) of Norfolk Va a sister Mrs Avelyn Robertson of Ridgeland 13 stepgrandchlldren and two step-great-grandchildren ASHLAND Larry Earl Brown 33 of Detroit formerly of Ashland died Thursday in Detroit Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Lamar with burial in ML Zion CME Church Cemetery He leaves his mother Mrs Lula Brown Peterson of Detroit his father James Howell of Holly Springs six sisters Mrs Dianne Brown of Ashland and Mrs Darlene Mlddlebrook Ms Evelyn Peterson Ms Geraldine Peterson Ms Latonya Peterson and Ms Juanita Peterson all of Detroit seven brothers William Peterson Arthur Peterson James Peterson Martin Peterson Jerry Peterson Darren Peterson and Roger Peterson all of Detroit and his grandmother Mrs Frances Hampton Brown of Ashland BATESVILLE James Walter Lee 44 machine operator at Panola Mills died Saturday at South Panola Community Hospital after an appap ent heart attack Services will be at 2 pm today at Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery Century Funeral Home in Batesville has charge He leaves his wife Ruby Ford Lee three daughters Miss Sherry A Lee Mrs Aretha Lee Webb and Ms Shewanda A Lee two sons Albert James Lee and Byron Lee and two sisters Ms Linda Lee and Ms Cora Mae Lee all of Batesville two brothers Jimmy Lee of Batesville and Dwight Wayne Lee of Greenville CALHOUN CTTY Charlie Smith Hubbard 72 retired Calhoun County school bus mechanic died Monday at Community Hospital of Calhoun County Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Parker Memorial Funeral Home in Bruce with bup ial in ML Tabor Cemetery near Pitts-boro He leaves his wife Martha Belle Hubbard a daughter Mrs Annette Hitt of Jackson two sons Charles Carter Hubbard of Calhoun City and Jimmy Smith Hubbard of Bruce a sister Mrs Wilma Hicks of Grenada and seven grandchildren COLUMBUS Mrs Clara Eskew Bryan 74 died Sunday at Golden Triangle Regional Medical Center Services will be at 10 am Tuesday at 'First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with burial in Friendship Cemetery Gunter ft Peel Funeral Home has charge She leaves her husband Richard A Bryan a son Allen Wayne Bryan and a sister Mrs Hudson both of Columbus a brother Curtis Owen Eskew of Birmingham and two grandchildren CORINTH Mrs Lessie Dillingham Rogers 86 died Monday morning at her home Services will be at 2 pm today at McPeters Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery She was a member of Kossuth Church of Christ The widow of EC Rogers she leaves two daughters Mrs Bernice Kyle and Mrs Opal Bumpas both of Corinth seven grandchildren 14 greatgrandchildren and four great-greatgrandchildren Mrs Florence Caillouet 76 owner-operator of Skate-ARama died of heart failure Sunday at Delta Medical Center Sep vices will be at 2pm today at St Joseph Catholk Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Mortimer-National Funeral Home has charge She was a communicant of SL Joseph Catholk Church She leaves her husband Richard Caillouet two sons Marvin Caillouet of Greenville and Herbert Caillouet of Hattiesburg three sisters Mrs Mae Wallace Mrs Sophia Harmon and Mrs Del Sabatini all of Greenville and four grandchildren GREENVILLE Mrs Lois Elizabeth Irwin 64 died of heart failure Sunday at her home Services will be at 11 am today at Mortimer-National Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens She was a member of Northside Baptist Church She leaves her husband Maurice Irwin a daughter Mrs Ann Williams of Greenville two sons Ronnie Sinkey of Atlanta and Vernon Sinkey of Dallas a sister Mrs Kitty Bingham of Dumas Ark two brothers Warner Emmons of Batesville Ark and David Emmons of California and three grandchildren KOSCIUSKO Hugh Burchfield 82 of Jackson formerly of Kosciusko retired farmer died Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center Services will be at 2 pm today at Jordan Funeral Home with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery He was a Baptist and an Army veteran of World War IL He leaves two daughters Ms Faye Stewart of Jacksonville Fla and Mrs Amy Mitchell of Jackson three sons Jerry PI ocher of Houma La and Paul Burchfield and Rickey Burchfield both of Jacksonville a sister Mrs Lillian Wheat of Houston Texas a brother Clyde Burchfield of French Camp Miss and 11 grandchildren NEW ALBANY Mrs Vanna Lou Bell Baker 75 died Monday afternoon at Baptist Memorial Hospital- latTN Bank! 286-0658 (Wn 8mcW to The Commercial Appeal OXFORD Funeral services will be held today for Kenneth Alan Sparks 17 a student at Oxford High School who died Saturday of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound Sparks was pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi Saturday night Coroner FA Roy ruled the death a suicide He said Sparks' father Marvin Sparks of Oxford found him with a gunshot wound to the chest at the Bypass Shell service station where he worked Services will be at 2 pm today at North Oxford Baptist Church with burial in Oxford Memorial Cemetery Waller Funeral Home has charge Sparks was a member of South Oxford United Methodist Church In addition to his father Sparks leaves his mother Mrs Sarah Appleton Sparks of Oxford a brother Tim sparks of Oxford and his grandparents Mr and Mrs Hulon Sparks and Mr and Mrs Bill Appleton all of Oxford The family requests that memorials be sent to SL Independent United Methodist Church 1740 Jefferson Oxford Miss 38655 Official says Ark prisons need funding PINE BLUFF Ark (AP) Empty prison beds and crowded county jails may be the result if there is no special legislative session to provide more operating money for the state Correction Department the chairman of the Correction Board said Gov Bill Clinton said last week that he would not call another special session this year unless ne was sure he had the votes to pass his anti-drug program A 2 percent state income tax surcharge to help finance the drug war Included S3 million for prisons But the surcharge was defeated In the recent special session the third of the year But Correction Board Chairman James Mason said still hopeful that lawmakers will reconvene to deal with the prison problem Without $1 million in operating money Mason said a new 200-bed barracks at the Varner Unit may stand empty next month and a new 100-man barracks at the Wrightsville Unit may have to close before mid-April Prison officials say they need the money to make it through the fiscal year which ends June 30 going to get crucified if we end up with 300 (beds) and not any money to operate the Mason said say we're going to look silly we're going to look bad as a state and a Legislature if we have beds out there and we use them" Despite the governor's position Mason said there was "a strong potential for a special session by the end of the year They still like (having to pass a tax increase) but they like the alternatives either" MID-SOUTH DEATHS TENNESSEE BOLIVAR Marvin Rufus Kirk SX ms-ctianic af Hardaman Farmars Co-Op BRADFORD Mrs Mlldrad Eva Cash 44 BRUCETON Mrs Lula Balia Rogars 4 widow of Bill Rogers DYERSBURG Mrs Willie Mol Scott 77 wife of Elvis Scott McKENZIE Mrs Bobby Jone Britton 54 PARIS William 8111' Maurer 77 retired pilot POCAHONTAS Mrs Ola Moo King IQ widow of John King BIFOCALS 59 Panes 4 naSK lenses IST2SKUYPI 377-2323 Bata Factory Outlet Mall 5406 Knight Arnold Rd Memphis TN 38115 901-360-8081 JACKSON Miss (AP) This spring Coahoma County schools wQl begin using Channel One the special television programming that brings 10 minutes of current events and two minutes '-of teenage-orlented commercials into classrooms -Officials say the Mississippi Delta district will be among 500 school systems across the country that will be receiving the program i-The prospect of students listening to commercials in school has triggered opposition to the programming among some edu- etors nationwide But others attracted by the free televisions and other equipment that comes with the deal Channel One is offered free to gchools by Whittle Communica Mississippi auditor tb check 46 counties for system compliance Educational Network a private Knoxville-based company subsidized by advertising revenues Whittle provides equipment and programming good educational programming something we cant provide our youngsters said Sherard Shaw superintendent of the Coahoma district Whittle is spending about $50000 per school to make sure Channel One comes in loud and clear The money brings equipment most schools couldni afford themselves 19-inch color televisions for classrooms two videocassette recorders a satellite dish and accompanying wiring Whittle also covers all installation and maintenance costs which road crew went to which beat and where calls for a repair job originated' That way Johnson said possible to see at a glance whether roads are being maintained on a countywide basis rather than along beat lines have a tracking system in Johnson said will have some documentation so we can certify the The auditor expects the documentation to begin arriving by about Dec 1 allowing him to target counties that might be violating the unit system law Johnson said those counties found to be in violation will be notified that their shares of State Aid road funds and gasoline taxes will be cut off 30 Counties receive millions of dollars in state tax money for work on county roads designated as State Aid roads Violators would have a 90-day grace period after funds are cut off to get in compliance The funds would be placed in an escrow account for the county if it complied during the grace period Should a county fail to comply the funds would be sent to counties that are in compliance ago and gave them an idea just walked around here and thought it was pretty and I said this would be a nice place to have our Scott said Mary said The owners agreed to the idea but the business remained open during Friday's ceremony MEMPHIS DEATHS Henry Bownnt TV of 9070 Vil-lagewood Apt retired employee of Firestone Tiro 6 Rubber Co husband of Enolia Bowens James 'Jimmy' Braswell IX of 21V2 Stovall Mrs Ada Elizabeth Dlugach IX of Memphis Mrs Margaret Landreth Eason 17 of Memphis widow of Trossey Eason Mrs Mlnnla Sales Ellington 5V of 1732 Shadowlawn Mrs Ruby Paarl James Elliott of West Memphis Mrs Hazel Griffin Hair II of Memphis formerly of Atlanta widow of Robert Hair Luther Lea Henderson 4X of 11M James former employee of the City of Mamphls Sanitation Department Mrs Helen Maxine Hill SV of Southav- en wife of Bobby Norris Hill James Hull IV of J9SV tired employee of Lambert Mark Truck Lina husband of Staila Hull Mrs Beatrice Davis Jamas IS of Memphis wife of Salles James Curley 'Big Curtis' Jones 44 of Memphis former employee of Mid-America Paints Mrs Dorothy Jonas 41 of 1024 Tillman wife of Jones Mrs Gwendolyn Louisa King 41 of 1151 Grant wife of Freddie King Bernard Koch V0 of Ave Marla Nursing Home retired employee of Ford Motor Co husband of Frances Diehl Koch Mlchaai Gregory Kuntzman 2V of Memphis Mrs Vitrula Phillips Madln 47 of Bells Tenn formerly of Memphis Jackson miss (ap) More then half of Mississippi's counties will be audited to see Whether governments where ypters opted for the unit system pre actually centralizing operations State auditor Pete Johnson's staff is gathering information about how governments are being run in 46 counties that faced fch Oct 1 deadline to be in unit iystems A law passed during a 1988 special legislative session allowed Voters to choose whether their gbunties would be in the unit system of government or the traditional beat system The 46 counties voted for the Unit system which centralizes joed management and some services and turns boards of super frsors into policy-making bod- tes iThe Jroted remaining 36 counties for the beat system in which each county supervisor directs day-today services and foad maintenance and construction in his beat or district A few of the counties voting for the beat system were among those already operating under fhfc unit system Field auditors are using questionnaires to obtain a record of fopdwork orders such as J3jide groom say jtijho-ho I do WAYNE Ind (AP) The bride wore white the groom ifaindered around them looking fo the perfect artificial fir Nisco Christmas Paradise prowled the backdrop when Neil Scott 20 and Mary McKinniss Sj-said their vows Jhe two had been planning to gfet married at the courthouse by a justice of the peace but the glittering Christmas display impressed them two weeks willbeat2pm at ML Pisgah Baptist Church burial in the church cemetery Ad-ams-Nowell Funeral Home has charge She leaves her husband Guy Swindle a stepdaughter Mrs Barbara Richey of Locust Fork Ala five stepsons Jimmy Swindle of Gardendale Ala Tommy Swindle Services will I need glasses after cataract surgery Astigmatism following cataract surgery can make sidewalks and tabletops appear tilted even when glasses are worn A brief procedure can usually correct most of this astigmatism it is approved by medicare Advance planning before cataract surgery has enabled us to have many patients who require no eyeglasses not even for reading or close work write or call for a free booklet about treatment of cataracts Do You Hear But Understand? 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