Obituaries 6-17-11

Published 12:00 am Friday, June 17, 2011

BATESVILLE – Helen Corinne Brower, 79, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at the Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis.

Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at National Funeral Home in Clarksdale. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. National Funeral Home has charge.

Brower was a former member of Cherry Street Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary Post 3936. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clinton B. Brower Jr.; one son, Stanley Brower and a grandson, Todd Brower.

Survivors include: two daughters, Melinda Brower Smithson of Bruce and Crystal Brower Morgan of Osceola, Ark.; three sons, Terrance Brower of Batesville, Richard Brower of Clarksdale and David Brower of Springdale, Ark.; three sisters, Dorothy Morganti of Clarksdale, Alice Faye Walker of Batesville and Martha McGinnis of Haleyville, Ala.; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

William Jarrett Faulkner Sr.

BATESVILLE–William Jarrett “Billy” Faulkner, Sr., 71, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at his residence.

    Services were Thursday, . at Wells Funeral Home with  burial in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville. Wells Funeral Home had charge.

    Faulkner was born January 26, 1940, in Courtland, to the late Jarrett and Janie Louise Milam Faulkner. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church, former members of the Batesville Lions Club and Batesville Volunteer Fire Department (Rescue Unit) and was a retired salesman. He also served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard.

    Survivors include his wife, Betty McMillan Faulkner of Batesville; three daughters, Bricy Faulkner Weaver of Tupelo, Jeanne Faulkner Gant of Sardis, and Jerri Faulkner Griffin of Batesville; one son, William J. Faulkner, Jr. of Brandon; his sister, Emma Lou Faulkner Magee of Batesville; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

    The family requests that memorials be sent to The American Cancer Society, 1800 West Main St., Tupelo, MS 38801 or Enon Baptist Church, 7216 Dummy Line Rd., Batesville, Miss. 38606.

Lizzie Frost

COMO– Lizzie Frost, 75, died Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Sardis Community Nursing Home.

Services will be held Saturday at noon at Ruffin Grove Baptist Church in Como. Rev. Timothy Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Level Cemetery in Como. Henderson Funeral Home has charge.

Frost, born Jan. 6, 1936, to the late George Frost and Ora Jackson, was a member of Ruffin Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include: two sisters, Sarah L. Henderson of Como and Leora Callicutt of Sardis and one brother, David Frost of Como.

Josephine Epting Grisham

SENATOBIA– Josephine Epting Grisham, 87, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at the Senatobia Convalescent Center. She was the mother of Jeanne Warren of Batesville.

Visitation will be held Friday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Pate-Jones Funeral Home in Senatobia. A private family service will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Prentiss Memorial Cemetery near Baldwin.

Grisham was a long time Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church in Senatobia and a volunteer at the nursing home for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert B. Grisham.

Survivors along with her daughter include her other daughter, Carol Brown of Senatobia; two sons, Bob Grisham and David Grisham, both of Olive Branch; two sisters, Nan Davis of Baldwyn and Erlene Cowan of Hattiesburg; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church in Senatobia where she was a member.

Teresa Ann Pinkston Logan

COURTLAND– Teresa Ann Pinkston Logan, 47, died Sunday, June 12, 2011, at her residence.

Services were Thursday at Faith Baptist Church in Lambert. Rev. Bobby Bell, Rev. Larry Kilgore and Rev. Terrel McGregor officiated. Burial was in Lambert Cemetery. Kimbro Funeral Home had charge.

Logan, born July 21, 1963,  to the late Tommy Lee and Frances Turman, was a member of Tocowa Baptist Church and attended Faith Baptist Church. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include: one daughter, Shane Beavers of California; three sisters, Sandra Smith of Lambert, Caroline Pinkston of Oxford and Robbie Fillyaw of Oakland; one brother, Thomas Lee Pinkston Jr. of Batesville.

Betty Joyce Logue

BATESVILLE– Betty Joyce Logue died Monday, June 13, 2011, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center. She was 72.

    Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rosevelt Gooch officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Wells Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    Mrs. Logue was born November 8, 1938, in Batesville, to the late Robert and Ruth May Goodwin. She was a retired cashier for Mr. Jiffy convenient store #3 in Batesville.

    Survivors include her daughter, Donna Logue of Bartlett, Tenn.; one son, Barry Logue of Batesville; three brothers, Billy Goodwin, Clifton Goodwin and Albert Goodwin, all of Batesville; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Paula Page

ZURIC, SWITZERLAND–Paula Page, 68, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in Zurich. She was the sister of Martha P. Watt of Batesville.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.

Born in Corinth, Page had sung opera in several European countries for many years before moving to Sarasota, Fla. where she lived for 10 years. Page returned to Zurich to be with her daughter.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul Page and Vivian Heard Page.

Survivors, in addition to her sister in Batesville,  include: one daughter, Claire Singher of Zurich, Switzerland; another sister, Linda P. Neely of Storrs, Conn.

Ronald Tincher

COMO– Ronald Tincher died Saturday, June 11, 2011, at his residence. He was 63.

    Services were held Monday, June 13, in the Senatobia Chapel of Ray-Nowell Funeral Home with interment at Senatobia Memorial Cemetery. Ray-Nowell Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.

    Tincher was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the First Baptist Church in Senatobia.

    Survivors include his wife, Donna Herring Tincher of Como; two daughters, Karean McPeak (Joe) of Sara and Leslie Legendre (Daniel) of Senatobia; five sisters, Irene Young and Martha Ritz, both of Kileen, Texas, Helen Warnock of Fayetteville, Ark., Maxine Bell of Ft. Smith, Ark. and Glenda Baldwin of Harmontown; three brothers, Charles Tincher of Fayetteville, Steve Landis of Virginia Beach, Va., Richard Landis of Houston, Texas and five grandchildren, Christopher Boyette, Hanna Legendre, Emily McPeak, James McPeak and Lydia Legendre.

    The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Diabetes Foundation for Research.

Jazzlyn Makayla Wash

LAMBERT– Jazzlyn Makayla Wash, infant daughter of Derrick Wash and Samantha Davis of Lambert, died Sunday, June 12, 2011.

    She was born May 15, 2011, at Northwest Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale.

    Services were held Wednesday, June 15, at Crowder Baptist Church with interment at Crowder Cemetery. Rev. Larry Kilgore officiated. Wells Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

    Survivors, in addition to her parents, include one brother, Damarion Davis of Lambert; her grandparents, Sam Raymond and Martha Davis of Lambert, Dennis and Jermiashua Beverly of Atlanta, and Mary Wash of Webb and her great-grandparents, Brenda and Thomas Brock of Batesville, Vernon and Shirley Davis of Crenshaw, Rachel Robinson of Webb, M.G. and Alma Sumner of Sumner.