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an obituaries Cecil Williams ATWOOD Services for Allen Cecil Williams, 72, father of Mrs. Alisa Plumlee of Jackson, were today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. Mr. Williams, a retired Army master sergeant, died Monday morning at the Wilson Clinic in Huntingdon after a short illness.

He was a native of Newbern, but had lived most recently in Atwood. Besides Mrs. Plumlee, he leaves two other daughters, Mrs. Sherry Walters of Humboldt and Mrs. Pamela Williams Russell of Calumet City, three sisters, Mrs.

Viola Robertson and Mrs. Leona Allmon, both of Newbern, and Mrs. Irene Beard of Bellflower, and eight grandchildren. Douglas Thweatt GREENFIELD- Services for Douglas H. Thweatt, 73, were today at Williams Funeral Home with the Rev.

Wayne Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Brock Cemetery. Mr. Thweatt died Monday afternoon at Volunteer General Hospital in Martin after short illness. was a native of Kentucky, but had lived the past several years in Weakley County.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sylvia Hubble Thweatt; three sons, Marvin Thweatt of Union City, Douglas Thweatt of Greenfield and Mike Thweatt of Orlando, a brother, Archie Thweatt of Hopkinsville, three sisters, Mrs. Lucille Trice of Wheeling, Mrs. Lurline Bagdy of Evansville, and Mrs. Bernice Stapp on.

Hopkinsville, and three grandchildren. Elbert R. Dodson SANDY Services for Elbert R. Dodson, 84, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Stewart Funeral Home in Bulls Gap, Tenn.

Burial will be in County Line Cemetery there. Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Mr. Dodson, a retired laborer, died early Tuesday morning at Henry County General Hospital in Paris after a short illness. He was a former resident of Bulls Gap, but had lived the past several years in Big Sandy.

Surviving are three sons, Ray Dodson of Rochelle, Robert L. Dodson of Big Sandy and G.W. Dodson of Rock Falls, a sister, Mrs. Roxie Pearson of Rogersville, 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Big Sandy funeral home 6-10 p.m.

today. Roy 'Wid' Box PARSONS Services for Roy "Wid" Box, 85, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Sulphur Springs Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Dan Hicks and the Rev. Jimmy Mustain officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery with Boyd Funeral Home of Decaturville in charge. Mr. Box, a retired farmer, died Tuesday morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Decatur County and was a member of Sulphur Springs Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Arbine Box; a grandson, Clarence Brown of Parsons; and two great Israel Brown and Nazareth Brown, both of Parsons. Mrs. Marline Hayes PARSONS Services for Mrs. Marline Hayes, 51, will be at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Boyd Funeral Home in Decaturville with the Rev.

Robert Gant officiating. Burial will be in Duke Cemetery in Henderson County. Mrs. Hayes, widow of Gerald Hayes who died in November 1984, died Tuesday morning at Nashville Memorial Hospital of an apparent heart attack. She was a native of Parsons.

Surviving are five daughters, Ms. Susie Brody, Mrs. Martha Books and Mrs. Shirley Sanders, all of Paragould, Mrs. Sarah Carrington and Miss Geraldine Hayes, both of Parsons; two sons, Billy Wayne Melton of Nashville and Robert Brody, address unavailable; two sisters, Mrs.

Thelma Liggons of Hickman, and Mrs. Marie Doyle of Savannah; two brothers, Delmer Melton and Elmer Melton, both of Kentucky; and 10 grandchildren. Mrs. Pearl Curry Services for Mrs. Pearl Eva Bond Curry, 80, will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday at Friendly Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. C. R. Fuller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Mercer Brothers Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Curry died last Thursday evening at the home of her son, the Rev. Ernest Curry, in Freeport, after a short illness. She was a native of Brownsville, but had lived in Jackson most of her life. She was a member of Friendly Oak Grove Church, where she served on the Mother Board.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Viola Duckworth, Mrs. Catherine Love, Miss Wilma Curry and Mrs. Minnie Cole, all of Jackson; nine other sons, the Rev. Henry Curry the Rev.

Ezell Curry, the Rev. Leonard Curry and James Curry, all of Rockford, Louis Curry, Isaac Curry and the Rev. Ivory Curry, all of Decatur, Charles Curry and Elder Robert Curry, both of Jackson; two brothers, Charlie Bond of Detroit and the Rev. Elvin Bond of Cleveland, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Cooper and Mrs.

Regina King of Decatur, 61 grandchildren and 44 great great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons. The family will receive at the funeral home 6-7 p.m. today. 6B The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Wednesday, March 6, 1985 Lelon L.

Cromwell SAVANNAH Services for Lelon L. Cromwell, 74, formerly of Savannah, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Shackelford Funeral Home with the Rev. Donnie Scarlett officiating. Burial will be in New Harmony Cemetery.

Mr. Cromwell, a retired farmer, died Tuesday morning at Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff, after a long illness. He was a native of Hardin County, had lived most of his adult life in Steele, and was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Horton and Mrs.

Thelda Smith, both of Savannah; and a brother, Marcus Cromwell of Savannah. Mrs. Bessie Gantt Kee LURAY Services for Mrs. Bessie Gantt Kee, 94, were today at Unity Baptist Church near Jacks Creek with the Rev. Clyde Tilley and the Rev.

Fred Ward officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home of Lexington in charge. Mrs. Kee, widow of Ernest P. Kee, died Tuesday morning at NuCare Convalescent Center in Lexington after a long illness.

She lived most of her life in Henderson County's Middlefork community, and was a member of the Unity Church for more than 60 years. Surviving are a son, Eugene E. Kee of Luray; and nine grandchildren. Albert Bucchi MARTIN Graveside services for Albert Bucchi, 72, were today at East Side Cemetery with the Rev. John Adams.

Murphy Funeral Home was in charge. Mr. Bucchi, a retired coal miner, died Monday afternoon at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Ohio, but had lived the past couple of years in Martin. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Minnie Gunter Bucchi; a stepson, Dr. Stanley Williams of Martin; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Borvich and Mrs. Rosie Kirk, both of Montcalm, W. and Mrs.

Fumi Perty of Radford, and three brothers, John Bucchi of Montcalm, Fred Bucchi of Cincinnati and Amando Bucchi of Phoenix. John R. Wright McKENZIE John R. Wright, a construction worker, was pronounced dead this morning at Henry County General Hospital of an apparent heart attack. He was an Alabama resident working on a project in Henry County and the body will be sent to Warrior, for services there.

Brummitt Funeral Home of McKenzie is in charge of local arrangements. Mrs. Parlie Guy Mrs. Parlie Guy, formerly of Jackson, died about noon Tuesday in St. Louis after a long illness.

Arrangements are incomplete with Ford Funeral Home in charge. She was a longtime resident of Jackson and moved to St. Louis a couple of months ago to be with her daughter, Mrs. Janette Crymes. Luther Fairris BIG SANDY Luther Fairris, 75, died this morning at Henry County General Hospital in Paris after a long illness.

Arrangements are incomplete with Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in charge. James M. Montgomery TREZEVANT James M. Montgomery died about noon Tuesday at his home after a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete with Brummitt Funeral Home in charge.

Miss Grace Bruce, ex-educator, dies MARTIN Graveside services for Miss Grace Wilson Bruce, 88, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Sharon with the Rev. Tom Atwood officiating. Murphy Funeral Home is in charge. Miss Bruce, a retired educator, died Sunday in Clearwater, after a long illness.

She was a Martin native, but had moved to Clearwater about a year ago because of her health to be with a sister-in-law, Mrs. W. B. Bruce. a member of First Baptist Church in Martin.

For several years, she taught in public schools in Tennessee, West Virginia and Arkansas. She then taught at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, and at Union University in Jackson. In 1945, she opened the Bruce Business Institute in Martin and operated it until her retirement in 1976. Surviving are a nephew, Thomas W. Bruce of Wilmington, and three great-nieces.

E.B. Smith MARTIN- Services for E. B. Smith, 94, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Murphy Funeral Home with his grandson, the Rev.

Bill Smith, officiating. Burial will be in East Side Cemetery. Mr. Smith, a retired farmer, died Monday evening at his home after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of Martin and a member of Ralston Methodist Church.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Maidell Dabbs of Martin; two sons, Buren Smith of Martin and Dr. Varon Smith of Sheffield, 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and five greatgreat-grandchildren. Plane with military personnel makes emergency landing AURORA, Colo. (AP) There was a bit of "urgency and excitement" but no injuries when a plane carrying 52 new or soon-to-be Air Force brigadier generals blew a tire on takeoff and was forced to make an emergency landing, officials said.

The military personnel, on an orientation tour of Air Force facilities Tuesday, made an unscheduled visit to Buckley Air National Guard Base here after taking off from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs at 7:52 a.m. Neither the generals and generals-designate nor the other 10 people on board were injured during the landing. Another Air Force jet was diverted to Buckley to pick up the passengers, said Capt. Chuck Whitley, public affairs director for the 104th Tactical Fighter Wing, the Colorado Air National Guard based at Buckley. "After quite a bit of urgency and excitement, the plane did land safely," Whitley said.

The T-43 aircraft the military counterpart of the Boeing 737 apparently blew a tire on its right main landing gear when leaving Peterson. "They noticed after departing that some residue and some metal from a wheel rim were left on the runway," said Whitley. The plane, bound for Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, headed for Buckley. A two-seat A-7 tactical fighter from Buckley met the Air Force plane and one of the pilots examined the damaged wheel while flying alongside. Based on their evaluation, it was decided the plane should land.

Before the T-43 could land, however, it had to burn off most of the 20,000 pounds of fuel it was carrying to reduce the chance of a fire. Whitley said that took about two hours. Whitley said the pilot was Lt. Col David Wilson. Wilson and the other four crew members are from Andrews Air Force Base in Virginia, Whitley said.

Florida executes convict for 1973 murder-mutilation STARKE, Fla. (AP) Former choirboy Johnny Paul Witt was executed today in Florida's electric chair for killing an 11-yearold boy he and another man then sexually abused and mutilated. Witt, 42, convicted for the fatal assault on the son of a University of South Florida professor, died at 7:10 a.m. He was the 12th man put to death in the state's electric chair since capital punishment was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976 and the 39th inmate executed in the nation since then.

Department of Corrections spokesman Vernon Bradford said Witt requested no final meal, but that he was given an omelet, rolls and coffee before being taken from his holding cell to the nearby oak electric chair. "He kind of nibbled at" the omelet, Bradford said. Late Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-3 to reject an emergency appeal aimed at 2 unidentified bodies: found at shootout site. John D.

Elliott FRIENDSHIP Services D. Elliott, 87, will be at 11 a.m. day at Friendship Funeral Home with minister Oscar Bruce officiating. Burial will be in Miller's Chapel Cemetery. Mr.

Elliott, a retired farmer, died Tuesday morning at NuCare Convalescent Center in Dyersburg after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of Dyer County's Bonicord community and was Church of Christ in belief. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ann Elliott McCollum of Bonicord; two sons, John D. Elliott and William P.

Elliott, both of Knoxville; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Robert Eugene Pierce MEDINA Services for Robert Eugene Pierce, 67, were today at Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with the Rev. David Green officiating.

Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery near Medina. Mr. Pierce, a retired furniture store owner, died Monday night at JacksonMadison County General Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Madison County's Spring Creek community, son of the late Robert W. and Annie Waller Pierce attended public schools there, lived most of his life in the Medina area and most recently in Jackson.

He was a Baptist. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Betsy Kelsey of Hendersonville, and three grandchildren, Robert Gregory Whirley of Jackson, Frank Kelsey Jr. and Miss Kristie Kelsey, both of Hendersonville. Pallbearers were Greg Whirley, Eugene Luckey, Alton Waller, Jimmy Stratton, Tim Stratton and N.

B. Curry. Rev. James L. Thompson Jr.

Services for the Rev. James Lee Thompson 63, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Greater St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. A.

Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Dresden with Mercer Brothers Funeral Home of Jackson in charge. Rev. Thompson, a retired employee of the former Tennessee White Oak Cooperage and a Missionary Baptist minister, died Monday morning at Jackson County General Hospital after a short illness. was a native of Holly Springs, moved to Jackson a child and was a member of the Greater St.

Luke Church. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Earlie Hennings and Mrs. Viola Williams, both of Jackson. Surviving are eight sons, Glenn A.

Thompson of Chicago, Savannah Cole of Alamo, Arthur L. Thompson of Lexington, Clark Hicks Jr. of Bells, John A. Thompson of Dresden, Jesse A. Thompson of Evansville, Howard L.

Thompson and Charles James Thompson, both of Jackson; 10 daughters, Mrs. Ida V. Gardner, Ms. Leslie J. Thompson of Chicago, Mrs.

Martha Allen and Mrs. Peggy Haltom, both of Maury City, Miss Cassandra J. Hicks and Miss Vanessa Thompson, both of Dresden, Mrs. Cathy N. Martin, Mrs.

Betty G. Croom, Ms. Stacy J. Thompson and Mrs. Betty J.

Wyatt, all of Jackson; four sisters, Mrs. Irene Hunt of Jackson, Mrs. Anna D. Stewart of Dresden, Mrs. Cora L.

Wood of Humboldt and Mrs. Sue Grimes of California; a brother, Willie Thompson of Brownsville; 34 grandchildren and two great Pallbearers will be Bobby Wyatt, Dossie Martin, Harry Allen, Truman Cole, Kurt Croom and D. H. Haltom. The family will receive friends at the funeral home 8-9 p.m.

today. Benny Lindsey SAVANNAH- Services for Amon B. "Benny" Lindsey IV, 25, were this morning at Shackelford Funeral Home with the Rev. John Pippin officiating. Additional services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday at Hooper Funeral Home in Inverness, Fla. Burial will be in Center Hill (Fla.) Cemetery. Mr. Lindsey died Tuesday morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. Murry J.

Walker Services for Murry J. Walker, 77, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at George A. Smith and Sons' Main Street Chapel with the Rev. L.

A. Doyle officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Walker, a retired production supervisor for the former T.

J. Moss Tire Co. in Shreveport, died this morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Henderson County's Huron community, but had lived in Shreveport until he retired and moved to Jackson in 1982. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and the El Karubah Shrine Temple in Shreveport; and a member of Forest Heights United Methodist Church here.

He was married Dec. 18, 1928, to the former Gladys Meadows, who survives. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Arbie Sanders SCOTTS HILL Services for Mrs.

Arbie Sanders, 82, will be at 11. a.m. Thursday at Scotts Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Cleo Kelley officiating. Burial will be in the Scotts Hill Methodist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Sanders, a widow, died Tuesday night at NuCare Convalescent Center in Lexington after a long illness. She was a native of the Scotts Hill area. There are no immediate survivors. GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) Two bodies wrapped in plastic bags have been found at a ranch where a shootout took place last weekend between suspected drug traffickers and police searching for a missing American drug agent, a police spkesman said today, The bodies have not been identified.

Manuel Beltran, commander of the federal judicial police, said in a telephone interview the bodies were found Tuesday night at the ranch and brought to the morgue in Guadalajara. He said it was not known if the bodies were those of two men missing since Feb. 7 in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city 332 miles northwest of Mexico City. Enrique Camarena Salazar, 37, an American agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration, abducted within sight of the U.S. consulate in Guadalajara.

Alfredo Zavala Avelar, a Mexcian Agriculture Department pilotworking with the anti-drug authorities, also was kidnapped in Guadalajara. "They found evidently two bodies out at that ranch," a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Mexico City said, asking not to be identified. "But we don't know who those bodies Five people, including a federal policeman, were killed during the hour shootout at El Mareno ranch Saturday in Michoacan state where authorities had conducted a search for Camarena. The ranch is near the village of Vistahermosa, about 60 miles east of Guadalajara.

Five Mexican policemen killed by drug traffickers: SAN FERNANDO, Mexico (AP) Five police officers were killed and three more were wounded when they tried to detain a truck loaded with marijuana on the outskirts of this northeastern town, a local judge said today. Judge Dagoberto Herrera said in a telephone interview that apparently the police force were caught by surprise by two men traveling in the truck. The two men later were taken into custody, he said. He said the officers killed and wounded made up the entire police force of the town of 40,000 people. "The police didn't have time to shoot because they still had the safety on their Herrera said.

A secretary at the district attorney's office said the two men suspected of shooting the police had been arrested today in Reynosa, near the U.S. border, and were being interrogated there. San Fernando is in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, 110 miles south of Matamoros on the road to the state capital, Ciudad Victoria. Uninvited freighter finally pulled free PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -The freighter Mercedes grounded behind a millionaire's mansion since a Thanksgiving storm, finally was hauled free today.

"At 6:47 our officer at the scene said, 'The boat is reported Palm Beach police dispatcher RaeAnn Keating. "'It's heading eastbound" under tow. The rusting hulk of the Venezuelan freighter, which ran aground against Mollie Wilmot's seawall and marred the view from her oceanfront home, had been pulled 130 feet farther from shore Tuesday. "It's just sensational to have that big, blue ocean back again," Ms. Wilmot said after the uninvited guest departed.

"I became terribly used to it, but I never grew terribly fond of it. I'm used to it now, but I can live nicely without it." The ship was hauled about a quarter mile out and anchored for an inspection to see if it was seaworthy for a trip to port. "Everybody seems to be happy. Champagne bottles are said Capt. Dan Barlow the tugboat Seahawk, which towed the freighter.

"The tug started pulling this morning as soon as we hooked up to it. (With) this good high tide we have, she slid right off and the next order I heard was slow down, we're going too fast. This is a 'no wake' zone," said Barlow. The pull Tuesday night left the stern of the Mercedes I resting on a reef, its only obstacle to the open sea, as Ms. Wilmot and friends toasted the work with champagne.

"This was a rather monumental move," Ms. Wilmot said after Tuesday night's advance. "It's sort of thrilling that we did move over a hundred feet." The 190-foot vessel was dragged about 40 feet Tuesday morning and another 90 feet that night, with the assistance of unusually high lunar tides, said Henry Reynolds, a representative of Donjon Marine Inc. of Hillside, N.J., which the state: contracted to remove the ship. "It's been a frustrating job," said salvage master Bill "We fought for every inch with this ship." Word spread Tuesday that the boat was finally coming off the reef, and by that night enough friends and news media representatives had shown up to turn the event into a real party, Ms.

Wilmot. said. She said that during the past few months, she said, she has become, accustomed to seeing the hulking. freighter through her windows. The freighter extensive ly damaged her sea wall and rendered her pool unusable throughout the winter, she said.

After the ship that Gov. Bob Graham called "an orphan of the sea' ran aground on Ms. Wilmot's property Nov. 23, a tugboat first tried in vain to budge it. The freighter, its: dozen crewmembers long since returned to Central and South.

America, made its first move, three inches on Jan. 20, but. didn't make any real progress until Feb. 4, when it shifted slightly: more than two feet. Donjon agreed to move the ship.

for $223,000, but the company did not beat a Feb. 15 deadline and is being fined $250 a day until it rids the beach of the eyesore. Doctors to meet in Memphis The 150th annual meeting of the Tennessee Medical Association will be held April 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Memphis. Dr. Thomas K.

Ballard, Madison County medical examiner and a Jackson family physician, is the TMA's outgoing president. Ballard will present unrestricted cash grants from the Americal Medical Association Education and Research Foundation to various Tennessee medical institutions during the opening session. Last year, grants to six state institutions totaled more than $97,240. U.S. Rep.

Don Sundquist, R- Memphis, will speak at the 21st Annual Independent Medicine's Political Action Old-Fashioned Picnic and Politial Rally at 11:30 a.m. April 11 in the hotel's banquet room. Ballard and his wife will host a reception for attendees at 6:30 p.m. April 13, followed by a banquet where Dr. Clarence R.

Sanders, a Gallatin family physician, will be installed as TMA president. More than 1,200 physicians, exhibitors, auxiliary members and guests are expected to Twenty-three medical specialty societies from across the state will hold scientific meetings at TMA's annual meeting. temporarily sparing Witt's life. Witt's only visitor Tuesday night was his mother, Dorothy Witt of Knoxville, Tenn. Bradford said she met with her son for nearly four hours during his last day, in contact and non-contact visits.

Witt and co-defendant Gary Tillman were convicted of killing Jonathan Kushner in Tampa nearly 12 years ago. Tillman was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying against Witt. The boy had been riding his bicycle to a convenience store to buy candy when he was Oct. 28, 1973. The boy was knocked from his bike, bound and gagged and driven to an orange grove.

He was gagged so tightly that he smothered. According to court records, when the men opened the trunk and found the boy dead, they sexually abused and mutilated his bodv. Seafood Buffet $5,50 All You Can Eat person Thursday Night 5-9 p.m. Catfish Frog Legs BBQ Oysters Fried Shrimp Fried Fish Shrimp Creole Baked Cod Hush Puppies White Beans Clam Chowder Salad Bar hunder Family Restaurant 1723 S. Highland Hwy.

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