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2B The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Thursday, Jury 12, 1990 DEATHS Rosie Reynolds WHITEVILLE Rosie Reynolds died Wednesday afternoon. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Motley and Rivers Funeral Home at 254-8004. Irene Mickens HENDERSON Services for Irene Mickens, 74, formerly of Henderson, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Cool Springs Baptist Church.

Burial will be in Dean Cemetery. Mrs. Mickens, a homemaker, died Saturday afternoon at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She was married to the late Roy Mickens.

They had two children, Ro-chelle Lancaster of Nashville and Edward Mickens of Indianapolis. For more information, call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home of Jackson at 423-4922. Robert Nello Williams BETHEL SPRINGS Services for Robert Nello Williams, 62, were held today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer. Burial was in Buena Vista Cemetery near Selmer. Mr.

Williams, a self-employed scrap metal dealer, died Tuesday at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer. He was married to Martha Boleyn Williams. They had five children, De-brah Strickland, Joel Williams, James Williams and Charles Williams, all of Bethel Springs, and Johnny Williams of Ramer. Associated Press Rachel S. Gatewood MIDDLETON Rachel S.

Gatewood died Wednesday afternoon at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Home of Bolivar at 638-5277. Edward Pritchard CLARKSBURG Services for Edward Pritchard, 84, were held today at Dilday Funeral Home in Huntingdon. Burial was in Carroll Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Pritchard, a retired employee of the Tennessee Highway Department, died Tuesday at his home. He was married to Sylvia Davison Pritchard. They had two daughters, Natelle Waugh of Clarksburg and Eileen Pritchard of Memphis. Thomas Evans Park FRIENDSHIP Services for Thomas Evans Park, 79, were held today at Ronk Funeral Home in Alamo.

Burial was in Crockett Mills Cemetery. Mr. Park, a retired farmer, died Wednesday morning at his home. He was married to Jessie'Park. They had three children, Edward Park and Sandra Fay Park, both of Friendship and Thomas Earl Park of Dewitt, Va.

Willie Murray Garland BROWNSVILLE Graveside services for Murray Horner Garland, 92, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Garland, a homemaker, died Wednesday afternoon at Methodist Haywood Park Hospital. She was married to the late Adron Dewie Garland.

She leaves two children, Keith B. Garland of Brownsville and Lessie Dugan of Memphis. For more information, call Brownsville Funeral Home at 772-1551. Willie Marie Hyneman WHITEVILLE Services for Willie Marie Hyneman, 82, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar.

Entombment will be in Highland Memorial Gardens Mauso-luem in Jackson. Mrs. Hyneman, a retired sales clerk for the George Reagan Co. in Bolivar, died Wednesday morning at Bolivar Community Hospital. She was married to the late Henry L.

Hyneman. For more information, call the funeral home at 658-5277. James Andrew Evans BIG SANDY Services for James Andrew Evans, 69, were held today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home. Burial was in Benton Memorial Gardens in Camden. Mr.

Evans, a retired mechanic for the Henry County Highway Department, died Tuesday night at Henry County Medical Center in Paris. He was married to Agnes Utley Evans. They had two children, Shirley Jean Love of Savannah and Danny Ray Evans of Camden. Alberta Brasher BATH SPRINGS Services for Alberta Brasher, 78, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Union Baptist Church.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Brasher, a homemaker, died Monday aftrenoon at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, She was married to the late Barley Brasher. They had 10 children, Helen Louise Brasher, Linda Doris Tinsley and Booker Franklin Brasher, all of Bath Springs, Jessie Lee Walker and Willie Mae Walker, both of Selmer, Joe Arthur Brasher of Indianapolis, Joann Massengill of Henderson, Hazel Tole of Milwaukee, the late Ocie Brasher and the late Anna Brasher. For more information, call Parhara Mortuary of Lexington at 968-5882.

Jacqueline Smith, a protester living in a tent at The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, says she won't give up despite a court petition Wednesday to remove her. Protester must move, court rules Racing promoter says he has Albert Cox GLEASON Albert Cox died Wednesday afternoon. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Gallimore Funeral Home at 648-5801. Carlyle H.

Stagner BIG SANDY Services for Carlyle H. Stagner, 70, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ramble Creek Cemetery. Mr.

Stagner, a retired state employee, died Tuesday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was married to Lillian Berry Stagner. They had a daughter, Janice Nelson of Big Sandy. For more information, call the funeral home at 593-3731. Elizabeth Ann Henderson Services for Elizabeth Ann Henderson, 61, formerly of Jackson, will be at 10:30 a.m.

Friday at Grace United Methodist Church in Alamogordo, N.M. Burial will be in Mont Vista Cemetery there. Mrs. Henderson, a homemaker, died Tuesday in Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital there. She was married to Fred Henderson of Alamogordo.

They had four children, Franklin Henderson of Alamogordo, Sheila Carlson and Sherman Henderson, both of Albuquerque, and Phillip Henderson stationed in the U.S. Navy. For more information, call Hamilton Funeral home at (505)-437-0530. The guarantor, businessman Stanley Friedman of Charleston, S.C., could not be contacted immediately. In a contract which Cole sent the racing commission, Friedman is identified as a businessman with interests in three companies Waste Technology, Interfinancial Group and Cadia-Friedman Investments.

Under the contract, Friedman agreed to guarantee loans from federal, state or Canadian provincial banks as well as banks with Grade ratings in nations who are members of the European Economic Community. Cole, who missed two deadlines for financial information requested by the seven-member commission, sent eight boxes by air express to Giles on Wednesday and said they contained financing information. 4:06 p.m. 38 Holland electrical wiring malfunction. 8:24 p.m.

10:35 Bendix Lane, alarm system malfunction. 9:03 p.m. 70 Locust Lane, lightning struck a fusebox. 9:17 p.m. 1400 N.

Highland Exxon station, lightning struck a fuse-box. COUNTY Today 2:51 a.m. Highway 138, residential. POLICE BLOTTER These reports were on file this morning with Jackson Police and Madison County Sheriffs departments. Thefts and burglaries over $500 No thefts or burglaries were reported.

Arrests Odell Morris, 35, 425 N. Hays charged with assault. Kenneth E. Chism, age unavailable, 315 Burkett St. charged with assault.

Charles G. Bledsoe, 51, 229 Stonewall; charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Quinton Kinnow, 19, 29R Mark West Cove; charged with possession of a deadly weapon. MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses issued at the office of Madison County Court Clerk Freddie Pruitt: Richie Ryan Askew and Lora Ann Young. Donald John Knake and Janet Cox Allen.

Carmen Anthony Johnson and Melissa Yvonne Blakemore. Carl Damian Enna Jr. and Susan Gail Wiederstein. Frenchie Hubert Coble and Yolanda Denise Williams. Jeffrey Noel Clayton and Suzetta Tillman.

Richard Wiley Collins and Carolyn Diane Presson. James Edward Yelverton and Cindy Page Moffitt. Donald McArthure Westfall and Treva Gail Wilson. John Fitzgerh Fowler and Anner Cornelia Davis. Joe David Hall and Teresa Carol Thurman.

Roy Douglas Wheeler Jr. and Sheila Marie Robertson. Joseph Willam Kelly and Mary Lou Perkins. Samuel Thaddeus Scott II and Victoria Leigh Wooten. Tracy Reed Hayes and Tracy Lynn King.

Eric Nathaniel England and Julie Kay Pierce. Thurman Cole and Marge Faye White. Michael Shad Van Dyke and Sharon Marie Law. said she is now in the way. The museum is scheduled to, open on July 4, 1991.

Robertson issued a temporary order informing Ms. Smith she was on the construction site illegally. What should be done about that will be discussed at the hearing, he said. Lt. Bob Lively of the Shelby County Sheriffs Department said no steps would be taken to remove Ms.

Smith until the hearing. "Then the chancellor can have (the order) acted on immediately and we will be set up for that," Lively said. award, seeks books The center is seeking book donations for its annual book sale, scheduled the first week in November. Those wanting to donate books should take them to Sun Printing, next to The Jackson Sun on West Lafayette Street. For more information, contact Amy Bentley, public relations director, at 422-6175.

Nancy Tilley is the center's coordinator. stop in Huntingdon The bloodmobile is open to the public, and everyone 17 and older is eligible to donate. For more information, call (615) 327-8230. Mae Haley, Newbern; Donald Neil Clayton and Rose Arlene Clayton, Enville; Carnell Reid and Diane Reid, Brownsville; Willie Albert Shetlon and Mary A. Shelton, Moscow; Donald Lee Mitchell, McKenzie; Joseph N.

Smith and Gari D.Smith, Lexington; Edward Louis Davis and Susan Josette Davis, Bemis; Gary Paul Lindsey, Lexington; Ruben Gerome Gaus, Jackson; John E. Hunt and Peggy M. Hunt, Selmer; Harry Kail Jr. and Nova Lea Kail, Dyer; Joseph F. Hughes, and Patsy Joyce Hughes, Dyer; Marty W.

Matlock, Savannah; Wayne Bradstone and Nancy W. Bradstone, Dyersburg; Allie V. Williams, Jackson; Amelia Maxine Gentry, Humboldt; and Dale McRae Jordan: and Jo Doris Jordan, Bethel Springs. (Chapter 7 denotes straight bankruptcy; Chapter 11 is business reorganization; Chapter 12 petitions are filed under the 1986 Farm and Family Act; Chapter 13 commonly known as a wage earner's petition, allows individuals to reorganize their debts.) BUILDING PERMITS Building permits in excess of $10,000 issued by Jackson building official Claude Martin: Blackmon Brothers, 304 N. Hays repair tennis courts, $37,078.

Martindale-Exum, 367 North Parkway, erect office building shell, $225,000. International Roofing, 543 Lane reroof, $28,000. Blue Hawaiian Pools, 89 Farmington, install pool, $12,500. Julian-Searcy, 48 Cyaniede Drive, addition to warehouse, $423,000. International Roofing, 543 Lane reroof Smith Hall, $28,000.

Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors In Loving Memory Of Ann Boldt WHO PASSED AWAY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY Gone from this earth, but her spirit still lives within the hearts of those who love her. Jessie, Edward, Barbara, Delia, Rick all her friends Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun provides free death notices for families in our area. However, those desiring more than basic information provided in the death notice may put chase a paid obituary through their funeral home or the classified advertisement departmenl of The Sun. MEMPHIS (AP) A woman who has tried for two years to block construction of a museum at the small motel where Martin Luther King Jr. died is on the property illegally, a Chancery Court judge says.

Chancellor John Robertson said he will conduct a hearing Friday on a request to force the protester, Jacqueline Smith, 39, to move. Ms. Smith has camped on a sidewalk in front of The Lorraine Motel since March 1988. Museum developers have pretty much ignored her, but a court petition filed Wednesday by Ja-meson-Vaccaro Construction Co. Literacy group gets The Center for Adult Reading and Enrichment recently was recognized as the nation's most outstanding small literacy organization.

The center was honored June 23 at the national Laubach Literacy Action Conference on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Marty Marshall, president of the CARE board of directors, traveled to St. Louis to receive the award. Bloodmobile to make The Carroll County Red Cross will host a bloodmobile Friday in Huntingdon.

The bloodmobile will be at the Community Civic Center on Fairground Road from noon to 6 p.m. Betty Diane Lewis Azbill and Tommy Neal Azbill. Roberta Lee Immel Freeman and William Michael Freeman. Sharon Lynn Faulkner and John Lynn Faulkner. Robert Joseph Allison and Michelle Patricia Allison.

Shirley Jean Eiland and Tracy Lee Eiland. Charlotte Arnold Scott and Jerry M. Scott. Deborah Clara Faye Warren and James Russell Warren Jr. Sandra Vernon Jackson and Danny Wade Jackson Johnny C.

Harston and Lula Mae Har-ston. Mary Jane Crowe and Robert Wesley Gail H. Miller and Robert Harold Miller. Nancy Louise Howell and Kenneth Ralph Howell. Rudolph Edward Lee and Rhonda Rowe Moody Lee.

Michael L. Clark and Linda M. Clark. Sherry Shannon Azbill and Kevin Wade Azbill. Redie Mae DePriest and Earnestine Pitts DePriest.

Roger Neal Holder and Demetra Ernestine Holder. BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS Petitions filed in U.S. Bankrupt' Court at Jackson: Chapter 13 La Wanda Regina Carroll, Dyersburg; Robert Shires, Jackson; Corey Kinney and Loretta Kay Kinney, Dyersburg; Harry Lee King, Alamo; Barry McCord and Alicia McCord, Newbern; Andrew H. Cox, Humboldt; Katie Mae Maness, Brownsville; Anthony Wade Woodard, Halls; George H. Thompson and Lisa Ann Thompson, Jackson; Juuith Anne Johnson, Halls; James Anthony Fryer and Pamela Jo Fryer, Medon; Danny Lee Turner, Friendship; Gina Faye Bobo, Dyersburg; Walter Harris Law and Margaret Sue Law, Jackson; Daniel Albert Vitale Jr.

and Dana Michelle Vi-tale, Palmersville; Jeffrey D. Little and Tracy D.Little, Lexington; Wilma Jean Carroll, Jackson; Andre Merriweather, Jackson; Annie H. Doakes, Trenton; Mark Edward Rhodes, Wynnburg; Ricky Lynn Perry, Jackson. William Lawrence Gurley and Carolyn J.Gurley, Milan; Brian Keith Gamble and Sophia Darlene Gamble, Dyer; Judith Ann Prime, Camden; Betty Joe Johnson, Jackson; John Marcom, Jackson; Lisa Kim Taylor, Jackson; Eddie Earl Copeland, Dyersburg; Tony Lee Burton and Angela S. Burton, Saltillo; Pete B.

Climer and Madie Mai Climer, Dyersburg; Orlando Donald Jones and Sharon Marie Jones, Jackson; Ruben Steen, Alamo; Darrell Martin Beard, Puryear; Ernest Lee Haley and Edith Mary Muzzall GLEASON Mary Muzzall died Wednesday night at Henry County Nursing Home in Paris. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Gallimore Funeral Home at 648-5801. Leonard Hays Leonard Hay s. 82, died this morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital's Specialty Unit.

Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Bledsoe Funeral Home at 427-1521. backing As a result of his guarantee, Friedman would have the right to name three of six directors to a corporation which would develop a 184-acre site in Memphis for a one-mile, oval track. Cole said the proposal would include a clubhouse and grandstand with seating for 12,000. Cole also asked that the first day of racing be postponed from April 1991 to Oct.

14, 1991, with the first session ending Dec. 1, 1991. Cole earlier applied for 231 racing days each year for thoroughbreds, standardbreds and quarter horses. No promoter has yet come up with a proposal that satisfies the Racing Commission, although Memphis voters approved a pari-mutuel track soon after the Tennessee Legislature permitted it in 1987. Stephen Everett Hatch and Dawn Kristine Cartwright.

Joe Anthony Taylor and Celisa Ann Wilbourn. Raymond Anthony McKenzie and Sandra Jean Slater. Michael Alton Jenkins and Lisa Mae Stegall. James Donaldson Henning and Karen Teresa Bowman. Edward Earl Howard and Betty Ruth Johnson.

Joseph David Barton and Elizabeth Lee Wilson. Stephen Frank Hyde and Susan Michelle Puckett. Ronnie Lesewell Hill and Rodia Sonja Marie Wiesbauer. Franklin Delanor Goff and Velinda Pearl Savage. Jesse Owen Adkins and Yvonne Gertrude Nims.

Frank Andrews Jr. and Beulah Marie Herron. John Otis Link and Betty Ruth Ballard. James McQuiston Wilson and Lisa Ann Presson. James Donald Fesmire and Jewell Dean Moore.

Kenneth Michael Overby Jr. and Re-gina Gail Rauchle. James Vincent West and Karen Joy English. Clarence Wayne Moore and Lisa Elaine Leach Terry Kevin Anthony and Annette Riki Garner. Tracy Wade Taylor and Jacqueline Dene Taylor.

Arlie Miller Pounds IV and April Michelle Wernimont. Robert Lee Green and Levell Marie Davis. Willie Larmar Ozier and Lisa Diane Martin. Anthony Burlin Weaver and Mary Ann Hunt. Bradley Vernell Moore and Pamela Lamia Savage.

Ronnie Ray Panell and Sherry Jo Garcia. Elton Gatnone Merriweather and Lilly Annis Hobson. Edward Wayne Austin and Mary Elizabeth Gillespie. Charles Richard Deming and Eugenia Diana Ingle. DIVORCES Divorces granted in Madison County Chancery Court: Karla Sue Miller Cheshire and Harvey Lee Cheshire.

Jessie Naomi Bishop and Richard Leo Bishop. Melinda Gail Foster and Michael Anthony Foster. Joan Suzette Taylor Duncan and Joe Frank Duncan. Doris Jean Tosh and Jack Tosh. Eddie C.

Person and Dorothy Dis-mukes Person. NASHVILLE (AP) A promoter has produced a guarantee from a South Carolina businessman for $70 million in bank loans for a pari-mutuel horse track in Memphis, but a Racing Commission official said it lacks details. Art Giles, administrative services director for the commis- Road marker to honor SHILOH A roadside marker honoring Civil Conservation Corps Co. No. 2425 will be dedicated at 11 a.m.

Saturday in Shi-loh National Military Park. The speaker will be James B. Jones of the Tennessee Historical Commission. Company No. 2425, composed of black World War I veterans, moved to Shiloh in 1933 and RECORD WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY Reception for Marcus Reaves, 6-8 p.m.

at 545 N. Hays Ave in the Home of Doris Price. "The Apple Tree" musical, 8 p.m., Jackson Civic Center. Sponsor: Jackson Recreation Teen Theatre. "The Apple Tree" consists of three one-act musicals including "The Diary of Adam and Eve," "The Lady or the Tiger?" and "Passionella." There will be a matinee show at 2 p.m.

and a dinner theatre show with seating for 50 at 6:45 p.m. July 14. Reservations must be made at the Civic Center. $12 for dinner theatre, $5 without dinner. (423-0075) FRIDAY Chester County Esquire Association of Henderson Horse Show, 8 p.m.

Chester County Esquire Association Club Arena on Highway 100 East. Admission: $1. "The Apple Tree" musical, See "TODAY" for details. HOSPITAL REPORT JACKSON At Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Discharges Wednesday Benton: Lovis Kellum, Camden. Carroll: Monnie R.

Crocker, McKenzie; Donald T. Jordan Bruce ton; Dorothy L. Noles, Buena Vista; John W. Page Eleanor J. Perry, both of Huntingdon.

Chester: Billy J. Ard, Mary E. Ervin, both of Henderson. Crockett: baby boy Curtis, Tammy M. Curtis, both of Friendship; baby girl Johnson, Melanie L.

Johnson, both of Bells; John E. Lovelace, Alamo. Decatur: Jessica N. Campbell, J. D.

Whitworth, both of Parsons; Geneva Wallace, Decaturville. Gibson: Edna Cook, Milan; Ernest W. Denton, Trenton; Altha D. Phelps, Robert E. Senter, both of Medina; Vera B.

Spence, Rutherford. Hardeman: Jeremy L. Burnes, Hornsby; William A. Jones, Bolivar. Hardin: Gladys L.

Sparks, Savannah. Haywood: Ida J. Cole, Bells. Henderson: baby girl Anderson, Can-dace A. Anderson, Charles H.

Feathers, Ludell Garner, Nina E. Stubblefield, all of Lexington; William R. Grimes, gan; Vernice N. Wade, Sardis. Henry: baby girl French, Kim M.

French, both of Henry; Mattie B. Porter, Paris. Madison: Gladys Bond, Joyce Hars-son, Sofie M. Hill, baby girl Jones, Rita D. Jones, Nancy L.

Kennedy, David S. Lane, Maie J. Patrick. Charles W. Person, diana Pruitt, Lowell D.

Reeves, Tommy L. Robertson, Stephanie Robinson, George A. Smith, Joseph D. Woodruff, all of Jackson; Ruby E. Sanford, Oakfield.

sion, said promoter John Cole of White Plains, N.Y., still has not said where the money to finance Tennessee Downs would come from. "We still don't have an essential piece of information," Giles said. He said he would be in touch with Cole. conservation corps worked on roads, bridges and landscaping until 1941. The last project completed by the company was the culvert over Dill Branch.

The announcement was made by Cecil Flowers, first vice president of the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni. McNairy: Roy L. Robertson, Selmer; Amy L. Seaton, baby boy Seaton, both of Adamsville. Obion: Alita G.

Herane, Union City; Ruby M. Matheny, Troy. Weakley: Raymond H. Johnson, Greenfield; Debbie A. Spencer, Dresden.

At HCA Regional Hospital Discharges Wednesday Joyce Calaway, Dora Ross, both of Jackson; Jahue Carrington, Parsons; Nancy McCormick, Bradford; Ralph Pierce, Bruceton; Donald Rogers, Brighton; Lloyd Warren, Fowlkes; Essie Williams, Selmer. BROWNSVILLE Methodist Haywood Park General Hospital Admitted Wednesday: David Gotten, Alamo. HUMBOLDT Humboldt General Hospital Admitted Wednesday: Callie Corinne Connell, Halls; Tommy Edgar Volner, Humboldt. HUNTINGDON Baptist Memorial Hospital Huntingdon Admitted Wednesday: Doug Pruitt, Georgia Woods, Huntingdon. LEXINGTON Lexington Methodist Hospital Discharged Wednesday: Edith Fesmire, Reagan; Charles Simmons, Cedar Grove; Helen Hayes, Sardis; Bobbye Bomer, Charles Pettigrew, Ruby Brit-tain, Eddie Tignor, Lexington.

MARTIN HCA Volunteer General Hospital Admitted Wednesday: Mary Helen Co-peland, Dresden; Mary Mitchell, Paris; Joanne Gainey, Union City; Cletus Crit-tendon, Tony Shoffit, Winnie McLain Barbara Hill, Tim McDaniel, Martin. BIRTHS JACKSON At Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Wednesday Debbie and Roger Brasfield, Humboldt, boy; Brenda and Gregory Ballard, Jackson, girl; Pollyanna and Danny Ray, Savannah, girl; Shirley and Tony McCormick, Parsons, boy. FIRE CALLS These reports were on file with the Jackson and Madison County Fire Departments. CITY Wednesday 8:06 a.m. 100 Stonehaven Drive, defective alarm system.

8:09 a.m. 621 Old Hickory Blvd. West, pilot light on furnace went out at the Pazazz Hair Academy. 10:39 a.m. North Hays malicious false alarm..

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