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Jackson Sun Wednesday, August 28, 2002 'Arab-looking' travelers expect scrutiny on flights The Associated Press NEW YORK -Interrogations, body searches and suspicious stares are not the only sources of humiliation these days for air travelers with darker complexions and foreign names. But many of the indignities endured by air travelers of Arab, Middle Eastern, South Asian and even South American backgrounds have been self-imposed changes in behavior they have adopted just to get through the experience with a minimum of inconvenience and shame. "I don't open my mouth in the plane," said Lebanese native Khaled Saffuri of Great Falls, Va. Saffuri, 45, makes sure he shaves closely and puts on a suit every time he has to fly, even on weekends. To avoid the stares of fellow passengers inside airports, he recently joined United Airlines' $450-a-year Red Carpet Club, which gives him access to lesscrowded lounges.

He hates driving, but has taken his car to West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan over the past six months just to escape the aggravation he faces when flying. Nidal Ibrahim, the 35-year-old editor of Arab American Business Magazine, said he tries to get a seat in the back of the plane, far away from the cockpit, lest he make the flight attendants or other passengers nervous. He also makes sure to go to the restroom before boarding to avoid making others fearful by getting out of his seat mid-flight. Norma Jean Birmingham Rhodes, 30 SAVANNAH Services will be August 28, 2002 at 11:00 AM at Shackelford Chapel with burial in Milledgeville Cemetery. She died August 26, 2002 in Savannah.

Surviving are foster parents, Robert and Carol Michael; daughter, Tabitha Dawn Rhodes; son, James Anthony Rhodes and sister, Darlene Cart. Call Shackelford Funeral Home, 731-925-4000. Norman Keith Davis Norman Keith Davis, 54, Springfield, Missouri, the son of James Kermit Davis and Coleen Etheridge Davis, was born May 16, 1948 in Lexington, Mississippi and departed from this life at noon, Monday, August 26, 2002 in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He was raised in Memphis, Tennessee, made his home in Evansville, Indiana from 1978-1982, then made his home in Springfield, Missouri.

A member of Second Baptist Church, Keith was a deacon, a Sunday School teacher and a church choir member. He owned and operated Just Stitchin, Bernina Sewing Machines for twenty years in Springfield. Keith loved his God, family and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Martha, of the home; a daughter, Bethany Mathews of Chicago, IL; a son, Nathan Davis of Crane, MO: his parents, James and Coleen Davis of Pinson, TN; two sisters, Donna Prunkl of Salsbury, NC and Cindy Anderson Memphis, TN; two brothers, Jeff Davis of Pinson, TN and Jimmy Davis of Memphis, TN and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 4:00 PM Thursday, August 29, 2002 in Walnut Lawn Funeral Home Chapel, 2001 W.

Walnut Lawn with second services at 1:00 PM Saturday, August 31, 2002 in the First Baptist Church, Henderson, Tennessee. Burial will follow in Maggie Jones Memorial Cemetery, Finger, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at in the funeral home. The family has requested in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Second Baptist Church Building Fund, 3111 E. Battlefield, Springfield, MO 65804.

Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun is pleased to provide the first fifteen lines of copy at no charge. Text is to be provided by the family of the deceased or the funeral home. Additional lines may be purchased through our Classified Department at (731-423-0300), or the funeral home. "I'm also very careful about what I pack," said Ibrahim, a Californian who was born in the West Bank. "I debated long and hard recently about whether I was going to take a pen.

I'm a writer and I'm debating whether I should take a damn pen." The airlines deny they have engaged in racial profiling since the Sept. 11 hijack attacks, in which Islamic extremists struck at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Still, discrimination lawsuits are stacking up, filed by fliers outraged at what they considered to be abusive treatment. Plaintiffs include Arab-Americans, a permanent U.S. resident from the Phillippines and a U.S.

citizen born in Guyana. Some incidents have received extensive news coverage: A flight bound for New York's LaGuardia Airport was escorted by a military plane after a passenger raised suspicions about a group of Indian travelers who were passing notes and changing seats. The group, which included a noted actress, was detained for questioning and released 5 hours later. Apparently they were just excited about seeing New York. A pilot refused to fly an armed Arab-American Secret Service agent out of concern that his badge and photo ID were not genuine.

The agent, a member of President Bush's security detail, did not get to Texas until the following day. Less well-known are the steps Lou Haworth, 88 SHARON Services for Lou Haworth, 88, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2002 at Gardner Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Haworth died Monday, August 26, 2002.

She is survived by her son, Bill Haworth of Jackson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Howard Haworth. Call Gardner Funeral Home 731-456-2300. Stella Atkinson Bell, 99 MARTIN Services for Mrs.

Stella Atkinson Bell, homemaker, are 11:00 AM Wednesday at Murphy Funeral Home with burial East Side Cemetery. Mrs. Bell, died August 26, 2002 at Martin Residential Care Center. She was the widow of J. Roy Bell.

She is survived by sons, John Richard Bell and Raymond Bell. For more information call Murphy Funeral Home 731-587-3121. Allen C. King Allen C. King, 85, died Monday, August 26, 2002 at Methodist LeBonheur Hospital in Jackson.

Visitation is set for Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:00 time of service in the chapel of Shelton Funeral Home in Trenton. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2002 with Parks Thurmon and Donnell King officiating. Burial will follow in Rutherford City Cemetery. Mr.

King is survived by his wife of nearly fifty-seven years, Lanier King of Jackson; his son and daughter-in-law, Donnell and Janet King of Maryville; three grandchildren, Amanda King of Columbia, S.C., and Jonathan King and Catherine King, both of Asheville, N.C.; a step-grandchild, Zachary Vibert Maryville; a sister, Sara Goode of Nashville and a niece, Polly Thurmon of Dyersburg. Mr. King was a long-time resident of Trenton, known to many citizens through over thirty years of service as a Letter Carrier. He was also known for his athletic activities, running in a several marathons before and after his retirement, and placing third in the over-50 category of a 26.2 mile marathon at age 62; a race in which he was the oldest man to compete. He served his country in World War Il as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, which led to 15 months of imprisonment as a Prisoner of War, an experience that shaped his entire life.

He also served for many years as a Deacon for the Trenton Church of Christ. He was a member of North Jackson Church of Christ at the time of his death. Shelton Funeral Home 731-855-1621 FREE CASINO TRIPS: To Grand Casino Tunica 5 Weekly Departures from Jackson For information on schedules and pick up locations call: must be 21 yrs. or older 1-800-477-4923 FBI expands agent training to include counterterrorism skills LAWRENCE Associated Press Khaled Saffuri, an Arab-American, poses in front of a U.S. flag at his office in Washington on Tuesday.

Saffuri is still bothered by airlines and airport officials because of his Arab looks. Saffuri says, 'I don't open my mouth in the He makes sure he shaves closely and puts on a suit every time he has to fly, even on weekends. being taken by many other fliers to avoid making headlines or seeing their travel plans disrupted. Hassana Mardam Bey, a 29-yearold Syrian who lives in New York, said "you have to be extra polite." With light skin and Mediterranean features, Mardam Bey said it is her passport that triggers the questions and body searches from security workers. "You always feel guilty for no reason," she said.

Kazandra Bonner, a 29-year-old multimedia producer who lives in New York, said she has been pulled aside by security workers for "random" checks so many times since Sept. 11 that she now asks her boyfriend to board separately, taking her carry-on luggage with him. "Once the mark is on you, it seems like you can't shake it," said Bonner, whose theories about why she gets selected for extra screening range from her skin color (her mother is from Peru) to the Information supplied by West Jo Helen (Imani) Beard, 38 GIBSON Services for Jo Helen (Imani) Beard, 38 will be Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark Baptist Church in Gibson with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Ms. Beard's body will lie in state Today from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Village, 301 Hayes Jackson and at Baskerville Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

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Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mr. Beasley, a retired employee of the Milan Arsenal, died August 26, 2002 at his home. He was a member of Mt.

Pleasant Baptist Church, Milan Quarterback Club and Quail Unlimited. He is survived by his wife, Kay Beasley of Milan, TN; three sons, Jerry Stephen Beasley, Brian Beasley and Daniel Beasley, all of Milan, TN; mother, Carol Ann Bryant of Trezevant, TN; father, Jerry Beasley of Springville, TN; two sisters, Lesa McNabb of Milan, TN and Deborah Scott of Catawba, VA; brother, Bill Beasley of Hendersonville, TN; grandfather, Larry W. Parker of Cedar Grove, TN. The family will receive friends after 4:00 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Bodkin Funeral Home Milan, TN By CHRISTOPHER NEWTON The Associated Press WASHINGTON FBI agents are learning to read body language, understand Islamic fundamentalism and master other skills geared toward combating terrorism, part of the most significant change in training in more than half a century. Roger Trott, head of the FBI's new agent training program at Quantico, said the amount of time new agents are trained in counterterrorism and counterintelligence will be more than doubled beginning in October from 23 hours to 55 hours. FBI basic training, which usually lasts 16 weeks, will be extended by a week to help accommodate the change. The FBI also is training some longtime agents to read body language, officials said. "Since Sept.

11, there has been an emphasis on preparing agents to deal with terrorism cases," Trott said. "It is very rare that time is added on to new agent training." FBI training generally has focused on physical conditioning and crime-solving techniques. Abilities like reading body language and dealing with foreign intelligence are now receiving more attention. "Training includes deciphering all the clues you can get not just what someone tells you in an interview, but all the signals they may give off," Trott said. Former FBI chief analyst Paul Moore said the expansion of unusual spelling of her first name.

Mardam Bey, a temporary worker for the Open Society Institute, a George Soros foundation, said she now rides Amtrak when traveling to Boston or Washington. While such measures may be effective ways of coping in the short term, they can carry an emotional toll over time and lead to depression, feelings of inadequacy and other stress-related disorders, according to David Rollock, an associate professor of psychology at Purdue University. Rollock is studying the emotions of victims of race-related police misconduct. "If we assume this is going to be a time experience, then it may, not be an unworkable strategy, Rollock said. Eventually, though, "this short-term strategy is going to wear thin for Rollock said the airline industry, which insists its passenger screening process is blind to race, needs to do more to reverse the perception that it is not.

Obituaries Tennessee Funeral Directors THANK YOU THANK YOU Bolivar, TN -The family of the late Mr. William Carter would like to thank everyone for all of their acts of kindness shown to the family during the loss of our loved Special thanks to The Winfrey Center in Trenton, Tn. Wife Children, Timothy, Tomekia granddaughter Hannah John Ware Moses, 99 BROWNSVILLE Graveside services for John Ware Moses, 99, will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, August 29, 2002 at Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Martha Smith Morton Moses; two daughters; a son, a step-son, a sister; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. For more call Brownsville Funeral Home at 731-772-1551.

Nell Marie Rich HUNTINGDON Funeral services for Nell Marie Rich, 78, will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, August 30, 2002 at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Rich, a homemaker, died Tuesday, August 27, 2002 at her residence. Survivors include three daughters, Nelda Hawkins, Virginia DePriest, and Janet Bybee, all of Huntingdon, TN; four sons, Glendon Rich, Terry Rich, Billy Mac Rich, all of Huntingdon, TN and Gordy Rich of Newbern, TN; two sisters, Mary Katherine Smith of Roscoe, IL and Ann Bennett of Belvidere, IL; three brothers, Joe Wayne Smith of Murray, KY, Carl Smith of McKenzie, TN and Warren Smith of Huntingdon, TN. Dilday Funeral Home basic training was necessary, but was skeptical about whether the FBI was doing enough.

"It is significant, but compared to what we need, it is a drop in the ocean," said Moore, an analyst for the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, a private research firm. "What we need to do is focus on creating agents who have a better chance to intercept intelligence and disrupt operations. One week probably won't be enough to make a real change." The usefulness of agents who are trained in the basics of reading body language became clear as the FBI learned more about how terrorists operated in the country undetected before the Sept. 11 attacks. Two days before the attacks, for example, Ziad Jarrah roared past a Maryland State Police trooper at about 90 mph.

He got the usual treatment: a ticket and a quick reprimand. That ticket was found crumpled up in the car's glove compartment at Newark Airport on Sept. 11, hours after Jarrah and three others hijacked an airliner that crashed in western Pennsylvania. Law enforcement officials, while being careful not to suggest the officer should have done anything differently, say the story illustrates that chance encounters can be important. David Givens, director of the Center for Nonverbal Studies in Spokane, said it's relatively easy to learn the basics about body language.

Givens said it's likely that terrorists give off obvious signs of anxiety before they attack. Catherine Williamson, 75 MILAN Ms. Catherine Williamson, 75, died Tuesday, August 27, 2002 at NHC Healthcare of heart failure. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. For more information call Baskerville Funeral Home at 731-784-1717.

HOLLOW ROCK Services will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, August 31, 2002 at Prospect Baptist Church, Hollow Rock, TN with burial in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Bennett died Sunday in Warren, MI. Survivors: daughter, Dee Dee Plotzke; son, Billy Bennett both of Warren, brother, J. W.

McGee of Huntingdon, TN; 2 grandchildren; 2 great Bruceton Funeral Home 731-586-2512 Freda L. Bennett, 93 Jeffrey Payton Wayne Middleton Graveside services for Jeffrey Payton Wayne Middleton, Infant, will be held at 2:00 pm. Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at the Centerville Cemetery near Medina, TN. Arrington Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. He is survived by his parents, Darrell and Melissa Middleton of Medina; brothers, Brandon Taylor and A.

J. Caviness; a sister Summer Caviness; grandparents, Benny and Billie Taylor of Jackson and Danny and Cheryel Middleton of Lexington. The family will be receiving friends at Arrington Funeral Directors on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 from 1:00 pm. until 1:45 p.m. Arrington Funeral Directors 148 W.

University Parkway Lola Earlene Crews Azbill Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Earlene Crews Azbill, 58, will be at 1:00 PM Thursday, August 29, 2002 in the Chapel of LawrenceSorensen Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Pat Kough, Rev. Glenn Ellis and Rev. Randy Rinehart.

Burial will follow in Ebenezer Cemetery in Madison County. Mrs. Azbill, a homemaker, died Monday, August 26, 2002 at West Tennessee Skilled Nursing Center. She was born in Decatur County, the daughter of the late Sammie and Golden Mae Bawcum Crews. She was a member of Liberty Grove Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Odell Crews and Wilfred B. Crews. Survivors include her husband, James "Jim" Azbill of Jackson; two daughters, Lori "Micki" and husband Kelly Conrad of Oakfield and Kimba Azbill of Jackson; three sons, Daryl and wife Brandy Azbill of Jackson, Darren "Kelly" and wife Melissa Azbill of Henderson and Jimmy Azbill of Jackson; three sisters, Sue Lee of Murfreesboro, TN, Wilma Paschall of Medina and Bonnie Cobb of Jackson; two brothers, Larry Crews and Leroy Crews both of Jackson and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers to serve are Dan Browning, Bob Brown, Jeff Price, Kenny Paschall, Benny Paschall and Paul Gullett. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Price and Earl Holloway.

Visitation will be from 4:00 until 9:00 PM today at the funeral home. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home 731-424-2424.