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2B The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Monday, Aug. 14, 1989 DEATHS edliflcattioiri) adds John Terrence Lemonds Ruth Scott may mmnss iswaD School boards hold key to instruction Virginia Alice Simon CAMDEN Services for Virginia Alice Simon, 63, formerly of Camden, will be at Stinson Funeral Home in Detroit. Burial will be in Detroit. Mrs. Simon, a homemaker, died Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

She was married to L.V. Simon. They had four children, Margie Barnhill, Linda Simon, Rena Simon and Layton Simon, all of Detroit. She is the daughter of Dovie Jones of Camden. For more information, call Stock-dale-Malin Funeral Home at 584-8116.

Ora Lee Porch BROWNSVILLE Services for Ora Lee Porch, 90, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Porch, a homemaker, died Sunday at Crestview Nursing Center.

She was married to the late Clarence Asbury Porch. They had five children, C.A. Porch of Brownsville, Ivan Porch of Paris, Bobby Porch of Memphis, Edd Porch of Huntsville, and Charles Porch of Selma, and six foster children, Page Middleton of Brownsville, Jimmy Middleton of Memphis, Florence Walker and Peggy Treon, both of Virginia, Remona Riley of Fort Worth, Texas, and Cecil Middleton Jr. of Montgomery, Ala. For more information, call the funeral home at 772-1551.

Elbert Cole BRADFORD Services for Elbert Cole, 81, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Harmony Primitive Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Cole, a retired farmer, died Sunday morning at his home.

He was married to Dorothy Mallard Cole. They had two daughters, Nancy McCormick of Bradford and Monelle Hames of Trezevant. For more information, call Bodkin Funeral Home of Milan at 686-3111. Lillie Cagle BETHEL SPRINGS Services for Lillie Cagle, 41, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer.

Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Cagle, a homemaker and waitress, died Saturday at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer. She was married to Larney Cagle. She had six stepchildren, Larry Cagle, Virginia Shorzmann and Sandi Cagle, all of Lexington, Wanda Jones of Henderson, Diane Burkeens of Finger and Dale Cagle of Memphis.

For more information, call the funeral home at 645-3481. Donna E. Pearcy PARSONS Services for Donna E. Pearcy, 90, were today at Parsons Mortuary. Burial was in Rustlings Creek Cemetery near Decaturville.

Mrs. Pearcy, a homemaker, died Sunday at Decatur County General Hospital. She was married to the late Robert E. Pearcy. They had six children, Graple Hill, Ruby Cottrell, Bill Pearcy, Jeff Pearcy and Alma Creasey, all of Parsons, and Mary Clark of Scotts Hill.

Sara A. White McFarland Services for Sara A. White McFarland, 86, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ridgecrest Cemetery.

Mrs. McFarland, a retired saleswoman, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was married to the late Richard Owens McFarland. They had a daughter, Charlotte Beck of Jackson. For more information, call the funeral home at 424-2424.

Ruth B. Jones Ruth B. Jones died this morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Bledsoe Funeral Home at 427-1521.

DEATHS ELSEWHERE William Shockley, argued blacks inferior to whites SAN FRANCISCO (AP) William Shockley, who shared a Nobel Prize for helping to create the transistor and aroused controversy for his views on genetic differences between the races, died Saturday of cancer at his home at Stanford University. He was 79. He was among the fathers of the electronic age, but spent his later years embroiled in controversy over his theory that intelligence is genetically based, and that blacks as a group are inferior to whites. His genetic theories prompted debate over the use of IQ tests in schools and over why blacks failed to score as well as whites. Most experts have blamed this outcome on biased tests and other factors not related to genetics.

Laszlo Willinger, took pictures of film greats LOS ANGELES (AP) Hungarian-born photographer Laszlo Willinger, who profiled such stars of Hollywood's golden era as Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, died Aug. 8 of heart failure. He was 83. HENDERSON Services for Ruth Scott, 83, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Casey Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Henderson City Cemetery. Mrs. Scott, a homemaker, died Sunday afternoon at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was married to Luther L. Scott.

They had three children, Martha Mas-sengill of Ripley, Warren Scott of Mem-phis, and Norman Scott of Olive Branch, Miss. For more information, call the funeral home at 989-2421. Mamie Clenney Austin PARSONS Services for Mamie Clenney Austin, 90, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Parsons Mortuary. Burial will be in Cross Roads Cemetery.

Mrs. Austin, a homemaker, died Sunday night at Decatur County General Hospital. She was married to the late Farris Austin. They had five children, Rose Farley, Earline Crews, Duane Austin and Jonell Barnickle, all of Parsons, and Jack Ray Austin of Converse, Ind. For more information, call the funeral home at 847-3441.

Guy Phillip Smith STANTON VILLE Services for Guy Phillip Smith, 83, were today at Stan-tonville Methodist Church. Burial was in Stantonville Cemetery. Mr, Smith, a retired farmer, died Saturday at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer. He was married to Minola Dickey Smith. They had five daughters, Barbara Goodman, Shirley Hornbuckle and Kay Hornbuckle, all of Stantonville, and Bonnie Ruth Freeman and Ruby Christine Jamerson, both of Etowah.

Robert Hobson Pulliam Graveside services for Robert Hob-son Pulliam, 79, were today at Hollywood Cemetery. Mr. Pulliam, a retired employee of Jackson Utility Division, died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, He was married to Dorothy Scott Pulliam. Guy Wooley Services for Guv Wooley, 62, of Pin- son, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at George A.

Smith and Sons' South Chapel. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Wooley, a carpenter, died Sunday in Chester County. For more information, call the funeral home at 423-2212.

McKENZIE John Terrence Lemonds, a retired U.S. Postal Service employee, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Huntingdon. He was married to Pauline Feather-stone Lemonds. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Brummitt Funeral Home at 352-2222.

Ethel Johnson PARSONS Services for Ethel Johnson, 87, formerly of Parsons, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Prospect Baptist Church. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson, a homemaker, died Sunday in Bruner, Mo.

She was married to the late Harvey Johnson. They had three children, Brooxie Palmer of Memphis, Eliose Churchwell of Blythesville, and Odis Ray Johnson of Dexter, Mo. For more information, call Parsons Mortuary at 847-3441. David C. Dickerson BELLS Graveside services for David Dickerson, 87, formerly of Bells, will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Providence Cemetery in Madison County. Mr. Dickerson, a retired farmer, died Saturday at Richland Parish Hospital in Monticello, La, He was married to Barbara Kirkland Dickerson. He had a daughter, Sandra Kay Tyler of Baskin, and three stepchildren, Gene Graham and Mary Alice Vickery, both of Monticello, and Henry Graham of Tallulah, La. For more Information, call Brownsville Funeral Home at 772-1551.

Myrl Chappell GLEASON Services for Myrl Chappell, 85, were today at Gallimore Funeral Home. Burial was in Butler Cemetery. Mrs. Chappell, a homemaker, died Saturday at Henry County Medical Center in Paris. She was married to the late Herbert Chappell Sr.

They had a son, Neuman Chappell of Washington Park, III. Mary Lucille Baker BRUCETON Services for Mary Lucille Baker, 89, will De at p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, Burial will be In Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Baker, a homemaker, died this morning at Benton Community Hospital In Camden, She was married to U.

Baker, They had a son, J.S. Hall of Dublin, Ga. For more information, call Bruceton Funeral Home at 586-2512. NASHVILLE (AP) Rural school boards could hold the power of life and death over their children in deciding whether they will learn about AIDS in their classrooms, the state director of AIDS education says. The General Assembly enacted a law during its recent session directing that AIDS education emphasize abstinence from sexual activity or drug abuse.

But lawmakers allowed local school boards to say if there should be any AIDS education at all. "I would hope school boards in rural communities realize that we're not just talking about sexual issues but we're talking about a disease that is killing people in all walks of life," Elizabeth Word, AIDS education coordinator for the Education Department, said. "It's killing our kids as much as others in those communities." She said larger school systems plan to educate their pupils against AIDS, but she won't know how many smaller systems will do so until several weeks after school starts. Education was stressed by a special state task force on AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as the most important weapon against the virus-caused disease, which attacks the body's defenses against infection. AIDS is spread through sexual contact, exchange of needles by drug users and other exchange of body fluids.

It also is passed onto babies born to mothers infected with AIDS and, before all donated blood was screened for the AIDS virus by law, through transfusions. Word said 28 percent of AIDS victims in Tennessee are between the ages of 20 and 29, the most active childbearing years. The national percentage for this age group is 20 percent. Because it takes seven years from the time of infection for the virus to appear as AIDS, those who have it probably contacted it when they were between 13 and 22. This is why public school education on how to prevent or avoid AIDS is so important, Word said.

She said the elementary school curriculum covers basic hygiene, how drug use is related to AIDS, the definition of a communicable disease and how the AIDS virus is spread. Sexual activity, as a means of transmitting AIDS, is not covered by the curriculum until the ninth grade, Word said. "Teen-agers are sexually active and we want kids to know the facts so they will not die of this disease," she said. "We are not trying to promote sex." She said the curriculum teaches students about making wise choices. "We certainly are stressing abstinence," Word said.

A total of 833 cases had been reported in Tennessee as of June 30, up from 655 by the end of 1988. Twelve were under age 13 and half of the children are among 467 Tennessee patients who have died. There is no known cure. Ten of the children younger than 13 were male. Six had hemophilia and were infected by blood products.

Two were Infected in the womb, three did not have hemophilia but were infected by a blood transfusion and the cause of one infection was unknown. The state Board of Education voted to make AIDS education a mandatory part of the state health curriculum and Charles Cagle, assistant director of the Board, said, "We intended for it to be statewide. I think that it was very unfortunate that the legislature made it optional and I hope we can change it back." More women named as church ministers Oldest graduate 4 Female ministers are likely to find greater acceptance in local churches among younger people and those who have attained higher levels of education. the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 1989 It 7vi i I II II HJ 1 Mm SSfW women. The issue has been central in disputes between conservatives and moderates in the 14.7 million-member church body.

The Assemblies of God and the United Methodist Church have had the greatest numerical increases among the 221 American denominations surveyed in the last 10 years. Eighty-four denominations ordain women, while 82 including the Roman Catholic Church and Churches of Christ do not, according to the Yearbook. The Reformed movement has 101 female rabbis, or 7 percent; the Reconstructionist movement has 27 women rabbis, or 24.5 percent; and the Conservative movement has 4 women rabbis, or 0.4 percent. Information was unavailable on 49 church bodies. PAID ANNOUNCEMENT Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors Sara A.

White McFarland Services for Mrs. Sara A. White McFarland, 86, will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Chapel of Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Smith officiating.

Burial will follow in Ridgecrest Cemetery. Mrs. McFarland died Sunday morning at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital Specialty Unit after a four week stay. She was the widow of Richard Owens McFarland who preceded her in death in 1986. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Samuel and Jennie Sartin White.

She was born in Stewart County, near Dover, Tennessee. She was a retired saleslady and bookkeeper for Powers Department Store in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and moved back to Jackson in 1968. She was a member of the Bethany Christian Church in Jackson. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Beck of Jackson, two grandchildren, Mrs.

Sharon and Dennis Beck, one great-grandson, Richard Dennis Beck, Jr. and several cousins. Pallbearers will be Ira Tipton, Clay Evans, John Hillhouse, Kenneth Wadley, Don Howard and A. G. Hilliard.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 9 P.m. tonight. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home 424-2424 Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun provides free death notices tor families in our area. However, those desiring more than basic information provided in the death notice may purchase a paid obituary through their funeral home or the classified advertisement department of The Sun. NASHVILLE (AP) The number of women ordained as ministers has doubled since 1977, but many churches still resist promoting women, a new report says.

The Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 1989, which is published by Nashville's Abingdon Press, shows that 8 percent of the ordained ministers in the United States are women. However, the Yearbook cites a study by the United Church of Christ that indicates that 61 percent of female clergy surveyed said they have been turned down for church jobs because of their gender. In that study, about 72 percent of the women said they were paid less than men. Despite advancement for women in other fields, opposition remains against promoting RECORD WHAT'S GOINO ON TODAY Concerned Cerro Gordo community meeting on proposed landfill, p.m., Cerro Gordo Missionary Baptist Church at 1214 Cerro Gordo Road. Representatives of U.S.

Rep. John Tanner will drive with residents from the church to the landfill site and discuss the proposal. PUDLIC AGENDA TODAY Madison County Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., Comprehensive Vocational Center at 310 North Parkway. Madison County Recreation Board meeting, 7 p.m., Jackson-Madison County Library. TUESDAY Jackson-Madison County General Hospital board of trustees, 5 p.m., board room in hospital.

HOSPITAL REPORT JACKSON At Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Discharges Sunday Carroll: Patsy A.Haynes, McKenzie. Chester: Raymond E. Crowe, Enville. Crockett: Leona Barker, Bells. Decatur: Dustin L.

Middleton, Decaturville. Gibson: Linda J. Dance, Milan; Hur-shel A. Holder, Humboldt. Hardeman: Sandra F.

Storey and baby boy, Ricky L. Woods, all of Toone. Haywood: baby boy Padilla, Brownsville. Henderson: Sherrie K. Dyer and baby girl, Geneva A.

Powers, all of Lexington. Madison: Angela M. Blair and baby girl, Donna J. Moyers, Richard M. Williams, all of Jackson; Mamie Fuller, Mercer; Edgar R.

Tate, Bemis. Perry: Linda S. Crutchfield, Linden. BOLIVAR Community Hospital Admitted Saturday: Parthena Jackson, Bolivar. BROWNSVILLE Methodist Haywood Park General Hospital i '1 comparing with their kids.

"You have to have insurance. A lot of people go and don't have insurance and if you don't have insurance, you have to go and raise funds," she said. "Thank the Lord I had Blue Cross and Blue Shield because Blue Shield helped pay 75 percent of his bills. The other 25 percent was through Medicaid." For other expenses, such as travel back and forth to Memphis, staying in a hotel and food, Jones was able to make ends meet by the money she received through donations. Although the bills are still coming in, Detrick and his family are more concerned with slipping back into normal everyday life.

"So far," Detrick's mother said, "with the Lord's help, we've been doing pretty well." II I Associated Press Ersa Patterson, at 69 the oldest graduate at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville's summer commencement, tries on her cap before receiving her long-sought diploma. churches among younger people and those who have attained higher levels of education, the report indicates. "It's harder for women to be considered for better jobs change is always rather frightening to people," said the Rev. Anne Stevenson, who is associate rector of Nashville's Christ Episcopal Church. In the Southern Baptist Convention, some churches ordain BIRTHS JACKSON At Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Thursday Regeina and Arbie Baxter, Selmer, boy.

Friday Shirley and Peirria Chapman, Jackson, girl. Saturday Sophis Reed, Humboldt, girl; Angela and Greg Blair, Jackson, girl; Lasandra Gill, Jackson, boy; Sherrie and Kimmy Dyer, Lexington, girl; Pamela and Michael Gordon, Alamo, boy. Sunday James and Teresia Shaw, Brownsville, girl; Ronald and Betty Hester, Beech Bluff, boy. BROWNSVILLE Methodist Haywood Park General Hospital Sunday: Jackie Baltimore, girl, Brownsville. LEXINGTON Lexington Methodist Hospital Thursday: Timothy and Fredia Baker, girl, Lexington.

MILAN City of Milan Hospital Friday: Charlotte Porter, girl, Milan. POUCE PLOTTER These reports were on file Monday at the Jackson Police department: Burglaries and thefts over S200 Larry D. Grimes of 20 Wisteria Zenith color television, Colortyme video cassette recorder, Remington shotgun and Maymaia camera and flash. Willie J. Ross of 18 Revere Drive, red Schwinn 10-speed.

James Shaw Jr. of 517 Greenwood AM FM cassette player. Dorothy Merriweather of Denmark, 1985 Buick Regal. Terry Mays of 129 Haughton Alley, radar detector and $400 car speakers. Arrests Jeffrey L.

Thornton, 34, of Spring Creek; carrying a deadly weapon and public drunkeness. Rocenta L. Easley, 23, of 321 Lexington grand larceny. women in the church, according to Lyle Schaller, a national church consultant and research consultant at the Yokefellow Institute in Richmond, Ind. "Churches are enclaves for the status quo.

People seem to need a stability zone in their lives. Often they look for it in church, so it's there that they resist change," Schaller said. Female ministers are likely to find greater acceptance in local Admitted Saturday: James Dickerson, Martha Jones, Nell CofTey, Brownsville. Admitted Sunday: Mary Lea, Jackie Baltimore and baby, Brownsville. CAMDEN Benton Community Hospital Admitted Saturday: Sue Johnson, Camden; James McCain, Huntingdon.

HUNTINGDON Baptist Memorial Hospital Huntingdon Admitted Saturday: Erin Simpson, Barbara Carver, Pansy Waker, Huntingdon. LEXINGTON Lexington Methodist Hospital Discharged Saturday: Edward Willi-ford, Beech Bluff; Martha Wheeler, Fre-dia Baker and baby, Lexington; Margaret Minton, Foley, Ala. Discharged Sunday: Ruby Mullins, Windell Anderson, Lafette Parker, Lexington; Flora Clenney, Virginia Rogers, Scotts Hill. MARTIN HCA Volunteer General Hospital Admitted Saturday: Leon Bell, Willie Polsgrove, Milton Roberts, Kemp Chandler, Buster Maxey, Martin; Janice Hamlin, Sharon; Mary Hopkins, Dresden; Virlean Brooks, Rives; Charlie Reilly, Water Valley. Admitted Sunday: Joe Black, Henry McDaniel, Dresden; Victoria Brown, South Fulton; Kathryn Hunley, Edna Miles, Sharon; Cynthia Jones, William Campbell, Martin; Glenda Bing, Union City; Julie McGee, Greenfield.

MILAN City of Milan Hospital Discharged Saturday: Opal Jones, Charlotte Porter and baby, Milan; Bobby Wilson, Atwood. Discharged Sunday: Mary Petty, Milan. PARSONS Decatur County General Hospital Admitted Saturday: Ralph Warren, Parsons; Faye Tucker, Bath Springs. Admitted Sunday: Ruthie Middleton, Parsons. TRENTON Gibson' General Hospital Admitted Saturday: Grace Smith, Leroy Quinton, Trenton.

Forum Hospital Admitted Saturday: William Haynes, Trenton. New heart, kidney give youth future to plan for From 1 well," his mother said. "He's grown three inches since he had the transplant. He is growing like a normal boy is supposed to grow. He weighs 97 pounds and when he came out of the hospital, he weighed 70 pounds.

He got back in his old clothes and they're not falling off of him. He's looking good overall almost excellent." But becoming a transplant patient does not come cheaply emotionally or financially. "Right now, it takes a lot of money to do what they do," Mrs. Jones said. "The bills are always going to be going on with going back and forth to the hospital.

So far the people have been good in Hardeman County and all over the world really donating, calling, wondering how they're doing,.