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mjfiiifiii DEATHS Thursday, January 4, 2001 6AThe Jackson Sun Former Nixon aide William P. Rogers dies at 87 By WALTER R. MEARS The Associated Press WASHINGTON William P. Rogers, attorney general in one Republican administration, secretary of state in another, and a champion of civil rights and freedom of the press in a legal career that spanned more than 60 years, is dead at 87. Rogers, the senior partner in the law firm Rogers Wells, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday night at Suburban Hospital near his home in Bethesda, Md.

He had been in failing health, and last appeared publicly Dec. 11 at a ceremony Film, iiiijuhhjii uim'nrJNWl" "'a mmmm i. ui 1 11 if I hi': r'v gp mm ummMvttmkfiiiiiii1 ii'" -i witr wit 'iifitf "liiftftiniiiifcii'iYr PA ANNOUNCEMENT Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors dedicating the William P. Rogers Building, the new Washington office of his firm. He was attorney general during the second term of President Eisenhower, a man he revered, and secretary of state to President Nixon, a longtime friend he once said "turned out to be not quite a friend," In 1973, Nixon replaced him with Henry A.

Kissinger, the White House adviser the president already had made his dominant foreign policy lieutenant. Even so, Nixon turned to Rogers for personal solace in the depths of the Watergate scandal. "He never asked me about any of that nonsense until much too late," Rogers recalled. No trace of that or any other ethical question touched Rogers' long career in and out of government. Tony Essaye, a Washington partner in the law firm, said Rogers was "a man of impeccable integrity in everything he did." Nixon did ask, and receive, Rogers' counsel at two pivot points in his rise to national political power, the Alger Hiss case in 1947, and the Nixon fund controversy in which he saved his place as Eisenhower's running mate with the Checkers speech in the 1952 campaign.

The Associated Press Attorney General William Rogers is shown at a news conference in Washington in this Jan. 1,. 1961 file photo. Rogers, the urbane lawyer who was attorney general in the Eisenhower administration and secretary of state under President Nixon, died Wednesday. i a communist by a witness before the House Committee on Un-American activities.

Hiss denied it under oath. Rogers read the testimony and told Nixon that Hiss was lying. Hiss later was convicted of perjury. Nixon's role in the case launched his career in national Republican politics. serving in the Navy in World War II.

Rogers' first Washington post was as counsel to the Senate war investigating committee in 1947, the year he met Nixon, then a new congressman. Nixon asked his new friend for advice on the case of Hiss, a State Department official accused of being Famed flamenco dancer Jose Greco Even in Watergate, despite the strains between them, Nixon turned to his old friend for contact and comfort in the months before his resignation in 1974. At one point, he asked Rogers to tell two top aides they would have to resign because of the scandal. Rogers declined. Between his two tours of Cabinet service, Rogers practiced law, arguing and winning two landmark First Amendment cases in the Supreme Court, one for the Rev.

Martin Luther King one" for The Associated Press, a client of the firm then and now. In those cases, New York Times v. Sullivan in 1964 and The Associated Press v. Walker in 1967, the Supreme Court decisions gave news organizations expanded protections against libel claims for reports dealing with public officials and public figures. As attorney general, Rogers established the civil rights division as a permanent part of the Department of Justice.

He had been a key draftsman of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 as deputy attorney general. He began his legal career in 1938 as an assistant district attorney in New York under Thomas E. Dewey, and returned to that work after he suffered heart failure on Sunday at his home in Lancaster. "He danced with such verve and such contagious joy that when you watched him you had to share that same enthusiasm and pleasure," said Lynn Brooks, a colleague of Greco's at Franklin Marshall. Born in Montorio nei Frentani, Italy, of Spanish-Italian parents, he Ward, Janie Smith and Joanie Collins, all of Selmer; and one son, Billy Clyde Hurst of Selmer.

For moe information, call the funeral home at (901) 645-3481. Sherry Lambert, 48 BARTLETT Services for Sherry Diann Lambert, 48, formerly of Michie, will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery in Michie. Ms.

Lambert, an executive assistant with Nationwide Insurance died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis of cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Grady and Jewel Wardlow Lambert. For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 645-3481. Mrs. Collis Matlock, 77 DYER Graveside services for Mrs.

Collis M. Matlock, 77, will be at 10 a.m. today at Oakwood Cemetery in Dyer. Mrs. Matlock, a homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Le Bonheur-Jackson Hospital of heart failure.

She is survived by two daughters, Mary Jean Johnson of Pocahontas, and Jennie Pearl Simmons of Dyer; and three sisters, Mrs. Reedie Herring and Mrs. Grachel Lamburt, both of Selmer, and Olar Highsmith of Adamsville. For more information, call Roberts Funeral Home at (901) 665-7654. Maxine Nichols, 85 KENTON Services for Maxine Nichols, 85, will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at First Baptist Church in Kenton. Burial will be in New Salem Cemetery in Mason Hall. Mrs. Nichols, who was retired from Kellwood Manufacturing, died Wednesday at Union City Manor of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Nichols.

She is survived by one daughter, Patricia Roden of Mason Hall. For more information, call Karnes Thompson Funeral Home at (901) 749-8000. Bradley Pearson, 35 HUNTINGDON Bradley Pearson, 35, died Tuesday at Metro General Hopsital. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Memorial Funeral Home at (901) 986-0444.

A.L Phillips, 83 JACKSON Services for A.L. "Buck" Phillips, 83, will be at 3 customized ji tf 0 if If Happy Birthday Gregory P. Anderson Jan. 4, 1986-Jan. 20,1997 It's Been Four Years Everything has gone on as usual But nothing has been the same without you.

Love You Forever, Jerry, Evelyn, Nancy, Jerry Michael, Veronica, Xavier, Sherrel, Shalanda, Dee Dee Billy Lee Jerry Thompson Funeral Services for Jerry Thompson, 58, will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 5, 2001, at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. John Ross officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery. Mr.

Thompson died Wednesday, January 3, 2001, at Jackson General Hospital. He was born in Madison County, son of the late Neal Wesley and Nina Mae Stegall Thompson. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Mr. Thompson was a brick mason, and had served in that capacity over 40 years.

He leaves his wife, Brenda Thompson of Jackson; three sons, David Thompson and his wife, Beverly of Jackson, Kenny Thompson and his wife, Gina of Mercer and Jason Thompson of Jackson; five sisters, Louise Ussery, Elizabeth Mason, Joan Meredith, Betty Brown and Margaret Brown, all of Humboldt; two brothers, Vernon Ray Thompson and James Harold Thompson both of Jackson; and three grandchildren, Benjamin Thompson, Anna Thompson and Shelby Thompson. He was preceded in death by a brother, Billy Wayne Thompson. The family will receive friends at the North Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons today from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m. George A.

Smith and Sons North Chapel 2812 N. Highland Ave. 427-5555 A.L "Buck" Phillips Funeral services for A.L. Buck" Phillips, 83, will be 3:00 p.m. Thursday, January 4, 2001, at the North Chapel of George Smith and Sons with Rev.

Gail Gaddie and Dr. John Bonson officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Phillips died Tuesday, January 3, 2001, at Jackson General Hospital.

He was born in Murray, KY, March 29, 1917. He was a salesman with Colonial Baking Co. for many years and retired from Gray Seal Paint Co. of Louisville, KY. He was a very active member of Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church, having served on many boards and committees.

He was a member of Jackson Masonic Lodge 332. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Dorotha Phillips; two daughters, Ann Bell and husband Larry, of Jackson, TN and Carolyn Sigman and husband Bill, of Cordova, TN; two grandchildren, Phil Bell and Petty Bell Jaco; and four great grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers and one sister. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, David Key Phillips; one brother and one sister. Members of the Memorial Sunday School Class are asked to sit together for the services.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Bun-tin, Tommy L. PhHIips, Bill Simmons, Brooks Clayton, Bob Ellis and Mike Freeman. The family requests that memorials be sent to Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church for the Ramp Fund, or Society of Stephens. Visitation will be today from 1 :00 p.m. until time of services at the North Chapel of George A.

Smith and Sons. George A. Smith and Sons North Chapel 2812 N. Highland Ave. 427-5555 The Associated Press LANCASTER, Pa.

Jose Greco, a flamenco dancer and choreographer who became known as the greatest Spanish dancer in the world, has died. He was 82. A spokesman for Franklin Marshall College, where Greco was an adjunct professor, said Tuesday that DEATHS Nellie Everett, 80 HUNTINGDON Services for Nellie Mae Everett, 80, will be at 10 a.m. today at Dilday Funeral Home Chapel in Huntingdon. Burial will be in Liberty All Cemetery.

Mrs. Everett, a homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Everett. She is survived by one sister, Raymelle Lock-hart of Kingsport; and one brother, Raymond H. Boyd of Huntingdon.

For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 986-8281. Norma Farmer, 67 BUENA VISTA Services for Norma Dean Farmer, 67, will be at 2 p.m. today at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in McAuley Cemetery near Buena Vista. Mrs.

Farmer, a homemaker, died Tuesday at Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center of a stroke. She is survived by her husband, William B. Farmer of Buena Vista; one daughter, Patricia Farmer of Bruceton; and five sons, Thomas M. Farmer of Spring Hill, Henry Farmer of Monroe, Dennis Farmer of Buena Vista, Gary L. Farmer of Lambertville, and Jeff Farmer of Westland, and one brother, James W.

Campbell of Hollow Rock. For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 586-2512. Albert Hicks, 86 SELMER Services for Albert Hicks, 86, of Winchester, will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer. Burial will be in Crump Cemetery in Crump.

Mr. Hicks, who was retired from Brown Shoe Co. and Tri County Convalescent Home, died Tuesday at Sunbridge Nursing Home in Winchester of heart failure. He is survived by two daughters, Erleen Basham of Winchester and Mary Ann Hamm of Selmer; and one sister, Ruth Dunaway of Selmer. For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 645-3481.

Geraldine Hurst, 81 SELMER Services for Geraldine Fryar Hurst, 81, will be at 1 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer. Burial will be in Bethesda Cemetery in Selmer. Mrs. Hurst, a retired Brown Shoe Co.

employee, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare McNairy in Selmer of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Hurst, and her twin sister, Maxine Harris. She is survived by six daughters, Rosemary Rowland and Jan Gray, both of Bar-tlett, and Lynn Hockaday, Ann Personalized, dies at 82 and the Damned," "Sombrero" and "Holiday for Lovers." In 1962, he was knighted by the Spanish government. Greco retired from dance in the 1960s; in later years, the dance company he founded starred his son Jose Greco II, who now lives in Laredo, Texas. His two daughters are also professional dancers.

Grocery, died Monday at her home of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clarence Skipper, and a son, Ramsey Freeman Skipper. She is survived by one son, Tim P. Skipper, and one daughter, Joan S. Melancon.

For more information, call Karnes Son Funeral Home at (901) 692-3711. Osbie Yearwood, 90 MILAN Graveside services for Osbie Yearwood, 90, will be at 2 p.m. today at Oakwood Cemetery in Milan. Mr. Yearwood, a retired cotton gin employee, died Wednesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare-Jackson Hospital of heart failure.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Yearwood of Milan; and one son, Billy Yearwood of Trenton. He was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Yearwood. For more information, call Hunt Funeral Home in Bradford at (901) 742-2261. DEATH ELSEWHERE John T. Norman, 82 WASHINGTON John T.

"Jack" Norman, who retired in 1990 from the AP-Dow Jones Newswire, died of cancer Dec. 29 in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 82. Norman, who joined the news service in 1967 as its first and only Washington correspondent, also was a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. Norman also was bureau chief for Fairchild Publications and worked as public affairs officer for the Treasury Department before joining AP-Dow Jones.

After retiring, he worked for the German news agency VWD. He later settled in Florida. The Associated Press from Jackson and Humboldt schedules and pick up locations call: f7.oc"':s Switching To m. fast Cherishing the Memory of Your Love and Sincerity in 2001 Marcus Campbell. 6 2078 to 81797 WW Canary Lusby Services for Mrs.

Canary Lusby, 99, will be Saturday at 1 1 :00 a.m. at Hurst Chapel C.M.E. Church with Rev. Nathaniel Carter officiating. Burial will follow in Hurst Memorial Gardens with Bledsoe Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Lusby died Saturday at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born in Madison County, the daughter of the late John and Tennie Boyd Anderson, where she attended public schools. She was a member of Hurst Chapel C.M.E Church where she served as a member of the stewardess board. Survivors are: a son, Rev.

P. E. Lusby (Lillie) of Jackson, TN; four daughters, Mary E. Moore and Tennie Herron (Robert) both of South Bend, IN, Barbara Estes of ville, KY and Alice Lusby of Jackson, TN; two grandchildren she raised, Arthur L. Burgess of Beloit, Wl and Evelyn L.

Burgess of Saint Cloud, MN; a daughter-in -law, Beatrice Lusby of Jackson, TN; thirty-two grandchildren; forty great grandchildren; fifteen great great grandchildren; a niece, Dorothy Harris of Jackson, TN; a host of great nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives friends. The family will receive friends on Friday from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Her remains will be at the church on Saturday from 10:00 A.M. until time of services.

Bledsoe Funeral Home 427-1521 Julia Frances Headden Services for Mrs. Julia Frances Headden, 76 of McKenzie, will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 5, 2001 at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in McKenzie. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie following the service. Brummitt Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Headden. a homemaker, died Tuesday, January 2, 2001 at her residence. Mrs. Headden, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, is a past president of Cumberland Presbyterian Women and past secretary of Cumberland Presbyterian Church Board of Missions.

She served as an Elder and Church Session and was a member of Morning Glory Garden Club. She was preceded in death by "her parents, Carl and Myrtle Lee Bailey and a brother, Robert Bailey. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Norvel J. Headden; a daughter, Diane H.

Bladecki and husband Terry of Fairplay, CO; two sons, Kendal B. Headden and wife Diane of Ft. Worth, TX and Kelly L. Headden and wife Dana of Knoxville, TN; a brother, Benjamin E. Bailey of Augusta, GA; seven grandchildren, Jason Goodrich of Murfreesboro, TN, Colin Goodrich of Carbondale, CO; Zachary Headden and wife Becky of Ft.

Worth, TX, Nathan Headden and Grant Headden both of Ft. Worth, TX and Garrett Headden and Elliot Headden both of Knoxville, TN and one greatgrandchild, Sophia Headden of Ft. Worth, TX. Brummitt Funeral Home McKenzie, TN 901-352-2222 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 purchase a paid obituary through their funeral home or the classified advertisement department of The Sun.

moved to Seville, Spain, at the age of 3, then was raised in Brooklyn from the age of 10. He began his career in 1937 and became known as the greatest Spanish dancer in the world. He appeared in several movies, including "Around the World in 80 Days," "Ship of Fools," "The Proud p.m. today at George A. Smith and Sons North Chapel.

Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Phillips, a retired territory manager with Gray Seal Paint Manufacturing died Tuesday at JackSon-Madison County General Hospital of an aneurysm. He is survived by his wife, Dortha Phillips of Jackson; two daughters, Arm Phillips Bell of Jackson and Carolyn Phillips Sigman of Cordova; one sister, Marie Jeffery of Mayfield, and two brothers, Carlyle Phillips of Pad-ucah, and Dess Phillips of Louisville, Ky. For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 427-5555.

Malcom W. Reed, 83 SOUTHHAVEN, Miss. Services for Malcom W. Reed, 83, were Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Chewalla.

Mr. Reed, a retired maintenance foreman with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, died Monday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, Daisy Barham Reed; one daughter, Judy Coffey of Starkville, four sons, Charles Ancel Reed of Oakland, Michael Barham Reed of Southhaven, Stephen Daniel Reed of Pocahontas and Richard Reed of Glen, and three sisters, Jewell Carper and Bernice Butler, both of Chewalla, and Izola Foust of Selmer.

For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 645-3481. Mildred Skipper-Bryan, 85 KENNER, La. Services for Mildred Ramsey Skipper-Bryan, 85, formerly of Dyer, will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Mount Olive Cemetery in Dyer. Mrs.

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