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Jackson Sun Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Obituaries Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors To offer kind words of sympathy or remembrance, go to www.jacksonsun.com and click on Obituaries Name Bonson, Martha Talmadge Jackson, TN Boykin, Bob Humboldt, TN Carlton, Jayson Lee Memphis, TN Cheshier, Willie Lee Jackson, TN Combs, Virginia Frealy Dyersburg, TN Davis, Tommy Dyer, TN Davis, Willie B. Lexington, TN Doyle, Lawrence Henderson, TN Edmaiston, Christine Dyer, TN Ellis, Beth C. Memphis, TN Lane, Jetty Williams Selmer, TN Melton, Wesley Bruce Benton TN Milam, Exie McCollum Scotts Hill, TN Neely, Edward Randolph Jackson, TN Phillips, Clara Vinson Henderson, TN Pipes, Derrick Lynell Olivehill, TN Ross, Willie Mae Jackson, TN Springer, Kathy Darlene Huntingdon, TN Stitts, James David Jackson, TN Tate, Mark Anthony, Sr. Henning, TN Whitelow, Ella Mae Ripley, TN Williams, Ernestine Butler Bruceton, TN Williams, Sherry Kennon Somerville, TN Wood, Maxel Lexington, TN Willie Mae Ross Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Ross, age 93, will be Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 11:00 A.M.

at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Daryl Coleman officiating. Burial will be at Highland Memorial Gardens. Mrs.

Ross, homemaker and retired seamstress, died Friday, August 11, 2006 in her home. She was born in Vance, Mississippi, daughter of the late Benjamin Taylor and Willie Lee Weeks. She attended school in Vance and later moved to Quitman County, after marrying Jessie C. Ross, Sr. The family moved to Jackson, Tennessee in 1947 where Mrs.

Ross devoted her life to caring for her family and extended family. She was a gifted seamstress. The family later moved to Chicago, IL in 1961. After returning to Jackson, Tennessee in 1975, Mrs. Ross united with Mother Liberty C.M.E.

Church in 1975. She was a faithful member, serving on the Stewardess Board and Missionary Circle. She served as Director of the Marie Penn Federated Girls Club for many years. She also worked as a volunteer for the Nutrition Program at Mother Liberty C.M.E. Church.

Her passion was with her family, and she was committed to caring for her husband of sixty-seven years, children, grandchildren, and all her other children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie C. Ross, and two daughters, Georgia Faye McClellan and Bobbie Jean Boone; five brothers and three sisters. She leaves to cherish her memory seven sons, Jessie C. Ross, (Rosie Lee), Alonzo Ross, John Ross, and Kenneth Ross of Jackson, Tennessee, W.

L. Ross (Helen) and Nathaniel (Mary) of Chicago, Illinois, and Ronnie Ross (Michelle) of Atlanta, Georgia; two daughters, Lilly Merriweather (Elton), formerly of Orlando, Florida and Willa Ross of Jackson, Tennessee; three sisters, Mattie Robinson of Memphis, Tennessee, Lula Mae Taylor and Christine Berry of Chicago, Illinois; and three brothers, Willie (Evelyn) of Maywood, Illinois, Benjamin and Hubert (Valarie) Taylor of Chicago, Illinois; forty-five grandchildren, forty-five great-grandchildren, seventy-two great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild; three daughters-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. The family hour will be held Wednesday, August 16, 2006 from 7:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Bledsoe Funeral Home.

Bledsoe Funeral Home 731-427-1521 Toll Free: 877-427-1521 James David Stitts JACKSON Services for Mr. James David Stitts, 61, will be at 2:00 PM. Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Home Baptist Missionary Church. Burial will follow in Denmark Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr.

Stitts died Friday, August 11, 2006 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Visitation for Mr. Stitts will begin Wednesday morning from 9:00 AM until 7:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM. On Thursday his remains will lie in state at the church from 1:00 PM until time of service.

Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 731-423-4922 HIR Death Notices Age Death of Day, Time Place Of Service Funeral Home Phone Number 85 11:00 Lambuth Memorial United Met Church Lawrence-Sorensen 731-424-2424 44 (incomplete Gibson County 731-784-1797 33 private services Williams 731-235-2224 88 incomplete Ford 731-427-5585 81 2:00 p.m., Graveside-Kosh Cemetery 731-424-2424 65 incomplete Karnes Son 731-692-3711 77 incomplete Stephenson-Shaw 731-968-5882 60 11:00 a.m., Leon Johnson Funeral Home Chapel Leon Johnson 731-989-2624 85 10:00 a.m., Graveside-Cool Springs Cemetery Karnes Son 731-692-3711 94 11:30 a.m., Brummitt Funeral Home Brummitt 731-352-2222 77 1:00 p.m., Adamsville Church of Christ Shackelford-Selmer 731-645-3481 71 2:00 p.m., Oakdale Funeral Home Chapel Oakdale 731-584-4343 98 2:00 p.m., Pafford Funeral Home Pafford 731-968-2544 67 10:00 a.m., Graveside-Ararat Cemetery George A. Smith-South 731-427-5555 78 incomplete Casey 731-989-2421 18 3:00 p.m., Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel 731-925-4000 93 11:00 a.m., First United Methodist Church Bledsoe 731-427-1521 48 1:00 p.m., Graveside-Archer's Chapel Cemetery Dilday 61 2:00 p.m., Home Baptist Missionary Church Mercer Brothers 731-423-4922 42 11:00 a.m., St. Mark Baptist Church Currie's 731-738-2625 69 2:00 p.m., Rice Park Church of Christ Currie's 731-738-2625 78 2:00 p.m., Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel Bruceton 731-586-2512 58 incomplete Peebles 901-465-3535 61 11:00 a.m., Mazies Chapel Baptist Church Reeds Catherine Clark Cole Aug. 16, 1932-Dec. 6, 2004 Happy Birthday from your Grandchildren, Della, Cathy, Ora, Julius, Will Lawrence Doyle HENDERSON Lawrence H.

Doyle, age 60, died Monday, August 14, 2006, at his home after a nine month bout with cancer. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, from the Chapel of Leon Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Geary and Rev. Charles Ward officiating and burial will follow in the Henderson City Cemetery. He was born in Chester County, the son of Maxine Wood Doyle Darby and the late Herman Doyle.

He attended school in Chester County and graduated Chester County High School in 1964. He was married to Pat Graves on October 14, 1966 and they made their home in Henderson. He worked at Guinn Bros. Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth for several years. In 1976, Mr.

Doyle was employed as a Funeral Director with Casey Funeral Home working there until 1983. He later owned and operated Doyle's Office Products and a Sears Catalog Store for ten years. He had worked for the past fourteen years as a Funeral Director with Leon Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Doyle was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church where he served as Deacon and was Chairman of the Deacons.

He enjoyed gospel music, and playing a guitar and antique cars. He had a wonderful sense of humor and could change the mood of anyone with his one-liners and positive attitude. He is survived by his wife Pat Graves Doyle of Henderson; two sons Bryan Doyle of Madison, MS and Christopher Doyle of Henderson; his mother Maxine Doyle Darby and step father Marlin Darby of Jackson; a brother Mike Doyle and his wife Patsy of Henderson; a niece Hannah Doyle of Henderson; father and mother-inlaw Victor and Naomi Graves of Henderson. The family will receive friends at Leon Johnson Funeral Home after 5:00 PM on Wednesday. Leon Johnson Funeral Home Henderson, TN 731-989-2624 Mrs.

Exie McCollum Milam Exie McCollum Milam, 98, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at her home in Scotts Hill, TN following a short illness. A life long resident of Scotts Hill, Mrs. Milam was a member of the Red Hats, Eastern Star, and the Scotts Hill United Methodist Church where she taught children's Sunday school. The wife of the late Cecil Milam the daughter of the late John and Cumi McCollum; Mrs. Milam is survived by a son, Robert Milam; three daughters, Jeanette Kelly, Christine Martin, and Brenda Brown; one brother J.C.

McCollum; and three sisters, Hettie McCollum, Rita Young, and R.T. Mitchell. Mrs. Milam is also survived by eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and her beloved dog, Beaux. Visitation will be held Saturday, August 19th, at 11:00 AM at the Pafford Funeral Home in Scotts Hill with a funeral service at 2:00 PM.

Internment will be at the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Scotts Hill. Pafford Funeral Home 731-968-2544 Edward Randolph Neely Graveside services for Edward Randolph Neely, 67, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Ararat Cemetery with Brother Davis officiating. Mr. Neely died Monday, August 14, 2006 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Mr. Neely was born on April 27, 1939 in Madison County, TN, the son of the late Algy and Opal Smith Neely. Mr. Neely retired from the Air Force after 20 years of service. He also retired from the Postal Service after 20 years of service as letter carrier.

Survivors include a daughter, Billie Lynn Parker of Jackson, TN; a sister, Billie Faulk of Bolivar, TN; and three grandchildren, Tarah Lynn Parker, B.J. and Bryan Rowell; one great grandchild, Ashlynn Rowell. Memorials may be directed to Ararat Cemetery Fund. The family will receive friends today from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

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8am. Closed Tiednesday BLOOD LIFELINE SERVICES About It's Life. 038530 828 North Parkway 00205 731-427-4431 NYC mayor gives $125M to anti-smoking campaign NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire and former smoker, announced Tuesday he is throwing $125 million of his own money 1 into a new anti-smoking campaign targeting tobacco worldwide. Bloomberg gives millions each year to benefit medical research, arts and education, but he typically doesn't announce he is doing so. On Tuesday, he made an exception and released a statement about the anti-smoking campaign, which he described as "a social investment." "It's based on my experience that with better data, more focused publie health interventions and heightened political advocacy, governments will enact policies that have huge health, social and economic benefits," Bloomberg said.

The $125 million will go to existing organizations over two years to implement anti smoking measures. It will include cash for programs that help smokers quit and educate children to prevent them from starting; funds to push for smoking bans and higher tobacco taxes in other cities, states and countries; and Missing Continued from cover her," McDaniel Bolton said. Thinking about what's happened to her daughter's friends breaks her down, again. "They're in college, getting married, having babies she said through sobs Monday. "And we still don't know." One of Cayce's best friends growing up, Amber Treadwell Hansen, and her husband, Mark, have an infant daughter.

As she cares for the baby, Hansen's thoughts often wander to what might have been. "All those milestones in high school ballgames, proms," said Hansen, now a surgical technician living in Jackson, "I would have loved to have Cayce be part of that, to have been in my wedding, share our lives now In some ways, Hansen said, "you move on, because that's what happens. With time it's supposed to get better." But she adds, "It never really gets better until you know something. It leaves time and space for your mind to wander. As he prays for some change in the stalemate for this hurting group, church pastor Russell Little will remind them of truths that don't change.

"God feels our sorrow. Jesus wept and weeps with us," said Little, who came to this congregation three years ago. "We'll pray for something to happen in the upcoming year that will bring this to closure. That there is no closure is what makes this more difficult than a death." In a small corner of her soul, McDaniel Bolton said, "you never, ever lose hope that she's going to come home then there's reality as well." Either way, she said, "we're just trying to find her." Milan Police Chief Ken Nolan was a sergeant, and incoming Gibson County Sheriff Chuck Arnold a chief deputy, when the case first broke. Sometime soon they'll sit down and assign one man apiece to go over the small mountain of information and dead ends one more time.

"Maybe we'll find something we missed," Arnold said. Nolan said, "We did it one other time four years ago. You get other money for a system to track global tobacco and the effectiveness of anti smoking efforts. The campaign mirrors what the Republican mayor already started in New York, where he banned smoking in bars and restaurants and has the health department running an aggressive program focused on helping smokers quit. Nearly 1.2 million New Yorkers smoke, and health officials have given out thousands of free nicotine patches.

Now that Bloomberg is in his last term and still enjoying skyhigh approval numbers, every word he utters and move he makes outside city limits stirs speculation about his future plans. He has said repeatedly he will not run for president and plans to concentrate on full time philanthropy when he leaves City Hall in 2009. Bloomberg built his wealth from the financial information company he founded, Bloomberg L.P., but stepped down as CEO when he first ran for mayor. His fortune i is estimated at $5.1 billion, making him the 40th richest American and the 112th wealthiest person in the world, according to Forbes magazine. The Associated Press Martha Talmadge Allen Bonson Jan.

8, 1921 Aug. 15, 2006 Martha Bonson entered the Church Triumphant on August 15, 2006. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William Reid Bonson on August 12, 2000. Mrs. Bonson was a faithful member of Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church, a member of the Memorial Class and the Hobby Club.

She served as an administrative assistant in the City Schools of Jackson, Jackson Junior High School, West Jackson and Highland Park Elementary Schools. Mrs. Bonson also served as a volunteer at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital for several years. She is survived by her son, John R. Bonson, Sr.

and her daughterin-law, Robyn; her grandchildren, Jay and Beth Bonson of Munford, TN and Ashley and Seth Drown of Jackson; three greatgrandchildren, Katelyn Elaine Drown, Benjamin Reid Bonson and Joshua Ray Bonson; her sisters, Betty Allen and Kathleen Phillips, both of Jackson. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church with Dr. Joe Piercey, Sr. officiating.

Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery. Pallbearers to serve are Paul Chaplin, Gordon Eubanks, Morris Brill, Harry Berryman, Nolen Whitmire and Dickie Laughlin. Honorary pallbearers are the Memorial Sunday School Class who are requested to sit together as a group for the service. Memorials may be sent to the Memorial Fund of Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M.

until 7:00 P.M. today at the funeral home from 10:00 A.M. until service time Thursday at the church. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home 731-424-2424 Virginia Frealy Combs Virginia Frealy Combs of Dyersburg, Tennessee, daughter of the late Creasy and Oscar Decker, was born August 4, 1925, at Moko, Arkansas and departed this life August 15, 2006 at the home of her daughter, Mabel Paschal, in Jackson, Tennessee, at the age of 81. On April 14, 1943, she was united in marriage at West Plains, Missouri to James Austin Frealy who preceded her in death February 19, 1979.

She was united in marriage on December 17, 1982 to Rev. Davie N. Combs at West Plains, Missouri. He preceded her in death on March 22, 1987. Also preceding her in death were a brother, Vince Decker; and sisters, Monieda Holman and Wilma Gutelius.

She was the loving and devoted mother to three surviving children, Mabel Paschal of Jackson, Tennessee, Donna Ramey and Ray Frealy of Dyersburg, Tennessee; grandmother of Troy Frealy, Frances Frealy and Jennifer Frealy; and greatgrandmother of Austin, Deanna and Josh Frealy. Other survivors include sisters, Beth and husband Len Childress of Memphis, Tennessee, Dorlene and husband Gene Lamb of Memphis; and brothers Burnan and wife Nell of Memphis and Amon and wife Reva of Thayer, Missouri. Graveside services will be held Thursday, August 17, 2006, at 2:00 P.M. at Kosh Cemetery in Koshkonong, Missouri. Virginia's nephew, Minister Bobby Clark will preside over the services.

Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home 731-424-2424 information and new clues as time goes by." McDaniel Bolton also lives with the scars it's left on her son, 18- year-old Jesse Davenport. "He has a hard time with anger issues," she said. "He's working around town, but has had a hard time with it. People talk about it, say things that may or may not be true, and he's always been there feeling he has to stand up for me or the family." McDaniel Bolton said that outgoing Sheriff Joe Shepard has been her closest ally in this whole ordeal. She's had varying degrees of run-ins with various law enforcement agencies, and no less than an aide to "missing persons guru" John Walsh has told her "you don't burn any bridge with anybody, so I try and keep my mouth closed." Nolan said simply, "There are times Cindy gets aggravated with us, but you understand how she's feeling." Both men say this is one of the tough nights on the calendar for them.

"You can tell by looking in the faces of people that they're tired of coming out," Arnold said. "They want an answer, and deserve one. And we haven't been able to give them one." The ordeal has spawned a larger ministry within the church, a support group for those with missing relatives and friends. It started with McDaniel Bolton. Then came Phelicia Morris, whose mother, Janie Sue Grooms-Lindsey, has been missing since October 2004.

"As we reached out we found others in the area who are going through the same thing. Their loved one may not have disappeared here, but they feel the pain and want closure as well," said Bill Welch, a church elder who has been involved with the group. "It's the way we're taught in the Bible to reach out to people." But what they'll pray for more than anything else tonight is somebody's conscience. "Somebody knows something, and hopefully their conscience gets heavy enough it will come out," Arnold said. "After this much time, sadly, that's probably what's going to break this case." Visit jacksonsun.com and share your thoughts.

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