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Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1992 OBITUARIESLOCAL The Jackson SunPage 5 A BRIEFS Paul Henry Mathis, 85, civil service employee MILAN Services for Paul Henry Mathis, 85, will be at 2 p.m. today at Bodkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr.

Mathis, a retired civil service employee, died Tuesday at Ridgewood Health Care Center. He had three brothers, Robert C. Mathis and Jack Mathis, both of Milan, and William E. Mathis of Pine Bluff, Ark. For more information, call the funeral home at 686-3111.

Clara Wallsmith Lindley, 84, homemaker MILAN Services for Clara Wallsmith Lindley, 84, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bodkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Eldad Baptist Church Cemetery near Trenton. Mrs. Lindley, a homemaker, died Monday at Vaughn Regional Medical Center in Selma, Ala.

She had two children, Marshall Rhiney of Selma and Marsha Kay Lindley of Enterprise, Ala. She had a brother, Lonnie Wallsmith of Humboldt For more information, call the funeral home at 686-3111. Henry Ross 59 BROWNSVILLE Services for Henry Ross 59, will be at 10 a.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery near Millington.

Mr. Ross died Monday night at IICA Regional Hospital of For more information, call the funeral home at 772-1551. Ralph E. Harris, 75, paper company worker Services for Ralph E. Harris, 75, of Pinson, will be at 11 a.m.

Friday at Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson, Ala. Burial will be in Trinity Memorial Cemetery there. Mr. Harris, a retired employee of International Paper died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was married to Juanita Harris.

They had two children, Patricia Ann Cathcart of Jonesboro, and Ralph B. Harris of Ro-swell, Ga. He had three brothers, Roscoe Harris of Saraland, Joe Harris of Chunchula, and Roy Harris of Bay Minette, and two sisters, Velma Bairfield of Mobile, and Cora Conner of Creola, Ala. For more information, call George A. Smith and Sons' South Chapel at 423-2212.

Robert Joseph Simpson, 65, TVA grounds man Services for Robert Joseph Simpson, 65, will be at 11 a.m. today at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Simpson, a grounds man for the Tennessee Valley Authority and former owner of Pixie Lounge, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

He was married to Barbara Ann Allen Simpson. They had For more information, call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home at 423-4922. Jack Clark BROWNSVILLE Jack Clark died Monday afternoon at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital's Specialty Unit Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Rawls Funeral Home at 772-1472. Juanita Butler Juanita Butler died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital's Specialty Unit Arrangements are incomplete.

For more information, call Ford Funeral Home at 427-5585. DEATH ELSEWHERE William Shawn, New Yorker editor NEW YORK William Shawn, the editor whose graceful pen shepherded the works of John Updike, James Thurber, E.B. White and others through the pages of The New Yorker for more than a half century, died Tuesday. He was 85. The cause and place of death weren't immediately known.

Roger Angell, an editor at The New Yorker since 1956, said Shawn had been ill for some time. For decades, Shawn commissioned every article, approved every word on every page, stroked every writer and artist From wire reports four children, Shane Simpson, Joe King, Debra "Bird" Cronin and Deana Whitney, all of Jackson. For more information, call the funeral home at 424-2424. James Tines, 79, truck driver CEDAR GROVE Services for James Tines, 79, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Reed's Chapel in Lexington.

Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Tines, a retired truck driver, died Tuesday morning at Somerville Health Care Center. He was married to Zora Tines. They had four children, Titus Joel of Cedar Grove, Charles Tines of Somerville, James Ever-ette Tines of Lanett, and Joyce Worthen of Aurora, 111.

He had a brother, Floyd Tines ofBemis. For more inforation, call the funeral home at 968-3643. Arthur 'Speck' Lindsey, 77, retired laborer Arthur "Speck" Lindsey, 77, a retired laborer, died Monday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Bond Funeral Home of Milan at 686-7959.

Virdell Willis, 64 retired dock worker Virdell Willis, 64, a retired dock worker, died Tuesday afternoon at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. Benjamin R. Yearwood, 84, electrician BELLS Services for Benjamin Robert Yearwood, 84, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ronk Funeral Home in Alamo.

Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery. Mr. Yearwood, a retired electrician, died Tuesday morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. He was married to the late Nathalee Leggett Yearwood. They had three children, Nettie Warren and Betty Tipton, both of Memphis, and Robert A.

Year-wood of Brighton. He also had a stepdaughter, Sara Hayes of Atlanta. He had three brothers, George Yearwood, Newton Yearwood and Jake Yearwood, all of Alamo, and a sister, Eva Keltner of Jackson. For more information, call the funeral home at 696-5555. Bernice Lorene Jackson, 85, homemaker IDLEWILD Services for Bernice Lorene Jackson, 85, will be at 10 a.m.

today at Hunt Funeral Home in Bradford. Burial will be in Pounds-Idlewild Cemetery. Mrs. Jackson, a homemaker, died Monday morning at Parkview Manor nursing home in Humboldt. She was married to Coley Jackson.

For more information, call the funeral home at 742-2261. votes for name change Milan City Hall fix-up begins MSU faculty The Associated Press MEMPHIS The faculty senate at Memphis State University voted Tuesday to change the school name to The University of Memphis. The vote was 39-7 with four abstentions and 15 faculty members did not attend the meeting, said Memphis State spokesman Les Seago. Senate President John Smith did not vote because he presided at the meeting. Seago said the senate, which represents some 1,000 faculty members, has joined the Student Government Association, the National Alumni Associa Bolivar votes to buy area near landfill Mental health meeting scheduled The Tennessee Alliance for the Mentally 111, a family supv port group, will meet at 7 p.m..

Monday at Forest Heights Unit'; ed Methodist Church, 863 Forest Ave. The Tennessee Mental Health Consumers will meet at the same time and place. The program will feature vid eos about research into the causes and treatment of mental illness. TAMI advocates for a better -quality of life for people with mental illness. All programs are open to any interested person.

For more information, call 587-4687. Humboldt to get pair's art collection HUMBOLDT Humboldt will become home to an art col-, lection donated by former resi-4 dents Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Caldwell, Mayor Jess Pritchard said Tuesday. The Caldwells are donating 185 art pieces consisting of paintings, sculptures, sketches, line drawings, and' folk art, the mayor said.

The new art center will be.i called West Tennessee Re-, gional Art Center. It will be lo-; cated on the second floor of the old City Hall on Main Street next to Merchants State Bank; and the fire station. Celebrities to wait tables for charity Some of Jackson's most prestigious personalities will moon-l light as waiters this Thursday at the Celebrity Waiters Lunch- eon at 11:30 a.m. at Garden Plaza Hotel. The luncheon will benefit the Tennessee Chapter of the Leu-" kemia Society of America." Mayor Charles Farmer and1 Madison County Executive Alex Leech will serve as Honorary Maitre d's.

Jackson-Madison County Education Association President Thelma Barker will-serve as mistress of nies. Celebrity waiters will be Barker, Vice Mayor Carol Cart-er-Estes, Vaughn David, Ron Davis, Janice Faulkner, Gil Fletcher, Scott Harris, Ray Hight, Robbie Kirby, Kevin1 Knott, Jeff Manis, Jack Naylor, Gary Pickens, John Scofield, Peaches Smith, Jack Walker and James E. "Super" Wolfe Ji! For more information, call Leslie Hassell at 423-6020. Ralph E. Harris Services for Ralph E.

Harris, 75, will be at 11 a.m. FrU, day from Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson, Alabama with Rev. Neil Ephler officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Memorial Cemetery in Jackson, Alabama. The family will receive friends at the South Chapel of George A.

Smith and Sons today from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mr. Harris died Monday at Jackson Madison County Gen, eral Hospital. He was a native of Alabama, son of the late John D.

and Clara Dolvear Harris and had made his home here for the past twenty-three years. He retired from International Paper Company with twenty three years of service. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving in the European Theater during World War II.

He was a member of Masonic Lodge 34, the Scottish Rite, Eastern Star Chapter 33 and the Jackson Shrine Club. Surviving are his wife, Juanita Harris of Pinson; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Cathcart of Jonesboro, a son, Ralph B. Harris of Roswell, two sisters, Mrs. Velma Bairfield of Mobile, Al.

and Mrs. Cora Conner of Creola, three brothers, Roscoe Harris of Saraland, Joe Harris of Chunchula, Al. and Roy Harris of Bay Minett, Ah and four grandchildren, Scott Harris and John Harris both of Roswell, Ga. and Michael' Cathcart and Sherri Cathcart both of Jonesboro, Ar. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Leland L.

Harris and John D. Harris, Jr. The family requests memorl-j als be directed to the Ameri-S can Cancer Society, St. Jude'sj Children's Hospital of Mem-1 phis or the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital. I George A.

Smith South Chapel 423-2212 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. By TRACY COURAGE The Jackson Sun BOLIVAR Time is running out for the Bolivar landfill which will run out of space in less than 60 days. The City Council sorted out details for extending the life of the landfill 15 to 20 years Tuesday by approving a resolution to buy nearly 80 acres adjacent to the landfill on Walton Road. Council members voted at last month's meeting to allow Mayor Harold Fitts and City Administrator Fred Kessler to find the most economical way of financing the extended tution in the top of the Carnegie Foundation's rankings of colleges and universities with both the city and state in its name.

He said the current name leaves the impression that the university is a community college. Several of those two-year schools have both the city and state in their names. A few senate members expressed concern over how a name change would affect operations at the school, including its telephone number. The first three numbers of the university's exchange 678 spell out the school's initials MSU. 24-hour service and availability of service trucks.

Fitts appointed Councilman Milton Basden to serve on the 15-member regional solid waste committee comprised of two members of each municipality in Hardeman County with remaining members coming from the county commission. In other business, Mike Hewitt, a certified public accountant with Arnold, Spain Company of Jackson, presented the council with a 75-page annual audit and recommended minor changes. Among Hewitt's written findings and recommendations: Detailed records of the having sex with him on the floor of his office. Another said Lanier physically forced her into performing oral sex in his office. The court clerk said she was fondled in 1988 while working with Lanier as he sat in for another judge who was out of town.

The fondling lasted for 30 minutes as the judge went on with the business of his courtroom, the witness said. She said she finally stopped the fondling by putting court records in her lap. She said she was afraid of losing her job if she drew attention to what Lanier was doing or if she reported him to authorities later. drew Hawkins, George Kidd II and Ben Stockard will be sworn in Jan. 4 at 7 p.m.

at the Senior Citizens Center. "There will be 11 of us up here, we'll need the extra room," Farmer said. The money to pay for these renovations will come from the city's maintenance budget and the general government budget But the phones and aldermen quarters are just two of the proposed improvements. Other improvements include making City Hall accessible to handicapped residents, installing new lighting, and installing fire alarms. In other business the board: Approved a beer license for Robert Clenney to sell beer at Clenney's Texaco No.

2. Appointed Billie Don West to serve on the Solid Waste Regional Planning Committee. MID ANNOUNCEMENT Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors Elkoe Samuel Hendrix Services for Mr. Elkoe Samuel Hendrix, 70, were Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Corinth Baptist Church with Rev.

Connie Burton, Rev. John D. Small and Rev. Donald Franks officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Hendrix died Sunday afternoon at the VA Medical Center in Nashville. He was retired from the U. S. Air Force, having served in Japan and on Okinawa and was a retired business owner.

He was a disabled veteran and a member of the American Legion and a DAV Lifemember. He was a member of the Corinth Baptist Church and an ordained Deacon. He is survived by his wife, Mary Kay Hendrix; two daughter, Shelia Marlin of Wil-dersville and Anita Gilbert of Chesterfield; a son, Ronnie Hendrix of Lexington; four sisters, Mildred Sanders of Kingston, Bessie Mae Sharp and Sarah Choate both of Linden and Lois Reeves of Lexington and seven grandchildren, Stephanie Houston, Larissa Houston, Adam Marlin, Stephen Marlin, Jeremy Hendrix, Jason Blackwell and Tonia Blackwell. He was preceded In death by his parents, Charlie and Bessie Brooks Hendrix and three brothers, Dennis Hendrix, Freamon Hendrix and Little Charlie Hendrix all of Linden. Reed's Chapel 968-3643 THANK YOU The family of the late Jimmy Lee Rucker, Sr.

would like to thank you for your cards, phone calls, flowers, food, visitation and especially your prayers. Whatever way you thought of to console us In our time of bereavement, we thank you. The Rucker Family Prosecution rests in Dyersburg judge's trial tion's board of directors and the university's athletic department in approving the name change. The next step is getting approval from the Tennessee Board of Regents, which is expected to vote on the issue in March. The state Legislature must give its approval for the name change to go through.

"I personally think Memphis State University is a pretty name," said school President V. Lane Rawlins. "It trips off the tongue. But it sends the wrong message." He told faculty members that Memphis State is the only insti Kessler told the council Monday the city has applied for a $1 million loan from the Tennessee Municipal Bond Pool and repay the loan in 15-year payments at a 2.4 percent variable interest rate. The application process takes four to six weeks, Kessler.

said. "We feel sure we'll be approved," Kessler said. The city approved a $43,660 bid for landfill scales from Systems Inc. in Memphis subject to the Hardeman County Commission's approval. Though not the lowest bid which was $30,450 Councilman Joe Shearin said the company was the city's best bet in regard to the company's fense was to begin calling witnesses today.

Defense lawyer Wayne Emmons said Lanier will testify. The jury's decision, he said, will rest largely on whether it believes Lanier or the government's witnesses. "As in all cases, it's a matter of credibility," Emmons said. Lanier is accused of violating the civil rights of eight women by using the power of his office to force his sexual attentions on them. Three of the 11 charges against Lanier are felonies punishable by up to 10 years each in prison.

The trial began last week. An earlier witness said the judge coerced her through fear of losing child support payments into ness, we've got to get another spec building," Mayor Tommie Goodwin said. Over the past few years, this town has spent nearly $500,000 developing its industrial park, the mayor said. Several businesses in the industrial park such as Poly-Pak and Cleo now occupy spec buildings. Before another building can be built city officials will consider borrowing the money from a local bank or from the Tennessee Municipal League.

In other action, the board delayed action on a beer permit request from Pauline Schaefer. By PATSY J. THOMAS The Jackson Sun MILAN Today, workers from the local firm of Talley and Lowe will begin $50,000 in renovations to improve City Hall. The most pressing priority will be improving the telephone system and finishing the new aldermen quarters in time for the Jan. 12 meeting, Mayor Don Farmer said.

In January there will be eight aldermen sitting on the board. Three of them An- city's general fixed assets have not been maintained. An inventory is needed. fl An outside administrator was hired to handle community development block grant funds did not keep records. In the future, the city needs to tell the grant fund administrator that records should be left with the city.

The city has no formal policy regarding travel expenses. The council needs to adopt a policy regarding reimbursement for elected officials. The city lacks a policy concerning the Drug Free Workplace Act The policy is required for a municipality to receive federal funds. "What would people say?" she testified. "Would they believe me?" The judge's family has been active in Dyer County politics since the early 1900s.

Witnesses have described him as one of the most powerful men in their town of 16,000 residents. Lanier, 58, contends the allegations against him are the work of political enemies. A public housing counselor preceding the court clerk to the witness stand said she was fondled by the judge when she met with him to talk about a social welfare program. The woman said the judge grabbed her and began trying to kiss her while fondling her breasts. put in baskets and delivered before Christmas, Toys, food and clothes may be left at mart department store, 732 Old Hickory Po Folks Restaurant, 2336 N.

Highland and Video Showiyme, ItittO S. Highland and 925 North Parkway (Lynnwood Place Shopping Center). Memorials and gifts may be made to "The Loving Tree," which is set up in the West Tower lobby of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Gifts may be made payable to the fund for The Loving Tree and sent to the Public Relations Department, 708 W. Forest Jackson, Tenn.

38301. New contributors James and Margaret Hutcherson, $25; Everlener McCorry, $25; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd V. Matthews, $50; Harriet L.

McMinn, $15; Mrs. W.H. lleftey, $25; Johnny Ward. $200: Wanna Casey. $50; Nerissa Hill, $75; anonymous, $10.

Total contributions to date: $6,383.87 The Associated Press MEMPHIS A court clerk testified Tuesday that a Tennessee judge stuck his hand between her legs and fondled her as she sat beside him with his court in session. The judge's tall desk prevented other people in the courtroom from seeing what was happening, the woman told a U.S. District Court jury. "It's OK," she quoted the judge as saying. "I'm the judge.

I can do what 1 want" The witness was one of nine women who have testified that Judge David Lanier of Dyersburg sexually assaulted them. The prosecution ended its case Tuesday afternoon and the de HOW TO HELP CHRISTMAS FUND Trenton officials to apply for spec building loan The Brighter Christmas Fund, sponsored by The Jackson Sun, is a non-profit organization that collects money, toys, food and clothes for the needy at Christmastime. Here's how you can help: Readers may send cash contributions by check or money order made payable to The Brighter Christmas Fund, in care of Union Planters National Bank, P.O. Box 189, Jackson, Tenn. 38302.

Monetary donations, which are tax-deductible, are held in a trust account at the bank until used to help needy families. Canned goods or other non-perishable food items may be left at Golden Years Service Activity Center, 125 Allen West Madison Senior Citizens Center, 806 Hunters-ville-Denmark Road; and Lens Lab at Old Hickory Mall. The food will be By PATSY J. THOMAS The Jackson Sun TRENTON The city council will apply for a loan to build another spec building once the industrial board tells the council how much money is needed. Council and industrial board members met Tuesday afternoon at City Hall to get their plans together for a spec building unfinished industrial buildings that can be completed to a company's specifications.

"If we are going to stay in the industrial development busi.