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STATEDEATHS Tuesday, June 4, 1996 The Jackson SunPage 5A Methodists minister at meeting Explorer's death RELIGION Sunday night, with about 1,000 delegates from 500 United Methodist churches across the region. Delegates still planned to vote on a budget and various other organizational items. But the time allotted for such business was cut. Monday's session was set aside mostly for business, although for the first time in anyone's memory there were no pre-filed resolutions to debate. Bishop Kenneth Carder began refocusing the annual conference four years ago when he was named bishop of the Nashville area, which includes 95,000 Methodists in West Tennessee and western Kentucky.

First, he seated delegates at tables instead of in rows. Then At their annual Memphis conference, the delegates prefer serving the needy in the city to holding many meetings and reading reports. The Associated Press MEMPHIS It's anything but business-as-usual at this year's annual conference for United Methodists from West Tennessee and western Kentucky. After handling some early business matters Monday, delegates will drop their packets of reports and parliamentary he began replacing traditional and time-consuming business items, such as reading committee reports, with Bible studies and worship services. Also, regional conferences generally were held at the convention center in Jackson.

This year, the conference meets at the Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis. Rev. Richard Smith, superintendent of the Memphis-Asbury District, said annual conferences are now more congregational and less corporate. "We're trying to find a way to do the business of the church more faithfully," Smith said. "You can't be the church by just sitting in a room and making business decisions, no matter how important those decisions may be." The Associated Hess Dr.

James E. Starrs, a law and forensics professor at George Washington University, shows a working replica of a 1777 Charleville black powder pistol to a coroner's jury assembled Monday in Hohenwald. The jury investigated the evidence surrounding the death of famed explorer Meriwether Lewis. Starrs and other experts testifying at the hearing believe they could put to rest the question of suicide or murder, 187 years ago along the Natchez Trace. Report: Tick numbers higher procedures on Tuesday to visit nursing homes, prisons, day care facilities, soup kitchens and clinics across the Memphis area.

Welcome to the new and improved version of the Memphis Annual Conference. "When John Wesley first brought Methodists together more than 200 years ago, they didn't come to stay in motels and hotels. They came to do ministry," said Dr. Benny Hopper, director of the United Methodist Church's conference council on ministries. "We're trying to recover our heritage." The four-day gathering began HEALTH showing up in places they had not been or not been very numerous before," University of Tennessee entomologist Reid Gerhardt said.

Gerhardt works with a program in Cumberland County to find ways to reduce ticks. The program began three years ago in conjunction with the U.S. For more information, call Dil-day Funeral Home at 968-8281. Hill infant SARDIS Services for Terry Dale Robinson Hill newborn infant, will be at 1 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah.

Burial will be in Graham Cemetery in Hardin County. Terry died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of respiratory failure. His parents are Terry Robinson and Teresa Hill of Sardis. He had a half sister, Tiffany May Robinson. His grandparent is Jewel Robinson of Nashville and his great-grandparent is Frances Hill of Savannah.

For more information, call the funeral home at 925-4000. Sarah Holland, 59, homemaker LEXINGTON Services for Sarah Jean Holland, 59, will be at 1 p.m. today at Broad Street Church of Christ. Burial will be in Beech River Cemetery. Mrs.

Holland, a homemaker, died Sunday at Columbia Regional Hospital in Jackson of injuries sustained in a car accident that occurred May 1 in Lexington. She was married to the late Robert Harold Holland. She had two daughters, Amanda Cosner and Christie Holland, bothofDaytona, Fla. She had two sisters and two brothers, Ann Ford and Doris Haskell, both of McKenzie, Jerry Forsythe of Brownsville and Charles Forsythe of Paris. For more information, call Reed's Chapel at 968-3643.

Carrie Hunt, 91 Carrie B. Hunt, 91, died Sunday at North Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gary, Ind. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Bledsoe Funeral Home at 427-1521. Will David Jenkins, 78, retired farmer MILAN Services for Will David Jenkins, 78, will be at 2 p.m.

today at Bodkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Double Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Milan. Mr. Jenkins, a retired farmer, died Sunday at NHC Health Care Center in Milan of heart failure. He was married to Ruth Blazer Jenkins of Trenton.

He had a stepson, Larry Sloan of Jackson. He had three stepdaughters, Bobbie Churchman of Memphis, Betty Bedford of Pangburn, and Loretta Davidson of Atwood. He had two brothers, Fred Jenkins of Trenton and Earl Jenkins of Milan. For more information, call the funeral home at 686-3111. Faye McBride, 70, homemaker DECATURVILLE Services for Faye Thomison McBride, 70, will be at 2 p.m.

today at Corinth Methodist Church in Scotts Hill. Burial will be in Corinth Methodist Church Cemetery in Scotts Hill. Mrs. McBride, a homemaker, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of heart failure. She was married to the late Jay Lenard McBride.

She had a daughter and a son, Janet Patterson and Jamie McBride, both of Parsons. She had a sister and a brother, Mary Mitchell of Saltillo and Far-ris Thomison of Linden. Key witness in The Associated Press SEVIERVILLE Delmar Dennis, 56, a key witness in the trial of Byron De La Beckwith for the killing of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, has died. Samuel Wood, 71, retired farmer LEXINGTON Services for Samuel Troy Wood, 71, will be at 3 p.m. today at Central Grove Church.

Burial will be in Central Grove Cemetery. Mr. Wood, a retired farmer, died Sunday at the V.A. Medical Center in Memphis of an aneurysm. He was married to Maxine Hayes Wood.

He had four daughters and six PAID Information Tennessee Bobby Durell Tubbs Services for Mr. Bobby Durell Tubbs, 47, will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Cerro Gordo Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Mercer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Mercer Brothers Funeral Home In charge.

Mr. Tubbs died Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee after a long illness. He was born in Calhoun County, Mississippi and attended the public schools of Madison County. He was a 1967 graduate of West High School.

Mr. Tubbs was a former employee of the A.P. Mills Industrial for the Blind and a former member of the Cerro Gordo Baptist Church, but was presently a member of Union Grove Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. He is survived by his wife, Bessie Tubbs of Memphis; three children, Larry Tubbs of Nashville and Lesa Tubbs and Christopher Tubbs both of Memphis; his parents, Felix and Eloice Tubbs of Jackson; two brothers, Felix E. Tubbs of Franklin and Rex Tubbs of Jackson; his mother-in-law, Mrs.

Lillie Broadnax of Hen-ning; nine aunts; one great-aunt; cousins, sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law and a host of other family and friends. Visitation for Mr. Tubbs will be all day Tuesday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends at Cerro Gordo Baptist Church from 11 a.m. until time of service Wednesday.

Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 423-4922 TUESDAY JUNE this year concerned about the diseases ticks can transmit to humans. Three years ago, 11 people in the Fairfield Glade area contracted a tick-borne virus called ehrlichiosis. The human strain is called human monocytic ehrlichiosis or HME. HME was first described in 1986 and is believed to be carried by the Lone Star tick, prevalent in East Tennessee. He had two sisters, Willadean Scates of Homestead, and Estelle Montgomery of Huntingdon.

For more information, call Dil-day Funeral Home at 986-8281. Raymond Skiles, 82, social worker TRENTON Services for Raymond Edward Skiles, 82, will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Shelton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Mr.

Skiles, a social worker for the state of Illinois, died Sunday at Gibson General Hospital of a heart attack. For more information, call the funeral home at 855-1621. Bobby Tubbs, 47, industrial employee Services for Bobby Tubbs, 47, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cerro Gordo Baptist Church in Jackson. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Tubbs, former employee of A.P. Mills Industrial for the Blind in Memphis, died Friday at St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis of a stroke. He was married to Bessie Tubbs of Memphis.

He had three children, Larry Tubbs of Nashville and Lesa Tubbs and Christopher Tubbs, both of Memphis. He had two brothers, Felix E. Tubbs of Franklin and Rex Tubbs of Jackson. His parents are Felix Tubbs and Eloice Tubbs, both of Jackson. For more information, call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home at 423-4922.

James Vincent, 85, Exxon Corp. worker Services for James Lovell Vincent, 85, will be at 1 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home, Stage Chapel. Burial will be in Memphis Memory Gardens. Mr.

Vincent, a former employee of Exxon died Saturday at Methodist Hospital North of pneumonia. He was married to Betty Shearon Vincent. He had two daughters and two sons, Eleanor Vincent Harlan, Janie Vincent Stevens and Troy Melvin Vincent, all of Memphis, and Lindsey Allen Vincent of Finger. He had four sisters and three brothers, Thelma R. Vincent, Elizabeth V.

Ballard, Billie M. Snell and Iris V. Trebing, all of Memphis, Rodrick Vincent of Florida, Ledford Vincent of Walnut, and Frederick Vincent of Atlanta. For more information, call the funeral home at 725-0100. Owen R.B.

Williams, 69, service station operator Graveside services for Owen R.B. Williams, 69, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hollywood Cemetery Jackson. Mr. Williams, a self-employed service station operator, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of heart failure.

He was married to the late Ruby Nell Grimm Williams. He had a daughter, Patsy D. Gillmore and a son, Jackie W. Williams, both of Jackson. He had five sisters, Dorothy Bray, Mattie Emerson, Thelma Goodman and Dovle Woods, all of Trenton, and Brenda Burns of Jackson.

For more information, call Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home at 424-2424. Department of Agriculture. In Cumberland County, near Fairfield Glade, scientists feed corn laced with the drug Iber-mectin to deer. Studies have found the drug, also used to kill intestinal parasites in livestock, has helped reduce the number of ticks in the area. When ticks feed off the deer and ingest the drug, they can't lay eggs, Gerhardt said.

He said people should be For more information, call Boyd Decaturville Funeral Home at 852-3150. Ollie McClain, 80, nurse aide Memorial services for Ollie B. McClain, 80, formerly of Jackson, will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Craw-shaw Funeral Home in Murphys-boro, 111. Burial will be in Memory Hill Gardens in Memphis.

Ms. McClain, a nurse aid, died Saturday at St. Joseph Hospital in Illinois of heart complications. She had a stepdaughter, Barbara Nare of Elizabethton. She had three brothers and four sisters, James Duffield of Murphysboro, David Duffield of Olmstead, 111., Evelyn White of Cario, 111., Ruby Minnenger of Vergennes, 111., the late Carl Duffield, the late Mary Hines and the late Gladys Sampler.

For more information, call the funeral home at 618-684-2131. Gladys Roberts, 93, homemaker SHARON Services for Gladys Olive Roberts, 93, will be at 2 p.m. today at Gardner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Wood-lawn Cemetery in Sharon. Mrs.

Roberts, a homemaker, died Sunday at her home in Sharon of heart disease. She was married to the late R.S. Roberts. She had four daughters and a son, Janette Roberts, Barbara Ann Wright and Richard Roberts, all of Sharon, and Janice Byrd and Bobbie Jean Benson, both of Iuka, Miss. She had a sister and a brother, Virginia Glass Critchlow of Hcnd-ersonville and James Houston Starner Jr.

of Baton Rouge, La. For more information, call the funeral home at 456-2300. Aaron Rogers, 63 Aaron Rogers, 63, died Monday at Parkview Manor Nursing Center in Humboldt. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Bledsoe Funeral Home at 427-1521.

William Sain, 78, retired mail carrier BOLIVAR Services for William Foch Sain, 78, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar. Burial will be in the Hebron Cemetery near Middleton. Mr. Sain, a retired mail carrier and farmer, died Sunday at his home of cardiopulmonary arrest.

He was married to Addie Bailey Sain of Bolivar. He had a daughter, Julia Sipcs of Bolivar. He had two sisters and a brother, Virginia Sue Levasseur of Fall River, Pattie O'Brien of Germantown and AJ. Sain Sr. of Memphis.

For more information, call the funeral home at 658-5277. John Scates, 77, Baptist minister HUNTINGDON Services for John Wilburn "Will" Scates, 77, will be at 11 a.m. today at Gillespie Funeral Home in Cold-water, Mich. Burial will be in Lockwood Cemetery in Cold-water. Mr.

Scates, a Baptist minister, died Friday at the home of his sister of cardiac arrest. He was married to Dorothy L. Scates of Cold water. He had two daughters, Kay Lockwood of Coldwater and Edna Wallace of Colorado. He had two sons, Ira Scates of El-well, and Jonnathan Scates of Denver.

The Associated Press KNOXVILLE March marked the beginning of tick season and already more ticks have been reported this year than in years past. Experts say increases in the deer population in Tennessee mean more ticks this season. Tick season ends in October. "We're getting reports of ticks being more numerous and DEATHS Velna Beshiers, 82 SILERTON Velna Ivy Beshiers died Monday at her home. Arrangements are incomplete.

For more information, call ShackHford Funeral Home at 658-5277. Barney Branch 79, retired baker Services for Barney D. Branch 79, will be at 2 p.m. today at George A. Smith and Sons South Chapel.

Burial will be in Browns Church Cemetery. Mr. Branch, a retired baker for Colonial Bakery, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of cancer. He was married to Mary Frances Long Branch of Jackson. He had a daughter and a son, Cecelia Bain of Abilene, Texas, and Barney D.

"Buddy" Branch Jr. of Jackson. For more information, call the funeral home at 423-2212. Franklin R. Essary, 59, retired butcher MILAN Services for Franklin R.

Essary, 59, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bodkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Milan. Mr. Essary, a retired butcher, died Sunday at City of Milan Hospital of an apparent heart attack.

He was married to the late Margie Lee Essary. He had five children, Linda Ruth Howard, Frankie Lee War-math and Sandra Beard, all of Milan, Regina Kaye McNeely of Atwood and Gregory Franklin "Goob" Essary of Humboldt. He had two sisters, Margaret Martin of Milan and Mary Ruth Smith of Millington. He had two brothers, Ray Essary of Louisville, and Dew-ayne Essary of Greenfield. For more information, call the funeral home at 686-3111.

Virgie Fisher, 89, homemaker Services for Virgie Ivey Fisher, 89, will be at 2 p.m. today at Parsons Mortuary. Burial will be in Parsons Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Fisher, a homemaker, died Sunday at Decatur County Hospital of cancer.

She was married to the late Curtis Fisher. She had a son and a daughter, Marvin C. Fisher of Parsons and Geraldine Joiner of Smyrna. She had four brothers and a sister, Walter Ivey and Woodrow Ivey, both of Parsons, Haywood Ivey of Clifton, Junior Ivey of Memphis and Argie Sewell of Georgia. For more information, call the funeral home at 847-3441.

Antonio Givens, 20 Antonio Givens, 20, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home at 423-4922. Ralph Hill, 86, retired machinist HUNTINGDON Graveside services for Ralph F. Hill, 86, formerly of Huntingdon, will be at 10 a.m.

today at Hebron Cem-etery. Mr. Hill, a retired machinist with Ford Motor died Saturday at Mariner Nursing Home in Inverness, of heart failure. He had two stepdaughters, Patricia Osentoski of Temperance, and Rose Marie Deren-gowski of Riverview, Mich. He had two sisters, Frances MacVic-ar of Inverness and Hazel Bush of Newheborn, Miss.

Evers case dies Dennis died Saturday in a Sevierville hospital after suffering a heart attack Friday night. Graveside services were scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens in Sevierville. sons, Louise Hayes, Sherron Larry Wood, Jerry Wood, Sam Wood, Ricky Wood, Tim Wood and John Wood, all of Lexington, Martha Bobbitt of Cedar Grove and Linda Smith of Decaturville. He had two sisters and two brothers, Evelyn Burton, Naomi Frizzell and James Wood, all of Lexington, and Dossie Wood of Parsons.

For more information, call Reed's Chapel at 968-3643. ANNOUNCEMENT supplied by West Funeral Directors Barney D. Branch, Sr. Services for Barney D. Branch, 79, will be held at 2 p.m.

today from George A. Smith and Sons South Chapel with Ed Ballard, minister, officiating. Burial will follow at Browns Church Cemetery. Mr. Branch died Sunday at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late David L. and Maude Harrell Branch. He was a retired baker with Colonial Bakery and was a member of the Bemis Church of Christ. He leaves his wife of fifty seven years, Mary Frances Long Branch; a daughter, Cecelia Bain and husband Lee Lamar of Abilene, a son, Barney D. "Buddy" Branch, Jr.

and wife Nell of Jackson; five grandchildren, Jamie Bain, Cheryl Bain Mimken, Jennifer Bain, Brian Branch Brandy Branch and five greatgrandchildren. Casketbearers to serve are Richard Murchison, Lavon Stone, Melvin Butler, Elmer Cogdell, Freeman Jordan, Randol Tosh, Wayne Powers, and Alan Morris. George A. Smith and Sons South Chapel 423-2212 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.

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