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This is from the new data base section of Ancestry's site. Jeff ----------- Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), Obituaries, 1998-1999 Search Terms: COATS (19) Results ( 19 combined matches) Next Hits Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: December 12, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: ATOKA - Dorothy Wright Campbell, 70, retired mail clerk for Parts Inc., died of cancer Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery in Munford. She attended Brighton Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Bobbie Campbell Miller of Munford and Sandy Campbell Geer of Atoka; a son, Keith Campbell of Memphis; three sisters, Ora Dell Smith of Brighton, Lillie Mai Wilson of Atoka and Helen Daniels of Memphis; three brothers, Lee Roy Coats of Burlison, Paul Wright of Brighton and Milburn Wright of Memphis, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: December 29, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: MUNFORD - Ivie Turnage Fletcher, 94, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery. She was a member of Schoolfield United Methodist Church. Mrs. Fletcher, the widow of Rev. Harold `Clarence' Fletcher, leaves a daughter, Sue Coats of Savannah; six sons, Coy Fletcher of Jackson, Miss., Jim Fletcher of Virginia Beach, Va., Winston Fletcher of Largo, Fla., Hayes Fletcher of Memphis, George Fletcher of Nashville and Thomas Fletcher of Clinton, Ark., 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Schoolfield United Methodist Church. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: January 02, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: COVINGTON - Bertha L. Kitchens, 91, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Ripley Health Care. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Garland Baptist Church. Mrs. Kitchens, the widow of Wes Kitchens, leaves five sons, Leroy Kitchens of Covington, Robert Kitchens of Bartlett, Earnest Kitchens of Ripley, Larry Kitchens of Chicago and Tom Kitchens of Conway, Ark.; a half-sister, Alice Pearl Stewart of Louisiana; a brother, Wordie McCullough of Covington; three stepbrothers, Joe Coats of Pasadena, Texas, and Jess Coats and Charlie Coats, both of Covington, 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: March 11, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BATESVILLE - Yves Fooshee, 84, retired farmer, died of heart failure Tuesday at South Panola Community Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Crowder Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Crowder Cemetery. Dickins Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Penny Harris of Memphis and June Hutchison of Hernando; a son, Clovis Fooshee of Kelseyville, Calif.; three sisters, Dorothy Coats of Pontotoc, Mary Fooshee of Memphis and Laney Coleman of Oxford; a brother, Hansel Fooshee of Madison, Ala., 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: May 08, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BROWNSVILLE - Rena Coats Powell, 93, retired seamstress, died of congestive heart failure Thursday at Methodist Healthcare. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Brownsville. She leaves three daughters, Jacqueline W. Smith, Peggy W. Waddell and Betty Lee Watson, and two sisters, Goldie Naylor and Mamie Timbes, all of Brownsville; a brother, Edward Coats of Franklin, N.C., nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or a charity of the donor's choice. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: May 22, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: SENATOBIA - Edna Boone Carpenter, 75, retired Northeast Junior College and Senatobia School System teacher after 38 years, died of heart failure Friday at Broadmoor Health Care Center in Meridian. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Senatobia, where she taught Sunday school for 30 years, with burial in Bethesda Cemetery. C. O. Pate Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Delta State University and Mississippi State University and attended George Peabody College and University of Mississippi in Oxford. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Mississippi Professional Educators, Mumbling Mums, Cosmopolitan Club and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was also a recipient of the Senatobia Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow Award. Mrs. Carpenter, the widow of Howard Carpenter, to whom she was married for 53 years,, leaves three daughters, Miriam Chesney of Meridian, Sheron Coats of Iuka and Carolyn Spraberry of Southaven; two sons, Tommy Carpenter of Hernando and Van Carpenter of Kossuth; a sister, Jewell Colson of Greenwood; two brothers, Roy Boone of Cleveland and Hiram Boone of Isola, and eight grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: November 30, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BURLISON - Drewpayne Coats, 78, waitress, died of complications from a broken hip Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery there. She was a member of Giltedge Church of Christ. She leaves two daughters, Kethel Spruill and Linda Scrogins, both of Memphis; four sisters, five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: DEATHS Publication Date: September 05, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: COVINGTON - Thomas Watson Mauldin, 78, retired machinist, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in R. H. Munford Cemetery. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church. Mr. Mauldin, the husband of Margorie Marie Coats Mauldin, also leaves a son, Robert W. Mauldin, and a sister, Dorothy Stafford, both of Covington, and a brother, John Mauldin of Memphis. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: FOR THE RECORD: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, COURTS Publication Date: June 09, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EAST June 7 LaWanda and LeHarris Hill, Memphis, girl. Christy and Danny Coats, Southaven, girl. Sherri and Shannon Black, Memphis, girl. Terri and William Reeves, Somerville, Tenn., boy. Tina and Peter Gaddy, Memphis, boy. Ashley Robinson, Memphis, girl. Lorine and Jeffery Wooten, Memphis, boy. Arlinda and Ronnie Johnson, Memphis, boy. Stacy and Michael Brice, Millington, girl. Sherry and David Melton, Dundee, Miss., girl. Jamie and Barrett Brothers, Wilson, Ark., boy. Malisha Anderson, Arlington, boy. Laura and Kevin Creager, Olive Branch, Miss., boy. Kimberly and Randy Deverell, Stanton, Tenn., boy. Sherri Monroe, Memphis, girl. Pauline and Wayne Pittillo Jr., Southaven, boy. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH FRIDAY, DEC. 11 Publication Date: December 12, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: DOROTHY WRIGHT CAMPBELL, 70, of Atoka, Tenn., retired mail clerk for Parts Inc., died of cancer Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery in Munford. She attended Brighton Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Bobbie Campbell Miller of Munford and Sandy Campbell Geer of Atoka; a son, Keith Campbell of Memphis; three sisters, Ora Dell Smith of Brighton, Tenn., Lillie Mai Wilson of Atoka and Helen Daniels of Memphis; three brothers, Lee Roy Coats of Burlison, Tenn., Paul Wright of Brighton and Milburn Wright of Memphis, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 Publication Date: September 05, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: THOMAS WATSON MAULDIN, 78, of Covington, retired machinist, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in R. H. Munford Cemetery. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church. Mr. Mauldin, the husband of Margorie Marie Coats Mauldin, also leaves a son, Robert W. Mauldin of Covington; a sister, Dorothy Stafford of Covington, and a brother, John Mauldin of Memphis. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 28 Publication Date: December 29, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: IVIE TURNAGE FLETCHER, 94, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery there. She was a member of Schoolfield United Methodist Church. Mrs. Fletcher, the widow of Rev. Harold `Clarence' Fletcher, leaves a daughter, Sue Coats of Savannah, Tenn.; six sons, Coy Fletcher of Jackson, Miss., Jim Fletcher of Virginia Beach, Va., Winston Fletcher of Largo, Fla., Hayes Fletcher of Memphis, George Fletcher of Nashville and Thomas Fletcher of Clinton, Ark., 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Schoolfield United Methodist Church. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH MONDAY, JAN. 11 Publication Date: January 12, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: RUBY ZAINE GLOVER-BELL, 76, of 105 W. Davant, retired employee for Coletta's Italian Restaurant, died Saturday of Alzheimer disease at her home. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Glover-Bell, the widow of Henry Bell, leaves five daughters, Ruby Jean Bell-Heard, Gloria Jean Bell- Jones, Charlsey Bell-Hawkins and Mary Ann Bell, all of Memphis, and Doris Ann Bell-Coats, of Great Lakes, Ill.; two sons, Henry Bell Jr. of Hartwood, Va., and Willie `Bill' Bell of Memphis; three sisters, Pearline Armstrong, Dorothy Jean Shipp and Julia Ann Brown, and two brothers, John Glover and Joe Edward Glover, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH MONDAY, JAN. 25 Publication Date: January 26, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: BETTYE RUTH COATS KNEPPER, 56, of Northridge, Calif., formerly of Memphis and Covington, Tenn., employee for Deluxe Film Lab in Hollywood for 15 years, died of cancer Dec. 18 in Tujunga, Calif. Memorial services were held at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Funeral Home in Los Angeles. She leaves three daughters, Edith Diaz, Anne Knepper and Tiffany Knepper, all of Northridge; her mother, Elizabeth Marie Coats of Memphis; four sisters, Glenda Williams of Georgia, Mary Kaye Coats of Tujunga, and Elizabeth C. Sarr and Shannon Leam, both of Memphis; two brothers, Michael Coats of Memphis and William Coats of Chattanooga, and five grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 11 Publication Date: April 12, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: LOUISE W. COATS, 74, of Arlington, homemaker, died of respiratory failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ellendale United Methodist Church with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Coats, the wife of Henry A. Coats for 59 years, also leaves a daughter, Linda C. Stephens of Arlington; two sons, Gregg A. Coats of Memphis and Richard W. Coats of Arlington; a brother, Arvie Wilkes of Indiantown, Fla., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 13 Publication Date: December 14, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: LILLIAN CHENAULT PRICE GRAY, 82, of Memphis, homemaker, dental receptionist and clerk, died of cancer Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Idlewild Presbyterian Church with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a 1937 graduate of Southwestern (Rhodes College), and a World War II Women's Army Air Corps veteran. She was a charter member of Memphis APTA, a board member of Mary Galloway Home for Women, member of Memphis Heritage Friends of Mallory Neely House and King's Daughters Garner Circle. Mrs. Gray, the widow of Walker Gray, leaves two daughters, Patricia Coats of Aiken, S.C., and Anne Wagner of Portland, Ore., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Idlewild Presbyterian Church or Rhodes College. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS THROUGH WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13 Publication Date: January 14, 1999 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: RUBY ZAINE GLOVER-BELL, 76, of 105 W. Davant, retired employee for Coletta's Italian Restaurant, died Saturday of Alzheimer disease at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Oak Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park Cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Glover-Bell, the widow of Henry Bell, leaves five daughters, Rubye Jean Bell-Heard, Gloria Jean Bell-Jones, Charlsey Bell-Hawkins and Mary Ann Bell, all of Memphis, and Doris Ann Bell-Coats of Great Lakes, Ill.; two sons, Henry Bell Jr. of Hartwood, Va., and Willie `Bill' Bell of Memphis; three sisters, Pearline Armstrong, Dorothy Jean Shipp and Julia Ann Brown, and two brothers, John Glover and Joe Edward Glover, all of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Headline: MEMPHIS AREA DEATHS Publication Date: November 30, 1998 Source: The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: DREWPAYNE COATS, 78, of Giltedge Community in Burlison, Tenn., waitress, died of complications from a broken hip Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger Cemetery there. She was a member of Giltedge Church of Christ. She leaves two daughters, Kethel SpruiIl and Linda Scrogins, both of Memphis; four sisters, five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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