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Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Sunday, August 2, 2015
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WEST POINT — Georgia Ware Brown, 93, formerly of Montrose, homemaker, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at West Point Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in Lottville Church of God Cemetery near Canton. Calvert Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Brown, the widow of Spurgeon Riley Brown, leaves a daughter, Edith B. Tribble of West Point; three sons, James H. Brown of Houston, Texas, George F. Brown of Austin, Texas, and Joseph M. Brown of Ames, Iowa, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Friday, June 10, 1994
JACKSON – Nelle Ware Dietzel, 83, former bookkeeper with Jackson Utility Co., died Thursday morning of heart failure at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. She was a charter member of Calvary Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dietzel, the wife of Robert H. Dietzel, also leaves two daughters, Nell Pogue of Rutherfordton, N.C., and Nancy Brantley of Medina, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Friday, April 26, 1996
POPE – Bertha Ware Ellis, 78, homemaker, died Wednesday of heart disease at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Nelson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Pope Chapel-Nelson Chapel Cemetery. Cooley’s Mortuary in Batesville has charge. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star-Victory Star Chapter 121. She leaves eight daughters, Gladys Ellis, Nettie Jean Ellis and Myrtle Shaw, all of Pope, Margaret Cosby of Enid, Rosie Hamilton of Chicago, Emma Hentz of Sardis, Bertha Bobo of Courtland and Helen Ellis of Detroit; four sons, Herman ‘Sonny’ Ellis and Lamar ‘Bill’ Ellis, both of Pope, Preston Ellis of Harvey, Ill., and Earl Ellis of Detroit; four sisters, Louise Clark of Pope, Lelia Strung of Courtland, and Janie Johnson and Ester Betts, both of Batesville; a brother, Gavin Johnson of Memphis, 36 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Saturday, April 4, 1998
MADGE WARE BOBBITT, 91, of Somerville, Tenn., former co-owner and operator of Bobbitt Grocery Store in the Macon community of Fayette County, Tenn., died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Hospital of Fayette. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Macon Cemetery. She was a member of the Macon United Methodist Church. Mrs. Bobbitt, the widow of Wilbur Eugene Bobbitt, leaves two sons, Wilbur F. ‘Bunk’ Bobbitt of Macon and Charles Dempsey Bobbitt of Oakland, Tenn., 11 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Thursday, April 30, 1998
HUMBOLDT – Maxine Ramelle Ware, 68, of Millington, retired nursing assistant, died of heart failure Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery. Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Shirley Smith of Fordice; two sons, Wayne Gilbert of Millington and James Gilbert of Jackson; three brothers, Billy Sumler of St. Petersburg, Brody Sumler of Pocahantas and Curtis Sumler of Perryville, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Tuesday, June 30, 1998
WILLIE B. WARE, 63, of 1030 N. McNeil, retired concrete finisher, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church Mt. Olive with burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 11 a.m. Monday. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Jackie Kelly of Denison, Texas; a son, James L. Lee of Stanton, Tenn.; three sisters, Ida Parker, Carrie Page and Virgil Branch, all of Chicago, and five grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Saturday, December 5, 1998
KOSCIUSKO – Clara Estelle Ware, 89, retired beautician, died of heart failure Sunday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Nowell Funeral Home with burial in Parkway Cemetery. She was a member of Oregon Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Tuesday, February 23, 1999
IDA WARE PARKER, 84, of 3015 Mt. Olive, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist Hospital after a stroke. Services will be at noon Saturday at World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church, where she was a choir member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Parker, the widow of Will Parker, leaves three sisters, Virgie Branch of Chicago, and Rebecca Crump and Carrie Page, both of Memphis, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Wednesday, June 23, 1999
DYERSBURG – Beryl Ware Stroup, 84, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Wesley of Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. today in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg. Mr. Stroup, the widower of Clair Stroup, leaves a daughter, Maralyn S. Beck of Dyersburg, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Source: Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Saturday, September 11, 1999