Obituary Report for August 17, 2003
Morrison resident and Warren County native Lois Holt Dyer, 58, died unexpectedly Aug. 13 at River Park Hospital.
A beautician and a member of Pleasant Knoll Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Holt of McMinnville and the late Herbert Holt.
She is survived by her husband, William Dyer Jr.; daughter, Vanessa Dyer of McMinnville; stepdaughters, Teresa Pelham and Kathy Swallows, both of McMinnville; sons and daughters-in-law, Jonathan and Dara Holt of Morrison, Trey and Candie Dyer of McMinnville; brothers, Larry W. and Phillip Martin Holt, both of McMinnville; and grandchildren, Cierra and Justin Holt, Ashley and Leah Dyer, Stephen and Dokota Swallows, and Cody Bottoms.
Services were held Friday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Finney officiating. Burial followed at Stroud Cemetery.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 17, 2003
Geneva Moore Howard, 84
Morrison resident and White County native Geneva Moore Howard, 84, died Aug. 16 at her home after an extended illness.
A homemaker, she was the daughter of Samuel and Mamie Swindell Moore.
She is survived by her husband, R.J. Howard; daughters, Brenda Clark of Chattanooga, Annette Howard Cooper of McMinnville and Sharon Pirtle of Murfreesboro; sons, Robert Howard of Marietta, Ga., and Sammy Howard of Morrison; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and sister, Delma Wallace of Sparta.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at High’s Chapel with Bobby Wheeler officiating. Burial and graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Howard Cemetery in White County. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until time of service Monday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 17, 2003
Billy Connell Kell, 61
Doyle resident and Van Buren County native Billy Connell Kell, 61, died Aug. 16 at River Park Hospital following a five-month illness.
An employee of A.O. Smith and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late John B. and Tera M. Johnson Kell; and was preceded in death by brother, Brownie B. Kell.
He is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Ramona and Carlon Curtis of Quebeck; brothers, L.C. Kell of Doyle and Wayne Price Kell of McMinnville; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at High’s Chapel with Titus Ward and Garvin Haley officiating. Burial will follow at Laurel Creek Cemetery in Van Buren County. Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. till time of the service Monday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 17, 2003
Robert A. Jeffers, 57
Kissee Mills, Ms., resident Robert A. Jeffers, 57, died Aug. 13 at his residence.
Retired from the military after 20 years of service, he was preceded in death by his father, Otha Jeffers; stepsister, Ester, and aunt, Alice McCormick.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Marlene Jeffers; mother, Margaret Jeffers of Illinois; daughters and sons-in-law, Pam and Lane Dix of McMinnville; Stacey and Lon Hoewater of Illinois; Beverly and Dal Hogan, Anita and Mike Chapman, all of Arkansas; stepchildren and their spouses Douglas and Annie Owings of Missouri, Melissa and Charles Kline of California and Tina Hester of Illinois; sisters Mary Edwards, Sarah Jeffers, Linda Hymes and Carol Busen, all of Illinois; brother David Jeffers of Kentucky and Jim Jeffers of Illinois, stepbrother John Jeffers of South Carolina; and 23 grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Forsyth Whelchel Funeral Chapel in Forsyth, Ms., with full military honors.
Information is courtesy of McMinnville Funeral Home.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 17, 2003
Ernest S. Pawlak, 67
Southport, N.C., resident and Buffalo, N.Y., native Ernest S. Pawlak, 67, died Aug. 14 at Hospice Care Center in Wilmington, N.C.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam War where he was awarded three Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal for Valor and the Air Medal. He also spent several years at the U.S. Embassy at The Hague, Netherlands.
He was a commercial pilot and after retiring from the Army, he worked at Fayetteville Aviation as a sales manager for Cessna Aircraft and then operated his own business in Fayetteville. He was a long supporter of the Brunswick Concert Band and a member of St. Phillips Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Cape Fear Yacht Club and Southport Sailing and a retired member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 10-3 where he was qualified as an operational pilot for search and rescue. While a member of the auxiliary, he along with other members of the plane crew were awarded an award of Operational Merit by the U.S. Coast Guard and cited for heroism during a search and rescue case off Cape Fear, N.C.
He is survived by his wife, Anita Pawlak; daughter, Patricia B. Warren and her husband, Thomas of Hope Mills, N.C.; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas G. and Lauren Pawlak of St. Francis, Wis.; stepson, John Drew Bybee of Hope Mills; grandchildren, Melanie Nunnery Livoti of Jacksonville, N.C., Sean Pittman, a member of USAF of Sedalia, Mo., Kevin Warren of Hope Mills, Amber Pawlak and Sean Hudson of St. Francis and Morgan Tocou of St. Louis; sister, Lorraine Acker; brothers, James Pawlak, Jerome Pawlak and Robert Pawlak; and aunt, Felicia Boryszewski of McMinnville.
Memorial services with full military honors will be held at St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Southport on Aug. 20. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center, 1405 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, N.C. 28401. Peacock-Newman Funeral and Cremation Service of Southport was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 17, 2003