Tony Franciosa Lewis
Published 12:00 am Friday, November 14, 2003
FAYETTE Tony Franciosa Lewis died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at University Medical Center in Jackson. He was 30.
A resident of Fayette, Mr. Lewis was a self-employed truck driver and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rommie and Ivera Lewis, and a brother, Frank James Harris.
Survivors include his grandmother, Catherine Carter of Fayette; three brothers, Jessie Harris of Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Calvin Lewis and Kenny Ray Lewis, both of Fayette; five sisters, Carolyn Walker of Montclair, Calif., Barbara Ann Minor of Natchez and Catherine Lewis, Sharon Jackson and Ledon Harris, all of Fayette; a stepdaughter, Demetrius McNuty of Fayette; and other relatives and friends, including Louiza Harris and Carolyn McNuty, both of Fayette.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Fayette with the Rev. Percy Turner officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Rollins Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 1 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.
Friends will serve as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Minor, Melvin Jackson, Joseph Edwards, Demetryl Ellis, Kevin Ellis, Charles Ellis and Robert William.
Lucille B. Powell
ROLLING FORK Lucille B. Powell died Friday, Nov. 7, 2003, at her home in Jackson. She was 75.
Mrs. Powell was a former Rolling Fork resident.
She is survived by three sons, Waymon Powell and Patrick Powell, both of Vicksburg, and Lenard Powell of Jackson; two daughters, Patricia Powell and Deborah Johnson of Hattiesburg; one brother, Eligah Brown of Chicago; one sister, Catherine Butler of Yazoo City; and 17 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Ollie M.B. Church in Egremont. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 until 6 tonight at Walker Funeral Home in Rolling Fork.
Ricey White Tucker
MONROE, La. Ricey White Tucker died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003, at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. She was 77.
Born in Steel, Mo., Mrs. Tucker was a resident of Monroe, La.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur Leonard White and Pearl Ellen White, and a daughter, Shirley Jean Marsh.
She is survived by seven sons, Roy Clifton Tucker of Houston, Texas, Charles Robert Tucker of Orange, Texas, Michael Wayne Tucker of Memphis, James Stephen Tucker of Benton, La., David Benjamin Tucker of Monroe, and Timothy Mark Tucker and Joseph Tucker, both of West Monroe; three daughters, Pearl Crawford of Lafayette, La., Nancy Susan Dunn of Columbus, Ga., and Lori Ann Corbin of Memphis; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lake Providence City Cemetery. Burial will follow under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Lake Providence.