Mr. Otis Lee Davis Sr., age 91, of Colt, died Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at his home.
He was born Nov. 3, 1910, a son of Andrew and Aremenda Rice Davis. He was a farmer and a Protestant.
Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Agnes Frost Davis in 1985, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Surivors include five sons, Robert Davis of Jacksonville, Scott Davis of Colt, Otis Davis Jr., of Beebe and John and David Davis of North Little Rock; six daughters, Allene Boles Laws and Ruby Colvin of Forrest City, Fern Smith Giudice of Arizona, Martha Myers of Wynne, Dorothy Baskins of Colt and Rachel Davis of Baton Rouge, La.; 35 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 7, 2002, from 6-8 p.m. at Morgan Funeral Home of Forrest City. Funeral services for Mr. Davis will be Friday, March 8, 2002, at the Morgan Chapel. Burial will follow at Forrest Park Cemetery, under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home.
Mrs. Willie Mae Ison, 64, of West Memphis, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002, at the home of her daughter in West Memphis.
Mrs. Ison leaves her husband, Tommie Earl Ison Sr. of West Memphis; two daughters, Virginia Green of West Memphis and Earlene Moore of St. Louis; eight sisters, Tealor Blaxton of Seffner, Fla., Marie Mull of Chicago, Joretha Howard, Juanita Edwards and Maxcine Artis of West Memphis, Mattie Noble, Flossie King and Lossie Lipscomb of Forrest City; two brothers, Calvin Jimmerson of Forrest City and T.J. Jimmerson of West Memphis, 12, grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Friday, March 8, 2002, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Anthony-West Memphis Funeral Home Chapel North, and Saturday, March 9, 2002, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the 15th Street Church of God in Christ of West Memphis. Funeral Services will follow at 11 a.m. at the church, with Burial in Paradise Garden.
Mr. Sylvester Jackson Sr., age 79, of Heth, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at his home.
Mr. Jackson leaves a daugher, Rheamonia Glenn of Earle; four sons, Thaddis E. Jackson, Sylvester Jackson Jr., and Clifford Jackson of Heth and Richard Jackson of Earle; a sister, Tommie Hamilton of St. Louis; 23 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 9, 2002 at 11 a.m. at Friendship M.B. Church of Heth, with burial in Jackson Cemetery in Heth, under the direction of Anthony Funeral Home, West Memphis.
Mr. Charles Franklin Lee, age 81, of Forrest City, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at his residence.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of University Christian Church in Memphis, and a field technician for Burroughs. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Lee, and two sons, Barney Lee of Memphis and David Lee of Collierville, Tenn.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Lee will be held Friday, March 8, 2002 at 10 a.m., at Forest Hills East Funeral Home, with burial following in Forest Hills Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Maggie Verser, age 90, of Blytheville, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville.
She was born Feb. 12, 1912, to Charlie and Missouri Parks in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of Blytheville.
Mrs. Verser was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Green Verser.
She is survived by three sons, Robert Lee Verser of Florida, Nathaniel Verser of Forrest City and Johnny B. Verser of Kokomo, Ind.; four daughters, Urlee Coleman of Madison, Mary Lee Gaston of Blytheville, Zeopha Phillip of Widener and Annie B. Thomas of St. Louis; a sister, Ada Jackson of Pine Bluff; and a host of great and great-great grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Verser will be held Friday, March 8, 2002 from 6-8 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville. Funeral services for Mrs. Verser will be held Saturday, March 9, 2002 at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul Misionary Baptist Church of Blytheville, with Rev. Horace Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens in Blytheville, under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.