2B The Clarion-Ledger I Tuesday, MISSISSIPPI James Robertshaw, lawyer GREENVILLE James Robertshaw, 80, a lawyer, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. James Episcopal Church with burial in Greenville Cemetery. Visitation is p.m.
today at Boone- is Funeral Home. Mr. Robertshaw was a Greenville native and a parishioner of St. James Episcopal Church serving as vestryman and senior warden. He graduated from Greenville High School in 1933 and from Mississippi State University in 1937, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1940 and attended Harvard Business School. Phillip Terney said his former business partner was one of the best lawyers he knew. "He was what in the business you'd call a lawyers, lawyer," said Temey of Greenville. "As a lawyer, if I needed someone to advise me, he'd be the one I'd go to. "He was the most brilliant person I've known in my life.
There's no question in my mind, he had the brightest mind in this part of the country. I was very fortunate to be associated with him in practicing law." Terney said his friend and long time business partner enjoyed working with the community. "He worked with the school districts (Leland and Western Line) for many years," Terney said. "He only asked that they pay for his expenses opposed to working for monetary gain." -He was a World War Army veteran serving in Europe, where his duties included assisting in planning the invasion of Normandy and coordinating the discharge of military personnel at the end of the war. He attained the rank of colonel and received decorations including the Legion of Merit and Croix de Guerre (France.) In 1946, he returned to Greenville to practice law.
He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955. He formed the law firm Robertshaw Merideth in 1962, now Robertshaw Temey Noble. In 1995 he took counsel status. He served as lawyer for Leland School District and Westem Line School District and argued several cases before the state Supreme Court. He served as chairman of the Greenville Airport Commission from 1967 to 1973, playing an active role in developing the current airport terminal and air traffic control tower.
He was chairman of the Community and County Development Commission of the Mississippi Economic Council from 1968 to 1970. He was president of the Industrial in 1974. He was a member of the Greenville Golf Club, University Club of Washington, Swan Lake Hunting Club, Lions Club and local theater productions. Survivors include: wife, Sylvia; daughters, Mary Nicholson Robertshaw of Memphis and Sylvia Yale Robertshaw of Chicago; son, Frank Paxton Robertshaw of Washington, D.C.; and sister, Nell Robertshaw Blakely of Commerce, Texas. Memorials may be made to St.
James Episcopal Church or St. Jude Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Pete Gates farmer, grocery owner BASSFIELD Pete Gates, 82, a farmer and grocery owner, died Sunday of cancer at his home. Services are 7 p.m. today at St.
Peters Catholic Church with burial in St. James Catholic Cemetery. Visitation is 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St.
Peters Catholic church. Saulters-Moore Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. Gates was a Jefferson County native and a member of St. James Catholic Church.
He was a U.S. Army World War I veteran. He was awarded the Bronze Star and five battle stars. Survivors include: wife, Mae; daughter, Melanie Speights of Prentiss; and three grandchildren. Michael Haynes teacher's aide LOUISVILLE Michael Haynes, 28, teacher's aide, died of pneumonia Saturday at Tombigbee Hospice in Butler, Ala.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Frendship Missionary Baptist Church in Louisville with burial at Mt. Sinai. Beck Funeral Home in Louisville is handling the arrangements. Mr.
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10-5 981-1762 May 21, 1996 DEATHS JACKSON AREA DEATHS Oliver C. "Buddy" McDade 29, theatre set designer, head trauma, San Jose, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home. Walter Wayne Patrick, 79, retired mixed chemist, heart failure, Pelahatchie; 3 p.m. today, Antioch Baptist Church, Ott and Lee Funeral Home, Brandon.
James A. Williams, 73, retired supervisor, cancer, Old Lake Road, Jackson; 11 a.m. Wednesday, New Forest Cemetery, Forest, Wright Ferguson Funeral Home. CLARION-LEDGER OBITUARY POLICY The Clarion-Ledger publishes obituaries free of charge. Since they are news stories, certain facts are required.
Included are the deceased's complete name, age and occupation; date, cause and place of death; time and place of services; and survivors. Families may add background information such as club and church memberships and school accomplishments. Obituaries received by 6 p.m. will appear in the next day's editions. Obituaries will be published for any person who has lived in, or is being buried in, Mississippi.
Information must be received from the funeral home. Funeral homes may dial 961-7252 or 1- 800-222-8015 Ext. 7252 and leave their names and phone numbers. and Sonja Haynes of Columbus; brothers, Johnnie Haynes, John Alvin Haynes, Winfred Haynes and Terry Haynes, all of Louisville, and Rodger Haynes of Monroe, and matemal grandmother, Ruthie Moore of Louisville. Eddie E.
Johnson homemaker Eddie Elizabeth "Beth" Johnson, 84, of Stokes Roberson Road, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m. today at First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Crystal Springs with burial in Crystal Springs Cemetery in Crystal Springs. Stringer Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs.
Johnson taught Sunday school at Victory Christian Fellowship Church. She enjoyed participating in singing for the ministry at church and on television. She graduated as valedictorian of her high Johnson school class and was a graduate of a Dale Carnagie Sales Course. Survivors include: daughters, Sandra Loar of Crystal Springs and Sylvia Langford of Mansfield, Texas; sons, Richard Johnson of Jackson and Charles Johnson of Crystal Springs; and 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Johnson Francis A.
Johnson homemaker WEST POINT Francis A. Johnson, 67, a homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Clay County Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Calvert Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs.
Johnson was a Neshoba County native. Survivors include: husband, Harvey; daughter, Brenda C. Lawson of Michigan City, stepdaughter, Debra Wright of Vardaman; son, Cecil Cutrer of Caledonia; stepsons, Neal Johnson of Houston, Jerry Johnson and James D. Johnson, both of Okolona; and nine grandchildren and 10 stepgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Ruby Ellis Pannel homemaker RULEVILLE Ruby Ellis Pannel, 87, a homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Walter Crook Nursing Home.
Services are 11 a.m. today at Card Funeral Home of Indianola with burial at Lehrton Cemetery. Mrs. Pannel was a native and lifelong resident of Carroll County. She was the widow of Pete Floyd Pannel.
Survivors include: daughter, Melba Newton of Clarksville, sons, Thomas Pannel of Minter City and Douglas Pannel of Ruleville; and 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Leavelle Ready retired respiratory therapist GREENVILLE Leavelle Ready, 85, a retired respiratory therapist, died of heart failure Monday at King's Daughters Hospital. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mortimer Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m.
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to 2 p.m. at Lena Baptist Church. Mr. Weaver was a native and lifelong resident of Lena. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion and was a former Lena alderman.
Survivors include: wife, Mary; and sons, Dennis Weaver of Sebastopol and David Weaver of Meridian. Mae Whitehead homemaker ROXIE Mae Whitehead, 92, a homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 2 p.m. today at Providence Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Whitehead was the widow of W.F. Whitehead. Survivors include: son, Maurice Whitehead of Pearl; sister, Edith Case of Roie; and three grandchildren. Hinds budget chief predicts big deficit By Jimmie Gates Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Hinds County Budget and Finance Director Charlie Bonds is projecting a possible $895,000 budget shortfall for the new fiscal year beginning Oct.
1. On Monday, Bonds provided supervisors with the preliminary budget figures, but cautioned that the numbers were based upon assumptions since he won't have exact revenue figures until at least July. Hinds County District 2 Supervisor Doug Anderson had asked Bonds to prepare the budget report. "I just want us to be aware of the situation. Members on this board have said they won't raise taxes, but I'm afraid people are going to see a tax increase anyway," he said.
"We have an eroding tax base," Bonds said. Bonds projects Hinds County could spend about $2.5 million more than it collects in revenues for the 1996-97 budget year. The county will have only about $1.6 million in available reserve money that can be used to make up the shortfall. Hinds County will get its last $1.1 million 1 payment this week from Methodist Medical Center for the 1990 lease of the county hospital. That will be money the county will have to make up in its budget, Bonds said.
Other expenses the county could face include: Construction cost on a new youth detention center. Annual payment on state bonds issued for the Metro Parkway Project. Start-up payment on the Jackson Mall Medical Foundation project. The county pledged $650,000 to help repair the mall's parking lot. Bonds estimates the county tax base will grow about 2 to 3 percent, which will add about $800,000 in tax money.
Property is being reappraised in the county, which could add additional revenue or reduce the tax base, he said. Over the past two fiscal years, the county has reduced most department budgets by 25 percent. "I don't see us cutting the budget much more unless we cut people," Anderson said. Supervisor Peggy Hobson Calhoun urged county officials to begin looking for ways to generate more revenue in-house. One suggestion: Consider Circuit Judge William Coleman's idea of requiring some indigent individuals to pay a small fee for court service.
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High St. 352-3632 Bond vote may follow school board elections By Stephanie Patrick other middle school in the MadiClarion-Ledger Staff Writer son-Ridgeland area. Today it's a school board elec- Her opponent is Ken McCoy. He tion, but soon it could be a bond supports a bond election, but said it election. must be smaller than the $37.2 milThe Madison County School lion bond referendum that failed in District will have its first election in September.
eight years as four of the five district In District 2, Mary McDonald seats will be filled. Board president and Tim Sterling are vying for the Shirley Simmons of District 5 is not seat held by Bill Caston, who is not up for re-election. seeking re-election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 07 Sterling said school projects p.m.
must be completed on time and unAll the candidates have exder budget and must address real pressed interest in the possibility of Olde School calling a bond election to ease over- in is soluneeds. Building Town crowding in some schools and reno- tion Ridgeland school just a partial he said. vate others. to overcrowding, District 1's Olevia Crawford is the Sterling advocates a second high only board member seeking re-elec- school in south Madison County. tion.
A board member since 1987, In District 3, Celeste McGregor she said her top priorities are add- and Bert Jackson are running for ing more classroom space and im- the seat being vacated by Marcy proving test scores. Querin. Crawford supports building an- Lee Miller is unopposed for the other high school and, possibly, an- District 4 seat held by Earl Harper. Tobacco From 1B had lived in Greenville 60 years and worked for Delta Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of Bracie Ready.
Survivors include: daughter, Sandra Jones of Greenville; and eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and numerous greatgreat-grandchildren. Lewis J. Tolleson Jr. retired dining hall manager LEXINGTON, Mass. Lewis J.
Tolleson 74, a retired dining hall manager, died Sunday of liver failure at the New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, Mass. Services are 9 a.m. Thursday at the Donald J. MacDonald and Son Funeral Home in Watertown, followed by a 10 a.m. funeral mass at St.
Theresa of the Child Jesus Church with burial in St. Patrick Cemetery. Visitation is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Tolleson was a Dossville native and a U.S. Navy World War Il veteran and an Army veteran.
He served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was a Harvard University Corporation appointee and a retired dining hall manager at Harvard University. He was a member of the American Legion. Survivors include: daughters, Mary D. Towne of Woburn, Janice C.
Barry of Waltham, and Louise O'Neal Ocraco*ke, N.C.; sons, Edward R. Santoro of Peabody, Joseph L. Santoro of New York, John L. Tolleson of West New York, N.J., and Lewis J. Tolleson Ill of Falls Church, brothers, C.
Hooper Tolleson of Carthage, Bobbi Dean Tolar, Mavis Bobo and Thomas W. Tolleson, all of Pearl; sisters, Jackie Tolleson of Pascagoula, Della Anne Walters of Carthage and Thilda Lilly of Lena; and 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 180 Rustcraft Dedham MA 02026. James A. Toomer welder GRAND BAY, Ala.
James A. Toomer, 61, a welder, died of cancer Sunday at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home in Moselle with burial in Union Cemetery in Ellisville. Visitation is 5:30 to 9 p.m.
today. Mr. Toomer was a Mississippi native. Survivors include: wife, Sarah; sons, Donald Toomer, Daryl Toomer and Charles Toomer, all of Grand Bay, Mark Toomer of Pascagoula and Terry Toomer of Highpoint, N.C.; brothers, Andy Toomer of Pascagoula and Amold Toomer of Hattiesburg; halfbrothers, Billy Cook of New Bern, N.C., and Edward Borries of Wiggins. Janie G.
Wagner homemaker MERIDIAN Janie G. Wagner, 86, a homemaker, died of respiratory failure Monday at Riley Memorial Hospital. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Tuesday at 6-8 p.m.
at James F. Webb Funeral Home. Mrs. Wagner was a native of Clarke county. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred B.
Wagner. Survivors include: son, Thomas B. Groves of Madison; sister, Pauline H. Brewer of Meridian; and one grandson William Vernon Weaver retired store owner CARTHAGE William Vernon Weaver, 82, a retired store owner, died of heart failure Sunday at Leake Memorial Hospital. Services are 2 p.m.
today at Lena Baptist Church with burial in Lena Cemetery. Visita- STRINGER FUNERAL HOME CLINTON 924-9308 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 892-1521 EDDIE ELIZABETH (BETH) JOHNSON 10:00 A.M. Tuesday First Pentecostal Holiness Church HAZLEHURST 894-1331 LES FUNERAL HOME MRS. ELLA LEWIS 1 pm Tuesday Repose In Church At 12:00 New Hope Grove MB Church Ridley Hill Cemetery Madison 969-3040 FUNERAL DIRECTOR SINCE 1925 the request to delay the case. However, that brief was under seal because it contains matters relating to the grand jury.
Wigand is getting help from CBS, which is picking up his legal fees. The network said it agreed to indemnify Wigand after a leak about its report resulted in the disclosure of Wigand's identity before he was prepared to go public. CBS's help allowed Wigand to Youngsters to help fix homes in Brookhaven The Associated Press BROOKHAVEN Dozens of young people from across the country will be in Brookhaven next month to help with home repair projects for individuals who could not afford to pay for the work, Mayor Doug Sullivan says. Sullivan said the family development project sponsored by Bill Gothard Ministries could set Brookhaven up as an example for other towns to follow. The 100 young people will pay their own way, with local efforts planned to raise money needed for repair materials.
The work will be done during the week of June 10. The following week, the national religious ministry will put on seminars for children and adults, officials said. Sullivan invited the ministry to Brookhaven after attending a recent Christian mayors' conference in Indianapolis. The mayor said Gothard had challenged the mayors to use his ministry and he decided that working on homes and helping Brookhaven's young people were ways of doing that. A major difference between the Brookhaven effort and Gothard institutes and seminars put on previously is that this will be a pilot program for community involvement in helping young people, said Jack Rutland, who is working with Sullivan and others to bring the project to the city.
"I am overwhelmed at the opportunity for Brookhaven, not only for them to serve us, but for the example we can show to the rest of America," Rutland said during a recent meeting with Brookhaven pastors to discuss the program. hire the Washington law firm of Shea and Gardner last week. Wigand's lead counsel, John Aldock, said Wigand is fighting for his professional life and needs time to prepare for questions. Had the deposition occurred, had facilities in place for reporters to cover the deposition in a room in the building known as "Tobacco Row." Hospital sale vote planned By Mario Rossilli Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer BRANDON The fate of Rankin Medical Center will soon lie in the hands of the people of the county. The Rankin County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to place on the November general election ballot a referendum on whether the hospital should be sold.
District 5 Supervisor Jack Dennis brought the motion before the five-member board, saying it will "let the people decide if they would like to start the process, required by law, to determine whether it is in the best interest to sell or lease Rankin Medical Center." The decision comes in the wake of a March 4 letter from state Auditor Steve Patterson recommending the county supervisors sell the medical center. The letter stated that "poor management judgment resulted in the loss of substantial county assets totaling in excess of $2 million." The decision is also likely to push back the previous time-table by which supervisors tentatively planned to start receiving bids on the hospital in January. Classified 961-7100 Close- Up Clarion-Ledger 651 feel it's necessary to bend over backward to satisfy each customer.9 Barbara Kitchens Switchboard Operator Where She Lives On the Job Florence. "The friendly atmosphere at The "I've lived in Mississippi since I was Clarion-Ledger makes my job 9 months old." enjoyable. I've been here 18 years." Family Hobbies Husband, Richard.
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