EVANSVILLE COURIER PRESS Georgetown, Texas, Andy Walker of Sadyville, and Mark Walker of Sterling, five great-grandchildren; one greatniece; and one great-nephew. She was preceded in death by her husband, the Reverend Clyde Walker; two sons, Charles A. and George R. Walker; and her parents, George M. and Lulu (Pickering) Crider.
Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2005, at Gilbert Funeral Home, with burial in Piney Fork Cemetery, Reverends Cortis Hill and Wayne Garvey officiating. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Gilbert Funeral Home. Raybon Young Sr.
PRINCETON Raybon Young 67, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Caldwell County Hospital. He was a military veteran and a retired vocational school instructor. He attended Sugar Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Jewell; sons, Raybon Jr. and Edward; seven grandchildren; brothers, Jerry, Louard and Stephen; and sisters, Loretta Waldrum, Joyce Jewel, Karen Ketchey, Judy Anglin and Sandra Seijo.
Services 1 p.m. Sunday at Morgan's Funeral Home, burial in Sugar Creek Church Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. KENTUCKY FUNERALS CORYDON Ruby C.
Wilson Blake, 83, services 2 p.m. today at Townsend Funeral Home in Dixon, burial in Old Cedar Grove Cemetery in Tilden. Visitation is 8 a.m. to service time. ROBARDS- Virginia Christine Jones Cook, 72, services 3 p.m.
Sunday at Tapp Funeral Home, burial in Cordon Cemetery. Visitation is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and noon to service time. MARION -Louise H.
(Herrin) Allen Watson, 83, services 2 p.m. Sunday at Gilbert Funeral Home, burial in Mapleview Cemetery. Visitation is after 6 p.m. today. Josephine Joiner ROSICLARE Josephine Mae Joiner, 70, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at Pavilion of Forrest Park.
She was a member of Peters Creek Baptist Church of Elizabethtown. Surviving are sons, John, George, Dale and Frank; daughters, Jenny Saffer and Dorthy Worthen; brothers, William, Earl and Donald Dixon; sisters, Jenny Nichols and Francis; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great- grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. today at Cox Funeral Home, burial in IOOF Golconda Cemetery. Visitation is 10 a.m.
to service time at the funeral home. Joyce Martin CARMI Joyce Martin, 72, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at Wabash Christian Retirement Center. She was a member of First Christian Church. Surviving are her husband, Lawrence; daughters, Paula Lechner and Pam Adams; a son, Kenny; a sister, Pat Marler; brothers, Marshall, Richard and Bob Pollard; and five grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m.
Sunday at Campbell Funeral Home Carmi Chapel, burial in North Maple Ridge Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mary Mushrush LAWRENCEVILLE Mary Mushrush, 86, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a retired school teacher and a member of Petrolia Methodist Church.
Surviving is her husband, C. Harold. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Emmons-Macey Steffey Funeral Home, burial in Lawrenceville City Cemetery. Visitation is 10 a.m.
to service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville Building Fund. Milford Sheese ROBINSON Milford E. Sheese, 80, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at home. He was retired from Marathon Oil Co.
Surviving are his wife, Mar- I SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2005 OBITUARIES 77, at ral at ch, ed ay, ate byeet nd at ew ay he ad er, S- de 'S, ie nd Id ic f- Continued from Page B10 She is survived by her husband, Gregg Merrick of Mt. Vernon; daughters, Krysten Ann Hillegas of Newburgh, and Autumn Nicole Merrick of Mt. Vernon; her mother and step father, Paula (Lyon) and Ray Lewis of Henderson, her brothers, James Billy Lyon, also of Henderson; her aunt, Peggy Vaughn; grandparents, Pauline Ervin, Leslie Ervin and Beatrice Lyon. Private memorial services for family and selected friends will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 2004, at Arbor Cremation Centers at Austin Funeral Home, 1330 East Fourth Mt.
Vernon, Ind. Memorial contributions can be made to American Heart Association. Condolences and special remembrance can be made online at www.austinfuneralhome.com. Norma Miskell PRINCETON Norma Joan Miskell, 72, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at Gibson General Hospital. Surviving are sons, Gary, Jerry, Larry, Alex and Terry Brown; daughters, Loretta Memmer, Becky Koberstein, Christine Wagner and Rachel Skidmore; brothers, William and Harold Ellis Holland; sisters, Virginia White, Janet Sue Drew, Cathy Crowe, Phyllis K.
Drew, Greta Mitchell, Nancy Dossett and Karen Slaughter; 20 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and three stepgreat-grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Colvin Funeral Home, burial in Highland Memorial Cemetery in Mount Carmel. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
INDIANA FUNERALS PRINCETON Gene G. Corn, 83, graveside services 2:30 p.m. CST Sunday in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Mount Olympus, with military rites. Doyle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
PRINCETON Adron A. "Ab" Dillon, 85, services 2 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Memorial Church, burial in Mount Olive Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Colvin Funeral Home and from 1 p.m.
to service time at the church. PRINCETON James H. Dunn, 79, services 11 a.m. today at Colvin Funeral Home, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation is 9 a.m.
to service time. OTWELL Harold C. Eck, 72, services 1 p.m. EST Sunday at St. John's Lutheran Church, burial in St.
John's Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. today at Becher-Kluesner North Chapel in Jasper and noon to service time at the church. HAUBSTADT John Horan, 67, services 1:30 p.m. today at Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel, burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites.
Visitation is 11:30 a.m. to service time. OAKLAND CITY Monroe Hunt, 87, services 2 p.m. Sunday at Lamb-Basham Memorial Chapel, burial in Union Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m.
today and from 8 a.m. to service time. VINCENNES Anna Mae (Siegle) Mahrenholz, 92, services 10 a.m. EST today at GardnerBrockman Funeral Home, burial in Fairview Cemetery. BOONVILLE Guthrie "Bill" Martin, 77, services 10:30 a.m.
today at Bradley's Colonial Chapel in Boonville, burial in the Ebenezer Cemetery north of Folsomville, with military rites. Visitation is 8 a.m. to service time. KENTUCKY Jennie Jackson DAWSON SPRINGS Jennie Jackson, 80, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Madisonville Regional Medical Center. She worked at Arvin Manufacturing and Dawson Springs Nursing Home.
Surviving are her caregiver, Maybelle Sisk; daughters, Patsie Neisz, Ethel Louise Gates, Elizabeth Royal and Linda Camplin; 14 grandchildren; and 14 greatgrandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Beshear Funeral Home, burial in Ilsley Cemetery. Visitation is 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Hilda Johnston MADISONVILLE Hilda Elizabeth Hamby Johnston, 80, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Regional Medical Center. She owned and operated Johnston's Speedy Office Service and was a member of Berean Baptist Church in Morton's Gap. Surviving are a daughter, Jeanne Elizabeth Spain; sons, Lawrence Daniel, Ronald Wayne and Robert David; sisters, Geneva Estelle White and Mary Fern Jones; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Reid-Walters Funeral Home Earlington Chapel, burial in Hamby Cemetery in Christian County.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Rex Loney HENDERSON Rex Loney, 73, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at Community Methodist Hospital. and a member of Holy He was a retired carpenter.
Jesus Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Linda; daughters, Rexanne Frazier, Candy Sue Loney and Rhonda Barone; sons, Christopher Brian, Phillip, Rocky Joe, Edward Wayne and James Chester; sisters, Beatrice Stanley, Bivian B. Hanco*ck and Annie Marie Buckman; brother, Don; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home, burial in St.
Louis Cemetery. Visitation is 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and until service time at the funeral home. Doris Myers HENDERSON Doris Jean Myers, 78, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Community Methodist Hospital. Surviving are daughters, Mickie Landers and Roxie Lear; son, Gregory; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services 2 p.m. today at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home, burial in Fairmont Cemetery. Visitation is noon to service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice.
Audra Phelps NEBO Audra Mae Phelps, 89, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Madisonville Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Silent Run Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are daughters, Rita Bratcher and Glenda Fisher; son, Tommy; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Joyce Craft. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Melton Funeral Home, burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Providence.
Visitation is 5 to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Jerry Smithhart HENDERSON Jerry Leon Smithhart, 60, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at home. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Apostolic Tabernacle Church.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy; sons, Kevin Shawn and Jerry Leon II; daughter, Tamara Lynnette Smithhart Newton; stepsons, Larry Lee Johnson II and the Rev. Troy Dane Johnson; and seven grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Benton-Glunt Funeral Home, burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m.
today, noon to 8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice.
Ruby Southerland PROVIDENCE Ruby Southerland, 90, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at Senior Citizens Nursing Home. She was a member of Simpson Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a daughter, Ruchester Blake Walton; four grandchildren; and 14 greatgrandchildren. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday at Simpson Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church, burial in Cumberland Hill Cemetery.
There will be a wake service at noon Tuesday at the church. Helen Walker MARION Helen Walker, 97, of Marion, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at New Haven Assisted Living in Marion, Ky. She was a member of Marion United Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Margaret Riley of Marion, and Martha Edmondson of Round Rock, Texas; three grandchildren, Janice Heisch of garet a son, David daughters, Janice Acrey, Sharon Kaye Shrider and Lindy Tucker; sisters, Maxine Abel, Molly Elston, Bonnie Kelley and Sherry Bird; 12 grandchildren; and 10 greatgrandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Pulliam Funeral Home Robinson Chapel, burial in Robinson New Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Crawford County Benevolent Fund.
Edythe Shepard ORIO Edythe V. Shepard, 85, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Lawrence County Community Care in Bridgeport. She was a member of Wabash Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her husband, Kenneth brother, Bruce Hamler; half sister, Elizabeth White; son, John; daughter, Jane Parks; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services 3 p.m.
today at Wabash Presbyterian Church, burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 2 p.m. to service time at the church. Short Funeral Home Mount Carmel is handling arrangements. Charles Slankard FAIRFIELD Charles Roy Slankard, 63, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at home.
Surviving are daughters, Chasity and Cheryl Slankard; sons, Russell, Scott, Jeff and Chalen; 10 grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; sister, Betty L. Simpson; and brother, Dennis. Graveside services 2 p.m. Sunday at Veterans Maple Hill Cemetery, with military rites. Johnson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
ILLINOIS FUNERALS FLORA Carroll A. Block, 86, services 10:30 a.m today at Hosselton Funeral Home in Cisne, burial in Cisne Cemetery, with military rites. ROSICLARE Lloyd Joe Caraker, 83, services 1 p.m. today at Hosick Funeral Homes, burial in Odd Fellows Empire Cemetery in Elizabethtown. Visitation is 11 a.m.
to service time. FAIRFIELD Zelma L. (Mayes) Locke, 74, services 2 p.m. today at Nale's Funeral Home, burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation is 1 p.m.
to service time. ROBINSON Mildred (Kleiner) Murray, 87, services 2 p.m. today at Pulliam Funeral Home, burial in Robinson New Cemetery. Visitation is noon to service time. NORRIS CITY Myrtle B.
(Jenkins) Tidwell, 86, services 1 p.m. today at Campbell Funeral Home, burial in Powell Cemetery. ELDORADO Tessie A. (Grubbs) Wathen, 82, services 1 p.m. today at Watson Funeral Home, burial in Wolf Creek Cemetery.
Joanne Brough, produced TV's others Los Angeles Times Joanne Brough, an executive producer of such landmark prime-time soap operas as "Dallas" and "Falcon Crest" who went on to create similar television programs in Singapore and Indonesia, has died. She was 77. Brough died Feb. 24 in her native Joplin, of esophageal cancer, said her daughter, Cheryl Preston of Los Angeles. One of the first women to become a network development executive, Brough began her career in 1960 at Los Angeles television station KTLA, and three years later moved to CBS.
Rising through the ranks, she helped develop such classic series as "Kojak," "Hawaii FiveO," "All in the Family," "MASH" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." She served as executive producer of both "Dallas" and "Falcon Crest." Brough joined Lee Rich Productions in 1990, where she produced television movies and the documentary "America's Missing Children" in collaboration with Michael Landon. Robert L. Simpkins Attorney Personal Injury 473-4300 Toll Free 1-800-433-1017 B11 'Sound bites' upset Jackson's attorney Defense fights to keep finances private By LINDA DEUTSCH Sanger angrily objected to AuchAP special correspondent incloss' technique of providing "sound bites for the media" in his SANTA MARIA, Calif. arguments rather than addressMichael Jackson stayed home to ing issues pertinent to the case. recuperate from a back injury Fri- He said the prosecutor's focus on day while his attorneys were in Jackson's finances has no relecourt battling prosecution efforts vance to his finances in 2003, the to expose financial records they year at issue in the trial.
say will show that the multimil- "We have more than enough lionaire superstar is "on the reason to believe that Mr. Jackson precipice of bankruptcy." is on the precipice of bankruptcy," The judge in Jackson's child said Auchincloss. "He is in debt to molestation trial said he would al- the tune of $300 million and has low only minimal evidence on liabilities close to $400 million." Jackson's financial condition, say- He did not explain if he was ing, "I don't want to inundate the talking about two different sums jury with a lot of figures that don't or including the debts in the sum tell a story. I don't think you can of liabilities. turn the jury into accountants." Auchincloss continued to rattle In spite of defense denials, As- off allegations about Jackson's sistant District Attorney Gordon habits as what he called "a spendAuchincloss repeated his asser- a-holic" who has "an insatiable aptions that Jackson is in "financial petite for money." He said that in peril" and all of his troubles "will the years 1999 to 2001 Jackson all come crashing down on him in was spending $35 million a year December of 2005." while earning only $11 million to Defense attorney Robert $12 million.
Schiavo's husband rejects $1 million to forfeit rights TAMPA, Fla. (AP) A man fighting to have a feeding tube removed from his brain-damaged wife on Friday rejected a California businessman's offer to pay him $1 million to give up his right to decide her medical treatment. Thursday's offer, which the husband's attorney labeled "offensive," came hours after a judge refused to let the state's social services agency intervene a move that would have delayed next week's scheduled removal of the tube. Other such offers, including one for $10 million, had already been made and rejected by Michael Schiavo, said his attorney, George Felos. Terri Schiavo's parents are By The Associated Press trying to keep her alive, but Michael Schiavo contends he had once promised his wife he would not keep her alive by artificial means before she suffered a heart attack 15 years ago.
Now 41, she has lived since then in what court doctors call a persistent vegetative state. Even if the husband did walk away, Felos said, there is still a court order requiring removal of the tube at 1 p.m. Friday. A judge ordered that the feedings be stopped after finding "clear and convincing" evidence that she would not want to be kept alive in her current state. Judge George Greer denied a request by the state Department of Children Families to delay that order for 60 days so it can investigate allegations of abuse and neglect against Michael Schiavo.
George Atkinson, owner of first video rental store LOS ANGELES George Atkinson, who opened the nation's first video rental store in West Los Angeles in 1977 and laid the foundation for what is now an $8 billion-a-year industry, has died. He was 69. Atkinson died March 3 of complications from emphysema at his home in Los Angeles, said Betty Piscitello, his partner of 13 years. Atkinson began renting videos out of his 600-square-foot Video Station store in late 1977 and began selling franchises a year later. At its peak, Video Station Inc.
had more than 550 affiliated stores across the United States and Canada. "From Atkinson's innovation, Los Angeles Times a tremendous industry has developed," Bo Anderson, president of the Video Software Dealers Association, said this week. "He was the courageous first adopter of this as a business model and was aggressive about maintaining his rights under the law," Anderson told the Los Angeles Times. In the early years of movies on videocassettes, Anderson said, "the copyright owners did not want to permit the rental of movies, (but) the copyright law in the U.S. clearly permitted it.
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