C4 Friday, May 21, 2010 • THE BULLETIN
O D N Dale Spencer, of Bend (formerly of Madras) May 27, 1933 - May 18, 2010 Arrangements: Deschutes Memorial Chapel, 541-382-5592 www.deschutesmemorialchapel.com
Services: Services are pending.
Frances Holly Brookshire, of Bend Nov. 3, 1919 - May 18, 2010 Arrangements: Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, 541-382-2471, www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Services: A Graveside Service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 21, 2010 at Pilot Butte Cemetery, Bend. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 22, 2010 at Community Presbyterian Church, 529 NW 19th St., Redmond. Contributions may be made to:
Partners In Care Hospice or Community Presbyterian Church.
Gloria Tinfrow Jones, of Bend Oct. 29, 1922 - May 14, 2010 Arrangements: Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, 541-382-2471, www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Services: No public services are scheduled at this time.
Harley Jene ‘Pappy’ Gates, of Bend Sept. 6, 1922 - May 17, 2010 Arrangements: Baird Funeral Home of Bend, 541-382-0903, www.bairdmortuaries.com Services: A private celebration of life will be held at a later date. Contributions may be made to:
Partners In Care, 2075 NE Wyatt Court, Bend, OR 97701, www.partnersbend.org
James Paul Diner, of Sunriver Feb. 22, 1945 - May 14, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals, Bend 541-318-0842 Services: Private Family services will be held. Contributions may be made to:
Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary, 400 Rolling Dog Ranch Lane, Ovando, Montana 59854.
Jean Anne Dockter, of Crooked River Ranch Oct. 20, 1942 - May 19, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals-Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: A gathering and release of ashes will be held for family and friends at Crooked River Ranch at a date yet to be determined.
Jessie M. Martin, of Bend May 5, 1916 - May 15, 2010 Arrangements: Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, 541-382-2471, www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Services: No public services are scheduled at this time.
Martin Wayne Hall, formerly of Redmond Feb. 12, 1958 - May 11, 2010 Arrangements: Franzen-Davis funeral Home, 118 N. 3rd St., Livingston, Montana. (406) 222-2531. Services: Private services were held.
Mary Lee Roy, of Bend Dec. 28, 1928 - May 17, 2010 Arrangements: Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, 541-382-2471, www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Services: No public services are scheduled at this time.
Steven Andrew Arnold Rock, of Redmond Dec. 2, 1983 - May 16, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals-Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: Celebration of Life 12:30pm Sat. May 22nd at the City Center Four Square Fellowship, 549 SW 8th St., Redmond. Contributions may be made to:
Steven Rock Memorial Fund at any Bank of America location.
Wallace Stanley Bailey, of Sisters May 7, 1935 - May 18, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals-Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: A private service will be held at a later date.
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Frances Holly Brookshire November 3, 1919 - May 17, 2010 Frances Holly Brookshire died on May 17, 2010, in Bend, OR. She was born in Lewisburg, TN, on November 3, 1919 to Eskell & Frances (Ownby) Holly. On May 19, 1946, she married Lester Brookshire. In 1992, they moved to Klamath Frances Falls, OR. Brookshire Frances was a member of Community Presbyterian Church in Redmond, OR, and the Klamath County Dental Auxiliary. She enjoyed reading, word scrambles, and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brother, Bob.
Frances is survived by her daughters, Vicki Kerr of Bend, Michele Steward of Bend; sisters, Tina Caldwell, Gladys Miodragovic both of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Holly Stumvoll, Sheldon Steward, Landon Steward. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 21, 2010, at Pilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, OR. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 22, 2010, at Community Presbyterian Church, 529 NW 19th St., Redmond. If so desired memorials may be directed to Partners In Care Hospice or Community Presbyterian Church. Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home is honored to serve the family. (541) 382.2471. Please visit and sign the online guest book at www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Richard Craig Plows
Gloria Tinfow Jones
March 10, 1945 - May 13, 2010
October 29, 1922 - May 14, 2010
Dick passed away peacefully on May 13, 2010, at the age of 65, after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was born on March 10, 1945, in Des Moines, Iowa. His family moved to Richland, WA, in 1950, where Dick Richard Craig graduated from RichPlows land High School in 1963. Dick worked for JC Penney for 28 years and “retired” in 1997. He truly embraced “retirement” life with Marcia by living on a boat in the San Juan Islands, owning and operating a small boat accessory business, and eventually following his love of the water to being an outstation manager for the Seattle Yacht Club, on Henry Island, in the San Juan’s. Dick’s humor, quick wit, and genuine nature drew people to him. His eye rolls, wise cracks, and crooked smile will be missed by all. Dick married Marcia Bailie in June, of 1972, and together they raised their two daughters, Kelli and Dana. Dick was a loving husband, an amazing father, and the “best Poppie in the world” to his granddaughters, Samantha and Sydney. Dick is survived by his wife, Marcia; daughters, Kelli Bruckert and Dana Munn and Dana’s husband, Rob; and granddaughters, Samantha and Sydney. There are numerous nieces and nephews, including his special niece, Teresa Howe. Dick was preceded in death by his father and mother, Jack and Dorotha Plows; and sister, Reesa Howe. At Dick’s request, there will be a private family service. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Sunrise Inn (housing during treatments), PO Box 1376, Mt. Vernon, WA 98273; Skagit Hospice, 819 S. 13th St., Mt Vernon, WA 98274; San Juan Eagles or the Soroptimist of Friday Harbor (which provided transportation to treatments), PO Box 611, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, WA, and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Dick, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.
Gloria T. Jones of Morehead City, formerly of Raleigh, NC, died May 14, 2010, at the age of 87. Gloria served as an Information Specialist at N.C. State University for 11 years, writing news releases for publication in local and national papers. She attended Women's College and UNC Chapel Hill. During WWII, she worked as a reporter for the Raleigh Times, where she started writing the column, "Looking Backward." Following the war, she was a photographic assistant and writer for the State News Bureau in Raleigh, and authored a book on statistics on North Carolina's 100 counties. She also worked as a secretary for the fledgling Institute of Statistics at N.C. State under Gertrude Cox. She retired from NCSU and moved to Atlantic Beach with her husband, Charles B. Jones in 1980. She served as secretary for the Bogue Banks Friends of the Library from 1996-1999. She is survived by her children, Candace Chipman of Santa Fe, NM, Christopher Jones of Plush, OR, Vicki Yurko of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren, Michael Chipman of Oakland, CA, Eden Chipman of Bend, OR, Tyler Jones of New York City, Mackenzie Jones of Bend, OR. No formal services have been scheduled at this time. Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home is honored to serve the family, 541-382-2471. Please visit and sign the online guest book at
Coke bottler John Lupton created empire By Peter S. Goodman New York Times News Service
John Lupton, who transformed his family bottling business into a big piece of the Coca-Cola soft drink empire and then helped revitalize his native city, Chattanooga, Tenn., died Sunday at his home in Lookout Mountain, Tenn. He was 83. Lupton died after a long illness, said his son, Cartter, of Sullivan’s Island, S.C. The bottling business that secured Lupton a place on the Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans was started by his grandfather and a pair of partners in 1889 — they paid a dollar for the right to bottle CocaCola — and then handed down to his father. What became the JTL Corp. grew over the decades into one of the largest bottling operations in the world, mostly through sales of a single brand: Coca-Cola. After his father died in 1977, Lupton assumed the chairmanship of JTL, leading the company on an aggressive expansion campaign as he acquired bottling plants in Florida, Texas, Colorado and Arizona. When none of his four children showed interest in taking over the family business, Lupton sold it to Coca-Cola in 1986 for about $1.4 billion.
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James Burnett led effort to ban drinking by train operators By Emma Brown The Washington Post
James Burnett Jr., a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board who led efforts during the 1980s to prohibit train operators from drinking on the job, died May 15 in Clinton, Ark., from complications related to diabetes. He was 62. Burnett had been a municipal judge in Arkansas and a Republican Party activist when he was appointed to the safety board by President Ronald Reagan in December 1981. The board was known best for investigating airplane crashes, and Burnett — whose previous experience in transit matters was limited to presiding over traffic court — learned how to manage such inquiries right away. Five days after he was confirmed by the Senate as the board’s chairman in January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into a bridge over the Potomac River, killing 78 people. “That reinforced my moral courage,” he said later. “I knew that I never wanted to feel I had not done everything I could to prevent that kind of carnage.” The safety board is an advisory group that cannot make regulations of its own; it can only badger other agencies into taking action. When a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in 1982, the safety board’s investigation revealed that two drunk crew members responsible for operating the locomotive had turned over the controls to a sober clerk who didn’t know how to drive a train. It was not illegal at the time for railroad crew members to take a nip of whiskey while working. Burnett mounted a campaign to ban alcohol and drug use by crew members. Burnett’s efforts resulted in a requirement that all transportation workers undergo testing for drugs and alcohol.
New York Times News Service file photos
One of the most respected jazz pianists of the postwar era, Hank Jones plays the piano on June 27, 1989. Jones, 91, died Sunday in New York.
Hank Jones, versatile jazz piano virtuoso as a great accompanist. He had such command of all the asHank Jones, a jazz piano vir- pects of jazz piano. He was just tuoso who had a remarkably remarkable until the very end.” prolific career over eight deHenry William Jones Jr. was cades and accompanied a range born July 31, 1918, in Vicksof performers, including Char- burg, Miss., and grew up in the lie Parker, Marilyn Monroe and Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Mich. Captain Kangaroo, died May 16 His father, a Baptist deacon at a care facility in the with 10 children, had Bronx, N.Y. He was 91. resettled the family ManagerJean-Pierre when he found work in Leduc confirmed the the auto industry. death and said Jones Their home was had prostate cancer. steeped in music, mostJones, who received ly the gospel of Sunday a Grammy lifetime church services and achievement award the radio broadcasts of last year and the Na- Hank Jones the Detroit Symphony tional Medal of Arts Orchestra. in 2008, was the last Hank Jones told the surviving brother of an illustri- publication DownBeat that he ous musical family. Two of his did not enjoy being the eldest younger siblings were Thad son of parents who valued muJones, a trumpeter, composer sical training. “I never did sit and bandleader, and Elvin down and practice of my own Jones, whose beat modeled on volition,” he said. “I always had African drumming drove the to be forced. They’d say, ‘Hey, innovative 1960s quartet led by you practice that lesson! Teachsaxophonist John Coltrane. er’s coming next week and you In a career underscored by got four pages to go.’” his versatility and unflagging excellence, Hank Jones was one of the last stalwarts of the Jazz connection big-band swing era still actively However, he was immediately performing. drawn to jazz upon hearing TaReviewers described Jones tum on Detroit radio broadcasts. in rapturous language, not- Against his father’s wishes, he ing that he played with nearly began a professional career at everybody and that his music 13. One of his bandmates from evoked the tasteful swing piano this period, tenor saxophonist of Teddy Wilson and the rapid- Eli “Lucky” Thompson, who fire brilliance of Art Tatum. went on to earn a coveted spot “His approach is such a deep- in the Count Basie Big Band, running distillation of jazz urged the young pianist to move piano,” New York Times jazz to New York. critic John Wilson once wrote On Thompson’s recommenof Jones, “that endless fascina- dation, Jones won a job in 1944 tion can be found in anything with a jazz group led by trumhe plays.” peter Oran “Hot Lips” Page at the Onyx Club on 52nd Street in Manhattan. Accompanied many From the minute he arrived in New York, Jones said, he knew leading artists that musical tastes were shiftAs a younger man, Jones ing and that the avant-garde backed singer Ella Fitzgerald bebop style would soon became for six years and proved a gift- the rage in jazz circles. ed interpreter of the harmoniThe pianists Al Haig and Bud cally intricate bebop jazz style Powell were on the bebop vanon recordings with saxophonist guard, and Jones rigorously Parker. tried to study their techniques Jones mastered bebop lan- while retaining his own refined guage, but he was not confined voice on the keyboard. Jones to it. He deftly accompanied was said to be a lyrical player many of the leading artists of in contrast to the more percusthe day, including Artie Shaw, sive approach favored by many Miles Davis and Cannonball bebop pianists. Adderley, each of whom were Jones’ ability to play mainwildly distinct jazz players. stream jazz and bebop propelled In the 1960s and 1970s, Jones his career in the late 1940s. He was a studio musician for participated in the prestigious CBS-TV, anonymously back- Jazz at the Philharmonic coning guest artists who appeared cert series, toured Europe with on programs such as “The Ed saxophonist Coleman Hawkins Sullivan Show” and “Captain and made several recordings Kangaroo.” with Parker, who channeled all Jones collected a steady pay- of his discipline into his music check from his studio work and and very little into his personal did not become worn down by life; Parker died of a drug overthe assignments. In his later dose in 1955. years, he was still providing efIn contrast, Jones said he “alfortlessly brilliant musical sup- ways tried to live cleanly. I didn’t port to contemporaries such as fall into the bad habits a lot of pianist Tommy Flanagan and the guys got into: the smoking, jazz greats half his age, includ- the drinking, the narcotics. I’ve ing saxophonist Joe Lovano on tried to take care of myself.” the albums “I’m All For You” For all the thousands of dates and “Joyous Encounter.” Jones played over the years, In short, Jones could play most interviewers were interwith almost anyone successful- ested in one: the May evening in ly while retaining the highest 1962 at Madison Square Garden standards of musicianship. when he backed actress Marilyn Jazz scholar Dan Morgen- Monroe as she sang birthday stern called Jones “one of the wishes to President John F. Kengreatest piano players that nedy. The actress commanded we’ve ever had. He had a pro- much of the attention that night file as a piano stylist in his own — and ever since — for her sulright and could do everything try delivery of “Happy Birthday — stride, bebop, swing, serve to You.”
By Adam Bernstein The Washington Post