6A • Wednesday, January 11, 2017 • Daily Corinthian
Deaths John E. Patterson
A Celebration of Life Service for John E. Patterson is set for 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at St. Mark Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until noon. Mr. Patterson died on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. He was born on Feb. 4, 1934, in Corinth to the Late John Willie and Ida Mae Jones Patterson. Mr. Patterson was a member of St. Mark Baptist Church. He served the public through his work as a bonded electrician and plumber in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. He began his tenure of employment at Byrnes Hardware and was later employed with The Federal Compress, Conley Brothers Supply and TVRHA. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Johnson-Patterson; two brothers, William Usher and James Leonard Patterson; and one granddaughter, Keisha A. Patterson. Survivors include his daughter, Ida Patricia Patterson Akines (Joe) and one son, Marvin Hackney; five grandchildren; Tory (Chantell) Bacon, Kariean (Justin) Smith, Bianca (Rodney) McKinstery, Tanieka (Urius) Curlee, and Shanado Gardner; and eight greatgrandchildren. The Rev. Kim Ratliff will officiate. Hardeman County Funeral Services of Bolivar, Tenn, are in charge of the arrangements.
Tammy Mae Killough Stevens
Funeral services for Tammy Mae Killough Stevens, 48, or Corinth are set for 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial in Juliette Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 and from noon until service time Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Stevens died Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. She was born Aug. 7, 1968, and was a factory worker. She was of the Stevens Pentecostal faith and was a member of Tobes Chapel Pentecostal Church. Survivors include her sons, Josh Stevens (Breanna) of Adamsville, Tenn. and T.J. Stevens of Tupelo; daughters, Sherry Schultz (John) of Biloxi and Amber Ackerman of Corinth; six grandchildren, Lillian Ackerman, Payton Ackerman, Hanna Mae Ackerman, Anna Belle Schultz, J.J. Schultz and Bayley Stevens; her father, Danny Killough (Wanda) of Rienzi; her brother, Eugene Killough of Rienzi and sisters, Wanda Hardin (Chris) of Rienzi and Donna Oxner of Rienzi; and her step-brother, Jason Hicks (Melissa) of Biggersville and stepsisters, LaSonja Reed of Rienzi and Lisa Leatherwood (Eddie) of Corinth. She was preceded in death by her
mother, Joyce Mae Killough. Bro. Keith Burcham and Bro. Jerius Maxey will officiate.
Melvin Milton Wilson
A graveside service for Melvin Milton Wilson, 68, of Counce, Tenn. is set for 12 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13 at the Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mr. Wilson died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. He was born March Wilson 24, 1948, and was a graduate of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Crump, Tenn. He was employed with KimberlyClark and was a Sergeant in the United States Army. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Wilson; his daughter, Michelle Wilson Graves, five sisters, Linda Bonds, Shelia Wilson, Lettie Wilson and Millie Baker, all of Paducah, Ky. and Marsha Davis of Hendersonville, Tenn.; and his grandson, Camden Graves. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ira. P. Wilson and Lillie M. Wilson; and his siblings, Ira E. Wilson, Henry Wilson, Cheryl Wilson and Margaret Settle. Bro. Will Luster will officiate.
Sarah Spencer
Funeral services for Sarah Spencer, 74, of Corinth are set for 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at Mt. Moriah Methodist Church with burial in the Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Spencer died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at the MS Care Center in Corinth. She was born Jan. 29, Spencer 1941, and attended Scale Street School in Corinth. She was employed at at the Juvenile Detention Center in Corinth and was a member of Mt. Moriah Methodist Church. Survivors include her siblings, Earline Snorton and Hazel Brady of Paducah, Ky.; Ethel Gibbs of Milwaukee, Wisc., Annie B. Smith of Ripley, Lillian Jones, Mary Ratliff, Wanda Taylor and Herbert Taylor Jr, all of Corinth, Johnny Frank Taylor of Charlotte N.C. and special sisters, Freddie Mae Patterson and Karen Betts, both of Corinth. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis R. Spencer; her parents, Mable Hill Taylor and Charlie Hill; her grandparents, Annie and William McKenzie; her siblings, Charlie James Hill, Bobby Hill, Willie Ray Taylor, Mary Hill and Jeffery Taylor. The Rev. James Dye will officiate.
Roof sentenced to death for killings Suspect Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. — An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. A jury deliberated for about three hours before returning with the decision, capping a trial in which the 22-year-old avowed white supremacist did not fight for his life or show any remorse. He served as his own attorney during sentencing and never asked for forgiveness or mercy or explained the massacre. Hours earlier, Roof threw away one last chance to plead for his life, telling jurors: “I still feel like I had to do it.” Every juror looked directly at Roof as he spoke for about five minutes. A few
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nodded as he reminded them that they said during jury selection they could fairly weigh the factors of his case. Only one of them, he noted, had to disagree to spare his life. “I have the right to ask you to give me a life sentence, but I’m not sure what good it would do anyway,” he said. When the verdict was read, he stood stoic. Several family members of victims wiped away quiet tears. Roof told FBI agents when they arrested him after the June 17, 2015, slayings that he wanted the shootings to bring back segregation or perhaps start a race war. Instead, the slayings had a unifying effect, as South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its Statehouse for the first time in more than 50 years.
Director says Medicaid underfunded to start year Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi’s Medicaid director says there are straightforward reasons the program is requesting an additional $75 million to get through the final six months of the budget year. David Dzielak says legislators didn’t put enough money into Medicaid in the first place. Plus, it was one of the agencies affected by state budget cuts in September. Dzielak said Tuesday that Mississippi’s Medicaid enrollment has decreased the past several months, possibly because people new to the program don’t know they need to re-enroll every year.
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arrested near University of Alabama Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A group of hostages was freed, unharmed, and a man with a gun was arrested Tuesday at a credit union branch near the University of Alabama, police said. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, said the incident ended peacefully when about eight hostages believed to be credit union workers were released after officers entered the building. “The hostages are fine,” she said. The standoff happened at an Alabama Credit Union branch across the street from the university law school and down the street from the athletic complex. Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson said officers initially responded to a bank robbery in progress before the credit union opened for business. He contradicted an earlier statement from Richardson that a robbery hadn’t been reported. Responding to a robbery report from a credit union worker, officers arrived so quickly the man couldn’t get out of the building, prompting the standoff, officials said. Anderson said members of a SWAT team entered the building and arrested the suspect after determining the man was located in an area away from the hostages.
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