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40 A10 The Paducah Sun Thursday, July 21, 1988 Deaths Willard McClure Services for Willard E. McClure, 51, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Paducah, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Obion Presbyterian Church. Rev. Robert Anderson will officiate.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. McClure died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at his home in Cleveland. He was an Air Force veteran of World War 1 II.

Survivors include his wife, Ezell McClure; a son, Ronald McClure of Paducah; a daughter, Belinda McClure Biggers of Champaign, his mother, Imogene Tate of Mayfield; a stepdaughter, Mary of Cleveland; three stepsons, Joe Putnam, Johnny Putnam and Mickey Putnam, all of Cleveland; three sisters, Barbara Pierce of Mayfield, Julie Martin of Louisville, and Genola Nunn of Paducah; 15 grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, one aunt and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Friday at Hamock Funeral Home, where special visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday. Friends may call at the church after 9 a.m.

Saturday. Bernice James MURRAY, Ky. Bernice James, 73, of Murray Rt. 7, died at 4:50 a.m. today at her home.

Mrs. James is survived by her husband, William James; a daughter, Janice King of Springville, a stepdaughter, Wanda Erwin of a son, Mike Thompson of New Orleans, a brother, Rupert Williams of Paris, seven grandchildren and stepgrandchildren, four greatgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren. Mrs. James was a member of Sinking Spring Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Friday at. Miller Funeral Home. The Rev. Terry Sills and the Rev. Eddie Young will officiate.

Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Paris, Tenn. may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Thelbert Renfro METROPOLIS, Ill. Thelbert Renfro, 70, of 307 W.

8th died at 3- p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements were incomplete at Jackson Funeral Home. Joe Ed BOAZ, Ky. Services for Joe Ed Carroll, 29, of 3410 McNeil Road, Boaz Rt.

1, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Lindsey Funeral Home. The Rev. Joe Gardner will officiate and burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Mr.

Carroll died at' 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at Lourdes Hospital. He was a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No. 184. Surviving are his wife, Connie Carroll; his parents, James H.

and Geraldine Carroll; a son, Ronnie George Hicks LOWES, Ky. Services for George Thomas Hicks, 55, of Milford, Ohio, formerly of Lowes, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Roy M. Lowe Funeral Home here. The Rev.

Charles McKenzie will officiate and burial will be in Lowes Cemetery. Mr. Hicks died Tuesday at Rittman Hospital in Wadsworth, Ohio. He leaves his wife, Irene Hicks; three daughters, Linda McCown of Radcliff, Dianne Mendoza of Hollywood, and Patricia Lesjak of Springfield, two sons, John Hicks of Milford, and Sam Lesjak of Germany; three sisters, Mignon Emerson of Mayfield, Jean Korth of Lowes, and Willene Moore of Galveston, Texas. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m.

today. Eula Nelson field. Mrs. Nelson was the widow of Claude Nelson and was a member of Good Springs Cumberland Presbyterian She leaves two sons, H.H. Nelson of Fulton, and William Herbert Nelson of Mayfield; two, granddaughters, four stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hornbeak Funeral Home. The Rev. Fred Fahl will officiate and burial will be in Good Springs Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Good Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church. FULTON, Ky. Eula Mae Nelson, 95, of Fulton, died Wednesday at Community Hospital in May- Carroll Joe Carroll; a daughter, Nikki Jo. Carroll; two stepsons, T.J.

Spraggs and Joshua Spraggs; and a brother, James Michael Carroll, all of of Boaz. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Roby-Ruth Morrill LOWES, Roby-Ruth McClure Morrill, 88, of Lowes, died at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday at her home.

Mrs. Morrill was a member of Lowes Church of Christ. She leaves her husband, James Lawrence Morrill; two daughters, Patricia Pellerin of Sevierville, and Ruth Cosgrove of Brigham City, Utah; two sons, Dr. James L. Morrill Jr.

of Manhattan, and David Morrill of Mayfield; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Arrangements were incomplete at Roy M. Lowe Funeral Home. Raymond Gaines Raymond Gaines, 77, of 1301 Reed died Wednesday afternoon at Lourdes Hospital. Arrangements were incomplete at Mundy Funeral Home.

Opal Oliver PRINCETON, Ky. Opal Oliver, 50, of 900 Maple died at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday at Caldwell County Hospital. Mrs. Oliver is survived by her husband, Roy Oliver; a son, Richard Ladd of Princeton; three daughters, Peggy Mitchell of Carmi, Sharon Ladd of Copperas Cove, Texas, and Annie Drennan of Princeton; three brothers, Charles Adams and William Adams, both of Dawson Springs, and Johnny Adams of Hopkinsville; six sisters, Mary Rogers, Barbara Welch and Marsha McKinney, all of Dawson Springs, Jackie Weaver of Houston, Texas, Wanda Wilson of Owensboro, and Susie Cannon of Hopkinsville, and two grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Morgan Funeral Home. The Rev. David Royalty and the Rev. Willard Walls will officiate.

Burial will be in Piney Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. Services for Dorenda Cross, 75, of 621 Ohio will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Washington Street Missionary Baptist Church.

The Rev. Jessie Jackson Sr. will officiate and burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Cross died at 1:15 p.m.

Tuesday at Tri-County Community Hospital in La Grange. Mrs. Cross was a retired employee of the G.E.D. program. She was a member of Washington Street Missionary Baptist Church, where she served in the Senior Choir and Miller Ruth Missionary Society.

She was a charter member of the Friends of Delta. Survivors include her husband, Oscar Cross; two daughters, Gail Ridgeway of Paducah, and Dr. Martha Miller of Louisville; three granddaughters, three grandsons, one great -grandson and a daughterin-law. Friends may call at Hamock Funeral Home from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday. Special visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church, where friends may call from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour on Saturday. Ula Roberts DORENDA CROSS Dorenda Cross.

Services for Ula Laverne Roberts, 83, of Paducah, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Roth Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Randy Tracy and Dr. Wayne Wiman will officiate.

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Cloys was an administrative assistant to Tennessee House Majority Leader Jimmy Naifeh. He is survived by a sister, Sissy Cloys of Las Vegas, two brothers, Frank Cloys of Las Vegas, and Billy Cloys of Valparaiso, Ind. His parents, Bill Cloys and Charlyne Dodd Cloys, preceded him in death. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home in Murray, Ky.

John Dale will officiate and burial will be in Murray City Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Friday. Fred Bender JOPPA, Ill. Fred Bender, 93, of Good Joppa, died at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, at Samaritan Nursing Home in Metropolis. Mr. Bender was employed by the Postal Service until 1954. He was a veteran of World War I and World War II. He was a member of the American Legion and a Masonic Lodge.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis: The Rev. Earl Phillips will officiate. Burial will be in I00F Cemetery. Mr.

Bender leaves a son, Fred Bender Jr. of Madison, a daughter, Marie Ewing of Berwyn, and a grandson, Frederick Ewing of Berwyn. Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m. Friday. Glenn Bradley Glenn Thomas Bradley, 54, of Iroquois Drive, died at 12:36 p.m.

Wednesday at Lourdes Hospital. Mr. Bradley, a Paducah native, was a salesman for 1 Hannan Supply: Co. He was a son of the late and Louise Morris Bradley. Mr.

Bradley was a member of, First Baptist Church and Paducah Masonic Lodge No. 127 Services will be at 2:30 p.m.: Friday at Roth Funeral with the Rev. Robert Kersey officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. He leaves his wife, Elaine Frasier Bradley; a son, Matthew Bradley of Paducah, and two half sisters of California.

Friends may call at the funeral home. Louise Miller MURRAY, Ky. Louise Miller, 74, of Murray, died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Murray-Calloway' County Hospital. Mrs.

Miller, native of Calloway County, was preceded in death by her husband, James Homer Miller, and a brother, Carlos Jones. She was a member of First Baptist Church, the Dorcas Sunday school class of the church, Theta Department of the Murray: Woman's Club and Calloway County Homemakers. Surviving are a son, James: Ronald Miller of Wyoming, Ohio; two sisters, Ruth Caldwell and Mayrelle Clark, both of Murray; a' brother, Alvis Jones of and two grandchildren. Her parents were Thomas Alvis and Pearl Erwin Jones. Arrangements were incomplete.

at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home. without checking out, Benton said. He failed Wednesday to meet a deadline to produce $50 million toward his proposed purchase. Morehu, reached by the Observer Wednesday at what is apparently his home in Bedford, said: are looking good and we're negotiating.

We've been advised by our legal attorneys not to comment on anything." Morehu refused to answer questions about his background or about what appear to be discrepancies in information he has given people in the United States and Australia. "Somehow you haven't got your facts right, nor have the Australian press," Morehu said. When pressed further, he said, "You 1 better get the true facts, because you don't want a $1 billion lawsuit against you. If you get hard on us, we can get hard on you." According to Australian news accounts and interviews with Australians to whom Morehu has spoken, he has listed U.S. addresses for what he says are his companies' offices, that, when checked, were vacant.

The company of which he claims to be president, Morehu International, opened in April and closed in June, Australian newspapers reported. He has claimed to own a Christian TV network in this country that has proved to be nonexistent. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said it had contacted members of Morehu's family in Melbourne, who said he once had a PTL suitor fails to show with cash Associated Press small construction business that CHARLOTTE, N.C. A man went broke.

They also said they. who claims to be an Australian had seen little of him for eight businessman ready to pay $200 years until last Christmas. million in cash for PTL's property Also on Wednesday, former PTL: has failed for the second time to secretary Jessica Hahn said she meet a deadline to produce $50 agrees with a judge's order and million as earnest money. will return hush money paid her by And Australians interviewed by PTL for her 1980 sexual encounter The Charlotte Observer say that with Jim Bakker that led to the. from February until June, Gavin PTL founder's downfall.

Morehu circulated through the Mel- "I feel in my heart that the; bourne, Australia, area proposing money belongs in the ministry and; multimillion-dollar deals that failed I hope it will now be used properly: to anywhere. and not for Jim Bakker's or anyone "That's what I think you're going else's personal gain," Hahn said in to find here," PTL trustee M.C. a prepared statement. "Red" Benton said Wednesday. "I U.S.

Bankruptcy Judge Rufus. really don't think he has any sub- Reynolds ruled Tuesday that PTL; stance behind his offer." should get back nearly $200,000 ofBenton added: "We will not be the $363,700 it paid to buy Hahn's able to spend any additional time silence. with him, and he's been told that if he comes, he must have the money." Morehu has not paid PTL more Six apprehended than $800 in telephone and roomservice charges from a several-day on drug charges stay Heritage at the Grand television Hotel, which he ministry's left in Laurel probe Associated Press LONDON, Ky. Six people were, arrested on marijuana trafficking charges in Laurel County following, two investigations by KentuckyState Police drug enforcement and: special-investigations officers, the; agency said Wednesday. The six were charged with traf-: ficking in more than 5 pounds of.

marijuana, a Class felony punishable by five to 10 years in prison, a state police news release said. Charged were Jonathan Wayne, House, 19, and Johnny James; Turner, 23, both of London; CarlRay Creech, 29, and Russell LeeMayfield, 24, both of Diane Thompson Baker, 55, and" David Hicks, both of East tadt. Hicks' age was unknown. Officers seized 13 pounds off processed marijuana, four weapons, an automobile and $1,020 in cash, the release said. The six were.

arrested Tuesday and were being; held in the Laurel County Jail, the; release said. Truck found in river METROPOLIS, Ill. Police recovered a stolen truck from the Ohio River Wednesday afternoon. The truck was found about p.m., 80 feet from the shore at the Brookport City Park boat landing, said a Massac sheriff's spokesman. It was submerged in 15 feet of water.

Owner Jess Obermark, no age available, of Metropolis, had reported the 1979 Chevy pickup: missing July 15. The spokesman said police found evidence on the bank indicating the truck was in the river. She did not: know what the evidence was. Give To The Fight Against Diabetes With A Checkup And A Check.

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