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Monday, My 5 1997 SB LOCAL NEWS THE TENNESSEAW Bollywood is top draw of Tennessee Educational tool makes learning fan 1 1 i "I dont know where we would be without Dollywood," says Kay Powell, spokeswoman at the Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism. Augmented by outlet malls (Southern Living readers ranked it their favorite shopping spot in the South in July) and a growing number of music theaters (Parton's Music Mansion was the first of what will be 10 by September), Pigeon Forge's economy now exceeds its better-known mountain neighbor, Gatlinburg. "The Smoky Mountains were here many hundreds of years before I came along, so I cant take the credit for all these tourists coming through this part of the country," she says with a smile. "I just feel very good that I have Dollywood and that whatever jobs we have created, we have. Anyhow, it is fun." Walking through the park, it's hard not to feel Dolly's presence even when she isnt making one of her three to four personal visits here each year.

There's a replica of the home where she grew up built by her brother Bobby, a subcontractor. There's the Thunder Road simulated car ride named for the 1957 Robert Mitchum classic, the first movie Dolly saw. Country music fills the air from the booth of the local radio station the first to broadcast Dolly singing, at age 10. She's since bought the station and renamed it WDLY-FM. Parton's investment in Dollywood apparently is significant although park officials wont say how much.

Associated Press i. PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. What began as a little amusement park called the Rebel Railroad has become Tennessee's top tourist attraction and a boon to the economy hugging the Great Smoky Mountains. ,1 All it took was some $60 million in improvements, an enterprising homegrown patron named Dolly Parton, and a little help from her ubiquitous kinfolk. The result Dollywood, a 150-acre entertain-' ment complex nestled in flowers and foliage with a multilayered theme of mountains, mu-.

sic and Dolly singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. More popular than Opryland, Graceland or Rock City, the park drew 2.1 million visitors last year. Only the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, with 9 million visitors a year, gets more guests. And as Dollywood's 12th season unfolds, the park continues to expand Its horizons beyond the hillbillydom once common among the wa-l terslides and go-cart tracks here. It has a new pie-in-your-face kids' show co-produced by the popular Nickelodeon cable channel and a play area with a tie-in to Lego building blocks.

"I wake up with a new dream every day and I enjoy seeing my dreams come true," Parton says as she opens her corporate namesake for another year. Parton, 51, wants to see Dollywood become "even bigger and better," but for reasons ap- parently driven more by pride for a place where she began life humbly as one of a dozen Hands shoot up when Shelton asks for a volunteer to try out a new program. "You get to play with it It's said Whitney Francis, 7. It is so much fun, the children dont even realize they are learning, Shelton said. That's the program's secret "It just makes learning fun.

They want to keep doing it" Students are asked to use the machine for about 30 minutes each school night Parents are encouraged to participate, giving them a rare glimpse into what their children are doing in class. Shelton and others say using the Play Station as an educational topi makes perfect sense. For many of today's children, popping a CD-ROM into a video game player is as familiar as opening a book. And many parents already know how hard it can be to get their kids to turn off the video game and crack the books. So instead of fighting their children's love of video games, Wilson County officials are embracing it and using it to their advantage.

"What I'm sending home is not a video game. What I'm sending home is going to be a learning tool," Shelton said. The software programs, developed by San Diego-based Light Span, cleverly weave video gamelike action, such as guiding a skateboarder around a maze of city streets, with more traditional educational subject matter. Several school districts around the country are using the software, including Wayne County schools, southwest of Nashville. In a program called a liquid book, students read along as a narrator tells a story.

Colorful pictures and animation are thrown in, but the meat of the program is the text which appears in the middle of each scene. Students can click on words they do not know and have them repeated by the narrator. Shelton's class is studying sentence structure, so she periodically freezes the story and asks the class to identify the subject and predicate of passages. In another CD-ROM, students use the video game controller to maneuver a turtle around a pet store, following instructions like "move turtle to the right of the top fish tank." It's not quite Super Mario Brothers, but the children in Shelton's class cant seem to get enough of it AP Dolly Parton appears on stage in her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. children than in personal profit She tries to minimize her role in creating what has become Sevier County's largest employer and the spark for a fivefold jump in the economy of tiny Pigeon Forge (population 3,027) to more than a half billion dollars.

UMSS Services tomorrow for John N. Atkins ical center. Mr. Atkins was the retired president and owner of M.P. Smith Construction Co.

of Nashville and also a member of Richland Country Club. "He worked hard at his business, but he basically played golf, too," Stein said of her father. Mr. Atkins was club champion at Richland in 1951 and served as president of the Tennessee Golf Association in 1960. He also was a member of the Nashville Elks Lodge and the Tennessee Road Builder's Association Other survivors include a daughter, Linda Chiappe of Atlanta; J.

Hunter Atkins, Nashville, and John Atkins Orlando, and nine grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations be made to the Tennessee Golf Association or the American Lung Association. By JIM EAST Staff Writer Services for John N. Atkins, father of Nashville Banner senior editor Beth Stein, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Calvary United Methodist Church.

Mr. Atkins, 89, died Saturday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center of complications from emphysema. His body was donated to the med NIXON, James David Age 47. Saturday, May 3, 1997. Survived by wife, Judy Ann Nixon; son, James David Nixon II; daughters, Lisa Irene (Chris) Denton, Judy Diane (Tommy) Crook; grandchildren, Ashlee Nichole Magan LeAnn Denton; father, Albert Nixon; brother, Sidney Lee Nixon; sisters, Gayla Scott, Sue Wi-nett.

Remains are at Cole Garrett Funeral Home, Good-lettsville, where services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, 1997. Pallbearers: Family Friends. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.

at COLE GARRETT FUNERAL HOME, Goodlettsville, 859-5231. OBit Line, 859-0300 McNEIL, William H. 'Bill-Age 69. Friday, May 2, 1997. Preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy J.

'Dot' McNeil. Survived by his daughters, Linda 'LaMita' McNeil and Teresa A. Pointer; sisters, Betty Henley Lawrence and Jeannette Cathy; brother, Jack D. McNeil; grandchildren, Josh, Andy and Kelsey Pointer. Mr.

McNeil was retired from Ford Glass Plant with forty years of service and a Member of Al Menah Shrine Temple. Remains rest at the funeral home of Phillips-Robinson 2707 Gallatin Road, where the family will receive friends on Monday, May 5, 1997 from 6-9 p.m. Graveside services will be conducted 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at Melrose Cemetery in Whiteville, TN. with Rev. Larry Jarvis officiating.

Family and Friends will serve as Pallbearers. DANIEL, Lula Mai May 3, 1997. Preceded in death by children, Homer Paul Hud-dleston and Wanda Ann Hud-dleston. Survived by husband, George Daniel; children, George (Betty Sue) Daniel Leslie Huddleston, Anna Sue Clark, Ellis Duke, Clara Cunningham, Nellie McKnight, Cecil Duke, Charles Duke, Ranee Meadows, Lonnie Duke; sister, Mildred Eastland, New Orleans; 27 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Remains are at the Eastland Funeral Home, 904 Gallatin where the family will receive friends 10 a.m.

until 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and where services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Leslie Huddleston, Jim Poteete, Thurman Whitsey, Tony Lynch, Gary Hamilton and Billy McKnight. EASTLAND FUNERAL HOME, 227-9558 SHAWL, Andrew C.

'Ike' Age 79. May 1, 1997 at his home in Brentwood. He was a retired Conductor of CSX Railroad. Survived by his wife, Peggy Shawl; sons, Andrew Timothy Shawl and Daniel T. Shawl; two grandchildren, Shelly and Steve Shawl; nieces, Gail Foster of Goodlettsville, Mary H.

Felts of Hermitage, Susan Cash of Bruceton, TN. and Sandra Nichols of New Albany, IN. He was a Member of the American Legion Post 156, the United Transportation Union Local 974 and a Veteran of World War II. Visitation with the family will be Sunday, 2-6 p.m. and from 1:00 til 2:30 p.m., Monday.

Funeral services 2:30 p.m., Monday in the Chapel of Roses. Arrangements by WOODLAWN FUNERAL HOME, 383-4754 TEASE, Mrs. Risie Lee Saturday, May 3, 1997. Survived by devoted daughter, Barbara (Richard) Mayberry; devoted granddaughters, Lee and Lo-rie Mayberry; other relatives and friends. Complete notice PHILLIPS-ROBINSON CO.

Dl-RECTORS, 262-3312 MERRITT, Mrs. Reba Age 102. Expired Sat. May 3, 1997. Survived by sister, Annie Laura Johnson; devoted great niece, Pamela Gordon; devoted nephews, William, Clarence Jr.

and Warren Ramsey and Robert Henry Floyd; great niece, Ernestine Grigs-by; great nephew, Anthony Ramsey; numerous other relatives; devoted friends, Geral-aine Overton and Alvin Brown. Rosary will be recited by Father Bernard Niedergeses at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 at Patton Brothers Funeral Home, 1306 South St. Funeral Wed. May 7th, 1 1 a.m.

at Assumption Church, 1227-7th Ave. North. Interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. SERVICE ENTRUSTED TO PATTON BROTHERS FUNER-AL DIRECTORS, 256-3608 H0BS0N, Robert Cannon, Jr. April 28, 1997.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Monday, May 5, 1997 at St. George's Episcopal Church. Visitation will be one hr. prior to service time at the church. ROESCH PATTON AUSTIN BRACEY CHARLTON, 1715 Broadway.

244-6480. ATKINS, Mr. John N. Age 89 years. May 4, 1997.

Preceded in death by wife, Bertha C. Atkins. Survived by daughters, Beth Stein, Nashville, Linda Chiappe, Atlanta; sons, Hunter Atkins, Nashville, John Atkins, Orlando, FL. Memorial services 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at Calvary United Methodist Church, 3701 Hillsboro conducted by Dr.

Vincent Walkup. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Assn. Visitation one hour prior to service at the Church. Mt. Juliet, TN ATW00D, James Donald Age 64, died May 3, 1997.

Survived by wife, Jane At-wood; son, Zachary Atwood, both of Mt. Juliet; daughter, Tracy (Jeff) Weyrich, Elm-wood; TN; sister, Mary Lou Scribner, Nashville; brothers, Wesley Atwood, Memphis, Richard Atwood, Mt. Juliet, Emmett and Robert Atwood, Nashville and William F. Atwood Chicago. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m.

Monday, May 5th, at Mt. Juliet Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Hale officiating. Pallbearers will be Bill Staggs, Ronnie Sneed, Charles Locke, Jimmy Locke, Roy McKuhen and Tommy Locke. Burial in Mt.

Juliet Memorial Gardens. MT. JULIET FUNERAL HOME, 758-5459 BABS0N, Joseph M. Age 76. May 2, 1997.

Survived by wife, Jewell 'Julie' A. Babson of Nashville, daughter, Lee Ann (Robert) Johnson of Boone, N.C.; son, Ronald E. (Charlotte) Babson of Houston, seven grandchildren; brother, Robert E. Babson Sr. of Clearwater, FL; sister-in-law, Johnnie Armstrong of Blue Mountain, MS.

Mr. Babson was an Air Force Veteran of World War II. Funeral ser- vices will be held 11 a.m., Monday, May 5, 1997 at Har-peth Hills Chapel with Chaplain Bill Herren officiating. Entombment to follow at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens. Visitation with the family will be Sunday, 1-3 and 5-7 p.m.

at HARPETH HILLS FUNERAL HOME, 9090 Hwy 100, 646-9292 BRYS0N, Albert W. Age 64, May 4, 1997. Survived by mother, Mary Bryson, Memphis, TN; wife, Rita Bryson; daughters, Lorrie (Carl) Baird Smith, Cathy Stokes Mealer, TN; sons. Bill (Shelley) Bryson, Mt. Pleasant, TN, David Bryson, Donelson, TN; sister, Ruth Stevens, Memphis, TN; grandchildren, Tammie Fuller, Tiffany Baird, McKinley Bryson, Wesley Bryson, Aaron Wesley Baird, Will Bryson; four great-grandchildren; best friend, Larry Mullens.

Remains are at West Harpeth Funeral Home where Chapel services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday 5-7-97. Interment to follow at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens. West Nashville Moose Ritual Staff will serve as Pallbearers. Visita-: tion with family 2-9 p.m.

Mon. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tues. Contributions may be made to Alive Hospice. WEST HARPETH FU- NERAL HOME, 6962 CHAR-: LOTTE PIKE AT DAVIDSON DRIVE, TN, 352-9400 Colie Richard Adcock.

90, Chapel Hill, a retired farmer, died yesterday, Marshall Medical Center, Lewisburg, Tenn. Cause not disclosed. Services 1 p.m. today, Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Survivors: daughter, Dorothy Ann Adcock; sister, Mary Dalton, both Chapel Hill.

Bonnie M. Allen, 77, Lyles, a homemaker died Saturday, Horizon Medical Center, Dickson. Cause not disclosed. Services 2 p.m. today, McDonald Funeral Home, Centerville, Tenn.

Survivors: husband, Sam H. Allen; daughters, Shirley Goins, Helen and Brenda Tidwell, all Lyles, Margaret Thomas, Hendersonville, son, MeMn Allen, Lyles; sisters, Lorine Neetey, Mecla Cochran, both Lyles; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Gregory Mark Andrews, 38, 269 Baxter Road, Murfreesboro, a printing machine operator for Alton Box Company, died Saturday at home, of heart failure. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow, The Apostolic Ark, Murfreesboro.

Jennings Avers Funeral Home in charge. Survivors: wife, Bobbie Lisa Miller Andrews; son, Mark Andrews Murfreesboro; daughters, Tonya, Murfreesboro, and Melissa Andrews, Smithville, parents, Eloise and Billy Andrews, Murfreesboro; sisters, Gail Ford, Owensboro, Rebecca Jones, Murfreesboro; grandmother, Marbelia Bailey, Murfreesboro; a grandchild. Joseph M. Babson, 76, George Gaines Road, Nashville, a retired sales representative for Conwed died Friday at home. Cause not disclosed.

Services 11 a m. today, Harpeth Hills Funeral Home, Nashville Survivors: wife, Jewell A Babson; daughter, Lee Ann Johnson, Boone, N.C.; son, Ronald Babson, Houston, Texas; brother, Robert Babson Clearwater, seven grandchildren. Harry Franklin Collins, 66, Prospect Road, Fayetteville, a retired construction supervisor, died Saturday, Hunts-vllle Hospital, Huntsville, Ala Cause not disclosed. Services 1 p.m. tomorrow, Gallant Funeral Home, Fayetteville.

Survivors: son, Billy Collins, Fayetteville; daughters, Wanda Tipper, Petersburg, Linda Monks, Sheila Shula, both Fayetteville; brother, Marvin Collins, Elora, nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. William Leonard Daugherty, 90, Fairview, a retired minister and inspector for Gray Dudley died Friday at home. Cause not disclosed. Services 11 am. today, Pettus-Owen Wood, Fairview.

McDonald Funeral Home In charge. Survivors: son, Cecil Daugherty, Lebanon; daughters, Clau-dine and Wllma Daugherty, both Fairview, Irvine Cunningham, Fairview, Chariene Deal, Franklin; brothers, Hardin, Bon Aqua Buford, Albert, both Nashville, Leslie, La Vergne and Wesley Daugherty, Muncie, sisters, Eula Hutcherson, Eunice Mangrum, Estteen Tidwell, all Fairview; Beatrice Lind-sey, Nashville; 12 grandchildren; 27 greatgrandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Alvie Rita Durham, 73, East Bledsoe Street Gallatin, a homemaker, died Saturday, Sumner Regional Medical Center, Gallatin. Cause not disclosed. Services 1 p.m.

tomorrow, Alexander Funeral Home, Westmoreland. Survivors: stepson, Billy Durham, Old Hickory, Tn. FLATT, John William Sr. Age 57. Saturday, May 3, 1997.

Survived by wife, Je-anette Ritchey Flatt; three daughters and sons-in-law, Tern and Kenneth Traci and Troy Haydel, Teena and Dave Hansen; one son, John William 'Rusty' Flatt six grandchildren; eight sisters and brothers-in-law, Opal Sullivan, Vera and Robert Garrett, Polly and Jerald Hance, Juani-ta and Ken Flatt, Chris and Wayne Gragg, Ora and Junior Fox, Barbara and Floyd Dorris, Judy and Paul Bracey; father-in-law, Johnie Ritchey; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Beverly and Stan Smith; a host of friends and relatives. His remains are at the Madison Funeral Home, 219 Old Hickory where visitation with family will be after 10 a.m. Monday. Funeral services 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 at the Old Hickory Church of The Nazarene with Rev.

Donald Rucker and Dr. Toby Williams officiating. Nephews will serve as Pallbearers. Interment Hermitage Memorial Gardens. MADISON FUNERAL HOME, Directors, 868-9020.

24 HOUR OBIT LINE, 860-9200 K00NCE, William H. (Herbie) Age 69. May 3, 1997. Survived by wife, Joyce Koonce; daughter, Bonnie De-lashmitt; son, Ronnie Koonce; sisters, Mary Helen Wright and Betty Jean Forehand; brothers, Gilbert, Robert and Neil Koonce; grandchildren, Casey Koonce, Kristin and Rebecca Delashmitt. Remains are at Ellis Funeral Home, 2627 Nolensville Road, where services will be conducted Wednesday, May 7, 1 p.m., Bro.

Martin Ray officiating. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park. Active Pallbearers: Dorris Barnes, Johnny Knott, Jack James, Charlie Tarkington, Cliff and Archie Kelly. Honorary Pallbearers: William Davenport, Cordell Choate, Jimmy Lovall, Bill Hayes, Frank Fer- 8uson, Banks Fox, Jimmy aldwell and Clarence Summers. Visitation Monday and Tuesday.

ELLIS FUNERAL HOME, Directors, 255-5412 Nixon, all Nashville; sisters, Gayla Scott Nashville, Sue Winett, Knoxville; two grand- -children. Peggy Jo Peach, 87, 6044 Cotey Davis Road, Nashville, a homemaker, died Friday, The Meadows, Bellevue. Cause not disclosed. Services 11:30 tomorrow, Roesch-Pattdn-Austin-Bracey Charlton Fu-' neral Home, Nashville. Survivors: husband, -William R.

Peach; daughter, Mary Jean Har- ris, Bedford, sister, Margaret Jacob, Nashville; a grandchild. Roy Jay Rodes, 59, 635 Thomas Lewisburg, a machine operator for Sanford died Friday at home. Cause not disclosed. Services 2 p.m. today, London Funeral Home, Lewisburg.

Survivors: wife, Pauline Rodes; son, Clinton Rodes, Klngsley, daughter, Bernetta Rodes, Traverse City, stepdaughters, Roberta Webster, Lewisburg, Dawn Kelly, Maple City, stepsons, David, Tampa and Roger Erickson, Grand Rapids, moth-' er, Leona Mathews, Klngsley; sister, Rita Spaulding, Portland, Mich. Cecil Wayne Rogers, 81, 1118 Popular a retired employee from AMn C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center, Murfreesboro, died Saturday, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro, of cancer. Services 10 am. tomorrow, Jennings Ayers Funeral Home, Murfreesboro.

Survivors: son, Jerry Rogers, Gatlinburg, daughter, Patsy Dunaway, Murfreesboro; twograndchildren; a great-grandchild. Florence Ann Runnells, 62, Ridge Road, Joelton, a homemaker, died Wednesday, NHC Health Care, Springfield. Cause not disclosed. Services 11:30 today, Anderson Garrett Funeral Home, Joelton. Survivors: husband, Charles 0.

Runnells, Joelton; sons, James Stanley, William Runnells, John McCullough, James Hood; sisters, Mary Hut-ton, Virginia Stewart; brothers, Roy, Cecil, Douglas and Houston Duke, all Nashville; a grandchild. J.D. (Dick) Short 82, 311 Magnolia St, Fayetteville, a retired farmer and city of Fayetteville employee, died yesterday, Lincoln Regional Hospital, Fayetteville. Cause not disclosed. Services 10 a.m.

tomorrow, Higgins Funeral Home, Fayetteville. Survivors: wife, Mary Brown Short; son, Richard Short, Fayetteville; sisters, Ethel Mauldln, Erbyee Moeller, Lebanon, Ohio; brothers, Royce, Lebanon, Ohio, Hugh, Franklin, Ohio and Glenn Short, Middletown, Ohio; three grandchildren. Annie Bunch Smith, 79, Abilene, Texas, a church pianist and retired secretary for several churches, died Friday, Hendricks Health Systems Hospital, Abilene. Cause not disclosed. Services 2 p.m.

today, Epworth United Methodist Church, Franklin. Williamson Memorial Funeral Home in charge. Survivors: husband, O.L Smith, Artesia N.M.; daughter, Marianne Kwiednski, Abilene; sisters, Sarah Noble, Minerva Alexander, both FrankSn; two grandchildren. William Oakley Sparks, 90, Route 1, Prospect a retired farmer, died yesterday, NHC Health Care, Pulaski, Tenn. Cause not disclosed.

Services 2 p.m. tomorrow, Bennett-May Pulaski. Survivor, sister, Blanche Brown low, Pulaski. Dorothy Faye Templeton, 75, Hermitage, a homemaker, died Saturday, Imperial Manor, Madison. Cause not disclosed.

Services 2 p.m. tomorrow, Hermitage Funeral Home. Survivors: husband, Howard Templeton; son, Travis Templeton, Hermitage; brothers, Ray, Deep Gap, N.C. and Mac Greene, Lenoir, N.C; sisters, Mable Tart, Old Hickory, Joncie Edmonston, Johnson City, Tenn. Nancy Pauline Tubb, 489 Golden Lane, McMinnville, a retired teacher for Greens Crossroads School in Warren County and Dalton.

Ga schools, died Friday, NHC Health Care, McMinnville. Cause not1 disclosed. Services were yesterday. No Immediate survivors. Bethpage; brother, Bill Slayton, Gallatin.

Charles L. Emmons, 55, 249 Shel-byville Highway, Fayetteville, a rock mason, died Friday, Huntsville, Hospital, Huntsville, Ala Cause not disclosed. Services 2 p.m. today, Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, Fayetteville. Sledge Funeral Home In charge.

Survivors: sons, Eduardo, Manassas, Va, and Michael Emmons, Huntsville; sisters, Fay Stallworth, Albion, Brenda Hurd, Fayetteville; brothers, Edward, Memphis, and William Emmons, Nashville. Birdie Couch Holden, 94, Waters Avenue, Watertown, a retired owner of Quality Cleaners, died Saturday, Mariner Health Care of Lebanon. Cause not disclosed. Services 1 p.m. today, Hunter Funeral Home.

Survivors: son, James Holden, Old Hickory; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Leola Lee, 91, East Ford Street, Columbia, a homemaker, died Friday, Heritage Manor of Columbia Services 1 p.m. tomorrow, Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church. Baxter Brothers Funeral Home In charge. Survivors: stepdaughter, Myrtle Cothron, Columbia; sisters, Mattie Gamer, Detroit, Alma Smith, Columbia; brother, Marion Timmons, Detroit King W.

Lyon, 77, Manchester, a retired farmer, died Saturday, Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center, Murfreesboro. Cause not disclosed. Graveside service 11 am. today, Duncan Cemetery, Manchester, Tenn.

Manchester Funeral Home In charge. Survivor, brother, George Lyon, Manchester. Lila Estelle Mallory, 96, 504 West Market Portland, a homemaker, died Saturday, Highland Manor Nursing Home, Portland. Cause not disclosed. Services 3 p.m.

today, Wilkinson Wiseman Funeral Home, Portland. Survivors: daughter, Kath- leen Roney, Portland; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; seven great-greatgrandchildren. Donald (London) Martin, 43, Tul-lahoma the owner of London's Tavern, died Friday, Harton Regional Medical Center, after a heart attack. Services 1 1 am. today, Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home, Tut-lahoma Survivors: wife, Mary Martin; son, Lee Martin; stepson, Billy Hantey; stepmother, Bridgette Martin, Tullahoma; all Tullaho-ma brothers, Lee Martin, Tullahoma Anthony and Steve Martin, California; sisters, Angela White, Marie Luna both Tullahoma; two grandchildren.

Grady Lee Mathis, 92, Duck River, a retired farmer, died Saturday at home. Cause not disclosed. Services noon today, McDonald Funeral Home, Centerville, Tenn. Survivors: sons, James, Duck River, William, Venice, Fla and Danny Mathis, Duck River; daughters, Betty Lou Orton, Duck River, Georgia Heffington, Huntsville, Cella Yates, Centerville; brothers, Ercle and John Mathis both Trenton, sisters. Pearl Williams, Nashville, OdeD Denton, Oka Mae Williams, Lorene Alexander, all Trenton; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren.

James Woodrow Maynard, 81, Carden Circle, Springfield, a retired brick layer, died Saturday, Columbia Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, following a heart attack. Services 10 am. tomorrow, Austin Bed Funeral Home, Springfield. Survivors: sons, Ronald and James Maynard, both Springfield; daughters, Kay Drake, Springfield, Dekxes Wheeler, Adams; brother, Lu-ter Maynard.Springfield; sister, Vergie Rager, Nashville; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. James David Nixon, 47, Nashville, a truck driver for Reynolds Aluminum, died Saturday, Baptist Hospital, Nashville.

Cause not disclosed. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow. Cole Garrett Funeral Home, Goodlettsville. Survivors: wife, Judy Ann Nixon; son, James Nixon daughters, Lisa Denton, Judy Crook; father, Albert Nixon; brother, Sidney later.

Service by SCALES FUNERAL HOME, 329-9880, A. Brandon Starks, Director TOOMBS, Howard E. 'Toodle' Age 63 years. May 3, 1997. Survived by sister, Annie Crues; brother, Clyde E.

Toombs several nieces and nephews. His remains are at the Woodbine Funeral Home, 3620 Nolensville Road, where services will be conducted Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 11:00 a.m. by Rev. Rayond Martin. Interment Spring Hill Cemetery.

His Nephews will serve as Pallbearers. WOODBINE FUNERAL HOME, Directors, 832-1948 1 1 MOCKER, Birdie Christine May 3, 1997. Survived by nieces, Mary Laura Baltz, Louisville, KY, Cecilia Halphin, Madison and Nancy Hargis; nephew, John Louis Matthews; several nieces and nephews. Remains are at the Eastland Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Monday from 6 until 9 and Tuesday 1 until 3 and 6 until 9 and where the Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial from Holy Name Catholic Church Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.

Interment Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers: Thomas Joseph Halpin Thomas Joseph Hatpin William Joseph Baltz John Louis Matthews, Joe Coleman and Lawrence Baltz. EASTLAND FUNERAL HOME, 227-9558 Mount Olivet ITn rt aril T-Inm 7 Gill 242-NEWsj We Honor All Prearangements It Insurance Serv ing All Cemeteries Mount Olivet FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY IIOl Lebanon Road Nashville 255-41.