CALENDAR OF EVENTS
B uffo ea
com dy night club
2nd Annual Coloma
FOP Christmas
Music Concert
Th olom Fr ternal Ord r
of Po Ii Lod #147, i sponsor­
ing its 2nd Annu I 50's through
60' hri tm Music Concert
at th M ndel . nt r at Lake
Michigan oIl on Sunday,
D ember 11, t 7 p.m. This
year, th con rt will feature
pop music .1 g n Th Coast­
ers.
Tickets . $9, neral ad-
mission and $25 for special fam-
toryTIm
At The Library
Pre-School StoryTime will be
held on Wedn y, ovember·
30th, from 10-10:45 a.m. Sto­
ri , song , and a craft are
planned ach w k for young
children ge, 3-5 and pre-regis­
tration is not required.
OBITUARIES
Emma Meekss
Emma Lee Meeks, 98, of Chi­
cago, formerly of Benton Harbor,
died November 7, at Rush Presbyte­
rian Hospital, Chicago. after a long
illness.
The funeral was held November
11 at the Second Baptist Church.
Be'nton Harbor, where she was
member Burial was in Norttt Shore
Memory Gardens. Robbins Brothers
Funeral Home. Benton Harbor. was
in charge of arrangements
Mrs. Meeks was born February
14. 1896, in MiSSissippi
Survivors Include a niece, Ruth
Butler of Chicago.
Delilah Watson
Delilah (Lesure) Watson, 55, died
November 10, at home in St. Joseph
The funeral was held November
16, at Second Baptist Church. Ben­
ton Harbor. where she was a mem­
ber Burial was in Crystal Spnngs
Cemetery Arrangements was.made
by the Fairplain Chapel, Flonn Fu­
neral Service, Benton Harbor
Memorials may be made to Hos­
pice at Home or Berrien County Can­
cer Service
Mrs. Watson was born February
4. 1939, in Holly Spnngs. Miss. She
had been employed for 17 years at
• Pemco Ole Cast Co.
Survivors include: a daughter,
Kimberly Davis of St. Joseph; three
brothers. Rayford Pulluiam of �Ik­
hart. I nd, and Raymond Pulluiarn
and Rufus Pulluiam, both of Benton
Harbor; and two grandchildren.
Henry Ware
Henry Ware, 49, of Benton Har­
bor. died October 30, at his home,
after a long illness
the body was transferred from
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor, to the Algee Memo­
rial Chapel, Cairo, III.. where the fu­
neral was held. Burial was in Spencer
Heights Memorial Park. Mounds. III
Mr. Ware was born April 29. 1945.
in Nasbvnle, Tenn
'Survivors Include. a daughter, DI­
ana Ware-Carrion of Houston.
Texas; two sons. Henry Ware Jr of
Houston, Texas, and Henry Ware II
of t.ansmq; two sisters. Marva Chap­
pell of Carbondale, III. and Naomi
Ware of Mounds, III ; tus father, Wil­
ham Ware of Mounds, fIVe grandchil­
dren' and nine brothers, Willie Ware,
Wllh�m Ware and James Dyson all
of Benton Harbor, Lymon Ware, Mat­
thew Ware and Timothy Ware, all of
Mounds, FeliX Ware of Cahtorma,
David Ware of Hawan, and Miller
Ware of Paducah. Ky
John Hodge
John Hodg . 67, of Benton Harbor
died, November 3. at Mercy Memo·
nal Medical Center. St Joseph, after
a long Illn ss
The funeral was held November 9.
at Fellowship MISSion Baptist
Church, Benton Harbor Bunal was In
Crystal Spnn s Cemetery Robbin
Brothers un ral Home, Ben on Har­
bor was In charge of arrangements
'Mr Hodge was born In Char-
leston, Mo.
Surviors include: his wife, Er­
nestine; two sons, Sonny Bowens
and Anthony Hodge. both of Benton
Harbor' three daughters. Carmen
Daws� ofSt Louis. Mo .• and Evelyn
Anderson and Victoria Johnson. both
of Benton Harbor; a brother,
Sylvester Hodge of Gary. Ind.; two
rs, Gladys Henderson of $t.
Mo and Pheb 8 Sled of
Oklahoma City. Okla.; 15 gran tllI­
dren; and two 91 eatPgH!lldehildren.
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks. 72. of Benton
Harbor, died November 1. at Mercy
Memorial Medical Center. St.
Joseph.
The body was transferred from
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor. to Serenity Funeral
Home Springfield, Tenn., where the
funera'l was held at a later date. Burial
was in Friendship Cemetery. Cross
Plain. Tenn.
Mr Brooks was born October 2.
1922. In Tennessee
Survivors include: two daughters,
Evelyn Payne of Spnngfield, Tenn.,
and Linda Love-of Nashville. Tenn.; a
son Amon Brooks Sr. of Nashville;
two' brothers. Joseph Brooks of
Nashville and Charles Brooks of
Springfield; and four sisters, Atzora
Lucas and Ruthie Brooks. both of
Nashvnie, Minnie Coleman of Cleve­
land. Ohio, and Emma Groves of
Cross Plain
Lottie Harris
Lotte HarTIS, 36. of Benton Har­
bor, died November 2, as a vlcnm of
demesne violence
The funeral was held November
10. at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist
Church, Benton Harbor Bunal was In
Crystal Spnngs Cemetery. Benton
Harbor Arrangements was made by
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home.
Benton Harbor
Ms Harris was born July 7. 1958.
In VVyatt. Mo
Survivors mclude: a daughter. Tif­
fany Hams of Benton Harbor; her
mother, Irene Harris of Benton Har­
bor; father. Otha Hams of C.har­
leston. Mo. five sisters. Shirley
Curry. Mary Aiken. Othella H�rrls.
Mane Harris and Charlene Hams. all
of Benton Harbor; two brothers,
Mitchell Harris 01 Benton Harbor and
Otha Harris of Jackson. Mich ; and
two grandchildren She was pre­
ceded In death by a son, Mylund
Harris. In 1993
Eugene Edwar�
. Eugene Luther Edwards. 46. of
Benton Harbor, died October 22. at
home
he funeral was held October 31.
at Robbins Brothers Funeral Home.
B nton Harbor
Mr Edwards was bom December
16, 1948. In Poplar Bluff, Mo. and
was formerly employed as a farm
laborer
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nd i t r-in-I of
GI nn, . d, "Thi i prob bly
conflict of in t, nepoti m or
all t thi ," he id bout
her ping in upport of
Gl nn. The I t four young m n
that e orn in ith th
B nton H rbor Police It-
. ment, - if they ent through
our chool ystem nd was p It
of the par and rec:r tion de­
p rtm nt.. ,thos are products
of Glenn Yarbrough,
Dr, Sherwin Allen, Superin­
tendent of Benton Harbor Area
School told the commi ion
that SuperPAC held a meeting
earlier that day and the were
gr t concerns about a recall on
Mayor Emma Hull and Com­
mi ioners James Turner,
Ricky Hill and Steve Wooden
and the firing of Glenn Yar­
brough He said they we� �p­
pearing before the comnnssion
for the" ke of harmony" in the
-�oup as well � the city. -
SuperPAC also meets with
Hie city officials every Thursday
evenings at 6 p.m. at the Center
for a Change (old Columbus
comm
firi
All n
t firin of Y. rbrough ,
to compound it
call. "J t for t of r-
mony in our community,
nt to in th position to
IUppoIt our �yor nd, com . . -
io l'8 aDd CIty offtoala, J t
not 0 portion of CityP C,
b t compl group of City­
PAC," id Dr, All n,
"W nt to rmony.
And if th ' u of GI nn r­
brough i dividing SuperPAC, I
ould im gine that it' h ving
troubling mifi tion for our
entire community, d ng our
community to one id or an­
oth r."
The city eommi ion I' ten to
the many re idents ple d in
upport of Glenn Yarbrough,
but the plead fell to de f rs to
some commis ione .
Commi ioners Hill and
Turner placed motions on the
floor to reconsid r the decision
on the firing of Yarbrough and
to rehire and re-negoti te Yar­
brough's contract,
Within the lengthy di cus-
ion that Yarbrough cannot be
rehired with the city beca of
Commi sion Yarbrough, and
the nepotism policy in the City
Charter, another motion was
placed to lla ve th city attorney
check to see what pr they
had to go through to get the
nepotism policy changed in the
City Charter for relatives to be
able to wor for the city,
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