James Francis Underwood

James Francis Underwood, 76, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003, at his home after a long illness. He was a native of Mississippi. He was a retired shipping and receiving clerk with TVA after eight years and a retired employee of Malone and Hyde in Memphis after 20 years. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict. He was a member of the American Legion Belmont Post.

Services were at 2 p.m. Friday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Belmont with the Rev. Dennis Wellington officiating. Burial was in Old Union Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Mildred H. Underwood of Belmont; three daughters, Sherry U. Wilburn and husband, Russell, of Collierville, Tenn., Michelle U. Skelton and husband, Robert, of Memphis, and Vicki U. Morrow and husband, Tom, of Corinth; three sisters, Ursula U. Hood, Ruth Bowen and Margaret Underwood, all of Tishomingo; three brothers, Harold Lee Underwood of Kingston, Tenn., Karl N. Underwood of Tupelo and Kenneth L. Underwood of Florence, Ala.; eight grandchildren; Jimmy McCallum, Melissa Scott, Kami Skelton, Kendall Jewell and Angela y Skelton, all of Memphis, Elizabeth Wooten of Dennis, Todd Morrow of Corinth and Tonya Bailey of Tupelo; two great-grandchildren, Alexis Scott and Blake Scott, both of Memphis.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Oscar and Ercell Evelyn Blunt Underwood, and three brothers, J. O. Underwood, Bluford R. Underwood and Arch B. Underwood.

Pallbearers were Greg Underwood, Philip James, Jason Carroll, Thomas Harold Hood, Bob Stanphill, Eddie Wooten, Jeff Wooten and Bootsy Nunley.

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