Raymond Hyde, Tech 1969

RAYMOND C. HYDE, 56, of Memphis, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Jackson, TN. He was an engineer with the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Mr. Hyde leaves a sister, Evelyn Hyde Joyner of Cordova; two aunts, Evelyn Cornelius of Memphis and Dorothy Simmons of Tyro, MS; a niece; a nephew; and three great-nieces. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, October 6 at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch, with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Tyro, MS. Memorial gifts may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Brantley Funeral Home 662-895-2310  Published in The Commercial Appeal on 10/5/2007.
 

Memphis man dies in truck accident on Bells Highway

A 56-year-old Memphis man died Tuesday after his pick-up truck went off the roadway and overturned on Bells Highway, according to the Madison County Sheriff's Department.

Raymond C. Hyde, the driver of the 1996 Dodge Ram pick-up truck, was transported to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after the wreck. At the hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival, a Tuesday sheriff's department press release said.  - The Jackson Sun