John VIA, 75, retired Crockett County farmer, of near Halls, died at 5 a.m. last Thursday in Medi Nursing Home in Jackson that he entered May 1st. Services were Friday in South Fork Baptist Church, burial in Lebanon Cemetery. His wife, Edna VIA, died last year. He leaves his daughter, Mrs. Nancy WHITE, of Memphis; brother, Wortham VIA, of Bells; and his sisters, Mrs. Eddie B. CROUCH, of Friendship and Mrs. Addie FERELL, of Memphis.