In addition to his wife and sister, he is survived by a daughter, Cristal; a stepson, Luren Bowie; sisters Carella and Erma; a brother, Vaughn and a granddaughter.
Mercury Asset Management Ltd. of London said it purchased 170,000 shares of Max & Erma's Restaurants Inc., raising its stake in the company to 6.8% of the common shares outstanding.
And when they ran it originally, they ran flat out." Erma Bohrer of Napoleon arranged stacks of napkins as she prepared to serve cake and cupcakes to celebrants.
Other challengers include Detroit City Council President Erma Henderson and longshots Charles Costa and James A. Williams Sr. The filing deadline for candidates is July 25.
She also arranged "Take Another Little Piece of My Heart" by Erma Franklin, another sister and singer, a song later made popular by Janis Joplin.
A spokesman for Max & Erma's, a restaurant chain based in Columbus, Ohio, said the company is attempting to contact the British company.
As a result, Universal notified the Times Herald that it couldn't run 26 features any longer, including popular comic strips such as "Doonesbury" and "The Far Side" and columns such as "Dear Abby" and Erma Bombeck.