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6:41 am Saturday, December 9, 2000

OBITUARIES FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 9, 2000

By Staff
ELLEN MOSLEY
Retired nurse's aid
Services for Ellen Mosley will be held today at 11 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bob Followell officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Mosley, 91, of Meridian, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Bill Mosley of Colorado Springs, Colo., Norman Mosley Sr. of Meridian, and Jerald Mosley of Tulsa, Okla.; a daughter, Violet Dollins of Gulfport; three sisters, Pearl Burnett of Lynville, Gray McKay of Ennis, Texas, and Mildred Nelson of Slidell, La.; 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.O. Mosley and a daughter, Virginia Clark.
Pallbearers will be Norman Mosley Jr., Richard Smith, Donald Clark, Dan Hutchinson and George Polland.
BOBBY GENE HARRIS
Crane operator
QUITMAN Graveside services for Bobby Gene Harris will be held today at 11 a.m. at Center Ridge Cemetery in Clarke County, with the Rev. Jim Manning officiating. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Harris, 66, of of Meridian, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Riley Hospital. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army
Survivors include a stepson, Anthony A. Wofford of Meridian; a brother, Thomas Harris of Mobile, Ala.; three sisters, Eloise Fleming of Quitman, Shirley Broadhead of New Iberia, La., and Patsy Caudell of Lisman, Ala.; and three grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to Center Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Fund.
JAMES A. MURPHY JR.
Retired Air Force
MARYSVILLE, Calif. Graveside services for James A. Murphy Jr. will be held today at 2 p.m. at Wheatland Cemetery. Lipp and Sullivan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Murphy, 72, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, in Roseville, Calif.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Murphy; a daughter, pat Sohrakoff of Wheatland, Calif.; a son, Jimmy Murphy of Barstow, Calif.; two sisters, Martha L. Richards of Santa Paula, Calif., and Syble Collins of Meridian; three brothers, Bobby Murphy, Cecil Murphy and Wallace Murphy, all of Meridian; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
THELMA LITCHFIELD
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Thelma Litchfield, 80, of Meridian, who died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, in her home.

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