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7:36 am Tuesday, December 12, 2000

OBITUARIES FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 2000

By Staff
HELEN T. RICHARDS
Homemaker
MACON Services for Helen T. Richards will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Mashulaville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Terrell Mayo officiating. Burial will be in Mashulaville Cemetery with Cockrell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Richards, 70, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle.
Survivors include three daughters, Nancy Miller of Fayetteville, Ga., Sarah Barefield of Columbus and Martha Wynstra of Mayfield, Ky.; three sisters, Earlene Ware of Newton, Lois T. Smith of Decatur and Bobbie Matthews of Moorehead; and 10 grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to the Leukemia/Lymphoma Foundation or Cancer Foundation.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
CLEO P. EADS
Retired teacher
Services for Cleo P. Eads will be held at a later date at Hart Funeral Home in Stilwell, Okla. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Eads, 87, of Meridian, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at Aldersgate Personal Care.
Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Sharon Eads of Meridian and Dalta Morris and her husband, Dr. John Morris, of Santee, Calif.; a sister, Vera Franklin of Stilwell; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dalton Eads.
THARON DARLENE HARLOW
Private services for Tharon Darlene Harlow will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Semms Cemetery with Stephens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Harlow, 44, of Meridian, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband, Roger Harlow of Meridian; three sons, Travis Smith and Troy Smith, both of Meridian, and Tracy Harlow of Picayune; a daughter, Tiffany Harlow of West Point; three brothers, Johnny Smith and Kerry Smith, both of Meridian, and Danny Smith of Collinsville; and two grandchildren.
JACK H.STEARNS
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Jack H. Stearns, 83, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
MAUDE LAMBERT
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Maude Lambert, 87, of Meridian, who died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.

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