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     By  Staff Reports Published 
    9:58 pm Tuesday, February 6, 2001

    OBITUARIES FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 6, 2001

    By Staff
    MARY JANE DONALD MOORE
    Sister with Missionary Baptist Church
    FOREST Services for Mary Jane Donald Moore were held Saturday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Lawrence.
    Mrs. Moore, 82, of Newton, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
    Survivors include her husband, Brother Robert A. Moore Sr. of Newton; a son, Robert A. Moore Jr. and his wife, Margaret, of Newton; two daughters, Thelma Jaynes and her husband, Andrew, of Louin and Cathy Evans and her husband, Jimmy, of Newton; a sister, Ora Longmire of Conehatta; 10 grandchildren, Marcia, Raphael, Roderick, Anthony, Derrian, Stephanie, Dominique, Marquitta, Romone and Deangela; and six great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by six brothers and four sisters.
    W.G. MATTHEWS
    Retired U.S. Air Force and civil service at NAS Meridian
    Services for W.G. Matthews were held Monday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jeff Hancock and Jim Williams officiating. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
    Mr. Matthews, 79, of Meridian, died Friday, Feb. 2, 2001, in Meridian. He was a member of First Church of God and served in the U.S. Air Force.
    Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Nell King Matthews of Meridian; a sister, Blanche Cheek of California; and three god-children, Leanna Baldner, Logan Satterfield and Olivia Satterfield.
    SUDIE DONALD
    Homemaker
    PHILADELPHIA Services for Sudie Donald will be held today at 2 p.m. at John E. Stephens Funeral Services Chapel with the Revs. Mike Sullivan and Randall Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Beech Springs Cemetery.
    Mrs. Donald, 97, of Union, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, at Neshoba County General Hospital.
    Survivors include four daughters, Mildred Bozeman of Union, Catherine Jenkins of Jackson, Millie Faye McMillan of Forest and Mary Wilkerson of Pascagoula; two sons, Ralph Strickland and Howard Donald, both of Union; 24 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren and a great-great-great-grandchild.
    HENRY TOM FULTON
    PHILADELPHIA Services for Henry Tom Fulton will be held today at 2 p.m. at Sandtown United Methodist Church with the Revs. Brown Barrier and Vernell Daniels officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with McClain-Hays Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
    Mr. Fulton, 91, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, in his daughter's home in Philadelphia.
    Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Gray of Philadelphia; six sisters, Lucille Williams, Margarette Kittrell, Joy Littrell and JoAnn Pilgrim, all of Philadelphia, Bobbie Mills of Meridian, Dorothy Bozeman of DeKalb; a brother, Prentis Fulton of Philadelphia; a grandchild and a great-grandchild.
    JO LOUISE GOTTKE
    Homemaker
    Graveside services will be held for Jo Louise Gottke Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Anita Hall officiating.
    Mrs. Gottke, 59, of Meridian, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Survivors include her husband, William Edward Gottke of Meridian; two sons, Dewayne Phillips of Detroit and William Joseph Phillips of Meridian; three daughters, Tammy Bridgeman of Georgia, Annette Phillips of Detroit and Regina McWhorter of Georgia; and seven grandchildren.
    Visitation will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the funeral home.

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