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12:13 am Wednesday, February 14, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 2001

By Staff
BOYCE SLAWSON
PHILADELPHIA Services for Boyce Slawson will be held today at 2 p.m. at Harmony Baptist Church in Louisville, with the Revs. Jerry Lundy and Don Ray officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with McClain-Hays Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Slawson, 72, of Louisville, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001 at Winston Medical Center in Louisville.
Survivors include his wife, Delma Slawson of Louisville; two sons, Ronald Slawson of Louisville and Joel Slawson of Nanih Waiya; a daughter, Marie McFarland of Louisville, Ky.; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
LOIS CRENSHAW
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Lois Crenshaw will be held today at 3 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with the Revs. Curtis Roland and Lin Chesney officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with McClain-Hays Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Crenshaw, 88, of Philadelphia, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, at Heartfelt Hospice Restcare.
Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Waddell of Union and Penny O. Gibson of Philadelphia; a son, Gerald Crenshaw of Union; two brothers, the Rev. Exo Johnson of Philadelphia and Coleman Johnson of Jackson; 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Erma Crenshaw.
WILLIE MAE HARRIS
TROY, Ala. Graveside services for Willie Mae Harris will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at Siloam Baptist Church Cemetery in York with the Rev. Walter Faulk officiating with Dillard Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Harris, 80, of Troy, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, in her home.
Survivors include eight daughters, Lillie Maedine Harris of Demopolis, Mary Cecile Smith of Rockhill, S.C., Verna Ruth Burchfield of Meridian, Rebecca Flowers of Troy, Virginia English of Dallas, Ga., Linda Mae Harris of Troy, Brenda Kay Harris of Webb and Joy Lynn Harris of Meridian; three sons, Herbert Lawrence Harris of Holden, La., Joseph William Harris and John Madison Harris, both of Meridian; two half sisters, Louvene Cooper of Hope Fla. and Ruth Lucas of Andalusia, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
ASLENA L. CHAMBERLIN
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Aslena L. Chamberlin, 74, of DeKalb, who died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Riley Hospital.
GEORGE V. SMITH
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for George V. Smith, 81, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Riley Hospital.

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