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7:41 am Friday, March 9, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001

By Staff
JACOB MITCHELL JONES
Graveside services for Jacob Mitchell Jones will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Jones Family Cemetery with the Rev. John Sweeney officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Infant Jones, 3 months, of Florence, died Thursday, March 8, 2001.
Survivors include his parents, William and Lisa Jones of Florence; his grandparents, Joseph and Shirley Ann Talbert, Terry Lee and Patricia Terrell, Ann Reed, William Henry and Mary Jo Jones and Sadie Mae Logan; two brothers, William Anthony Jones Jr. and Trey Allen Jones.
Visitation will be Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.
LOVELL ALTMAN SR.
Services for Lovell Altman Sr. will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home with the Rev. Eastman Moses officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Altman, 69, of Meridian, died Friday, March 2, 2001, in Meridian.
Survivors include two daughters, Lorrine Altman-Belchar and Denise Altman; six sons, Bobby E. Altman, Lovell Altman Jr., Orlando Altman, Warren Altman, Antonia Altman Sr. and Arnold Altman; a brother, Jack Altman; three sisters, Pam Hunter Cyphers, Carol Felix and Murry Lean Altman; two brothers, Louis Altman and Warren Altman; a special niece, Diane Altman-Tolbert; 20 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Visitation will be today from 2-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
SANDRA SATERFIEL FULTON
Retired from Air National Guard
Services for Sandra Saterfiel Fulton will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Sharon Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lake.
Mrs. Fulton, 41, of Lake and Lauderdale, died Thursday, March 8, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a member of Lauderdale United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Michael Fulton of Lauderdale; two daughters, Tess Fulton and Lisa Fulton of Meridian; a son, Fred Fulton of Lauderdale; her mother, Juanita Saterfiel of Lake; a granddaughter, Alex Fulton of Meridian; two sisters, Remona Risher and her husband, Steve, of Brandon and Pat Gardner and her husband, Johnny, of Forest; and a brother, Fred Saterfiel Jr. of Lake.
She was preceded in death by her father, Fred Saterfiel Sr.
Visitation will be today from 58 p.m. at the funeral home. The family requests memorials be made to Lauderdale United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 67, Lauderdale, MS, 39335.
OMA RICHMOND
Homemaker
UNION Services for Oma Richmond will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Edwards Chapel. Burial will be in Doniphan City Cemetery in Doniphan, Mo. with Milling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Richmond, 82, of Lake, died Thursday, March 8, 2001, at Benchmark Health Care Center in Marion. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lake.
Survivors include her husband, Ray Richmond of Lake; three daughters, Pam Leach and her husband, Doyle, of Lake, Debbie Boykin and her husband, Wendell of Saginaw, Texas, and Vera Black and her husband, Les, of Forest; three sons, Ronald Richmond and his wife, Nancy, of Forest, Art Richmond and his wife, Barbara, and Raymond Richmond and his wife, June, of Doniphan; a sister, Marge Dale of Doniphan; and 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

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