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7:48 pm Saturday, April 14, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2001

By Staff
CARLA DAVIS
PARK HILLS, Mo. Services for Carla Davis will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in the Coplin Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Poole officiating. Burial will be in St. Francois Memorial Park.
Mrs. Davis, 76, of Desloge, Mo., died Wednesday, April 11, 2001. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 23, 1924 to the late George Cummings and Cecile Butcher Cummings.
Survivors include two daughters, Judy Kovousi of Desloge, Mo. and Kathy Urston of Meridian; two sisters, Anna-Mari Embrey of Meridian and Paula Lilja of Fullerton, Calif.; three grandchildren, Michael McCloud, Steven McCloud and Amber Sha Johnson; and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Tammy McCloud Coonsfield and Brandan Urston.
Visitation will be Monday from 10 a.m. until the service at the funeral home.
WOODLYN DAVID P'POOL
Retired photographer
Memorial services for Woodlyn David P'Pool will be held Monday at 6 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home with the Rev. Malcolm Lewis officiating.
Mr. P'Pool, 74, of Meridian, died Thursday, April 12, 2001, at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian.
Survivors include a son, Woody Pool of Blue Springs, Mo.; two daughters-in-law, Joan Pool of Blue Springs and Donna Garrison of Meridian; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to the Lauderdale County Animal Shelter.
SHARON ANN KNIGHTON
Homemaker
Services for Sharon Ann Knighton will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Pilgrim Progress Baptist Church with the Rev. Timothy Graham officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Knighton, 39, of Meridian, died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include a devoted friend, Levon Evans of Meridian; a son, Kendrick Levon Knighton of Meridian; two daughters, Ericka Sha Knighton and Deanna Leacher Knighton, both of Meridian; two sisters, Carolyn B. Shurn of Alton, Ill., and Kathy L. Knighton of Atlanta; two brothers, Mark D. Knighton of Atlanta, and Kenneth Knighton of Chula Vista, Calif.; and a granddaughter, Aubreel DeSha Knighton of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by her father, Manuel Knighton.
Visitation will be Sunday from 6-7 p.m. at the funeral home. The body be taken to the church one hour before the service.
BERTHA SHEFFIELD
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Bertha Sheffield, 64, of Meridian, who died Thursday, April 12, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
REGINA K. BROGAN
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Regina K. Brogan, 59, of Meridian, who died Friday, April 13, 2001, at Riley Hospital.

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