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     By  Staff Reports Published 
    9:05 am Thursday, May 31, 2001

    OBITUARIES FOR THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2001

    By Staff
    TYRONE MOFFITE
    Services for Tyrone Moffite will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home with the Rev. Randall Bohannon officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery.
    Mr. Moffite, 22, of Meridian, died Sunday, May 27, 2001, in Meridian.
    Survivors include his father, Larry Blakney, his mother, Annie Blakney, a son, Tytion Jenkins and a daughter, A'Mya Moffite, three sisters, Cindy Blakney, Kandice Blakney and Mary Ann Blakney, all of Meridian.
    Visitation will be Friday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
    CAMERON MELIQ JIMISON
    Services for Cameron Meliq Jimison will be held Friday at noon at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Darrell Fluker officiating. Burial will be in St. Luke Cemetery in Porterville.
    Infant Jimison of Toomsuba died Sunday, May 27, 2001, in Toomsuba.
    Survivors include his parents, Cloist and Thelma Jimison, two sisters, Daizja Mason and Jada Jimison, all of Toomsuba; grandparents, Jean Green of Memphis, Tenn., Ann and Cloist Jimison Sr. of Toomsuba; two great-grandparents, Mollie Bennamon and Cloist Rush of Memphis.
    Visitation will be Friday one hour prior to the service.
    LEVELL BRASSFIELD
    Services for Levell Brassfield will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Dewayne Brassfield officiating. Burial will be in Tabanacle Sandflat Cemetery.
    Mr. Brassfield, 70, of Meridian, died Friday, May 25, 2001, at Riley Hospital. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
    Survivors include four brothers, Grant Brassfield and his wife, Hazel, Joseph Brassfield and his wife, Inez, Reuben Brassfield and his wife, Frances, all of Meridian, and Willie Brassfield of Bessemer, Ala.
    Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
    JUANITA E. BENAMON
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    DEKALB Services for Juanita E. Benamon will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Mozell E. Young officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
    Mrs. Benamon, 88, of Preston, died Sunday, May 27, 2001, in her home.
    Survivors include two sons, John L. Benamon and his wife, Guyoria, of DeKalb, and James Benamon and his wife, Betty, of North Carolina; three daughters, Liz Jackson of Rock Island, Ill, Leona Cole of Preston and Nona M. Butler of DeKalb; a sister, Callie M. Rush of DeKalb; 41 grandchildren, 146 great-grandchildren, 29 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
    She was preceded in death by two sons and four siblings.
    Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
    DYAMOND MADISON
    Services for Dyamond Madison will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home with the Rev. Randall Bohannon officiating. Burial will be in Macedonia Cemetery.
    Infant Madison, two-months-old, of Meridian, died Monday, May 28, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
    Survivors include her parents, Billy J. and Angela Madison, three sisters, Deon Madison, Evangela Griffin and Aleeyah Griffin, six brothers, Billy T. Madison, Jeremy Madison, Dexter Griffin, Justice Griffin, Billy Madison Jr. and Josuah Madison, all of Meridian.
    Visitation will be Friday from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
    MATTHEW STENNIS
    Graveside services for Matthew Stennis will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at Stennis Cemetery in Bailey with the Rev. Roosevelt Clark officiating. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Infant Stennis of Meridian died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
    Survivors include his mother, Latonya Owens and his father, Matthew Stennis, both of Meridian; grandmothers, Brenda Callahan of Atlanta and Grenada Stennis of Meridian; great-grandparents, Robert and Mary Owens and Johnny Irby, all of Meridian.

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