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6:27 pm Saturday, July 7, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2001

By Staff
Derek Lee Jolly
Services for Derek Lee Jolly will be held today at 11:00 a.m. at Hopewell Methodist Church, with the Rev.'s Richie Davis, Charles Wayne Douglas, and David Keller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Barham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Jolly, 20, of Meridian, Miss., died July 4, 2001, at Martin Community.
Survivors include his mother, Deborah Caldwell of Meridian; his father Leon Jolly of Kemper County; two sisters Melanie McGuire of Meridian, and Nicole Douglas of Newton, Miss.; paternal grandmother, Evelyne Jolly of Kemper County, maternal grandmother, Polly Smith of Bailey, Miss,; two nephews Nathan and Joseph McGuire; one niece, Kayla Douglas; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Pallbearers will be: Chris Atkins, Lucas Ross, Brian Jolly, Erie Jolly, Tom Jolly, Jason Jolly, and Andrew Glass.
Sally Tucker
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Sally Tucker, 74, of Meridian, who died Friday, July 6, 2001, at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian.

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