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3:44 am Saturday, August 11, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 11, 2001

By Staff
J.C. MORGAN
MILLRY, Ala. Services for J.C. Morgan will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Millry Church of God. Burial will be in Edgar Cemetery.
Mr. Morgan, 67, of Millry, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Dixon Morgan of Millry; a son, Eric Morgan of Millry; a daughter, Diane Mashburn of Buckatunna, Miss.; a brother, J.P. Morgan of Citronelle; three sisters, Helen Chapman of Thibodeaux, Barbara Farmer of Dauphin Island and Louise Allen of Mobile; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
MARY SUE WILKERSON
Retired from Peavey Electronics
PHILADELPHIA Services for Mary Sue Wilkerson will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at McClain-Hays Chapel with the Rev. Tony Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Neshoba County.
Mrs. Wilkerson, 59, of Decatur, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at Laird Hospital in Union. She was retired from Peavey Electronics in Decatur.
Survivors include her husband, Henry Wilkerson of Decatur; five daughters, Carolyn Coffer, Lisa Holley and Michelle Davis, all of Philadelphia, Sandra Higginbotham of Decatur and Kim Moore of Meridian; a son, Scott Wilkerson of Philadelphia; seven grandchildren; her mother, Ruby Walters of Decatur; her father, Laverne Villardi of Conroe, Texas, and two brothers, Tommy Walters of Decatur and Billy Ray Walters of Decatur.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
J.F. GLENN
Retired automobile dealer
Graveside services for J.F. "Buck" Glenn will be held Monday at 11 a.m., at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. David Wood officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Glenn, 76, of Meridian, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at his home. He was the retired owner of Buck Glenn Pontiac, GMC, Honda.
Visitation will be Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
JESSIE R. POLLOCK
Retired General Motors worker
DEKALB Services for Jessie R. Pollock will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Liberty United Methodist Church in DeKalb with the Rev. Eddie Jones officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Pollock, 70, of Detroit, Mich., formerly of Collinsville, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, at his home. He was a retired employee of General Motors.
Survivors include a sister, Lozell Turner and her husband, Tyson, of DeKalb; two brothers, Shellie Pollock Jr. and the Rev. Bennie Pollock and his wife, Callie, all of Collinsville; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife and three siblings.
Visitation will be Sunday, from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
JI' KENDRICK LASHAUN ALFORD
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Ji' Kendrick LaShaun Alford, infant, of Toomsuba, who died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
JIMMIE LEE DOVE
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Jimmie Lee Dove, 89, of Meridian, who died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
LORENE MOSS
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Lorene Moss, 87, of Stonewall, who died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
LESLIE LEWS SCARBROUGH
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Leslie Lews Scarbrough, 90, of Smith County, who died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at her home.

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