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9:28 am Monday, September 3, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 3, 2001

By Staff
JAMES MICHAEL CRAPSE
Accountant
NEWTON Services for James Michael Crapse will be held Tuesday at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel of Newton at 10 a.m. with the Revs. Bowman Giles and Robert Cooper officiating. Burial will be held in the Ebenezer Cemetery.
Mr. Crapse, 26, of Marietta, Ga., died Saturday, September 1, 2001. He was an accountant and a member of the Certified Public Accountant Organization.
Survivors include his father, James A. Crapse of Quitman; his mother, Opal E. Crapse of Decatur; a brother, Randy Crapse of Newton; a sister, Sherry Miley of Decatur; and a step-mother, Jennie V. Crapse of Quitman.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
BRENDA FAYE CLARK
Homemaker
Services for Brenda Faye Clark will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home, with the Rev. Keith Grubbs officiating. Burial will be held in the Salem Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark, 48, of Meridian, died Saturday, September 1, 2001 at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, James L. Harrison Sr. of Meridian; two sons, Stacy Clark of Meridian; and Chad Clark of Tocoma, Washington; three sisters, Dorothy Jean Douthitt, Stella Inez Beeson, and Linda Mae Keller, all of Meridian; a brother, Hubert Lee Waddell of Meridian; three grandchildren, five nieces, six nephews, one great niece and three great nephews; a step-son Jimbo Harrison Jr., and two step-brothers, Jay Waddell and Jamie Waddell, all of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by her father, Hubert J. Waddell, her mother, Maxine Waddell Mason, a brother, Donald Wayne Waddell, and a sister, June Marie Ervin.
Pallbearers will be Paul Keller, Michael Weldy, Brandon Lingerfelt, Shad Hutchinson and Robert Broadhead.
Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MITTIE COOK JACKSON WALKER
AMARILLO, TX Graveside services for Mittie Cook Jackson Walker will be held Tuesday at the Restland Memorial Park in Texas.
Mrs. Walker, 94, of Amarillo died on Saturday, September 1, 2001 in Amarillo.
Survivors include her brother, James F. Cook of Dallas; a step daughter, Amy Walker Kinikin of Amarillo; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Cook of Dallas; and Mertha Lou Godwin of Meridian, Miss.; step grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Jack E. Walker of Amarillo; and her first husband, Parker L. Jackson of Meridian.
OLIVIA COLLINS
Homemaker
Graveside services for Olivia Collins will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Pentecostal Memorial Garden with the Rev. Evins Elder Tisdale officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Collins, 98, of Meridian, died Saturday, September 1, 2001, at Specialty Rush Hospital. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, James Earnest Collins of Russell; and Henry Collins Jr. of Meridian; three daughters-in-law, Bell Collins, Daisy Collins and Bernice Collins all of Meridian; 28 grandchildren, 77 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her son, Eugene Collins.
Visitation will be held today from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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