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6:11 pm Wednesday, October 3, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 2001

By Staff
ETHEL TEER FULTON
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Ethel Teer Fulton will be held today at 2 p.m. at Lynville United Methodist Church with the Revs. Steve Lampkin and Randy Caldwell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery in Preston with McClain-Hays Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Fulton, 82, of Preston, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, at Heartfelt Hospice of Meridian. She was born Feb. 7, 1919 in the Preston Community of Kemper County to the late James Mannan and Emily Branning Teer. She attended Bluff Springs School and married George Russell Fulton Sr. on Dec. 3, 1943.
Mrs. Fulton was a homemaker and active member of Lynville United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Women's Society of Christian Service.
Survivors include her husband, George Russell Fulton Sr. of Preston; two sons, C. Ray Fulton and his wife, Margie, of Oxford and George Russell Fulton Jr. and his wife, Lynda, of Marietta, Ga.; her daughter, Peggy Ann Fulton of Niceville, Fla.; three grandchildren, Rusty Fulton of Madison, Melissa Hunt of Marietta, Ga., and Chris Moore of Nashville, Tenn.; her brother, James E. Teer of Bailey; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas Clay Fulton; her parents; and a brother, Dan Teer.
Pallbearers will be Mike Teer, Jackie Branning, David Townsend, Homer Fulton, Paul Fulton, Britt Gully, and Virgil Clark.
MARGARET L. HERSEY EPHRIM
Services for Margaret L. Hersey Ephrim will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at East Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with the Rev. Randall Bohannon officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Berry &Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ephrim, 67, of Meridian, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include her children, Ezra Ephrim Jr., Ronnie Hersey and his wife, Freda, Deborah Norris and her husband, Lonnie, Alfred Hersey, Mary Dungy, Amy Grady and her husband, Edward, Veronica Gordon, Tomeca Ephrim and her husband, Jermaine, Christie Brown and her husband, Ray and Chester Ephrim and his wife, Krystal, all of Meridian, Ellawease Hall of Pasadena, Calif., and Johnnie Pringle and her husband, Arthur, of Chicago; 19 grandchildren, Tabitha Brown and her husband, Shawn, Tyrone Hersey, Jermaine Hersey, RonDarian Hersey, Dominique Hersey, Marlon Hersey, Justin Dungy, Joy Moffite, Alisia Moffite, Virginia Gordon, Stevie Gordon, Travis Gordon, De'Vonta Hall, Jatonnie Ephrim, Taneshia Clemons and Christopher Brown, all of Meridian, Stephanie Pringle and her husband, Parish, Monica Pringle and her husband, Mike, and Arthur Pringle, III, all of Chicago; five great-grandchildren Tyler Brown, Sydney Brown, Akevia Carpenter and Tyrius Hersey, all of Meridian and Christopher Pringle of Chicago; and two sisters-in-law, Addie Jackson and Marie Mercer, both of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Willie Lee Ephrim and Eddie Lee Ephrim; and a granddaughter, Lekeishia Temple.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
HAROLD GLENN MUNN
PHILADELPHIA Services for Harold Glenn Munn will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Collins officiating. Burial will be in Union City Cemetery.
Mr. Munn, 30, of Philadelphia, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001 at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
Survivors include his mother, Millie Munn, and his daughter, Amanda Munn, both of Union; his step-daughter, Avia Marcangeli, of Philadelphia; four sisters, Jeanette Munn of Union, Judy Farrow of Philadelphia, Rachelle Munn Lashley of Monroeville, Ala., and Peggy Ray of Texas City, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Onree D. Munn.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

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