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5:19 pm Saturday, December 15, 2001

Obituaries for Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001

By Staff
ANNIE S. WILLIAMS
Homemaker
QUITMAN Services for Annie S. Williams will be held today at 9:30 a.m. at Mannassa Methodist Church. Burial will be in Mannassa Cemetery with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Williams, 69, of Quitman, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, in Quitman.
Survivors include two brothers, Tillman Jenkins of Quitman and Abe Bricklin Jenkins of Jackson; a sister, Nell Jenkins of Waynesboro; and several nieces and nephews.
HOLFORD GLENN SMITH
GILBERTOWN, Ala. Services for Holford Glenn Smith will be held today at 11 a.m. at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Brown officiating. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery.
Mr. Smith, 92, of Gilbertown, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, in Gilbertown.
Survivors include his wife, Laura Jenkins Smith, two sons, Tommy Glenn Smith and his wife, Sandra, and Lamar Smith, all of Gilbertown; two daughters, Melba Smith Baldwin and her husband, Glen, of Dallas, and Gwendolyn Smith Lewis and her husband, Ray, of Gilbertown; 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
DOT CHAPMAN INGRAM
Retired from Wells Lamont Corp.
PHILADELPHIA Services for Dot Chapman Ingram will be held today at 2 p.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with the Revs. Jimmy Gunn and Kim Pope officiating. Burial will be in Arlington Baptist Cemetery.
Mrs. Ingram, 66, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at Leake Memorial Hospital in Carthage.
Survivors include a daughter, Lynn Davis of Frankston, Texas; two sisters, Charlene Shull of Mesquite, Texas, and Pauline McKay of Chalmette, La.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Ingram.
DONNY SCOTT JR.
Graveside services for Donny Scott Jr. will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at Sterling Cemetery in Butler, Ala., with the Rev. L.T. King officiating. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Infant Scott, 1-month-old, of Meridian, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his mother, Catrina Seals, his father, Donny Scott and two brothers, Dontayevious Scott and Dontaidrae Scott, all of Meridian; a sister, Jamecia Benoman of DeKalb; grandparents, Betty and Walter Berry; grandfathers, Charles Edward Jr. of Meridian and Donald Anderson of Ellisville; and grandmother, Minnie Pearl Scott of Meridian.
LEE RUSSELL FLOORE
Retired highway inspector
PHILADELPHIA Services for Lee Russell Floore will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home Chapel in Philadelphia with the Revs. Dwight Faulkenbery and Stanley Barnett officiating. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Mr. Floore, 80, of Philadelphia, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. He was a retired inspector for the Mississippi Highway Department and a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII.
Survivors include his two daughters, Gail Smith of Portage, Ind.; and Janis Spears of Columbus; his son, Travis G. Floore of Philadelphia; his brother, Jessie G. Floore of Meridian; three sisters, Rose Slaton and Jane Griffin, both of Dalewood; and Georgia Lang of DeKalb; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday from 4 p.m. 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
BILLY BROCK
PHILADELPHIA Services for Billy Brock will be Monday at 2 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home Chapel in Philadelphia with the Rev. Dennis Duvall officiating. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Mr. Brock, 38, of Philadelphia, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001 at his home.
Survivors include his mother, JoAnn Seale, and his sister, Julie Henson, both of Philadelphia.
Visitation will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
SARA ELIZABETH RAYMOND
Retired teacher
QUITMAN Memorial services for Sara Elizabeth Raymond will be held at a later date. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Raymond, 82, of Quitman, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at Riley Hospital. She was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy.
Survivors include two brothers, Otis Fancher of Arizona and Russell Fancher of Hartford, Conn.; a sister, Christene Stierli of Cincinnati; eight nieces and one nephew.

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