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9:45 pm Tuesday, January 1, 2002

Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002

By Staff
FRANK THOMAS DEARMAN SR.
MILLRY, Ala. Services for Frank Thomas Dearman Sr. will be held today at 2 p.m. at New Bethel Holiness Church with the Revs. Sammie Taylor and Wendell Pitts officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery with Phillips Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Dearman, 86, of Millry, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, in Millry.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth McAdams Dearman, and a son, Frank T. "Pete" Dearman Jr., both of Millry; a brother, Grady Dearman of Mobile, Ala.; two sisters, Susie Sullivan and Betty Sapp, both of Millry; and four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
ALICE ETHELYN BYNUM
Retired hospital supply clerk
Graveside services for Alice Ethelyn Bynum will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian. Clary's Memorial Mortuary of Quincy, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bynum, 83, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, in Tallahassee.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda King and a granddaughter, Perri Dale, both of Tallahassee; and a sister, Evelyn Morgan of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
JAMES SNOWDEN
Retired from Owens-Corning
Services for James Snowden will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Snowden, 76, of Marion, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, in his home.
He was a member of First Baptist Church in Meridian and was a Mason.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruby Snowden of Texas; a sister, Louise Smith of Bailey; and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Cleo Snowden, his second wife, Verlia Snowden, and his third wife, Deloris Snowden.
Visitation is today from 5 p.m.8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Barrett, Charlie Mathis, Danny Talley, Chuck Mathis, Ricky Smith, Bobby Smith, Gaylon Frazier and Junior Snowden.
JAMES STEPHENS
Services for James Stephens will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery in Kemper County.
Mr. Stephens, 66, of Bailey, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, in Bailey.
Survivors include his wife, Mattie Stephens of Bailey; four sons, Tyrone Stephens, Omar Stephens, Barry Stephens and his wife, Gene, and Reginold Stephens and his wife, Carol, all of Meridian; two daughters, Johnnie Stephens and Gloria Sheffield and her husband, Terry, all of Meridian; a brother, Willie James Stephens and his wife, Pat, of California; four sisters, Lola Yarrel and her husband, Roosevelt, and Emma Young and Ernestine Stephens, all of California, and Mary Giles of Michigan; and 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Visitation is today from 7 p.m.8 p.m. at the funeral home.
FLOSSIE LEE GRAHAM
Retired
Services for Flossie Lee Graham will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Goodway Missionary Baptist Church in Philadelphia with the Rev. A.C. Rush officiating. Burial will be in Griffith Cemetery with James L. Osby Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Graham, 76, of Philadelphia, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include nine sons, Henry Graham and his wife, Vicki, and Kenneth Graham and his wife, Clara, all of St. Louis, Billy Graham and his wife, Brunette, Allen Graham and his wife, Ora Jean, Johnny Graham and his wife, Jo Hellen, Vernon Graham Jr., Jay Graham and his wife, Georgia, and Eddie Paul Graham and his wife, Pamela, all of Philadelphia, and John Douglas Graham of Atlanta; four daughters, Dorothy Jones, Suzette Hill and her husband, Robert, all of Philadelphia, Eliza Cleveland and her husband, Charles, of Decatur, Bobbie Coleman and her husband, Eddie, of Memphis.
Visitation will be Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the church.
HAROLD J. MOSLEY
Services for Harold J. "Foot" Mosley will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Morris officiating. Burial will be in Blackwater Cemetery in Kemper County.
Mr. Mosley, 68, of Meridian, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie T. Mosley of Meridian; a son, Jimmy McMiller of DeKalb; a brother, Henry James Mosley of Georgia; a sister, Kelly Ruth Mosley of Georgia; 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m.7 p.m. at the funeral home.
JESSIE COLEMAN
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Jessie Coleman, 53, of Toomsuba, who died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Riley Hospital.
AARON COLLINS
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Aaron Collins, 77, of Quitman, who died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
WILBURN DUNNIGAN
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Wilburn Dunnigan, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, in his home.
DEWEY LEE SHACK
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Dewey Lee Shack, 88, of Meridian, who died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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