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1:58 am Wednesday, April 3, 2002

Survivors include a daughter, Edna Massey and her husband, Raymond; two granddaughters, Lesia Roberson and her husband, Jerry, and Lori Anthony and her husband, Scott; three great-grandchildren, Haleigh Reagan, Paige Anthony and Joshua Allie Roberson; cousins and best friends, Julian and Clora Westbrook; and many friends from the Russell Community.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Earl Westbrook; three sisters and four brothers.
Pallbearers will be Rob Calcote, T.W. Calcote, Jerry Roberson, Scott Anthony, Paul James and Irvin Mooney.
WILLIAM M. ROSS
Soule Steam Feed Works employee
Services for William M. Ross will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Judd Allen and Tim Prater officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Ross, 73, of Forest, died Sunday, March 31, 2002, in Meridian. He was a lifelong member of the VFW Post 79, the Grand Lodge of Mississippi #0333, a mason and former U.S. Marine.
Survivors include his wife, Ina Ross of Forest; a son, Greylan W. Ross and his wife, Martha, of Preston; stepchildren, Betsy Ross of Saganow, Wash., Mickey and Billie Hudspeth of Atlanta and Marvin and Betty Weir of Collinsville; grandchildren, Chad Miller, Jamie Miller, Tommie Coker, Ashley Roberts, Brian Weir, Chelle Milstead, James Hudspeth and Don Hudspeth.
Pallbearers will be Albert Barllett, Carl Crenshaw, Leroy Morse, J.W. Lewis, Joe Sneed and Tommie Coker.
Visitation will be today 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
CLAUDINE WINDHAM TINDLE
QUITMAN Graveside services for Claudine Windham Tindle will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Providence Cemetery with the Rev. Buddy Braddock officiating. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Tindle, 78, of Quitman, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Bettye L. Johnson and her husband, Eugene, of Quitman and Rheta L. Haddock and her husband, Kenneth, of Bixby, Okla.; a son, Steve A. Tindle and his wife, Faith; four grandchildren, Jeffrey Jacobs and his wife, Katherine, of Bartlett, Tenn., Michael Haddock and his wife, Wendy, of Scott AFB, Ill., Jennifer Tindle of Quitman and Steve Tindle III of Minden, Nev.; five great-grandchildren, Meagan Jacobs, Austin Jacobs and Braden Jacobs of Bartlett and Benjamin Haddock and Lucas Haddock of Scott AFB.
Visitation will be today after 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
AVA E. MILLS
Homemaker
Graveside services for Ava E. Mills will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Roy Dabbs officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Mills, 85, of Meridian, died Monday, April 1, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include two nieces, Joan Gullette of Meridian and Cheryl Buck of California; nephews, Mark J. Ezelle of Foley, Ala., and Robert Ezelle of Shreveport, La.; and several great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest L. Mills.
CURRAY CHARLES FALGOUT
Services for Curray Charles Falgout will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry Bishop officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Falgout, 67, of Lauderdale, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, in his home. He was a native of Raceland, La.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Ann Falgout; three sons, Keith of Iuka, Mike of Slidell and Jeff of Nashville; three grandsons, Curray, Anthony and Christian; a granddaughter, Jamie; a step-granddaughter, Nichol; a great-granddaughter, Kayla; brothers, John Falgout of Lauderdale, Jerry Falgout of Houma, La., and Huey Falgout of Bessemer, Ala.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Mariette Chauvin Falgout; sisters, Irene Falgout, Rita Guidry, Ella Mae Theriot and Glades Carlos; and a brother, George Falgout.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
WILLIE LOFTON SR.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Willie Lofton Sr., 93, of Russell, who died Monday, April 1, 2002, at Riley Hospital.
TENNESSEE BENDER
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Tennessee Bender of Pachuta who died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, in her home.

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