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5:57 am Monday, April 15, 2002

Obituaries for Monday, April 15, 2002

By Staff
MARY SUE PERRY
Security guard
Graveside services for Mary Sue Perry will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Perry, 57, of Enterprise, died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a security guard at Burlington Industries.
Visitation will be held today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MARENE RAINER DOLLAR
Retired grocery clerk
YORK, Ala. Services for Marene Rainer Dollar will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Hadden Presbyterian Church in Boyd with the Rev. Greg Makcen officiating. Burial will be in Briggs Chapel Cemetery in Porterville. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Dollar, 86, of Northport, died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at Forest Manor Nursing Home.
Survivors include her daughter, Tyrene Lake of Cottondale; a brother, Ben Rainer of Texas; two sisters, Nell Chaves of Livingston and Elnora Anderson of Tuscaloosa; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the church.
GEORGIA MAE OGBURN
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Georgia Mae Ogburn, 91, of Meridian, who died Sunday April 14, 2002, at Queen City Nursing Center.
LILLIAN LARD
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Lillian Lard, 68, of Lauderdale, who died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at Riley Hospital.
ELSIE PETERMAN
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Elsie Peterman, 81, of Meridian, who died Monday, April 15, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
VERMA WARD
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Verma Ward, 80, of Meridian, who died Monday, April 15, 2002, at Heartfelt Hospice.

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