MAMIE GRAY YOUNG
By Staff
Owner of Denco's No. 2
YORK, Ala. Services for Mamie Gray Young will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Cuba Baptist Church with the Revs. Reid Vaughn and Ernie Nelson officiating. Burial will be in Clay Memorial Cemetery. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Young, 57, of Cuba, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at her home.
Survivors include a son, Lee Young and his wife, Connie, of Cuba; a daughter, Lynne Young of York; a granddaughter, Brittney Young of Cuba; three brothers, Darmon Gray and his wife, Jean, of Grand Bay, Elmer Gray and his wife, Joan, of Lincoln and Waymon Gray of Lilburn, Ga.; and a sister, Judy Boone and her husband, Bill, of Montgomery.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby R. Young.
Visitation will be held today from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
EULA VANCE LIERMAN
Salesman
YORK, Ala. Graveside services for Eula Vance Lierman will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Clay Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Ernie Nelson officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lierman, 94, of Cuba, died Friday, May 24, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Miss. She was a salesman of women's apparel.
Survivors include her husband, Stanley B. Lierman of Cuba; two nieces; and a nephew.
Visitation will be held today from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
EDMOND MARVIN COTTEN
Retired
Graveside services for Edmond Marvin Cotten will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. David Meadows officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cotten, 84, of Meridian, died Friday, May 24, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of World War II, earning a Purple Heart and he was a retired truck driver for Western Auto with more than 30 years of service. He was a long time member of Fifth Street United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Myra Gaubert and her husband, Glenn, and Lou Cobler and her husband, Clayton, all of Meridian; three grandchildren, Rick Courtney, Chris Courtney and Kelly Cobler; four great-grandchildren, Sara Beth Courtney, Jake and Josh Courtney and Christopher Courtney; a sister, Margaret Cepparulo of Ripley, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eva E. Cotten; and a son, Thomas H. Cotten.
The family requests memorials be made to the Memory Tree Foundation, P.O. Box 5011, Meridian, MS 39302.
Visitation will be held Sunday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
MARY JANE LYLE
LOUISVILLE Mary Jane Lyle, well-known interior designer, died Saturday, April 27, 2002, in Corinth on her 90th birthday.
The daughter of Joseph William Lyle and Lula Mae Brown Lyle, she was born in Lauderdale County and lived most of her life in Louisville. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Joseph William "Jodie" Lyle Jr., and a sister, Elizabeth "Libba" Lyle Ray.
Survivors include her brother, Jack Brown Lyle of Birmingham, Ala.; four nieces; a nephew; and several great-nieces and nephews who fondly remember her as "Janie."
She attended Judson College, where she pursued a degree in art and graduated from the University of Mississippi, transferring there when she was told that teaching was the only career for a woman in her day. She was a member of Phi Mu Sorority. However, her teaching career was short-lived when the principal at Louisville High School told her in her first year that, teachers are not allowed to dance.' She promptly hung out her shingle for "Mary Jane's," enjoying a career in interior design for more than 60 years.
Her shop quickly became a mecca for clients from a wide area for selecting fabrics, home furnishings, antiques and accessories that she carefully and artfully chose and arranged. Her genius in the field of color was recognized early in her career and became her trademark. She decorated many homes, offices and businesses throughout the South and was awarded the prestigious honor of becoming a lifetime member of the American Society of Interior Designers.
A graveside memorial service will be held in Louisville on Saturday, June 8, at 11:30 a.m. at the Masonic Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, 73 Sam Houston Way, Lexington, VA 24450, where ancestor Matthew Lyle was one of the founders; or Winston County Library, 301 West Park St., Louisville MS 39339; or a charity of choice.
HUBERT I. ETHRIDGE
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Hubert I. Ethridge, 83, of Meridian, who died Friday, May 24, 2002, in Covington, La.
