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1:14 am Sunday, June 16, 2002

Obituaries for Sunday, June 16, 2002

By Staff
CLYDE WILLIAM BOZEMAN
Retired store owner
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Clyde William Bozeman will be held today at 10 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Old Lusk Cemetery in Toxey.
Mr. Bozeman, 56, of Silas, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include a son, Conrad Bozeman, of Silas; a daughter, Sandy Wheeler, of Alexandria, La.; two sisters, Hazel Mason, of Clara, Miss.; and Marjorie Winn, of Frankville; and three grandchildren.
DOROTHY GUTHRIE
Housewife
PHILADELPHIA Services for Dorothy Guthrie will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Barron Pilgrim officiating. Burial will be in Neshoba Cemetery in Union.
Mrs. Guthrie, 66, of Union, died Friday, June 14, 2002, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include her husband, Roger Guthrie of Union; a son, Darryl Guthrie of Little Rock; and three sisters, Omia Carter of Pearl; Marcella Cannon of Ridgeland; and Arcola Pilgrim of Union.
She was preceded in death by her son, Byron Guthrie, who died in 1993.
Visitation will be today from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
PAULINE FANT
LOUISVILLE Services for Pauline Fant will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Davis officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery with Nowell Funeral Services in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Fant, 93, of Louisville, died Friday, June 14, 2002, at Queen City Nursing Home.
Survivors include a daughter, Mildred Waters of Southaven; eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 4:30 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
ELBA SAVELL
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Elba Savell will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Beulah Baptist Church. Burial will be in Beulah Cemetery with McClain-Hays Funeral Home Service Inc. in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Savell, 77, of Little Rock, died Friday, June 14, 2002, at her daughter's home in Little Rock.
Survivors include her daughters, Doris Moore, of Carthage; Brenda Sanderford of Ringgold, Ga.; and Marsha Sellers of Little Rock; two sons, Jerry Savell and Danny Savell, both of Collinsville; a sister, Lessie Fryery of Carthage; two brothers, Oliver Neese, of Decatur; and Kenneth Neese, of Hickory; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
RUBY BOOSE COLEMAN
Homemaker
Services for Ruby Boose Coleman will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Goodwin officiating. Burial will be in Boose Cemetery in Hickory.
Mrs. Coleman, 86, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at Boyinton Nursing Home in Gulfport.
Survivors include three sisters, Eliza Staton and Flossie Boose, both of Meridian; and Denotra White of Chicago; a brother, Willie Boose of Meridian; two granddaughters and two grandsons.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons.
ALBERT SMITH JR.
Veteran of Korean war
Services for Albert Smith Jr. will be held Wednesday at noon at Pearlie Grove Baptist Church in Quitman with the Rev. Ray Arrington officiating. Burial will be at Archusa Memorial Garden Cemetery with Berry &Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Smith, 65, of Quitman, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at V.A. Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include his two daughters, Bridget Archer of Jackson; Yolanda Smith of Quitman; a son, Kenneth Archer, of Atlanta; a step-daughter, Theresa Davis of Pachuta; a brother, Willie Gage of Freeport, Ill.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon at the church.

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