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11:48 am Monday, July 22, 2002

Obituaries for Monday, July 22, 2002

By Staff
JOSHUA CALEB MILLER
Student
Services for Joshua Caleb Miller will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Clarence Tilgham officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Joshua, 11, of Meridian, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a student and attended Evangel Temple.
Survivors include his parents, George T. and Stephanie R. Miller, a brother, Scott Miller, his maternal grandparents, Earline and H.L. Prewitt, his paternal grandparent, Ada Miller, all of Meridian; aunts and uncles, Crystal Prewitt, Renae and Michael Warren, Deborah and Dewayne Boykin, Lee and Brandee Prewitt, David and Linda Miller, Sammy and Sherry Miller, Nora and Trent Wallace, Mark Miller and Ricky McDonald, all of Meridian; and Dennis and Elaine Miller of Enterprise; his special cousins and friends, Charlie and Leigh Ann Kernot of Meridian.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
SUSIE KATE GIBSON
Self-employed ceramic maker
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Susie Kate Gibson will be held today at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Bonner officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Gilbertown. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Gibson, 81, of Butler, formerly of Gilbertown, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Willow Trace Nursing Home.
Survivors include her brother, Tobia Gibson of Rock Springs, Ala.; sisters, Doris Lisenbe of Bailey, Miss., and Claire Ozment of Livingston, Ala.; and 16 nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be today one hour prior to the service at the church.
ELLIS HERRINGTON
Retired
UNION Services for Ellis Herrington will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at County Line Baptist Church with the Revs. Barron Pilgrim and Bobby Barfoot officiating. Burial will be in Crossroads Cemetery with Milling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Herrington, 80, of Union, died Sunday, July 21, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was retired from La-Z-Boy South and was a deacon at County Line Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Lorene Herrington of Union; a son, Albert Herrington and his wife, Gail, of Meridian; a granddaughter, April Bush and her husband, Jamey, of Meridian; a grandson, Adam Herrington and his wife, Nicole, of Meridian; great-grandchildren, Abby Grace Bush and Jordan Herrington of Meridian; two sisters, Elma Smith of Union and Mae Graham and her husband, Dock, of Decatur.
He was preceded in death by a son, Milton Herrington; his parents, Mack and Susie Herrington; two brothers, Oscar and Wilbur Herrington; and a sister, Flora Herrington.
Pallbearers will be Ivan Davis, Randy Harrison, Maxie Savell, Jerry Smith, Ray Sweat and David Winstead.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
BERNICE STEWART
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Bernice Stewart, 83, of Meridian, who died Sunday, July 21, 2002, at Heartfelt Hospice.

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