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6:15 am Friday, September 20, 2002

MACK KELVIN BOSTON

By Staff
Services for Mack Kelvin Boston will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Odell Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in Daleville Cemetery.
Mr. Boston, 66, of Meridian, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002, in Jackson.
Survivors include his sisters, Annie Boston May, Josie Steele, Ruth Leggett, Lillie B. Boston, Earline Davis, Annie Lois Wells and Lessie Mae Greer, and a brother Felix Boston, all of Meridian.
Visitation will be today from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
FANNIE GRACE HAND
UNION Services for Fannie Grace Hand will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jerry Doggett and Roger Laird officiating. Burial will be in Hebron Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Hand, 78, of Union, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, in Newton.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Hand and his wife, Wanda, of Rome, Ga., and Jimmy Hand and his wife Lynda, of Union; three sisters, Gladys Watson, of Newton, and Ruth Rigdon and Sadie Clearman, both of Little Rock; two grandsons, Mark Ward, of Seminary, and Billy Ward II and his wife, Lisa, of Union; three granddaughters, Stephanie Sodder, of Meridian, and Jessica Wilson and Tracy Weaver, both of Bay Menette, Ala.; five great-grandchildren, Alisa Ward and Alan Ward, both of Union, Heather Hunter, of Meridian, Nikkita Ward and Alana Gibson Ward, both of Seminary; a special sister-in-law, Marjorie Hand, of Little Rock; and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Hurman Hand; her parents, Ora and Simmie Jones; two brothers William "DUB" Jones and Frank Marzine Jones.
Pallbearers will be Hayes McMahan, Michael Bradley, Sam Tingle, Jimmy Hardy, Richard Rivers, Robert Smith and George Cash. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Austin P. Boggan, Dr. Russell Belenichia, Don Smith, David Ezelle, Jr. Laird, Mickey McMahan, Kenny Bradley, Billy Laird and Alan Ward.
Memorials may be made to Gideon International.
Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
WENDELL W. MORRIS
Carpenter
PHILADELPHIA Services for Wendell W. Morris will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Chapel. Burial will be in Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. McClain-Hays Funeral Service, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Morris, 69, of Monroe, La., died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2002, at Louisiana State University E.A. Medical Center in Monroe. He was a U.S. Air Force World War II veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Boatner Morris, of Monroe; two sons, Johnnie Morris and Jerry Morris, both of Monroe; a sister, Betty Morris, of Americus, Ga.; four brothers, W.L. Morris, of Americus, Wade Morris, of Madison, Allen Morris, of Cordele, Ga., and Charles Morris, of Lodi, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
BIANCA NICHOLE PYNE
NEWTON Graveside services for Bianca Nichole Pyne will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Parsons officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home of Newton is in charge of arrangements.
Infant Pyne, of Newton, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her parents, Sabrina Lynn Monk and Jason Allen Pyne, of Newton; her maternal grandparents, Georgia and Henry Monk, of Newton, and her paternal grandparents, Janice Palmer Simmons, of Decatur, and Robert Allen Pyne, of Florida.
EDGAR AUBREY CROFT
Cattle farmer
BROOKSVILLE Graveside services for Edgar Aubrey Croft will be held Saturday at Lynn Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery with Bro. Allen Mapp officiating. Cockrell Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Croft, 56, of Brooksville, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002, at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport.
Survivors include his brothers Charles Warren Croft, of Hattiesburg, and David N. Croft, of Cedar Bluff; and a number of relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents Edgar A. and Lula Belle Bledsoe Croft.
DEANNA MARIE MCCRANEY
Secretary
WAYNESBORO Services for Deanna Marie McCraney will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Freeman Chapel with the Rev. Keith Bogan officiating. Burial will be in the Yarber Family Cemetery. Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. McCraney, 39, of Vossburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center.
She is survived by her parents, Madison Dowling and Maxine Marie Yarber, of Vossburg; two sons, David Yarber, of Horn Lake, and Chris Belk, of Vossburg; a daughter, Brandi Belk, of Vossburg; and one grandchild.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
LUCILLE VON SEGGERN
Retired Nurse Practitioner
PHILADELPHIA Services for Lucille Von Seggern will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with the Revs. John Stephens and O.A. Robbins officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery.
Ms. Von Seggern, 86, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2002, at Magnolia Regional Care in Union.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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