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9:45 am Sunday, September 29, 2002

SIM JOHN CLEMMONS

By Staff
Farmer
SEBASTOPOL Services for Sim John Clemmons will be held today at 1 p.m. at Naniah Wayah Menonitte Church with the Rev. Ethan Goode officating. Burial will be in Bell/Mingo Cemetery in Louisville. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Clemons, 71, of Louisville, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian.
Survivors include seven daughters, Millie Chickawaay and Appallonia Clemmons, both of Louisville, Shirley Philoman of Wisconsin and Kathy Willis, Carrie Sockey, Alicia Jim and Histina Thomas, all of Philadelphia; five sons, Donnie Clemmons Sr., Dana Clemmons Sr. and Johnathan Clemmons, all of Philadelphia, and Sim John Clemmons and Derrick Clemmons, both of Louisville; a sister, Emma Hickman of Philadelphia; 31 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
LANICE BEEMON HARRISON
Homemaker
UNION Services for Lanice Beemon Harrison will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Beulah Baptist Church with the Rev. Byron Howell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Harrison, 87, of Little Rock, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, at Laird Hospital. She was a member of Beulah Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Judy Pinson and her husband, Gary, and Barbara Harrison, all of Little Rock; a son, Dr. James M. Harrison and his wife, Linda, of Pascagoula; two grandchildren, Morgan Harrison and Laura Harrison, both of Pascagoula; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hulon W. Harrison; and 10 brothers and sisters.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Harrison, Roger L. Harrison, Charles H. Harrison, Jeffrey Harrison, Steve Harrison and Gene Lee.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
BESSIE CHANEY MCNEILL
Homemaker
NEWTON Services for Bessie Chaney McNeill will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Hickory with the Revs. Wayne Campbell and Winnie McMahon officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Barham Funeral Home of Newton County is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. McNeill, 97, of Newton, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice in Marion. She was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church for at least 78 years.
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Barbara McNeill of Chunky; a grandson, Roy McNeill and his wife, Regina, of Chunky; a great-grandson, Matthew Parks McNeill of Chunky; two special nieces, Ina Laird and Becky Chaney; and several other nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar McNeill; and a son, Parks McNeill.
Pallbearers will be Larry Dean, Tommy Dean, Charles Hurst, Millard B. Chaney, C.R. Chaney and Benny Joe Strebeck.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
HELEN JACKSON
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Helen Jackson will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at County Line Baptist Church in Neshoba County with the Rev. Barron Pilgrim officiating. Burial will be in County Line Cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Jackson, 86, of Knoxville, Tenn., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, at Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville.
Survivors include a daughter, Melinda Jackson of Little Rock, Ark.; and son, Ovette Jackson of Knoxville, Tenn.; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a brother, Austin Dearing of Philadelphia.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Grady Jackson in 1982.
Visitation will be held today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
WILLIE JAMES KOHEN
School bus driver
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Willie James Kohen will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Cullomburg Baptist Church with the Revs. Sonny Hoven, Mike Campbell and Gary Patrick officiating. Burial will be in Cullomburg Cemetery in Cullomburg. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kohen, 75, of Millry, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2002, at his home. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Kohen of Millry; four daughters, Rubye Gordon of Mobile, Jamie Kohen of Germany, Mattie Kohen of Cullomburg and Bertha Leigh Busby of St. Stephens; a son, James E. "Bimbo" Kohen of Cullomburg; two sisters, Ruby Lee Balsamo and Mildred C. "Sue" Covington, both of Saraland; two brothers, Herschel F. Kohen of Cullomburg and William E. Kohen of North Carolina; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Pine Mill.

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