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5:50 pm Thursday, October 24, 2002

SYLVIA DIANNE O'FIELD

By Staff
Grocery store cashier
DEKALB Services for Sylvia Dianne O'Field will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Greenhill Baptist Church in Toomsuba with the Revs. E.E. McDonald and Lawrence Hill officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery in Toomsuba. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. O'Field, 33, of Marion, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include her mother, Annie L. O'Field and a daughter, Raitisha S. O'Field, both of Toomsuba; a sister, Wendy Campbell of Cuba, Ala.; a brother, Wallace R. O'Field Jr. and her grandmother, Lucille Brown, both of Toomsuba; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father and a sister.
Visitation will be Friday 2 p.m. -5 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian.
WINNETTE DOSS
Retired
Services for Winnette Doss will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Sammie McElroy officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Doss, 46, of Meridian, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, in her home.
Survivors include her children, Tameka Doss of Jacksonville, Fla., and Jimmy Lee Doss of Chicago; sisters, Mary Doss and Nancy Westerfield, both of Meridian; and a brother, Burt Doss of Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Lillie Mae Doss and two brothers.
THERESA C. WILLIS
SEBASTOPOL Services for Theresa C. Willis will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Bogue Homa Gym with the Rev. Calvin Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Bogue Homa Community Cemetery in Jones County. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Willis, 65, of Heidelburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Wesley Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband, Martin Willis of Heidelburg; sisters, Shirley Briscoe, Mary Vaughn, Betty Sutton, Trudy Dool and Norma Davis, all of Heidelburg, Anne Jalalzadeh of Sandersville and Rosie Sorrells of Laurel; brothers, John Mingo, Clifton Chapman and Claude Chapman, all of Heidelburg, and Gene Ray Chapman of Philadelphia; several nieces, nephews and an aunt, Pauline Hickman.
She was preceded in death by a son, Adam Billy Jr.
Visitation will be today beginning at 4 p.m. at the family home at 171 Choctaw Road in Heidelburg.
FLORDIA B. JENKINS
Freezer worker
DEKALB Services for Flordia B. Jenkins will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Wahalak with the Rev. Marcus Lawrence officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Jenkins, 60, of Scooba, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Survivors include her mother, Lula B. Gayfield of Scooba; children, Tonette Dale and her husband, Bobby, of Shuqualak, Stacie Vickers of Scooba, Carolyn Brown and her husband, Andre, of Epes, Ala., and Orlando Jenkins and his wife, Carolyn, of Shuqualak; a sister, Flora Nicholson and her husband, L.S., of Scooba; a brother, James Ramsey and his wife, Angie, of Meridian; brothers-in-law, Roosevelt Jenkins and his wife, Mary, of East St. Louis, Ill., Tommy C. Jenkins and his wife, Jean, and Clark Jenkins, all of Shuqualak; sisters-in-law, Betty Stephen, Cora Jenkins, Ida Ree Curtis and her husband, Clifton, Alleance Thompson, Lula Jenkins and Earline Jenkins, all of Shuqualak; three grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband and four children.
Visitation will be in Friday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JOHNNY WREN
Coleman Trucking Company employee
Services for Johnny Wren will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Luke Primitive Baptist Church in Porterville with the Rev. Greg Watkins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wren, 66, of Porterville, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, in Rochester, N.Y.
Survivors include his children, Diane Wren of Porterville, Markalyn Williams and her husband, Paul, of Scooba; sisters, Margie Alexander and her husband, James, and Laura Hill, both of Rochester, and Gloria Thedford of Porterville; brothers, William Davis Wren and his wife, Evelyn, Jody B. Wren and his wife, Hannah, all of Porterville; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie Molbey and Mirandy Dean.
Visitation will be Friday 5 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
ICY STEPHENS
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Icy Stephens, 79, of Kosciusko, who died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice.

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