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10:31 pm Friday, November 8, 2002

ROSE MARIE MCMILLAN

By Staff
Homemaker
SEBASTOPOL Services for Rose Marie McMillan will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with the Rev. Elvin Sunds officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery in Philadelphia. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. McMillan, 43, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, in her home.
Survivors include her sisters, Zanie Mae Jefferson, Mary Steve, Juanita Bell, Nancy Alvarez, and a brother, Richard McMillan, all of Philadelphia; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, A.G. and Mealie McMillan.
MARTHA MASON
Retired cook
Services for Martha Mason will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church in Holly Ridge, La. with the Rev. Ira Bradley Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Turkey Creek Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Mason, 85, of Meridian, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include her daughters, Linda Wilson and her husband, Lee, of Meridian, Carrie Momie of Houston, Texas; a son, Johnnie Charles Moorehead of Texas City, Texas; sisters, Octavia Dixon of Delhi, La., Olivia Brown and Maple White, both of Rayville, La.; brothers, Elzie Nelson of Dallas and Robert Nelson of Lamar, Texas; 22 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, and her parents.
LA'TOSHA HOPSON
Services for La'Tosha Hopson will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Tamola Church of God in Lauderdale with the Rev. Willie Jefferson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hebron Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Hopson, 25, of Lauderdale, died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her daughters, Dezaree Hopson and Ladacia Hopson; her mother, Catherine Hopson, all of Lauderdale; a sister, La'Tisha Cassandra Guess of Freeport, Ill.; a brother, Edrick Shaundal Hopson of Lauderdale and a maternal grandmother.
Visitation will be Saturday 12:30 p.m. until service time at the church.
PATSY EDWARDS THEAD
Retired grocery store clerk
Memorial services for Patsy Edwards Thead will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cornerstone Church of God with the Rev. Christopher Grayson officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Thead, 70, of Marion, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include her daughter, Alice Lester and her husband, Paul, of Meridian; step-children, Jeany Brown, Shelia Arias and Jimmy Thead, all of Collinsville; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Bennie Fontan of Meehan and Bobby Fontan of Bailey; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ernest Edwards and Willard Thead; sons, Ernest Edwards Jr. and Gary Edwards.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
DOROTHY GIBBS
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home of Newton for Dorothy Gibbs, 68, of Lawrence, who died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, at Heartfelt Hospice in Marion.
CHARLOTTE RAY FAULKENS
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Charlotte Ray Faulkens, 73, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

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