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5:06 am Friday, November 29, 2002

Obituareis for Friday, Nov. 29, 2002

By Staff
SAMUEL LEVI WORLEY
Retired contractor
Services for Samuel Levi Worley will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Kevin Harrison and John Jacob officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Worley, 85, of Collinsville, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a graduate of Lee College in Tennessee and was a member of The Church of God in Los Angeles.
Survivors include four daughters, Eulene Siembieda of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jeanette Pinkham and her husband, Larry, of Collinsville; Barbara Dobbs and her husband, Daniel, and Karen Isaacs and her husband, Greg, all of Los Angeles; two sons, Samuel Worley and his wife, Diane, and Fred Worley, all of Los Angeles; 19 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson; nine sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nella Rose; his parents, the Rev. John and Belle Worley; in-laws, the Rev. Thomas Jefferson and Leona Rose Meade; a brother, the Rev. Lerman Worley; a sister, Irene Talbott; sisters-in-law, Pherbia Kerrick and Joanne Meade; brothers-in-law, Lokey Foley, Raymond Meade, Junior Meade and Curtis Hylton, and his wife, Ruth; and a son-in-law, Harry Siembieda.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
SARAH MEREE HODGES
Homemaker
Graveside services for Sarah Meree Hodges will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Bethel Cemetery, with the Rev. Van Carpenter officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hodges, 98, of Gulfport, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, in Gulfport.
Visitation will be held Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the funeral home.
IMELDA LOEB BOUNDS
Graveside services for Imelda Loeb Bounds will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. James Ruffin officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bounds, 75, of Meridian, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband, James L. Bounds Jr., of Meridian; sons, Kenneth W. Winborn, of Indiana, and James L. Bounds Jr., and his wife, Glenda Sue, of Newton; a sister, Ruth Watson, of Meridian; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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