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     By  Staff Reports Published 
    9:20 pm Thursday, January 30, 2003

    Mr. Lewis, 48, of Pachuta, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at Newton County Hospital.

    By Staff
    Survivors include a brother, Randy Johnson of Meridian; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
    Visitation will be Friday, one hour prior to the service at the church.
    Cheryl Elizabeth Hargon
    Retired Registered Nurse
    Graveside services for Cheryl Elizabeth Hargon will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Tom Sikes officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Miss Hargon, 64, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, at Riley Hospital. She was a member of First Christian Church. She was a retired R.N. for Riley Hospital after more than 21 years. She received her nursing degree and training from Caraway Methodist Center in Birmingham, Ala.
    Survivors include her cousins, Dr. Walter M. Gilmore of Meridian, Malwin Miller Taccone of Melvin, Ala., Joellyn Jones Woodward of Bay St. Louis, Suzanne Jones Thomas of Glenview, Ill., and Robin Jones Dunham of Madison; nieces and nephews, Dr. David M. Gilmore of Meridian, Donna Miller Hollis, Lisa Miller Harding of Birmingham, Ala., Leslie Boykin of Hollindale and David Taccone Jr. of Selma, Ala.; and several great-nieces and great-nephews and a special friend, Clare Sims.
    She was preceded in death by her parents, Vera Jones Hargon and John H. Hargon.
    Visitation will be Friday 30 minutes prior to the service at the graveside at Magnolia Cemetery.
    Thomas Grady Wiggins Jr.
    Retired
    Memorial services for Thomas Grady Wiggins Jr. will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Toomsuba Baptist Church with the Rev. Reid Vaughn officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mr. Wiggins, 67, of Thomson Manor Nursing Home, formerly of Lauderdale, died last week in Georgia. He was retired from Knoxs River Construction Company and served in the U.S. Air Force for more than 10 years.
    Survivors include his sisters, Florence Reese of Thomson, Ga., Mary Wright and her husband, Harry, of Lauderdale, Edith Wiggins of Cuba, Ala. and Maxine Trowbridge and her husband, Doug, of Las Vegas; brothers, John Wiggins and his wife, Mary, of Toomsuba and Larry Wiggins and his wife, Carolyn, of Memphis, Tenn.; nephews, Reuben Ellis Reese and his wife, Lucy of Thomson, Ga., Joe David Wiggins and his wife, Judy, and Michael Allen Wright and his wife, Amy, all of Lauderdale; great-nephews, Scottie Reese of Thomson, Ga., and Gabrielle Wright of Lauderdale; great-nieces, Christy Reid and Hailey Brooke Reid, both of Toomsuba and two cousins, Joel and James Bunyard, both of Toomsuba.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, Grady and Isabelle Wiggins; a brother, Billy Wiggins; a sister, Nora Jo Wiggins and an aunt, Mary Bunyard.
    Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
    Donald Ray Massey
    Vending machine serviceman
    Graveside services for Donald Ray Massey will be held Saturday at Bereta Cemetery in Hampton, Ga. Donehoo-Lewis Funeral Home and Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
    Mr. Massey, 63, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, in Meridian. He was a member of the Dixie Lane Bowling Association.
    Survivors include his wife, Mary Frances Massey of Meridian; daughters, Donna Tingle of Quitman and Susan Carpenter of Enterprise; sons, Kenneth Massey and David Massey, both of Clearwater, Fla.; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; sisters, Linda Villa of North Charleston, S.C., and Peggy Harrelson of Meridian.
    Visitation will be today 5 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home.
    Dorothy Elizabeth Helms Lee
    Homemaker
    Graveside services for Dorothy Elizabeth Helms Lee were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Enterprise Cemetery with the Rev. Taylor Wallace officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mrs. Lee, 96, of Lauderdale, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, in her home. She was a member of Enterprise Methodist Church.
    Survivors include her daughter, Jeannette Lee Erhart of Lauderdale; a son, William "Bill" Lee and his wife, Ouida, of Enterprise; three grandchildren, Debbie Armstrong and her husband, Tom, of Gulfport, Nancy McKinley and Terry Erhart, both of Eaton, Ind.; five great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar F. Lee; and three brothers, Charlie, Frank, and H.G. "Rook" Helms.
    Memorials may be made to Northeast Baptist Church.
    Willie Dean
    Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Willie Dean, 53, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, in her home.
    Lillie M. Betts
    Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Lillie M. Betts, 91, who died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, at Riley Nursing Center.
    Ella V. Mabry
    Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Ella V. Mabry, 80, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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