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9:48 am Friday, March 14, 2003

Obituaries for Friday, March 14, 2003

By Staff
Manager Logan Rode House Restaurant
Services for David Weathers will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bob Wilkerson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Weathers, 30, of Shelbyville, Tenn., died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, in Nashville, Tenn. He was a member of Trinity Assembly of God.
Survivors include his parents, Charles and Jackie Weathers of the House Community; a brother, Raymond Weathers of Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Debbie Weathers of House; paternal grandmother, Frances Weathers of Meridian; maternal grandmother, Marion Stone of St. Petersville, Fla.; uncles, James Weathers and his wife, Tressa, of Meridian, Billy Weathers and his wife, Lou, of Meridian, and John Crosier and his wife, Janie, of Birmingham, Ala.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Darleen Weathers and a brother, Keith Weathers.
Pallbearers will be Billy Weathers and James Weathers, Jody Hammett, John Crosier, James Crosier, and Jay Crosier.
Honorary pallbearers will be Lamar Moore, and Bobby Robinson.
Visitation will be Saturday from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Retired dietitian for East Mississippi State Hospital
Services for Columbia Cristine Hyde will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Nick Holden officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Horeb Cemetery.
Mrs. Hyde, 77, of Meridian, died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a member of Mt. Horeb Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Sara Jayne Brannen of Lafayette, La.; a son, Edward Alan Hyde of Meridian; grandchildren, Francis Hyde, Frank Xavier Hyde III, Joshua Brannen, Katie Brannen, Justin Hyde, Jared Hyde, Michael Hyde and Susan Hyde; brothers, John Marvin Stewart, Andrew Lewis Stewart, Roy Paul Stewart and Edward Alan Stewart; sisters, Clorine Patterson and Ruth Claude.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Xavier Hyde Jr.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Mittie Herrington Grace will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Grace, 90, of Meridian, died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Beverly Health Care.
Survivors include her children, Charlie B. Grace and his wife, Peggy, of Zachary, La., Dyatte A. "Butch" Grace and his wife, Mary, of Meridian; her grandchildren, Charles P. "Chuck" Grace, Sharon Posey, Colan Grace, Scott Grace, Kim Davis and Kevin Grace; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Lorene Culpepper, Earline Hodges and her husband, Malcome, Edna Earl Hatcher, Loanesse Ethridge and her husband, William F., and William L. Herrington Jr.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Lillie Hodges; and three brothers, Claude Herrington, Ted Herrington and Burkett Herrington.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Farmer
DEKALB Services for Early B. Donald will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at St. John Primitive Baptist Church in DeKalb with the Rev. Greg Watkins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Donald, 77, of DeKalb, died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian.
Survivors include a sister, Mary V. Naylor; and a brother, Levi Donald, both of DeKalb; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by seven siblings.
Visitation will be Saturday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Annie B. Brooks, 66, who died Thursday, March 13, 2003, in Detroit, Mich.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Edgar Wolfe, 79, of Meridian, who died Thursday, March 13, 2003, in Meridian.

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