Obituaries for Tuesday April 8, 2003
By Staff
PHILADELPHIA Services for Dorothy "Dot" Eubanks will be held today at 3 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Duaine Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery.
Mrs. Eubanks, 70, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was an employee of Spartus Manufacturing in Louisville.
Survivors include her husband, Portis Eubanks and a daughter, Jimmie Carol Permenter, both of Philadelphia; sons, Ricky Eubanks of Atlanta and Micky Eubanks of Porterville; her mother, Ruby McIntosh and a sister, Nellie Jones, both of Philadelphia; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Retired military
QUITMAN Graveside services for Richard Lee Butts will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Stonewall Cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Butts, 45, of Stonewall, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, in his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Survivors include four brothers, Ronald R. Butts, Arthur Franklin Butts, Michael W. Butts and Neil W. Butts, all of Laurel; and a sister, Brenda Johniken of Shreveport, La.
Retired from Delco Remy
Services for Gaines M. Boykin will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Duane Maust officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Clarke County.
Mr. Boykin, 71, of Meridian, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, in his home. He was a member of the Hamasa Temple Shriners and the Scottish Rite, and a 32nd degree Mason.
Survivors include his sons, Danny Boykin and his wife, Wanda, of Lewisburg, Tenn., and David Boykin and his wife, Cheryl, of Denham Springs, La.; two brothers, Jessie Boykin Jr. and his wife, Betty Jean, of San Benito, Texas, and Grady Boykin of Jackson, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jessie Boykin Sr. and Lois Boykin.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Helen Davenport Flanagan will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Briggs Chapel with the Rev. Jerry McMullen officiating. Burial will be in Briggs Chapel Cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Flanagan, 81, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Friday, April 4, 2003, at Fianni Hills Nursing Center.
Survivors include her daughter, Judy Sutton of Germantown, Tenn.; sons, Dr. A. Dean Flanagan of Fort Smith and Greg S. Flanagan of Ocala, Fla.; a sister, Imo Jean White of Birmingham, Ala.; a brother, J.W. Davenport of Meridian; and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse L. Flanagan; her parents, William Stewart Davenport and Mary Etta McConnell.
Visitation will be Wednesday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Memorial services for Mattie L. Smith will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home with the Rev. Randolph Brown officiating.
Mrs. Smith, 88, of Meridian, died Friday, April 4, 2003, in her home.
Survivors include her daughters, Ann Markham and her husband, Robert, Linda Stewart and her husband, James, and Ida Davis; a sister, Callie Mae Sims; and a brother, Jim Lewis and his wife, Bernice, all of Meridian; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
The family requests memorials be made to First Union Baptist Church Scholarship Fund.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Katherine M. Donald, 80, of Meridian, who died Monday, April 7, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Jimmy L. Grace of Meridian who died Monday, April 7, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Merit Jefferson of Meridian who died Monday, April 7, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Sadie D. Hogle, 83, of Meridian, who died Monday, April 7, 2003, at her home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Lillie M. Pearson, 79, of Meridian, who died Monday, April 7, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Lenora Edwards, 91, of Lake, who died Monday, April 7, 2003 at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Sara Ann King, 71, of Meridian, who died Sunday, April 6, 2003, in her home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Richard "Fluff" Carr, 38, of New Orleans, who died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
