Obituaries for Monday, April 28, 2003
By Staff
Graveside services for W.F. "Dub" White will be held today at 2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Jordan officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. White, 87, of Meridian, died Saturday, April 26, 2003, in her home.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie M. White of Meridian; a daughter, Joyce White Arrington and her husband, Ralph, of Meridian; grandchildren, Tammy Johnson and her husband, Cody, Tommy Ainsworth and his wife, Shannon; great-grandchildren, Wyatt Ainsworth and Jessica Crevitt; a sister, Truma Chatam and her husband, Wade, of Birmingham, Ala.; brothers-in-law, Howard Moore of Florida and Clifton Moore of Lauderdale.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Foundation Horizon Hospice, P.O. Box 35, Decatur, MS 39327.
Visitation will be today one hour prior to the service at the church.
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Services for James Arlie McCallister will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dr. Raymon Leake and Lane Busbee officiating. Burial will be in Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. McCallister, 95, of Meridian, died Sunday, April 27, 2003, at Heartfelt Hospice. He was a retired paint contractor for Southern Railroad Paint Department and a member of First Baptist Church of Meridian.
Survivors include his sons, Roy F. McCallister and his wife, Della, and Leland S. McCallister and his wife, Shirley, all of Meridian; grandsons, DeWayne McCallister and his wife, Donna, of Meridian and Kenneth DeWayne McCallister and his wife, Diane, of Carthage; and two great-granddaughters, Katie and Kellye Jones.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise McCallister.
Memorials may be made to Heartfelt Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Pallbearers will be Lon Douglas, Ronnie McPhearson, Ron McPhearson, Larry Joiner, Jerry Tucker and Kevin Rainey.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
ABERDEEN Services for Mary Frances Halbert Cook will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Mark Stokes and R.D. Cline officiating. Graveside services and burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Knight of Pythias Cemetery in Artesia.
Mrs. Cook, 94, of Meridian, died Saturday, April 26, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 23, 1908, in Artesia. She was a graduate of Jones County Agriculture High School in Ellisville and attended the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi University for Women.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Aberdeen and the Tombigbee Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. She lived in Artesia most of her life and moved to Aberdeen in 1979 and to Meridian in March 2003.
Survivors include her son, William "Bill" Cook III and his wife, Nancy, of Meridian; five grandchildren, Elaine Loftin and her husband, David, of Aberdeen, Frances Lann Dixon of Aberdeen, Walter H. Lann III and his wife, Joan of Aberdeen, Bill Cook IV and his wife, Judy, of Tupelo and Mary Evelyn "Cookie" Wilkerson and her husband, Will, of Bailey; eight great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Walter H. Lann Jr. of Aberdeen.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Lee Cook Jr.; her parents, James William and Katie Rowan Halbert; a daughter, Mary Avis "Mac" Lann; two brothers, Lewis Molly Halbert and James Riley Halbert.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in Aberdeen; Midway Baptist Church in Meridian; or the Palmer Home in Columbus.
Pallbearers will be Bill Cook IV, Walter Lann III, David Loftin, Will Wilkerson, Christopher Loftin, Frank Halbert, Marty Fuller and Lewis Halbert.
Visitation will be Tuesday beginning at 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Retired security guard
Services for Leo Walk will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. Greg Baylor officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Walk, 66, of Meridian, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Lizzie Walk, a daughter, Valerie Walk, a son, Leo Walk Jr., a sister, Laura Walk, a brother, Leon Walk, a granddaughter, Atrill Walk and a grandson, Jordan Walk, all of Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arzie B. and Cliff Walk; and a sister, Mary E. Walk.
Visitation will be today from 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Ray Donald, 82, of Meridian, who died Monday, April 28, 2003, in his home.
