Obituaries for Thursday, May 1, 2003

By Staff
UNION Services for Tressie Rigdon will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gilbert Allen officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Rigdon, 70, of Collinsville, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Rigdon of Collinsville; daughters, Anita White of Sturgis and Felicia Wilkinson of Jacksonville, Ala.; three sons, Johnny Rigdon of Collinsville, J.T. Ridgon of Union and Dewayne Rigdon of Collinsville; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a sister, Evelyn Sturm of Collinsville; brothers, Truman Russell of Douglas, Ga., and Pat Russell of Collinsville.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Services for James Franklin Raley will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Albert Creel officiating. Burial will be in Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Raley, 78, of Meridian, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mary C. Raley; a daughter, Ann Boswell; a son, Robert Raley; grandchildren, Cathy Torrence and Daniel Raley; and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
SEBASTOPOL Services for Rosia Comby will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Greenhill Methodist Church with the Rev. Ben Yoo officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Comby, 78, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Choctaw Health Center.
Survivors include his daughters, Susi Alex and Annette Rose Kizer, both of Philadelphia, Mary Helen Umheltz of Nashville, Tenn., and Delores Marie Hodridge of Bonaire, Ga.; five sons, Jimmy Isaac, Jones Leonard Comby, David Dale Comby, Harold Royce Comby and Dean Bowen Comby, all of Philadelphia; 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Nannie Willis of Philadelphia; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jones Comby.
Visitation will be today after 8 a.m. at the family home, 107 Bell Drive in Philadelphia.
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DEKALB Services for Jimmy Ray Cole will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at East Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Meridian with the Rev. Randall Bohannon officiating. Burial will be in Barker Cemetery in Meridian. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cole, 56, of Meridian, died Monday, April 28, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Alma R. Cole of Meridian; six children, Lisa D. Hughes of Tulsa, Okla., Pamela D. Littleton and her husband, Mitchell, Jimmye R. Houston and her husband, Cedrick, Jimmy R. Cole Jr., Kenneth E. Cole and Gerry M. Cole, all of Meridian; 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Linda G. Hampton of Meridian and Earnestine J. Harris of Tampa, Fla.; a brother, James F. Smith of Riverside, Calif.; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be Friday 3 p.m.-7 p.m. at the E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian and Saturday one hour prior to the service at the church.
Services for Larry "Rudy" Dunn will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from Berry and Gardner Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Timothy Jones officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Dunn, 34, of Meridian, died Saturday, April 26, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include his daughter, Shamika Thomas of Meridian; sons, Larry Dunn Jr. of Meridian and Antoine Smoots of Anderson, Ind.; his father, Buddy Lee Hodges of Meridian; sisters, Sharon Dunn, Elizabeth Moffite and Margaret Trotter, all of Meridian.
Visitation will be Friday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Rosa Lee Hall, 63, of Lauderdale, who died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Ross O. Boykin, 79, of Clinton, who died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Eddie Chilsom Sr., 78, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at Guardian Angel Hospice.