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10:56 am Sunday, June 15, 2003

Obituaries for Sunday, June 15, 2003

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SEBASTOPOL Services for Tristan Brice LaBatte will be held today at 2 p.m. at Standing Pine Community Baptist Church in Walnut Grove with the Rev. Calvin Gibson officiating. Burial will be in the Hopewell Church Cemetery with Milling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The infant LaBatte was born and died Thursday, June 12, 2003, at the University Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include his parents, Brian LaBatte, Sr. and Trisalena LaBatte; two brothers, Brian LaBatte, Jr. and Jermica G. Tubby; one sister, Marilyn M. Tubby, all of Choctaw; maternal grandparents, Dalmon Sr. and Marilyn King of Walnut Grove; paternal grandparent, Evette Tubby, of Choctaw.
Homemaker
Graveside services for Lilith Maxine Winston will be held today at 2 p.m. at Binnsville Cemetery, with the Rev. James A. Ruffin officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Winston, 75, of DeKalb, died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at her home.
Survivors include a daughter, Pam VanDevender and her husband, Jim; five granddaughters, Jill, Jan and Jamie VanDevender and Penny and Jacky Smith; and one grandson, West Smith.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Duncan Smith; her second husband, William Winston; and her son, Sam Jack Smith.
Retired diesel mechanic
Services for Roy T. Burroughs will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home with the Revs. Steve Lampkin and Randy Cardwell officiating. Burial will be in Herbert Cemetery in Neshoba County.
Mr. Burroughs, 68, of Lynville, died Friday, June 13, 2003, in Meridian.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Burroughs, of Lynville; three daughters, Robin Felter of House, Donna Googe of Meridian and Tammy Allhoff of Hattiesburg; and a son, Tommy Burroughs, of Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie Nell Burroughs; and a great-granddaughter, Kendal Felter.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
SEBASTOPOL Services for Mary Tubby will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Pearl River Baptist Church. Burial will be in Isaac Cemetery with Milling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Tubby, 92, of Philadelphia, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at her residence.
Survivors include two daughters, Laura Jefferson and Alma Bell; two sons, Presley and Curley Tubby, all of Philadelphia; numerous grandchildren; great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Tubby.
Retired vocational rehabilitation counselor
Services for Ophia Blanton Fulton will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Hal Bates officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Mrs. Fulton, 83, of Collinsville, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at her residence. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Collinsville. She received a bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University in education, she was married for more than 60 years and was a counselor for more than 30 years.
Survivors include her husband, W. Wilson Fulton; a daughter, Susanne Fulton Haynes and her husband, Roger, all of Collinsville; and two grandsons, Wilson K. Hillman, of Albany, Ga., and Blake E. Haynes, of Collinsville.
Visitation will be held today from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired brick mason
Services for Jeems R. Sullivan will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at John E. Stephens Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Sullivan, 105, of Philadelphia, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at his residence.
Survivors include four daughters, Hazel Tucker, of Edinburg, Claudean Ladd and Marcella Files, both of Philadelphia and Flora Wright, of Gulfport; four sons, J.R. Sullivan, Paul B. Sullivan and Tommy L. Sullivan, all of Philadelphia; and Arzell Sullivan, of Lufkin, Texas; one sister, Annie Pearl Willis of Colorado; one brother, Herman Sullivan, of Philadelphia; 28 grandchildren; 75 great-grandchildren; and 100 great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired teacher
NEWTON Services for Bobbie N. Crawford will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel in Newton, with the Rev. Johnny Crosby officiating. Burial will be in Decatur Cemetery.
Mrs. Crawford, 77, of Killeen, Texas, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003, in Temple, Texas. She was a retired teacher at Avenue "D" School and Pershing Park Elementary. She was a teacher with KIDS from 1960 – 1983 and one of the first special education teachers in Killeen. She was a member and past president of Delta Kappa Gamma, retired teacher's association, association of Texas Professional Educators and Daughters of the American Revolution. She volunteered in KIDS Schools after her retirement, she was a member of Decatur United Methodist Church, a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, where she earned a degree in elementary education.
Survivors include a son, Ron Crawford, of Newton; a daughter, Shelia Mosser, of Killeen, Texas; two sisters, Cathryn Walters of Newton and Helen Webb Rose, of Decatur; one brother, Larry Reeves, of Stone Mountain, Ga.; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William R. "Junior" Crawford; her parents; one brother; and one sister.
Pallbearers will be Steve Harber, Carl Walters, Paul Frink, Gerald Crawford, Sonny Crawford, Harold Frink and Bryan Frink.
Visitation will be Monday, two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for JoAnna Hardy, 87, of Daleville, who died Friday, June 13, 2003, at Riley Hospital.

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