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11:48 am Thursday, June 19, 2003

Obituaries for Thursday, June 19, 2003

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Homemaker
Services for Ola Bell will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Lauderdale with the Rev. James Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bell, 72, of Lauderdale, died Monday, June 16, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her daughters, Jessie Coleman of Hattiesburg, Mary Creer, Ruby Boyd and Sue Ann Mosley, all of Lauderdale; sons, Johnny Bell and Henry Bell, both of Marion; a sister, Lizzie Mae Dean of Meridian; brothers, Roosevelt Cook and Henry Thompson, both of Lauderdale, and Marvell Thompson of Nashville, Ga.; 25 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Visitation will be Friday 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Joanna C. Hardy will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Mark United Methodist Church in Daleville with the Rev. James Marsh officiating. Burial will be in Daleville Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hardy, 87, of Daleville, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include her daughter, Willie Earl Smith and her husband, Thomas, of Daleville; sons, Columbus Hardy and Henry Hardy and his wife, Elsie, all of Daleville, Richard Hardy Jr. of St. Louis and Kenneth Hardy of Lisman, Ala.; 24 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Visitation will be Friday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired diesel mechanic
DEKALB Services for Roy T. Burroughs were held Monday at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Steve Lampkin and Randy Cardwell officiating. Burial was 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; daughters, Robin Felter of the House Community, Donna Googe of Meridian and Tammy Allhoff of Hattiesburg; a son, Tommy Burroughs of Meridian; brothers, Leonard Burroughs of DeKalb and Edward Burroughs of Philadelphia; and a sister, Betty Burroughs of Wahalak.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie Nell Burroughs; and a great-granddaughter, Kendal Felter.
Arrangements were incomplete at Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home for Clifton Windom, 82, of Little Rock, who died Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Enterprise Funeral Home for Isabella Sims who died Tuesday, June 17, 2003.

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