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6:13 pm Saturday, July 12, 2003

Obituaries for Saturday, July 12, 2003

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Homemaker
SEBASTOPOL Services for Nancy Lee Isaac will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pearl River Baptist Church in Philadelphia with the Rev. Travis Willis officiating. Burial will be in Simon Isaac Cemetery in Philadelphia. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Isaac, 60, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, July 10, 2003, in Philadelphia.
Survivors include her husband, George Richardson Isaac of Choctaw; sons, George Anthony Isaac and Hanzel Patrick Isaac Sr., both of Choctaw; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Felicia Isaac.
Foreman for International Paper Co.
GURDON, Ark. Services for Tuck Hisaw will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Horne Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. James Guthrie and Rick Pryon officiating. Burial will be in Brown Cemetery.
Mr. Hisaw, 86, of Gurdon, died Thursday, July 10, 2003. He was a member of Beech Street Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Nellie E. Outwell Hisaw of Gurdon; a son, Kendall Hisaw and his wife, Viola of Morgan City, La.; a daughter, Amelia Ligon and her husband Billy of Meridian, Miss.; two brothers, Henry Hisaw of Columbia, S.C., and Harvey S. Hisaw of Columbus, Ga.; two sisters, Vera DePrima of Mesa, Ariz., and Hilda Lee of Washington; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Keith Robertson.
Retired
NEWNAN, Ga. Graveside services for Clarice P. Killian will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Meridian. Higgins Hillcrest Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Killian, 76, of Newnan, died Thursday, July 3, 2003, at Sunbridge Nursing Home in Riverdale. She was born in Lauderdale County on Jan. 15, 1927, to the late William and Belle Purvis.
Mrs. Killian retired after 27 years of service with the Ford Motor Company as an inspector. She was an active member of local No. 849 where she was a chairperson for the United Way Campaign. She was C.A.P. chairperson for more than 10 years and was instrumental in the Washtenaw County Hospice.
Survivors include her daughter, Gwendolyn Gay Dalton of Newnan; a brother, Ray Purvis of Michigan; grandchildren, Alicia Dalton, Charles Dalton, and Laura Lynn Dalton, all of Newnan; great-grandchildren, Grant Dalton, Grace Dalton, and Chris Dalton, all of Newnan; and a son-in-law, Gary Dalton of Michigan; and several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Killian and several aunts and uncles.
Memorials may be made to Arbor Hospice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Self-employed automotive worker
UNION Services for Carlos Nelson Jr. will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Revs. Lin Chesney and Mike Truhett officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Milling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Nelson, 72, of Little Rock, died Friday, July 11, 2003, at Laird Alliance Hospital. He was a retired Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marines.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Nelson of Little Rock; five daughters, Amelia Rodgers, Karen Patterson and Linda Gray, all of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Lisa Yeager of Little Rock and Linda James of Union; four sons, Carl Edward Sr. of Tuscaloosa, Robert White of House, Timothy White of Duffee and James Stripling of Little Rock; one brother; three sisters; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be Sunday from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

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