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6:53 pm Sunday, July 13, 2003

Obituaries for Sunday, July 13, 2003

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QUITMAN Graveside services for Lelia Curtis Daniels will be held today at 2 p.m. at Odd Fellows Cemetery Gardens. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Daniels, 69, of Quitman, died Friday, July 11, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include a daughter, Lelia Beth Daniels of Dallas, Texas; a son, Curtis Hal Daniels of Quitman; two brothers, Samuel Kennon Curtis of Jackson and William Harrison Curtis of Oxford; and a sister, Eula Louise Gilmore of Oxford.
Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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PHILADELPHIA Services for Gary Mack Gilmer will be held today at 3 p.m. at Beatline Baptist Church with the Rev. Ben McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in Beatline Cemetery with McClain-Hayes Funeral Services in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Gilmer, 44, of Philadelphia died Friday, June 11, 2003 at Alliance-Laird Hospital in Union.
Survivors include his wife, Suzanne Gilmer; and a daughter, Chelsea Gilmer, both of Philadelphia; a son, Chase Gilmer of Florence; his mother, Peggy Fowler of Philadelphia; his father Robert Gilmer and his wife, Martha Ann of Ridgeland; a sister Sheila Jones of Florence; two brothers, Eddie Gilmer of Gluckstadt and Tracy Gilmer of Ridgeland; and his granfather, A.J. Chaney of Philadelphia.
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Graveside services for Edna L. Cummings will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Roy Dabbs officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Cummings, 77, of Meridian died Friday July 11, 2003 at Rush Foundation Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Richard Cummings of Meridian; a son, Roger Alexander and his wife Kim, of Georgia; three grandchildren, Ashley, Gabreil and Kelsley; and one sister, Olella Goins of Dallas, Texas.
Memorials may be made to Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Visitation will be toady from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the church.
Self-employed contractor
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Curtis Luther Lolley will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chalpel with the Revs. Jerry Turner and Steve Hines officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Lolley, 72, of Buter died Saturday, July 12, 2003 at Heartfelt Hospice in Newton, Miss. He served in the Army in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Lolley of Sebastopol, Miss.; three sons, Phillip Dale Lolley of Auburn, Basil Van Lolley of Mobile and Tommy Glen Lolley of Butler; a daughter, Donna Creighton of Quitman, Miss.; three brothers, Daniel Lolley of Mobile, Travis Lolley of Demopolis and Donald Lolley of Gilbertown; two sisters, Besie Mosley of Gilbertown and Gayle Allen of Montgomery; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four step-children; eight step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Monday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Dorothy Estes of Hickory who died Saturday, July 12, 2003 in Hickory.
Arrangements were incomplete ar Barham Funeral Home for Charles Terrell McMullen, of Decatur, who died Saturday, July 12, 2003, at his residence.

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