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3:53 am Thursday, October 30, 2003

Obituaries for Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003

By Staff
Bio-medical technician
PHILADELPHIA Services for William Frazier were to be held today at 10 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Bernard Nail officiating. Burial will be in Beulah Cemetery in Choctaw County at 1 p.m.
Mr. Frazier, 55, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a self-employed bio-medical technician.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Frazier of McCool; daughters, April Frazier Boler of Brookhaven and Stacey Frazier Rives of Millbrook, Ala.; stepchildren, Kandie Jones and Wade McCulloch, both of Ackerman; a sister, Francis Hicks of Philadelphia; brothers, Harvey Frasier of Grenada and Robert Neese of Oxford; and nine grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.
Homemaker
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Lillian Vernice Mosley will be held today at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dennis Kennedy and Mack Hester officiating. Burial will be in Old Lusk Cemetery.
Mrs. Mosley, 77, of the Lusk Community, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, at Willow Trace Nursing Center.
Survivors include her husband, Hayward E. Mosley of Gilbertown; sons, Rogers Dale Mosley of Waynesboro and Richard Glynn Mosley of Toxey; a daughter, Yvonne Mosley Kelley of Luck; sisters, Jacie Samino of Arroyo Grande, Calif., Ola Mae Jimerson and Ruby Lee Tindle, both of Mobile, and Christine Young of Moss Point; a brother, John Henry Mosley of Moss Point; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Retired public school teacher
DEKALB Services for Mildred Elizabeth McRae will be held today at 2 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Sam J. Hull officiating. Burial will be in Pine Crest Cemetery.
Mrs. McRae, 89, of DeKalb, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, in DeKalb. She taught school in the Kemper County School District and at East Mississippi Community College. She was a member of DeKalb Presbyterian Church and the Kemper Civic League. She loved to work with flowers.
Survivors include her son, Stephen McRae; grandchildren, Guy W. McRae, Lawrence C. McRae III and Ashley Dawn McRae, all of DeKalb.
She was preceded in death by her husband, L.C. McRae Jr.; and daughter-in-law, Teresa McRae.
Pallbearers will be Rob Hobgood, Jim Dial, Pete McCleskey, Jim Henderson, Jim Hobgood and John McRae.
Visitation will be today until service time at the funeral home.
PHILADELPHIA Services for Stephanie Daniels will be held today at 2 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will be in North Bend Methodist Church Cemetery.
Ms. Daniels, 35, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include her daughter, Kayla Ann Daniels; her father, George Daniels Jr.; and her grandparents, George and Mable Daniels Sr., all of Philadelphia.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Patricia Daniels.
Retired public school teacher
Services for Annie Kate Parks will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Concord United Methodist Church with the Revs. Richard Williams and Hollis Howell officiating. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery with Stephens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Parks, 91, of Enterprise, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, in Enterprise. She was a public school teacher for more than 40 years and a member of Concord United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Mary Margaret Mallard and her husband, Joe, of Enterprise; sons, Bob Kelly Parks and his wife, Bobbi, and Alex Parks and his wife, Sandi, all of Gulfport; a sister, Lucille Penland of Georgia; a brother, Robert L. Alexander of El Dorado, Ark.; five grandsons, four granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Lavelle Parks.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Parks, Robbie Parks, Kerry Parks, Joe Mallard Jr., Mack Mallard and Marc Speed.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Carpenter
NEWTON Services for Edwin "Ed" R. Crenshaw will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Neshoba Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Collins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Crenshaw, 68, of Union, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, at Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson. He was a member of Neshoba Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include his sons, Keith Crenshaw Sr. of Florence and Tim Crenshaw of Meridian; a sister, Joan Smith of Quitman; a brother, Mason Crenshaw of Newton; the mother of his children, Beverly McAdory of Union; two grandchildren, Keith Crenshaw Jr. and Dylan Crenshaw.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Vertis and Ethel Mason Crenshaw.
Pallbearers will be Jack Mason, Allen Boler, Jim Crenshaw, Billy Paul Smith, Maurice Ladd and R.L. Goforth.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service.

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