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9:52 am Monday, November 17, 2003

Obituaries for Monday, Nov. 17, 2003

By Staff
Businessman
Services for Mikeal F. Spears will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Pine Forest Baptist Church in Collinsville with the Revs. Andy May and James Snowden officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Spears, 55, of Collinsville, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
He was the owner and operator of Mike Spears Auto and Wrecker Service for more than 30 years. He was a member of the Collinsville Volunteer Fire Department. He will be remembered as a loving husband,father and grandfather.
Survivors include his wife, Dyann Spears; children, Lisa Evans, Pam Bishop and her husband, Greg, Wade Spears and Wesley Spears, all of Collinsville; four grandchildren, Roni and Mikeal Evans, Jessica Eldridge and Alayna Spears; his mother, Eva Spears and a brother, Eddie Spears, both of Collinsville; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, James Frank Spears; and a brother, Ronnie Delaine Spears.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Tolbert, Jackie Stevens, Ray Coats, Billy Branning, Randy Tolbert, Butch Snowden, Ralph Fortenberry and Jeff McKee.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Hinton, Elton Joyner, Philip Chisolm, Charlie Mathis, Tommy Stephens, Ralph Anderson, Jerry Bennett, J.W. Rash and Roger Joyner.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired
Graveside services for Roger E. Nutt will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Cothern officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Nutt, 76, of Meridian, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, at Beverly Healthcare of Meridian. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson. He was retired after 35 years with the Mississippi Industries for the Blind.
Survivors include his brother, Roy Nutt and his wife, Betty, of Montgomery, Ala.; sisters, Edna Spurlin and her husband, Tom, of Gulfport and Lynn Brown and her husband, Joe, of Austin, Texas; and a sister-in-law, Julia Nutt of Enterprise.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Windham Nutt and Mattie Anderson Nutt; sisters, Helen Priester and Doris Williamson; and a brother, James E. Nutt.
MOBILE, Ala. Services for Eleanor Lavirge Daniels Banks will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Newton, Miss. Burial will be in the Newton Cemetery. Pine Crest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Banks of Mobile, formerly of Newton, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, in Mobile.
Survivors include her daughters, Frances Banks Hollis and her husband, Dr. Charles Hollis, Sara Jane Banks Fulmer and her husband, James George Fulmer; a son, William Marcellus Banks Jr. and his wife, Jamie; a sister, Jane Daniels Bogan; a brother, Edward Daniels; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, several other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Marcellus Banks.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Newton, P.O. Box 87, Newton MS 39345 or Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, 1507 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Al 36604.
Visitation will be Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church.
Retired
Services for Roy Edgar Pratt will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Joe Lofton officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Pratt, 81, of Meridian, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a retired supervisor for General Box Company. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in World War II. He was a member of Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, the Northeast Community Club, the Northeast Lauderdale Volunteer Fire Department and was retired from North Lauderdale Water Association. He was a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice Pratt; children, Lynn Pratt and his wife, Cathy Lyn, and Royce Frazier, all of Meridian, Madelyn Cliburn and her husband, Chuck, of Tallahassee, Fla.; six grandchildren, Stacy Evans and her husband, Keith, Brian Cliburn and his wife, Amy, Terry Pratt and his wife, Melissa, Jamie Cliburn, Joshua Pratt and Amanda Pratt; three great-grandchildren, Brittane Morris, Mathew Evans and Mackenzie Pratt; brothers, O.V. Pratt and R.L. Pratt, both of Meridian; a sister, Thursalene Barney of Meridian; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Glenda Pratt.
Pallbearers will be Keith Evans, Brian Cliburn, Terry Pratt, Joshua Pratt, Don Pratt and Ronnie Bennett.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Randall Hicks, Dr. Rick Alexander and members of the Northeast Lauderdale Volunteer Fire Department.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Ernestine Robinson, 76, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, in her home.
Arrangements were incomplete at James L. Osby Funeral Home for Jeff Aikens, 92, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at Guardian Angel Hospice.

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