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2:21 pm Tuesday, December 2, 2003

Obituaries for Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003

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Homemaker
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Martha Ann Harris Emmons were to be held today at 10 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Turner officiating. Burial was to be in Hamberry Cemetery in Brewton.
Mrs. Emmons, 70, of Butler, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003, at Willow Trace Nursing Center in Butler.
Survivors include her daughters, Margaret Tyson of Butler and Alice Gann of Fayette; a brother, Bill Harris of Loxley; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Retired construction worker
Services for Rex Warning were to be held today at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Griffin officiating. Burial was to be in Stonewall Cemetery.
Mr. Warning, 76, of Stonewall, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Warning of Stonewall; daughters, Shirley Ann Ivey of Quitman, Robin Mosley of Enterprise, Jan Riley of Fayetteville, Tenn., and Rex Ann Warning of Bloomington, Ill.; sons, Steve Warning of Union, Jimmy Warning of Enterprise and William Rey Warning of Angola, La.; step-children, Larry Tucker of Quitman, Rose Thomas and Lonnie Tucker, both of Enterprise, and Marty Tucker of Shubuta; cousins, Doris and Elgin Harris of Jackson Gap, Ala., Joyce White of Alabaster, Ala., J.W. and Joyce Galyean of Baton Rouge, La., Ferlin Ivey of Quitman and Mary Warning of Mobile, Ala.; friends, Lavon Redmond of Stonewall and Ted Dority of Mobile.
Retired grocery store owner
PHILADELPHIA Services for Monroe L. Miley will be held today at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Neshoba County.
Mr. Miley, 84, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003, at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia.
Survivors include his wife, Maggie Lou Miley of Philadelphia; sons, Royce Miley of Brandon and Edwin W. Miley of Philadelphia; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; brothers, Truman Miley of Brandon and Leland Miley of New Hope.
Retired
UNION Service for Eileen McElhenney will be held today at 2 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. McElhenney, 73, of Decatur, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her daughter, Tammy Wilkerson of Decatur; a sister, Willie Ree Taylor of Clarksdale; four grandchildren, Tammy Tolbert of Newton, Johnny Esparza, Diane Esparza and Eric Esparza, all of Houston, Texas; five great-grandchildren, Priscilla, Paul and Johnny Esparza, and Quinnel and Chris Nix.
Pallbearers will be Jessie Nix, David Nix, Robert Nix, David Smith, Melvin Hall and Dewight Ooten.
Visitation will be today 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Louise Robinson Hicks will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dr. Keith Grubbs and Bill Webb officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Hicks, 71, of Meridian, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Prentiss Hicks Sr. of Meridian; children, Janice Garrett and her husband, Owen, of Toomsuba, Judy Bruce and her husband, William E. "Bill," of Lauderdale, Prentiss Hicks Jr. and his wife, Tammy, and Jimmy Hicks, all of Meridian; grandchildren, Tammy Ladner, Chad Fontan, Tonya Holmes, Derrick Hicks, Austin Hicks and Adam Hicks; a step-grandson, Tanner Strickland; great-grandchildren, Cailen Holmes, Tanner Hicks and Jabie Holmes; sisters, Claudia Gammill of Greenville, S.C., Eva Rose Lewis of Meridian, Liz McAvoy of Austin, Texas, Bobbie Hagan of the Damascus Community; brothers, Robert Harold Robinson of New Orleans, Vernon Robinson of Meridian, Earl Robinson and Raymond Robinson, both of Collinsville; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James David and Mary Robinson; a brother, Leroy Robinson; and a grandson, Rick Fontan.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Chad Fontan, Derrick Hicks, Austin Hicks and Adam Hicks; and her nephews, Johnathan Robinson and Adrian Robinson.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Automobile dealer-salesman
BUTLER, Ala. Graveside services for Algie Littlepage were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Sterling Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Gosey officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Littlepage, 88, of Butler, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Hazen Bruister Littlepage, his son, Algie Littlepage Jr., and his daughter, Patricia Littlepage, all of Butler; brothers, Connie Littlepage, J.K. Littlepage, Fonde Littlepage and Epp Littlepage, all of Mt. Sterling; and sisters, Ethel Cooper of Marion; and Sadie Mae Martin of Sheffield.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Eddie Eason, 86, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Evelyn F. Leake, 88, of Meridian, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, at Fisher House.

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