Obituaries for Friday, Dec. 12, 2003

By Staff
SEBASTOPOL Services for Shelton Shane Chapman will be held today at 10:30 a.m. at the family home in the Standing Pine Community with the Rev. Calvin Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Church Cemetery with Milling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Chapman, 30, of Standing Pine, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Chapman; daughters, Shuntalidia Lewis, Shunita Lewis, Brittany Lewis and Shanike Lewis; sons, Shelton Chapman Jr., Brice Chapman and Jayce Chapman; parents, Gene Ray and Geneva Chapman, both of Philadelphia; brother, Ravin Chapman of Philadelphia; and sisters, Sybil Wallace of Louisville and Izella Thomas of Philadelphia.
Homemaker
DELAVAN, Wis. Services for Lillian Talbert Partrige will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Betzer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Partrige, 87, of Delavan, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, at Willowfield Nursing Home.
Survivors include her sons, Tony Partrige and his wife, Shelby, of Byron, Ill., and Eugene Partrige of Oklahoma; daughters, Ruby McDonald and her husband, Lamar, of Meridian and Sue Bigelow and her husband, Ben, of Delavan; and five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents John and Bell Talbert, her husband Leroy Partrige; a daughter, Barbara Klade Boss and an infant daughter; two sisters, four brothers and two grandsons.
Visitation will be Saturday one hour prior to the service at the church.
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Mae Jenkins will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with the Revs. John Stephens and Robert Norris Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Spring Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Jenkins, 86, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at Neshoba County Nursing Home in Philadelphia.
Survivors include her daughter, Judy Nichols and her husband, James Wesley Nichols of Vicksburg; sons, Dwight Jenkins and his wife, Carroll, of Philadelphia and Jack Jenkins and his wife, Joan, of Burleson, Texas; sisters, Helen Copeland of Philadelphia and Ruth Cremeen of Noxapater; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.L. Jenkins.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired
NEWTON Services for Grace Holsonback will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Poplar Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. Charles Bonner and Bryce Evans officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Holsonback, 79, of Newton, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, at Newton Regional Hospital. She was a retired machine operator for Sunbeam Corporation and was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, William "Bill" Holsonback of Newton; a daughter, Donna Harris and her husband, Ronnie, of Hickory; sons, Albert Holsonback and his wife, Maria, of Shalimar, Fla., Richard Holsonback and his wife, Mary, and Ron Holsonback and his wife, Mijin, all of Newton; sisters, Eula Mae Montgomery of Newton and Annie Rene Everett of Dayton, Tenn.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Sarah Dean Lucy and brothers, Hugh and Dudley Lucy.
Pallbearers will be Donald Boutwell, Tim Mowdy, Larry Holsonback, Jim Penderguest, Danny Raines and Tony Adams. Honorary pallbearers will be Samuel Edwards, Daniel Edwards, Bobby Dearing, and Frank Baucum.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and Saturday 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Virgie Mae Yates will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hayes Funeral Service chapel with the Rev. Charles Barnett officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Newton County.
Mrs. Yates, 75, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a native of Neshoba County and a former resident of Philadelphia. She lived in Meridian for the past 35 years and was a member of the Seventh Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include daughters, Doris Alderman of Meridian and Nancy Schriner of Philadelphia; sons, Wayne Graham of Philadelphia, Jessie Richards of Meridian, Bobby Richards of Union and Chas Yates of Carthage; step-daughters, Irma Reed of Natchez, Bonnie Russell of Bastrop, La., Bernice Keen and Velma Yates, both of Meridian, and Estelle Coleman of Sturgis; step-son, Charles Yates of Meridian; sister, Dorothy Sue Townsend of Philadelphia; brothers, Johnny Frank Graham of Pearl and William Graham of Philadelphia; 11 grandchildren; 35 step-grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Betty Sue "Becky" Harmon Ethridge will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Tommy Espey and Dr. Frank Harmon officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Ethridge, 65, of Collinsville, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Pine Grove Church in the Martin Community. She will be remembered and loved as a wife, mamaw and mama.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Ethridge; a daughter, Dawn Wood and her husband, Wade; a son, Dane Ethridge and his wife, Amy; grandchildren, Tyler Wood, Amber Wood, Smokey Ethridge and Colby Ethridge; a sister, June Viator, all from Collinsville and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, C.M. Pete Harmon and Earline Harmon; her step-mother, Elsie Collins Scarbrough Harmon; sisters, Barbara Harmon Hughes and Netty Lou Harmon and a son, Michael Todd Ethridge.
Pallbearers will be Justin Reimer, Jamie Whatley, Jimmy Davis, Lucky Hughes, Danny Davis, Ike Ethridge, Mitch Covington and Andy DeShazer.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.