Obituaries for Monday, Jan. 5, 2004
By Staff
Services for Alice S. Bihn will be held today at 2 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with the Rev. Matthew Simmons officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Stephens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Bihn, 69, of Meridian, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004 at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian. She was retired from the Meridian Public Library and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Survivors include her children, Steve Bihn and his wife, Lettie, Tom Bihn, Tricia Bihn, and Don Bihn and his wife, Kim; grandchildren, Joshua, Jessica and Daniel, all of Meridian; a sister, Dotsy Axton of Laurel; a sister-in-law, Betty Skiffington of Fairfax, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Michael Axton, Bill Axton, Tim Axton, Stanly Lee, Rob Bowen and Hollis Carroll.
Homemaker
Graveside services for Wilma G. Lockwood will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Golden Grove Cemetery in Neshoba County with the Revs. Otis Seal, Larry Browning, Dennis Shaw and Kent Grice officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lockwood, 87, of Meridian, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004, at Guardian Angel Hospice in Marion. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed working outdoors in her yard and flower garden.
Survivors include her daughter, Billie Joyce Brown of Meridian; granddaughters, Vicki Mowdy of Meridian and Linda Shirley of Sandersville; great-grandchildren, Jason Mowdy, Marie Shirley and Hanna Shirley.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Annie Grice; a daughter, Kay Drew Ward; a sister, Gladys Waddell; brothers, Melvin Grice, the Rev. J.W. Grice, Bill Grice and Arthur Grice.
Pallbearers will be Dennis Shaw, Kent Grice, Tim Mowdy, Jason Mowdy, Jimmy Shirley, Paul Grice and Gathrie Grice.
QUITMAN Services for Francis Lavon Redmond will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Stonewall Baptist Church with the Revs. Joe Gullick and Roy Dabbs officiating. Burial will be in Stonewall Cemetery with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Redmond, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Evelyn Redmond of Stonewall; sons, Larry Lavon Redmond of Oxford and John Michael Redmond of Quitman; daughters, Kathy Redmond Kemp and Judy Redmond Howard, both of Stonewall; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and his special friends, Phil Collins and Sissy Greene.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Stonewall Building Fund, P.O. Box 1178, Stonewall, MS 39363.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the church.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Susan Goldman, 47, of Purvis, who died Saturday, Jan. 3,2004, at Forest General Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Emma Hall, 92, of Meridian, who died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for James Griffith, 78, of Meridian, who died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, in his home.
