Obituaries for Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004

By Staff
Lauderdale County equipment operator
Services for Jesse Emmitt Joiner Jr. will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Springhill Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Raley officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Joiner, 57, of Meridian, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, in his home. He was a member of Springhill Methodist Church and A.B.A.T.E.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Joiner of Meridian; sons, Mark Joiner and Eric Joiner; a grandson, Kyle Joiner; brothers, Lewis Joiner, Robert Joiner and Leroy Joiner.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marie Anderson.
Pallbearers will be Randy Harrison, Hollis Ray, Tony Alltom, Jamie Minchew, Donald Lewis and Joel Harrison.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
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LOUISVILLE Services for Inez Lucille Swearingen will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church with the Revs. Mike Ingram, Sammy McMillen and Jeff Gardner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Nowell-Tilghman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Swearingen, 91, of Louisville, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, in Gray, Ga.
Survivors include her daughters, Doris Dean Jordan of Gray and Mildred Merritt of Dalton, Ga.; sons, Harvey W. Swearingen of Meridian and James H. Swearingen of Columbia, S.C.; sisters, Helen Gregory and Frances Robertson, both of Louisville; brothers, Billy Joe McKinley of Louisville and Jerry McKinley of Macon, Ga.; 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Swearingen Sr.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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NEWTON Services for Lillie M. Clark will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark, 68, of Newton, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at Guardian Angel Healthcare of Choctaw. She was a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, O.E. "Sunny" Clark of Newton; daughters, Patricia Harris and Stephanie Collins and her husband, Donny, all of Newton, Lauri Englishbee and her husband, Mark, and Carol McNabb and her husband, Greg, all of Houston; sons, Roger Smith of Texas and Clark Danclovic of Newton; sisters, Clara Malinowski and Anne Malinowski, both of Houston; a brother, Sunny Malinowski of China; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Frank and Victoria Malinowski.
Pallbearers will be Clark Danclovic, Donny Collins, Jason McNabb, Greg McNabb, Kent Mayes and Douglas Mayes.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
DEKALB Services for Lois Lee Grady will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at New Bethlehem United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Clark Jr. officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery. Hampton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Grady, 57, of DeKalb, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, in his home.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Grady; a daughter, Anderia Grady; a son, Lois Troyon Grady; two granddaughters; sisters, Geraldine Smoot and her husband, Joe, of New Orleans and Annie Jean Grady and her husband, Clark, of DeKalb; two brothers, Joe Grady and his wife, Georgia, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Percy Grady of New Orleans; his mother-in-law, Katie Raye Hicks of DeKalb; 11 sisters-in-law, eight brothers-in-law, five aunts and two uncles.
QUITMAN Services for Keith Watts will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Goodwin officiating. Burial will be in Cokes Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Watts, 40, of Quitman, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital in Quitman.
Survivors include his son, Riley J. Johnson of Quitman; his mother, Edith Watts and a sister, Linda Watts; brothers, Albert Lewis Watts, Albert James Watts, Carl Wayne Watts and Richard Watts, all of Shubuta.
Visitation will be Friday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home in Quitman.
Services for Willie Cole will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Odell Gray Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Savoy.
Mr. Cole, 55, of Savoy, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include his daughter, Wanda Weldby of Pascagoula; three sisters, Dorothy Cole and Alice Johnson, both of Meridian, and Nancy Earl of Milwaukee; brothers, Lee Van Cole Jr. and Robert Lee Cole, both of Moss Point, Sammie Lee Cole Sr. of Gautier and John Ellis Cole of Racine, Wis.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lee Van Cole Sr. and Dosah Bell Cole.
Visitation will be Friday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Victor V. Hearn, 36, of Toomsuba, who died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004, in his home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Robert McShan, 55, who died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, at Riley Hospital.