Obituaries for Friday, Feb. 13, 2004

By Staff
Retired
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Abner Leroy Mosley Sr. will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Bealie Harrison officiating. Burial will be in Red Springs Cemetery in Gilbertown.
Mr. Mosley, 79, of Butler, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, in his home. He was retired from the James River Paper Mill.
Survivors include his daughters, Linda Ann Pack of Little Rock, Ark., and Brenda Hicks of Thomasville; a son, Randall Mosley and his wife, Lynn, of Grand Bay; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation will be held today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
UNION Services for Inez Gordon will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Greenland Community Cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon, 91, of Little Rock, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at Choctaw Residential Center.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Ben and her husband, Henry, of Tahlequah, Okla.; sons, Curtis Gordon of New Orleans and Ralph Gordon and his wife, Pat, of Union; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; a sister, Johnnie Christine Brasher of Hernando; a brother, Monroe Kirby of Gulfport; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, O.J. Gordon, and a son, Bernard Gordon.
Pallbearers will be Larry Ben, Daniel Miller, Malcolm Kirby, Zachary Hamby, Jeremy Hamby and Terry Miller.
Honorary pallbearers will be Howard Gordon, David Gordon, L.D. Sharp and Jim Herrington.
Retired salesman
NEWTON Services for Dan Wilson Henry Sr. will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Brian Pennington officiating. Burial will be in Newton Masonic Cemetery.
Mr. Henry, 72, of Newton, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, in his home. He was a salesman for Lewer Agency for 17 years. He was a charter and devoted member of Newton Methodist Protestant Church. He was called the president of the "Hardee's Coffee Club."
Mr. Henry was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and brother.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Betty Sue Henry of Newton; daughters, Debra Wertz and her husband, Craig, of Ridgeland and Janet Clark and her husband, Bo, of Newton; a son, Danny Henry Jr. and his wife, Karian, of Newton; a sister, Rebecca Boswell of Jackson; sisters-in-law, Marie Henry of Kosciusko and Barbara Bounds of Newton; grandchildren, Rhiannon Bethea and her husband, Jason, of Brandon, Krystal Weir and her husband, Ray, Kerry Harrison, Katie Clark and Dan Wilson Henry III, all of Newton, and Zack W. Wertz of Ridgeland; great-grandchildren, Corey Harrison of Newton and Mason Douglas Henry Bethea of Brandon; and his mother-in-law, Martha Bounds of Newton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Robert and Ruth Wilson Henry; a brother, John Robert Henry Jr.; and a sister, Katina Harrison.
The family requests memorials be made to First Methodist Protestant Church.
Pallbearers will be Rayford Bounds, Buster Bounds, Chan Henry, Roger Spell, Andy Kyzar and Harry Boswell.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the men's Sunday school class of Newton Methodist Protestant Church; Rodney Bounds, Herman Kelly, Billy Houston, Joe Gibbon, Douglas Jay, Lewis Earl Everett, Glen Joe Beeland, Raymond Comans, George Monroe and Doyle Gibbs.
Visitation will be Friday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
PHILADELPHIA Services for Evelyn "Mama" Ray will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service chapel with the Revs. Jerry Jones, Mack Alford and Alex Lawson officiating. Burial will be in Cederlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Rae, 93, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at Highland Home in Ridgeland. She was born and spent most of her life in Philadelphia. Her greatest joy in life was cooking for and feeding her family and friends. She sold popcorn and fried apple pies at her son's auto auction prior to her falling and fracturing her hip in November 2003. She was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church of Madison. Prior to moving to Madison, she was a long time member of Beacon Street Baptist Church in Philadelphia. In 1985, she was voted Senior Citizen of the Year by the local senior citizens chapter. She was very active in the senior citizens Washboard Band where she played the bongo drums.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Rea O'Quinn and her husband, Danny, of McComb; sons, Jimmy Rea and his wife, Sammie, of Madison and Kenny Rea and his wife, Amy, of Madison; three granddaughters, Tammie Pace and her husband, Bob, of Madison, Jennifer Waits and her husband, Ben, of Ridgeland and Macy Rea of Madison; grandsons, John Rea and his wife, Kim, of Ridgeland and Todd Rea of Madison; two great-granddaughters; four great-grandsons; and several friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Rea and a grandson, Sam Rea.
The family requests donations be made to The Home Place of Madison or Hospice Ministries of Ridgeland.