Obituaries for Friday, Feb. 27, 2004

By Staff
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Christine McCrory Love will be held today at 2 p.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with he Revs. Alex Lawson and John Stephens officiating. Burial will be in Black Jack Cemetery.
Mrs. Love, 59, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her daughter, Vickie Mallory of Philadelphia; sons, Ricky Johnson of Greenville and Donald Love of Gulfport; sisters, Bonnie Parker of Hanover, N.H., Kathy Griffin, Jennifer Beddingfield and Janet Rivers, all of Philadelphia and Janice Rivers of Edinburg and a brother, Keith McCrory of Philadelphia and nine grandchildren.
Retired hairdresser
YORK, Ala. Services for Otena Buntyn Hardy will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Hugh Poole officiating. Burial will be in York Cemetery.
Mrs. Hardy, 89, of Jackson, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was a member of York Baptist Church.
Survivors include her nephew, Lamar Buntyn and his wife, Linda, of Jackson and a sister, Mary Kathryn Hadaway of Forest.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Earle Hardy.
Visitation will be held today from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Truck driver
SEBASTOPOL Services for Bobby Laird McDill will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Sulphur Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. Tim Fanguy and Howell Thrash officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McDill, 65, of Conehatta, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his son, Larry McDill and his wife, Amy, of Conehatta; two grandsons; sisters, Flo-Ann McDill-Cole and her husband, Charles, of Gulfport and Jennie Harrison and her husband, Lamar, of Forest; a brother, Jack McDill and his wife, Debbie, of Conehatta and several nieces and nephews.
Dietary clerk, Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center
Services for Nellie Osby will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Van Williams officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Osby, 64, of Meridian, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Ozell Osby of Meridian; her son, Alphonso Osby of Bartlett, Tenn.; two daughters, Odessia Davis and her husband, Jessie, of Meridian; and Tracie Spivey and her husband, Terrance, of Moss Point; her sister, Betty Mae Showers of Gulfport; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Beatrice and Wiley McMillian.
Pallbearers will be Doug Pigford, Larice Halloway, Jimmie Osby, Willie B. Osby, Johnny Osby and Algene Osby.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. a the funeral home.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Graveside services for Raymond Dwight Bates will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery. Ridout's Trussville Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bates, 80, of Birmingham, formerly of Meridian, Miss., died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, in Birmingham.
Survivors include his wife, Lillian Bates; a son, Andrew Kelly and his wife, Lynne; a daughter, Livia Daniel and her husband, Paul; grandchildren, Jonathan Daniel, Sabrina Daniel and Su An Bates and several step-children and step-grandchildren; brothers, George Bates and his wife, Salley, and Frank Bates, and his wife, Freda; a sister, Geraldine Butts and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Ethel Bates.
Retired Motorman Oil Industry
NEWTON Services for Shellie Duran Hall will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Decatur Cemetery.
Mr. Hall, 78, of Mobile, Ala., died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, at Providence Hospital in Mobile. He was a Mason and he was a veteran of the U.S. Marines. He was retired from the oil industry where he worked on oil rigs. He had been a truck driver and he was self-employed in commercial industry sales.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Hall of Mobile; his mother, Effie Mae Hall of Newton; daughters, Trudy Bryan of Perkinston, Kay Roseberry of Purvis and Kim Benton of Pearl; one step-daughter, Valerie Keener of Mobile; sons, Steve Hall of Pearl and Scott Hall of Tennessee; one step-son, Tommy Soelman of Brookhaven; brothers, Clell Hall of Newton and Don Hall of Indiana; sisters, Jean Long of Clinton and Bobby Griffin of Newton; five grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Neal Hall.
Visitation will be today from noon-2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired
Services for Mamie Trotter will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at First Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Trotter, 86, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.