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3:57 pm Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Obituaries for Tuesday, March 2, 2004

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Disabled
QUITMAN Services for Jennifer Renae Allen will be held today at 11 a.m. at Faith Assembly of God Church with the Revs. C.A. Farmer and Troy Dew officiating. Burial will be in Elim Cemetery in Clarke County. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Allen, 29, of Quitman, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital.
Survivors include her parents, Robert and Judie Allen; brothers, Andy Allen, Johnathan Allen and his wife, Brandy, and Joseph Allen, all of Quitman; a niece, Faith Allen; and her paternal grandmother, Daisy Allen of Stonewall.
Infant
UNION Services for Danny Joe Daniels III will be held today at 2 p.m. at Little Rock Baptist Church with the Rev. Danny Chaney officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Infant Daniels, 6-weeks-old, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Newton.
Survivors include his parents, Danny Joe "DJ" and Tracy Daniels; a brother, Cody Devine; a sister, Madeline Daniels; maternal grandmother, Paula Doggett; paternal grandparents, Danny Joe Daniels Sr. and Angela Daniels, all of Little Rock, and Henry and Sara Rhodes of Houston, Texas; maternal great-grandmother, Clariee Chisolm of Union; paternal great-grandparents, Betty Daniels of Duffee and John Bucklew of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Jean and Buck Bucklew of Duffee; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Steve Doggett.
Pallbearers will be Cody Devine, Brandon Chisolm, Samuel Daniels and Blake Page.
Retired from Neshoba County General Hospital
PHILADELPHIA Services for Helen Copeland will be held today at 2 p.m. at First Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Albert Reid and Brown Barrier officiating. Burial will be in Northbend Methodist Church Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Copeland, 83, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her husband, James Copeland; daughters, Martha Smith and her husband, Clint, Dollie Clay and her husband, Randy, Linda Moody and her husband, Parker and Darlene Myers and her husband, Larry; sons, Jimmy Copeland and his wife, Billie, Truitt "Nubbin" Copeland and Donald Copeland and his wife, Patricia, all of Philadelphia; a sister, Ruth Cremeen of Noxapater; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Regina Copeland; and a daughter-in-law, June Copeland.
Homemaker
QUITMAN Graveside services for Thelma Mae Huggins will be held today at 3 p.m. at Archusa Memorial Park Cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Huggins, 81, of Quitman, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital in Quitman.
Survivors include her husband, Otis Wayne Huggins; a son, Donnie Huggins, a daughter, Barbara Hunter; and grandchild, Ashley Hunter, all of Quitman.
Retired teacher
YORK, Ala. Graveside services for Jesnah Robinson Looney will be held today at 3:30 p.m. at Mesopotamia Cemetery with the Revs. Bob Crumley and Marcus Wingard officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Looney, 55, of Eutaw, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Edna, Ala.
Survivors include her husband, Lynn Looney; a son, Robbie Gray; a daughter, Hallie Brown; a sister, Connie Banks; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson; and one grandson.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for William "Gary" Cullum, 58, of Union, who died Monday, March 1, 2004, at Hilltop Manor.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Bessie Harvey, 104, of Marion, who died Monday, March 1, 2004, at Guardian Angel Hospice.

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