Obituaries for Saturday, April 10, 2004

By Staff
Homemaker
Services for Gladys Spragg Ethridge will be held today at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Bill Webb and Dr. Malcolm Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Arkadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Ethridge, 75, of Meridian, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at Aldersgate Retirement Center. She was a graduate of Meridian High School and worked as a secretary at Clarkdale High School, Arrowhead Clinic and the Statement Department at Citizens National Bank. She was a Pink Lady Volunteer at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a Christian and member of Northcrest Baptist Church and will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Survivors include her children, Amy Ethridge Driskill and her husband, Wayne, and Mary Ethridge Griffis and her husband, Frankie, all of Meridian; grandchildren, Chris Ethridge and his wife, Laurel, of Meridian, Paige Ethridge Walton and her husband, Rusty, of Little Rock, Justin Keith Hike, Alexis Jordan Griffis and Zachary Taylor Griffis, all of Marion; great-grandchildren, Logan Ethridge and Colin Ethridge; a sister, Lillian Plummer of Mobile, Ala.; nephew, William Craig Plummer and his wife, Julie, of Mobile and a great-niece, Hanna Plummer and a daughter-in-law, Tanya Ethridge Van Devender.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Robert Lee Ethridge; a son, Robert Walter Ethridge and her parents, William "Bill" and Mary Spragg.
Pallbearers will be Lewis Davidson, Billy Ray Ethridge, Chris Ethridge, Freddie Galyean, Danny O. Miles, Danny R. Miles, Craig Plummer, Flint Tedder and Howard Weathers.
Visitation will be today one hour prior to the service.
Services for Dexter Wade will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Fitkins Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Enterprise Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wade, 36, of Meridian, died Friday, April 9, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his mother, Magnolia McKey Wade; two sons, Brandon Harris and Demetric Young; three brothers, Darron McKey and his wife, Leslie, Derrick Wade and his wife, Brenda, and William Wade and his wife, Tayonda; and three sisters, Tijwanna Boler and her husband, Derrick, Tarmacia Wade, and Teese Boyd and her husband, Victor.
He was preceded in death by his father, William Wade.
Visitation will be Monday.
Graveside services for Nettie Lee Quimby will be held today at 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Donald Gentry officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Quimby, 87, of Meridian, died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at Silver Leaf Manor.
Survivors include her daughters, Cheri Kueven and her husband, Brad, of Meridian, JoNelle "Quimby" Brown and her husband, Dan; grandchildren, John Kueven and Jennifer Kueven; and a sister, Kathleen Shuttlesworth.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John C. Quimby; a son, Larry Quimby; her parents, Robert and Maggie Wedgeworth.
Memorials may be made to Eighth Avenue Baptist Church.
Visitation will be today beginning at 9 a.m. until service time.
Retired
QUITMAN Services for Theodore Cecil Lewis will be held today at 11 a.m. at Faith Tabernacle Church. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lewis, 71, of Shubuta, died Saturday, April 3, 2004, in his home. He was a retired oil field employee and a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Survivors include three sisters, Dorothy Lee Stapp of Junction, Texas, Doris Cornelius of Kerryville, Texas and Annie Lucille Gillham of Mexia, Texas.
Services for Dorothy Jean Butler will be held today at 3 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Russell Luquire officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Miss Butler, 71, of Meridian, died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her siblings, Helen Flowers and her husband, David, of Enterprise, Hazel Robertson and her husband, Leon, and George Butler and his wife, Gayle, all of Meridian and Felix Butler of Union and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Annie Ruth Butler.
Visitation will be today from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
QUITMAN Services for Ruby Earline Underwood will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hebron Ridge Baptist Church with the Rev. Grady Crowell officiating. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Quitman. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Underwood, 69, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, in Malvern, Ark. She was a native of Lauderdale County.
Survivors include three sons, Lucky Underwood of Meridian, Danny Crump Underwood and Nelson Underwood, both of Quitman; a daughter, Darlene Ray of Malvern; a sister, Katherine Williams of Little Rock; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today after 5 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church.