Obituaries for Monday, April 12, 2004

By Staff
Retired sales clerk
MACON Services for Agnes Honea Rogers will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Smith officiating. Private graveside services for family only will be held at Oddfellows Cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers, 78, of Tupelo, formerly of Macon, died Friday, April 9, 2004, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, but attended the United Methodist Church in Belden. A native of Prescott, Ark., she was a graduate of Laneburg High School. She was a longtime manager of the Dairy Dream in Macon and she enjoyed reading.
Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Spiller of Tupelo; a son, Nicky Rogers of Macon; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, N.N. Rogers; a brother, Thomas E. Honea; and her parents, William Luther and Corrina Murry Honea.
The family requests memorials be made to the United Methodist Church of Belden or First United Methodist Church of Macon.
Visitation will be Monday from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. at the funeral home.
Parachute rigger
Services for Thomas "Tom" Louis Blasi will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with the Revs. Elvin Sunds and Howard Hutchinson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Barham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Blasi, 50, of Lauderdale, died Friday, April 9, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a vertex parachute rigger at Naval Air Station Meridian. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. He served in the U.S. Navy, was a member of Knights of Columbus and a member of the I.M. Union. He also was a realtor with Century 21 Realty and was a member of the local Harley Owner's Group.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Blasi of Lauderdale; two daughters, Jennifer Harford and her husband, Donald, and Corri Anne Blasi, all of Lauderdale; two sisters, Stephanie Janosko and her husband, Rick, of Norwalk, Conn., and Michele Kilcran and her husband, Mike, of Ridgefield, Conn.; a brother, Michael Blasi and his wife, Robin, of Brookfield, Conn.; two uncles, Michael Blasi of New Port Richie, Fla., and Thomas Blasi of California; his mother-in-law, Sook Clayton of Lauderdale; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Christine Blasi.
The family requests memorials be made to St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Pallbearers will be Joe Maggio, Mike Kilcran, Paul Stowe, Skip D'Ambrosio, Joey Smith and David Callahan.
Visitation will be Monday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired substitute mail carrier
PHILADELPHIA Service for Neva Herrington will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at McClain-Hays Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Hill officiating. Burial will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia. McClain-Hays Funeral Service, Inc., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Herrington, 69, of Philadelphia, died Friday, April 9, 2004, at Regency Hospital in Meridian.
Survivors include two daughters, Debra Morrow and Melanie Jenkins, both of Philadelphia; a son, Greg Herrington of Philadelphia; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Clara Clark of Philadelphia; and four brothers, Leonard Clark, Nolen Levon Clark and Olen Clark, all of Meridian; and Jerry Clark of Greenwood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Verdell Herrington; and a sister, Nona Faye Crocker.
Visitation will be Monday from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial services for John W. Kappes will be held Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. at the gazebo on South Myrtle Drive in Lakemont. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kappes, 61, of Meridian, died Saturday, April 3, 2004, in Meridian.
Retired
Memorial services for Fritz Joseph Kulicka will be held Monday, April 26, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kulicka, 87, of Meridian, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in his home. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. He attended Louisiana State University. He flew as a navigator, bombardier in B-29s in the C.B.I. during World War II. He retired after more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He worked for Charlotte County, Fla. and General Development Corporation Engineering and Microtech at Honeywell Corporation. He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of the Retired Officer Association, Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and a life member of MOAA.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille; sisters, Helen Rogers and Margaret Smythe, both of Greenville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Kulicka and a brother, Charles.
Memorial services for Linda Faye Stephens will be held at a later date. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Stephens, 54, of Meridian, died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include a son, Robert Stephens of Louisiana; Deborah Garrett of Meridian; two grandchildren, Devon Lehto and Katherine Stephens; her mother, Alpha Lee Hemminger; and three sisters, Patricia Ann Mackey, Sandra Lee Vance and Carolyn Mae Byrd.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Jerry Webb Jr., 42, of Meridian, who died Friday, April 9, 2004, in Meridian.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Dewitt Penson, 70, of Meridian, who died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.