Obituaries for Wednesday, May 5, 2004
By Staff
RICHBORO, Pa. Services for Martha Beddingfield Walker will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Assumption BVM Church in Feasterville. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Richboro. Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Walker, 80, of Feasterville, died Monday, May 3, 2004, at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook.
She was born in Meridian and had been a resident of the Feasterville/Trevose area since 1959. Mrs. Walker cherished spending time with her family and was a wonderful and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Robert T. Walker; children, William Robert Walker and his wife, Constance, of Conshohocken, Michael Stanton Walker and his wife, Deborah, of Ottsville and Claudia Ann Mehler and her husband, Mark, of Feasterville; grandchildren, Danielle Walker, Mark Mehler and his wife, Heather, and Kurt Mehler; two great-grandsons, Cavan and Ashton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ruby Beddingfield; a daughter, Deborah Marie Walker; and a brother, Owen T. Beddingfield.
Memorials may be made to a charity of choice.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
UNION Services for Frank Bell Joe will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Bogue Chitto Facility Building with the Revs. Doby Henry and John Favre officiating. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Joe, 52, of Philadelphia, died Monday, May 3, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his daughters, Janice Williamson of Conehatta and Helen Telemaque of Carthage; a son, Garrison Joe of Philadelphia; brothers, Albert Joe of Preston and Enos Joe of Philadelphia; a sister, Bessie Wallace of Philadelphia; four grandchildren; his common law partner, Eleanor Smith of Philadelphia; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Houston Joe and Emma Mingo.
Visitation will begin Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the family home at 362 Bogue Chitto Circle in Philadelphia until service time.
Homemaker
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. Services for Orea D. Lewis will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Destiny Baptist Church with the Revs. Carl Que Hickerson and Patrick J. Walker officiating. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery. Rosedale Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lewis, 89, of Martinsburg, formerly of Meridian, died Monday, May 3, 2004, at Heartland of Martinsburg in Berkeley, W.Va.
Survivors include her sons, Robert L. Lewis of New York, N.Y. and Joe S. Lewis of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; daughters, Octavia Mildred Washington of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Maymie L. Handy of Martinsville, Mary Virginia Vaughn and Annie Ruth Woods, both of Nashville, Tenn.; sisters, Helen Mays of California and Lucille Tolliver of Ohio.
Visitation will be Friday 12:30 p.m. until service time at the church.
Retired from Moss Soap and Chemicals
MILTON, Fla. Graveside services for Vernon Wade Mixon will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Macedonia Cemetery in Suqualena with the Rev. Jimmie Gunn officiating. Milton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Mixon, 86, of Milton, formerly of Meridian, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, in Milton.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie Mixon of Milton; daughters, Judy Mixon Simms and her husband, Tom, of Pace, Fla., and Betty Patrick of Chicago; a son, Brady Lee Mixon of Chicago; a sister, Billie Joyce Long of Huntsville, Ala.; 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Suqualena United Methodist Church.
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for J.C. Richardson, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, May 4, 2004, in Waterboro, S.C.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Chall Bell, 82, of Meridian, who died Monday, May 3, 2004, at Riley Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for LaQueeta Monique Cooley, 20, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, May 4, 2004, in Meridian.
