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7:18 pm Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Obituaries for Tuesday, May 25, 2004

By Staff
UNION Services for Deanna B. Massey will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Herb Boyles and Mike Pilgrim officiating.
Mrs. Massey, 60, of Decatur, died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Massey of Decatur; a daughter, Christina Massey of Newton; sons, Wayne Massey and Doug Massey, both of Newton; two grandchildren; sisters, Ada Cook and Adella Muse, both of Salt Lake City; a brother, Neal Barney of Union; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doyl Barney.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Farmer
QUITMAN Services for Henry Raymond McLeod will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Harmony Baptist Church with the Revs. Dennis Kennedy and Rodney Ward officiating. Burial will be in McGowan's Chapel Cemetery in Clarke County. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McLeod, 91, of Quitman, died Monday, May 24, 2004, in his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines and served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel McLeod of Quitman; a daughter, Marilyn Taormina of Quitman; brothers, Harold McLeod of Knoxville, Tenn., Wiley McLeod of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thomas McLeod of Birmingham, Ala., and Norman McLeod of Beaumont, Texas; sisters, Dot Bell of Memphis, Tenn., Margaret Rhodes of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Louise Pennington of Newton; sisters-in-law, Mildred McLeod of Quitman, Jackie McLeod of Beaumont, Elizabeth McLeod of Tuscaloosa and Dean McLeod of Birmingham; brothers-in-law, J.W. Bell of Memphis and Roy Rhodes of Tuscaloosa; grandchildren, Paul Taormina and Raymond Taormina, both of Quitman, Johnny Coglin and Tommy Coglin, both of Newton, and Kenny Coglin of Union; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ida McLeod; and a daughter, Shirley Coglin.
Visitation will be today after 5 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Homemaker
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. Graveside services for Dorothy White Love will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Herbert Lee officiating. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Love, 88, of Oak Ridge, formerly of Meridian, died Sunday, May 23, 2004, in Oak Ridge. She was born in Meridian and moved to Oak Ridge in 1947 where she lived for more than 50 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and wife. Her husband, Dr. Temple A. Love was a physicist for many years with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Survivors include her children, Jane Love Cook of Knoxville, Tenn., W. Gary Love of Athens, Ga., and Mary Lou Love Cooper of Santa Fe, N.M.; a sister, Jean White Watts of Greenville; granddaughters, Lauren Blocher of Oak Ridge, Teresa Love of Dayton, Ohio, and Cindy Love Childers of Ridgecrest, Calif.; and great-grandchildren, Victor, Brett, Brian and Adam Blocher, and Quentin Lovejoy.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Winfred H. Galyean, 89, of Meridian, who died Monday, May 24, 2004, at Heartfelt Hospice in Meridian.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Woodie Reed Haguewood, 91, of Meridian, who died Monday, May 24, 2004, at Riley Hospital.

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