Obituaries for Friday, June 25, 2004
By Staff
Retired
Services for Kattie B. Hall will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Rev. Donald Naylor officiating. Burial will be in Zion Hill Cemetery. Berry and Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hall, 61, of Meridian, died Saturday, June 19, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her father, Albert Irby of Sandusky, Ohio; daughters, Terrie Collier, Vickie Williams and Yolanda Hall and Shirley Cunningham, all of Meridian; a son, Charles Wilson of Meridian; sisters, Sennie Mae Irby of Newark, N.J., Carolyn Bennoman of Meridian, Evelyn Irby, Annette Irby and Elaine Irby, all of Sandusky; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the church.
Truck driver
QUITMAN Graveside services for John Samuel Wilson Sr., will be held today at 3 p.m. at Odd Fellows Cemetery with the Rev. Ronnie Allen officiating.
Mr. Wilson, 78, of Stonewall, died Sunday, June 6, 2004, in Monroe, La.
Survivors include a son, Tim Wilson of Cat Springs, Texas; five daughters, Judy Litchfield of Meridian, Hazel Louise Wilson of Ringling, Okla., Kathy Wilkerson of Forrest City, Ark., Rose Mary Taylor of Longview, Texas, and Judy Satchell of Bunker Hill, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Washington Wilson and Fannie Burt; John Samuel Wilson Jr., Samuel Willard Wilson and Johnny Wayne Wilson.
Bookkeeper
Graveside services for Kathleen Miles will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Clarance Roberts officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Miles, 86, of Meridian, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her son, Morgan Miles and his wife, Karen, of Statesborough, Ga.; daughters, Sally Connaughton and her husband, Martin, of Marion and Kathy Miles of New York, N.Y.; a step-daughter, Maxine Bounds and her husband, Clarance, of Williamston, S.C.; grandchildren, Stacey Reeves and Cylor Reeves; and special friends, Bettie Howells and Laurice Tanksley, both of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by her husband, R. W. Miles.
Pallbearers will be Bill Kahlus, Edgar Morrison, A. R. "Pat" McGee, Harold Midgett, James McGinnis, Wayne Sullivan and Jim Gibson.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired teacher
PONTOTOC Services for Pearl Landrum Roye will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Baldwin Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Curtis Lucy and David Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Roye, 89, of Meridian, formerly of Enid, Okla., died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include a daughter, Sylvia Ely and her husband, Paul, of Tupelo; a son, Lawrence Roye and his wife, Leisa, of Enid, Okla.; a sister, Syble Raley of Meridian; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband of 61 years, Ralph L. Roye.
Visitation will be today from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday beginning two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
Retired educator
Graveside services for Imogene Lockett will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Riley officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lockett, 90, of Meridian, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a long time member of Hope Fellowship Baptist Church and a long time supporter of LOVE's Kitchen. She was a teacher of home economics for the Meridian Public Schools.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda Porter of Clearwater, Fla.; a brother, Harry Williamson of Suffen, N.Y.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.
Services for Stanley Luckey will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Fifth Street Baptist Church with the Rev. W.C. Brown officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery with Berry &Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Luckey, 35, of Meridian, died Monday, June 21, 2004, in his home.
Survivors include his mother, Burnetta Luckey of Meridian; four brothers, Ernest Robinson and his wife, Sheila, of Meridian, Roosevelt Robinson and his wife, Darlene, of Chicago, Eddie Luckey of Germany, and Michael Luckey and his wife, Tina, of Meridian; and three sisters, Diane Carpenter and Lottie Walker, both of Meridian, and Annie Pearl Vaughn and her husband, Robert, of Washington D.C.
Visitation will be Sunday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired
QUITMAN Services for Audie Mae Green were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Clarke County Baptist Center with the Rev. Ronnie Adams officiating. Burial was in Brightwater Cemetery in Clarke County. Wright's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Green, 81, of Meridian, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She was an instructor and seamstress at Meridian Manufacturing.
Survivors include her son, David Wayne Green and his wife, Patricia, of Collinsville; brothers, Frankie Turner and Reese Turner, both of Quitman, Wayne Turner, James Turner and Hilton Turner, all of Meridian, Ernest Turner of Gilbertown, Ala. and Franklin Turner of Louisiana; sisters, Ardell Jenkins, Patricia Harrison and Mattie Hall, all of Meridian and Julia Tindle of Quitman.
She was preceded in death by her husband, L.C. Green; siblings, Hayward Turner, Clyde Turner, Mae Jewel Diamond and Minnie Alma Turner.
Pallbearers were Shelton Miller, Ronnie Diamond, Sammie Daniels, Stephen Miller, Wendell Diamond and Randy Akin.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barry &Gardner Funeral Home for Mary B. Young Hamilton, 76, of Meridian, who died Thursday, June 24, 2004, at Riley Hospital.
