Obituaries for Friday, November 12, 2004
By Staff
Retired pharmacist
KOSCIUSKO Graveside services for William E. "Billy" Fields will be held today at 11 a.m. at Stonewall Cemetery near Ethel. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fields, 69, of Kosciusko, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Mississippi State Veterans Nursing Home in Kosciusko. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Helaine Wasson Fields of Madison; daughters, Debra Easterling of Magee, Jennifer Millsaps of Madison, Lindy Ladner of Bay St. Louis and Mindy May of Rogersville, Tenn.; a sister, Ada Ivy of Jackson; brothers, Paul Fields of Crownsville, Md., and Leo Fields of Clinton;seven grandchildren; one step-grandson; two great-grandsons and one step-great-grandson.
Visitation will be today one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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BUTLER, Ala. Services for Mary Alene Miller will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Pat Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery in the Whynot Community.
Mrs. Miller, 77, of Tuscaloosa, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Hospice of West Alabama. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Survivors include her daughter, Terry Espinoza and a son, Lee Miller, both of Tuscaloosa and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Secretary
QUITMAN Services for Terri Lynn Rawson will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Souenlovie Baptist Church with the Revs. Buddy Petty and Richard Cothern officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Rawson, 44, of Enterprise, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her husband, Carl W. Rawson Sr.; sons, Carl W. Rawson Jr., Christopher Dean Rawson and Cody Lee Rawson, all of Enterprise; her mother, Nadine Dickerson of Fort Worth, Texas; sisters, Pamela Jay and Laurie Painter, both of Fort Worth and Frankie Hutto of Waynesboro.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Retired
Services for Robert "Bob" Friedenreich will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church with the Rev. Elvin Sunds officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Friedenreich, 65, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a retired officer of the U.S. Navy and retired from Rea, Shaw, Griffin and Stuart. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Glenda Friedenreich of Meridian; sons, Lt. Cmdr. John Friedenreich and his wife, Kathy, of Springfield, Va., and William "Bill" Friedenreich and his wife, Angela, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; a sister, Cathy Friedenreich and Alan Black of Charlotte, N.C.; a brother, William Friedenreich of Meridian and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Williams Charles Friedenreich and Joseph Friedenreich.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or St. Judes Children's Hospital.
Pallbearers will be Terry Dubose, Jim Bass, Alan Black, Larry Cannon, Jonathan Taylor, Robert Threatt and Michael Smith.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
GILBERTOWN, Ala. Services for Norman Staples Lee will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Clovis Lewis and Leon Ross officiating. Burial will be in Barrytown Cemetery.
Mr. Lee, 88, of Gilbertown, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Willow Trace Nursing Center in Butler.
Survivors include his daughters, Norma Jean Lee of Raleigh, N.C., Jerry Nell Lee Paasch of Homosassa, Fla., Bonnie Carol Mosley and Jolene Lee McInnis, both of Gilbertown and Donna Lee Chesnut of Quitman, Miss.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Avanell "Nell" Lee.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Memorial services for Mary Jane McDonald will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Evangel Temple with the Rev. Mike Boles officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. McDonald, 47, of Pachuta, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a member of Evangel Temple.
Survivors include her husband, John McDonald of Pachuta; a son, Dexter McDonald and his wife, Tiffany, of Meridian; a daughter, Mindy Flores and her husband, Hector, of Marion; grandchildren, Courtney McDonald, Ross McDonald, Drew Flores, Reese Flores, Chase Flores, and Sky Flores; brothers, Jerry Holdeness and his wife, Sackey, of Meridian and John Holdeness and his wife, Cathy, of Pachuta; sisters, Wanda Gaye Smith of Pachuta and Gail Ann Hawkins of Meridian and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Evangel Temple Building Fund.
Visitation will be Saturday one hour prior to the service at the church.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Marthalene Slayton, 61, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at Heartfelt Hospice.
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Hattie L. Warren, 71, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at Heartfelt Hospice.