Obituaries for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004

By Staff
Delia Stewart's Dance Studio owner
GULFPORT Memorial services and visitation for Delia W. Stewart will be held Friday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Gulfport Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stewart, 67, of Ocean Springs, formerly of Meridian, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, in Ocean Springs.
Survivors include her daughter, Julie Stewart of New York, N.Y.; her sister, Clare W. Hans and her husband, Joe, of Ocean Springs; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to a children's charity of choice.
Services for Graffie Carlisle will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery. Berry and Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Carlisle, 82, of Meridian, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie Carlisle of Meridian; daughters, Pat Carlisle and Mary Carlisle, both of Meridian, Louise Carlisle and Fannie Moore, both of Detroit, Mollie Carlisle of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dorothy Tillman and Betty Gowdy, both of Irvington, N.J.; a son, Bobby Carlisle of Meridian; 20 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Graveside services for Julius Thomas will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Enterprise with the Rev. D.E. Edenson officiating. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thomas, 90, of Enterprise, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Jackson. He was a veteran.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Leola Thomas.
Visitation will be Friday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Truck driver
UNION Services for Paschal "Pat" Rash Jr. will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Conehatta Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Moore officiating. Burial will be in Beatline Baptist Church Cemetery in Newton County. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rash, 34, of Conehatta, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2004, in his home.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Rash, a daughter, Leighann Rash and a son, P.J. Rash, all of Conehatta; his mother, Irene Leaf and her husband, John, of Newton; a sister, LaSonya Withers and her husband, David, of Meridian; his step-father, Bruce Manning of North Carolina; one niece and two nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Pat Rash Sr.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the church.
Retired from public health division of TVA
JACKSON Graveside services for Francis Eugene Gartrell will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Revs. Steve Mainous and Paul Means officiating. Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Gartrell, 90, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include his wife, Bettye J. Gartrell; his children, Frances Gartrell Gaddis of Vicksburg, Lucy Caldwell Elliot of London, England, and William Jackson Coleman of Alexandria, Va.; a brother, George Gartrell and his wife, Dot, of Meridian; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Mabel Lee Gartrell.
Memorials may be made to New Life Church, 4209 Mt. Alban Road, Vicksburg, MS 39183 or Covenant Presbyterian Church, 4000 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39202.
Visitation will be Friday 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home with a brief prayer service for family and friends following.
GILBERTOWN, Ala. Services for Bernice Marie Norton Brown were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Millry Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. O.M. Wilcox officiating. Burial was in Kimbrough Cemetery. Phillips Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Brown, 90, of Millry, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her sons, Darrell R. Brown and his wife, Bryanell, and Paul E. Brown and his wife, Sybil, all of Millry; three sisters-in-law, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin H. Brown; and a granddaughter, Andrea Brown.
Teacher
MILTON, Fla. Graveside services for Jessie Faye Barton were held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Serenity Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Mel Coon officiating. Milton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Barton, 72, of Milton, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, in Milton.
Survivors include her daughters, Donna May Coats and her husband, Ray, of Meridian, Debbora Wiles and her husband, Jack, of Milton; a brother, Douglas Barton and his wife, Elaine, of Jonesboro, Ga.; a sister, Hazel Ward and her husband, Cecil, of Meridian; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Hubert O. Barton and Carrie Alice Barton; her husband, Harold R. Bush; and a granddaughter, Hope Wiles.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Betty Hawes, 91, of Shubuta, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at Lakeside Living Center in Quitman.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home of Newton for Thomas E. Scoggin, of Newton, who died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Jackson.