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8:35 am Friday, September 27, 2002

ROGER RUBERL GUTHRIE

By Staff
Retired
PHILADELPHIA Services for Roger Ruberl Guthrie will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Chuck Reed officiating. Burial will be in Neshoba Cemetery.
Mr. Guthrie, 73, of Union, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, at Alliance-Laird Hospital in Union. He was a retired air conditioning and refrigeration mechanic. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Survivors include his son, Darryl Guthrie of Little Rock; and three brothers, James Guthrie of Mobile, Ala., Paul Guthrie of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and Harvey Guthrie of Union.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
FRANCES LUCILLE BOONE CRANE MOORE
Housewife
Services for Frances Lucille Boone "Moma Cille" Crane Moore will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Concorde Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Cothern officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Moore, 86, of Enterprise, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, in Meridian. She was a housewife and a member of Concorde Methodist Church.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Tommy and Clara Crane, both of Enterprise, Jimmy and Myrna Crane, both of Meridian, and Donnie and Linda Moore, both of Enterprise; daughters Leola Ezell of Meridian and Theola and Ronald Grayson, both of Enterprise; 19 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; stepsons Webb Moore, Bobby Moore and Delton Moore; brothers Henry Minor Boone of Brandon and Morris Boone of Columbus; sisters Louise Mosher of Enterprise and Mary Agnes Thompson of Jackson; and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by husbands Milo Barrett Crane Sr. and Larkin N. Moore; and a son, Milo Barrett Crane Jr.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
BELL G. COLLINS
Retired cook
Graveside services for Bell G. Collins will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pentecostal Memorial Garden Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Collins, 85, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a retired cook.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Collins and Annette Baldwin of Meridian; a son, James H. Collins of San Pablo, Calif.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Visitation will be today from 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
MILDRED LIPSEY LONG
Retail sales clerk
YORK, Ala. Services for Mildred Lipsey Long will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Leon Ballard officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Long, 92, of Baldwin, Fla., and formerly of York, Ala., died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, in her home. She was a retired sales clerk.
Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Long Stallings of Baldwin, Fla.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Grady Jackson "Red" Long.
Visitation will be held today from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
BETTY J. KEY
Retired
Services for Betty J. Key will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Key, 71, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was retired.
Survivors include three sons, Wallace Key III of Atlanta and Michael Key and Walter Key, both of Meridian; a brother, the Rev. Alvin Clay of Meridian; and five grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday from 5 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
MARLENE RUTH BARRY
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Marlene Ruth Barry, 69, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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