Pallbearers will be Doug Griffin, Tony Lowman, Jerry Vaughn, Al Watts, James Louern, and Charlie Woodall.

By Staff
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
C.D. Watson
Retired farmer
PHILADELPHIA Services for C.D. "Skinny" Watson will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Gene Higginbotham officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery in the House Community of Neshoba County.
Mr. Watson, 90, of Union, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include a daughter, Belinda Edwards of Union; a son, Robert F. Watson of DeKalb; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ollie Mae Watson; and a son, John Watson.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Eugene Robinson
Retired civil service employee
Services for Eugene "Gene" Robinson will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Roy Dabbs and Terry Upchurch officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery in Cyril, Ala.
Mr. Robinson, 75, of Meridian, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, in his home. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and worked for Soul for more than 30 years. He worked for 17 years as a civil service employee at Naval Air Station Meridian. He sold Stanley Home Products for more than 40 years and loved his family.
Survivors include his wife, Laverne Robinson; a son, Wesley Robinson and his wife, Pam; a daughter, Robin Brown and her husband, Ron, all of Meridian; four grandchildren, Rea Thrash, Rachelle Lyons, Lisa Vincent and Shane Robinson; five great-grandchildren, Brandon Robinson, Benjamin Vincent, Ashley Vincent, Sabien Lyons and Alyssa Robinson; a brother, H.W. Robinson of Mobile, Ala.; nephews, Bud Robinson and his wife, Gladys, and Johnny Robinson and his wife, Sonya, all of Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey and Estelle Robinson; and a brother, Claiborn Robinson.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Broadway, Howard Weathers, Raymond Hinson, David Pickard and Carl Chambers.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Richard Arnold Dearman
Retired police officer
Memorial services for Richard Arnold Dearman will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church in the Zero Community with the Rev. Nick Holden officiating.
Mr. Dearman, 62, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, in his home.
He was a retired police officer with the Markham, Ill., Police Department, where he served with distinction, receiving a Purple Heart and the Medal of Valor. After moving back to Meridian in 1993, he worked at Fort James Mill, operating the drying kiln. He retired from there in 2002.
Survivors include his mother, Sarah Cahoon Dearman; a sister, Dorothy D. Vance and her husband, Mike; sons, John Robert Dearman and his wife, Florie, of Collinswood, Ariz., and Brian Dearman and his wife, Dalanya, of Flossmoor, Ill.; daughters, Lori Dearman Bauman and her husband, Jeff, of Orange, Calif., Shelly and Kelly Dearman, both of Flossmoor, Ill.; nine grandchildren, Laura and James Dearman of Cottonwood, Jonathan and Michelle Bauman of Orange, Xenia, Dexandria, Amya and Ashiya Dearman, all of Flossmoor, and Karia Davis of Meridian; a great-aunt, Minnie Merle Cahoon of Chunky; one uncle, Robert H. Cahoon and his wife, Pam, of Birmingham, Ala.; an aunt, Okey Presley of Pickins; three nephews, Alan Smith of Meridian, Kevin Smith and his wife, Lessea, of Collinsville and Edward Smith and his wife, Karen, of Meridian; two great-nephews, William "Eliot" and Alan "Luke" Smith, and one great-niece, Harleigh Smith, all of Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his father, Edward G. Dearman; grandparents, William Henry and Fannie Elizabeth Dearman, and John Robert and Ora Mae Cahoon; and several aunts and uncles.
Memorials may be made to the Gideons International.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the memorial service at the church.
Ruby Lee Grayson Manning
Ruby Lee Grayson Manning of Oakland, Md., died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at Garrett County Memorial Hospital in Maryland.
She was born in Ararat Mt. in Choctaw County, Ala., on July 1, 1931, the daughter of the late Reuben Cameron Grayson and Sarah Caroline Tanner Grayson.
Survivors include her husband, James Ray Manning; two sons, Harold Gray Manning of Wilmington, N.C., and Donald Wayne Manning of Attica, N.Y.; five grandchildren Donald Wayne Manning Jr., John Ray Manning, Christopher Manning, Michael Manning and Cassandra Manning; and a sister, Ola Mae Grayson Ezelle and husband, C.H.
Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
William H. Farr
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for William H. Farr, 84, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at Riley Hospital.