He was preceded in death by his sisters, Annie Matt Grimes and Mary Grimes; brothers, George Reed Dill and John Dill.

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Pallbearers will be Fred Rhodes, Joe Wilkerson, Lavelle Massey, Roland Gough, Vernon Brandon, Jerry Townsend, David Buntyn and John Heart.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Harvester's Sunday School Class and Chris Walley.
Memorials may be made to Mississippi Lions Sight Foundation.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ruth J. Butler
PASCAGOULA Services for Ruth J. Butler will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home with the Revs. William Butler and Bill Barton officiating. Burial will be in Serene Memorial Garden in Escatawpa.
Mrs. Butler, 77, of Moss Point, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003, in Moss Point. She was a former resident of Meridian.
Survivors include her children, Lawrence Butler of Irvington, Ala., Dorothy Broadway of Moss Point; John Butler of Grand Bay, Ala., and Frank Butler of Moss Point; 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman David Butler; her father, Lawrence Lovette; and her mother, Minnie E. "Big Ma Ma" Wall.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Annie Iola Milstead Parnell
QUITMAN Services for Annie Iola Milstead Parnell will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Wright's Funeral Home Chapel with Elders Slade Geiger and Clarence P. Crimn officiating. Burial will be in Latter Day Satins Cemetery.
Mrs. Parnell, 95, of Stonewall, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital. She was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Survivors include her sons, Lamar Milstead and his wife, Mary, Bobby Milstead and his wife, Betty, Dale Milstead and his wife, Virginia, all of Stonewall, and Howard Milstead of Hot Springs, Ark.; 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today beginning at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Teresa L. Jackson
Homemaker
Graveside services for Teresa L. Jackson will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. Sephus Garrett officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Jackson, 75, of Brandon, a native of Meridian, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood.
Survivors include her husband, Ernest M. Jackson of Brandon; a daughter, Vicki Edgeworth and her husband, Thomas, of Brandon; a son, Jimmie M. Jackson and his wife, Adonis, of Madison; four grandchildren, Christopher and Troy Jackson, and Angela and Jeff Edgeworth; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Della Mae Harris of Gulfport.
Tarrance King
Outback Steakhouse employee
Services for Tarrance King will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Belmont Baptist Church with the Rev. Eastman Moses officiating. Burial will be in Jerusalem Cemetery in DeKalb with Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. King, 30, of Meridian, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, in Lauderdale.
Survivors include his former wife, Sybil King, a sister, Yolanda Williams and her husband, Corey, a brother, Wayne King and his wife, Stephanie, all of Meridian; four aunts and four uncles.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ann King; his father, Gervis King; and a brother, Gary King.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Pat Marie Mathilde Villere Wright
Private services for Pat Marie Mathilde Villere Wright will be held Tuesday at Barham Funeral Home with Father Elvin Sunds of St. Patrick Church officiating.
Mrs. Wright, 94, of Meridian, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home in Meridian. She was born in New Orleans on Oct. 11, 1908. She was a graduate of Sophie Newcombe College of New Orleans.
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Carol Wright of Meridian; a sister, Alys Salassi of New Orleans; six grandchildren, Michael Wright and his wife, Kathy, of Destin, Fla., Lisa Goldner and her husband, Ed, of San Antonio, Texas, Holly Crippen and her husband, Les, of Kennesaw, Ga., John Wright and his wife, Tawanna, of Meridian, Patricia Wright of Germantown, Tenn., Russell Wright and his wife, Tanya, of Meridian; 15 great-grandchildren, Leah Wright, Morgan Wright, Brandi Wright, Ashley Crippen, Matthew Crippen, Megan Goldner, Jeffrey Goldner, Rachel Wright, Tyler Crippen, Emily Goldner, Lauren Wright, Sarah Wright, Miranda Wright, Amanda Goldner and Bradley Wright.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Laurie Lavelle Wright; and a son, Walter Villere Vee Wright.
The family requests memorials be made to St. Patrick Catholic Church of Meridian.
Lue Russell Clark
Retired truck driver
Services for Lue Russell "Rut" Clark will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home with the Rev. Timothy Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Clark, 73, of Meridian, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, in Marion.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte "DD" Clark; a daughter, Donna Mead of Chicago; three sisters, Edna Naylor of Meridian, Ethel King of Chicago and Cathy Weddington and her husband, Archie, of Dallas, Texas; two brothers, J.T. Clark and his wife, Miriam, and Louis Clark and his wife, Carol, of Canton; and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be Tuesday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
William L. Mallette
Services for William L. Mallette will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Mallette, 59, of Meridian, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Visitation will be Tuesday 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ray Aldredge
Self-employed
MACON Services for Ray Aldredge will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Veteran's Cemetery in Wilmington, N.C., with Cockrell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Aldredge, 80, of Macon, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, in his home. He was the owner of a machine and welding shop, and supply store. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a flight engineer during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Dollie G. Aldredge of Macon; three daughters, Kay Corbett and Midge Brown, both of Fayetteville, N.C., and Geanne Aldridge of Carolina Beach, N.C.; sons, Raymond Aldredge Jr. of Tampa, Fla., and Leon Aldredge of Greensboro, N.C.; a stepdaughter, Julia Jo Hill and a stepson, Ward Hill, both of Macon; three sisters, Peggie Prince of Cummings, Ga., Emily Freemon of Columbus and Dot Williams of Englewood, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Tish Kirby Aldredge.