Obituaries for Saturday, March 1, 2003

By Staff
GORGE CLAY
DEKALB Services for Gorge Clay will be held today at 11 a.m. at Stephens Memorial Chapel in DeKalb with the Rev. Randy Rigdon officiating. Burial will be in Enondale Cemetery with Stephens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Clay, 58, of Scooba, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a member of the National Guard.
Survivors include two brothers, David Clay and his wife, Linda, of Louisville, and Dan Clay of Meridian; and a sister, Judy Robinson of Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Thomas Clay and Lella Grace Clay.
LENA G. BURRAGE
Retired
Services for Lena G. Burrage will be held today at 2 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery in the Moscow community.
Mrs. Burrage, 88, of Meridian, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include a brother, George Grant of Chicago; a sister, Sarah Stewart, also of Chicago; a grandson, Johnny Barfield of Meridian; a great-grandson, John "Tracy" Bush of Meridian; a great-granddaughter, Lisa Barfield of Flint, Mich.; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Burrage; a daughter, Osieree Adams; her father, Wash Grant; and her mother, Clara Hall.
GLADYS D. FLEMING
Retired
Graveside services for Gladys D. "Boots" Fleming will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Jason Bird officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Fleming, 89, of Meridian, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Beverly Healthcare Center.
Survivors include her son, Bobby Fleming, and his wife, Elois, of Meridian; and three grandchildren, Michael Steven Fleming of Meridian, Richard Anthony Fleming of Knoxville, Tenn., and Kristy Suzanne Fleming of Memphis, Tenn.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.J. Fleming.
JOE ALLEN LEWIS
BELLAMY, Ala. Graveside services for Joe Allen Lewis will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Lampkin Memorial Cemetery in Bellamy, with the Rev. Dr. Charles Bellenger officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home in York is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lewis, 57, of Bellamy, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at his residence in Bellamy. He served in the U.S. Navy.
He is survived by a daughter, Regina (Lewis) Grant, and her husband, Chris, of Cleveland, Ark.; six sisters, Louise Pittman and her husband, Horace, of Panama City, Fla., Carolyn Bracken and her husband, Bobby, of Napier Field, Betty Shinn and her husband, Jack, of Dumas, Ark., Denolda Hughley of Dothan, Donna Roberson and her husband, Doug, also of Dothan, and Dottie Wilson of St. Petersburg, Fla.; six brothers, Lee Lewis and his wife, Ruby, of Livingston, Don Lewis and his wife, Flora, of Bellamy, Chester Lewis and his wife, Crystal, of Webb, and Lester Lewis and his wife Mary Jo of Ringgold, Ga., Gerald Lewis of Wagner, Okla., J.V. Lewis and his wife, Jean, of Dothan; and two grandchildren.
ANNABELLE ELIZABETH WILEY TAYLOR
Homemaker
Memorial services for Annabelle Elizabeth Wiley Taylor were held Friday at 6 p.m. at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Kemper County with the Revs. Lynne Anderson and Allen Dearing officiating. Burial will be in Yankton Cemetery in Yankton, S.D. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements and Ray, Cantrell and Wintz Funeral Home in Yankton is also in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Taylor, 89, of Yankton, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was born June 14, 1913, in a sod house in the sand flats in Omega, Neb., and she grew up in various states across the Midwest. She resided in Yankton with her husband, Laurence Reynolds Taylor.
Survivors include her sister, Pauline Barbee of Holtsville, Calif.; a son, Dick Taylor, and his wife, Dolly, of Columbia Falls, Mont.; four daughters, Louise Kyarsgaard and her husband, Bud, of Monmouth, Iowa, Ann Joyner and her husband, Ken, of Meridian, Kay Nooney Sinkler of Yankton and Dana Brunick of Yankton; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Laurence Reynolds Taylor; a sister, Georgie Brock; a brother, Art Wiley; two grandchildren and two sons-in-law.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Kemper County.
ROBERT GENE JONES
Clerk for Tribal Complex
SEBASTOPOL Services for Robert Gene Jones were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rainy Mountain Baptist Mission in Mountain View, Okla. with the Rev. George Carter officiating. Burial was in Mission Cemetery. Milling Funeral Home and Smith Chapel Funeral Home of Anadarko, Okla., were in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Jones, 49, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, at his home.
Survivors include his companion, Catherine Jime of Philadelphia; a daughter, Stephanie Printup, also of Philadelphia; a son, Eric Jemison of Basom, N.Y.; his mother, Buena Jean Jones of Philadelphia; two sisters, Lisa Hawkins of Ada, Okla., and Shirley Tapp of Tulsa, Okla.; two grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Teresa Jones; his father, Robert Wayne Jones; and a brother, James Carroll Jones.
AARON RUSH
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Aaron Rush, 48, of DeKalb, who died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, at his home.
WILLIAM BARBER
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for William Barber, 74, of Meridian, who died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
MATTIE L. BOURDEAUX
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Mattie L. Bourdeaux, 78, of Meridian, who died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
LISA CHAPMAN PRINGLE
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Lisa Chapman Pringle, 35, of Meridian, who died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, in Jackson.