Obituaries for Monday, March 10, 2003
By Staff
Graveside services for Alton Ray King will be held today at 1 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. Sally Fran Ross officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. King, 38, of Meridian, died Saturday, March 8, 2003, in Meridian.
Survivors include his parents, Lloyd and Linda King of Meridian; sisters, Debra King of Meridian and Ramona Dear of Pensacola, Fla.; and a brother, Alan King of Houston, Texas.
Pallbearers will be James Vance, Oscar Burt, Albert Buchanan, Albert Austin, Tony Sansone and Hagan Staton.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Lois Dean Reed will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Chuck Overby and Capt. Joseph Mur officiating. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery in Kemper County.
Mrs. Reed, 68, of Collinsville, died Saturday, March 8, 2003, at Benchmark Nursing Center. She was a homemaker, a retired taxi driver and restaurant operator. She was also a member of the Salvation Army.
Survivors include her husband, Billie Earl Reed of Collinsville; sons, James Earl Henry Reed and his wife, Patricia Sue Sims Reed, of Collinsville and Mark Reed of Meridian; a daughter, Nellie Mae Reed Burch and her husband, Timothy, of Warner Robbins, Ga.; a sister, Jean Shirley of Meridian; brothers, Jack C. Reed and his wife, Pat, and Virgil Reed and his wife, Helen, all of Toomsuba, Henry Thomas Reed Jr. and his wife, Geneva, and Robert Reed and his wife, Shirley, all of Meridian; grandchildren, James Earl Reed, Joshua David Burch and Brittney Nicole Burch; five nephews and three nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Thomas Reed and Nellie Mae Reed; an infant daughter, Margaret Nell Reed; two infant sisters, Tiny Reed and Hazel Reed; and three brothers, Charlie Franklin Reed, Grady Reed and Dewey Reed.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired cattle and chicken farmer
NEWTON Services for Ozro W. Strebeck will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hilton Moore officiating. Burial will be in Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Strebeck, 84, of Hickory, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at Newton Regional Hospital.
Survivors include his daughter, Judy Kelly of Newton; a son, Jerry Wayne Strebeck, sisters, Sarah Buckley and Audie Thrash, all of Hickory; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Strebeck; parents, Noss and Sally McKee Strebeck; brothers, Howard, Vernon and Edward Strebeck; and a sister, Ann Dean.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
UNION Services for Joseph "Joe" Cullen Chesney will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Len Chesney and Rusty Walton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Little Rock.
Mr. Chesney, 33, of Little Rock, died Friday, March 7, 2003, in his home. He was a 1987 graduate of Beulah Hubbard High School.
Survivors include his parents, Clifford and Jimmie Chesney, and J.T. and Jenny Lou Chesney, all of Little Rock; sisters, Regina Chesney Buckley and her husband, Steve, Labreeska Nell Chesney, Candy Laree Chesney and Andi Lachelle Chesney, all of Little Rock; a nephew, Stephen Kyle Buckley and a niece, Kasie Le Anne Buckley, both of Little Rock; great-grandmother, Eva Chesney of Little Rock; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. West Maggard and Clarence Clifford Chesney; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Graham.
Pallbearers will be Robert Massey, Jr. Moore, Alfred Bailey, Terry Buckley, Doug McKee and Jay Chesney.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
