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11:04 am Monday, June 16, 2003

Obituaries for Monday, June 16, 2003

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Retired diesel mechanic
DEKALB Services for Roy T. Burroughs were held today at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Steve Lampkin and Randy Cardwell officiating. Burial was to be in Herbert Cemetery in Neshoba County.
Mr. Burroughs, 68, of Lynville, died Friday, June 13, 2003, in Meridian.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Burroughs of Lynville; daughters, Robin Felter of the House Community, Donna George of Hattiesburg and Tammy Allhoff of Meridian; a son, Tommy Burroughs of Meridian; brothers, Leonard Burroughs of DeKalb and Edward Burroughs of Philadelphia; and a sister, Betty Burroughs of Wahalak.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie Nell Burroughs; and a great-granddaughter, Kendal Felter.
HAZLEHURST Services for Bobby W. Russell will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Stringer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jacqueline Lindberg officiating. Burial will be in Hazlehurst Cemetery.
Mr. Russell, 53, of Pontotoc, died Friday, June 13, 2003. He was a graduate of Hazlehurst High School and Memphis State University.
He received his clinical nuclear medicine certificate from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Before going into sales as an account manager for VHA, Inc., he served as a nuclear medicine technologist in Meridian and as director of the Nuclear Medicine Department at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
He then served as a senior account manager for Dupont Medical Imaging and was manager for Mississippi Central Imaging, a division of Central Pharmacy Services, Inc.
Survivors include his wife; Laura Russell of Pontotoc; sons, Ruston Russell of Meridian, Alex Russell and Sam Russell, both of Pontotoc; a daughter, Pamela McAllister of Meridian; grandsons, D.J. and Trevor McAllister and a granddaughter, Stephanie McAllister, all of Meridian; his parents, Roy L. Russell Jr. and Bobby J. Russell; brothers, Roy L. Russell III and William G. Russell; and a sister, Rita Jackson, all of Hazlehurst.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 124 South Main St., Pontotoc, MS 38863.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Services for Charles Donald Adams Sr. will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Adams, 65, of Ocean Springs, died Sunday, June 15, 2003, in his home.
Visitation will be Tuesday 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Retired Avon representative
PHILADELPHIA Services for Annie Lois Breazeale will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mars Hill Pentecostal Church in Winston County with the Revs. Larry Smith and Lonoia Burks officiating. Burial will be in Mars Hill Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Breazeale, 83, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Ganell Agent of Carthage; sons, Otis Weldon Breazeale and Herman Luther Breazeale, both of Carthage, and Stanley Lorne Breazeale of Forest; a sister, Virginia Prefost of Vicksburg; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today beginning at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Margaret D. Long, 96, of Meridian, who died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Avie K. Wilkins, 93, of Causeyville, who died Sunday, June 15, 2003, in her home.

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