Obituaries for Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003
By Staff
Services for Marilyn E. Ezelle will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dr. Keith Grubbs and Bill Webb officiating. Burial will be in Hamrick Cemetery.
Mrs. Ezelle, 64, of Meridian, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at Riley Hospital. She was a registered nurse at Riley Hospital for 25 years and a member of Midway Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Gerald Ezelle, two daughters, Margie McMullan and Suzi McMullan Hicks, a son, Joey McMullan and his wife, Kay, all of Meridian; three stepchildren, David Ezelle and his wife, Mary, and Stephens Ezelle, all of Union; and Lisa Brown of Memphis; three sisters, Lurlene Ishee of Philadelphia; Juanice Hodgins and her husband, Arnold, of Meridian; and Margaret McCann of Shuqualak; grandchildren, Morgan and Mallory Cumberland, Austin and Adam Hicks, and Brandon and Dalton McMullan, all of Meridian; step-grandchildren, Chris Martin, Patricia Phillips, Samantha and Roger Phillips, Jacob and Lucas Brown.
She was preceded in death by her parents, M.B. Ethridge and Adale Houston, and her brother, M.B. Ethridge Jr.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Graveside services for Quatasha A. Hill will be held Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Cemetery in Kemper County with the Rev. Doug Grady officiating. Berry &Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Infant Hill, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include her mother, Eve McClellan, her father, Shamell Hill, her brother, Deundre Hill, all of Meridian; and her grandparents.
Infant
Services for Willie Dunnigan Jr. will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Odell Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial cemetery.
Infant Dunnigan, eight months, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his mother, Natalie Hearn, his father, Willie Dunnigan Sr., two sisters, Wil Quesha Dunnigan, Kalesha Hearn, all of Meridian; grandparents, Addie Dunnigan, Barbara Randle, Willie James Dunnigan, Willie Marshall Russell Jr., all of Meridian.
Visitation will be Monday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired/security guard
Services for Johnny Haynes will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Rose Baptist Church in Quitman with the Rev. Washington McKenzie officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Rose Cemetery with Berry &Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Haynes, 84, of Quitman, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at his home.
Survivors include his sister, Ann Thompson of Minneapolis; and several nieces and nephews.
Retired
Services for Pearlie Trussell will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Samuel Crawford officiating. Burial will be in Zion Hill Sandflat.
Mrs. Trussell, 100, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, at her home.
Survivors include her two nieces, Mary Crawford and Cynthia Nettles of Mobile, Ala.; her nephew, Rev. Samuel Crawford of Mobile; four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two daughters, four sisters and a brother.
Visitation will be Monday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Eleanor G. Clearman, 95, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, at Heartfelt Hospice.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Robert O. Owens, 67, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Owens was a licensed funeral director with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home.
