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3:38 pm Monday, March 1, 2004

Obituaries for Monday, March 1, 2004

By Staff
Retired
NEWTON Services for Relius Collins Pouncey will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church with the Revs. Roger Ivey and Steve Pouncey officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Pouncey, 84, of Enterprise, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Jackson. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was a member of C.N.J. Bass Masters of Clarke, Newton and Jasper counties. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in World War II. He was retired from La-Z-Boy.
Survivors include his wife, Trudy Ocker Pouncey; a daughter, Barbara Peavey and her husband, John;, and a son, the Rev. Steve Pouncey and his wife, Debbie; three grandchildren, Leisa Cunningham and her husband, Jerry, Mike Peavey and his wife, Kelly, and Suzanne Whitlock and her husband, Chris, all of Enterprise; seven great-grandchildren, Heather Cunningham, Samantha Whitlock, Alicia Peavey, Breanna Cunningham, Jami Whitlock, Jacob Cunningham and Olivia Peavey, all of Enterprise.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Washington and Allie Massingale Pouncey.
Pallbearers will be Elliott Richardson, Noflet Bogan, Kenny Pouncey, Curtis Pouncey, Alvin Pouncey, Don Pouncey, Chris Whitlock and Jerry Cunningham.
Visitation will today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
Retired
Graveside services for Harry E. Hamrick Jr. will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Malcolm Lewis officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hamrick, 76, of Meridian, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a Mason, a member of Northcrest Baptist Church and the York and Scottish Rites bodies and Hamasa Shrine. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines and served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Betty H. Hamrick; a daughter, Sharon H. Burt and her husband, Frank, all of Meridian; a son, Eddy Hamrick and his wife, Kathy, of Pascagoula; grandsons, Lance Farr and his wife, Susan, Derek Farr, B.J. Cummings and Brock Hamrick, all of Meridian; E.J. Hamrick and Dustan Hamrick, both of Pascagoula; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Hamrick Sr.
Visitation will be Tuesday 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. at the funeral home.
Retired seamstress
Services for Mary Elizabeth McKeithen will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Kemper County.
Mrs. McKeithen, 82, of Meridian, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her sons, David McKeithen and his wife, Daphne, Richard McKeithen and his wife, Carol, and Barry McKeithen, all of Meridian, and Terry Wayne McKeithen of Texas; three grandchildren, Neil McKeithen and his wife, Beth, Melanie Hogan and her husband, James, and Shon McKeithen and his wife, Angela; three great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and six step-great-grandchildren; a brother, the Rev. Wallace Terry and his wife, Apphia, of Bailey; sisters, Hazel Terry of Bailey and Eloise Terry of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn McKeithen; siblings, Milton Terry, Wilma Flanagan, A.C. Terry, Bonnie Ethridge and James Terry; and her parents, Clara and Wallace Terry.
Pallbearers will be Daniel Ethridge, Jimmy Ethridge, Butch Terry, Pete Terry, Roland Flanagan and Douglas Terry.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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