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4:09 pm Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Obituaries for Wednesday, March 3, 2004

By Staff
Retired Weyerhaeuser Company
PHILADELPHIA Services for Curtis A. Robinson will be held today at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Revs. Joe Robbins and Jimmy Townsend officiating. Burial will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Robinson, 82, of Philadelphia, died Monday, March 1, 2004, at Alliance-Laird Hospital in Union. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Nita Robinson; a daughter, Patty Sharp, both of Philadelphia; a son, Glenn Robinson of Richland; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; step-mother, Ardell Robinson of Quitman; sisters, Sally Lewis of Stonewall, Inez Lewis and Irene Upton, both of Quitman; brothers, Bogan Robinson of Chickasaw, Ala., Johnny Robinson of Stonewall and Bo Robinson of Quitman.
UNION Services for Elma Warren will be held today at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bennie Buckley officiating. Burial will be in Golden Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Warren, 83, of Union, died Monday, March 1, 2004, at Hilltop Manor.
Survivors include her sister, Jewell Allday of Union; a sister-in-law, Goldie Smith of Union; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Retired
Services for Rosie M. Grace will be held today at 1 p.m. at Brown Ridge Baptist Church in DeKalb with the Rev. Bennie Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in Blackwater Church Cemetery with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Grace, 88, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her sons, Jimmy Dale Grace, Willie Grace, Dewey Grace and James Grace, all of Meridian; daughters, Daisy Jimerson and her husband, Merrill, Jennifer Gowdy of Meridian and Sara Carter of Detroit, Mich.; sisters, Loreda Fox of Philadelphia and Lee Murray Brown of Moss Point; 52 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Grace; and her parents, Manson and Daisy Hudson.
Carpenter
PHILADELPHIA Services for Murel Samuel "Broam" Burnside will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with Bishop Mack Jimerson officiating. Burial will be in Donald Rest Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Mr. Burnside, 49, of Louisville, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Survivors include his wife, Lula Burnside of Louisville; daughters, Shondra McDonald of Chicago and Melanie Burnside of Louisville; a son, Broam Burnside of Louisville; three grandchildren; his mother, Margaret Scott of Philadelphia; sisters, Martha Tatum and Canzetta Stone, both of Philadelphia, Sharon Lampkins of Chicago and Bettye Blacks of Maryland; and a brother, W.C. Blacks of Milwaukee.
Visitation will be today 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Bessie Morrow Harvey will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Earl Wheatley officiating. Burial will be in Andrews Chapel Methodist Cemetery.
Mrs. Harvey, 104, of Marion, died Monday, March 1, 2004, at Guardian Angel Hospice. She was a member of Andrews Chapel Methodist Church and a sitter for several years at St. Joseph's Hospital in Meridian.
Survivors include her granddaughters, Dr. Dianne Richardson of Meridian and Darlene Thompson of Bailey; a grandson, Lee Harvey and his wife, Cindy, of Bailey; great-grandchildren, Capt. Kristi Richardson of the U.S. Air Force, Austin Thompson, Christopher Harvey and Miranda Harvey, all of Bailey, and Morgan Thompson of Hattiesburg; a daughter-in-law, Rachel Harvey Clark; nephews, John Morris Vincent and James Vincent, all of Meridian; and a half sister, Louise Baker of Pearl.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ike Harvey; sons, Elmore Harvey and his wife, Elsie, and Edd Harvey.
Visitation will be Thursday beginning at 10:30 a.m. until service time.
Student
Services for Alexis Keoka Marie Wilkins will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Willie J. Jefferson. Burial will be in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Lauderdale.
Ms. Wilkins, 18, of Slidell, La., died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, in Slidell.
Survivors include her father, Harvey Wilkins Sr. and her mother, Shirley McElroy Wilkins, both of Slidell; a sister, Lexis Wilkins of Lacombe, La.; brothers, Kenneth Wilkins and Adarrell Wilkins, both of Lacombe, and Harvey Wilkins Jr. of Baton Rouge, La.; her paternal grandfather, Noah Wilkins of Lacombe; and her maternal grandfather, Ike McElroy of Lauderdale.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Dollie Wilkins; and her maternal grandmother, Pearlie McElroy.
Visitation will be Friday one hour prior to the service at the funral home.

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