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3:31 pm Friday, May 14, 2004

Obituaries for Friday, May 14, 2004

By Staff
Self employed
Services for E.L. "Bo" Baucum will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Mike Dobrosky and John Jacob officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Baucum, 66, of Meridian, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served with the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife Jewel Baucum; a daughter, Joy Ann Mock and her husband, David; two sons, Greg Baucum and Todd Baucum and his wife, Stephanie; a stepson, Al Price; two grandsons, Ryan Brock and his wife, Tamara, and Parker Brock; a great-granddaughter, Kinsley Brock; a sister, Sylvia White and her husband, Roy; two brothers, Charles Baucum and his wife, Barbara, and Max Baucum and his wife, Beth; several nieces and nephews; a son-in-law, Todd Brock and his wife, Marjolyn.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Spencer Baucum and Essie Biggs Baucum; and a brother, Spencer "Duke" Baucum.
The family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Episcopal Church of the Mediator.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Brock, Kevin White, Jackie Baucum, Brent Baucum, Keely Baucum and Chuck Dooley.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
FOREST Services for Melissa C. Craig Bigby will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cash Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Ott &Lee Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Bigby, 35, of Lena, died Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
CONWAY, S.C. Services for Sandra K. Pelley will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at East Conway Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Jeff Atkinson officiating. Goldfinch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Pelley, 55, of Highway 129, died Monday, May 10, 2004, at McLeod Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Keri Harper of Mississippi and Beverly Painter of Texas; a son, Thomas Pelley of Georgia; a brother, Harvey Speed of Mississippi; a life companion, Danny Robinson of Galivants Ferry; an adopted family, Jennifer and Ray Morris of Aynor and Nancy and Jim Colburn of Conway; and 11 grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to the American Heart Association, Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216 Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216 or to the American Diabetes Association, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 205, Columbia, SC 29204 or to the Horry County Animal Shelter, 2101 Industrial Park, Conway SC 29526.
Retired businessman
PHILADELPHIA Services for Paul Winstead will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will be in Bethsaida Cemetery in Neshoba County.
Mr. Winstead, 57, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Winstead of Philadelphia; a daughter, Anita Winstead of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; a son, Richard Winstead of Philadelphia; a granddaughter; a sister, Elizabeth Wilson of Northport, Ala.; and two brothers, Hayward Winstead of Birmingham, Ala., and Eddis Winstead of Waterloo, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by a son, James Winstead.
Visitation will be today from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
DEKALB Services for Deborah A. Naylor will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel with the Rev. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will in New Hope Blackwater Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Naylor, 53, of Meridian, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Naylor; two daughters, Rosalynn Naylor and Crystal Naylor, and her mother, Rosie Lee Brown, all of Meridian; two grandsons; two brothers, Phillip Brown Sr., of Saginaw, Mich.; Glen Brown Sr., and his wife, Helen, of Deberry, Texas; two sisters, Brenda B. Gordon and Betty K. Brown, both of Meridian; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father and a brother.
Visitation will be Sunday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Charlie W. Pace, who died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Vester L. Drew of Pickens, S.C., who died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens.

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