Obituaries for Sunday, October 24, 2004
By Staff
Locksmith for Locksmith Inc.
NEWTON Services for Kevin Wayne Dennis will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Hal Bates officiating. Burial will be in Conehatta Methodist Church cemetery.
Mr. Dennis, 22, of Collinsville, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, in his home. He was born in Rankin County. He was a member of First Assembly of God. He served in the Army National Guard.
Survivors include his mother, Donna Dennis Ragland and her husband, Mike, of Collinsville; his father, Wayne Dennis of Jackson; his grandfather, Floyd Glen Parker of Lawrence; a sister, Stacy Billings and her husband, Jimmy, of Collinsville; and nieces, Lacy Billings and Avry Billings, both of Collinsville.
Pallbearers will be D. Matthew Flanagan, John Bivin, Tim Mayatt, Wesley Spears, Stephen Mason and Jonathan Thomas.
Honorary pallbearer will be Jeremy "Bubba" Parker.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired owner of Cash and Carry Building Supply
Graveside services for Esther Myers Bass will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Gill officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bass, of Meridian, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her nieces, Inga Bass of Meridian, June Burge of Picayune and Sandy Fleming of North Carolina; nephews, Don Siddons and Robert Siddons, both of Danville, Ill., and Joey Bass of Meridian; a sister-in-law, Elsie Bass of Meridian; and several great nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Heartfelt Hospice/Meridian, Outpatient Services, 500 Highway 39 North, Meridian, MS 39301, or to Poplar Springs Methodist Church.
Visitation will be held today from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired food service manager
PHILADELPHIA Services for Imogene Ward Beckham will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Bethsaida Baptist Church with the Revs. Billy James and Jerry Guess officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with McClain-Hays Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Beckham, 77, of Philadelphia, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her daughter, Charlotte Jayroe of Philadelphia; sons, Gerald Keith Beckham of Hattiesburg and Barry Beckham of Jonesville, La.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Claude Ward of Philadelphia; and sisters, Elmer Hicks and Dee Tullos, both of Vicksburg, and Bernice Wells of Meridian.
Visitation will be held today from 3 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired from Masonite
Graveside services for Tom Cotton will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at All Day Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cotton, 70, of Meridian, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at Specialty Hospital of Meridian.
Survivors include his sisters, Lucinda Allen and her husband, Earl, of Oakdale, Minn., and Ethel Hersey of Meridian; two brothers, Johnny Cotton and his wife, Dorothy, of St. Paul, Minn., and Clyde Cotton and his wife, Birda, of Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgie and Lucy Cotton and a brother.
Visitation will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pauline W. Hill, 84, of Meridian, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at Heartfelt Hospice. Barham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her daughter, Daphne K. Ballew and her husband, Neil, of Meridian; a sister, Elizabeth Louise Wiles of Columbus, Ohio; and a granddaughter, Zabrina Rodriquez and her husband, Xavier, of Euless, Texas.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Pettis Hampton, 50, of Houston, Texas, who died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at Memorial Hospital in Houston.
DEKALB Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Karroll A. Brown Sr., 78, of Preston, who died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at the VA Hospital in Jackson.
