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8:12 pm Monday, November 1, 2004

Obituaries for Monday, November 1, 2004

By Staff
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Esley Stewart will be held today at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the Stewart Cemetery.
Mr. Stewart, 84, of Marion, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, in Marion.
Survivors include his daughters, Sandra Cox of Gilbertown, Wanda Presley and Linda Tyson of Toxey, and Donna Todd of Butler; sons, Johnny Stewart and Danny Stewart, both of Toxey; a brother, Joe Stewart of Toxey; a sister, Ethel Busby of Silas; 15 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
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Services for Jay Brock will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Kent Stephens officiating. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery in Jackson.
Mr. Brock, 42, of Meridian, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Denise Smyth Brock of Meehan; daughters, Summer Lynn Brock of Virginia and Leslie Marie Smyth of Meehan; a son, Murray Alan Smyth II of Meehan; a grandson, Christopher "C.J." Smyth of Meehan; his mother, Lynn Brock of Pigeon Forge, Tenn.; sisters, Lesa L. Brock of Pigeon Forge and Sunny Smith and her husband, Ray, of Avon, Colo.; a brother, Lindsey Brock and his wife, Diane, of Morton; a sister-in-law, Doris Roberts of Ohio; a niece, Jolie Blue Smith of Avon, Colo.; and many special friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ralph S. Brock; and a brother-in-law, Joey Roberts.
Pallbearers will be Danny Harding, Anthony DeVaughn, Boe Hendon, Paul Joyner, Mike Foy, Ernest Parker, Billy Wayne Griffin and Willie Tarver.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
SEBASTOPOL Services for Johnny Don Wesley will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Pearl River Mennonite Church with the Rev. Glenn Myers officiating. Burial will be in the Dancing Rabbit Cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wesley, 44, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at Choctaw Health Center.
Survivors include his daughters, Erica King of Decatur and Sherina Wesley of Conehatta; a son, Johnathan Wesley of Conehatta; his mother, Cecilia Wesley of Choctaw; sisters, Ruth Hickman, JoAnne Ben and Janice Lewis, all of Philadelphia; brothers, Danny Wesley, John Lewis and Edward J. Wesley, all of Philadelphia, Jerry Wesley of Pascagoula and Edward Wesley of Walnut Grove and four grandchildren.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Billy Quinn, 71, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, in his home.

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