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11:52 pm Thursday, November 11, 2004

Obituaries for Thursday, November 11, 2004

By Staff
Homemaker
Graveside services for Katie F. Cape will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Chunky with the Rev. T.C. Pinson officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Cape, 68, of Chunky, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her daughters, Judy Ann Huddleston and her husband, Wallace, of Little Rock, Sheila Marie Lewis and her husband, James, of Gulfport and Katie Venita Gressett and her husband, Scott, of Chunky; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; sisters, Patricia Points of Longview, Texas, Lois Wallace of Stamps, Ark., and Louise Horton of El Dorado, Ark.; brothers, David Horton of El Dorado and Burl Horton of Shreveport, La.
Visitation will be Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the funeral home.
Graveside services for Thelma "Snooky" Birdsong will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hebron Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Earley officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Birdsong, 83, of Meridian, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Guardian Angel Hospice. She is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II.
Survivors include her sisters, Wyvonne Powell, Joyce Gossett, Tetha Hastings and Merle Irby, all of Meridian.
James River Paper Mill electrician
BUTLER, Ala. Graveside services for Dickie Coleman Taylor will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Gilbertown City Cemetery with the Revs. Leon Ross and Jim Wallace officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Taylor, 60, of Gilbertown, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Survivors include his wife, Brenda Johnson Taylor of Gilbertown; his mother, Vera J. Taylor of Silas; a son, Michael Taylor of Toxey; a daughter, Michelle Weekley of Gilbertown; a brother, Paul Taylor of Millry; sisters, Donna Odom of Silas and Debbie Evans of Millry; and five grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home's Pine Mill location.
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Jodie Fedrick will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Mark McDonald and Sister Ellen Casaz officiating. Burial will be in the Good Hope Cemetery in Neshoba County.
Mrs. Fedrick, 93, of Union, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at Hilltop Manor Nursing Home in Union.
Survivors include her daughters, Maggie Dell Seymour of D'Iberville, Helen "Nita" Cavalier of Union, Ellie June Webb of Vicksburg and Shirley Lee Ruggeri of Conroe, Texas; 15 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Steel worker
Services for Willie E. Malone will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Tabernacle United Methodist Church on Highway 19 South with the Rev. Johnny Rankin officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Berry and Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Malone, 59, of Meridian, died Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include wife, Lorine Malone of Meridian; sons, Willie Moore and his wife, Carol, of Toledo, Ohio, Jerry Malone of Ridgeland and Gregory Malone of Meridian; daughters, Denise Malone, Stephanie Malone, Nancy Malone and Rose Holmes and her husband, Tavio, all of Meridian; her father, Willie Malone of Meridian; step-father, William Bill Easley; 10 grandchildren; sisters, Willie Mae Aikens and her husband, Lozell, Dorothy Baskin and her husband, Robert, Irnell Henderson and her husband, James, Patricia Black and Pamela Malone; brothers, John Malone and his wife, Clara, of Racine, Wis., Billie Malone and his wife, Bobbie, of Meridian, Frank Malone and his wife, Liz, of Houston, Texas, Jearl Malone and his wife, Johnnie Mae, Johnny Malone, and James Malone and his wife, Stacy, all of Meridian, Joe Easley and his wife, Mary, of Yantley, Ala., Arthur Easley and Otis Gowdy, both of Meridian; several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Latoya Malone; his mother, Della Easley; a sister and a brother.
Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Robert Friedenreich, 65, of Toomsuba, who died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Mary Jane McDonald, 47, of Pachuta, who died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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