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7:56 am Wednesday, December 13, 2000

OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 2000

By Staff
JASON CHARLES LLOYD BAGLEY
Services for Jason Charles Lloyd Bagley will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Steve Stevenson officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Hattiesburg. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bagley, 18, of Meridian, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, in Lauderdale. He was employed with Pigott Industries in sales.
Survivors include his mother, Janice Bagley of Meridian; his father and stepmother, Chuck and Carolyn Elise Bagley of Laurel; a sister, Lara Nelms of New Orleans; a brother, Hunter Bagley of Meridian; his maternal grandmother, Hazel Reidner of Meridian; his paternal grandmother, Agnes M. Bagley of Pickerington, Ohio; and three stepbrothers, Evan Myers of Laurel, Paul Maxwell of Taylorsville and Jessie Maxwell, U.S. Marine Corp., Hawaii.
Visitation will be today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MAUDE LAMBERT
Homemaker
Graveside services for Maude Lambert will be held today at 1 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the Revs. James Ruffin and Randy Scarbrough officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lambert, 87, of Meridian, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.
Survivors include two sons, James Earnest Lambert of Orlando, Fla., and Jonathon Theodore Lambert and his wife, Susan, of Knoxville, Tenn.; three daughters, Patricia Jane Courington and her husband, Bill, of Orlando, Carolyn June Lambert of Los Angeles and Retta Van Doren and her husband, Terry, of Meridian; seven grandchildren, Terry Van Doren Jr., Timothy Van Doren, Lisa Lambert, Mathew Lambert, Lori Courington, Mardi Gay and Kevin Lambert; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Lee Lambert Sr., and a son, Martin Lee Lambert Jr.
DESMA MAE TIMS
Homemaker
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Desma Mae Tims will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, with the Rev. Russell Wray officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Tims, 86, of Pushmataha, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include a daughter, Lucille Skinner of Butler; a son, Robert L. Tims of Pushmataha; two brothers, Frank G. Shirley of Cyril and Martin V. Shirley of Causeyville; a sister, Louise Culpepper of Clarkdale; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
SADIE REE DAVIDSON STURDIVANT
GILBERTOWN, Ala. Services for Sadie Ree Davidson Sturdivant will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Needham Assembly of God, with the Revs. James Irby and Jimmy Moore officiating. Burial will be in Bonner Cemetery with Phillips Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Sturdivant, 80, of Toxey, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, in Waynesboro.
Survivors include three sons, Raymond Herbert Sturdivant and his wife, Earline, of Valparaiso, Fla., Roger Lee Sturdivant Sr. and his wife, Ruby, of Saraland and Oliver Jeff Sturdivant and his wife, Faye, of Semmes; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
DONALD MORRIS DEARMOND
QUITMAN Services for Donald Morris Dearmond will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wright's Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. Mitchell McDonald and Grady Crowell officiating. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr. Dearmond, 49, of Quitman, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at the V.A. Medical Center in Jackson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Survivors include a brother, Tommy Gene Dearmond Jr. of Canyon County, Calif.; and his grandmother, Evie Harris of Quitman.
Visitation will be today beginning at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
ALMA W. HARPER
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Alma W. Harper of Meridian who died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
ROBERT JONES
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Robert Jones, 62, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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