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2:24 pm Tuesday, January 9, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 9, 2001

By Staff
SADIE MORGAN
Homemaker
Services for Sadie Morgan will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Clay Chancelor and Scott Wright officiating. Burial will be in Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Morgan, 82, of Meridian, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, at Guardian Angel Hospice. She was a member of East End Methodist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Carolyn Smith of Meridian, Betty Hall of Pearl and Pat Allen of Eutika; two sons, Jerry Morgan of Valdosta, Ga. and Joe Morgan of Gainesville, Fla.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Morgan.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
TRENTON C. GOSS
Mechanic
MACON Services for Trenton C. Goss will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Cooksville Methodist Church with the Rev. Glen Miller officiating. Burial will be in Cooksville Cemetery with Cockrell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Goss, 73, of Macon, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, at Noxubee General Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Eloise Goss of Macon; two daughters, Margaret Smith of Royston, Ga. and Linda Parish of Birmingham, Ala.; a son, Carson Goss of Macon; four sisters, Emma Chandler of Fulton, Olene Britt of Minter City, Wilma Kenwright of Lubbock, Texas and Marie Methvin of Greenwood; two brothers, W.K. Goss of Greenwood and Dayne Goss of Houston, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Carson Hancock and Elaine Thorton Goss.
The family requests memorials be made to Cooksville Methodist Church, the Alzheimer's Foundation or the American Cancer Society.
Visitation will be today from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
ALLEN TUBBY
Self employed
Services for Allen Tubby will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Choctaw Central Auditorium in Philadelphia with the Rev. Juanokia E. Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Choctaw Indian Reservation Cemetery with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Tubby, 47, of Meridian died Friday, Jan. 5, 2001, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include his wife, Roberta Tubby of Philadelphia; a son, Michael Mitch of Conehatta; three sisters, Mary Cotton of Winston County, Patsy Jim of Conehatta and Ora McMillian of Philadelphia; two brothers, Jimmy Tubby of Philadelphia and Kemp Tubby of Preston; ten stepchildren, Melissa Ann Farmer, Terrell King and Stewart D. Thomas, all of Conehatta, Michelle D. Jefferson, Christopher Thomas, Juanokia E. Thomas and Darrell K. Thomas, all of Philadelphia, James Thomas Jr. of Dallas, Patrick D. Thomas of Shiprock, N.M. and Rosanna R. Thomas of Winston County; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 10 a.m. until 10 a.m. Wednesday at the family residence in Conehatta.
ROBERTA WINDHAM
Arrangements were incomplete at Enterprise Funeral Home for Roberta Windham, 91, of Preston, who died Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at Riley Nursing Center.
KATHERINE BENJAMIN
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Katherine Benjamin, 90, who died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.
MARY CROSS
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Mary Cross, 89, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001, at Guardian Angel Hospice.

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