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5:51 pm Sunday, January 21, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 21, 2001

By Staff
CHARLENE JONES DOYLE
Homemaker
NEWTON Services for Charlene Jones Doyle will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home chapel with the Revs. Pat Nations and William Walker officiating. Burial will be in Newton County Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Doyle, 73, of Decatur, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, in her home.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph E. Doyle of Decatur; a son, Joe Doyle and his wife, Augie, of Decatur; two grandchildren, Josh and Christy Doyle of Decatur; and a brother, Henry Lee Jones of Newton.
Visitation will be today from 5-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
TIMOTHY EUGENE HUTCHINSON
Welder
WEST Services for Timothy Eugene Hutchinson will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Mr. Hutchinson, 25, of West, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2001, at University Medical Center in Jackson.
He was a member of Williamsville Methodist Church and worked for Wal-Mart and Ivey Mechanical Co., both in Kosciusko.
Survivors include his wife, Christie Hutchinson of West; his father, Thomas E. Hutchinson Sr. of Ethel; his mother, Diane Philyaw Hutchinson Goynes, his step-father, Denny Goynes Sr. of Meridian; a sister, Summer Day Proctor of Ethel; a brother, Thomas E. Hutchinson Jr. of Ethel; a grandmother, Frances Faulkner of Carthage, and a grandfather, Melvin Oree Philyaw of Kosciusko.
PHILLIP L. MORGAN
Services for Phillip L. Morgan will be held today at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home chapel with the Revs. Duaine Morgan, Jay Cook and Raymond Leake officiating. Burial will be in Toomsuba Cemetery.
Mr. Morgan, 68, of Toomsuba, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
He was a partner in Morgan's Nursery Plant Farm. He was a member of Toomsuba Baptist Church where he was a deacon. He was a member of the adult men's Sunday school class, the Mississippi Nurserymen and landscaping Association and a board member of the Lauderdale County Farm Bureau. He was a member of the Mississippi State University Alumni Association.
Survivors include two daughters, Deanna Morgan Phariss of Toomsuba and Jayna Morgan Robinson and her husband, Everette, of Meridian; three grandchildren, Shane Phariss, Summer Robinson and Jake Robinson; two sisters, Jonell Giroux and her husband, Roger, of Clearwater, Fla., and Johnnie Sue Butler and her husband, Clarence, of Meridian; three brothers, Duaine Morgan and his wife, Loui, of Philadelphia; Dennis Morgan and his wife, Judy, and Sydney Morgan and his wife, Margie, all of Toomsuba; his mother-in-law, Lottie Allen of Toomsuba; and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Allen Morgan, and his parents, The Rev. J.L. and Dee Morgan.
Pallbearers will be Todd Morgan, Tim Morgan, Daryl Davis, David Bailey, Dane Morgan, John Morgan, Kevin Morgan and Shane Phariss.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Grant Allen, Dale Davis, Clarence Butler, Roger Giroux, James Pegues, Allen Pegues, Millard R. Allen Jr., Mike Allen and Lamar Phariss.
The family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society and/or the American Heart Association.
JIMMY CURTIS ACTON SR.
YORK, Ala. Graveside services for Jimmy Curtis Acton Sr. will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Hennigan Cemetery in Epes with the Revs. Richard Losch and Carl Sudduth officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Acton, 67, of Gainesville, Ala., died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, at Hill Hospital in York.
Survivors include his wife, Buren Smith Acton; a son, Jimmy C. Acton Jr., both of Gainsville; three brothers, Jerry Donald Acton of Demopolis, Paul Elmore Acton of Livingston, and Robert Monroe Acton of Meridian, Miss.; and two sisters, Mary Ella Nettles and Linda Ann Acton, both of Pensacola, Fla.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Athenja Elizabeth Acton, and a sister, Monty Jean Wilkie.
Visitation will be today from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
CHARLES S. ANDREWS
JACKSON Services for Charles S. "Papa Steve" Andrews will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Rosemont Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Rosemont Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Andrews, 53, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2001, at University Hospital. He was a native of Union.
Survivors include two sons, Jeffery Andrews of Union, and Charles S. Andrews Jr. of Florence; his parents, William and Ruby Morgan of Florence; a brother, Barry Andrews of Florence; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gwen Andrews, and a brother, Robert Andrews.
MINNIE MCPHEARSON
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Minnie McPhearson, 93, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001.
MARY E. STEVENS
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Mary E. Stephens. 35, of Meridian, who died Friday, Jan. 19, 2001 at Riley Hospital.

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