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12:30 am Thursday, February 15, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 2001

By Staff
MAXINE H. FRAZIER
Retired insurance agent
COLUMBUS Services for Maxine H. Frazier will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Allen Dearing officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Millport, Ala.
Mrs. Frazier, 60, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Marion United Methodist Church and a retired insurance agent with Mutual Savings.
Survivors include her husband, William Frazier Jr. of Meridian; four sons, Kelvin Frazier of Meridian, Keith Thames of Pearl, Ricky Frazier of Meridian, and Phillip Frazier of Ridgeland; a daughter, Toni Spencer of Columbus; a brother, Wayne Hudson of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; a sister, Marie Olson of Phillips, Wis.; and four grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to Marion United Methodist Church, 501 Clinton St., Marion, MS 39301.
Pallbearers will be sons and nephews.
Visitation will be today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
DORIS JOHNSON
Retired motel manager
Services for Doris Johnson will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Haven Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Phillip Heidelberg officiating. Burial will be in Barker Cemetery with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Johnson, 71, of Meridian, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include two brothers, Wes Moore and his wife, Leola, of Chicago and Sidney Moore of Ann Arbor, Mich.; two sisters, Catherine Rice and Delores Mountain, both of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Alma Moore and her father, Charles Johnson.
Visitation will be Friday from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
SUSIE GIBSON SELLERS
Homemaker
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Susie Gibson Sellers will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Russell Wray officiating. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery in Ararat.
Ms. Sellers, 87, of Butler, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at Willow Trace Nursing Center.
Survivors include a daughter, Gracie Mantell of Mobile; a son, William Henry Sellers of Edmonds, Wash.; three sisters, Josephine Skelton of Toxey, Lois Housand and Lillie Strickland, both of South Carolina; six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will be Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
SUSIE B. JORDAN
Homemaker
Services for Susie B. Jordan will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sunlight Baptist Church with the Rev. James Clark officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Jordan, 60, of Meridian, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, at Riley Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Graham of Meridian; a stepson, Dewayne Jordan; two sisters, Mattie Trussell and Ruby Hall and her husband, Willie, all of Meridian; two brothers, Willie Beard and his wife, Annell, and William Beard and his wife, Martha Jean, all of Meridian; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Visitation will be Friday from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home and Saturday beginning at noon at the church.
DOROTHY RACKLEY LEE
Recording artist
Services for Dorothy Rackley Lee will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Rev. George Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lee, 75, of Meridian, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, in her home.
Survivors include a brother, Moses Rackley and his wife, Joann Rackley of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three sisters, Loise Dubose of Toledo, Ohio, Girtha Vines of Greensboro, N.C. and Ann D. Solcum of Meridian; and a grandson.
Visitation will be Friday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
ESSIE GRAY
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Essie Gray, 85, of Enterprise, who died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
JAMES C. ROBINSON
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for James C. Robinson, 48, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
BESSIE HARRISON
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Bessie Harrison, 81, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001, at Broadmore Nursing Home.
LILLIE MOULDS
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Lillie Moulds, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001, at Queen City Nursing Home.

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