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10:55 am Monday, March 19, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2001

By Staff
JULIE MAE ANDERSON
Homemaker
QUITMAN Services for Julie Mae Anderson will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at New Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Hubbard Arrington officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in Vossburg with Turner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Anderson, 59, of Pachuta, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband, George Anderson of Pachuta; five sons, George Anderson Jr., Charles Edward Anderson, David Anderson and James Anderson, all of Pachuta, Henry James Anderson of Grand Rapids, Mi.; four daughters, Tamie McMickle, Mary Anderson, LaTonya Anderson and Angelia Anderson, all of Pachuta, and one sister, Catherine Sampson of Heidelberg.
There will be a family hour today from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JODIE REEVES
Retired machine operator
Services for Jodie Reeves will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Water Valley Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Leslie Roberts and Charles Miles officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Reeves, 69, of Causeyville, died Sunday, March 18, 2001, in his home. He was a member of Water Valley Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Ellen Marie Reeves of Meridian; two daughters, Joan Callahan and Cathy Ward, both of Meridian; two sons, James L. Reeves and John P. Reeves, both of Meridian; a sister, Ella R. Blair of Mendenhall; and a brother, James Reeves of Mendenhall.
Pallbearers will be Terry Roberson, Larry Roberson, Terry Callahan, Larry Reeves, Stanley Shannon, C.C. Roberson, Willie Roberson and Glenn Vaughn.
Visitation will be today from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
MILAGE THEODORE ROBERSON
Farmer
QUITMAN Services for Milage Theodore Roberson will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Water Valley Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Buddy Braddock officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Roberson, 91, of Meridian, died Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Queen City Nursing Home in Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas J. and Leana Roberson; a daughter and son-in-law, Ruth and Durant Church; and two brothers, Edmond Roberson and Grady Roberson.
Survivors include a son, Willie Roberson and his wife, Joyce of Enterprise; a daughter, Doris V. Hopkins and her husband, Warner, of Quitman; four brothers, Jeff Roberson, T. Clyde Roberson, Jamie Roberson and Horace Roberson, all of Meridian; two sisters, Daisy McKinnon and Hazle Smith, both of Meridian; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Terry W. Simpson, Dale Hopkins, Keith Church, Paul Church, Thomas Roberson and Terry Roberson.
Visitation will begin today after 5 p.m. at the funeral home and beginning 30 minutes prior to the service Tuesday at the church.
AMOS WAYNE MILSTEAD
Retail store clerk
QUITMAN Services for Amos Wayne Milstead will be held Wednesday at the chapel of Wright's Funeral with the Rev. C.A. Farmer officiating. Burial will be in Archusa Memorial Gardens with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Milstead, 56, of Dalewood, died Saturday, March 17, 2001. He was a native of Clarke County.
Survivors include his mother, Ola Dale Ivey of Quitman; two sons, Mike Milstead of Northport, Ala., and Ritchie Milstead of Cameron Park, Calif.; a sister, Neva Dale Tucker of Quitman; and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be Tuesday after 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
IVA D. MCCRORY
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Iva D. McCrory, 90, of Meridian, who died Sunday, March 18, 2001, at Queen City Nursing Home.

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