OBITUARIES FOR TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2001
By Staff
CHARLIE DUNCAN
Logger
QUITMAN Services for Charlie Duncan will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Shady Grove AME Church with the Rev. Robert Horton officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery in Shubuta with Turner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Duncan, 61, of Quitman, died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Ella Mae Duncan of Quitman; five daughters, Mary Alice Duncan, Shirley Duncan and Belinda Duncan of Muskegon, Mich., Charlene Duncan and Patricia Johnson of Quitman; two sons, Morris Duncan of Muskegon and Richard West of Quitman; two sisters, Elizabeth Peters of Shubuta and Willie Otis Altman of Quitman; 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert James Conner and Johnnie Conner.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
MINNIE L. WHITTINGTON
Homemaker
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Minnie L. Whittington will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Needham Assembly of God with the Revs. Jimmy Moore and Douglas Chapman officiating. Burial will be in Brightwater Cemetery with Bumpers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Whittington, 89, of Needham, died Monday, May 7, 2001, in her home.
Survivors include a son, Lindsey Earl Whittington and a daughter, Mildred Turner, both of Needham; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home and Wednesday one hour prior to the service.
BARBARA F. CLAYTON
Services for Barbara F. Clayton will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Liberty Temple Church of Deliverance with the Rev. Lamar Stapleton officiating. Burial will be in Okatibbee Cemetery with Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Clayton, 67, of San Diego, died Wednesday, April 25, 2001, in San Diego.
Survivors include her husband, Abram Clayton; a daughter, Barbara Haynes; three sisters, Azzie Lee Glover, Hazel Conner and Sylvia Brookins, all of San Diego; and two brothers, Walter McGlothin and John McGlothin, both of Meridian.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
ROBERT LAMAR WILLIAMS
Carpenter
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Robert Lamar Williams will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Grace Chapel Assembly of God with the Revs. Billy Crowe and Scottie Fulcher officiating. Burial will be in Red Springs Cemetery in Gilbertown, Ala.
Mr. Williams, 70, of Toxey, Ala., died Monday, May 7, 2001, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Williams of Toxey; three sons, Kenny Mosley and his wife, Karen, of Butler, Wayne Williams of Huntsville and Bobby Williams of Meridian; two daughters, Nicole Bozone and her husband, Lonnie, of Toxey and Linda Rhodes of Meridian; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
HARVEY SPINKS
Services for Harvey Spinks will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Haven Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Phillip Heidelberg officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home in Charge of arrangements.
Mr. Spinks died Friday, May 4, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Eloise Spinks; a son, Robert Spinks and his wife, Carol; two daughters, Belinda Curtain and her husband, Elder Walter, and Joyce Clark and her husband Tommy, all of Milwaukee; two brothers, James Spinks of Layton, Utah and Melvin Spinks of Indianapolis; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
PEARLIE Y. GRAHAM
Homemaker
Services for Pearlie Y. Graham will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at New Prospect Baptist Church in Savoy with the Rev. Claude Tucker officiating. Burial will be in All Day Cemetery in Enterprise with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Graham, 98, of Meridian, died Friday, May 4, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include three daughters, Annie Kent of Waynesboro, Clara T. Butler and her husband, Marvin, and Gertrude Darden, both of Meridian; and eight grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
HAZEL FULTON WESTLAKE
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Hazel Fulton Westlake, 81, of Meridian, who died Monday, May 7, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
RUBY THOMAS
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Ruby Thomas, 92, of Meridian, who died Monday, May 7, 2001 at Guardian Angel Hospice.
MARGARET W. HART
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home of DeKalb for Margaret W. Hart, 72, of Meridian, who died Sunday, May 6, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
