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12:40 pm Saturday, September 15, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 2001

By Staff
NORMAN PASCAL COGHLAN
Retired dairy farmer
NEWTON Services for Norman Pascal "Pack" Coghlan will be held today at 11 a.m. at Midway Baptist Church with the Revs. Mike Smith and Gus Merritt officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Coghlan, 84, of Decatur, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at his home. He was a retired dairy farmer, born in Neshoba County and was a member of Midway Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Coghlan of Decatur; a daughter, Suzanne Milling and her husband, Andy, of Decatur; a son, Jimmy Coghlan of Decatur; a brother, Marvin O. Coghlan of Cantonment, Fla.; three sisters, Cleola Johnson of Pensacola, Fla., Dorothy Polk of Jackson and Juanita Bullard of Decatur; four granddaughters, Robin Milling, Rebecca Stevens and her husband, Marty, Rachel Milling and Grace Milling, all of Decatur; and a great-grandchild, Suzie Stevens of Decatur.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Quinten and Minnie Coghlan and two brothers, Jack Coghlan and Dolan Coghlan.
Pallbearers will be Kenneth Harris, Shannon McMullan, Larry Blackburn, Robert Pierce, Jimmy McDowell and Fred M. Brashier.
O.W. BROWN
Services for O.W. Brown will be held today at 1 p.m. at Enterprise Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James L. Cole officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Springs/Savoy Cemetery.
Mr. Brown, 55, of Meridian, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2001, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Brown; two sons, O.W. Brown Jr. and Patrick Brown; and two daughters, Cindy Brown and Wanaca Brown, all of Meridian; two sisters, Idell Mattew and Helen Parnell, both of Savoy; and two brothers, Luke Brown of Hattiesburg and Malcolm Brown of Jasper, Fla.
Pallbearers will be family members.
Visitation will be from noon until service time at the funeral home.
THOMAS CASTLE
Maintenance technician
PHILADELPHIA Services for Thomas "Joe" Castle will be held today at 2 p.m. at McClain-Hays Chapel. Burial will be in Beatline Cemetery.
Mr. Castle, 49, of Jackson, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was a maintenance technician with D and L Equipment, Inc., in Jackson.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Ann Castle of Jackson; a son, Chad Thomas Castle of Jackson; and three sisters, Susie Beck of Grenada and Barbara Byrd and Jeanette Herron, both of Morton.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shannon Nicole Castle and his mother, Juanita.
CHARLES EDWARD BAGBY SR.
Retired
CARROLLTON, Ga. Services for Charles Edward Bagby Sr., will be held today at 3 p.m. at West Georgia Baptist Temple with the Revs. Stan Rogers and Donnie Chandler officiating. Burial will be Sunday at 4 p.m. at Enterprise Cemetery in Enterprise, Miss. Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bagby, 60, of Carrollton, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, at Tanner Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Southwire Company.
Survivors include a son, Charles Edward Bagby Jr., of Carrollton; three sisters, Betty Jean Smith and her husband, Orville, and Patricia Ann Kostick, all of Enterprise and Barbara Sue Mathis and her husband, Roy, of Pachuta, Miss.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Teresa Holguin Bagby and his parents, D.V. and Gertrude Bagby.

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