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2:57 pm Friday, December 7, 2001

EDDIE L. SANDERS

By Staff
Factory worker
DEKALB Services for Eddie "Evie" L. Sanders will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at East Galilee Baptist Church with the Rev. C.J. Baker Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Sanders, 66, of Bay Springs, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian.
Survivors include her husband, John W. Sanders of Bay Springs; six daughters, Mary Bester and her husband, David, Barbara McAdoo and her husband, Michael, all of Bay Springs, Patricia Carway and her husband, Billy, of Heidelberg, Mary A. Williams and her husband, Angelo, Addie L. Sanders and Bertha Plummer and her husband, Charlie, all of Meridian; three sons, Sammie Lee Sanders of Leaksville, Tommie Lee Sanders and Johnnie Sanders of Meridian; a sister, Earnia Mae Johnson and her husband, Joe, of Los Angeles; a brother, Early B. Sanders and his wife, Donna, of Albany, Ind.; several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by a son and two siblings.
Visitation will be today from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian and one hour prior to the service at the church.
DORIS M. CASE
MCCOMB Graveside services for Doris M. Case will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Amite County with the Rev. Rick Kennedy officiating. Catchings Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Case, 79, of McComb, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. She was a home caregiver for the sick and had worked for many years for Kellwood Company in Liberty.
Survivors include her husband, Murrell Case of McComb; a daughter, Jean Chappell and her husband, Paul, of Collinsville; a son, Charles Allen Prestridge and his wife, Gwen, of Saudia Arabia; a sister, Evelyn Bocock and her husband, Phil, of Decatur, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, Raye Dominick of the Berwick Community in Amite County and Marion Dominick of the Ariel Community in Amite County; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and three brothers.
LUCILLE SHANNON SPENCE
Homemaker
Services for Lucille Shannon Spence will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Spence, 89, of Meridian, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary L. Shannon of Toomsuba and Sandra K. Myers and her husband, Tommy, of Meridian; a son, James L. Shannon Jr. and his wife, Gladys of Gautier; a daughter-in-law, Helen Shannon of Meridian; a grandson, James L. Shannon III of Meridian; a sister, Althea Marcum; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Carrie Roberson Stallings; three sisters, Nora Stallings, Winifred Gartman and Leathea Howell; and a brother, Buck Stallings.
Pallbearers will be Leon Pippin, Herry McKee, Mike Whitlock, Marc Kilgor, Larry Banes and Rick Fontain.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
ALMON WALLACE
Truck driver
SEBASTOPOL Services for Almon Wallace will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at Nanih Waiya Mennonite Church in Philadelphia with the Rev. Ethon J. Goode officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wallace, 59, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene Wallace of Philadelphia; five daughters, Brenda Wallace, Anita Wallace, Vaneda Wallace, Megan Williams and Addie Mae Martin, all of Philadelphia; three sons, Charles Wallace, Jason Wallace and Doug Wallace, all of Philadelphia; two sisters, Linie Cotton and Willie Mae Jim, both of Philadelphia; two brothers, Sammy Wallace of Louisville and J.B. Wallace of Philadelphia; four half sisters, Clara Cotton, Colleen Mingo, Bobbie Gene and JoAnn Wallace, all of Philadelphia; three half brothers, Luke Fraizer, Dan Fraizer and Randall Fraizer, all of Philadelphia; and 21 grandchildren.
Visitation will be at the family home today after 9:30 a.m.
MATTIE PALMER
Services for Mattie Palmer will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at St. John Baptist Church with the Revs. Jimmy Johnson and J.W. Perrien Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Palmer, 65, of Brooklyn Center, Minn., died Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, in Brooklyn Center.
Survivors include two sons, Tony Palmer and his wife, Angela and Marvin Palmer and his wife, Vivian, both of Brooklyn Center; four daughters, Jewel Harris and Gloria Blunt and her husband, Jerry, both of Brooklyn Center and Lisa Coleman and her husband, Lonnie and Andrea Hiadago, both of Chicago; three sisters, Louvenia Payton, Elsie B. Amos and her husband, Willie and Faye C. Lewis, all of Meridian; a brother, Barney Coleman and his wife, Peggy, of Meridian; and two aunts, Annie S. Clayton of Meridian and Martha L. Vaughn of Struters, Ohio.
Visitation will be Sunday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
WILLIAM L. MOSLEY
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for William L. Mosley, 64, of Toomsuba, who died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, at Riley Hospital.

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