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7:48 pm Monday, December 24, 2001

Obituaries for Monday, Dec. 24, 2001

By Staff
EUNICE MARIE IVY
QUITMAN Services for Eunice Marie Ivy will be held today at 10 a.m. at Wright's Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Grady Crowell and Dennis Coats officiating.
Mrs. Ivy, 83, of Quitman, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001, at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include a son, Rodney J. Ivy of Quitman; a daughter, Linda Gayle McCallister of Belaire, Texas; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
MELTON EDWARDS
PHILADELPHIA Services for Melton Edwards will be held today at 1 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dwight Faulkenberry and Mark Cloys officiating. Burial will be in Bethsaida Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards, 93, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001, in Philadelphia.
Survivors include three daughters, Jeanette Hofmister of Little Rock and Mary Loden and Jerry Beason, both of Philadelphia; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Myrtle McNeese of Philadelphia and Golda Mae Smith and Mavis Herrington, both of Union; and two brothers, Raymond Edwards of Jackson and Wilburn "Pete" Edwards of Chunky.
ROBERT WHITE
Retired rail car repairman
Graveside services for Robert "Buddy" White, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Pine Springs Southern Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Phillip Williams officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. White, 58, of Meridian, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001, at his home.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
ONEAL ALEXANDER
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Oneal Alexander who died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, at his home.
JAMES ALFORD
NEWTON Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for James Alford, 78, of Newton, who died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, at his home.
ANNA BELLE PEAVEY BOYD
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Anna Belle Peavey Boyd, 93, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.
ELGIN THOMAS HOUSTON
DEKALB Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Elgin Thomas Houston of DeKalb, who died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, in DeKalb.
STELLA TEUNISSON
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Stella Teunisson of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Meridian, who died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, in Memphis.

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