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6:25 am Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002

By Staff
ANSEL D. LITCHFIELD
Retired service technician
Services for Ansel D. Litchfield will be held today at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with the Revs. Alan Randall and Lannis May officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Litchfield, 82, of Meridian, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, in Marion. He was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Marsha Lynn Coleman and her husband, Murry, of Marion; sons, Doyle Litchfield and his wife, Pat, of Meehan, Wendell "Winky" Litchfield and his wife, Charlotte, George "Joe" Litchfield and his wife, Judy, Arthur "Dee" Litchfield and his wife, Mae Ruth, Dewayne Litchfield and his wife, Deborah, Billy Litchfield and his wife, Judy, and Douglas Litchfield and his wife, Annie, all of Meridian; sisters, Laverne Litchfield, Martha Ann Mann and her husband, Hugh, all of Greensboro, N.C.; a brother, Bobby Litchfield and his wife, Flora, of Celina, Ohio; 23 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Tim Litchfield, Tony Litchfield, Jeremy Litchfield, Larry Previtt, Bryan Litchfield, Michael Litchfield, Billy Ray Litchfield and Steven Litchfield.
VICTOR HUDDLESTON
Retired
Services for Victor Huddleston will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Duffee Community.
Mr. Huddleston, 92, of Meridian, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, in his home. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Julia F. Huddleston of Meridian; a daughter, Charlotte Huddleston of Clarksdale; two sisters, Verna Mae Dorman of Meridian and Majorie Smith of Duluth, Ga.; a brother, Prentiss D. Huddleston of Little Rock; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by her parents, J.C. and Carrie Huddleston; a brother, Ernest "Bill" and two sister, Lucy Chesney and Lora Harris.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
EVIE ADCOCK DURHAM
Homemaker
UNION Services for Evie Adcock Durham will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Rayburn Druey and Junior Myers officiating. Burial will be in Newton County Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Durham, 79, of Conehatta, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at Laird Hospital.
Survivors include two daughters, Janie Tillman of Conehatta and Dorothy Druey of Shuqualak; two grandsons and two great-grandchildren.
ARDELLE CHANEY
Services for Ardelle Chaney will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel in Union.
Mrs. Chaney, 80, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
IRMA JEAN LEGGETT
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home of DeKalb for Irma Jean Leggett, 69, of DeKalb, who died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, in her home.

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