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1:32 am Monday, June 17, 2002

Obituaries for Monday, June 17, 2002

By Staff
AUDIE MAE SCARBOROUGH
Retired telephone company clerk
UNION Services for Audie Mae Scarborough will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Billy Owen officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery.
Mrs. Scarborough, 97, of Pearl, died Sunday, June 16, 2002, in Pearl.
Survivors include her daughter, Cecille Eure of Pearl; grandchildren, Janae Sims of Brandon and Brad Eure of Pearl; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Naomi Allen of Jackson.
Memorials may be made to Decatur United Methodist Church or a favorite charity.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
WILLIAM M. KILPATRICK III
MT. GILEAD, Ohio Services for William M. "Will" Kilpatrick III will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bruce Hartley officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Philadelphia, Miss. Snyder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Six-year-old Will, of Cardington, Ohio, died Saturday, June 15, 2002, at Morrow County Hospital. He was born in Atlanta and recently moved with his family to Cardington from Aurora, Colo. He graduated from Whetstone Pre-School and loved the zoo, Animal Planet and Emergency Vets.
Survivors include his parents, William M. "Micky" and Cathy A. Howard Kilpatrick; his sisters, Grace of San Diego and Jessica of Cardington; grandparents, Billy and Nona Kilpatrick of Philadelphia, Miss., and Bob and Jean Howard of Aurora, Colo.
Memorials may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation or Give Kids the World. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.
Visitation will be Tuesday 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JAMES GRIFFIN
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for James Griffin, of Kemper County, who died Monday, June 17, 2002, in his home.
JAMES FARR
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for James Farr, 87, of Meridian, who died Sunday, June 16, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

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