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3:28 am Sunday, June 23, 2002

GUY STEPHEN THRASHER

By Staff
Medical technician
YORK, Ala. Graveside services for Guy Stephen Thrasher will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Central Cemetery in Emelle. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thrasher, 63, of Toomsuba, Miss., died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, Miss. He was a medical technician with Lab Corp.
Survivors include his wife, Robin C. Thrasher of Toomsuba; his mother, Bertha Eady Thrasher of Hillsboro; three daughters, Laura Nauditt of Florence, Lizabeth Nutter of Lebanon, Tenn. and Kelly Thrasher of Birmingham; three brothers, Doug Thrasher of Killen, Dwayne Thrasher and Ronald Thrasher, both of Hillsboro; and two grandchildren, Lee and David Nutter.
He was preceded in death by his father, Guy S. Thrasher; and a sister, Barbara Glasgow.
The family requests memorials be made to Shriners burn hospitals.
Pallbearers will be Elliott Poole, Frank Poole, Tim Thrasher, Andrew Poole, Daniel Poole, Herman Stegall, Tom Glasgow and Mickey Smith.
Honorary pallbearers will be Herbie Fricke, Pat Buck, Ken Gallman, Richard Cross and Jason Poole.
BELINDA FAYE DRODDY
SEBASTOPOL Services for Belinda Faye Droddy will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy McDill officiating.
Mrs. Droddy, 50, of Elizabeth, La., died Friday, June 21, 2002, at her home.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry Wayne Droddy of Elizabeth; two sons, Christopher David Boney and Kevin Bryce Boney, both of Quitman; a daughter, Brittany Blair Boney of Quitman; a stepson, Jeremy Droddy of Elizabeth; her parents, Tom and Sue Hollingsworth of Little Rock; three sisters, Shelia Tucker of Meridian, Karen White of Little Rock and Kay Evans of Newton; a brother, Jeff Hollingsworth of Collinsville; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a stepson, Terry Droddy.
RAPHAEL GOODWIN SR.
Insurance agent
Services for Raphael Goodwin Sr., will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Greater Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. J.W. Perrien Jr., officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery with Berry &Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Goodwin, 48, of Meridian, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, in Meridian. He was an insurance agent with Union National Insurance Company.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Goodwin; a son, Raphael Goodwin Jr.; his father, O.L. Goodwin; seven sisters, Margaret Goodwin, Dorothy Hudson, Mary Smith and Sarah Walker, all of Meridian and Hattie Brown of Arcadia, Fla., Thelma Patrick of Livingston, Ala., and Betty Williams of New York.
He was preceded in death by his daughter and mother.
Visitation will be held Monday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and on Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church.
FRANCES C. NEAL
Retired
Services for Frances C. Neal will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Neal, 76, of Meridian died Saturday, June 22, 2002 at Heartfelt Hospice. She was retired from Meridian Junior College, was past president of the VFW Auxiliary and a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. She will be deeply missed by loved ones and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Steve W. Neal of Meridian; a daughter, Patricia Hudnall and her husband, John, of Jacksonville, Fla.; a son, Terry Luther and his wife, Shelia, of Independence, La.; two sisters, Kathleen Hudson of Memphis, Tenn., and Helen Myers and her husband, Randy, of Gulf Breeze, Fla.; several grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family requests memorials be made to VFW Auxiliary Post 79 in Meridian.
Visitation will be Monday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
DEMETRICE M. JOHNSON
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Demetrice M. "Chew Man" Johnson, 22, of Meridian, who died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at Riley Hospital.

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