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10:21 am Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Obituaries for Wednesday, July 17, 2002

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CATHY DARLENE MILLER MCLEMORE
PHILADELPHIA Services for Cathy Darlene Miller McLemore will be held today at 4 p.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with the Revs. Greg Johnson and Voltan Douglas officiating. Burial will be in Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Leake County.
Mrs. McLemore, 48, of Helena, died Monday, July 15, 2002, in Pascagoula.
Survivors include her husband, Ronney McLemore of Helena; a son, Chris McLemore and his wife, Sylvia, of Philadelphia; a daughter, Amy Moore and her husband, Donnie "Scooter" Moore Jr., of New Orleans; a brother, Ronnie Miller and his wife, Kathy, of Carthage; her mother, Edrith Hardy Miller of Carthage; one grandson and one granddaughter; several aunts, uncles and other relatives.
Visitation will be today beginning at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
LOLA ROBERTS LAMB
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Graveside services for Lola Roberts Lamb will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Pinecrest Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Jeffrey B. Hampton officiating. Griffin Leggett Healey and Roth Custom Funerals and Cremations is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lamb, 88, of Little Rock, died Saturday, July 13, 2002. She was born Sept. 3, 1913, in Meridian to Lucius and Minnie Roberts. She was a member of Hunter Methodist Church during her active years and later of First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her two sons, Don Lamb and his wife, Kathy, of Little Rock, and John Lamb and his wife, Kathleen, of Mt. Ida; a brother, Malcolm Roberts of Commerce, Ga.; and three grandchildren, John Scott Lamb, Jayson A. Lamb and Jennifer A. Lamb.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Mack; a son, Robert Bruce Lamb; two sisters and one brothers.
Visitation will be today noon-5 p.m. at the funeral home. To sign the online guestbook visit, www.griffinleggett.com.
ROBERT EARL BARFIELD
Services for Robert Earl Barfield will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. James McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Lauderdale. Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Barfield, 38, of Meridian, died Thursday, July 11, 2002, in Moultrie, Ga.
Survivors include a devoted friend, Kisstiana Chapman of Moultrie; his mother, Ella Hudson, of Meridian; his father, John T. Barfield of Moultrie; daughters, Indian Barfield of Toomsuba, Abreya Barfield of Moultrie and Latoya Weir of Cuba, Ala.; sisters, Brenda Barfield and Terrie Barfield, both of Meridian and Shavon Barfield of Moultrie; brothers, Obie Barfield of Meridian, Frankie Barfield, Milton Barfield and Kevin Barfield, all of Moultrie, and Afonzo Barfield of Tallahassee, Fla.
Visitation will be Friday 2 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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