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2:53 pm Saturday, August 3, 2002

BONNIE J. SEALE

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Homemaker
Services for Bonnie J. Seale will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Chuck Overby and A.M. Mansfield officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Seale, 81, of Meridian, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Abundant Life Tabernacle and was a retired minister.
Survivors include her husband, W. L. Seale of Meridian; a daughter, Laurie Robbins of Meridian; four sisters, Willie J. Parkinson, Norman Johnson and Wyvette Overby, all of Meridian and Johnnie Hollimon of Okalona; two brothers, Paul R. Rigdon and Ted G. Rigdon, both of Meridian; two brothers-in-law, Robert Seale of Lauderdale and William Bill Lee of Enterprise; a sister-in-law, Ouida Lee of Enterprise; a grandson, Chris Parmely of San Diego; two special great-grandchildren, Fallon Hughes and Carrington Hughes, both of Sevierville, Tenn.; a special niece, Debbie Weir of Meridian; and two special great-nieces, Alicia Hughes of Sevierville and Dana Briggs of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by her parents, the Rev. John A. Rigdon Sr., and Clara Rigdon; a sister, Juanita Chisolm; a twin brother, William Taylor Rigdon; and two other brothers, James Elmo Rigdon and John A. Rigdon Jr.
Pallbearers will be her nephews.
Visitation will be held Sunday from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at the funeral home.
JEANETTE M. KELLY
Services for Jeanette M. Kelly will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the Hurricane Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Kelly, 70, of Porterville, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, in Porterville.
Visitation will be held Sunday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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