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3:37 pm Monday, August 5, 2002

Obituaries for Monday, Aug. 5, 2002

By Staff
THURMAN RUSSELL
Retired construction worker
UNION Services for Thurman Russell will be held today at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Russell, 77, of Little Rock, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Russell of Little Rock; two sons, Herman Russell, Burlon Russell and his wife, Debbie, all of Bowling Green, Ky.; a daughter, Tammy Jenkins of Meridian; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; a brother, Horace Russell of Little Rock; two sisters, Mazel Goforth of Philadelphia and Alene Logan of Little Rock; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his two daughters, Retha Jean Russell and Sybil Gail Russell; a brother, Grady Russell; and his parents, Harmon and Vessie Russell.
Pallbearers will be Jeremiah Russell, Trent Russell, Justin Russell, Dusty Russell, Steward McMahan and John Bozeman.
HAZEL C. CLARK TODD
Services for Hazel C. Clark Todd will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chunky United Methodist Church with the Revs. Abrey Howard and Wayne Campbell officiating. Burial will be in the Chunky Cemetery. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Todd, 81, of Pearland, Texas, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, in Pearland.
She was the fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Joseph Clark born on Jan. 15, 1921, in Chunky. She grew up in Chunky and graduated from Hickory High School. She was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Jennifer Nan Berger of Pearland; three grandchildren, Christopher Bond, Kevin Bond and Mandy Bramlett; two sisters, Kathleen Richards of Grand Bay, Ala., and Verda Mae Clark Ervin of Stonewall, La.; a brother, Robert Edward Clark of Chunky; several nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry C. Todd; and a sister, Gladys Clark Parks.
Pallbearers will be Danny Clark, Jason Clark, John Clark, Andy Clark, Brent Ervin and Joe Clark.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
ZORA LAVADA INGRAM
Retired factory worker
UNION Services for Zora Lavada Ingram will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Charles Skinner and Donald Kay officiating. Burial will be in Sand Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Ingram, 99, of Brandon, formerly of Union, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002, in Brandon. She was a member of Union Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her son, James C. Ingram of Moore, Okla.; three daughters, Dorothy Louise Jackson of Pearl, Jean Ward and Charlote Whitten, both of Jackson; 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Wesley Ingram; two daughters, Nell Underwood and Eunice Irene McCraw.
Pallbearers will be Donald Kay, Joseph Kay, Mike Campbell, Chris Campbell, Randy Ward and Hugh Whitten III.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m. -8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MATTIE CHEATHAM
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Mattie Cheatham, 78, of Meridian, who died Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at Queen City Nursing Home.

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