By Staff
Graveside services for twin boys Matthew Hayes and Dillion Hunter Goss will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. Curtis Dyer officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The twin boys died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include their mother, Krystal Wolverton, and their father, Anthony Clay Goss, both of Collinsville; maternal grandmother, Teresa Wolverton, of Meridian; maternal grandfather, Tam Tran, of Biloxi; maternal great-grandmother, Margie Stewart, of Meridian; paternal grandparents Clyde Goss Jr. and Linda Goss, of Collinsville; a great-grandfather, Clyde Goss, of Meridian; three aunts, Tammy Wolverton, of Meridian, and Penny Goss and Cosondra Moffett, both of Collinsville; and an uncle, Justin Tran, of Meridian.
They were preceded in death by Chaz Wolverton and Robert Noah Wolverton.
MELBA JANICE CHAMBLEE EZELLE
UNION Services for Melba Janice Chamblee Ezelle will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Morrow and Artie Grimes officiating. Burial will be in Erin Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery.
Mrs. Ezelle, 54, of Union, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002, in her home. She was born on Sept. 22, 1947 to the late Ned and Christeen Rushing Chamblee in Union. Janice will be missed by so many friends, family and co-workers. Her strength and love for life and nature was an inspiration for so many people. She never met a stranger and all who met her were drawn to her by a charismatic personality and generous nature.
Survivors include her husband, Robert W. "Buddy" Ezelle; children, Rena, David and Christopher and daughter-in-law Erin Ezelle; a brother, Wayne Chamblee; a sister Janell Slaughter and her husband, Dinines, and a brother and sister-in-law, Jerry and Lula Mae Ezelle Harrison and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ned and Christeen Rushing Chamblee; a brother, Randy Chamblee and her in-laws, Robert Davis and Etoile Shealy Ezelle.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.- 9 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
BONNIE MAE SMITH
Retired
Services for Bonnie Mae Smith will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Ruffin officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith, 88, of Meridian, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was self employed with Stanley Home Products before she retired. She was a member of Poplar Springs Drive Baptist Church and T.E.L. Sunday School Class.
Survivors include a daughter, Sarah DuBose, of Maitland, Fla.; three sisters, Bertie Moore, of Bailey, and Annie Bell Motley and Kay Chaney, both of Union; four brothers, John C. Hughes, of Jackson, James W. Hughes, of Alexandria, La., and Stennis Hughes and Robert Hughes, both of Bailey; six grandchildren, Harold DuBose Jr., of Russell, Patricia Wilson and Gregory DuBose, both of Maitland, and Vicki Smith, Lisa Berdami and Robert Smith, all of Meridian; nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lavelle "Shorty" Smith, and a son, Norris Smith.
Pallbearers will be Stan Wilson, Justin Woodard, Adrian Woodard, Larry Townsend, Gerald Townsend and Howard DuBose.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
HELEN JORDAN
Rexall Drug Store employee
PADUCAH, Ky. Services for Helen Jordan will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Milner and Orr Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jim Calhoun and Fred French officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Marshall County, Ky.
Mrs. Jordan, 83, of Benton, Ky., died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002, at Medco of Paducah, Ky.
Survivors include two daughters, Dee Minter of Symsonia, Ky., and Julie Jordan Butler Brazell of Paducah; a son, retired Col. William Henry Jordan of Alexandria, Va.; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Henry Jordan, a grandson, Randall Gaza and her parents, Harold Harland Sanders and Julia Mae Armstrong Sanders; three brothers and three sisters.
Memorials may be made to Calvert City United Methodist Church Building Fund, 540 Oak Park Blvd. Calvert City, Ky. 42029 or McCracken County Senior Citizens, 1400 H.C. Mathis Dr. Paducah, Ky. 42001 or Lourdes Hospice, 2855 Jackson St. Paducah, Ky. 42001.
Visitation will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home.
THEOTIS CROSS
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Theotis Cross, 51, of Scooba, who died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at his home.
UHLMA WATSON
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Uhlma Watson, 92, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002, at Kings Daughters and Sons Rest Home.