Obituaries for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002

By Staff
ROBERT EARL PRATT
Retired salesman
Services for Robert Earl Pratt will be held today at 3:30 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Carl Pruitt and R.C. Rice officiating. Burial will be in Gumlog Cemetery.
Mr. Pratt, 69, of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 2, 2002, in his home. He was a veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Verna Pratt; three daughters, Betty Phillips, Linda Johnson and Jeanita Rainey, all of Jackson; four sons, James Pratt, Glenn Pratt and Dale Pratt, all of Jackson, and Randy Pratt of Brandon; a sister, Thursalene Barney; three brothers, Roy Pratt, O.V. Pratt and R.L. Pratt, all of Meridian; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
VALLIE M. CHARLTON BUNCH
Services for Vallie M. Charlton Bunch will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Williams officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Bunch, 64, of Meridian, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband, L.V. Bunch; two sons, Van Stephens and Michael Bunch, all of Meridian; two daughters, Ann Hall of Meridian and Martha Kylo of Ellensburg, Wash.; 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Stephens.
Pallbearers will be John Slayton, Chris Slayton, Marion Payne, Mark Joyner, Tyler Wiggins and Doug Weathers.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
PAULINE GILMORE
Assistant manager
SEBASTOPOL Services for Pauline Gilmore will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. C.M. Jinkerson officiating. Burial will be in Old White Plains Cemetery in Sebastopol.
Ms. Gilmore, 61, of Conehatta, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002, at Laird Hospital. She was an assistant manager of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Survivors include her mother, Flora Williams of Sebastopol; sons, Jess Gilmore of Forest and Richard Williams of Sebastopol; daughters, Darlene Graham of Decatur and Fay Davis of Sebastopol ;and a sister, Myrtis Jinkerson of Sebastopol.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JONATHAN WEBB MAY
Truck driver
Services for Jonathan Webb May will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Carl Stephens and Larry Joyner officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mr. May, 24, of Collinsville, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2002, in Collinsville. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines.
Survivors include his mother, Cheryl May of Collinsville; his father and step-mother, Gene and Debbie May of Meridian; and a sister, Joanna Bearden of Collinsville.
Pallbearers will be Jerry May, Mickey May, Brian May, Mack Culpepper, Sonny Russell and Richard Dickerson.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MARY ANN GALL… SCARBROUGH
BILOXI Graveside services for Mary Ann Gall Scarbrough will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Biloxi National Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Scarbrough, 71, of Biloxi, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, in Biloxi.
Survivors include her children, Cecil Ann Nash, Weldon Orey Gall and David Lee Gall, all of Biloxi, Ella Mae Simpson of Stonewall, Mary Margaret Allen of Collinsville, Larry Dudley Thomasson of Clinton, Joseph Scarbrough of Biloxi and Cindy Marie Dearman of Meridian; a sister, Fanny Breton of Lewiston; 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Cecil Warren Gall and Archie Hines Scarbrough; and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
CLINTON RYAN HARPER
FAIRHOPE, Ala. Services for Clinton Ryan "Clint" Harper will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church North Mobile in Saraland with the Rev. Ed Litton officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. at Memory Gardens of Fairhope on Greeno Road. Fairhope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Harper, 22, of Fairhope, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002, in Highlands-Cashiers, N.C.
Survivors include his mother and step-father, Carolyn and Jimmy White of Fairhope; his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald James Harper of Meridian; a sister, Claire Green of Fairhope; two brothers, Chase and Dylan Harper of Meridian; a step-brother, Justin Thomas of Meridian; his maternal grandmother, Hazel Mathis of Waynesboro; his maternal great-grandmother, Jewel Bryce of Waynesboro; his paternal grandmother, Dollie Roper of Meridian; several uncles, aunts, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Memorials may be made to Campus Outreach Ministries, Gulf Coast Inc., Sigma Chi Fraternity of the University of South Alabama Chapter or First Baptist North Mobile Missions.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
EVELYN JOYCE WILKINS
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Evelyn Joyce Wilkins, 35, of Meridian, who died Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, in her home.
MICHAEL DRAKE
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Michael Drake, 27, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002, at Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest.