By Staff
Visitation will be Wednesday beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home.
GUY WILLARD LAYTON
Owner of Truck Lines
LAUREL Services for Guy Willard Layton will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Laurel with the Revs. Dr. Bob Simmons, Brantley Harwell and Dr. Randall Turner officiating. Burial will be in Lake Park Hills Cemetery. Memory Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Layton, 77, of Laurel, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in his home. He served in the Second Marine Division, Pharmacy Mate Second Class during World War II, where he was awarded a Purple Heart. He was a resident of Laurel for the past 15 years, formerly living in Meridian.
Mr. Layton was a member of First Baptist Church in Laurel, where he was a life deacon, the Jaycees and the Kiwanis Club.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy F. Layton of Laurel; a son, Tony Layton of Gulfport; daughters, Dinah Layton of Denver, Colo., and Lisa Barrett and her husband, Paul, of Meridian; brothers, Neal Layton of Boston, Ma., Joe Max Layton of Mt. Angel, Ore,. and Don Layton of VanCleave; three grandchildren, Emily Anglin of Meridian, Thad Layton of Ponte Vedre, Fla., and Audrey Layton of Las Vegas; two step-grandchildren, Matt Barrett and Renee Barrett Ringgold of Hot Springs, Ark.; two great-grandchildren, Alexis Polatris of Las Vegas and Hayden Ringgold of Hot Springs.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Bill Layton.
Pallbearers will be Jim McCraw, Mike Baughman, Dan Walters, Ed Carter, Johnny Hassell, Terry Holifield and Adam Thrash.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Charles Pickering's Sunday School Class, deacons of First Baptist Church, Dr. Bob Holifield, Jim Murrell, Ernest Geer and Knox Mayfield.
Memorials may be made to Comfort Care Hospice, First Baptist Church Missions Program or the American Cancer Society.
Visitation is today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JOHN ARTHUR MOORE
PHILADELPHIA Graveside services for John Arthur Moore will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Antioch Cemetery with the Rev. LeRoy Yates officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Moore, 66, of Canton, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in Canton.
Survivors include his sisters, Miriam Adamson of Hattiesburg and Merrill Willis of Oxford; brothers, Robert A. Moore of Union and Walter Joe Moore of Sebring, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Abe and Norma Moore.
MARTIN HARRIS
Heavy equipment operator
Graveside services for Martin Harris will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Meehan Cemetery with the Revs. Dennis Ethridge and Hal Ethridge officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Harris, 77, of the Meehan Community, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps. and served in World War II.
Survivors include his sons, Ricky Harris of Jacksonville, Fla., and Terry Harris of Jackson; three brothers, Mack Harris of Mobile, Ala., Raymond M. Harris and Billy Joe Harris, both of Meridian; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Harris.
Visitation will be Wednesday 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
CILLE SMITH
CLINTON Services for Cille Smith were held Monday at Lakewood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith, 79, of Clinton, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2002, at Central Mississippi Medical Center.
She was born in 1923 to Thomas Skinner and Mary Parker Skinner in Meridian. She was a resident of Clinton for five years and lived in the Jackson area since 1948. She was a member of Alta Woods Presbyterian Church in Jackson where she was very active and taught Kindergarten Sunday School Class for 25 years. She was a former Girl Scout Leader for several years.
Mrs. Smith started the Monday Morning Playhouse Club at her home 25 years ago, where community friends would gather to fellowship and share crafts. She loved people and was loved by many.
Survivors include her husband, Wayman Smith of Clinton; a daughter, Cheryl Smith Kirchner of Brandon; two sisters, Tommie Gibson of Jackson and Janelle Lichtenburg of Albuquerque, N.M.; and two grandchildren, Charlane Hardy Liles and Erin Hardy.
Memorials may be made to Alta Woods Presbyterian Church.