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     By  Staff Reports Published 
    12:07 pm Sunday, October 6, 2002

    GLENN W. MILLER

    By Staff
    Retired dairy farmer
    BROOKSVILLE Graveside services for Glenn W. Miller will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Columbus with the Bros. C. Holliday and Sam Vernon officiating.
    Mr. Miller, 76, of Brooksville, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon.
    Survivors include his wife, Betty Lowry Miller; two sons, John G. Miller and Dan W. Miller, all of Brooksville; two step-sons, Billy Lowry, of Brooksville, and Wade Lowry, of Longview; two sisters, Alice Henry, of Wilford, Ind., and Betty Simons, of Monroeville, Ind.; and two brothers, Ray Miller, of Celina, Ohio, and Wayne Miller of, Mendon, Ohio.
    He was preceded in death by his parents Wiley Isaiah and Blanche Ashbaugh Miller.
    Visitation will be held Sunday from 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. at Brooksville Pentecostal Church.
    VIRGIL WADDELL
    Retired bus station manager
    DEKALB Services for Virgil Waddell will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church with the Rev. Joe Landrum officiating. Stephens Funeral Home of DeKalb is in charge of arrangements.
    Mr. Waddell, 77, of DeKalb, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at Riley Hospital.
    Survivors include his sister, Helen Smith, of DeKalb; 13 nieces and 16 nephews.
    Pallbearers will be Herbert Ward Smith Sr., Herbert Ward Smith Jr., James Danny Snyder Sr., James Danny Snyder Jr., Frankie Snyder and Michael Tullos.
    Visitation will be held today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
    COVERT A. LUNDY
    UNION Services for Covert A. Lundy will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Milling Chapel in Union, with the Rev. Jerry Lundy officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery in Neshoba County with Milling Funeral Home of Union in charge of arrangements.
    Mr. Lundy, 91, of Madison, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at Hospice Ministries. He was a member of Rock Creek Baptist Church.
    Survivors include his four daughters, Esther Martin and her husband, Glenn, of Lanarck, Ill., Frances Berniece Dean and her husband, William of Little Rock, Miss., Thelma L. Harrison and her husband, Billy, of Little Rock, and Helen R. Barber and her husband, Bob, of Madison; two sons, C.A. Lundy Jr. and his wife, Nancy, of Rockford, Ill., and Jerry H. Lundy and his wife, Gloria, of Louisville; 14 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Hattie Pullen, of Philadelphia, and Ann Smith, of Jackson.
    He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Talbert Lundy, and three grandchildren, Charles Gary Harrison, Glenda Rittmeyer and Heidi Manethi.
    Pallbearers will be Jay Lundy, Tim Martin, Marty Barber, Joel Harrison and Matt Dean.
    Visitation will be held today from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
    MARY V. WARD
    Services for Mary V. Ward will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
    Mrs. Ward, 53, of Meridian, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at her home.
    Visitation will be Monday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
    JOHN ELTON SAM
    Contractor
    UNION Services for John Elton Sam will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Pearl River Facility Building with the Rev. Calvin Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Simon Isaac Cemetery. Milling Funeral Home of Sebastopol is in charge of arrangements.
    Mr. Sam, 34, of Philadelphia, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at Choctaw Health Center.
    Survivors include his common-law wife, Nannie Lewis; two daughters, Alexandra Hope Sam and Sequoyah Sam; three brothers, Victor Lewis, Roger Dewitt, Stephen Jim, all of Philadelphia; three sisters, Yolanda Sam, of Tennessee, and Leigh Jonas Willis and Susan Sam of Philadelphia; and a number of nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles.
    Visitation will be held today at the family home.
    ELGY HALL YARBROUGH
    Accountant
    Services for Elgy Hall Yarbrough will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jason Bird and Carless Evans officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mr. Yarbrough, 91, of Meridian, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, in Meridian.
    Visitation will be held Wednesday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
    SHANTA DRANE
    DEKALB Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in DeKalb for Shanta Drane, 27, of Meridian, who died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at University Medical Center in Jackson.
    GEORGE C. STAMPER
    NEWTON Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home in Newton for George C. Stamper, 72, of Newton, who died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
    CURTIS THOMPSON
    Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Curtis Thompson, 73, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
    RUBY HUGHES
    Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Ruby Hughes, 89, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

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