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5:21 pm Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Mrs. Gibson, 78, of Meridian, died Monday, Oct. 21, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice. She was a member of Fifth Street Methodist Church.

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Survivors include her son, James W. Gibson; a daughter, Sue Gault and her husband, Mickey, all of Meridian; three grandsons, Ron Gault and his wife, Kim, of Birmingham, Ala., Jason Gault of Meridian and Luke Gault of Hattiesburg; a great-granddaughter, Olivia Gault of Birmingham; sisters, Maude Whitaker of Gulfport, Margaret Mitchell of Farmington, N.M.; a brother, Johnny Wood of Memphis, Tenn.; a niece, Dixie Smith of Baton Rouge, La.; and a nephew, Robert Whitaker of Gulfport.
Pallbearers will be Mickey Gault, Ron Gault, Jason Gault, Luke Gault and Robert Whitaker.
Visitation will be Wednesday 1 p.m.-2 p.m. at the funeral home.
W.O. ANSLEY
Retired truck driver
FOREST Graveside services for W.O. "Boots" Ansley will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Hillsboro Baptist Church Cemetery. Ott and Lee Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ansley, 77, of Meridian, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, at Alliance Health Center. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church in Meridian. He was an owner and operator affiliated with Mayflower Transit for many years. He retired in 1990. He was an avid fisherman and loved his family. He was a native of Harperville and had lived in Meridian for more than 50 years.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Ansley and a son, Danny Ansley, both of Meridian; a daughter, Zaundra Smith of Douglasville, Ga.; a sister, Martha Burnham of Forest; three grandchildren, Shonda Smith of Meridian, Jason Ansley of Quitman and Stacy Allen of Collinsville; and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JUDITH B. RAMAGE
Graveside services for Judith B. Ramage will be held Wednesday at Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Ramage, 93, of Meridian, died Monday, Oct. 21, 2002, in Meridian.
Survivors include her sons, Robert Ramage and his wife, Peggy, William Ramage and his wife, Adeline, all of Meridian and Alfred Ramage Jr. and his wife, Colette, of Danville, Ill.; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Ramage Sr.
ODELL CLEARMAN
Retired shipping clerk
Graveside services for Odell Clearman were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Revs. Buck Hall and Paul Clements officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Clearman, 93, of Meridian, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, in his home. He was a retired shipping clerk with Corr-Williams Tobacco Company. He was a member of Meridian Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Clearman of Meridian; his daughter, Sylvia Hall of Hattiesburg; a brother, X.L. Clearman of Fontana, Calif.; four grandchildren, Irv Hall of Holly Springs, Mitzie and Jeff Hall of Meridian, and Lesley Brown of Destin, Fla.; four great-grandchildren, Maegan Drennan, Dustin Hall and Kelly Hall, all of Meridian, and Jordan Brown of Destin.
Pallbearers were Dwight Callens, Irv Hall, Jeff Hall, Jack Mears, Jay Simpson, Tom Fair and Eddie Johnson.
FLORDIA B. JENKINS
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in DeKalb for Flordia B. Jenkins, 59, of Scooba, who died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SYLVIA D. O'FIELD
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in DeKalb for Sylvia D. O'Field, 33, of Toomsuba, who died Monday, Oct. 21, 2002, at Benchmark Health Care Hospice.
JOHNNY WREN
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Johnny Wren, 66, of Porterville, who died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, in Rochester, N.Y.

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