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9:44 pm Tuesday, November 5, 2002

Obituaries for Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002

By Staff
REGINA MELISSA SYKES WEBB
Homemaker
BUTLER, Ala. Graveside services for Regina Melissa Sykes Webb were to be held today at 10 a.m. at Resthaven Cemetery with the Revs. Dr. Gary Williams and Rob Wynne officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Webb, 89, of Butler, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, in her home.
Survivors include her daughter, Frances Tutt of Nanafalia, Ala.; a son, Charles I. Webb Jr. of Butler; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
KIMBROUGH G. MIDDLEBROOKS
Retired Southern Railroad
Services for Kimbrough G. Middlebrooks will be held today at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Middlebrooks, 84, of Meridian, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, in Meridian. He was retired from Southern Railroad and a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn A. Middlebrooks and a son, Tony Middlebrooks, both of Meridian; and a grandson, Andy Middlebrooks of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
ALBERT ALLEN DORMAN
Retired U.S. Postal employee
YORK, Ala. Memorial services for Albert Allen Dorman will be held today at 2 p.m. at Livingston Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Sandra Price officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Dorman, 90, of Livingston, Ala., died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, in Meridian.
Survivors include his daughter-in-law, Molly Dorman of Livingston; a sister, Rosa Lee Morte of Bay City, Texas; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Dorman.
Memorials may be made to Livingston Presbyterian Church or the Ruby Pickens Tartt Library.
HELEN WILSON
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home of Newton for Helen Wilson, 78, of Newton, who died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002, at Crossgate Manor Nursing Home in Brandon.
LA'TOSHA M. HOPSON
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for La'Tosha M. Hopson, 25, of Lauderdale, who died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
MARTHA MASON
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Martha Mason, 85, of Meridian, who died, Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
LILLIE BYRD
Arrangements were incomplete at Enterprise Funeral Home for Lillie Byrd, 94, of Meridian, who died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, at Benchmark Health Care Center.
CECIL AYCOCK
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Cecil Aycock of Meridian, who died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, in his home.

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