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9:56 pm Wednesday, November 6, 2002

Obituaries for Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002

By Staff
RANDY BROOKS
Services for Randy Brooks will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church with the Rev. Mickey Holland officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Brooks, 41, of Meridian, died Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his father, Richard Brooks of Macon; mother, Helen Brooks, a daughter, Latanyia Ruffin, sons, Randale Rogers and Brandon Campbell, all of Meridian; two sisters, Gloria Watts of Meridian and Denise Brooks of Macon; brothers, Frederick Brooks and Ronald Brooks, both of Meridian, Maurice Brooks of Macon and Rickey Brooks of Denver, Colo.; and a grandson, Tylan Willis of Meridian.
Visitation will be Thursday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
EMMA FRANCES HEARN
Homemaker
QUITMAN Services for Emma Frances Hearn will be today at 11 a.m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Terry Irby and Tommy Broadhead officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hearn, 68, of Shubuta, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital in Quitman.
Survivors include her husband, Henry Hearn, sons Gary Hearn and Sidney Hearn, all of Shubuta; a brother, Thomas Tyler of Stratford, Va.; a sister, Margaret Broadhead of Meridian; and one grandchild.
Visitation will be today 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
CECIL FAIR AYCOCK
Retired Miller Transport employee
Services for Cecil Fair Aycock will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Aycock, 72, of Meridian, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, in Meridian.
Survivors include his wife, Jimmie Lee Aycock of Meridian; his daughters, Paulette Hopkins and her husband, Sonny, Anita Quinnelly and her husband, Marcus, and Ann Aycock, all of Meridian; sisters, Frances Johnson of Decatur and Jo Ann Thomas of New Albany; grandchildren, Jonathan Hopkins of Enterprise, David Hopkins, Josh Hopkins, Dondi Ward and Jessica Ward, all of Meridian.
Pallbearers will be Marcus Quinnelly, Sonny Hopkins, Jonathan Hopkins, David Hopkins, Josh Hopkins and Justin Rowell.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
PEARL HELEN WILSON
Retired
NEWTON Services for Pearl Helen Wilson will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Gilestrap officiating. Burial will be in Bay Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson, 78, of Jackson, formerly of Newton, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002, at Crossgate Manor Nursing Home in Brandon. She was a retired secretary for Wilson Manufacturing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where she was a kindergarten Sunday school teacher for more than 20 years.
Survivors include her son, Jimmie Wilson of Jackson; sisters, Maxine Flumn of Brandon and Nan Glaczier of Gulfport; two brothers, Rhomas Shelby of Newton and Evan Shelby of Chattanooga, Tenn.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe A. Wilson; her parents, Arthur and Merle Martin Shelby.
Pallbearers will be Gary Flumn, Chuck Flumn, Mike Shelby, Burnett Young, Joe Carucci and Johnie Hudson.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
ROBERT PUGH HALL JR.
President of Southern Properties
Memorial services for Robert Pugh "Bob" Hall Jr. will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. David Wood officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Hall, 65, of Meridian, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, in his home. He attended the University of Alabama and was a member of Sigma Chi.

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