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8:48 am Friday, December 13, 2002

She was preceded in death by her husband, Titus E. Morgan.

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Pallbearers will be Todd Easterwood, Mike Easterwood, Kip Watkins, Ned McCormack, Ned McCormack Jr. and David Donohue.
Visitation will be today from 1:30 p.m.- 3 p.m. at the funeral home.
Loretta John
Retired factory worker
SEBASTOPOL Services for Loretta John will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Shelby Peoples officiating. Burial will be in New Cannan Baptist Church Cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. John, 66, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at home.
Survivors include three daughters, Lucille Billie of Philadelphia, Gloria Graves and Selma John, both of Lawrence, Kan.; a son, Jimmy John of Philadelphia; three brothers, the Rev. Emmett Denson and Bonnie Denson, both of Philadelphia, and Winford Denson of Walnut Grove; 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; one aunt; one uncle; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mildred C. Green
Homemaker
PHILADELPHIA Services for Mildred C. Green will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with the Rev. John Stephens officiating. Burial will be in Sandtown Methodist Cemetery.
Ms. Green, 85, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at Neshoba County Nursing Home.
Survivors include her sister, Sarah Green White of Mobile, Ala; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Saturday at 9 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home.
Ruth Annell McAlister
Services Ruth Annell McAlister will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Suqualena.
Ms. McAlister, 76, of Meridian, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at Queen City Nursing Home.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Kimberly Thompson McClure
Services for Kimberly Thompson McClure will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Helmer A. Johnson and Charles Miles officiating. Burial will be in Pine Springs Southern Methodist Church Cemetery.
Ms. McClure, 33, of Meridian died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Glad Tidings Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include a child, Russell McClure; and his father, Robby McClure; her parents, Jackie and Richard Miles of Meridian; two sisters, Regina Walker of Jackson and Judy Litchfield of Meridian; two brothers, David Miles of Illinois and Billy Miles of Gulfport; and six nieces and nephews, Christopher Silvey, Matthew Hale, Mark Hale, Jason Walker, Melisa Hale and Elisha Walker.
She was preceded in death by her father, Clyde Thompson; her grandparents; and several aunts and uncles.
Pallbearers will be nephews and friends.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Sissie Gibson
Homemaker
SEBASTOPOL Services for Sissie Gibson will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Lawrence McMillian officiating. Burial will be in Old Mt. Zion Cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Gibson, 62, of Carthage, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include four daughters, Evaline Gibson, Monica Gibson, Lou Jane Lewis and Sarah Dixon, all of Carthage; a brother, Lee Wilson of Philadelphia; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Steve Gibson; and a son, Daniel Gibson.
Charles Herman Pepple Jr.
Roadway Express employee
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Charles Herman Pepple Jr., 36, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, in Dallas, Texas.
Olen Skelton
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Olen Skelton of Ocean Side, who died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, in San Diego, Calif.
Annie K. Woods
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Annie K. Woods, who died in Fountain Inn, S.C.

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