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Obituaries for Monday, March 24, 2003

By Staff
Pharmacist
Services for Daniel M. McDonald will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Greg Massey and John Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Union Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. McDonald, 51, of Meridian, died Sunday, March 23, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a pharmacist with Eckard Drug Company and a member of Union Baptist Church. He was a member of Phi Delta Chi, Pride of the South Marching Band, Symphonic Band and Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association. He loved gardening, music, reading and fishing.
Survivors include his father, Marlin McDonald, a brother, Gary McDonald and his wife, Susan, a sister, Jeanette McDonald, a nephew, Ryan McDonald and a niece, Asley McDonald, all of Meridian; a step-sister, Cindy Belcher and her husband, Jay, of Quitman; and a step-brother, Chuck Pierce of Birmingham, Ala.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Doris Ponds McDonald; and his step-mother, Katherin Pierce McDonald.
Pallbearers will be the deacons of Union Baptist Church, Jimmy Wilson, Evert Webster, Wayne Henson, Billy Williams, R.E. Williams, Stacy Rogers, Randy Robinson and Larry Williams.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the adult Sunday school class of Union Baptist Church.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Carolyn W. Ezell will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Butler.
Mrs. Ezell of Hattiesburg, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, in her home.
Survivors include her daughters, Sandra Wiggs of Hattiesburg and Elaine W. Dukes and her husband, Walter, of Gulfport; a brother, C.A. Emmons of Butler; sisters, Ruth Gibson and Eddie Belle Broadhead, both of Butler, and Ida Broadhead of Needham, Ala.; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Temple Baptist Church West Campus Building Fund, 1508 Hardy St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
NEWTON Services for Julia Frances Dunagin England will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Newton with the Rev. Dr. Leroy Brewer officiating. Burial will be in Newton Masonic Cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. England, 79, of Newton, died Friday March 21, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughters, Thelma Schull, Frances England and Barbara Hughes, all of Manassas, Va., Janice Mills of Newton and Vivian Stewart Phillipi of West, Va.; three sons, Hugh England of Orlando, Fla., John England and Tommy England, both of Manassas; a sister, Janie Lorene Knight of Franklin, N.C.; two brothers, George Dunagin of Jackson and Barto Dunagin of Weatherfield, Vt.; 25 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John L. England; her parents, John A. and Hattie Thomas Dunagin; a daughter, Elizabeth McCarty; and a brother, James A. Dunagin.
Pallbearers will be Mark Schull, Charlie Hughes, John Hughes, Timmy Munn, Nick Mills, Bill Tucker and Chris Palome'.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Isabella "Betty" Snowden, 85, who died Sunday, March 23, 2003, in Clinton, N.C.
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for Elizabeth S. Williams, 81, of Meridian, who died Monday, March 24, 2003, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.

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