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2:25 pm Saturday, June 28, 2003

Obituaries for Saturday, June 28, 2003

By Staff
Laborer
DEKALB Services for Ralph Edward Johnson will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Collinsville with the Rev. Willie Hale officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Johnson, 54, of Collinsville, died Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at Queen City Nursing Home in Meridian.
Survivors include his mother, Era Dale Johnson of Meridian; aunts; uncles; a cousin; and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian and one hour prior to the service at the church on Sunday.
Nabisco employee
Graveside services for Arline V. Myers will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Chisolm officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Miss Myers, 80, of Meridian, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, in Meridian.
Survivors include her niece Barbara Kron and her husband, Benjamin; several cousins; and many friends at Central Baptist Church, Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Central United Methodist Church and at Colonial Apartments.
Memorials may be made to Central Baptist Church.
Visitation will be Sunday from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Brenda Kay Williams Westbrook, 51, of Meridian, who died Friday, June 27, 2003, in her home.

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