Obituaries for Thursday, July 10, 2003
By Staff
Services for Jamarcus Seals will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
Infant Seals, 1 month, of Meridian, died Thursday, July 3, 2003, at University Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth Seals; brothers, Malik Seals and Christopher Seals, all of Meridian; and his maternal grandparents.
Lockheed Martin employee
LISMAN ,Ala. Services for Thomas Willis will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Yantley. Hayden and Butler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Willis, 57, of Yantley, Ala., died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in Meridian. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Laborer
Services for Ronald D. Walk will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian, with the Rev. Wesley Hubbard Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Garden Cemetery. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home of DeKalb is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Walk, 41, of Meridian, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in his home.
Survivors include his parents, Henry and Florence Walk; sisters, Anna M. Clayton, Ethel W. Ward, Susie Nichols and Elizabeth A. Roberts, all of Meridian, and Minnie P. Walk of Brandon; brothers, Willie J. Walk and Henry C. Walk Jr. and his wife, Francie, all of Meridian; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by three siblings.
Visitation will be Friday 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian.
Housekeeping employee
DEKALB Services for Eola W. Hunt will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Cuba, Ala., with the Rev. C.L. Walk officiating. Burial will be in Cagus Cemetery in the Kenterbush Community of Cuba. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hunt, 81, of Marion, died Friday, July 4, 2003, at Guardian Angel Hospice.
Survivors include her son, Jessie J. Larkin of Meridian; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Willie Kate Bell of Toomsuba; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter.
Visitation will be Friday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian.
Lockheed Martin employee
Services for Sam Cockrell will be held Monday at noon at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church. Memorial services will be held Sunday 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the church. Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cockrell, 46, of Meridian, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in Meridian.
Retired pipe fitter
Memorial services for George N. Arnold "Nick" were held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Buddy Petty officiating.
Mr. Arnold, 79, of Meridian, died Sunday, July 6, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He was a Shriner and member of VFW No. 79 and a retired member of Local No. 714. He was an avid fisherman.
Survivors include his wife, Ouida Arnold of Meridian; daughters, Deena Haskin and Peggy Gens, both of Mayville, N.Y., and Diane Clark of Crawfordville, Fla.; a sister, Marianna Barrows of Clymer, N.Y.; step-daughters, Donna Brewer, Jeana Jones and Marcia McDonald, all of Meridian; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Glenn and Iva Arnold; sisters, Lois Findley and Audrey Peak; and a brother, Lew Arnold.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.
Lockheed Martin employee
Arrangements were incomplete at Enterprise Funeral Home for the Rev. C.J. Miller, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in Meridian.
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in DeKalb for John H. Kings Jr., 55, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in his home.
Local arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in DeKalb for Earnestine Gay, 81, of Chunky, who died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Austin A. Layne Mortuary, Inc. in St. Louis, Mo. will be in charge of funeral arrangements.
Lockheed Martin employee
Arrangements were incomplete at McInnis Mortuary in York, Ala. for Lynette McCall, 47, of Cuba, Ala., who died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in Meridian.