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1:07 am Sunday, August 3, 2003

Obituaries for Sunday, August 3, 2003

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Nursing assistant
SEBATOPOL Services for Lois Mae Sanders will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Chester Estes and Junior Price officiating. Burial will be in Madden City Cemetery.
Mrs. Sanders, 83, of Carthage, died Saturday, August 2, 2003, at Leake Memorial in Carthage. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Killen of Jackson and Thelma Sistrunk and her husband, Mack, of Walnut Grove; a son, Sandy Mowdy and his wife, Fay, of Sebastopol; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Ida Lott of Forest; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Herbert Mowdy and Ross Sanders.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired U.S. Navy
Services for Robert L. Dollar will be held Monday at 5 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home.
Mr. Dollar, 65, of Lauderdale, died Saturday, August 2, 2003, in Lauderdale.
Survivors include his wife, Reba Dollar of Lauderdale; three daughters, Melanie Williamson of Jacksonville, Fla., Marna Bowden of Meridian and Pennie Rogers of Baton Rouge, La.; and four grandchildren, Ryan Williamson, Matthew Weigand, Benjamin Rogers and Anna Rogers.
Memorials may be made to Easter Seal Foundation Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.
Services for Mary Ida Andrews will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at New Prospect Baptist Church with the Rev. J.W. Perrin Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Enterprise Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Andrews, 97, of Meridian, died Thursday, July 31, 2003, at Heartfelt Hospice.
Survivors include three daughters, Carrie Lee Owens and her husband, Robert of Los Angeles, Mary Lowry and her husband, Willie of Meridian and Willie Tomayo of Meridian; a sister, Johnnie Mae Moreland of Chicago; 14 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank J. Andrews.
Visitation will be Monday from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
retired longshoreman
Services for Archie Scarbrough Sr. will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at St. John Methodist Church in DeSoto with the Rev. George Price officiating. Burial will be in Archusa Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Scarbrough, 74, of Quitman, died Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include two sons, Archie Scarbrough Jr. of Quitman and Napoleon Scarbrough of Los Angeles; one sister, Daisy Arrington of Quitman; three brothers, Marvin Scarbrough of Newark, N.J., Bill Scarbrough of Milwaukee, Wis., and Chester H. Scarbrough of Quitman; and two granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

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