Obituaries for Wednesday, March 17, 2004

By Staff
Retired
Memorial services for Audrey Morris were to be held today at 10 a.m. at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating.
Mrs. Morris, 75, of Meridian, died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include her daughter, Jessie Bennett and her husband, Mike, of Meridian.
Retired
DEKALB Services for Betty Louise Blackledge Baty will be held today at 11 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Randy Rigdon and David McGowin officiating. Burial will be the Cedarlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Baty, 65, of Scooba, died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in Meridian. She was retired from Morrison's Cafeteria at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba.
Survivors include her husband, Malcolm Baty of Scooba; daughters, Renee Baty Loper and her husband, Derrell, and Bridget Baty Harwell and her husband, John, all of Meridian; a son, Malcolm Shane Baty and his wife, Elisa, of DeKalb; six grandchildren and one great-grandson; a sister, Audrey Blackledge McDermitt; and a brother, Daniel Blackledge, both of Petal.
Memorials may be made to the Huntington's Disease Society of America.
Pallbearers will be Mark Dempsey, Hal Overstreet, Tony Cawthon, Mike Butler, Mike Randazzo and Jim Nobles. Honorary pallbearers will be Otis Martin, Randall Bradberry, Thomas E. Leon and Woody Woods.
Visitation will be today one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Holiday Inn employee
Services for Shirley Buckley will be held today at 11 a.m. at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church with the Rev. M.C. Thompson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Donald Rest Cemetery. Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Buckley, 48, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her mother, Queeneaster Seales of Philadelphia; children, Shelena L. Buckley and Shirley J. Buckley; brothers, Rickey Seales and Ray C. Seales, all of Flint, Mich.
Retired truck driver
PHILADELPHIA Services for Jerry L. Parham will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Northbend United Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Johnny Peden Jr. and Brown Barrier officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Parham, 65, of Philadelphia, died Monday, March 15, 2004, at Choctaw Health Center. He was a member of the Wheeled Sportsman Club.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys Evelyn Parham of Philadelphia; a daughter, Denise Moore and her husband, William, of Philadelphia; a son, Ray Parham and his wife, Krystal, of Truman, Ark.; a sister, Peggy Staton of Bartow, Fla.; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation will be today beginning at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Meridian Community College student
Services for Kateria Butler Willis will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Family Life Church on Highway 45 South with the Revs. Robert Wallace, Danny Wallace and Rosie Bumpers officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery in Quitman. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Willis, 25, of Quitman, died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her son, Azarey J. Willis of Quitman; her father, Samuel Smith of Detroit; her mother, Rosie Davis Butler of Quitman; a sister, Lisa Edwards and her husband, Ricky, of Quitman; half-sisters, Felicia Edwards of Pasadena, Calif., and Sharita Edwards of North Carolina.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at the church.
Retired teacher
UNION Services for Bettye Ann Herrington will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randy Edgar officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in the House Community.
Mrs. Herrington, 57, of Union, died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her husband, Wayne Herrington of Union; daughters, Heather Johnson and her husband, Sean, of Ridgeland and Dana Garrett and her husband, Todd, of Diamondhead; one grandson, Jackson Garrett of Diamondhead; her mother, Mildred Ezell of Union; sisters, Charlene Borders and her husband, William S., of Enterprise, Ala., and Venita Tadlock and her husband, Rodney, of Decatur; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the New Ireland Cemetery or building fund; or the Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery or building fund.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired
Services for Alfred Minter will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Union Kemper Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Coats officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Minter, 83, of DeKalb, died Monday, March 15, 2004, at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian. He was a U.S. veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Nannie E. Minter of DeKalb; a son, Willie Lee Brown of Chicago; sisters, Classic McFee of Houston, Texas and Retha Brown of Springfield, Ill.; brothers, Guiles Minter of Springfield and James Houston of Houston, Texas; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Della Minter.
Visitation will be Friday 5 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Frances Louise Perry, 70, of Meridian, who died Monday, March 15, 2004, in her home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Mary Naylor, 63, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Riley Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Mary Ellen Cater, 91, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at King's Daughters and Sons Rest Home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Harold E. Jackson, 61, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.