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4:23 am Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Obituaries for Wednesday, June 23, 2004

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Retired
Services for Earnest Mitchell will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Enterprise Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Anthony Brown officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Mitchell, 77, of Meridian, died Saturday, June 19, 2004, in Meridian.
Survivors include his brother, Samuel Brown and sisters, Genice Brown of Meridian and Mary Alice Collins of Detroit.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Eartha Mae Brown.
Visitation will be Friday 1 p.m.-5 p.m. at the funeral home.
East Mississippi State Hospital employee
Services for Ruth Ella Gordon will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with the Revs. Charlie Watson and Stanley Coleman officiating. Burial will be in Galilee Cemetery. Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Gordon, 51, of Meridian, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, in Neshoba County.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph Gordon of Meridian; daughters, Telisha Horn, MaKisha Horn, Samyeka Horn and JoKuita Horn, all of Meridian; sisters, Mary Wilson, Annie Heidelberg, Darnell Alexander and Josephine Woods, all of Meridian and Sandra Drake of Ellenwood, Ga.; a brother, James Horn Jr. of Meridian and five grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Service for Ella Horn will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with the Revs. Charlie Watson and Steve Coleman officiating. Burial will be in Galilee Cemetery. Latimer Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Horn, 88, of Meridian, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, in Neshoba County.
Survivors include her daughters, Mary Wilson, Annie Heidelberg, Josephine Woods and Darnell Alexander all of Meridian and Sandra Drake of Ellenwood, Ga. and a son, James Horn Jr. of Meridian and 28 grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for J.C. Tinsley, of Meridian, who died Monday, June 21, 2004, in his home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Stephens Funeral Home for J.E. "Jack" Stack Jr., 86, of Meridian, who died Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Patricia A. Allen, 39, of Meridian, died Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at Heartfelt Hospice.

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