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10:48 am Thursday, July 15, 2004

Obituaries for Thursday, July 15, 2004

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Homemaker
QUITMAN Graveside services for Katie Thrash Ivey will be held today at 11 a.m. at East Pleasant Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Clarence Tillman officiating. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ivey, 71, of Meridian, died Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her son, George McCoy and his wife, Janet, of Meridian; a brother, James Thrash of Quitman; sisters, Mattie C. Callaway of Orlando, Fla., Mary Ruth Jones of Lavergue, Tenn. and a grandchild, Jennifer James McCoy of Meridian.
Paper mill engineer
YORK, Ala. Graveside services for William Thomas Gullahorn Sr. will be held today at 11 a.m. at Clay Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Sam Nettles officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Gullahorn, 69, of Cuba, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004, in Meridian. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy Daniels Gullahorn of Cuba; sons, Tommy Gullahorn of Cuba and Dan Gullahorn of Cantonment, Fla.; a sister, Mary Jane McElroy of Knoxville, Tenn. and five grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.
SEBASTOPOL Services for William F. "Buck" Creel will be held today at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. David Bankston and John Sharp officiating. Burial will be in Sebastopol City Cemetery.
Mr. Creel, 95, of Sebastopol, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004, in his home.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Allie Mae Creel of Sebastopol; daughters, Rita Alexander of Brandon and Peggy Arthur of Madison; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and one sister, Allie Mae Belvin of Meridian.
GILBERTOWN, Ala. Services for Amon L. "Hank" Lovette will be held today at 2 p.m. at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dr. Robbie Howard and Clovis Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Mosley Cemetery.
Mr. Lovette, 67, of Irvington, died Sunday, July 11, 2004, in Mobile.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Lovette of Irvington; daughters, Angela Patrick of Theodore and Gwen Dismukes of Irvington; brothers, James Lovette of Yantley, Alex Lovette, of Coffeeville and Henry Lovette of Toxey; sisters, Catherine Ford of Yantley, Charline Thompson of Semmes, and Mary Ann Linder of Gilbertown; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be today from noon until service time at the funeral home.
UNION Services for Grace Hardy Mabry will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Marcus Finch, George Smith and Jack Kerns officiating. Burial will be in Union City Cemetery.
Mrs. Mabry, 86, of Union, died Wednesday, July 14, 2004, in her home. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Union.
Survivors include her husband, Ray Mabry of Union; a daughter, Ann McNeese Rash of Union; sons, Roy Hardy McNeese of Southaven, Huey Floyd McNeese of Wynne, Ark. and Danny Ray Mabry of Butler, Ala.; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren a brother, Garland Jeffcoats of Decatur and several friends and neighbors.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Hettie Jeffcoats and Roy Hardy; a sister, Cleo F. Bass; brothers, Claude Jeffcoats and Barney Jeffcoats.
Pallbearers will be Gerald Ray Mabry, Daniel Mabry, Brian Mabry, Joshua Robinson, Zachary Robinson and Jordan Robinson.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Disabled
BUTLER, Ala. Graveside services for John Robert Glasgow will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Livingston Memorial Gardens with the Revs. Mark Osgood and Jim Halliday officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Glasgow, 58, of Butler, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004, in his home.
Survivors include his sister, Mildred G. Boutwell and her husband, Tommy, of Butler; three nephews and an aunt, Mary Vansickle of York.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Research Hospital or to the United Methodist Church Children's Home.
SEBASTOPOL Services for John Francis Dixon will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with the Rev. David Hamm officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Dixon, 48, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004, in Jackson.
Survivors include his uncle and an aunt.
Visitation will be today beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the church.

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