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1:38 pm Tuesday, September 18, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2001

By Staff
EDRYE GRAY VAUGHN
Homemaker
Services for Edrye Gray Vaughn will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Meadows. Burial in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mrs. Vaughn, 87, of Rochester, N.Y., died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001, at Rochester General Hospital.
Survivors include a son, Leonard Vaughn and his wife, Bonnie, of Rochester; two grandchildren, Robin of Alabama and Bryan of California; two sisters, Luna Newell and her husband, William E., and Nora Patrick of Flora; four nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude A. Vaughn.
Visitation will be Wednesday beginning at 10 a.m. at the funeral home.
NICKY MCGRAW
Student
DEKALB Services for Nicky McGraw will be held Wednesday at noon at Henderson Ridge Baptist Church in Preston with the Rev. Chris Chamberlin officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McGraw, 25, of Pearl, formerly of Preston, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at the University Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include his parents, Wardell and Rosa McGraw of Preston; two sons, Ricky McGraw of Preston and Genqualo Grace of DeKalb; a sister, Renardre McGraw of Preston; grandparents, Jack and Pearl Grace of DeKalb; and several other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents and two uncles.
Visitation will be Wednesday one hour prior to the service at the church.
ADDIE LEE STEPHENSON WRIGHT
Retired restaurant owner
Graveside services for Addie Lee Stephenson Wright will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Hester Cemetery with the Revs. J.C. Burkes, Douglas Stone and Bob Wilkerson officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Wright, 99, of Meridian, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at Queen City Nursing Center. She was a charter member of Trinity Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include two daughters-in-law, Roma Partin of Meridian and Nell Ann Pickett Partin of Utica; a grandson, Dr. Bruce Partin of Roanoke, Va.; stepdaughter, Mary W. Roberts of Jackson; two stepsons, T.H. Wright of Slidell, La. and James D. Wright of Odenville, Ala.; a special friend, Kay Bynum of Meridian; a step-granddaughter, Bebe Freeman; 10 other grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Bruce Partin; a son, Harry J. Partin; stepdaughter, Paulene Paulsen; and a brother, David L. Stephenson.
HATTIE CLARK
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Hattie Clark of Meridian who died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, in her home.
MARY A. TURNIPSEED GORDON
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Mary A. Turnipseed Gordon, 56, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbindale, Minn.

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