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THE CLARION-LEDGER I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2002 CLARIONLEDGER.COM MISSISSIPPI DEATHS Joe Banks Westwego, La. Joe Banks, 60, died of lung cancer September 18, 2002, at Mercy Hospital. Services are noon Saturday at Grove A.M.E. Church with burial in the church cemetery in Natchez, MS. Little Johns Funeral Home of New Orleans, LA.

is handling arrangements. Kit Hansell Bowen Grenada Kit Hansell Bowen, 84, a bookkeeper, died of heart failure Monday, September 16, 2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North Mississippi in Oxford. Services are 10 a.m. today at Garner-Harper Funeral Home with burial to follow in the City Cemetery in Charleston, MS. Joe W.

Chamblee Carthage Joe W. Chamblee, 78, a retired manager of The Carthage Company, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at St. Dominic's-Jackson Memorial Hospital. Visitation is 8 a.m. today at Wilcox Funeral Home.

Services are 10 a.m. today at the funeral home with burial in Goshen Cemetery. Rev. Sale Lilly and Rev. Randolph Scott will officiate the services.

Mr. Chamblee was a lifelong member of Goshen United Methodist Church and was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include: his wife of 54 years, Charlene Chamblee of Carthage; sons, Joe Chamblee Jr. and his wife, Jane of Biggersville, Charles Chamblee and his wife, Lynn, David Chamblee, Paul Chamblee and his wife, Peggy, Mark Chamblee and Philip Chamblee, all of Carthage and Timothy Chamblee and his wife, Dana of Starkville; daughter, Mary Ann Slone and her husband, Paul of Madison; and 11 grandchildren. Pallbearers are Joe Chamblee Charles Chamblee, David Chamblee, Paul Chamblee, Timothy CHamblee, Mark Chamblee, Philip CHamblee and Paul Ray Slone.

Memorials may be made to Goshen Cemetery Fund, 2285 Hwy 16 East, Carthage, MS 39051. David Lee Chisholm Pelahatchie David Lee Chisholm, 74, died Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at Hospice Ministries. Graveside services are 2 p.m. today in Indian Springs Cemetery in Jones County. Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon is handling arrangements.

Mr. Chisholm was a native of Jones County and had been a longtime resident of the Jackson area and Pelahatchie. He was a Navy veteran and was a retired truck driver for Gordon Transport. Survivors include: his wife of 54 years, Elizabeth Chisholm of Brandon; daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Steve Jones of Brandon; son, Dwight Chisholm of Pelaand Emily Jones of hatchie; and two granddaughters, Jenna Memorials may be made to Hospice Ministries, P.O. Box 1228, Ridgeland, MS 39158-1228.

Phillip Edward Criswell Columbus Phillip Edward Criswell, 58, a managedirector, died Tuesday, September 17,2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Irvin Dodd Brookhaven Irvin Dodd, 55, quality control manager for Mobile Home Manufacturing died Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Graveside services are 10 a.m. today in Old Crystal Springs Cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Alice Jewel Folks Moselle Alice Jewel Folks, 82, a retired instructor at Ellisville State School died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg. Visitation is p.m.

today at Jones Funeral Home in Moselle. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with burial in Moselle Memorial Garden Cemetery. MARK SEEPE FUNERAL HOME CREMATORIUM 601-352-5239 Free: 1-800-748-9751 755 Riverside Drive, Jackern, MS Forever is how long Tim going to love Nana. Beyond every sunrise, each moment of my tomorrow I be held br me.

Sweetest of all memories. forever over in loving memory of Dorothy Jean Moore. Sept. 19, 1943-Ang. 26, 2002 Happy Birthday! From your God Daughter, Betty OBITUARY ADVERTISING POLICY The Clarion-Ledger publishes basic obituaries free of charge.

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For questions call (601) 961-7159 or (601) 961-7117. For online searchable obituaries and obituaries from recent days, visit clarionledger. obituary section. Dr. Zona Gail Finney Oxford Gail Finney, 50, passed from this life Tuesday following a short illness.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Waller Funeral Home and Friday a.m. at North Oxford Baptist Church. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at North Oxford Baptist Church with Dr.

Gary Richardson and Rev. Shawn Finney officiating. Burial will be in North Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery. She was a pharmacist at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North Mississippi. She was a member of the North Oxford Baptist Church where she sang in the Sanctuary Choir and was active in Women on Missions.

A native of Fort Smith, she graduated from Hendrix College at Conway, with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and moved to Oxford in the mid 1970s to attend the University of Mississippi where she subsequently earned a Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry, a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and a Master of Science in Hospital Pharmacy. In 2000, she was awarded a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She formerly served as an tor in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi. She was a member of the Mississippi Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Mississippi Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and four honor societies, Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Chi, PhiKappa Phi and Rho Chi. She held a license to practice pharmacy in Mississippi and Arkansas.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Nolan and Louise Finney of Fort Smith. She is survived by a brother, Lyndon and wife Donna of Little Rock; two nieces, Christa Finney and Merritt Finney, both of Little Rock; one nephew, Rev. Shawn Finney and wife Pam of Columbia, a special friend, Dr. Henry B. Pace of Oxford and a host of friends at North Oxford Baptist Church and Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi.

Memorials may be made to North Oxford Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1700 Oxford, MS 38655. M.E. 'Buck' Greene Meridian M.E. "Buck" Greene, 90, Buck Greene Reality Co.

died September 9, 2002, at Rush Hospital. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Barham Funeral Home. Services a.m. Friday at the funeral home in Barham-Meridian Cemetery.

Helen Rollins Halford Roxie owner of Monday, Foundation ing men's and women's fashions, books and records. With Hugh Allen Alexander, Haxton founded the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, which practiced in his living room for five years before presenting its first public concert in 1959. Mr. Haxton served as the orchestra's manager and program director for the next 34 years. He was a prolific composer with 175 works of music to his credit, including two symphonies, two piano concerti and an oratorio.

He wrote 50 songs based on poetry by a wide selection of poets, including his son, Brooks. The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra performed his works at a concert honoring author Eudora Welty's 80th birthday and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra performed his pieces based on William Faulkner's work during a Faulkner festival concert in 1963. He served for 15 years on the board of the Delta Music Association and he directed musical comedies performed by the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and the Greenville Little Theater, now Delta Center Stage, on whose board he served. Together with the late Hodding Carter and Ben Wasson, Mr. Haxton founded Levee Press, which published limited ediof works by Welty and Faulkner.

He authored six novels and one play. For many years, he constructed crossword puzzles which appeared in The New York Times and numerous other publications. For many years he was married to writer, Josephine Haxton of Jackson. Survivors include: three sons and their wives, Richard and Janetta of Los Angeles, Ayres and Emily of Jackson and Brooks and Francie of Syracuse, N.Y.; a former daughter-in-law, Jessica Brent of Greenville; and seven Haxton grandchildren, Taylor of Greenville, Ayres Jr. and Brooks of Brooklyn, N.Y., Corinne of Jackson and Isaac, Lillie and Miriam of Syracuse, N.Y.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Willard 'Buddy' Haynes Vicksburg Willard "Buddy" Haynes, 72, a tankerman died Tuesday, September 17,2002, at River Regional Hospital. Visitation 5-7 p.m. today at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home.

Graveside services are 2 p.m. Friday at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mary Hill Greenville Mary Elizabeth Sossaman Hill, 56, today at activity director for Greenville Convalesare 10 with burial cent Home, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, in Greenville. Services are 10 a.m. today Emanuel Baptist Church with burial in Belzoni City Cemetery.

Mortimer Funeral Home is handling arrangements. William J. Holder Euless, Texas William J. Holder, 74, September 16, 2002, at is 6-8 p.m. today at Funeral Home.

Services are at the funeral home with net Hills Memorial Park. Bill was born in Jackson started with Delta at the age of 17 and retired with over 47 years of service in December of 1992. He was also a member of Martin United Methodist Church in Bedford. Bill was preceded in death by his died Monday, home. Visitation Bluebonnet Hills Charles T.

Johnson IlI Brookhaven Charles Thomas Johnson IlI, 59, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at Hardy Wilson Hospital in Hazlehurst. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Services are 1 p.m.

Friday at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Jackson with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Virginia Madruga Ridgeland Virginia Miller Madruga, 84, died Monday, September 16, 2002, at home. Visitation is 9:30 a.m. today at Lakewood Funeral Home. Services are 10 a.m.

today at the funeral home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Terry Lavelle Magee Sr. Horn Lake Horn Lake Terry Lavelle Magee 58, died Sunday, September 15, 2002, at Real Foot Lake in Tennessee. Services were Wednesday with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Twin Oaks Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Mr. Magee was a longtime resident of Jackson before moving to Horn Lake. He graduated from Clinton High School and entered the plumbing field. He was the owner of Terry Magee Plumbing, Heating and Cooling in the early 1980s. After moving to Horn Lake, Mr.

Magee started Delta Plumbing Company. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jackie Martin Magee. They had two surviving children, Terry Magee Jr. and his wife, Stacy of Brandon and Mary Ann Watkins of Horn Lake; seven grandchildren, Morgan, Megan and Alston Watkins, Terry Magee Ill (Bubba), Chad Magee and Christian; sister, Amanda Foshee and husband, Dick Foshee of Jackson; and nine nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters, JoAnn Bailey and Jeanette Stricklin.

He is also survived by his wife, Cindy Magee of Horn Lake and three step-children. Billy Junior Mason Brookhaven Billy Junior Mason, 74, a farmer, died Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at Hospice Ministries. Graveside services are 1 p.m. today in Union Hall Baptist Church Cemetery. Mark Seepe Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Danny Ray McCall Sr. Jackson Danny Ray McCall 49, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at home. Visitation is 5-9 p.m. Friday at Lakewood South Funeral Home. Services are 11 a.m.

Saturday at the funeral home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park South. Mr. McCall was born in Jackson, MS. on April 30, 1953 to Ray and Marie McCall. He was a lifelong resident of Jackson and had formerly lived in Shreveport, LA.

for a short period of time. He was an electronic manufacturer working with his father in their family business, McLan Electronics. He was of the Christian faith. He is survived by a loving family: his parents of Jackson; his wife, Rebecca Margarity McCall of Jackson; two sons, Danny Ray McCall Jr. and Joshua McCall, both of Jackson; five daughters, Angela McCall, Mesha Shanahan, Kristi McCall, Rebekah McCall, all of Jackson and Tonya McCall of Austin, one sister, Beverely Myers of Jackson and three grandsons.

Vertis E. McEwen Summit 3 p.m. Friday Vertis E. McEwen, 89, burial in Bluebon- September 16, 2002, at is 9-10 a.m. service time in 1927.

He ings Funeral Home in McComb. Felders Campground Myrtle S. Prince Ridgeland died Monday, home. Visitation Reben today at Catch- Monday, Burial is in mond, LA. as Cemetery.

Visitation is a.m. service rial Funeral ial Park. James 'Jim' Putnam Sumter, S.C. James "Jim" Roy Putnam, 58, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at the Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Visitation is 6-8 p.m.

today at Elmore-HillMcCreight Funeral Home. Services are 4 p.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church with burial in Sumter Cemetery. David Harper Shafer Mineral Wells, Texas David Harper Shafer, 46, died Friday morning, September 13, 2002, athis residence. Services were held 10 a.m.

Monday, September 16, 2002, at the First Baptist Church in Mineral Wells, Texas. Officiating was Dr. Mark Bumpus with interment at the Memory Gardens of the Valley Cemetery in Parker County, Texas. Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Rodney Butler, Gary Beadle, Roy Ned Patterson, T.

J. Pontremoli, Robert Begley, Scott Shafer, Mac Shafer, Arthur Jack Shafer and honorary pallbearers were Derek Dyess, Shafer Shafer Chris Terrell and David Morgan. Survivors are his wife, Cindy Shafer; 3 stepchildren, Sherrie Begley of Childress, TX, Melissa Pontrimoli of Millsap, TX and Robert Begley of Lewisville, TX; mother, Danna Francis Shirley of Madison, MS; father and wife, Arthur Jack and Marilyn Shafer of Mineral Wells, brothers, Mac Shafer of Mineral Wells, TX and Scott Shafer of Waco, TX; sister, Jan Morgan of Ridgeland, MS; two nephews, Derek Dyess of Ridgeland, MS and Shawn Dyess of Little Rock, AR. David was a student of American Flyers from October 1986, until January 1987, and then became a ground and flight instructor teaching local and international students. Courses ranged from private to commercial, instrument CFI CFII, and bi-annual checks.

He started his flying experience with American Air Ambulance (Teddy Bear Air) transporting neo-natal infants from small towns to the Metroplex hospitals. In November of 1990 he moved to Nashville, TN and flew for American Eagle and then moved on up to American Airlines in February 1998. He was dearly loved and will be missed. HIGHLIGHT Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughtersilvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the windswept height with easy grace Where never lark, nor even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high, untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. -John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Naomi Turner Swetland Grenada Naomi Turner Swetland, 82, a retired assistant city clerk for Grenada died of heart failure September 17, 2002, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. Services are 3 p.m.

today at Garner-Harper Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Reben 'Whitey'Thrasher Nettleton "Whitey" Thrasher, 63, died September 16, 2002, in Hama result of a truck accident. 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10-11 time Saturday at Lee MemoHome. Burial is in Lee Memor- Donald Tom Wagner Greenwood Donald Tom Wagner, 72, a mechanical engineer, died of complications from surgery Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at Baptist Hospital.

Services are 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Greenwood with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Wilson Knight Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mickey Doyle Woods Helena Mickey Doyle Woods, 68, retired USAF, died Thursday, September 12, 2002, in Helena. Services were Saturday with burial in Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko.

Bryant-OKeefe Funeral Home handled arrangements, Mickey was born June 11, 1934, in Kosciusko to the late C.H. "Buddy" and Velma Odom Woods. He retired in 1973 after serving 20 years in the United States Air Force. In 1996, he retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding in the electrical engineering department. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Helena.

Mr. Woods was preceded in death by his first wife, Jeanette Owings in 1968. Survivors include: wife, Floyce R. Woods of Helena; daughters, Rebecca (Michael) Meredith of Sammamish, Melissa Bigby of Ridgeland, and Marietta Wilkerson of Folsom, stepdaughter, Mary (Buster) McLemore of Flora; step-son, Nelson (Denise) Reitan of Billy J. Mason Graveside Service 1:00 p.m., Thursday Union Hall Baptist Church Cemetery Brookhaven, MS MARK SEEPE I FUNERAL HOME EZ CREMATOR 601-352-5239 Toll Free: 1-800-7489751 755 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS Broussard, nine grandchildren, Brent and Evan Bigby, Justin and Drew Meredith, Stephen and Katie Wilkerson and Charlie, Amanda and Andrew Bingham; and one great-grandchild, Cole McLein.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Helena. Malpractice: Firms blowing smoke, reform opponents say From 1B lance companies are not affected by the issue and dismiss such claims as political maneuvering. "I cannot recall off the top of my head a single substantial or even moderate verdict against an ambulance company in the state of Mississippi," said Lance Stevens, past president of the Mississippi Trial Lawyer's Association. "We think that's fairly typical of the poke-yourhead-out-and-duck sort of facts that the medical lobby has been using." Emergystat is based in Alabama and provides ambulance service in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. Donovan said the company has not seen this much of an increase in premiums in any other state where it provides service.

"We've seen nominal increases. It's nothing compared to Mississippi premiums." Emergystat, and other private ambulance companies, are closely tracking the state Legislature's progress in putting caps on how much juries can award in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Shane Langston, immediate past president of the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, said caps on lawsuits are not the way to bring about lower insurance premiums. "We sympathize with the EMTs, as we have the doctors, about their insurance problems. But this legislation is not going to dissolve their insurance problems.

It has been shown across the country that special protection added for the medical profession does not bring liability medical insurance rates down," Langston said. Emergency medical workers say they face several problems: Their medical directors could lose their insurance and paramedics would no longer be allowed to perform advanced procedures in the field. Emergency rooms could close, forcing ambulances to find alternate hospitals. I Ambulance companies' insurance rates could jump, forcing the companies to cut costs elsewhere. I Emergency responders would continue to be exposed to financially crippling lawsuits.

Mississippi has 132 ground and air ambulance services and 3,277 emergency workers, according to figures provided by the state Department of Health. Those emergency workers directly employed by a public entity, such as fire departments, have limited liability, according to the state Insurance Department. That is not the case for private ambulance companies and their employees. "In Mississippi we have unlimited exposure for medical malpractice," said Tyron Picard, Acadian Ambulance's executive vice president for legal and government affairs. Paramedics must have a medical director to provide advanced emergency services in the field.

"When a paramedic practices in the field, he is really practicing on the medical director's said Wade Spruill, chief executive officer of AAA Ambulance Service in Hattiesburg and former director of the state's Emergency Medical Services. Spruill said AAA Ambulance's medical director, a 25-year veteran, had difficulty being reinsured this year. At one point, Spruill said, the company was told it had 30 days to find a new medical director. If AAA Ambulance had lost its medical director, none of its paramedics would be able to use advanced techniques in emergency calls. "It would be like taking a hospital in the year 2002 and making them use technology from 30 years ago," Spruill said.

"I think this is a frightening sidebar to all of this." Helen Louise Rollins Halford, 74, a homemaker died September 17, 2002, at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Meadville. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Bude Church of God with burial in Bude Church of God Cemetery. Kenneth Haxton Greenville Kenneth Haxton, 82, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at University Medical Center. Graveside services are 11 a.m.

Friday in Greenville Cemetery. Boone-Wells Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. Haxton was born October 20, 1919, in Greenville. He was a graduate of Greenville High School, where he edited The Laureate literary magazine and The Pica, the school paper.

He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, where he served as editor of the campus daily, The Mississippian. After serving in the Navy during World War he returned to Greenville to manage the family business, Nelms and Blum, a ladies clothing store which he converted to a specialized department store featur- Chancellor Funeral Home Garden of Memories Now open to serve all your funeral service needs. Call or Visit our new facilities. Accepting other pre arrangements and insurance. 2576 Hwy.

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Fri. Lakewood South Memorial Park DR. ANNA CHRISTINE MITCHELL COVINGTON FLYNN Arrangements Incomple 922-2123 parents, A.J. and Lela Furr Holder, and a brother, Charles Holder. Survivors include: wife of 46 years, Joy Jenkins Holder; children, Stan Holder and wife Brenda, Jan Munro and husband Scott, Nancy Johnson and husband Andy from a previous marriage; brothers, Andy Holder, David Holder, Richard Holder, Frank Holder; sister, Barbara Holder; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

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2:00 p.m./ Peoples Chapel Funeral Directors, Since 1925 969-3040 Myrtle S. Prince, 80, a homemaker died September 17, 2002, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation is 9 p.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Magee. Services are 10 a.m.

Friday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home with burial in Magee City Cemetery in Magee. Mrs. Prince was a member of Goodwater Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, W.F. Prince.

Survivors include: sons, Frank Prince of Mendenhall and Randy Prince Germany; daughters, Nan Haskins of Brandon and Nita Fitzhugh of Ludlow; brothers, V.B. Shows of Pearl, Robert Shows of Brandon and Ray Shows of Pearl and sisters, Otrice Edwards of Pearl and Gertrude Wells of Brandon. WRIGHT WRIGHT FERGUSON MRS. JEWELL BLATTEL 10:00 a.m. Saturday Parkway Visit 5-7 Friday LAKEOVER FUNERAL HOME MRS.

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