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I I I I I L. of I THE CLARION LEDGER SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2001 CLARIONLEDGER.COM MISSISSIPPI DEATHS Maire L. Bagwell Louisville Maire Lemaire Bagwell, 74, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Visitation is 2 p.m. Sunday at Nowell Funeral Services in Louisville.

Services are 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Willie Herman Bender Laurel Willie Herman Bender, 47, a plant worker, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at South Central Regional Medical Center. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Bay Springs Funeral Home.

Services are 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery in Bay Springs. Thomas Bennett Jackson Thomas Bennett, 34, a disabled landscaper, died of heart failure Saturday, July 14, 2001, at The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 11 a.m. today at Peoples Funeral Home with burial in Mount Center Cemetery in Pocahontas.

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for publication in all editions of the next day's Clarion-Ledger. For questions call (601) 961-7159 or (601) 961-7117. For online searchable obituaries and obituaries from recent days, visit clarionledger.com's obituary section. retary for Crestwood Baptist Hanging Moss Baptist Church where she was a member for 10 years at each church. Presently she was a member of Parkway Baptist Church.

Survivors include: Her brother and his wife, David Elizabeth Chisholm of Pelahatchie; Her niece and her husband, Diane Steve Jones of Brandon; Her nephew, Dwight Chisholm of Pelahatchie; her two great-nieces, Emily Jenna Jones of Brandon. Memorials may be made to Parkway Baptist Church, 802 N. Frontage Road, Clinton MS 39056. Jamie Clark Decatur Sarah L. "Sally" Berkley, 76, a retired Decatur election commissioner, died of injuries Jamie Clark, 49, a baseball coach for sustained in an automobile accident East Central Community College died Thursday, July 19, 2001, on U.S.

High- Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at home. way 84. Services are 12 noon today at Services are 11 a.m. today at ClarkeMeadville Presbyterian Church with burial Venable Baptist Church in Decatur with in 1 Midway Cemetery. Franklin Funeral burial in Caile Cemetery in Caile near BelHome is handling arrangements.

zoni. Barham Funeral Home in Newton Orland "Sam" Brooks Mendenhall Orland Burnette "Sam" Brooks, 83, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Forrest General Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home with burial in Rials Creek Methodist Church Cemetery in Mendenhall. Amy Ann B.

Burrow Myrtle Amy Ann Blankenship Burrow, retired senior secretary, died of Friday, July 20, 2001, at home. is 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Waller Home in Oxford. Services are 2 p.m. day at Calvary Baptist Church with in Oxford memorial Cemetery.

Nita Frances Chisholm Jackson Nita Frances Chisholm, 70, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at Crossgates Manor Nursing Home. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home on High Street. Services are 11 a.m.

Monday at the funeral home with graveside services to follow at 2 p.m. in the Hickory Grove Cemetery in Laurel. The Rev. Ken Anderson will officiate. Miss Chisholm, a native of Laurel, was born November 29, 1930, to Chester Florence Chisholm.

She graduated from Calhoun High School, where she received the Citizenship award and served as the salutatorian of her class. After high school, Miss Chisholm continued her education at Clark Business College. Miss Chisholm worked 44 years at Lamar Life Insurance Company and retired as a supervisor August 3, 1993. She was very active in her church activities. Miss Chisholm taught Sunday school for 30 years and served as financial sec- Garden MemoRial Park Since 1950 Chosen more often than any other cemetery 8001 Highway 49 North Jackson 366-6311 Cemetery spaces starting at $150 (certain restrictions apply) Testhaven Memorial Funeral Home, Inc.

3580 Robinson Road Jackson, MS 39209 MRS. ROSIE LEE WILLIAMS McNEIL Sat. 11:00 a.m. WHMFH Chapel MRS. BIRTIEL GREEN Sat.

12:00 noon New Strangers Home M. B. Ch. Locally Owned and Operated by: Audrey B. Wiley, Anthony R.

Davis and Freddie Davis "Professional Service You Can Depend On" 601-922-3666 Tommy Van Cleave Greenwood Tommy Van Cleave, 82, a retired mechanic and commercial fisherman, died of heart failure Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Graveside services are 2 p.m. today in Black Hawk Baptist Church Cemetery in Black Hawk. Williams Lord Funeral Home in Greenwood is handling arrangements. Lyra Coleman Jackson Lyra Coleman, 78, a painter, died Monburial Tuesday, July 10, 2001, in Chicago.

Visitation is 12 noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Peoples Funeral Home. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Monday in Autumn Woods Cemetery. Annis Turner Dees Batesville Annie Turner Dees, 96, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville.

Services are 11 a.m. today at Dickins Funeral Home with burial in Bethel Cemetery in Enid. Genoa Edwards Philadelphia Genoa Edwards, 66, a retired seamstress, died of massive heart failure Monday, July 16, 2001, at Neshoba Hospital. Services are 11 a.m. today at Mount Ary Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Williams Herring Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Madge S. Higginbotham Long Beach Madge Sessums Franklin Higginbotham, 83, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, in MARK SEEPE FUNERAL HOME CREMATORIUM 601-352-5239 Toll-Free: 1-800-748-9751 755 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS COLLINS Since 1903 948-7223 MRS. GERTRUDE JOHNSON 2:00 p.m. today Rock Star Baptist Church MRS.

MARVIN SCOTT 1:00 p.m. today New Hope (Roach St.) Baptist Church Love de fount 100 OFF Sealy. Adjustable Beds MATTRESS CENTERS 109 Airport Pearl 420-0763 Monday-Friday 10am-7pm, Saturday 9am-6pm VISA Financing Available DUCOVER AMERICANO EXPRESS Jernigan-Wolfson, Ben Jernigan, Jeff Jernigan and Sophie Jernigan. Gertrude Johnson Brandon Gertrude Johnson, 92, died Monday, July 16, 2001, at home. Services are 2 p.m.

today at Rock Star Baptist Church in Brandon with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Collins Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Lucille H. Jose Cleveland Lucille H. Jose, 89, a homemaker, died of heart failure Friday, July 20, 2001, at Bolivar Medical Center.

Graveside services are 2 p.m. Sunday in Oakridge Cemetery. Nowell Funeral Home is handing arrangements. Christopher A.Lehmann Roxie Christopher Allen Lehmann, 11, a student, died from injuries sustained in a 4- wheeler accident Thursday, July 19. 2001, at home.

Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Elmo Baptist Church with burial in Greendale Methodist Church Cemetery in Franklin County. Hugh L. Mathews Jr. Yazoo City Hugh L.

Mathews ver, died of a heart 19, 2001, at home. are 3 p.m. today in Stricklin-King Funeral arrangements. Rosie Mae Randall, 51, a home health Ivory Mae Terrell, 64, died Monday, nurse, died of cardiorespiratory arrest July 2, 2001, at home. Services were 80, a truck dri- Friday, July 13, 2001, at home.

Services at Mt. Elam Baptist Church in Pearl 11:30 a.m. today at Mount Olive Mis- urday attack Thursday, July with burial in the church cemetery. Collins are services sionary baptist Church with burial in Mount Graveside Olive Hairston Funeral Funeral Home handled arrangements. Tranquil Cemetery.

Cemetery. Century Anna W. Mullins Mendenhall Anna W. Mullins, 63, a homemaker, died of an acute stroke Thursday, July 19, 2001, at home. Services are 2 p.m.

today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home with burial in Mendenhall City Cemetery. Mrs. Mullins was a member of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church. Survivors include: husband, Teddy Jack Mullins son, T.J.

Mullins Jr. of Mendenhall; father, Otis Wiggins of Crystal Springs; daughters, Karen Wallace of Mendenhall, Lisa Morganti of Wolfe City, Texas, Cindy Austin of Mendenhall and Beth Roebuck of Ridgeland; sisters, Billie Sue Singletary of Crystal Springs, Lou McCachran of Water Valley, Joyce Kokaisel of Carrollton and Linda Harcharik of Florence; and 10 grandchildren. Ethel Parks Brandon Ethel Parks, 62, a homemaker died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at home. Services are 11:30 a.m. today at Moore Funeral home in Hattiesburg with burial in Boone Cemetery in Lamar County.

Rosie Mae Randall Lexington Home is handling Home is handling Rev. James McCafferty Jr. McComb The Rev. James T. McCafferty 81, of McComb, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at home.

Visitation is 4-7 p.m. today at Hartman Funeral Home of McComb and will continue at Centenary United Methodist Church Sunday from 1-2 p.m. with services at 2 p.m. at the church. The Rev.

Don Bishop is officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery in McComb. Rev. McCafferty was born in Starkville, MS, on June 14, 1920. His parents were the late James T.

McCafferty and Blanche Foose McCafferty. Rev. McCafferty graduated from Milsaps college in 1947 and from Emory University's Candler School of Theology in 1949. He served as pastor at Caledonia Circuit, Vaiden-West Circuit, Wesley Methodist Church in Tupelo, MS, Marks Methodist Church, luka Methodist Church, St. Paul Methodist Church, Clarksdale, MS, Leland United Methodist Church, New Albany First United Methodist Church, Indianola United Methodist Church, Amory First United Methodist Church and transferred to the Mississippi Conference in 1979 and was appointed to Summit United Methodist Church.

He retired from active pastorate in 1985 and moved to his present home in McComb, MS. He served on the following Board and Agencies: Board of Evangelism, Conference Board of Temperance, Chairman, Board of Education, Vice-Chairman and later Chairman, Town and Country Commission, Family Life Commission, Chairman, Board of Trustees Methodist Home Hospital, New Orleans, Trustee Milsaps College, Secretary of Board, Who's Who in the Methodist Church. Rev. McCafferty served in the USMR, March 1942-October 1945, USNR Chaplain's Corp, 1956-1976, and was the recipient of Freedom Foundation's George Washington Honor Medal for sermon. He is preceded in death by his parents, two sisters Martha Blanche McCafferty, and Adele Young, brother, Daniel Ewing.

Survivors include: Wife, Miriam Stamps McCafferty, son Jim McCafferty and Malinda of Jackson, daughter Susannah McCafferty Sanders and Jan of Greenville, sister Bess Sanford of Madison, grandchildren Andy and Ann Claire Sanders of Greenville and Bess, Jack, Sadie, Mattie and Margot McCafferty of Jackson. Hartman Funeral Home of McComb is in charge of all arrangements. OTT LEE FUNERAL HOME Since 1934 Brandon 824-6018 Locally Forest 469-3412 Owned Morton 732-6571 REV. ROBERT J. "BOB" RENO 11 am Baptist Church Forest INFANT CANDICE "BELLE" HAMILTON Graveside 2 pm Baptist Church Cemetery Visit: 10 pm Morton 'Compassionate' care at a fair price.

BALDWIN-LEE FUNERAL DIRECTORS Estabilshed 1929 We invite you to visit with us to review our -cost pricing and the benefits of advance funeral planning. BALDWIN-LEE FUNERAL DIRECTORS Rankin County 601-939-6110 Jackson 601-372-5623 AR Ruby P. Spradley Stringer Ruby P. Spradley, 74, a retiree died of heart failure Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Forrest General Hospital. Visitation is 10 a.m.

to noon today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel. Graveside services are 2 p.m. today at Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery in Stringer. Elma Ruth Sullivan Bay Springs Elma Ruth Sullivan, 101, a retired farmer, died of heart failure Friday, July 20, 2001, at Jasper General Nursing Home. Services are 11 a.m.

today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home with burial Gulfport. Visitation is p.m. Saturday at Riemann Funeral Home in Long Beach. Services are 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with burial in Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum.

Morton, Mrs. Higginbotham was a native of was a long time resident with her late husband, Newt Franklin. They owned and operated Franklin's Grocery and Market there for many years. She and her husband of 36 years, Charles L. Higginbotham, were also residents of Pascagoula for 36 years, where she was a member of First Baptist Church, before recently moving to Long Beach.

Mrs. Higginbotham was preceded in death by her first husband, N.F. "Newt" Franklin; daughter, Ramona Franklin Williams; step son, Paul Higginbotham; parents, Jake and Edna Sessums; brothers, George, Vance, Tillman, Edward and Lauris Sessums; and sister, Nannie Bell Dunn. Survivors include: Charles L. Higginbotham of Long Beach; son and daughterin-law, Tommy and Christy Franklin of Long Beach; step daughter and son law, Candy and Walter Amos of Escatawpa; brother and his wife, David and Edith Sessums of Jackson; seven grandchildren, Nikki Franklin Thompson, Laura Williams Smith, Clay, Brian and Rev.

Scott Williams, and Sara and Catherine Franklin; nine great-grandchildren; four step grandchildren, Pam and Kim Amos, Paul "P.J." Higginbotham Jr. and Steven Higginbotham; one step great-grandchild; and her caregiver, friend and nurse, Connie Taylor of Gulfport. The family prefers that memorials be made to First Baptist Church of Long Beach, 506 Jeff Davis Avenue, Long Beach MS 39560. Betty Jernigan Hattiesburg Betty Jernigan, 70, a retired educator died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. Visitation is 5-8 p.m.

Sunday at Moore Funeral Home in Hattiesburg. Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with burial in Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Jernigan was a retired educator after 28 years, having taught in the Hattiesburg Public School System at Thames and Eureka and in the Rankin County Elementary Schools.

She also served as principal of Walthall Elementary School in Hattiesburg and Northwest Rankin Junior High School. She earned her B.A., M.A., a and EdD at Louisiana Tech University and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Teaching Sorority. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Hattiesburg. Survivors include: husband, Al Jernigan Sr. of Hattiesburg; sons, Al Jernigan Jr.

of Jackson and Jay Jernigan of Hattiesburg; sisters, Patricia Ann Jerry of St. Louis, Mo. and Rita Nelwin Rogers of Plano, Texas; brother, W.G. Weatherford of Irvine, Calif. and grandchildren, Milli LAKEOVER FUNERAL HOME MR.

EUGENE MASON 2 pm (Bolton) Repose 1 pm MRS. ARLEONA MANNING 1525 Beasley Rd. 362-0162 BALDWIN-LEE MR. CLARENCE E. JONES, JR.

10 a.m. Chapel Jackson MRS. RUDELL D. TANNER B- Jackson (601) 939-6110 (601) 372-5623 FUNERAL HOME MR. THOMAS BENNETT Sat.

11:00 Peoples Chapel Mt. Center Cem. Pocahontas, MS MRS. EARNESTINE EARNEST Sat. 1:00 Peoples Chapel Autumn Woods Cem.

MR. THOMAS L. BRIDGEMAN II Sat. 2:00 St. Matthews MB Ch.

Fontaine St. Hope Springs Cem. MR. LYRA COLEMAN Mon. 11:00 Graveside Service Autumn Woods Cem.

MR. EUGENE BURNETT Next Sat. Peoples Chapel Garden Memorial Cem. Funeral Directors, Since 1925 969-3040 in Bethany Cemetery. Unita Taylor Calhoun City and bookkeeper, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at Calhoun Health Services.

Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Pryor Funeral Home. Services are 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with burial in Oak Springs Cemetery. Ivory Mae Terrell Jackson arrangements.

died Tuesday, July memorial service is Hope Baptist Church. is handling arrange- Erminie King Shurtleff Greenwood Marvin Scott Clinton Marvin Scott, 54, 10, 2001, at home. A 1 p.m. today at New Collins Funeral Home ments. Erminie King Shurtleff, 85, a homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Golden Age Nursing Home.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mrs. Shurtleff was born in Benton and after her marriage in 1938, moved to Greenwood where she lived for over 50 years. She was a Baptist, a homemaker and as a hobby she directed weddings.

She was very civic minded and held memberships in several civic organizations. She was preceded in death by her son, King Shurtleff. Survivors include: husband, Wayne A. Shurtleff Jr. of Greenwood; son, Ralph Shurtleff of Clinton; and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Ed Hill, Richard Avant, Will Shurtleff, Byron Taylor, I I I Brent Renner and Bryan Lott. Memorials may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Mississippi Chapter, 4800 McWillie Circle, Jackson, MS 39206 or Golden Age Nursing Home, Greenwood, MS. Marilyn R. Wills Marietta, Ga. 54, a cancer Visitation Funeral Marilyn R.

Wills, 67, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at home. Visitation is 3-5 p.m. today at Canton Hill. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Bethel United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Wills was a native of Saranac, N.Y., she was an active member of Mount Bethel United Methodist Church, where she taught at the Child Development Center for a number of years and was a member of the Altar Guild. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Wills; daughters, Kym Harrell and Wendy Pritchett, both of Marietta; son, Wayne Wills, Il. of Duluth; brothers, Don Marshall of Winston, Robert Marshall and Gilbert Marshall, both of New Smyrna Beach, Mason Marshall of Sacramento, Calif. and James Marshall of Daytona Beach, sister, Beverly Favaro of Cadyville, N.Y.; granddaughters, Kristen Taylor and Madeline Pritchett.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Institute for Cancer Research, 1759 Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20009. Arrangements by H.M. Patterson Son Canton Hill Chapel, 1157 Old Canton Road, N.E.

Marietta Ga. 30068, (770) 977-9485. Etna B. Winstead Philadelphia Etna B. Winstead, 92, a homemaker, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at St.

Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. Services are 2 p.m. today at McClain-Hays Funeral Home with burial in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Space Law Center gets new director Special to The Clarion-Ledger OXFORD An international legal authority has been named director of the National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law. A national search identified Joanne Gabrynowicz of the University of North Dakota to lead the center, which was established last year.

Internationally renowned in remote sensing and space law, Gabrynowicz graduated from the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. She spent the past 13 years at UND, where she was a professor in the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, teaching upper-level graduate courses in space policy and international implications, space treaties and legislation, remote sensing law and policy and the philosophy of human space activities. She also taught at two air bases, where her students were Air Force bomber, tanker, missile crew and space command officers. Gabrynowicz has published numerous articles in her fields of interest, producing from 1992- 2000 an average of one peerreviewed paper per year. WRIGHT FERGUSON INFANT TRISTAN ALLEN HARVEY 4:00 p.m.

Clinton Visit: 3:00 p.m. Sat. Clinton MRS. MARGARET P. CRATIN 10:00 a.m.

Service Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery MRS. NITA FRANCES CHISHOLM 11:00 a.m. High Street Visit: p.m. Sun. High St.

MRS. AGNES M. SCANLON 2:00 p.m. Memorial United Meth. Church p.m.

Sun. High St. MRS. MYRTLE H. ADAMS 352-3632 In her new post, Gabrynowiez said she intends to focus her work to "ensure that the center becomes a resource for industry and academia to address legal questions regarding remote sensing and related technology particularly, questions related to commercial remote sensing, as well as public-good issues, including licensing private industry, archiving for the long term, changing data into information products, etc." In addition to traditional teaching and research, the center also will sponsor campus events and international Internet seminars.

The center's first international event is April 18-19, 2002, titled "The 1st International Conference on the State of Remote Sensing Law." The Internet seminar "U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Licenses: The First 10 Years of Practice" also is slated for spring, with the date to be announced. "I'm very excited about these programs," Gabrynowicz said. "I think there will be a lot of interest, and they will spread awareness of the center and Ole Miss not only locally and nationally but also internationally." LAKEWOOD FUNERAL HOME MR. ROBY LEE HUMPHREY Visitation from 2-5 PM Sunday Services Monday at 1 PM at Lakewood Memorial Funeral Home Chapel Burial at Lakewood Memorial Park MS.

LOTTIE DUNGAN Arrangements Pending MS. FRANCES LEE Visitation from 2-5 PM Sunday at Lakewood South Funeral Home Services at 10 AM Monday Lakewood South Chapel Burial Lakewood South Memorial Park 922-2123.