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C1ARI0NLEDGER.COM MISSISSIPPI DEATHS 48 Tit CLARION-LEDGER TUESDAY. JANUARY 20, 2004 James E. Thompson of Florence; 4 sisters and 1 brother; 5 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to: Pearl Gideons, P.O. Box 5973, Pearl, MS 39288-5973 or Alzheimers Mid Miss.

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For questions call (601) 961-7159 or 961-7057. For online searchable obituaries and obituaries from recent days, visit clarionledger.com's obituary section. Bruce, Mississippi, where he graduated from high school in 1976.Heattendedthe University of Mississippi where he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in journalism. During his scholastic career, Yancy was the recipient of many awards and scholarships. Yancy's professional career included work with various publications and news services across the country, including assignments in Washington, D.C.

and on Capitol Hill. Yancy was an avid collector of Missis-sippiana, a connoisseur of the arts and a celebrated bon vivant. Tom is the son of Jesse L. Yancy, and Barbara Yancy. He is survived by his sister, Cindy Yancy, and his brother, Lee Yancy, both of Jackson, his cousins Bob and Bill Cooper of Bruce, his uncle James M.

Young of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. and his aunt, Diana Young, as well as other family members. The family requests that memorials be made to the Jesse L. Yancy Memorial Library in Bruce, MS.

A native of Jackson, Mrs. Weisenberg-er was a long time Canton resident who had also lived in Gluckstadt. She had lived at St. Catherine's Village for the past three years. She was a communicant of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a member of the Sacred Heart Society.

Survivors include: sons, Joe Weisen-berger of Byram, Charles Weisenberger of Madison and Pat Weisenberger of Jackson; daughter, Carol Knight of Terry; brothers, Hiram "Buddy" Powell of Mendenhall, James Louis Powell of Jackson and Elton Powell of Brandon; three grandchildren and one great-grandson. Thomas Warren Yancy Jackson Thomas Warren Yancy, 45, died Thursday, January 15, 2004 at home. Services were Saturday, January 17, 2004 at Bruce United Methodist Church in Bruce with burial in Bruce Cemetery. Parker Memorial Funeral Home of Bruce handled arrangements. Yancy, a journalist, was a native of (nton AROUND THE SOUTH Dorothy Mathison Bush Pinola Dorothy Mathison Bush, 94, a retired school teacher, died Sunday.

January 18, 2004, at Simpson General Hospital in Mendenhal. Services are 2 p.m. today at Pinola Baptist Church in Pinola with burial in Pinola Cemetery. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mendenhall is handling arrangements. She was born December 17, 1909, to the late William Henry Mathison and Cora Armstrong Mathison.

Mrs. Bush was a member of Pinola Baptist Church since 1 947 and taught Sunday School until she was 90 years old. She attended Bethaven College for two years and was a graduate ofMSCW. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Glenn Bush, two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include: daughter, Damie Brenholtz of Jackson; sons and daughters-in-law, Charles Glenn and Jean Morgan Bush of Jackson and John M.

and Nadine Bush of Mendenhall; sisteenn-law, Ailie Myers of Prentiss; grandchildren, Morgan Bush, Charles Glenn Bush, III, Charming Brenholtz and his wife, Car la, Jason Ashley Bush, Charles Franklin Bush, and Matthew Kennedy Bush; and one great-grandchild, lola Brenholtz. Memorials may be made to Pinola Baptist Church or Reform Theological Seminary. Milburn Chandler West Milburn Chandler, 85, a retired farmer, died Monday, January 19, 2004, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Culpepper Funeral Home in Kosciusko.

Services are 1 1 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Hunter Wade Correro Holcomb Hunter Wade Correro, 23, a construction worker, died Saturday, January 17, 2004, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 10 a.m. today at National Funeral Home in Grenada with burial in Holcomb City Cemetery in Holcomb.

Group wants action on shipping channel Ths Associated Press NEW ORLEANS A group has sprung up to demand the closure of a shipping channel described by environmentalists as an ecological disaster. The group wants to enlighten the public and policymakers about what its members call the devastation caused by the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, or MRGO. "I don't think people are fully aware of how bad the doggone thing is," said Edwin Doody, the president of the newly formed Coalition to Close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. "The MRGO has destroyed the St. Bernard wetlands." The 76-mile channel, opened in 1963, connects an industrial zone in east New Orleans with the Gulf of Mexico.

But it ushered in salt water that destroyed about 18,000 acres of marsh and 1,500 acres of cypress swamp, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dredging and wakes from huge ocean-bound cargo ships also are blamed for the land loss. Despite that, the Corps of Engineers continues to spend millions to dredge, so that only a handful of ships a week can get to industries in east New Orleans each year, Doody said. "As far as man's impact to the coast, I would say it is the worst in Louisiana and one of the worst in the country," said Carlton Dufre-chou, executive director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, a New Orleans environmental group.

To stop further destruction, scientists, residents, fishermen and local politicians have sought for years to get the outlet closed or shut to big ships and to stop dredging so the channel can fill up with sediment. They also want flood Stanley Tillman Jackson Stanley Tillman, 40, died Friday, Janu ary 16, 2004, at home. Visitation is 12 noon until 8 p.m. today at Jackson Memorial Funeral Services in Jackson. Services are 1 1 a.m.

Wednesday at Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church with burial in Autumn Woods Memorial Gardens. Lula Maude Turner Coffeeville Lula Maude Turner, 50, a homemaker, died of cancer Saturday, January 17, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Graveside services are 2 p.m. today at Hopewell Cemetery.

Garner-Harper Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Ralph B.Tutterow Sr. Tchula Ralph B. Tutterow, 84, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Greenwood-Leflore Hospital in Greenwood. Visitation is 1 a.m.

Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Tchula. Services are 1 1 a.m. Wednesday at the church with burial in Pinecrest Cemetery. Rev. Larry Edwards will officiate.

Stricklin-King Funeral Home of Yazoo City is handling arrangements. He was born August 3, 1919, in Athens, Tennessee to John Henry and Dora Tutterow. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Tchula. Mr. Tutterow was an Army veteran of World War H.

He was a retired operator for Mississippi Chemical Corporation. Survivors include: his wife, Grace Tutterow of Tchula; daughter, Patricia Logger of Columbus, sons, Ralph B. Tutterow, Jr. of Lexington and Bill Tutterow of Bolder, sisters, Mae Elizabeth Rowland and Grace Baxter, both of Athens, brother, Edgar Tutterow of Athens, four grandchildren, Robin Watson, Adam Legger, Chris Leggiero and Mark Tutterow; four great-grandchildren, Cole, Hallie, Morgan and Molly Watson. Pallbearers will be Chris Leggiero, Mark Tutterow, Dale Bullock, Butch Kelly, Adam Legger, Don Legger, Kelly Estes and Ricky Davidson.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Tchula, MS 39 1 69. Walter L. 'Buster' Vaughn Columbus Walter L. "Buster" Vaughn, 78, died Monday, January 19, 2004, at Aurora Australia Lodge in Columbus. Visitation is a.m.

Wednesday at Gunter Peel Funeral Home in Columbus. Graveside services are 1 1 a.m. Wednesday in Vaughn's Cemetery in Steens. Francis Vining Byram Francis Vining, 67, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is 5-8 p.m.

today at Ott Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are 3 p.m. Wednesday at Cox Funeral Home in DeIN, La. Laura E.Volk Vicksburg Laura E. Vok, 50, a retiree, died Saturday, January 17, 2004 at River Region Medical Center.

Services are 10 a.m. today at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home with burial in Green Acer a Cemetery. Sidney L.Watkins Braxton Sidney L. Watkins, 72, a farmer, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at home.

Services are 11 a.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mendenhal with burial in Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery in Braxton. Mr. Watkins was bom August 6, 1 93 1 in Rankin County, to Louis A. and Blanch McKay Watkins.

He was a member of Braxton United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Merrimen Watkins. Survivors include: his wife, Clara Phillips Watkins; daughter, Janice Sumral of Braxton; sons, Scott Watkins of Braxton and Alex Watkins of San Antonio, Texas; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital, 50 1 St.

Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Bethany Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 339, Dlo, MS 39062. Dorothy P. Weisenberger Madison Dorothy P. Weisenberger.

83, a home-maker, ded Sunday, January 18, 2004, at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Breeland Funeral Home in Canton.

Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in Canton Cemetery LAKE0VER funeral homt MS. GWENDOLYN (GWEN) JONES Wed. 11am. Cathedral AME Visit 1 to 8 p.m.

Today Family present 6 to 8i MRS. MARGIE THOMPSON Arrangements Incomplete MRS. WTLMA FRAZIER Arrangements Incomplete ary 18, 2004, at North Mississippi Med- ueu kernel hi iiawiu. vrcmauufi is luuay until the 2 p.m. service time at E.

E. Pickle Funeral Home in Amory with burial in Haughton Memorial Park. Emma Lee Holmes Morton Emma Lee Holmes, 87, a homemaker died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at MS. Care Center of Morton. Visitation is 4-9 p.m.

today at Ott Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Services are 1 1 a.m. Wednesday at Holmes Assembly of God Church with burial in Midway Cemetery. Sue Hood Vaiden Susalene "Sue" Hood, 69, died Monday, January 19, 2004, at MS. Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Culpepper Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Pentecostal Church of Kosciusko with burial in North Union Cemetery. Kenneth Johnson Union Kenneth Johnson, 71, a retired employee of Herrin-Gear Autoplex in Jackson died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia.

Visitation is 1 1 a.m. today at McClain-Hays Chapel. Services are 2 p.m. today at the funeral home with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Patricia R.

Johnson Brandon Patricia Reynolds Johnson, 70, retired owner of Orangewood Feed Store died of heart failure Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Brandon Court Nursing Home in Brandon. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Friday at Family Care Funeral Home in Oviedo, and after 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Oviedo, FL. Services are 2 p.m.

Saturday at First Baptist Church with burial in Geneva Cemetery. Culpepper Funeral Home of Kosciusko is handling arrangements. Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Jones Jackson Gwendolyn Jones, 53, died Saturday, January 17, 2004, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 1 1 a.m. today at Cathedral African Methodist Episcopal Zton with burial in Mt.

Olive Church Cemetery, takeover Memorial Funeral Home of Jackson is handling arrangements. Melvin M.King Vicksburg Melvin M. King, 71, died Thursday, January 15, 2004, at River Region Medical Center West Campus. Visitation is noon until the 2 p.m. service Wednesday at New Vision Family Worship Center.

Burial is in Green Acres Cemetery. Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mary Evelyn Knowles Forest Mary Evelyn Knowles, 76, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at home. Visitation is today until the 2 p.m.

service at Union Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Ott Lee Funeral Home of Forest is handling arrangements. Emmitt Lee Ivory Louisville Emmitt Lee Ivory, 57, ded Saturday, December 20, 2003, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services were January 13, 2004, in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Taylor Funeral Home of LouisviDe handed arrangements.

Donald Boyd McCormick WRIGHT FERGUSON MRS. DELORA WILLIAMS JOHNSON llsmTues-WiFHirfiSt. Visit 10 am TuesWtF High St MR. JACK W.HALL 2 pm Tue. St Andrew's Episcopal Church Visit 1 pm TuesSt Francis Hall St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral MR.

JOSEPH PATRICK MCNELIS 2 pm Tues. Cathedra of St. Peter the Apostle Visit 1 pm Tues. Church MR. WAYMAN a SNTGGS 2pmTues.W&FHihSt Visit 1 pm High St MRS.

MARY W. RUTHERFORD 2 pm Fri. Graveside Lakewood Memorial Park MRS. BARBARA SAYOIE Arrangements Incomplete MRS. MARIE UPTON Arrangements Incomplete 352-3632 Donald Boyd McCormick, 70, a cattle farmer, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at the G.V.

"Sonny" Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today at Breeland Funeral Home in Canton. Graveside services are 1 1 a.m. Wednesday in Sharon Cemetery.

A Grenada native, Mr. McCormick lived most of his life in Canton. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a member of the Canton Christian Center where he was an elder.

Mr. McCormick loved people and was loved and will be missed by many. Survivors include: wife, Lillian Anne McCormick of Canton; daughters, Bonita Kerr and her husband, Gary of Dallas, Texas, Ladina Mortey of Little Rock, and Donna Henry and her husband, Ed of Canton; brother, Harold McCormick of Grenada; sister, Sarah Tyner of Canton; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Marvin Moore Florida Marvin Moore, 58, died Friday, January 16, 2004, in Florida. Graveside services are 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl. Ott Lee Funeral Home of Brandon is handling arrangements. Shirley Higgs Sills Monticello Shirley Higgs Sills, 66, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Lawrence County Hospital in Monticello. Visitation is 5-9 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello.

Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial in Kees Cemetery in Lincoln County. Robert Simoneau Jackson Robert Simoneau, 65, business owner of a Janitorial Service, died Friday, January 16, 2004, at the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Jackson. Memorial services are today at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness.

Mark Seepe Funeral Home of Jackson is handling arrangements. Frances Honoll Simpson Columbus Frances Honoll Simpson, 81, died Monday, January 19, 2004, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus. Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today at Gunter Peel Funeral Home in Columbus. Services are 2 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home with burial in Egger Cemetery in Caledonia. Lucy S. Strait Brookhaven Lucy Smith Strait, 94, a homemaker, died Sunday, January 1 8, 2004 at Haven HaH Nursing Home. Services are 1 1 a.m. today at Harrigill Funeral Home with burial in Paxton Cemetery.

Catherine J. Stringer Louin Catherine Janette Stringer, 73, died Saturday, January 17, 2004, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Services are 1 1 a.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs with burial Calvary Baptist Church in Louin. JackThompson Florence Jack Thompson, 77, died Sunday, January 1 8, 2004, at the G.V.

"Sonny" Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Medcal Center in Jackson from complications of Alzheimers Disease. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Ott Lee Funeral Home South Rankin Chapel in Richland. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Baptist Church in Florence.

Mr. Thompson was raised in Mssissip-pi. but spent 24 1 12 years of his Ife in the military serving in the Navy and Air Force during World War Korean Conflict and Vietnam. He became a Christian in 1977 and his Sf after that was spent working in thecrwch. Mr.

Thompson served several years with the Pearl Gideons, and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. He was blessed with three chidren and a wife of 80 years. He is now home with the Lord. Survivors include: wife, Merlene Thompson of Florence; daughter and husband, Deborah A and Richard von Fos-sen of Florence; son and wife, Richard J. and Pat Thompson of Naples, son, Ruth Hart Memorial Service 1 Thursday Columbus.

MS In Memory Robert Sirnooean 1938-2004 SlMARKSEEFE Si3 FVXERALHOME 601325239 735 VSmifc Drhe. Jxftsn. MS gates, weirs and sills built to stop salt water and storm surge. Doody said he realized how unfamiliar people are with the channel when 13 gubernatorial candidates at a debate in St. Bernard last year displayed little knowledge of it.

"Not a single candidate at the debate knew anything at all about the problems," Doody said. To spread the word, the coalition plans to build a Web site, hold lectures, pay for advertising and get newspapers to write about the channel "They're the people who get the impacts literally in their back yards," Dufrechou said of Doody and other coalition members. "They've lived it, and I certainly welcome their help." The coalition warns that the danger of hurricanes will increase unless dredging ceases on the channel. The fear is the channel now 2,000 feet wide would allow a hurricane's tidal surge to travel up into St. Bernard, Plaque-mine and eastern New Orleans.

"It's a threat to people, and we've seen the bad effects that can happen if a hurricane comes up it," Doody said. In 1965, Hurricane Betsy killed 110 people in the area, Doody said. He contends that with the channel now four times as wide, the tidal surge could be four times as destructive. The Corps of Engineers, which oversees the channel, is studying whether to close it. Shippers demand that the channel remain open until an alternative route to east New Orleans for large ships is available.

That will take installing larger locks on a canal to the Mississippi River. list of all 3,000 women reported missing across the country in 1986. "Ill systematically look at each case," he said, noting that the information is expected to arrive in the mail this week. Til be able to eliminate some of them right away, but this will definitely take some time." Meanwhile, producers of the TV show America's Most Wanted have contacted Demma and are considering airing a segment on the case. Demma said the potential national exposure could provide a key break as he is becoming convinced that the victim is not from the New Orleans area.

"We need to get this woman's face publicized as widely as possible," he said. The woman's nude body was found by fishermen just east of the Interstate 10 twin spans and about 50 yards from the north shore of the lake. A plastic bag was duct-taped over her head, and a 22-pound weight was tied to her neck. An autopsy revealed that the woman died of asphyxiation. Despite distinctive details about her appearance she had breast implants and was seven to 12 weeks pregnant the woman's identity has remained a mystery.

"She was in the grave for so long that it's unrealistic to expect instant results," said LSU forensic anthropologist Mary Manhein. "We need more time and more publicity." 'Bestjrtcnds PB'vrrc PET CREMATORIUM CAU MT KHT W1-S2M 8 La. authorities hope for ID in '86 killing from clay face Fred Davis Starkville Dr. Fred Davis, 82, professor emeritus of computer science, died Sunday, January 18, 2004. Visitation is 5-7 p.m.

today at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville and one hour prior to service time at the church. Services are 3 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Lake. Paul T.Evans Greenville Paul T. Evans, 90, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville.

Visitation is 8-8 p.m. today at Boone-Wells Funeral Home in Greenville. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Greenville. Alphonsa Harris Jackson Alphonsa Harris, 89, retired military, ded Thursday, January 15, 2004, at the G.V.

"Sonny" Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Medcal Center in Jackson. Visitation isBa.m. today until the 1 p.m. service at Peoples Funeral Home in Jackson with burial in Autumn Woods Memorial Gardens. Ruth W.Hart Columbus Ruth W.

Hart, Dance Director at MUW, died Friday, January 18, 2004 at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 1 1 a.m., at Carrier Chapel on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi. Mark Seepe Funeral Home Crematorium of Jackson, Mississippi is in charge of arrangements. Sons David Hart and wife, Patricica of Jackson, and Gene Hart and wife, Carol of Cordova, TN. five grandchidren, David Hart, Aimee Stone and husband, Kevin, Patrick Hart, Jonathan Hart, and Andrew Hart; two great grandchildren, Adam and Logan Stone survive her.

Billy Hearn Arnor Billy Frank Hearn, 54, a retired oH exploration pumper, ded Sunday, Janu- U7 FUNERAL HOME i9M Insets vt-isn Vwneu fcxt bsta Ctatsl CVUW MARY EVELYN KNOWIXS 2p.m. Tues. Union Baptist Church visit at church until service time Forest FRED PARKER 2p.m. Tues New Goodhope Baptist Church visit 8a.m. Morton EMMA LEE HOLMES 11a.m.

Wed Holmes Assembly of God Church visit 4-9p m. Tues OAL Morton FRANCIS TOTNG visit 5-8 p.m. Tues OAL Brandon MARVIN MOORE Graveside 2pm. Wed. Floral Hills Cemetery OIL Brandon JACK THOMPSON 10:30 am.

Wed. Faith Baptist Church Visit Mp m. Tues South Rankin Chapel Ths Associated Press SLIDELL. La. Several months after authorities exhumed the body of an unidentified 1986 murder victim from a Slidell grave and painstakingly re-created the woman's face with clay, they have received just two tips about her identity.

Both callers said the victim resembled a 20-year-old Jefferson Parish woman who disappeared more than 17 years ago and hasn't been seen since. But detectives quickly ruled out a match after determining the woman was in jail when the body was pulled from Lake Pontchartrain near Slidell on June 19, 1986. "We had hoped to get more calls, because the more time that goes by the harder it is for us to catch up with the past," Detective Marco Demma of the St Tammany Parish Sheriffs Office said. "But with the technology we have today, there's still hope." But rather than pinning all hope on DNA testing and other hightech forensic tools, Demma is about to immerse himself in some good old-fashioned police work. He has asked the US.

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