The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 6

Mid-Delta obituaries Annie Belle Rico services for Mrs. Annie Belle Rico, former Benoit resident, will be at pm. lit National Funeral Home The Rev. William Jenkins, pastor of Soulhside Baptist Church in Benoit, will officiate. Burial will be in Ruleville Cemetery.

Mrs. Rico, wife of Marlon C. Rico died Saturday in the Care Inn Nursing Home in Cleveland. She lived with her husband in Benoit from 1933 until 1955 when they moved to Pascagoula'. She was born in Philadelphia, Miss.

She was the president of Rico Trucking Co. in Pascagoula. She leaves besides her husband, a son, Marlon C. Rico Jr. of Cleveland; a daughter, Dorothy McCormick of Pascagoula; three brothers, Waller Smith of Pascagoula, Sidney Smith of Philadelphia, and Zele Smith of Ruleville; five sisters, Mrs.

Guin Cox of Benoit, Mrs. Cora Smith of Greenville, Mrs. Sue Smith of Leland, Mrs. John Middleton of Fairfield, and Mrs. J.

T. Shaw Sr. of Jackson, and six grandchildren. Oscar Wade DODDSVILLE-- Oscar Wade, 80, of Doddsville, died Friday at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at the Oilfield Missionary Baptist Church in Doddsville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Bea's Century Funeral Home of Greenville has charge. Mr. Wade was a farmer.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Thelma Lee Wade, and two sons, Oscar Wade Jr. and Sammy Smith, all of Doddsville. Mrs. Mary Windham METCALFE-- Mrs.

Mary Windham, 86, died Wednesday at her home here after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at the St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Metcalfe. The Rev.

Mr. Raymond will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Watson Funeral Home of Greenville has charge. Mrs.

Windham leaves two daughters, Mrs. Eva Clark of Melcalfe and Mrs. A. D. Lee of Memphis; three sisters, Mrs.

Pearl Macon of Birmingham, Mrs. Laura Robinson of St. Louis and Mrs. Ruby Whitlock of Gary, Ind. a brother, Sidney Moore Jr.

of Macon; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Sim S. Walker LELAND-Sim S. Walker, 72, of 502 W. Second Leland, died Saturday morning at W.

S. Wille Hospital here where he had been a patient for four days. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Leland First Baptist Church. The Rev.

James Richardson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Leland-Sloneville Cemetery. Boone Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Walker was born in Kemper County.

He attended Mississippi A College (now Mississippi State University) until 1917 when he entered the U. S. Army. After his discharge, he moved to Jackson where he operated the Southern Business College. Ford of Jackson in 1927, the couple moved to Indianola and later to Greenville.

They moved to Leland in 1940 where he was a partner in the Walker-White Motor Co. He retired in 1969. Mr. Walker was a member of the Leland First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for a number of years. He was a past president and charter member of the Leland Lions Club, a Mason, a Shriner and a member of the American Legion.

In addition to his wife, he leaves a brother, William Walker of Livingston, Ala. Tom M. Allen Jr. Tom Munson Allen 49, of 925 Samuel Greenville, died Tuesday at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

today at Calvery Missionary Baptist Church in Metcalfe. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery at Metcalfe. Watson Funeral Home of Greenville has charge. Mr. Allen leaves his wife, Mrs.

Elnora Allen of Greenville, and Ihree daughters, Mrs. Lena Gaskin of Greenville, Mrs. Gloria Wesley of Los Angeles and Mrs. Alice Allen of Chicago. He also leaves five sons, Spec.

5 Willie T. Allen in Vietnam, Jimmy Lee Allen, Jerry Allen and Cleo Allen, all of Greenville, and Tom Allen III of Chicago; stepson, Henry Kline of Greenville; his grandmother, Mrs. Drugs affect prison By GEORGE LeMAISTRE JR. DD-T Staff Writer PARCHMAN--Evidence of a growing drug problem in the slate is beginning to turn up at the Mississippi Slate Penitentiary here. While it is difficult for several reasons to quantify the problem, officials here are in agreement that a growing number of inmates are coming here with past histories of drug abuse.

Assistant Superintendent Jack Byars said the number of inmates serving sentences on drug charges definitely has increased in the past three years. He pointed out, however, that "there is still a lot we don't know about" in addition to these cases. Many inmates serving time for other offenses committed crimes as a result of drug problems, he explained, but this may never show up on prison records. Byars emphasized that the growth in drug problems has primarily concerned the use of marijuana, amphetamines, barbituarates, and hallucinogens rather than of harder drugs like heroin. Drug offenders often differ from other inmates in age, he added.

"Most of the prisoners we now get on drug charges are fairly young--19-22 years old--except for the big-time pushers which we are getting a few more of now." He said these offenders make all kinds of Staff Some former users of LSD have created a special problem for prison officials. Bill Maxey, coordinator of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, said the most "dramatic impact on the penitentiary as far as treatment goes" has come from a "minute minority" of prisoners suffering residual effects of the use of LSD. Users sometimes will continue to hallucinate periodically for a considerable period of time after using it, he explained. These cases usually are isolated for treatment at the prison adjustment center during the examination given to each incoming prisoner by Dr. Rice and Dr.

Leon Jackson, the other prison psychologist. Dr. Rice agreed that the problem is serious and also emphasized that the number of prisoners involved, compared to the total number at Parchman, is negligible. "These are people who have experimented with LSD to the extent thai there have been detrimental effects. Together, Dr.

Jackson and I see about two people a month in need of immediate psychiatric help as a result of experimenting with LSD. I doubt that we've seen 20 in the past three years." She stressed, however, that "if it's one person, it's a serious problem. When we see these people they are in bad need of help. For the individual, it's very serious. And I think that we can expect more of this problem in the future." IfFI NATIONAL WEATHER--Showers are forecast for the coasts of Washington and Oregon while snow flurries are expected over the Northern Rockies.

Showers and rain will occur from the eastern Gulf Coast through the Middle Atlantic States. Temperatures will turn slightly colder over the North Atlantic States and somewhat warmer in the Middle Mississippi Valley. Maximum temperatures: Atlanta 62, Boston 37, Chicago 35, Cleveland 44, Denver 47, Duluth 11, Ft. Worth 65, Jacksonville 79, Kansas City 43, Little Rock 63, Los Angeles 64, Miami 79, New Orleans 75, New York 40, Phoenix 67, San Francisco 58, Seattle 45, St. Louis 49 and Washington 51.

children. Lena Munson of Metaalfe, and'15 grand- fTMoners-some are "ideal and give no rhilHron trouble at all, while others wind up in the maximum security camp. Dr. Dorothy Rice, one of two psychologists with the vocational rehabilitation service at Parchman, also said she has noted changes in patterns of drug usage among those coming into Parchman. "The trend we see is that the sort of restless person, who generally can't find anything tosalisfy him--he drifts from job to job or from place to place.

Now is adding the taking of amphetamines and barbiturates to the traditional drinking." Walter Gilchrist Walter Clarence Gilchrisl, 61, of 1068 Cannon Greenville, died Friday morning at King's Daughters Hospital after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at Wells Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. T.

Robert Fulton will officiate. Burial will follow in Greenville Cemetery. Wells Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Gilchrist was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He was a World War II veteran. He owned and operated Day Plumbing Co. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Nola Hall Gilchrist, and one son, Charles H. Gilchrist, both of Greenville.

George Offard George "Jab" Offard, 68, of 330 N. Theobald Greenville, died Saturday morning at General Hospital after a short illness. gi Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wed- nesday at St. Paul Baptist Church in Greenville.

The Rev. L. J. Young will of- ficiate. Burial will follow in Live Oak Cemelery.

Edwards and Evans Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Offard was a lifelong resident of Greenville. S. He leaves a sister, Mrs.

Ruby Lee Jones of Greenville; five brothers, Henry Willis of Bogalusa, and Pete Willis, Dave Willis, 8 Frank Willis and Mose Willis, all of Greenville. 8 In the same manner, she said, the "roughly middle-class" high school and college students who used to seek excitement or escape through the use of liquor now are tending to experiment with marijuana as well. 6 Sunday, January 24,1971 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi Special Stewart Frame (center), manager of Mississippi Power Light Company's Northwestern division, headquartered at Greenville, stands with the two top I officials of the utility, after it was announced the Greenville division had llUlltZnWfJtH won the utility's top position in housekeeping practices during 1970. At left is Board Chairman R. Baxter Wilson, and at right is President Donald C.

Lutken. After his marriage to the former Mamie Wheekl Shaw escapee igives self up CLEVELAND-- A 23-year-old Shaw man iwho apparently walked away from the 'county farm near here Friday night gave Shimself up about 6 p.m. Saturday. 1 Sheriff L. B.

Williams said James "Red" Griffin, a trusty at the farm, walked off at about 5:30 p.m. He said Griffin was serving a term for petty larceny. In other Bolivar County action, Sheriff Williams said the department is looking for a Buick sedan which was stolen from Robert Morris in Shelby. Williams said the lag number of the car is i6C-3321 and he requested anyone who sees I the car lo notify the sheriffs departmenl. Mrs.

Everlin Wheeler, 88, of 1725 E. Alexander Greenville, died at her home Friday after a lengthy illness. 8. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Zion Baptist Church.

The Rev. E. E. Evans will officiate. Burial will follow in Delta Memorial Gardens.

Edwards and Evans Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Wheeler was a lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a member of Zion Baptisl Church. She had been making her home wilh her son, Roberl T.

Marlin of Martin's Cleaners, until her death. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ollie Drakes of Chicago; three sons, Robert Martin of Greenville, Alberl Wheeler of New Orleans and Henry Wheeler of Providence, R. Iwo ijj sisters, Mrs. Golden Higgins of Pace and Mrs.

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