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8 A Friday, February 3, 1989 Hattlesburg AMERICAN The Rev. Olen Jefcoat LAUREL Services are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today at Big Creek Baptist Church for the Rev. Olen W. Jefcoat, 71, of Laurel, who died Feb.

1, 1989 at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. The Rev. P.M. Cochran and the Rev. David B.

Rice will officiate. Interment will be in Good Hope Cemetery. The Rev, Jefcoat was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church and a retired minister after 37 years of service. He was a local missionary for the Big Creek Baptist Association. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Douglas D.

Jefcoat, in 1984. I Survivors include his wife, Areola Stringer Jefcoat of Laurel; two sons, the Rev. O.N. "Norvelle" Jefcoat of Soso and Gayle Jefcoat of Mobile, three brothers, E.D. Jefcoat of Mobile, Dewey Jefcoat of Liberty, N.C., and Bidwell Jefcoat of Salem, and four grandchildren.

Memory Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Marie Syrkin SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -4 Marie Syrkin, an author, teacher and leader in the American Zionist movement for five decades, died Wednesday. She was 89. As a journalist she helped found and edit The Jewish Frontier, wa9 editor of the Herzl Press, and was on the editorial boards of Midstream and Middle East Review.

James Watson Jr. MOSELLE Services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today at Riverside Baptist Church for James Ray Watson 22, of Seminary, who died Feb. 1, 1989 in Marion, Ala. The Rev.

David Ellzey and the Rev. Keith Gregg will officiate. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Watson was a member of Riverside Baptist Church and was a private 1st class in the National Guard Detachment No.

1624, Quartermaster Company. Survivors include his wife, Pamela Darlene Watson of Seminary; two sons, Benjamin James Watson and James Ray Watson, both of Seminary; one stepdaughter, Jessica Wade of Ellisville; his parents, James Ray Watson Sr. of Homestead, and Barbara Ann Hollingsworth of Laurel; two brothers, Frankie Watson of Laurel and Derek Hollingsworth of Laurel; two sisters, Darlene Watson of Soso and Tammy Watson of Laurel; paternal grandparents, Howard and Hazel Watson of Taylorsville; and maternal grandmother, Jewel Clark Monday of Laurel. Jones Funeral Home in Moselle is in charge of arrangements. Homer Dement RICHTON Homer Dement, 52, of Richton, died Feb.

3, 1989 at his residence. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Austin C. Wade LAUREL Services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home for Austin C.

Wade, 83, of Ellisville, who died Feb. 2, 1989 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. Dr. Dwlght Smith, the Rev. Charles Davis and Keith Sartin will officiate.

Interment will be in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Wade was a retired night watchman for Woodall Industries. He served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of West Ellisville Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Willie "Bill" Wade of Ellisville; two daughters, Mrs.

Melvin (Katherine) Bradley of Laurel and Mrs. Harold (Carolyn) McLeod of Arlington, Texas; one brother, J.C. Prince of Florida; one sister, Lois Garner of New Augusta; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Lyman Anderson COLLINS Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Johns Funeral Home for Lyman W.

Anderson, 68, of Collins, who died Feb. 1, 1989 at his residence. The Rev. Joe Ratcliff will officiate. Interment will be in Union North Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Eva Mae Anderson of Collins; and one sister, Edith Fowler. Obituaries. James J. Welch LAWTON, Okla. Services were held Jan: 30 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lawton for James Joseph Welch, 55, of Lawton, who died Jan.

26, 1989 at Reynolds Army Community Hospital in Fort Sill, after a lenghty illness. Interment was in Post Cemetery In Fort Sill. Mr. Welch retired in 1984 from the U.S.Army after 29 years of service. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and the Sheridan Road Kiwanis Club, where he was president in 1987 and 1988.

He also had served as vice president of the Retired Service Personnel, Survivors include his wife, Wol Shin Welch of Lawton; one son, James Joseph Welch Jr. of Lawton; and three brothers, Louis F. Welch Bernard G. Welch and George Welch, all of Hattiesburg. gamooBE FUflERAL SERVICE HATTIESBURG WIGGINS-PURVIS PRENTISS Mrs.

Marceline Hanegan Prentiss Services 10: 00 Friday St. Peter's Catholic Church Interment St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery Matthew Kane Tosch Infant Son of Matt and Kelly O'Neal Tosch Hattiesburg Graveside Services 3:00 Friday Hillcrest Cemetery Mr. Claude Allen Higginbotham Hattiesburg Arrangements Incomplete Mrs. Bessie Fay Odom Hattiesburg Services 11:00 Saturday Graveside Services Webb Chapel Farmer's Branch, Texas Mr.

James Franklin Johnston Hattiesburg Services 2: 00 Sunday May Bank Baptist Church Interment Prospect Cemetery Bessie F. Odom Graveside services are scheduled for 11 ajn. Saturday at Webb Chapel Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, for Bessie Fay Odom, 88, of Hattiesburg, who died Feb. 1, 1989 at Methodist Hospital. The Rev.

Joe Shaf er will officiate. Mrs. Odom was a native of Farmer's Branch, Texas. She was a teacher for a number of years. She received her bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's College.

She was a member of Webb Chapel United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Odom. Survivors include one nephew, Dr. Charles Dennis of Hattiesburg. Moore Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Kado Jackson Services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at the Shady Grove Baptist Church for Kado Jackson, 57, of Hattiesburg, who died Jan. 29, 1989 at Forrest General Hospital. The Rev. Ralph Woullard will officiate.

Interment will be in Scott Street Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Jackson of Hattiesburg; four sons, Robert Jackson, Issac Jackson, Kado Jackson and Paul Jackson, all of Hattiesburg; two daughters, Donna Jackson and Tammy Jackson, both of Hattiesburg; one brother, J.B. Smith of Hattiesburg; and seven grandchildren. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Hall Mortuary. fllhiloll Winstead One.

583 1 571 205 Bay Street Mr.GlenKendrick Columbia Services 10:30 Friday Hulett-Winstead Sumrall Chapel Interment Kendrick Cemetery Marion County Mr. Curtis Edward Re veil Hattiesburg Services 2:30 Saturday Hulett-Winstead Chapel Interment Grantham Cemetery Mrs. Viva Boggs Hattiesburg Services to be Announced MtMofcK BT jrl I'll MAriONJU INVITATION 1 siucrio 1 Curtis E. Revell Services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home for Curtis E.

Revell, 60, of Hattiesburg, who died Feb. 1, 1989 at his residence. Interment will be in Grantham Cemetery with military graveside services. Pallbearers will be members of the military. Mr.

Revell retired from the U.S. Army in 1968 after 23 years of service. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal with three bronze stars, and he received the Purple Heart during service in Vietnam. He was preceded in death by his father, Theron E. Revell.

Survivors include one daughter, Evelyn A. Bazner of San Francisco, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild; his mother, Edith Bell Ausley, and stepfather, Perry J. Ausley of Hattiesburg; his stepmother, Camella Revell of Braden-ton, one brother, John Ausley of Leesburg, four sisters, Faye Baine of Atlanta, Ouida Loftin and Brenda Ausley, both of Hattiesburg, and Connie Hall of Pensacola, Fla. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. James Johnston Services are scheduled for 2 p.m.

Sunday at Maybank Baptist Church for James Franklin Johnston, 69, of Hattiesburg, who died Feb. 2, 1989 at Forrest General Hospital. The Rev. Billy Mitchell and the Rev. Tommy Dobbins will officiate.

Interment will be in Prospect Cemetery. Pallbearers will be G.W. Beasley, Dewayne Lofton, Mike Carpenter, Dudley Underwood, Mike Maxie, Rayborn McCarty. Mr. Johnston was a native of Barbara County, Ala.

He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Maybank Baptist Church. He had worked as a welder. Survivors include his wife, June Johnston of Hattiesburg; one daughter, Sarah Maxie of Hattiesburg; two sons, Johnny Johnston of Wiggins and Winfred Johnston of Hattiesburg; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home.

Minnie 'Flora' Williams Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Owens and Sons Funeral Home for Minnie "Flora" Bell Williams, 61, of Gautier, who died Jan. 28, 1989 at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. The Rev. Ricky LeFlore will officiate.

Interment will be in Pineridge Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Cathy Smith and Patricia Williams, both of Gautier; one son, Henry B. Williams of Gautier; two sisters, Mrs. George (Carrie) Robinson of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Marvin (Annie Louise) Bass of Hattiesburg; one brother, Bert L.

Bell of East St. Louis, and one grandson. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Owens and Sons Funeral Home. Luke Myers Services are scheduled for 10 a.m.

Saturday at the Providence Baptist Church for Luke Myers, 75, of Richton, who died Jan. 28, 1989 at Methodist Hospital. The Rev. Mike Wade will officiate. Interment will be in the Holliman Cemetery.

Survivors include three stepdaughters, Olivia McDowall, Willie P. Griffin, both of Hattiesburg, and Ann Griffin of Los Angeles, two brothers, Willie Carter and J.M. Carter, both of Hattiesburg; three sisters, Ruby Lee Stalings of Michigan, Jessie Carter of Hattiesburg and Katie Lee Carter of Richton; and five grandchildren. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Hall Mortuary. I "Of" HV v'- i A -'-i) I) NOT BY UiMMmXI COIO THf OP OfiSf BUT OF Hi 7.

THE GOLDEM iLi(jl HUtf. RON BROWN, who is expected to be named chairman of the national Democratic Party, shakes hands with a fellow Democrat in Jackson while Gov. Ray Mabus, second from left, and Walter. Thompson, a member of the Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee, look on. Brown is visiting Southern states to rally support for the Democratic Party.

Lott's treasury brimming over contributions or expenditures less than $200. Coupled with expenditures made by Lott's challenger, Democratic candidate Wayne Dowdy, spending on the U.S. Senate campaign totaled $5.4 million. The total expenditures by Lott and Dowdy averaged about $5.80 for every vote cast in their race. The two candidates had combined reportable contributions of $4.8 million.

Lott, who out-raised Dowdy by more than $1 million, was also the beneficiary of independent organizations that spent about $600,000 in his support, primarily with television advertising campaigns. In his report, Lott listed receiving $1.86 million in individual contributions and another $990,862 from political action committees. Meanwhile, the state's senior U.S. senator, Thad Cochran, is beginning to stockpile funds for his 1990 reelection bid. AP photo In his annual report, Cochran listed his campaign committee as having $158,470 in cash on hand.

During 1987, the organization received contributions of $18,905 and made expenditures of $38,518. Cochran, who quietly opened his campaign headquarters last spring, received $10,455 from individual contributors and another $8,450 from political action committees. Secretary of State Dick Molpus, who was defeated by Dowdy in the Democratic Primary last March, is still buried under a mountain of debt. According to his annual report, Molpus has debts and obligations totaling $439,776. Included in the red ink are $430,000 in outstanding loans either made or guaranteed by the Philadelphia native.

During 1988, Molpus received contributions of $258,687 and made expenditures of $798,943. Of his contributions, $243,787 were from individuals and $13,400 were from political action committees. care to those eligible veterans who are, by law, entitled to medical care." I Caldwell stressed that for years, the VA, as prescribed by law, has been treating non-service-connected conditions of veterans on a space-and resource-available basis, adding that, the Biloxi VA Medical Center does not have the resources to provide such care at this time." Caldwell said he does not foresee a change in this situation, noting that VA medical centers in some states probably have had such a policy for quite some time. The Biloxi VA will provide inpatient care to all Category A veterans. They are veterans with service-connected disabilities and those with non-service-connected illnesses who have low incomes.

1 Transition to Senate, 7A JACKSON (AP) Campaign financial disclosure statements filed by newly elected U.S. Sen. Trent Lott show that he has cash on reserve following the most expensive two-man Senate Lott race in the state's history. The year-end report report, received Thursday by the secretary of state's office, shows Lott's campaign treasury brimming with $197,239. For the entire campaign, the Pascagoula native reported contributions of $2.85 million and expenditures of $3.2 million.

At the end of 1987, Lott, then just gearing up for the Senate race, listed cash on hand at just under $600,000. Candidates for federal office are not required to report individual Veterans' BILOXI (AP) Veterans suffering from non-military-related illnesses will no longer be able to receive treatment at the Biloxi Veterans Administration Medical Center, except in emergencies. In addition, the center's dermatology clinic, along with the 44-bed alcohol treatment and rehabilitation unit at the Gulfport division, will close on Feb. 13. The closings and the new service restrictions on inpatient and outpatient care are part of local VA efforts to cut spending by about $1.5 million, said J.H.

Caldwell director of the medical center. He said the cuts will not result in layoffs. The approximately 16 workers in the alcohol unit will be reassigned to other areas of the medical center. Workers in dermatology also will be reassigned, he said. hospital services cut From this day The greatest American tradition, the wedding day brings together three of the most important elements for planning a lifetime together: the bride, the groom American Bridal Guide.

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Lovie L. Cotton, 78, of Hattiesburg, who died Feb. 1, 1989 at her residence. The Rev. Kenneth Fairley will officiate.

Interment will be in the Scott Street Cemetery. Survivors include one brother, Charles Patterson of Hattiesburg. The body will be in the church from 3 to to 6 tonight. Hall Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Elizabeth Vickers MOSS POINT Services are scheduled for 11 a.m.

Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church of Pascagoula for Elizabeth Ann Moore Vickers, 63, of Gautier, who died Feb. 2, 1989 at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. Interment will be in Machpelah Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, H.L. Vickers of Gautier; a son, Ben Vickers of Pascagoula; a daughter, Alice DuBois of Escatawpa; a sister, Hazel Snowden of Hattiesburg and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Holder-Wells Funeral Home of Moss Point is in charge of arrangements. 4 Veterans needing skin care for military-connected illness will receive it from the center's general medical clinics while alcohol treatment and detoxification, when prescribed by a doctor, will be provided in the regular bed areas of the medical center. Caldwell said that between 200 and 2,000 veterans from a three-state area Mississippi, Alabama and Florida who have used these services could be affected by the new restrictions.

The potential pool of affected veterans from the three states, plus some from Louisiana, could include as many as 5,000 veterans, he said. "While we regret the workload reduction," Caldwell said, "this method of coping with budget limitations will allow the Biloxi VA to continue to provide high quality BridalGuide Advertising deadline: Friday, Feb. 17 Publishes: Sunday, Feb. 26 Contact your advertising representative: 582-4321 A 1- i i vT77 MiuwHWrtrirMe.