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1 0A Thursday, April 20, 1995 Hattiesburg AMERICAN OBITUARIES REGIONSTATE Petal man dies after fall from truck was arrested after refusing to take a DUI test, Capt. Larry Moore said. The district attorney's office is also investigating Cox's death. "Whenever we have a fatality and there's drinking and driving involved, it will be fully investigated," assistant district attorney Tracy Klein said. Cox was found on the side of Pinehills Drive between South 28th Avenue Extension and Hon By JANET BRASWELL AMERICAN Senior Writer Police are investigating the death early today of a 26-year-old Petal man who apparently fell from a moving pickup truck.

The driver of the truck was booked into Regional Jail on a DUI charge. Dead is Michael D. Cox, 26, of 121 W. Central Ave. in Petal.

Driver David Gibbs, 28, of Lakeland Drive in Hattiesburg Bertha Mae Hinton Bertha Mae Hinton of Richton died April 20, 1995, at the Perry County Hospital. Owens and Sons Funeral Home in Hattiesburg is in charge of arrangements. Charles M. Shade Sr. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m.

today at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg for Charles M. Shade 75, of Petal, who died April 18, 1995, at Forrest General Hospital. The Revs. Gerald Buckley and W.A. Fordham will officiate.

Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Louis McK-issack, Seth Rogers, Earl Cross, Jimmy Walters, Donald Knill and Preston Cross. Mr. Shade, a retired truck driver, worked for Railway Express Co. He was a U.S.

Army World War II veteran, where he served in the 69th Infantry Division Medical Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of Petal-Harvey Baptist Irvin Evans Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Hattiesburg for Irvin "One Round" Evans, 65, of Hattiesburg, who died April 16, 1995, at Forrest General Hospital. The Rev. Joe L.

Smith will officiate. Interment will be in Scott Street Cemetery in Hattiesburg. Survivors include his wife, Ola Mae Evans of Hattiesburg; his mother, Viola W. Pearson of Hat-tiesburg; seven daughters, LaTasha E. Evans, Bessie Leg-gett, Sondra Jackson and Brenda Calcote, all of Hattiesburg, Lisa Donaldson of California, Thersha Miller of Laurel and Veronica Evans of Michigan; his grandmother, Katie Hall of Vossburg; five sons, Michael Evans, Larry Howze and Tony Jackson, all of Hattiesburg, and Vernon Evans and Irvin B.

Evans, both of Michigan; seven sisters, Janice Hamilton, Ronnie Pearson, Connie Pearson and Savannah Pearson, all of Hattiesburg, Bernice Lloyd of Anchorage, Alaska, and Emily Euhammed of Detroit; and one brother, Edward L. Pearson of Atlanta; and 20 grandchildren. Visitation will be 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the church.

Memorial in Hattiesburg is in charge of arrangements. Officials say chemical spill poses no harm 0 eysuckle Road about 1 a.m. by Gibbs and a passenger, Wilson Mosley, 37, of Hattiesburg. "Preliminary indications are the victim climbed out of the vehicle," Moore said. "We're unsure if he climbed on the tool box in the back or on top of the truck.

They went around a curve and didn't hear him any more." Coroner Mike West ordered an autopsy, which was to be done today. accident. Davis is also a four-year member. "They're good at what they do," Chief Wayne Landers said. "They rarely waste their time with someone who's not DUI." The DUI unit operates with a federal grant which helps pay for salaries, equipment, a coordinator and a booking clerk.

"A DUI arrest is time-consuming," Landers said. "When an officer stops someone suspected of DUI, they call someone from the DUI unit. In reality, it frees some time for patrol." Other area officers being honored today include: Laurel Police Officer Jose Rene Rivas with 105 tickets. Marion County Deputy Sheriff Heath Miller with 112 tickets. State Trooper Jeff Barnett of Laurel with 109 tickets.

David BundyHatliesburg American SURVEILLANCE: Hattiesburg Police Department DUI Enforcement officers Sgt. D.J. Davis, left and Patrolman Joe Ashmore review a video tape of a DUI field test recorded by Ashmore's in-car camera last year. Ashmore made 290 DUI arrests last year and David made 109. Gruesome duty led to DUI speciality Rufus Morgan Jr.

LAUREL Services are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel for Rufus Morgan 69, of Laurel, who died April 18, 1995, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Rev. Dave Abbott will officiate. Interment will be in Victory Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper County.

Mr. Morgan, a retired carpenter, was a member of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Jewel Walters Morgan of Laurel; two daughters, Wanda Sullivan and Deborah Livingston, both of Laurel; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel is in charge of arrangements. Zella E.

Flynt LAUREL Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel for Zella E. Flynt, 81, of Laurel, who died April 18, 1995, at her residence. The Rev. Buddy Keyes will officiate.

Interment will be in the Indian Springs Cemetery in Jones County. Pallbearers will be men of the Indian Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Flynt, a homemaker, was a member of the Indian Springs Baptist Church in Jones County. Survivors include her husband, Stanford L.

Flynt of Laurel; five sons', Thomas R. Flynt, Charles E. Flynt, Gifford L. Flynt, Gary A. Flynt and Sidney E.

Flynt, all of Laurel; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel is in charge of arrangements. Dorothy Fay Holland COLUMBIA Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Columbia for Dorothy Fay Holland, 66, of Columbia, who died April 18, 1995, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Revs.

Phillip Duncan and Kenneth Rockco will officiate. Interment will be in the Turnage Chapel Cemetery in Foxworth. Ms. Holland, a homemaker, was a lifelong resident of Marion County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Holland.

Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Achee of Petal; one son, Dale Holland of Columbia; one sister, Olivia Turnage of Columbia; and six grandchildren. Visitation will be 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. today at Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia. Vesper R.

Shaddix PASS CHRISTIAN Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Riemann Funeral Home for Vesper Rogers Shaddix, 82, of Pass Christian, who died April 17, 1995, in Pass Christian. Interment will be in the National Cemetery in Biloxi. Mrs. Shaddix, a native of Sand Mountain, was a home-maker.

She was a seamstress and past president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. She was a member of the Pass Christian Garden Club. She was preceded in death by Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Grace and Clarence E. Shade; and one daughter, Irma Lee White.

Survivors include his wife, Iva Rue Watts Shade of Petal; two daughters, Darlene S. Reynolds of Petal and Kathleen Cyr of Crestview, two sons, Edward D. Watts of Hattiesburg and Charles M. Shade Jr. of Petal; three sisters, Frances Mandemaker of Moore Park, Grace M.

Boyce of La Mirada, and Rose A. Belcher of Decatur, one brother, William A. Shade of Cape Coral, and 16 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six great -greatgrandchildren. Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg is in charge of arrangements. Howard A.

Turnage Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Oakvale Cemetery for Howard A. Turnage, 73, of Petal, who died April 18, 1995, at his residence. The Rev. Burt Edwards will officiate.

A 13-year Petal resident, Mr. Turnage retired from Briarfield Apartments as manager. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran, where he served in Germany. He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Survivors include his mother, Selma Turnage of Petal; three daughters, Peggy I. Pavlick, Sandra Bryant and Debbie Holt, all of Houston; and three brothers, James Turnage of Houston and John Turnage and Claud Turnage, both of Biloxi; and five grandchildren. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg.

Bobby J. Chilton PICAYUNE Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today at McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune for Bobby J. Chilton, 70, of Picayune, who died April 17, 1995, at his residence. The Rev.

James Young will officiate. Interment will be in the McNeill Cemetery. Mr. Chilton, a McNeill native, was a retired bus driver with Greyhound. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Survivors include three sons, William Chilton of Picayune, Barry Chilton of Monterey, and John Chilton of Monroe, one daughter, Alison Saver of Picayune; and one sister, Mary A. Archer of McNeill; and 10 grandchildren. McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune is in charge of arrangements. OBITUARY POLICY The American publishes obituaries free of charge. To have an obituary published, simply provide all pertinent Information Including a photograph, if desired to your funeral director, and ask your funeral director to contact the American at 582-4321.

FUflERAL SERVICE 544-2141 Mr. William A. Neel, Sr. Purvis Services 11:30 a.m. Friday Moore Chapel Interment Highland Cemetery im ggmooRE Liz -j 1 "It was kind of my specialty," he said.

"I just always had a knack for finding them." After 2 Vi years working nights in the department's DUI Enforcement Unit, Ashmore left the unit in January and returned to a patrol shift. "I've got a family to take care of," he said. "They put up with it long enough." Three other members of the DUI unit are being honored along with Ashmore: Patrolman Deron Nored with 233 tickets. Nored is a second-time honoree. Patrolman David Morris with 137 tickets.

Morris is in the club for the fourth year. Sgt. D.J. Davis with 109 tickets written before he was sidelined by a May 1994 traffic State laws calls for an automatic 90-day license suspension for anyone refusing the test. Henley granted McRae an extension on his driving privileges but revoked his license last Friday, saying the lawyers for the justice had proven, "inconvenience but not irreparable injury." McRae attorney Bill Kirksey argued Wednesday the suspension should not stand because of mistakes made in the arrest.

McRae testified that Coulter took him into custody before he was ever offered a breath test, a violation of state law. Out-of-state hike weighed by colleges JACKSON The state College Board is acting on a proposal that would allow Mississippi's universities to charge out-of-state students an additional $360 for the 1995-96 school year. Some college presidents fear the increase, which would take effect this fail, will drive students to other states. "Any time you increase the costs, we know we are making it more difficult for students to attend," University of Southern Mississippi President Aubrey Lucas said following board discussion of the matter on Wednesday. Lucas said tuition and other costs are already high for the institution's more than 11,000 students, including about 20 percent who are from other states.

Officials said the increases would have only minimal impact at Delta State University in Cleveland. Only 6 percent of the school's 3,900 students are from out of state, said DSU spokesman Leroy Morganti. The current annual nonresident tuition for the 1994-95 academic year are $2,142 at Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State and Alcorn State. Fees are $2,234 at Delta State and Jackson State, and $2,460 at Mississippi State, the University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi. Pontotoc County stops school prayer ECRU For many of the 1,300 students at North Pontotoc Attendance Center, something MORTON (AP) A toxic, flammable chemical that spilled from a ruptured truck trailer and forced the closing of Interstate 20 near here should not harm the environment, officials said.

The cleanup could take several days, said George Malvaney, a state Department of Environmental Quality official overseeing the Scott County site. Officials planned to begin excavation of the area today. Cleanup crews Wednesday secured leaking barrels of ethel ac-rylate, a chemical used in making paint, paper and leather finishers. Workers in white protective chemical suits with oxygen tanks methodically loaded the barrels, some cracked and leaking, into larger safety containers. A nine-mile stretch of 1-20 between Morton and Pelahatchie was reopened for traffic about 9:20 p.m.

Wednesday, Turner said. The east-west interstate had been closed about 19 hours, during which time traffic was routed to other roads. PUBLIC SAFETY Hattiesburg A resident of the 800 block of Morton Street reported a man climbed through a window of her house about 1 a.m. today and fondled her 13-year-old daughter who was asleep. When the girl awoke and jumped out of bed, the intruder went back out the window.

Chris Selmon reported Wednesday the theft of a $450 Alpine stereo, a $90 Uniden radar detector, $200 in cash, a pair of Oakley sunglasses and a flashlight from a 1987 Ford F150 pickup truck in the 300 block of North 26th Avenue. Entry was made breaking the latch on the rear sliding window. Brett Conerly reported Wednesday the theft of his 1994 state championship baseball ring from a 1980 Plymouth at Hattiesburg High School. The ring is worth $350. Entry was made by breaking a window.

James Walters reported Wednesday the theft of assorted clothing and pillows from the 200 block of Red Street. Entry was made through a rear door. Employees of Dossett Pon-tiac, 1058 W. Pine reported Wednesday the theft of a stereo and speaker from Phillip Wright's 1978 Chevrolet Celebrity. They also reported finding a window broke in a 1995 Cadillac Johnny McDonald, 20, of the 700 block of Webster Street was jailed Wednesday on a circuit court bench warrant and several misdemeanor charges.

Details were not available. Forrest County Max Foles, 41, of the 1500 block of Pecan Drive was jailed Wednesday on a Department of Corrections probation violation warrant and a misdemeanor stalking charge. Foles was on probation following a March 1994 conviction of fondling a stepdaughter, officers said. Donald Johnston, 39, of Aaron Clemts Road was jailed Wednesday on five felony false pretense charges. Lamar County Paul Blackwell reported Wednesday the theft of a $260 Sony compact disc player from a 1987 Mazda pickup truck in the Oak Grove High School student parking lot.

By Janet Braswell By JANET BRASWELL AMERICAN Senior Writer Hattiesburg Police Patrolman Joe Ashmore can't point to a single incident that turned him into a specialist at catching drunk drivers. It was more of a general feeling that somebody needed to do something. "I got tired of digging bodies out of wrecks," he said. "I saw some pretty gruesome ones that they caused." Ashmore and six other area officers are in Jackson today to be honored as members of the Governor's 100200300 Club. Membership is based on the number of DUI tickets the officers wrote in 1994.

Ashmore, with 290 tickets, is in the club for the third time. City Council honors educator, athlete Percy C. Bailey, a longtime Hattiesburg educator and former pitcher in the Negro Baseball League, has been honored by the City Council. The council named the walking trail at Tipton Street Park after Mr. Bailey, who died in 1981.

His wife, Sadie, accepted the city resolution. Born in Lumberton in 1904, Mr. Bailey served as principal of Sumrall High School from 1931 to 1937. He also taught and coached at other area schools, including Third Ward Elementary School and Eureka High School in Hattiesburg. A former co-worker of Mr.

Bailey said he always looked out for the best interests of his students. "I found Mr. Bailey to be an administrator concerned with teaching the whole child so that he or she could become all that they could be," said Priscilla R. Walker. His athletic career included stints on the Chicago American Giants and Nashville Elite Giants.

He was later inducted into the Alcorn State University Baseball Hall of Fame. McRae says rights violated in arrest JACKSON Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Chuck McRae, testifying the first time since his arrest on a drunk driving charge, said Wednesday his rights were violated when he was arrested by a Flowood police officer. McRae, appearing before Hinds County Judge Chet Henley, said he asked officer Lloyd Coulter several times to allow him to call an attorney but the Coulter refused. "I invoked my Sixth Amendment and Mississippi Constitution rights and he refused," McRae testified. He is trying to have his driving privileges restored.

Henley is expected to rule today. McRae, 55, was arrested Feb. 23 in Flowood after crashing his car. He was charged with drunk driving after refusing to take a breath test. 3 STATE mil BRIEFS was missing Wednesday.

"We didn't pray," said junior Jackie Caldwell, 17. "Other than that, classes were pretty much like usual." Caldwell and others said it was strange not to pray since that is how every school day had begun since most started attending the northeast Mississippi school for students in kindergarten through high school. Wednesday was the first day of a preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Neal Big-gers that stopped morning devotionals being broadcast over the school's intercom. Pontotoc School Superintendent Jerry Horton said Wednesday that the district had not made a decision on whether to appeal the injunction, but still believes student-led and initiated prayer is constitutional.

"This was just the first step. We realized from the beginning it would be a long fight," Horton said. "We believe we are right." Greenwood approves private collections GREENWOOD Greenwood officials have enlisted the help of a collection company to recover about $650,000 in overdue municipal court fines. The Minnesota-based I.C. System Inc.

plans to distribute a list of individuals with overdue fines to credit bureaus. Bill B. Chapman, district manager of I.C. System told the City Council Tuesday credit impairment is one of the most effective means his company has of collecting money. Council President David Jordan said the company will need all the help it can get to collect the fines.

"Hats off to you if you can get some of it back," Jordan told Chapman before the council voted on the contract. The approval ended a year of disagreement over what to do about overdue fines. The council, voting along racial lines, last year rejected a bid by Greenwood businessman Jeff Dunn to take over Municipal Court collections. Under the plan approved Tuesday, I.C. System Inc.

will keep 30 percent of the money it collects and turn the rest over to the city. From Staff, Wire Reports her parents, Issac Newton and Cora Belle Gamble Howard; five brothers, Albert Howard, Jewel Howard, Leon Howard, Ishmael Howard and David Howard; and one sister, Bessie Howard Lott. Survivors include her husband, Herbert Shaddix of Pass Christian; one brother, I.N. Howard of Purvis; three sisters, Barbara H. Lott of Hattiesburg, Willie B.

Coulter of Pascagoula and Gwendolyn Weed of Jackson. Riemann Funeral Home in Pass Christian is in charge of arrangements. Hulelt Winstead ne 582-1571 305 toy Strt Michael David (Mike) Cox Petal Services to be announced Mr. Howard A. Turnage Petal, MS Graveside services 2 p.m.

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