Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 5

wwwsunheraldcom LOCAL Monday February 1 1 2002 A5 II A 4 Jacob Lakes center of Vancleave an electrical engineering mqjor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College-Jackson County Is the recipient of the Mississippi Phosphates Scholarship Also pictured are Paul Padilla left Mississippi Phosphates director of Human Relations and Public Relations and Jackson County Campus Vice President Houshang Moradmand The scholarship worth $500 is awarded to one MGCCC student each year based on need and merit Lakes will attend the University of Southern Mississippi after finishing at MGCCC call two hours prior to services Burial will follow at Alphonse Malley Meadle Lee Funeral: 2 pm Tuesday in the Union Baptist Church Chapel CARRIERE Meadie Bounds Lee 93 died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Carriere Mrs Lee was bom in Mississippi and was a resident of Carriere She was a homemaker and a member of the Union Baptist Church Survivors include her son Charles Lee of Carriere two daughters Alice Slater of Boulder Creek Calif and Gladys Strain of Picayune 16 grandchildren 38 greatgrandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the Union Baptist Church Chapel where friends may call one hour prior to service time Burial will follow in the Pearson Cemetery directed by McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune William McEIhlney DIAMONDHEAD William McElhiney 86 died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Diamondhead Services are pending at Riemann Funeral Home in Bay SL Louis Earlene McNair NOTEBOOK OBITUARIES Allison Altise Diamond-head Billye Jean Farmer Biloxi Leon Gore Pearfington Henry Hand Sr Ocean Springs Imogene Ingram Diamond-head Murthon A Ladner Kiln Meadle Lee Canriere William McEIhlney Dia-mondhead Earllne McNair Gulfport Mary Orr Carriere Pauline Rollins Gautier Karen Ruff Long Beach Nellie Sterrett Bay St Louis Eunice Stewart Biloxi Mary Ellen Walker Duck Hill Cammle Williams Gulfport Eula Williams Diamondhead Allison Altise DIAMONDHEAD Allison Renee Altise 22 died Thursday Feb 7 2002 in Gulfport Services are pending at Riemann Funeral Home in Bay SL Louis Billye Jean Farmer Funerahll am Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church BILOXI Billye Jean Park Farmer 51 died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Ocean Springs Mrs Farmer was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi She was employed as a seventh grade teacher with St Martin Middle School receiving the "Teacher of the award for the year 2000 She was also a CCD Teacher with Sacred Heart Catholic Church She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary and a charter member of Harlequins Carnival Krewe She was preceded in death by her parents Willie and Dorothy Park Survivors include her husband Alan Farmer two daughters Maureen Farmer and Alison Farmer and a sister Jane Park Klein all of BiloxL Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-0 Funeral Homes in Biloxi Services will be at 11 am Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church where friends may call one hour before service time Burial will follow in Biloxi City Cemetery Leon Gore Mary Ellen Walker Funeral: 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Jackson County Funeral Services in Escatawpa DUCK HILL Mary Ellen Walker 53 died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Pascagoula Mrs Walker was bom Dec 19 1948 in Jackson County She had been a resident of Gulfport for 25 years before moving to Duck HilL She was employed as a care giver in personal care homes She was preceded in death by her parents Mr and Mrs Egbert Ray Survivors indude her husband Calvin Walker of Duck Hill two sons James Walker Jr of Atlanta and Paul Walker of Biloxi her daughter Ashley Walker of Duck Hill four brothers Giles Ray of Theodore Ala Claude Ray of Denham Springs La Samuel Ray of Irvington Ala and Paul Ray of Helena two sisters Margaret Ray of Milwaukee and Gloria Clements of Irvington Ala and two grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Jack-son County Funeral Services in Escatawpa where friends may call two hours prior to service time Burial will follow in Serene Memorial Gardens in Escatawpa Cammle Williams FUneral: 10 am Wednesday at Gulf Pines Memorial Garden and Mausoleum GULFPORT Cammie Spicer Williams 83 died Friday Feb 8 2002 in Gulfport Mrs Williams was a native and lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast She was a member of Pass Road Baptist Church and The Home League with the Salvation Army She was preceded in death by her parents Richard and Bertha Spicer and a son Joseph Williams Survivors include her husband Joseph Williams of Gulfport a son Cleon Lester Williams of Childerbuigh Ala two daughters Judy Hampton and Joanna Mizell both of Gulfjport nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at Gulf Pines Memorial Garden and Mausoleum directed by Riemann Funeral Home 25th Avenue Gulfport Eula Williams DIAMONDHEAD Eula Williams age unavailable died Sunday Feb 10 2002 in Diamondhead Services are pending at Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St Louis Obituaries are accepted only from funeral homes Those under the symbol are published free as a public service and as such are subject to certain limitations Those under the symbol for which a charge is billed through the funeral homes are not subject to such limitations The Sun policy governing obituaries may be reviewed at Coast funeral homes and The Sun Herald news department Dr Pande and his staff especially the and Wendy of Dynacare Mississippi for the compassionate care they gave her during the last two years They also wish to thank the physicians nurses and staff at Memorial Hospital for the care that they gave her during her last days especially Theresa and Mark in the ICU who showed compassion and tenderness above any call of duty A Memorial Service will be conducted at First United Methodist Church of Long Beach on Wednesday February 13 at 5:00 pm where friends may call in the hour preceding the service with Bradford-0 Funeral Home in Gulfjport in charge of the arrangements Karen requested that donations be made to the Humane Society of South Mississippi in lieu of flowers Nellie Sterrett Funeral: 11 am today in the chapel of Edmond Fahey Funeral Home Bay St Louis BAY ST LOUIS Nellie 'Jean Williamson Sterrett 85 died Friday Feb 8 2002 in Bay St Louis Mrs Sterrett was bom in Octagon Ala and was a resident of Bay St Louis She was of the Baptist faith She was preceded in death by her father Archieball Williamson Survivors include her son Fred Sterrett of Bay St Louis her daughter Edith Davis of Waveland one grandchild and one great-grandchild Services will be at 11 am today in the chapel of Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay SL Louis where friends may call one hour prior to service time Burial will follow in Gulf Coast Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bay SL Louis Eunice Stewart Funeral: Graveside 11 am Tuesday in King Cemetery Prentiss BILOXI Eunice King Stewart 85 died Sunday Feb 10 2002 in BiloxL Mrs Stewart was bom in Jefferson Davis County and had been a resident of the Coast since 1946 She was a homemaker and a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Biloxi She was preceded in death by her husband Ruel Si Stewart a son Alfred Stewart her parents Charlie and Ollie King a sister Lou Amason and a brother Charles King Survivors indude her son James Stewart of Gulfjport her daughter Maigie Cook of Biloxi three brothers Lawrence King Vemie King and Thomas King all of Prentiss two asters Cecile Louise Kirkley of Prentiss and Jean Foster of Pascagoula 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at The Howard Avenue Chapel of BradfordO 'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi Graveside services will be at 11 am Tuesday in King Cemetery in Prentiss EDUCATION Rester makes List elected Omega president Brittany Ann Rester a junior at The University of North Carolina at Wilmington has been named to the Fall Semester 2001 List as well as being recently elected to serve as president of Kappa Pi Chapter of Order of Omega She is also Recruitment chair of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Phi Mu Sorority and a member of the Pi Society Rester the daughter of Beth Rester and John Rester of Biloxi is majoring in social work OSHA accepting scholarship applications The Ocean Springs Hospital Auxiliary is accepting applications for scholarships for the fall of 2002 Each spring the Hospital Auxiliary awards five $1000 scholarships To be eligible the applicant must be at least 19 years old have completed at least one year of college and be studying in the medical field An information sheet with more details can be picked up at the Ocean Springs Hospital the Information Desk at the Main Entrance or the Outpatient Entrance Deadline is March 31 Details: 875-2038 Heam Rouse Bryant Carter Mitchell Meadows Six on USM staff win university relations awards Six University of Southern Mississippi advancement staff including five who are members of the news services component of the Office of University Relations have won awards in a regional competition The awards were announced in District III of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for work completed in 2001 News Director Phil Heam won a Grand Award for feature writing Heam wrote an article published in the October 2001 edition of Vietnem magazine His subject was Congressional Medal of Honor winner Roy Wheat of Moselle a young US soldier who was killed in Vietnam combat in 1967 while saving the lives of two Marine companions Heam is a Laurel native and 17-year USM employee Broadcast Producer Steve Rouse won a Special Merit Award for a video news release His release titled Polymer was on the US Defense announcement in Washington of plans to use a nontoxic vegetable-based paint developed by USM polymer scientist Shelby Thames to paint interior walls of the Pentagon Rouse is a Vicksburg native and 19-year USM veteran Desktop Editor Jana Bryant won an Award of Excellence for a student recruitment newsletter Miss which was produced for the USM Admissions Office and sent to prospective students and parents Bryant is a native of Levelland Texas and is a two-year USM employee Writer-editors Jack Mitchell and Phyllis Carter both won Special Merit Awards for newswriting Carter a Hattiesburg native won for a news story about a visit to the USM campus last summer by the Boys Choir of Harlem and its noted founder and conductor Walter Turnbull Mitchell a Shreveport La native won for an offbeat news story about a geological specimen that was determined by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to be a from a The specimen was unearthed and sent to the museum by a USM geology professor the late Dan Sun-deen Rebecca Meadows assistant director of annual giving for the USM Office of Development won an Award of Excellence for her work on the USM annual report Meadows is a native of Ocean Springs Coast students to join MSU co-op program Twenty Coast students are among the over 860 students participating in the Cooperative Education Program at Mississippi State University Participants inlcude: Stephen Todd Anderson of Perkinston Engelhard Corporation in Jackson Christopher Brown of Perkinston CTI Inc in Knoxville Tenn Shane Cravens of Gulfjport Telecord PCS-Suncom in Ridgeland Desmond Ladner of Perkinston Southern Company-West in Birmingham Ala Gavin Lott Jr of Ocean Springs Southern Ionics Inc at West Point Heath James Massey of Pass Christian Triton Systems Inc in Long Beach Michael Middleton Jr of Moss Point Southern Company-West in Birmingham Ala Kyle Anthony Miller of Moss Point with Southern Company-West Anthony Nguyen of Gulfjport Southern Company-West Kurt John Oberhofer of Ocean Springs US Geological Survey-Mississippi in Pearl Stephen Francis Pisarich of Saucier GE Plastics-Bay St Louis Joshua Chad Price of Biloxi Ergon Refining Tech Services in Vicksburg James Radich of Ocean Springs Ergon Refining Tech Services in Vicksburg Travis Lamar Reno of Saucier Mississippi Valley Gas Company in Jack-son Nathan Joseph Scretching of Bay St Louis Pixsell Inc in Bay SL Louis Joshua Seab of Moss Point Triton Systems Inc in Long Beach Daniel Owens Selig of Gulfport Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC Crystal Gail Shaw of Saucier Chevron Products Company in Pascagoula Kyle Vance Tillman of Ocean Springs Southern Company-West Jason Wilson of Moss Point Southern Company-W esL GULFPORT Earlene McNair age unavailable died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Gulfport Services are pending at JT Hall Funeral Home in Gulfjport Mary Orr Funeral: 2 pm Tuesday in the McDonald Funeral Home Chapel in Picayune CARRIERE Mary Jarrell Orr 101 died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Carriere Mrs Orr was bom in Pearl River County and was a resident of Carriere She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith Survivors include her son Cecil Orr of Atlanta two asters Josie Brown of Carriere and Birdie Smith of Slidell La two brothers OV Jarrell of Mobile Ala and Vaudie Jarrell of Carriere five grandchildren nine great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren Visitation will be from 6 to 10 tonight in the McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with burial to follow in the Sones Chapel Cemetery Pauline Rollins GAUTIER Pauline Rollins 64 died Sunday Feb 10 2002 in Gautier Services are pending at Funeral Home in Gautier Karen Ruff Funeral: 5 pm Wednesday First United Methodist Church in Long Beach LONG BEACH Karen Ruff 55 died on Saturday February 9 2002 from complications related to leukemia The time came for her departure She fought the good fight she finished the race she kept the faith She is now singing the song of victory in the presence of our Lord Karen was a native of Steubenville Ohio and had lived in Long Beach for almost 24 years She was a devoted wife mother and grandmother She is survived by her husband of 33 years Garry Ruff her daughter Lori Ruff of Long Beach her son and his wife Dr and Mrs Paul (Cindy) Ruff and their children Daniel Craig and Reagan of Starkville her parents Paul and Ruth Morris of Steubenville Ohio her sister and her husband Debbie and Ken Andresen of Steubenville Ohio her in-laws Flavil and Bette Ruff of Bamesville Ohio and her dog Puppy whom she loved like a child She also leaves behind many dear friends the most special of whom is Beth Lewis of Long Beach who loved her more than words can say Karen was a member of First United Methodist Church of Long Beach where she belonged to the Sonshiners Sunday School Class and UMW Circle 1 She graduated from the College of Steubenville (now Franciscan University) with a degree in Elementary Education She lived her life in support of others avoiding the spotlight in favor of the backstage The family wishes to thank PEARLINGTON Leon Gore 61 died Saturday Feb 9 2002 in Peariington Services are pending at Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St Louis Henry Hand Sr OCEAN SPRINGS Henry Hand Sr 81 died Sunday Feb 10 2002 in Ocean Springs Services are pending at House of Richmond Funeral Home in BiloxL Imogene Ingram DIAMONDHEAD Imogene Louise Ingram 77 died Sunday Feb 10 2002 in Bay St Louis Mrs Ingram was a resident of Diamondhead She was preceded in death by her husband Johnnie Ingram two brothers and her sister Survivors include four daughters and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren Services were privately held directed by Riemann Funeral Home Bay St Louis The family prefers memorials to favorite charity Murthon A Ladner Funeral: 1 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St Louis KILN Murthon A Ladner 64 died Monday Feb 4 2002 in Miami Mr Ladner was a resident of Kiln and was a horse trainer He was preceded in death by his parents Izetta and Horace Ladner one brother Winston Ladner and one sister Alfreda Ladner Monus Survivors include three brothers Ferrell Ladner of Long Beach Pat Ladner of Dedeaux and Chlaford Ladner of Kiln and seven sisters Irma Reese of Long Beach Sylvia Proctor of Ohio Vimita Mountain of San Antonio Betty Ames of Denver Tecia Ladner of Mobile Janice Dedeaux of Sellers Community and Thelma Mulvihill of San Jose Calif Services will be at 1 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St Louis tfhere friends may In Loving Memory Of George Hersey Nov 23 1930 Feb 18 2001 Forever in our hearts Wife Children Family Friends bysraamLiioiEKiiJ IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROSEMARY RUDOLF GOLLOTT February 1 1 1935 June 18 1994 Time may heal the broken heart Time may make the wound less sore But time can never stop the longing For die loved one gone before Sadly missed by Husband Children Grandchildren Continuing die Pledge Of Dedicated Service To Gulf Coast Families Robert Walley Funeral Service Licensee FUNERAL HOMES INC OCEAN SPRINGS 875-1266 BILOXI 374-S650 WEST BILOXI 388-1811 GULFPORT 863-0090 wwwbradfonl-otaiefeconi PSW3 ICompIetelTfaditional.