Monday, July 7, 1997 Hattiesburg AMERICAN OBITUARY David Johnson COLUMBIA Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Macedonia Baptist Church in the Spring Cottage community for David Johnson, 71, of Kokomo, who died July 4, 1997, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Rev. 'Donnie Allums will officiate. Interment will be in the Spring Cottage Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Danny Johnson, David Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, Little David Conley, Joseph Conley and Terrell Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a retired shipyard laborer and a member of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Lillie Johnson of Kokomo; one daughter, Daphne Johnson of Kokomo; five sons, David H. Johnson of North Tonawanda, N.Y., David L.
Johnson of Sandy Hook, Dwayne Johnson of Kokomo, Little David Conley and Danny Johnson, both of Foxworth; two sisters, Inez Davis of Columbia and Lucille Spinner of Buras, one brother, J.W. Johnson of Columbia; 15 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia is in charge. Dustin Carr Pallbearers were Elliott Smith, Mack Smith Chris Broussard, Adam Broussard, Wes Carr, Kevin Carr and Justin Fontenoy. Carr was reared in the Oloh Community until the age of 12 when he moved to Cottondale.
He was a student at Holt High School in Cottondale and a member of Oloh Baptist Church. He was an avid participant in all school sports. Survivors include his parents, Michael and Arlene Carr of Cottondale and Cindy Mims Carr of Biloxi; one brother, Jeremy Allen Flannery of Cottondale; one sister, Dana Lynn Carr of Cottondale; maternal grandparents Charles and Hilda Mims of Oloh; paternal grandparents Joe and Dollie Carr of Mount Olive; maternal great grandmother Doris Mims of Covington, and paternal great grandmother Blanche Carr of Mount Olive. Services were held today at 2 p.m. at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home Chapel in Hattiesburg for Dustin Michael Carr, 14, of Cottondale, who died July 4, 1997, at Biloxi.
The Revs. Jipper Williford and Chris Thomas will officiate. Interment will be in the Mount Olive Carr Cemetery. FUNERAL LIOMES BEAUMONT Mrs. Ellen B.
Prentiss Visitation: Mon. 6:00 All Night Services: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Leaf River Missionary Baptist Church Lie in state at church from 8:00 a.m. until service time Sylvester Cemetery RICHTON HATTIESBURG MOSELLE BEAUMONT HIS MOORE FUNERAL SERVICE 544-2141 Mr. Charles Ray Rainey Hattiesburg Services 3:00 p.m.
Monday Moore Hattiesburg Chapel Interment Bethel Cemetery Mr. Scott Wheeler Biloxi Services 10:00 a.m. Tuesday Moore Hattiesburg Chapel Interment Roseland Park Cemetery Mr. Burke V. Cochran Wiggins Services 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday Moore Wiggins Chapel Interment Cochran Cemetery SERVICE MEASURED NOT BY MEMBERS GOLD THE ORDER, BUT OF THE GOLDEN GOLDEN RULE Larry Baggett Sr. COLUMBIA Services are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel in Columbia for Larry Joe Baggett 49, of Columbia, who died July 6, 1997, at Methodist Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Rev. Valton Douglas will officiate.
Interment will be in the Advance Cemetery. Mr. Baggett was an operator at the Hercules Plant, a member of Improve Baptist Church and the Masonic Survivors include his wife, Nelda Baggett of Columbia; two son, Larry Joe Baggett Jr. and Carl Jessie Baggett, both of Columbia; two sisters, Melinda Gates Foxworth and Belinda Harvey of Lucedale; three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren. Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia is in charge of arrangements.
James Simpson WIGGINS Services were held Sunday at First Baptist Church of Winona for James H. "Ham" Simpson, 88, Winona, who died July 3, 1997, in Wiggins. Interment was in the Oakwood Cemetery in Winona. Mr. Simpson was a retired from the U.S.
Postal Service after 40 years service, nine of which he served as postmaster. He was a member of the Winona Rotary club, First Baptist Church of Winona and the men's Sunday school class. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary W. Simpson, two brothers, John M. Simpson and William Harvey Simpson.
Survivors include two daughters, Rosemary S. Wilkins of Clinton and Narreda S. Burke of Wiggins; one sister, Bessie Simpson of Memphis, Tenn. and four grandchildren. Moore Funeral Home in Wiggins was in charge of arrangements.
Gene A. Crowder JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. Services will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Morris-Baker Funeral Home South chapel for Dr. Gene Arnold Crowder, 65, of Johnson City, who died July 6, 1997, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness.
The Rev. Ira Cunningham will officiate. Graveside services will at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Monte Vista Burial Park in Johnson City. Dr.
Crowder received a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, a masters in education from Colorado State University and his doctoral degree from Texas University. He was formerly an assistant professor of industrial education at USM and is listed in Who's Who in Industrial Arts Teacher Education. Dr. Crowder was a professor of technology and industrial education in the College of Applied Science and Technology at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City for 26 years. He was a member of numerous professional associations and was a consultant for the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Survivors include three daughters, Linda Carol Crowder of Welford, S.C., Melanie Crowder Merhoff of Knoxville and Krisna Emily Crowder of Johnson City; a son, Alan Gene Crowder of Johnson City; his mother, Lola Coates Crowder of Kosciusko; and a brother, Dr. Laurin Peyton Crowder of Starkville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 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. Hulett co Winstead Funeral Home, Inc. 582-1571 205 Bay Street Mr. Dustin Michael Carr Cottondale, AL (formerly of Oloh Community) Services 2:00 p.m. Tuesday Hulett-Winstead Chapel Interment Mount Olive Cemetery MEMBER BY NATIONAL INVITATION ONSM SELECTED MORTICIANS Elizabeth Lewis LAUREL Services are scheduled for 10 a.m.
Tuesday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel for Elizabeth Evelyn Lewis, 95, of Laurel, who died July 6, 1997, at Methodist Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Lewis will officiate. Interment will be in the Antioch Methodist Church Cemetery. Miss Lewis was a retired English teacher, who taught in the Jones County and Laurel City Schools for many years. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and the First United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by five sisters, Olivia Tanner, Leona Tanner, Nancy Lewis, Ethel Landrum and Ruby Montgomery and one brother, William H. Lewis. Survivors include seven nieces, five nephews and a number of great nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Laurel or a favorite charity. Visitation will be from 5 until 9 p.m.
today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of arrangements. William Page COLLINS Services were held today at Billy M. KingColonial Chapel for William Floyd Page, 33, of Jackson, who died July 6, 1997, at his residence. The Rev. Jimmy Cresswell will officiate.
Interment will be in the Speed Cemetery in Seminary. Mr. Page was a computer programmer with Magnolia Federal Bank in Jackson. Survivors include one son, Shelby W. Page of Tallulah, one daughter, Catlin Page of Jackson; his parents, L.
Page! and Faye Nell Easterling Page, both of Jackson one sister, Nancy Page of Ridgeland. Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel in Laurel was in charge of arrangements. Edna Upchurch LAUREL Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel for Edna Mae Upchurch, 89, of Denham Springs, formerly of Laurel, who died July 5, 1997, at Columbia Medical Cenin Baton Rouge, La.
The Revs. James C. Pitts and Howard Lips will officiate. Interment will be in the Hickory Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Mrs. Upchurch was a native of Neshoba County, a retired L.P.N. from Forrest General Hospital and a member of West Laurel United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Z.T. "Jack" Upchurch; two daughters, Eunice Nola Upchurch and Wydelle Dooley and a grandson, Bobby Upchurch.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Upchurch of Petal and Jack Upchurch of Gulfport; two daughters, Lillian Hosey of Laurel and Dorothy Pitts of Denham Springs, 16 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and one Visitation will be from 5 until 9 p.m. Monday at Memory Chapel Fuenral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of arrangements. Loyd Graham BAY SPRINGS Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Colonial Chapel in Bay Springs for Loyd Rex Graham, 69, of Laurel, who died July 6, 1997, at his residence. The Revs.
Buddy Jennigs, Lester Gardner, Stanley Doggett and Tommy Mize will officiate. Interment will be in the Liberty Cemtery. Pallbearers will be Tom Green, Douglas Myrick, Hudson Ervin, Ezell Blackwell, Herman Sims, Robert Ulmer, James Landrum and Weldon McCellan. Mr. Graham was a native of Laurel and former road foreman in Jasper County.
He was elected supervisor of Beat 4 for three terms prior to his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Mississippi Board of Supervisors, a charter member of Jasper County Horseman's Association and a member of Liberty Congregational Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Celeste Landrum Graham of Moss; one son, Randy Graham of Moss; two daughters, Sylvia Barlow and June Staples, both of Moss; three brothers, Howard Graham, Robert Graham and Hamp Graham; all of Stringer; three sisters, Jane Graham of Ellisville, Lula Grantham and Charlotte Parker, both of Stringer; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 9 p.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs, which is in charge of arrangements.
Burke Cochran WIGGINS Services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel in Wiggins for Burke V. Cochran, 84, Wiggins, who died July 5, 1997, in Hattiesburg. Interment will be in the Cochran Cemetery in Wiggins. Mr.
Cochran was a native of Perry County and a retired selfemployed farmer. He was a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church since 1932, a deacon, Sunday school teacher, and the church clerk. He was the oldest living member of the Janice Volunteer Fire Department. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Oscar Cochran and John A. Cochran.
Survivors include his wife, Erette Walker Cochran of Wiggins; one son, Gavin E. Cochran of Wiggins; three daughters, Hattie Bea Anderson of Gulfport, Julie Barbara Williams and Shirley Ann Clay, both of Wiggins; one sister, Ada Louise McLendon of Brooklyn; 23 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 until 9. p.m. today at Moore Funeral Home in Wiggins, which is in charge of arrangements.
Carr Ellen Prentiss BEAUMONT Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Leaf River Missionary Baptist Church in Beaumont for Ellen B. Prentiss, 66, of Beaumont, who died July 5, 1997, at Life Care Hospital in Chalmette, La. The Revs. Danny Collins, Jimmy Beach and Jesse Ladner will officiate.
Interment will be in the Sylvester Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Maniel Cochran, Dennis Cochran, Henry Lott, Alfred Lott, James Lott and Eric Hillman. Mrs. Prentiss was a lifelong resident of Beaumont, a homemaker and a member of Leaf River Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Haywood Prentiss and daughter, Dorothy Prentiss.
Survivors include four sons, Doug Prentiss of Perkinston, Gary Prentiss of Leakesville, Bobby Prentiss and Bill Prentiss, both of Beaumont; one daughter, Mary Gillie of Beaumont; two sisters, Jennie Patterson of Beaumont and Pauline Howard of Lucedale; 11 grandchildren and Visitation three great grandchildren be begin at 6 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Beaumont, which is in charge of arrangements. Scott Wheeler Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel in Hattiesburg for Scott Thomas Wheeler, 39, of Biloxi formerly of Hattiesburg, who died July 4, 1997, in Biloxi. The Revs.
Richard L. Davis and Willis Britt will officiate. Interment will be in the Roseland Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John McLeod, Michael David White, Alan Currie, Jay Weldy, Mike McLaughlin, Greg Garraway and Mitch Guess. Mr.
Wheeler was a native of Hattiesburg and had lived in Biloxi for the past two years. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Cecil Whitecotton and an uncle, D. Jene Whitecotton. Survivors include one son, David Wheeler of Hattiesburg; one daughter, Kelly Wheeler of Hattiesburg; his parents, Tom and Darlene Wheeler of Hattiesburg; his grandmother, Helen Whitecotton of Hattiesburg; two brothers, Greg Wheeler of Petal and Chris Wheeler of Orlando, Fla. and a niece, Jessica Taylor of Petal.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a Scholarship Fund at Bank of Mississippi for David and Kelly Wheeler. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today at Moore Funeral Home in Hattiesburg, which is in charge of arrangements. Faye W. Wilson ELLENWOOD, Ga.
Services were held July 3, 1997 at Horis A. Ward Inc. Fairview Chapel in Stockbridge, for Faye W. Wilson, 62, of Ellenwood, who died June 30, 1997. Interment was at Sherwood Memorial Gardens in Jonesboro, Ga.
Mrs. Wilson was a native of Lumberton. Survivors include her husband, Virgil E. Wilson of Ellenwood; five daughters, Ginger Vickery of Athens, Teresa Myers and Shelley Wilson, both of Ellenwood, Bonnie Butcher of McDonough, and Tina Mullins of Fort Campbell, four sons, Eugene Wilson, Shorty Wilson, Jesse Wilson and Billy Wilson, all of Ellenwood; four sisters, Marie Brady, Ann Hollingsworth, Margaret Dalton and Hilda Gill, all of Hattiesburg; and three brothers, Lee Warden, James Warden and Chip Warden, all of Hattiesburg. PINE BELT CRIMESCENE 49 Hattiesburg City Limits 59 Petal City Limits Ag 203 202.
201- Hattiesburg Petal Handy Street 98 103 204 101 59 EMERGENCY 911 METRO 104 CRIME STOPPERS Palmer's 102 Crossing 49 Industrial Park Rd. (582-STOP 98 es of harassment and one The following is a roundup charge of stalking of crimes reported to area Burglary of residence, agencies within the previous Sandy Run Road in Hat24 hours. tiesburg; reported Thursday by Lillian Dixon; microwave oven and air conditioner stoHattiesburg len; point of entry unknown; Area 101 value: $375 Paul T. Tillman, 19, 102 1972 Ford pickup truck West 3rd and Charles stolen, 100 block Tidewater in Webb, 20, 140 South Pine Hattiesburg; reported Thursarrested Saturday on stolen day by Lavon J. Smith property charge; their vehicle Auto burglary, 100 block was stopped at Dossett Street White Chapel Road in Purvis; and Helveston Road by offic- reported Friday by Jenah ers following domestic call; of- Cagle; stolen items included ficers found hand- cellular telephone, leather gun that was reported stolen bag, compact disc case and from Louisiana in 1996 compact discs; value: more Area 102 than $600 Burglary of residence, 100 I Burglary of residence, 200 block Dossett Street; reported block Harold Tucker Road in Sunday by Jeannie Roberts; Purvis; reported Sunday by General Electric television set Linda Jones; stolen items instolen; point of entry un- cluded pistol, VCR, set of golf known; value: $500 clubs, diving equipment; entry Area 201 made through kitchen 1993 Ford Escort stolen dow; value: $900 from Auto Repair, 1500 Auto burglary, West End block Main Street; reported Village Apartments, 1st block Sunday by Eddie Watson; ve- Hillcrest Drive in Hattiesburg; hicle later recovered with two reported Monday by Amanda juveniles inside Callender; green billfold conArea 203 taining about $10 in cash, Burglary of business, credit cards and ATM card Hundred Acre Wood Day stolen; no value given Care, 100 block North 39th Laurel Avenue; reported Sunday by Ricky Laterrade, 43 Johnson; entry made Old U.S.
84 East; 40, arrested Terry through garage area storage Saturday on charge of VCR and television set sion of possesroom; deadly weapon after stolen; value unknown felony Lamar County Stone County Charles Robins, 23, ad- I James Robert, 40, address dress unknown; arrested Friday on aggravated assault simple assault charge on unknown; arrested Sunday charge in connection with assault on Vinson Bunnett of Highway Patrol Hattiesburg; Bunnett was I Investigated 15 accidents, struck on side of neck with two with injuries and one with baseball bat; condition un- one fatality, and made 10 arknown rests, including eight DUI's, in Auto burglary, 300 block 48 hours ending at 6 a.m. White Chapel Road in Purvis; Monday; fatality was Larry J. reported Friday by Don Whid- Baggett, 49, of Columbia; Bagdon; small amount of cash, gett died around 6:10 a.m. safety glasses and mirror sto- Sunday when his 1986 Chevlen from 1989 Ford F-150 rolet Monte Carlo ran off Mistruck; value: $30 sissippi 42 east of Sumrall $360 check forged at store and hit tree in Hattiesburg; reported Fri- By Nita McCann day by Patricia Black; no arrests made as of Monday Numbers to know morning Burglary of residence, Hattiesburg Police: 544-7900 Hermitage Apartments, 1st Forrest Sheriff: 544-7800 block Hillcrest Drive in Hat- Petal Police: 544-5331 tiesburg; reported Friday by Lamar Co. Sheriff: 544-2412 Tondra Harvey; apartment Purvis Police: 794-6512 ransacked, nothing reported Jones Co.
Sheriff: 425-3147 missing Laurel Police: 425-4711 Burglary of residence, 100 block Old Salt Road in Lum- SAFETY TIPS berton; reported Saturday by Billy King; nothing reported Keep exterior doors and missing; beer cans and small driveway lighted at night. mattress found in house; entry made through rear window Change smoke detector Walter Rowell, 23, 677 batteries twice a year. Mississippi 589 in Purvis; arrested Thursday on two charg- PUBLIC RECORDS FIRE CALLS 7:45 a.m., Sunday, Broadway Drive and Pine Street, stood by for arching equipment I 11:41 a.m., Sunday, Broadway Drive and Richburg Road, removed antifreeze spill 12:15 p.m., Sunday, U.S. 49 and Mississippi 42, removed antifreeze spill 5:13 p.m., Sunday, 709 N. 26th assisted AAA with medical emergency 4:47 p.m., Sunday, Lincoln Road and Broadway Drive, assisted HPD with traffic control 12:07 a.m., Monday, W.L.
Runnels Industrial Boulevard, extinguished dumpster fire MARRIAGE LICENSES The following is a list of marriage applications for Forrest County. Terrell Glenn Folks, 42, Hattiesburg, and Patricia Ann McKissack, 37, Moselle I Timothy Joseph Desoto, 26, Hattiesburg, and Erin Beth Schlichtenmyer, 20, Hattiesburg Edward Hall Hill, 22, Cleveland, Robin Kaye Sanders, 20, Cleveland Luke Moody 36, Hattiesburg, and Lacresha Roncee Walker, 24, Hattiesburg HOTLINE NUMBERS Cocaine information: 800-262-2463 AIDS Hotline: 800-342-2437 Alzheimer's: 800-621-0379 Cancer: 800-562-2623.
