OBITUARIES FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 14, 2001

By Staff
PEGGIE NELL PALMER
Homemaker
WAYNESBORO Services for Peggie Nell Palmer will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Buckatunna Baptist Church with the Revs. Ricky Revette and Doug Moore officiating. Burial will be in Buckatunna Cemetery. Freeman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Palmer, 64, of Buckatunna, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include five sons, Charles Allen Risen of Buckatunna, Larry Davenport of Waynesboro and Robert Guy Davenport, Joe Davenport and Greg Davenport, all of Meridian; a daughter, Pamela Sue Swisher of Beaver Falls, Penn.; three brothers, Robert Sistrunk, Elvin Sistrunk and Jimmy Sistrunk, all of Walnut Grove; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Glover Sistrunk and Essie Brown.
Visitation will be held today from 1 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
POLLY BURTON
Retired teacher
Graveside services for Polly Burton will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bonita with the Rev. Paul Raley officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Burton, 93, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, in Jacksonville. She was a retired public school teacher and a member of Wesley Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Faye Carol McLaughlin and her husband, Ronnie, of Jacksonville; a son, James Burton Sr., and his wife, Sandra, of Meridian; four grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Monday from 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
LADY GILL CORBAN
Retired teacher
ROLLING FORK Services for Lady Gill Corban will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Rolling Fork with the Rev. Mike Labasso officiating. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery. Glenwood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Corban, 66, of Rolling Fork, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. She was a retired school teacher.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Corban of Rolling Fork; three sons, Gil Corban of Greenville, Kevin Corban of Rolling Fork and John Corban of Starkville; four grandchildren; and two sisters, Mable Workman of Sledge and Ella Buckley of Denton, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Joe Buckley, Dennis Buckley, Bob Workman, Keith Smith, Baskin Perry, Ryan Grayson, Clark Carter and James Geoghegan.
The family requests memorials be made to the Rolling Fork United Methodist Church or the Sharkey-Issaquena Hospital.
Visitation will be held today from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
ALLIE COVINGTON
Arrangements were incomplete at James F. Webb Funeral Home for Allie Covington, 87, of Meridian, who died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
DOCK GATOR
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Dock Gator of Daleville who died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at his home.
EMMA KELLY
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Emma Kelly of Meridian, who died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, at her home.
CLARENCE A. LEE
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Clarence A. Lee, 90, of Marion, who died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at Meridian Heart Services.

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