Obituaries for Thursday, April 8, 2004

By Staff
QUITMAN Services for Bonnie Melissa Kate O'Connor will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at McGowan Chapel with the Rev. Richard Gooch officiating. Burial will be in McGowan Chapel Cemetery in Clarke County with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. O'Connor, 32, of Pachuta, died Sunday, April 4, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include her husband, Randy O'Connor of Pachuta; sons, Arthur N. Satcher of Stringer, Johnathan Nightingale Tanner of Pachuta and Gregory Corsello of Meridian; a daughter, Charity Rosita O'Connor of Pachuta; her father, Darrell Satcher of Stringer; her mother, Shelia White of Pachuta; brothers, Chuck Satcher Jr. of Carmichael and Shawn Satcher of Jackson; sisters, Eugenie Ellison of Mountainberg, Ark., and Gennie Satcher of Jackson.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Student
QUITMAN Services for Paul Curtis Quick Jr. will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at McGowan Chapel with the Revs. Dewayne Robinson and Scott Walters officiating. Burial will be in the McGowan Chapel Cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Paul, 11, of Pachuta, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was the honorary chairperson for the 2003 Clarke County Relay for Life.
Survivors include his father, Paul Curtis Quick Sr. and step-mother, Melinda Quick, both of Quitman; his step-father, Randy O'Connor of Pachuta; brothers, Johnathan Tanner of Pachuta, Arthur Satcher of Stringer, Gregory Corsello of Meridian and David O'Connor of Des Moines, Iowa; sisters, Charity O'Connor of Meridian, Karen O'Connor of Des Moines, Bre-Anna Barrett and Destiny Barrett, both of Quitman, and Taylor Johnson of Jackson; maternal grandmother, Shelia White and her husband, Darcy, of Pachuta; maternal grandfather, Darrell Satcher of Stringer; paternal great-grandmother, Eva Faye White of Greenville; paternal grandfather, Paul Quick and his wife, Shirley, of Jackson; paternal grandmother, Mary Williams and her husband, James, of Star City, Ark.; paternal great-grandfather, Curtis Hicks of Quitman; and paternal grandmother, Virginia Herrington of Jackson.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Retired mechanic
QUITMAN Graveside services for Sidney Terry Smith will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Stroud Cemetery with the Rev. Bernice Fleming officiating. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Smith, 61, of Lauderdale, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, in Meridian.
Survivors include his daughters, Terri Tidwell and her husband, B.J., and Cindy Stafford and her husband, David, both of Lauderdale; brothers, Lavelle Smith and Cecil Smith, both of Quitman; a sister, Ruby Parker of Quitman; and five grandchildren.
Services for Robert Demetrius Turner will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Enterprise Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating. Burial will be in Zion Hill CME Cemetery.
Mr. Turner, 53, of Meridian, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, in Meridian.
Survivors include his mother, Ezolar Maggard of Meridian; a son, Jeremiah Turner of Cincinnati; daughters, Yneika Maggard and Nicole Grady, both of Meridian, Demetria Antoinette Turner and Ayanna Turner, both of Cincinnati; sisters, Sarah Ann Franklin White, Beatrice Franklin, Sharon Franklin and Antoinette Ruffin Fulton.
Visitation will be Friday 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Homemaker
Services for Georgia M. Barfield will be held Saturday at noon at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel in Meridian with the Rev. Gerald Hudson officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Blackwater Church Cemetery in Daleville. E.E. McDonald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Barfield, 88, of Meridian, died Sunday, April 4, 2004, at Riley Hospital.
Survivors include his son, Bobby McWilliams of Meridian; several cousins, other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be Friday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community Chapel.
Sales clerk
RALEIGH Services for Christine Lorraine Dodge Easterling were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Wilkerson Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Calvin Farmer officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Easterling, 38, of Enterprise, died Monday, April 5, 2004, in her home.
Survivors include her father, Paul Dodge of Seymour, Ind.; daughters, Kayla Brooke Easterling and Mary Magdalene Easterling, both of Enterprise; brothers, Joseph James Butler and Paul Lester Dodge, both of Massachusetts, and William Paul Dodge of Maryland; sisters, Jonie Smith of Massachusetts and Krystal Dodge of Indiana.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Brittany Rena Easterling; and her mother, Nancy Colbourne Butler.
Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for Annie P. Sims, 96, formerly of Scooba, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Lena Riley, 90, of Quitman, who died Thursday, April 8, 2004, in Quitman.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Gladys Ethridge, 75, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at Aldersgate Retirement Center.

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