Obituaries for Friday, October 29, 2004

By Staff
Homemaker
Services for Wilhelmina Roberson will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Toomsuba Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Garrison officiating. Burial will be in Toomsuba Cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Roberson, 83, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, in her home. She was a member of Toomsuba Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sister, Joyce C. Wright and her husband, James E. Wright of Toomsuba; sisters-in-law, Mary Swain of Toomsuba, Evelyn Wolfe of Meridian and Gertrude Flowers of Mobile, Ala. and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. C. B. Roberson; a son, Clifton Roberson; her parents, Tom and Ethel Powell; sisters, Evelyn Currence, Rebecca Davis, Geneva Dial and brothers, Hunter Powell and Thomas Powell.
Pallbearers will be Randy Skipper, Jerry Burt, Joey Burt, Tommy Swain, John Wolfe and Benny Wolfe.
Visitation will be Saturday 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
Meat packer
Services for Otis Ramsey Jr. will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Community chapel with the Rev. Leo Gordon officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Church cemetery in Daleville.
Mr. Ramsey, 75, of Chicago, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, in his home.
Survivors include his children, CaSaundra G. Ramsey and Evelyn Ramsey, both of Chicago, Dianna Brown and her husband, James, of Meridian, Ronnie Ramsey, Charles Ramsey and Charles Welch, all of Chicago; sisters, Elizabeth Burage, Ivia Moore, Vella Cole, Pauline Phillips, Shirley Webb and Mary Crocker, all of Meridian, Dorothy Smith and her husband, Edward, and Mary Wilson, all of Texas; brothers, Isreal McQuarter and his wife, Catherine, Robert Gordon and his wife, Clarice, all of Meridian, Jimmy Cole of Chicago, Charles Dock of Des Moines, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a son.
Visitation will be held Saturday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Services for Charles W. Adams will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Greater First Baptist Church in Lisman, Ala. with the Rev. Walter Dale Ball officiating. Burial will be in Fairfield Cemetery in Halselle, Ala. with Clark's Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Adams, 41, of Birmingham, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at Baptist Montclair Hospital in Birmingham.
Survivors include his daughter, Connie Grice of Livingston, Ala.; sisters, Clara Mitchell of York, Ala., Mary Glover and her husband, Thomas, of Columbus, Ohio, and Sandra Faye of Portland, Ore., and Letha Rainey of Birmingham; brothers, Johnny King Adams and his wife, Gloria, of Lisman, Ala., Arthur Lee Adams, David Adams of Columbus, Ohio and Lonzo Adams of Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Doss and Anna Adams; a sister and a twin brother.
Visitation will be held today from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the church.
Services for Vanderbilt "Bill" Parnell will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Sunlight Baptist Church with the Rev. John Harris officiating. Burial will be in Old West Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Berry and Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Parnell, 91, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at Queen City Nursing Home.
Survivors include his wife, Annie Mae Parnell of Meridian; seven grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons.
Visitation will be today from 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Baby McKnight, who died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Cathy Davis, who died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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