Sunday, August 6, 2006

Published 11:14 pm Saturday, August 5, 2006

Edward D. Reed



MILLRY, Ala. — Services for Edward D. Reed will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Providence Methodist Church with the Revs. Wesley Syfrett and Victor Brantly officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery with Phillips Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Reed, 90, of Cullomburg, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, in Bay Minette.

Survivors include his wife, Curnis R. Reed of Cullomburg, his son, Roy Reed of Ward, five daughters, Rebecca Johnson, Dianne Maples, Sadie Reed, Mary Stewart and Edith Butler; one sister; and 11 grandchildren.

Visitation will be one hour before the service.



Joseph Christopher Jones



QUITMAN — Services for Joseph Christopher Jones will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Wright’s Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Jones officiating.

Mr. Jones, 74, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, at his home.

Survivors include his daughters, Rita Ellis of Deer Park, Texas, and Dorothy Everett of Mobile, Ala.; three brothers, Ron Jones and James Jones, both of Meridian, and Al Jones of Florida; five sisters, Janice Hayes and Janie Singley, both of Meridian, Elizabeth Slayton of Stonewall, Mary Lou Sullivan of Chatom, Ala., and Eula Clayton of Columbus; grandchildren, Kasandra Ricard of Houston, Jerald Minchew and John Myers of Georgia, Donald Minchew of Texas, Jonda Cruz of Pacifina, Texas, Joseph Jones, Elizabeth Everett and Emmali Jones, all of Mobile, and Alicia Minchew, Terry Jones, Abbigayle Jones and Joshua Jones, all of Deer Park; and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Don Minchew, Alicia Minchew, Terry Jones, Josh Jones, Emmali Jones and Kasandra Ricard. Honorary pallbearers will be Joey Jones, Abbigayle Jones and Jonda Cruz.

Visitation will begin today at 6 p.m., and one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.



Emma Lou Cox Watson

Homemaker



QUITMAN — Services for Emma Lou Cox Watson will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Pine Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Danny Bullock officiating. Burial will be in Pine Hill Church Cemetery with Wright’s Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Cox, 87, of the Pine Hill Community near Enterprise, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, in Hattiesburg. She was a homemaker and a member of Pine Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include her daughters, Sylvia Carroll and her husband, Bobby, of Hattiesburg, and Linda Ferguson of Atlanta; a daughter-in-law, Freddie Watson of Athens, Ga.; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Pascal Lamar Watson Sr. and a son, Pascal Lamar Watson Jr.

Pallbearers will be Bob Carroll, Chris Carroll, Cal Watson, David Cadena, Phillip Hight and Matt Bishop.

Memorials may be made to the Benevolence Fund of Pine Hill Baptist Church.

Visitation will be Monday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.



T.C. Burton



Arrangements were incomplete at E.E. McDonald Funeral Home for T.C. Burton, formerly of DeKalb, who died Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, in Georgia.