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OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 

Michael Todd Baker
HOLLADAY:
Services for Mr. Michael Todd Baker, 36, were at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 12 at Stockdale-Malin Chapel with burial in Palestine Cemetery. Mr. Baker was DOA Saturday, November 10 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon from injuries received in a car accident. Survivors include his stepmother, Lewanita Baker of Holladay; a son, Brandon Baker Morrison of Bruceton a sister, Alisa Balker and a brother, Gary Baker, both of Camden.

Claude W. Adams
BROOMFIELD HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN:
Memorial services for Claude W. Adams will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, November 19 at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie.
Mr. Adams, retired from General Motors in middle management in 1984, died January 19, 2000 at his home in Bloomfield Heights.
He was born February 16, 1918 in McKenzie to the late Mary Walpole Adams and Claude Winston Adams. He was a member of ATO, T & 7, 'The Club' General Motors, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He served four years in the U. S. Navy during World War II.
Survivors include his wife Anne K. Adams; a daughter, Mary Annette Adams Boran; a son, Jay Winston Adams; and two grandchildren.
A son, Claude King Adams, also preceded him in death.

Pauline B. Russell
PUEBLO, COLORADO:
Graveside services for Pauline B. Russell, 68, were at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 8 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie. Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Russell, a retired paralegal, died Friday, November 2 in Pueblo.
She was born May 17, 1933 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky to the late Elizabeth Lee Bradley and Oscar Hillard Bradley, Sr. She was a member of Belmont Church of Nazarene in Pueblo.
Survivors include a daughter, Rebecca Russell of Pueblo, Colorado; a son, Brad Russell of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a brother, Oscar Hillard Bradley, Jr. of West Union, Ohio; and three grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by a son, John D. Russell.

John Henry Hicks
MCKENZIE:
Services for Rev. John Henry Hicks were at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 8 at Ridgeway Funeral Home with John Adams officiating. Burial was in the Wilder Cemetery in McKenzie.
Hicks, 85, died Monday, November 5 at Methodist Hospital of McKenzie.
Born July 31, 1916, in Cottonwood Point, Missouri, he was the son of the late Vester and Irene Kyle Hicks.
He was married on September 28, 1940 to the former Janie Thompson, who survives.
An ordained Baptist minister, he was pastor at Ramble Creek Baptist Church in Big Sandy; Chalk Level Baptist Church in Camden; Kin Folk Ridge Church in Caruthersville, Missouri; and Grace Baptist Church in McKenzie.
Hicks was also pastor of churches in California in the 1950s.
He was a World War II Navy veteran and a supervisor for Gaines Manufacturing, formerly of McKenzie.
In addition to his wife, he leaves a son, Garry Hicks of McKenzie; one sister, Anna May Blurton of Cottonwood Point; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by a son, John Gilbert Hicks.

Cless Parrish
LINCOLNTON, GEORGIA:
Mr. Cless Parrish, 77, died November 4 at McDuffie Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7 at Beggs Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terrell Blackmon officiating. Interment was in Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Parrish was a native of Holland, Kentucky, but had lived in Lincoln County for the past 33 years. He was a teacher with the Columbia County School System for over 25 years; in McKenzie for five years and was a member of Holland Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Fern Wiseman Parrish; a son, David Parrish of Lincolnton, Georgia; and one sister, Essie P. Armstrong of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Memorials may be made to Loco Baptist Church, 1624 Church Road, Lincolnton, Georgia 30817.
Beggs Funeral Home, of Thomson Georgia was in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Sandra Kay Roberts
MCKENZIE:
Services for Sandra Kay Roberts, 53, were at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 11 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Brother Bobby Mann officiating. Interment was at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie.
Ms. Robert, a retired bank teller, died Friday, November 9 at Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born April 1, 1948 in McKenzie to the late Ruth Ellis Roberts and Virgil Roberts. She was a member of the McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include three brothers, Joe Roberts and Bobby Roberts, both of Gleason and Donald Roberts of McKenzie.

Pauline Sawyer Adams Helms
MCKENZIE:
Services for Pauline Sawyer Adams Helms were at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7 at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie with Bro. Dennis Trull officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Helms, a retired nursing home aide, died Monday, November 5 at Methodist Hospital. She was born September 5, 1912 in West Helen, Arkansas.
Survivors include a daughter, Annie Mae Winston of McKenzie; three sons, Pat Adams of Hollow Rock, James Lee Adams of McKenzie and Homer Ray Adams of Langley, South Carolina; five grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Tom Sawyer and two husbands, Jack Andrew Adams and Chester Helms.

Farris G. Vaughn
GLEASON:
Services for Farris G. Vaughn, 82, were Tuesday, November 13 at 2:00 p.m. at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial in Tumbling Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Vaughn, a retired farmer, died Sunday, November 11 at Oak Manor Nursing Home in McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his wife Hazel Vaughn.
Survivors include one sister, Ester Rozelle Buchanan of Union City and one brother, Earl Vaughn of Gleason.

Carlos A. Eskew
CLARKSBURG:
Mr. Carlos A. Eskew, 86, died Sunday, November 11 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, November 14 at the Long Rock Methodist Church with Reverend Wayne Holmes officiating. Interment will follow n the church cemetery.
Mr. Eskew was born July 15, 1915 to the late David and Bessie Dill Eskew in Carroll County. He was owner of Eskew Automotive consultants and a member of Long Rock Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mrs. Aline Pugh Eskew; a son, William Eskew of Grapevine, Texas; two daughters, Janet Whitbourne of Memphis and Katheryn Holt of Clemmons, North Carolina; two brothers, James Eskew and Ray Eskew, both of Huntingdon; three sisters, Leona Chandler and Ruth Bennett, both of Huntingdon and Estelle Rosser of Clarksburg; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Lena J. Allison
HUNTINGDON:
Mrs. Lena J. Allison, 90, died Monday, November 12 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, November 14 at the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Martin Klamm officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Allison was born July 4, 1911 to the late Clint and Jennie Able Hazlewood in Uptonville, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and a member of the Huntingdon Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, C. W. Allison, who died in 1986 and one son, James Robert Allison.
She is survived by one daughter, Martha Crider of Huntingdon; two sons, Charles Allison of Milan and Kenneth Allison of Memphis; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
 

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