Elizabeth Smith
GLEASON: Services for Elizabeth Smith, 89, a homemaker were on Monday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m. at Gallimore Funeral Home with Bro. Joe White officiating. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died Friday, March 22 at Methodist Volunteer Hospital.
She was born March 11, 1913 in Gleason to the late Robert W. and Sally Florence Drewry Curry. She was the widow of Tillmon Smith.
Survivors include a daughter, Celia Dinning; a son, Danny Smith, both of Gleason; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Claude W. Adams
Bloomsfield Hts., Michigan: Memorial services will be held for Claude W. Adams on Monday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m. at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie. Bro. Robert Hull will officiate the services. Mr. Adams, retired from General Motors, died January 19, 2000 at his home.
He was born February 16, 1918 in McKenzie to the late Mary Walpole Adams and Claude Winston Adams. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, ATO, T&N and the Club General Motors. He served four years with the U. S. Navy during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Anne K. Adams; a daughter, Mary Annett Adams Horan; a son, Jay Winston Adams; and two grandchildren.
A son, Claude King Adams also preceded him in death.
There will be visitation prior to the memorial services.

Margaret Jane Higdon
MCKENZIE: Services for Margaret Jane "Mama Jane" Higdon, 85, will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 27 at McKenzie Church of Christ with Bro. Jim Roberts and Bro. Kenneth Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Higdon, retired employee of Brown Shoe Company, died Monday morning, March 25 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
She was born November 17, 1916 in Clarksburg to the late Sudie Hood Scott and Luther Scott. She was a member of the McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include seven daughters, Velta Flippin, Shelba McCaslin, Linda Reed, Lodie Hudson, Jodie Baker, and Sherry Epperson, all of McKenzie and Sue Patton of Valrico, Florida; three sons, Donald Higdon of McKenzie, Terry Higdon of Camden and Richard Wall of Sommerville; a sister, Frances Nell Forrest of Huntingdon; two brothers, Charlie Scott and Cecil Scott, both of Trezevant; seventeen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Her husband, James Elton Higdon; four brothers, Onnie Scott, Virgil Scott, Clayton Scott and Walter D. Scott, and a sister, Gracie Frazee, also preceded her in death.

James Freeman Turner
HOLLOW ROCK: Mr. James Freeman Turner, 81, died Friday morning, March 22 at his home. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, March 23 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Steve Whitworth officiating. Interment followed at New Hope Cemetery near Vale.
Mr. Turner was born January 22, 1921 in Dyer County to the late Lee and Katie Hudson Turner. He was a retired employee of Midland Brake and a member of the New Hope Methodist Church. Three brothers, Harold Turner, R. C. Turner and Aubrey Turner and a sister, Annie Mae Grissom preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Alletha Turner; one son, Freelon Turner of Lexington; two daughters, Joyce Barnhart of Hollow Rock and Janie McDaniel of Martin; nine grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Ada Herbert Johnson Cockroft
COLUMBIA, MARYLAND: Ada Herbert Johnson Cockroft, 82, died March 9 at her home. The funeral service was held on March 13 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Highland, Maryland with burial at Pohick Episcopal Church in Lorton, Virginia.
Mrs. Cockroft was born in Lexington, Mississippi and graduated from Lexington High School. She attended All Saints College in Vicksburg and graduated from the University of Mississippi. She was a member of Chi Omega fraternity.
She worked at the Pentagon during World War II and taught school in Oxford, Mississippi. She lived in Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis and McKenzie.
While living in McKenzie, Mrs. Cockroft was a member of the Mentor Club, the Morning Glory Garden Club and a volunteer at the hospital. She was a very active member of Grace Episcopal Church in Paris. Throughout her life she was very active in the Episcopal Church and served as president of various community groups.
Mrs. Cockroft lived her last years in Columbia. She is survived by her husband, Robert Cockroft; two daughters, Alice Oates of Columbia and Carolyn Cockroft of Woodbridge, Virginia; one granddaughter and a sister, Mrs. Richard Aiken of Jackson, Mississippi.
Memorials may be made at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Pohick Episcopal Church and Johns Hopkins Hospice.

Clifford Lee Hampton
HOLLOW ROCK: Mr. Clifford Lee Hampton, 80, died Friday, March 22 at his home. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, March 24 at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with Elder James Stewart and Brother Terry McDaniel officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hampton was born March 8, 1922 to the late Wiley and Esteadie Thomas Hampton in Westport. He was a retired employee of Henry I. Siegel and a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. A son, Howard Hampton and an infant son preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Juanita Smothers Hampton of Hollow Rock; one daughter, Karen Lifsey of Huntingdon; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Henry Thomas McNeal
GLEASON: Services for Mr. Henry Thomas McNeal, 80, will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 27 at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Gainesville, Georgia with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. McNeal died Saturday, March 23 at McKenzie Methodist Hospital.
He was born May 30, 1921 in Gainesville, Georgia to the late Lucius Preston and Ruth Fleming McNeal.
Survivors include two daughters, Trish Price of Gleason and Nancy Brown of Hampton, South Carolina; three sons, Royce McNeal of Watkinsville, Georgia, Randall McNeal of Houston, Texas and Reggie McNeal of Columbia, South Carolina; a brother, Junior McNeal of Gainesville, Georgia; a sister, Lydia Taylor of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Larry Wayne Ward
MCKENZIE: Graveside services for Larry Wayne Ward were at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 23 at Brock Cemetery in Greenfield with Bro. Sam Holly officiating.
Mr. Ward died Thursday, March 21 at his home.
He was born February 28, 1950 in Greenfield.
Survivors include his mother, Emma M. Webb; two sons, Chris Ward and Kip Ward of Lansing, Michigan; three sisters, Janice Turnbow of McKenzie, Vicky Lienhart of Lansing, Michigan, and Connie Webb Lee of Martin; two brothers, Thomas E. Webb and Ervin Webb, Jr., both of Greenfield and four grandchildren.
His father, Robert Lee Ward, preceded him in death.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

William Lincoln Collins
HUNTINGDON: Mr. William Lincoln Collins, 71, died Monday, March 18 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services were conducted on Wednesday, March 20 at 1:00 p.m. at the Palestine Cemetery with Bro. Phillip Halters officiating.
Mr. Collins was born January 5, 1931 in Carroll County to the late Daniel and Retha (Hedge) Collins. He was a retired truck driver and believed in the Baptist faith. One brother, Nelson Collins also preceded him in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Vicky Hamilton of Lexington and Lisa Williams of Huntingdon; one son, Ronnie Collins of Huntingdon; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Chase Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Geneva Brinkley
WESTPORT: Mrs. Geneva Brinkley, 59, died Friday, March 22, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, March 24 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Roger Ellis officiating. Interment followed in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Benton County.
She is survived by her husband, James S. Brinkley; her mother, Becky Forrest of Yuma; four daughters, Ruth Brinkley of Westport, Jennifer Sellers of Counce, Gayron Seiber and Diane McClellan, both of Camden; one son, Harlan Douglas of Paris; four sisters, Sue Cary of Yuma, Pearl Delaney of Camden, Carolyn Kirksey and Edith Pearson, both of Huntingdon; one brother, Larry Forrest of Sharon and eleven grandchildren.

Margaret Ann Glover
ATWOOD: Services for Mrs. Margaret Ann Glover, 71, will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 17 at the Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Pisgah Cemebery.
Survivors include her husband, Edward Glover of Atwood; two daughters, Jo Ann Carroll and Gloria Glover, both of Atwood and a sister, Joyce B. Sawyer of Memphis.

Charles Larry Fuzzell
MCKENZIE: Services for Charles Larry Fuzzell, 66, were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 19 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Bryant and Jerry Hollingworth officiating. Burial was in Caledonia Cemetery.
Mr. Fuzzell, retired from Goodyear, died Saturday, March 16 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
He was born January 14, 1936 in McKenzie to the late Rachel Reese Fuzzell and Homer Fuzzell.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Jean Fuzzell; two daughters, Rhonda Jean Houston and Gina Kaye Harper, both of McKenzie; two sisters, Joann Rainey of McEwen and Charlene Wade of Charleston, South Carolina and four grandchildren.