Services for Annie Bell Partridge of Brookhaven were 10 a.m.,Thursday, March 29, at Franklin Funeral Home with burial in OakGrove Methodist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Partridge, 76, died March 27, 2001, at King’s DaughtersMedical Center. She was born in Franklin County on Aug. 23, 1924,to Louie H. Emfinger and Minnie Belle Cupit Emfinger.

She was a homemaker. She was a member of Oak Grove MethodistChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, CliffordBruce Partridge; her sister, Virginia Fondren; and her brothers,Edward, Herbert, J.C., Louis, and Barney Earl Emfinger.

Survivors are her sons, Johnnie Bruce Partridge of Columbus andEdward R. Partridge of Vicksburg; her daughter, Regina Boyte ofBrookhaven; her grandchildren, Stacy Peeples of Minden, La., AmandaMoore of Southhaven, Sandy Brown of Bogue Chitto, Robin Mixon ofEupora, Melanie Benson of Columbus, and Wes Boyte of Brookhaven;her great-grandchildren, Rusty and Dusti Peeples of Minden, La.,Anna Neal of Bogue Chitto, Waylan Moore of Southhaven, and William,Madeline and Clayton Mixon, all of Eupora; and numerous nieces andnephews.

Memorials may be made to Silver Cross Nursing Home, AttentionRhonda Deer, Activities Dept., 503 Silver Cross Drive, Brookhaven,MS 39601