Elmer Lee Allen

Services for Elmer Lee Allen of Brookhaven are 2 p.m., Tuesday,Dec. 30, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burial in RosehillCemetery.

Mr. Allen, 89, died Dec. 28, 2003, in Lawrence County. He wasborn in Lincoln County on May 24, 1914, to Augustus Allen andArtemis Furlow Allen.

He was a retired farmer and construction worker. He was a memberof Harmony Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Helen LanelleAllen Allen; a son, Tommy Allen; a daughter, Lynda McGuffee; twosisters; three brothers; and four great-grandchildren, DonnaColeman, Amy McGuffee, and Hailey and Hannah McWhorter.

Survivors are his daughter, Pat Carr of Alexandria, La.; hissons, Johnny Allen of Monticello, and Kenneth Joe Allen of Duluth,Minn.; 17 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.

Palestine Thames Hemphill

Services for Palestine Thames Hemphill of Tylertown were 11a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with burialin Roberts Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Hemphill, 100, died Dec. 27, 2003, at Walthall GeneralHospital. She was born in Lawrence County on June 20, 1903, to JoeThames and Oma Sauls Thames.

She was a homemaker.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, a sisterand a brother.

Survivors are her stepdaughter, Ada May Schofield of Mendenhall;two stepgrandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; threestepgreat-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces andnephews.

Jerome Evans Lester

Services for Jerome Evans Lester of Monticello are 1 p.m.,Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Faith Chapel Funeral Home in Cantonment,Fla., with burial in St. Elizabeth Cemetery. Community FuneralServices is in charge of arrangements in Brookhaven.

Visitation is Tuesday from 6-8 p.m., at Faith Chapel FuneralHome.

Mr. Lester, 88, died Dec. 28, 2003, at his residence. He wasborn in Rome, Ga., on Sept. 25, 1915, to Clinton Lester and Bula M.Colson.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and a daughter, DiannaSanders.

Survivors are his wife, Gladys Lester of Monticello; hisdaughter, Carolyn Morgan of Monticello; his sister, Faye Lester ofCalifornia; his brothers, Howard Lester and Reese Lester, both ofAlbertsville, Ala.; and seven grandchildren.

Anne Louise Crenshaw Logan

Services for Anne Louise Crenshaw Logan of Jackson are 11 a.m.,Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home indowntown Jackson with burial in the Masonic Cemetery in Newton.

Visitation is Tuesday from 4-7 p.m., and Wednesday from 10-11a.m., at the funeral home.

Mrs. Logan, 78, died Dec. 28, 2003, at Riverside Medical Centerin Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Tchula.

She graduated from Newton High School in 1943, and attended EastCentral Junior College, University of Mississippi and MississippiState College for Women. She received her Bachelor of Sciencedegree in dietary nutrition and became a registered dietitian afteran internship in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was a lifelong member ofthe American Dietetic Association, and served on the nutritionstaff at the Baptist and University hospitals in Jackson. She wason the staff of University Medical Center for 27 years. At the timeof her retirement, she was serving as the director of foodservices.

She was a member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, whereshe was an active participant in her Sunday school class andWomen’s Circles. She was an avid gardener and enthusiasticparticipant in the ceramic arts. She enjoyed making quilts for herfamily. She supported her community in many ways, including theStew Pot Kitchen, Mississippi International Art Exhibitions andMethodist Council on Ministries. She was a former resident ofCharleston and Lawrence.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Robert L. Logan; andher sister, Imogene Crenshaw Joiner.

Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda K. and WilliamM. Eddy of Columbus, Ohio; her son and daughter-in-law, Robert L.Logan Jr. and Jill of Brookhaven; her brother and sister-in-law,Dr. C.N. Crenshaw Jr. and Francis; her grandchildren, Dr. KelseyLogan of Madison, R. Burns Logan, J.D., M.B.A., of Jackson, andMorgan Anne Eddy of Columbus, Ohio; and a host of nieces andnephews.

Memorials may be made to the Hederman Cancer Center, MississippiBaptist Hospital, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Jackson, orHalf The Sky Foundation (Chinese Children Adoption Agency) athalfthesky.org.