Obituaries for Thursday, September 16, 2004
Published 5:00 am Thursday, September 16, 2004
Alois Holmes Gill
Services for Alois Holmes Gill of Battle Creek, Mich., formerlyof Bogue Chitto, are 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at New Zion UnionM.B. Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary.
Mrs. Gill, 96, died Sept. 8, 2004, in Battle Creek. She was bornto Alfred E. Holmes and Emma J. Holmes.
She was a member of New Zion Union M.B. Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, SylvesterGill; her son, Alvin B. Moore; her three brothers, Jodie Holmes,Sammie J. Holmes and Robert Holmes; her four sisters, AlbertaMcCall, Lillian Dillon, Sophonia Allen and Genevena Malone; hergranddaughter, Kim Bullock Joseph; and her son-in-law, Rev. CliftonBullock.
Survivors are her two daughters, Bonnie Bullock of Battle Creek,and Ruby Lee Lewis of Detroit, Mich.; her daughter-in-law, OliviaBullock; her sister-in-law, Mynell Holmes of Bogue Chitto; 33grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and a host of nieces,nephews, other relatives and friends.
Etheline W. Lambuth
Services for Etheline Woodall Lambuth of McComb are 1 p.m.Friday, Sept. 17, at Hartman Funeral Home Chapel in McComb. Dr.Jimmy Porter will officiate.
Visitation is Friday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Mrs. Lambuth, 80, died Sept. 15, 2004, at Mississippi BaptistMedical Center. She was born in Lincoln County on Feb. 11, 1924, toOdis and Anna Lofton Woodall.
She was a homemaker, and was active in family, church andcommunity affairs. She graduated from Mississippi State College forWomen with a B.A. in piano, and served as a public school musicteacher in her early years.
She was a member of First Baptist Church of McComb, the PikeCounty Arts Council, the Crescite Club since 1966, and a formermember of the McComb Junior Auxiliary. For many years, she servedas organist at North McComb Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; and her husband, JamesA. Lambuth Jr.
Survivors are her son, Dr. Bruce Woodall Lambuth and his wife,Elise Alford Lambuth, of Jackson; and three grandchildren, AnnElise Lambuth of Dallas, Texas, James Bruce Lambuth of Blacksburg,Va., and John Alford Lambuth of Birmingham, Ala.
Members of the Crescite Club will be honorary pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the Baptist Children’s Village, P.O.Box 27, Clinton, MS 39060.