Autis Odell Griffin Clements

Services for Autis Odell Griffin Clements, of Brookhaven, are 2p.m. Saturday, July 2 at Brookhaven Funeral Home with burial inEasthaven Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Clements, 93, died June 30, 2005, at Beverly Health Care.She was born in Pontotoc County on Feb. 23, 1912, to Thomas Griffinand Fannie Biffle Griffin.

She was a retired teacher and retail store assistant manager.She was a member of First Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, James KernClements; and a sister, Sally Earline Holder.

Survivors are her daughters, Kelsey Clements and her husband,James Harold Weeks, and Jane Clements and her husband, ThomasWillard Price, all of Brookhaven; her granddaughters, KarolRussell, of Nederland, Texas, and Bethany Avant, of Houston, Texas;her grandsons, Clay Weeks, Wesley Weeks, and Wade Weeks, all ofBrookhaven, and Jeffrey Price, of Dallas, Texas; and 17great-grandchildren.

Ernest Gilmore

Graveside services for Ernest Gilmore, of Brookhaven, are 11a.m. Saturday, July 2 at Zion Hill Church Cemetery in Wesson.

Visitation is Friday from 1-7 p.m., with a wake from 6-7 p.m. atWilliams Mortuary.

Mr. Gilmore, 79, died June 27, 2005, at Countrybrook LivingCenter. He was born on Oct. 17, 1925, to Mangold Gilmore Sr. andOlivia Gilmore.

He was retired. He served in the Navy and in World War II.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers, JoshGilmore, J.C. Gilmore, Mangold Gilmore Jr. and Jack Gilmore; andhis sisters, Ina Mason and Mattie Gilmore.

Survivors are his son, Tony Gilmore, of Brookhaven; his sisters,Fannie Lee Gilmore, of Natalbany, La., Sadie Mae Myles, of Marrero,La., and Olivia Brown, of Wesson; his brothers, Lee Will Gilmore,of Brookhaven, Shelby Gilmore, of Natalbany, and Major Gilmore, ofMarrero.

Abbie Louise Deare Maxwell

Services for Abbie Louise Deare Maxwell, of Monticello, are 10a.m. Friday, July 1 at Monticello Baptist Church with burial inMonticello Municipal Cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5-9 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home inMonticello.

Mrs. Maxwell, 69, died June 28, 2005, at Lawrence CountyHospital. She was born in Lawrence County on Sept. 18, 1935, toAlbert Barney Deare and Hautie Mae Davis Deare.

She retired as a nursery school teacher, after 20 years. She wasan active member of Monticello Baptist Church where she sang in theSenior Adult Choir.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Shelby R.Maxwell; and two brothers, Willie B. and Prentiss LavelleDeare.

Survivors are her sons, Williard Maxwell, of Madison, and ReggieMaxwell, of Monticello; her sisters, Ida Elouis King and Sylvia MaeGivens, both of Monticello; John Sexton Deare, of Monticello; eightgrandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Dr. Junius H. Terrell

Services for Dr. Junius H. Terrell, of Chapel Hill, N.C., are2:15 p.m. Friday, July 1 at Brookhaven Funeral Home with burial inRosehill Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Dr. Terrell, 78, died June 27, 2005. He was born in McCall Creekon June 21, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. William E. Terrell.

After graduating from West Lincoln High School in McCall Creek,he received an associate’s degree in business from WhitworthCollege and a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University. Heearned his MBA and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin andwas a Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina and Texas.

Prior to beginning his career in the field of accountingeducation, Dr. Terrell was an audit manager for Arthur Anderson andCo. in Houston, Texas. He taught at Bucknell University, VirginiaTech and the University of Texas at Austin prior to joining thefaculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where hetaught for 24 years. During that time, he served as president ofthe NC State Board of CPA Examiners and was the recipient ofnumerous teaching awards, including the Nicholas SalgoDistinguished Teaching Award, the UNC Business School UndergraduateProgram Teaching Award, and the University Award for Excellence inInspirational Teaching.

In 1990, Dr. Terrell left UNC Chapel Hill to become the Dean ofthe Ketner School of Business at Catawba College in Salisbury,N.C., a position he held until his retirement from full-timeteaching. Catawba president Stephen Wurster in announcing Terrell’sappointment said, “Dr. Terrell is widely known and respected inboth the academic and business communities. His many contacts andprofessional stature will be a major asset for the faculty,students and programs at the Ketner School. He also has thepersonal qualities necessary to fulfill high expectations thiscommunity has for the Ketner School.”

During his tenure at Catawba, the North Carolina CPA Foundationpresented Dr. Terrell their esteemed “Outstanding Educator Award.”The nomination for this award had included these words, “Hisability to motivate is obvious, as his former students can be foundin leadership positions throughout the country – in both the publicand private sector.”

Active in his profession, Terrell served in leadership roles innumerous organizations and was published widely. He was therecipient of the Ernst and Whinney Faculty Fellowship Award, theCoopers and Lybrand Excellence in Audit Education Program FacultyAward and a research grant from the Price Waterhouse Foundation. Heserved as a Deacon and Moderator of University Baptist Church inChapel Hill.

Dr. Terrell is survived by his wife of 55 years, Bonnie BlackTerrell; his daughter, Rebecca Ann Perry and her husband, TonyPerry, of Atlanta; his sisters, Eva T. Pullen, of Brookhaven, FayeT. Moore, of Bay St. Louis, and Regina McGraw Hinote, of Mobile,Ala.; his brothers, Clyde Terrell, of McCall Creek and LintonTerrell, of Edwards; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Research and/or RowanRegional Home Health and Hospice in Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Carolyn V. Thomas

Services for Carolyn V. Thomas, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Saturday, July 2 at Pine Grove M.B. Church in Sontag with burial inthe church cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 1-8:30 p.m., with a wake from7:30-8:30 p.m., at Williams Mortuary.

Mrs. Thomas, 58, died June 24, 2005, at Mississippi BaptistMedical Center. She was born on March 19, 1947, to ClarenceCampbell and Christine Houston.

She was retired. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christof Latter Day Saints.

Preceding her in death were her parents.

Survivors are her husband, Leonard Thomas, of Brookhaven; hersons, Leonard Brown and his wife, Tonya, of Memphis, Antonio Thomasand his wife, Peggy, Chris Thomas and Pierre Thomas, all ofBrookhaven; her daughter, Aurora Thomas, of Brookhaven; herstepson, Ronnie Joe Thomas and his wife, Debbie, of Iowa City,Iowa; her adopted daughters, Forneta Thomas and Stephanie Dillon,both of Brookhaven, and Vicki Watson, of Oxnard, Calif.; herbrothers, Johnnie Houston, Lawrence Houston, George Houston andAndrew Houston; her sisters, Patricia Houston, Diane Houston,Marilyn Houston, Sylvia Houston, and Eva Mae Houston; 20grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.