Maurice Eugene Dawson

Services for Maurice Eugene Dawson, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Tuesday, June 20, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel withburial in Riverwood Memorial Park. The Rev. Gaylon Dawson willofficiate services.

Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Dawson, 67, died June 16, 2006, at his residence. He wasborn on Aug. 29, 1938, to Mann Dawson and Mary Nettie RandallDawson.

He was retired from his job in mobile home service and repairwith Gene’s Mobile Homes. He served in the Navy during the Koreanconflict and Vietnam War.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his sister, EleanorLavene Dawson.

Survivors are his wife, Glenda Laird Dawson; his stepmother,Mavis Dawson of Gloster; his daughter, Lee Dawson Wilson andhusband Joey; his stepsons, Clay Lewis, Clint Lewis and wife Fran,Bubba Freeman and wife Amy, and Larry Rutland; his stepdaughters,Tammy Smith and husband Josh, and Katrena Allred and husband Tony;his brothers, Larry L. Dawson, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., RaymondDawson and wife Jan, of Troy, N.C., Stanley Dawson and wife Diane,of Ferriday, La., Bobby Dawson, of Natchez, the Rev. Gaylon Dawsonand wife Jackie, of Murfreesboro, and Joey Dawson, of Walker, La.;his sisters, Alpha L. Sharpe, of Brookhaven, Agnes F. Wilson, ofWillis, Texas, Edith L. Wills, of Brookhaven, Patsy Towells andhusband Ray, of Gloster, and Trish Dawson, of Brookhaven; hisgrandchildren, Olivia Wilson and Dawson Wilson; his 12stepgrandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are Clifton E. Brown, Jody Butler, Ethan Lofton,Bubba Freeman, Daniel Lofton, Dwayne Anding, Jerry Dale Wills, andClay Lewis. Honorary pallbearers are Gene Dubois, Billy WayneBrown, Larry Rutland and Jackie Whittington.

Memorial gifts for the funeral service may be made to Lee DawsonWilson.

Willis Earl Hall Sr.

Services for Willis Earl Hall Sr., of Columbia, were Sunday,June 18, at Woodlawn United Pentecostal Church with burial inWoodlawn Cemetery. Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia was in chargeof arrangements.

Mr. Hall, 63, died June 16, 2006, in Hattiesburg.

He was a native of Marfa, Texas, and retired from Armstrong Tireand Rubber. He was a member of Woodlawn United PentecostalChurch

Preceding him in death were his parents, Marcus Clell Hall Sr.,and Maiblume Waldrop Hall; his daughter, Christi Lyn Hall; hissister, Betty Jones; and his brother, Marcus Clell Hall Jr.

Survivors are his wife, Vivian Garner Hall, of Columbia; hisson, Willis Earl Hall Jr., of Columbia; his brothers, Stacey Hall,of Springdale, Ark., Malcom Hall, of Natchez, and the Rev. RonnieHall, of Vidalia, La; and his godchild.

Shannon Holifield Pell

Services for Shannon Holifield Pell, of Brookhaven, are 3 p.m.Tuesday, June 20, at First Church of the Nazarene in Brookhavenwith burial in Wesson City Cemetery. Riverwood Family FuneralService is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home, andon Tuesday from 8 a.m. until noon, at Riverwood; and from 2 p.m.until the time of the service at the church.

Mrs. Pell, 33, died June 16, 2006, at St. Dominic-JacksonMemorial Hospital. She was born on Oct. 7, 1972, to J.H. Case andAnn Case.

She was a homemaker.

Preceding her in death were father, Lomax Holifield and herstepfather, J.H. Case

Survivors are her husband, William Pell, of Brookhaven; hersons, Damian Pell and Joshua Pell, both of Brookhaven, andChristopher Gram, of Utica; her daughter, Blakley Lambert, ofUtica; her brothers, Thomas Holifield, of Brookhaven, WoodyHolifield, of Hawaii, and James Case, of Jackson; her sisters, GinaAnn Covington, of Wesson, Elisa Thorpe, of Brookhaven, and SissyCase, of Vicksburg.

James Earl Russell

Services for James Earl Russell, of Brookhaven, were 11 a.m.today, June 19, at Damascus Baptist Church in Franklin County withburial in the church cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home was incharge of arrangements.

Mr. Russell, 83, died June 17, 2006, at Silver Cross Home inBrookhaven. He was born in Franklin County on July 27, 1922, toJohn A. Russell and Vadie Lofton Russell.

He was retired after 38 years with International Paper Companyin Natchez. He was a member of Damascus Baptist Church, where heserved as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many years. He wasa Navy veteran and served during World War II.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his wife, MargaretLee Russell.

Survivors are his sons, James Randy Russell and wife Mary, DannyM. Russell and wife Dianne, all of Brookhaven; his brothers, WillieSmith, of Arkansas, Oscar Russell, of Biloxi; his grandchildren,Denise Griffin and husband David, of Fulton, John Russell and JoeRussell, both of Brookhaven; and his great-grandchild, DylanGriffin.

Zeldra Cupit Smith Wallace

Services for Zeldra Cupit Smith Wallace, of Brookhaven, were 2p.m. Sunday, June 18, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burialin Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Lincoln County.

Mrs. Wallace, 93, died June 16, 2006, at Silver Cross Home inBrookhaven. She was born in Jefferson County on May 18, 1913, toBertie Cupit and Esther Ferguson Cupit.

She was retired from Stahl-Urban Manufacturing Company. She wasa member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands, AubreySmith and Zack Wallace; her son, Robert Lee Smith; and herbrothers, Mack Cupit, Bert Cupit, J.W. Cupit, Marshall Cupit,Willard Cupit, Elmer Cupit, Homer Cupit, and Richard Alton “SonnieBoy” Cupit.

Survivors are her sons, Harold Smith and wife Carolyn, of McCallCreek, and Dennis Smith and wife Connie, of Dayton, Texas; herdaughters, Faye Watts and husband Raymond, Billie Amic, and MargieBoyles and husband Dale, all of Brookhaven; her sister, PaulineKirby, of Ridgeland; 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; andthree great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Ministries.

Wilhelmina Johanna ‘Miranda’ VandermeijWorkman

Services for Wilhelmina Johanna “Miranda” Vandermeij Workman,are 7 p.m. today, June 19, at Riverwood Family Funeral ServiceChapel.

Visitation is today from 6 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Workman, 42, died June 16, 2006, at University Medical Center inJackson. She was born in Denhelder, Holland, on July 11, 1963, toJohannes Vandermeij and Catharina Witsiers Vandermeij.

She was a secretary and bookkeeper with Rebel Testers. She was agraduate of Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson.

Survivors are her parents.