Obituaries for Thursday, March 29, 2007
Published 5:00 am Friday, March 30, 2007
Lillie V. Ford Baldwin
Services for Lillie V. Ford Baldwin, of Meadville, are noon onSaturday, March 21, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Roxiewith burial in Old Sixteen Cemetery in Franklin County. MarshallFuneral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m. at the funeral home inBude, and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service atthe church.
Mrs. Baldwin, 47, died March 24, 2007, at her residence. She wasborn in Meadville on Sept. 30, 1959, to Ernest Ford Sr. and LulaWood.
Preceding her in death were her parents.
Survivors are her loving and devoted husband, Richard Baldwin Jr.;her sons, Jamison Ford and Sharodic Ford; her sister, Mary NellSmith; her brothers, Tullie Ford, Ernest Ford and Eugene Ford; anda host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Odell McGarrh Turman
Services for Odell McGarrh Turman, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Friday, March 30, at National Funeral Chapel in Clarksdale withburial in Oakridge Cemetery. The Rev. Joel Stroud willofficiate.
Visitation is Friday from noon until the time of the service at thefuneral home.
Mrs. Turman, 83, died March 27, 2007, at Haven Hall Health CareCenter. She was born in Tallahatchie County on Feb. 15, 1924, toJennie Collins McGarrh and Ellis McGarrh.
She was a member of Oakhurst Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Frank TurmanSr.; her sisters, Excell Taylor and Willie Berry; her brothers, LeeMcGarrh and Ellis C. McGarrh Jr.
Survivors are her sons, Cary D. Golden and wife Beth, of Memphis,Tenn., and Frank M. Turman Jr., and wife Linda, of Hazlehurst; hergrandchildren, Stephanie Golden Hunt, of Covington, Ga., KathyGolden, of Memphis, Lida Turman McCrory, of Terry, and ChrisTurman, of Raymond; her four great-grandchildren; one niece, twonephews, and many friends.
Memorials may be made to Baptist Children’s Village, P.O. Box 27,Clinton, MS 39060, or Oakhurst Baptist Church, or donor’schoice.
Mattie Reid Wilson
Services for Mattie Reid Wilson, of Monticello, are 11 a.m. Friday,March 30, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Monticello with burialin Carmel Cemetery in Monticello. Wilson Funeral Home is in chargeof arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Wilson, 90, died March 28, 2007, at Lawrence County NursingHome. She was born on Aug. 31, 1916, to Julius Reid and Ada WilsonReid.
She was a homemaker and prior to her retirement was a part-timeflorist. She was a member of Carmel Baptist Church, where sheserved in many capacities during her tenure of membership.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, WoodrowWilson; her two brothers, and her sister.
Survivors are her son, Jimmy and wife Sarah Wilson, of Madison; herdaughter, Betty Lou Wilson, of Monticello; her grandchildren, ScottWilson and Suzanne Watson, of Madison; and her threegreat-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital inMemphis.