Clifton Patrick Burns Sr.

Services for Clifton Patrick Burns Sr., of Bogue Chitto, are 2p.m. Tuesday, March 25, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapelwith burial in Cold Springs Cemetery.

Visitation is Monday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Burns, 67, died March 22, 2008, in Gulfport. He was born onAug. 21, 1940, to Ted Burns and Lillian Hayes Burns.

He was a retired truck driver.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and his wife, LucilleBurns.

Survivors include his sons, Clifton Patrick Burns Jr., RickyBurns and Michael Burns; his daughter, Brenda Burns; his brothers,Ronnie Burns, of Bogue Chitto, and Troy Burns, of Jackson; hissisters, Lavon Laird, of Brookhaven, Alvie Myers, of Brookhaven,Marie Lenoir, of Meadville, Lucille Hicks, of Florida, and TeddiePerere, of Plaquemine, La.; four grandchildren; and onegreat-grandchildren.

Anne Elizabeth Price Cox

A memorial service for Anne Elizabeth Price Cox, 81, will beTuesday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m. at the Chapel at First BaptistChurch in Starkville.

Mrs. Cox passed away at Cullman Regional Medical CenterThursday, March 20, 2008. She was born Feb. 1, 1927, in Fayette, toJ.H. and Mamie Price. After graduating from Brookhaven High Schoolin Brookhaven, at age 16, she went to Atlanta then Washington D.C.during WWII working for the War Department. After the war sheattended Mississippi State University where she was active in manycampus activities. She married her husband George Earl Cox Jr. andsettled in Starkville. She was the County Office Clerk for the U.S.Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration in OktibbehaCounty until her retirement in 1987. She was a member of FirstBaptist Church in Starkville for many years. Above all she was abeloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister who will be deeplymissed.

Survivors include her husband; three sisters, Jane McKinno,n ofWaveland, Evelyn McCready, of Pomona, Calif., and VirginiaCovington, of Hattiesburg; a son, Jim Cox, of Crane Hill; threedaughters, Jane Walker, of Raleigh, N,C,, Laura Cox, of Cullman,and Virginia Claire Cox, of Raleigh, N.C. and Harrison, Idaho; fourgranddaughters; two grandsons; and six great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made inMrs. Cox’s name to a hospice organization of your choice or Hospiceof Cullman County, 402 4th Ave. N.E., Cullman, AL 35055. Donationforms are available at www.crmchospital.com/docs/hspdonate.pdf.

Visitation will be Tuesday 1 hour 30 minutes prior to thememorial service.

Grace Sorrels Holliday

Grace Sorrels Holiday, 87, of Canton, died Saturday, March 22,2008, at her home.

Visitation will be Tuesday, March 25, from 10 until 11 a.m. atthe First United Methodist Church with burial in Canton Cemetery.Dr. Roger McGrew and the Rev. Joe Landrum will officiate. BreelandFuneral Home in Canton is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Holliday was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Bradenton, Fla., to thelate Joseph Allen and Lillian McGinty Sorrels.

On Nov. 6, 1936, Grace married Samuel Newton Holiday Jr., inMadison County. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmotherwho always put her children first. They lived in Sharon until 1957when they moved to Canton. She was the buyer and bookkeeper forHolliday Homes and also a furniture sales associate with Gayler’sDepartment Store for many years. She was an avid gardener and herlove of antiques and flair for decorating were well known.

Grace was a dedicated member of First United Methodist Church, aSunday School teacher, a Methodist Conference delegate, a member ofthe Frances Brown Sunday School Class, United Methodist Women andthe Blanche Howell Circle. She also belonged to the Canton GardenClub, Home Demonstration Club, Maids and Matrons and the MoonShooter’s Rook Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, SamuelNewton Holliday; her parents; her brother, Joseph Allen SorrelsJr.; her sisters, Louise S. de Ovies, Maxine Sorrels, Willa S.Silva, Lillian S. McQueary, Beatrice S. Downey, Alva S. White,Bessie S. Milling and Mavis S. Belk.

She is survived by her son, Samuel Newton Holliday III, ofCanton; daughters, Elizabeth H. Arrington, of Brookhaven, andKathryn H, Carter, of Clinton; grandsons, Samuel Keith Arrington(Tina), Wesley Clark Arrington (Angela), of Hattiesburg, StanleyMarvin Holliday, of Canton, Michelle Carter Brown (Joey), ofClinton, Leigh Carter Michaels (Sam), of Sumrall; sisters, DorothyS. Myers, of Columbus, Ga., and Carolyn S. Collins (Earl), ofCanton; sister-in-law, Jeanine Sorrels, of Dallas; and numerousgreat-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Memorials may be madein her memory to First United Methodist Church, 3301 S. LibertySt., Canton MS 39046.

Serving as pallbearers are Keith Arrington, Wes Arrington,Andrew Arrington, Stan Holliday, Joey Brown, Sam Michaels, BobbyHolliday and Travis Putnam.

The family would like to say a special thank you to her sister,Carolyn Collins, for her love and devotion through the years and aspecial thanks to Grace’s final caregiver, Nicole Sellers, herdoctor, Dr. Paul Vanlandingham, and her many friends andfamily.