Obituaries for Wednesday, November 5

Published 6:00 am Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Lynda Russell

Services for Lynda Russell of Monticello are 2 p.m., Thursday,Nov. 6, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Carmel BaptistChurch Cemetery.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5-9 p.m., at Wilson FuneralHome.

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Ms. Russell, 62, died Nov. 4, 2003, at Lawrence County Hospital.She was born in Monticello on July 27, 1941, to Buel T. Russell andBerneice Summers Russell.

She was retired after 37 years with Mississippi Department ofEducation. She was a member of Carmel Baptist Church, where sheserved as treasurer for more than 30 years.

Preceding her in death were her parents; a brother, DonnieRussell; and a nephew, Joe Russell.

Survivors are her sister and brother-in-law, Lyda R. Taylor andJimmy of Skene; her brother and sister-in-law, Joseph HollideanRussell and Janice of Monticello; six nieces and nephews; 11great-nieces and great-nephews; and two great-great-nieces andgreat-great-nephews.

Louise Jordan Williams

Services for Louise Jordan Williams of Brookhaven are 10 a.m.,Thursday, Nov. 6, at Catchings Funeral Home Chapel in McComb withburial in Mt. Olive Church of Christ Cemetery.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5-8 p.m., and Thursday from 9-10a.m., at the funeral home.

Mrs. Williams, 77, died Nov. 3, 2003, at her residence. She wasborn in Lincoln County on July 20, 1926, to Chester Jordan andLottie Nordan Jordan.

She was a beautician.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Leo RobertWilliams; a daughter, Gloria Jeannie Williams; her son, RobertWendell Williams; and a brother, Chester Jordan Jr.

Survivors are her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Lakin of Brookhaven;her brothers, Homer Jordan and Jerry Jordan, both of Brookhaven;six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Dollie Dee Cleveland Wilson

Services for Dollie Dee Cleveland Wilson of Jayess are 11 a.m.,Thursday, Nov. 6, at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church withburial in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5-9 p.m., at Wilson FuneralHome.

Mrs. Wilson, 59, died Nov. 3, 2003, at Baptist Medical Center inJackson. She was born in Independence, La., on Jan. 20, 1944, toD.C. Cleveland and Mary Etta Freeman.

She was a hair stylist and a homemaker. She was a member ofPleasant Grove United Methodist Church.

Preceding her in death were her father; a daughter, Gwendolyn A.Langill; a sister, Kathy Freeman; and her brother, DonaldCleveland.

Survivors are her mother; her husband, Paul D. Wilson; herdaughters, Deanon Cleveland of Louisiana, and Billy Freeman ofSummit; her sons, Anthony D. Wilson of Oakvale, and Richard P.Wilson and Donald S. Wilson, both of Jayess; her sisters, Lyn DellSwan of Tickfaw, La., and Etta Ruth Johnson of Florida; hergrandchildren, Charli Elisabeth Wilson, Jason P. Wilson, DanielBeowulf Wilson and Isabelle R. Wilson; and her great-grandchild,Michail B. Wilson.