Obituaries for Thursday, September 23, 2004

Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 23, 2004

Willie Ed Jackson

Willie Ed “Sonny” Jackson, 65, of Selma, died Monday, September 20, 2004.

Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 25, at Summer Grove M.B. Church in Selma, with the Rev. A.L. Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Miller Funeral Home directing.

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Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Bettie J. Brown Jackson; one daughter, Patricia (Zedrick) Thomas; one son, Willie “Wil” Jackson; three granddaughters, Latoya S. Jackson, Jeanae’ P. Thomas and Kianna R. Thomas; two grandsons, Cory E. Jackson and DeSean Z. Thomas all of Selma; two sisters, Wilma Rogers of Selma and Vinest Steele of Rockford, Ill.; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his parents, Mary and Willie Jackson, three sisters, Rosie Jackson Cunningham, Dorothy Jackson Davis and Thelma Jackson Todd and one child.

Odell Mosley

Odell Mosley, 63, of Brent, died Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at a hospital in Bibb County.

Services are at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, September 23, at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Brent with the Rev. James C. Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Cooper Cemetery in Centerville, with Lee & Rollins Funeral Home directing.

Mary Lee

Mary Lee, formerly of Marion, died Monday, September 20, 2004, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Monday, September 27, at Hopewell Cemetery in Marion, with Lee & Rollins Funeral Home directing.

Hannah O. Heard

Hannah O. Heard, of Marion, died Monday, September 13, 2004.

Services were held on Saturday, September 18, at Marion Baptist Academy with the Rev. Clifford Coleman officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Lee & Rollins Funeral Home directing.

Mary Starkey

Mary Starkey, 80, of Marion, died Tuesday, September 14, 2004.

Services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 21, at Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church in Marion, with the Rev. Farriest Cureton officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Lee & Rollins Funeral

Home directing.

Infant Adream Tyshawn Dukes

Infant Adream Tyshawn Dukes, of Selma, died Saturday, September 18, 2004, at a local hospital.

Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 23, at Little Zion Cemetery with Miller Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include parents, Doris Jeanetta Dukes and Aundra DeWarren Aaron; grandparents, Myrna and Johnny Dukes and Fannie and William Shannon; great-great-grandmother, Sallie Stallworth; a loving godmother, Angela Bell; five uncles, Antoine Stallworth, Johnny Kenyada, Adream and Trebor Dukes; one brother, Aundra Aaron Jr.; four aunts, Kizzy Stallworth, Aundreal Aaron, NeKetha McDole and Tehita Stallworth; one sister, Aiesha Dukes; seven great-uncles, John Stallworth, Robert and Trebor Stallworth, James Percell Jr., J.D. Stallworth, Jurden Murray and Marcus Clark; seven great-aunts, Dorothy Stallworth, Essie Stallworth, Nicole, Shelly and Latisha Percell, Authurene Tyre and Vera L. Aaron; great-grandmothers, Mary Stallworth and Vera M. Aaron; one great-grandfather, James Percell Sr.; and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.