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Virginia Mae Clay
Pickens
Virginia Mae Clay, 72, of Pickens, died August 10, 2004.
Funeral services were held Aug. 16 at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Pickens with burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include: her children, Allene Adams and husband Phillip of Dixon, Washington, all of Pickens; a granddaughter she reared, Kimberly Cheatham and husband Marlin of Jackson; sisters-in-law, Emma D. Garrett, Catherine Garrett and Helen Garrett, all of Pickens; and 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Jerry Wayne Squires Jr.
Canton
Jerry Wayne Squires Jr., 23, of Canton, died Aug. 12, 2004, in an automobile accident on Hwy. 25 in Rankin County.
Funeral services were held Aug. 15 at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel in Canton with burial in Canton City Cemetery.
Squires was a graduate of Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Fla. He was a sheet metal fabricator with Stevens Sheet Metal in Pearl.
Survivors include: his wife, Brandy Easterling Squires of Canton; his son, Dillion Squires of Canton; his daughter, Savannah Walker of Kissimmee, Fla.; his mother, Jamie Williams Warren of Flowood; his father, Jerry Wayne Squires of Kissimmee; sister, Jamie Danielle Tidwell of Canton; grandparents, Dorothy Williams of Canton and Harold Wayne and Patricia Squires of Kissimmee, Fla.
Eliza Nichols Clerk
Pickens
Eliza Nichols Clerk, 86, of Pickens, died July 30, 2004.
Funeral services were held Aug. 5 at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Pickens with burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include: her daughters, Annie B. Winfield and husband Clyde of Phoenix, Ariz., Alean Clayton and husband Joe of Vaughan, Evangelist Doristine Moore and husband Minister Isiah Moore of Jackson, Bernice Davis and Catherine Ousley, both of St. Louis, Mo., Eliza Johnson of Detroit, Mich., and Ruby Wester of Pickens; her sons, Jessie B. Clerk and wife Elaine, Artee Clerk and wife Janice, Arthur Lee Clerk, all of Detroit, Lee Ervin Clerk Sr. and wife Clemetine of Jackson; sisters, Annie Walker and Selena McBride; three grandchildren she raised as her own, Tammy Cole and husband James of Madison, Charles Ousley III and wife Tracey and Bernadette Ousley of St. Louis.
Ronald Dean Lawrence
Florence
Ronald Dean Lawrence, 47, of Florence, died August 17, 2004, at Texas; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Ervin Lee 'Pepper' Draine
Canton
Ervin Lee "Pepper" Draine of Canton, 44, died June 30, 2004, at the University of Parker of Canton; grandmothers, Bobbie Ann Bilbrew and Mary Lee Smith, both of Canton, and Joyce Ann Adams of Carter of Nebraska. After graduation, she was employed as a dietician in several hospitals. After returning to Canton, she taught school in the Canton Public School System until her retirement.
Survivors include: her sister, Frances Lutz of Canton; brother, Wilson Lutz of Canton; and a number of nieces and nephews.
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