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Meridian Star, November 7, 2006 Submitted by Debora Reese

Francis Eugene Parker

Retired business owner

QUITMAN — Services for Francis Eugene Parker were held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Quitman. Burial was in Enterprise Cemetery. Wright’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Parker, 76, of Quitman, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, in his home. He was born on Oct. 9, 1930, in Stonewall. He grew up with his childhood sweetheart, Delores Davis in Stonewall. He graduated from Enterprise High School in 1948, and attended Mississippi State University. He returned home to marry Delores at Stonewall Baptist Church. He worked at Erwin Mills in Stonewall before taking over the family business after his father’s death. Odorless Cleaners was then moved to Quitman in 1960. He drove delivery routes from Stonewall, Enterprise, Heidelberg, Vossburg, Pachuta and surrounding areas. He was an active owner-operator until his retirement in 1995.

Mr. Parker was known as a man strong in his faith and was a great inspiration to his family and all that knew him. He was a long time member of First Baptist Church of Quitman, where he taught the Francis Parker’s Men Adult Sunday School Class for more than 35 years until his health prevented him. He loved the Lord and studying his Bible and shared his wealth of knowledge with others.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Delores Parker of Quitman; a son, Gary Parker and his wife, Jerry Kaye, of Hattiesburg; daughters, Vicki Mathis and her husband, Donnie, of Meridian, Jan Bishop and her husband, Tony, of Waynesboro and Dana Rodgers and her husband, Gary, of Quitman; grandchildren, Ryan Mathis and his wife, Reanna, Lauren Mathis, Keri Mathis, all of Meridian, Chris Parker and Craig Parker, both of Hattiesburg, Brent Bishop and Cory Bishop, both of Waynesboro, Leah Rodgers, Katelyn Rodgers, both of Quitman; great-grandchildren, Gage Parker, Talon Parker, Ethan Parker, all of Hattiesburg, Gavin Mathis of Meridian; sisters, Deloris Ross of Laurel and Rita Reed of Hattiesburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roger C. and Claudia Mae Parker and a grandson, Derek Parker.

Memorials may be made to Clarke County Baptist Association or to a charity of choice.

Pallbearers were members of his Sunday school class

(Unknown Newspaper & Date Published) Newspaper Clipping, Submitted by Debora Reese

PARKER, Lugenia, Miss, 46

Services for Miss Lugenia Parker, 46, held from Mont Rose Baptist Church, died at sister's residence, Mrs. O. C. Halbert, Star Route, Shubuta; Miss Parker was a former resident of Route 1, Quitman; survivors - three sisters, Mrs. O. G. Courtney, Rt 2, Hattiesburg; Mrs. Howard Campbell, Rt 1, Quitman; Mrs. O. C. Halbert, Star Route, Shubuta; five brothers. S. T. Parker, Rt 2, Ellisville; Clayton Parker, Bonita; David Parker, Rt 2, Forrest; Luke Parker, Arlington, VA; Hosey Parker, Rt 4, Quitman; a number of nieces and nephews; pallbearers - David Williams, David Thompson, J. C. Martin, Thomas Dearman, Jimmy Culpepper, C. L. Culpepper.

Meridian Star, January 13, 2007 Submitted by Debora Reese

Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne

HATTIESBURG — Services for Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne will be held Sunday, at 2 p.m. at Jones & Son Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Emmett Payne, Jr. of Forest Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Gadsden, Ala., officiating. Burial will be in Roseland Park Cemetery.

Mrs. McDaniel, 94, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center. She was born on August 10, 1912, in the Stonewall Community of Clarke County, one of two daughters born to Louis Presley McDaniel and Katie Mae Saltonstall McDaniel, and David N. Payne.

She attended school at Magnolia Elementary School, Magnolia, and Tuscaloosa Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, Ala., before attending the Quitman School System, graduating from Quitman High School in 1931 and Jones County Junior College, Ellisville, in 1933. She later attended The University of West Alabama and The University of Southern Mississippi.

She worked for four years in the office of Clarke County Superintendent of Education before marrying Robert Emmitt Payne, Sr., of Lauderdale, on July 24th, 1937. After living in Rolling Fork for six years, the couple moved to Lauderdale with their two young sons where Edith was active in community activities and The Lauderdale Presbyterian Church. She taught nine years at Lauderdale High School before joining the United States Post Office staff at Lauderdale. She served as Postmaster until 1978, retiring after 20 years of service. In 1981, Edith moved to the Oak Grove Community of Lamar County.

Survivors include her sons, Robert Emmett Payne, Jr., and his wife, Elizabeth “Betty” Payne of Birmingham, Ala., and William Norman Payne and his late wife, Carolyn P. Payne of Kingwood, Texas; and a daughter, Katherine Payne Cole and her husband, John Franklin, of Hattiesburg; grandchildren, Robert Emmitt Payne III of Douglasville, Ga., William Brian Payne and his wife, Shelley LeBlanc Payne of Dunwoody, Ga., David Norman Payne of Jackson, Jeptha Newton Cole and Karen Field Cole of Jackson, and Thomas Payne Cole of Jackson, Mary Elizabeth Payne of Franklin, Tenn., Anna Louise Cole Asher and her husband, Frederick Herlihy Asher of River Ridge, La., and Meredith Amanda Cole of Hattiesburg; great- grandchildren, Joel Austin Payne of Douglasville, Ga., William Parish Payne of Dunwoody, Ga., and John Stanton Cole of Jackson, and Claire Davis Payne of Dunwoody; two sisters-in-law Margaret Payne McCully of Jackson, and Olive Kennedy Payne of Brandon; cousins, Emily and Guy Gunn, Trudy Perry of San Antonio, Texas, Johnny Noland of Austin, Texas, Peggy Howell of Houston, Texas, Pat and Byron Jackson of Hillsboro, Ore., Edna Saltonstall of Norfolk, Neb., Gurdon and Elizabeth Saltonstall of Nashville, Tenn., Donald Gavin of Hattiesburg, Rowena Rollins of Allenhurst, N.J., Mary Parks of Taylors, S.C., and Ted and Sue Willard of Columbia, S.C.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Emmitt Payne, Sr., Lauderdale; her parents Louis Presley McDaniel and Katie Mae Saltonstall McDaniel, and her sister Katherine McDaniel.

Memorials may be made to the Lauderdale Presbyterian Church, 2731 Presbyterian Church Road, Lauderdale, MS 39335 or a charity of choice.

Pallbearers will be grandsons Robert Emmitt Payne III, William Brian Payne, Fredrick H. Asher, Jeptha N. Cole, Thomas P. Cole, and David N. Payne.

Visitation will be this evening and Sunday morning.

Clarke County Tribune, Wednesday, July 24, 1996

Wilda Glynese Smith Pettis

Services for Wilda Glynese Smith Pettis were held July 22, 1996 at Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. R. P. Colter and Rev. Billy Whitaker officiated.

Mrs. Smith 73, of Shubuta, died July 20m 1996, at her residence.

She is survived by her husband Sam Pettis, Shubuta; two brothers, Austin Smith, Quitman, and Oren Byron Smith, Birmingham; and several nieces and nephews.

Clarke County Tribune, February 1, 1995

Myrtle Mayrene Pierce

Graveside services for Myrtle Mayrene Pierce were held January 28, 1995, at Manassa Cemetery. Rev. Buddy Braddock officiated.

Mrs. Pierce, 52, died January 26, 1995.

She is survived by a daughter, Phyllis Pierce, Quitman and her father, M. P. Robinson, Irvington, Alabama.