From August 23, 2001

Published 12:00 am Thursday, August 23, 2001

AMELIA SCHULER COLEMAN

Services for Amelia Schuler Coleman will be at 1 p.m. Friday at New Mount Pilgrim M.B. Church with the Rev. Henry Williams officiating. Burial will follow at green Acres Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 until 7 tonight.

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Mrs. Coleman died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at her home. She was 66.

Mrs. Coleman was a homemaker and a member of New Mount Pilgrim M.B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lacey Coleman Sr.; her parents, William and Eddie Johnson Schuler; and two sisters, Gracie Evans and Marcella Walton.

Mrs. Coleman is survived by two sons, Lacey Coleman Jr. of Norfolk, Va., and Stacey Coleman of Vicksburg; two daughters, Eva Griffin of Vicksburg and Marcella Odom of Georgia; a stepson, Luvester Bowman of Chicago; four sisters, Jessie Mae Young and Virginia Stovall, both of Baton Rouge; Mytris Frazier of Jackson and Susie B. Cox of Natchez; six grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and other relatives, including the Taylor, Walton, Cox, Gibson, Johnson, Evans and Frazier families.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

WILLIAM O. FLOWERS

Services for William O. Flowers will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Vicksburg City Auditorium with the Rev. Louis A. Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday until the service at the auditorium.

Mr. Flowers died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, at ParkView Regional Medical Center. He was 52.

Mr. Flowers was the seventh-grade principal at Vicksburg Junior High School. He was a 1967 graduate of Rosa A. Temple High School. He received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in administration and supervision from Jackson State University. He also did post-graduate work at JSU.

He was a member of Mount Ararat M.B. Church where he was in the adult choir. He was a member of the Mississippi Association of Educators, National Educators Association and Mississippi Association of School Administrators.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dennis Flowers Sr., and a brother, Robert Wayne Flowers.

He is survived by his mother, Gleneva Bowman Flowers of Vicksburg; four brothers, Dennis Flowers Jr., Edward J. Flowers and Carl Andr Flowers, all of Vicksburg, and Michael Flowers of Brandon; his sister, Gladys E. Cage of Chicago; and other relatives.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

ELISE COOR KITCHEN

ST. JOSEPH Elise Coor Kitchen died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, in Tallulah. She was 89.

A homemaker, Mrs. Kitchen was a member of Christ Episcopal Church of St. Joseph and its Ladies Auxiliary. She had lived in Tensas Parish for more than 80 years.

She graduated from Louisiana State Normal College in Natchitoches and was a former teacher at Joseph Moore Davidson High School.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel Braxton and Addie Valentine Coor.

Survivors include her husband, James Ancel Kitchen Sr. of St. Joseph; two sons, James Ancel Kitchen Jr. and John Coor Kitchen, both of St. Joseph; a brother, John Richard Coor of St. Joseph; a sister, Ellen Coor Hudnall of St. Joseph; four grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph with the Rev. Robert Cooper officiating. Burial will follow at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton under the direction of Comer Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Friday until the service at the church.

Pallbearers will be James A. Kitchen III, John Charles Kitchen, William Daniel Kitchen, Leroy McDaniel, Allen Perritt and Jerome K. Post Jr.

J.C. PETTWAY

J.C. Pettway died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at his home. He was 91.

Mr. Pettway was a native and lifelong resident of Warren County. He was employed by the Warren County Highway Department. He was also employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the Mat Sinking Unit for six years.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Pettway; three sons, James Sonny Pettway, Bobby Pettway and William Billy Pettway.

Survivors include two sons, Boots Pettway and Rudy Pettway, both of Vicksburg; two daughters, Barbara Strickland and Mary Simmons, both of Vicksburg; his brother, Tommy Pettway of Vicksburg; 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Dwight Sibley officiating. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Carl Pettway, Bill Pettway, David Lynn Pettway, Pete Stubbs, Jim Pettway, Robert Sibley, Hoyt Hogan, Lester Pettway and Ronnie Pettway.

Honorary pallbearers will be Milton Pettway and Henry Cobb.

Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1640 Lelia Drive, Suite 130, Jackson, MS. 39216.

CHARLES DONALD WELLS

NATCHEZ Charles Donald Wells died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001, at Natchez Regional Medical Center. He was 73.

Mr. Wells was born in Amite County.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Archie Frith and Janie Mae Long Wells, and a daughter, Mavis Wells Creech.

Survivors include his wife, Norvelle L. Wells of Natchez; two sons, Dr. Charles D. Wells Jr. of Longview, Texas, and Chris L. Wells of Vicksburg; two brothers, Boyd F. Wells of McComb and Bobby J. Wells of Richards, Texas; one sister, Rita Wilkerson of McComb; and three grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Morgantown Baptist Church with Dr. Edgar L. Wright officiating. Burial will be at 12:30 p.m. at East Fork Cemetery in Amite County. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 tonight at Laird Funeral Home in Natchez.

Pallbearers will be Jack McLemore, Paul Green, Shirley Brent, Herman Eldridge, Oliver Lee, L.C. Smith, James Delaney and Rayford Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Morgantown Baptist Church.

Memorials may be made to Morgantown Baptist Church or to a favorite charity.