From September 25, 2001

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, September 25, 2001

TOMMY FREEMAN

Tommy Freeman died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, at ParkView Regional Medical Center as the result of a motor vehicle accident. He was 48.

Mr. Freeman was employed at Cooper Lighting and was a member of Resolution Local No. 1873. He was of the Baptist faith.

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He was preceded in death by his parents, Ned and Georgia Washington Freeman, and a brother, Ervin Freeman.

Survivors include his wife, Vernesser Walker Freeman; three sons, Aaron Walker, Tommy Rashone Freeman and Tommy Bester, all of Vicksburg; two daughters, Debra Ann Walker of Long Beach, Calif., and Chiquita Lyons of Vicksburg; four brothers, George Freeman, Walter Freeman, Glenn Allen Freeman and Wayne N. Freeman, all of Vicksburg; three sisters, Dorothy Dee, Velma Williams and Mary Joe Freeman, all of Vicksburg; six grandchildren; nieces; nephews; cousins; and other relatives.

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

CHARLIE JOE GREEN

Services for Charlie Joe “Prophet” Green will be at noon Thursday at St. Luke Church of God in Christ, 915 1st East St., with Elder Douglas Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Green died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, at ParkView Regional Medical Center. He was 56.

Mr. Green was born in Warren County and served as an evangelist at St. Luke Church of God in Christ.

He was preceded in death by his father, Milton Green; his maternal grandparents, Bertha Duncan and Arthha Evans; his paternal grandparents, Beatrice and George Green; and his stepfather, Albert Green.

Survivors include his wife, Connie Green of Grand Rapids, Mich., and his mother, V’Ella Evans McWade of Vicksburg.

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

JORDAN SMITH SR.

Jordan Smith Sr. died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home. He was 87.

Mr. Smith retired as a fireman from Anderson-Tully Co. He served in the Army in World War II and was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jordan and Mamie Austin Smith; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Slaughter; two brothers, Ledell Smith and Matthew Smith; and a sister, Helen Thomas.

He is survived by his wife, Daisy Davis Smith of Vicksburg; one son, Jordan Smith Jr. of Vicksburg; a stepson, Richard Scott of Vicksburg; three daughters, Linda S. Burnside of Hollandale, Mamie Smith of Las Vegas and Patricia Cole of Vicksburg; a stepdaughter, Lillian Limbert of Washington, D.C.; 26 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

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