August 28, 2002

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, August 28, 2002

The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries for residents, former residents and residents’ immediate family members who resided elsewhere when notified by a family member or a funeral home. There is no charge for printing an obituary, but all are edited to meet the newspaper’s requirements.

MARJORIE ALBRITTON

BOYCE, La. Services for Marjorie Albritton were today at 10 a.m. at Kilbourne Cemetery in Kilbourne, La., under the direction of Cox Funeral Homes with the Rev. Annie Mae Farmer officiating.

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Mrs. Albritton died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. She was 81.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Randal Albritton; and her parents, James I. and Florence Ashberry Taylor.

Survivors include four sons, Leon Albritton of Kilbourne, Alton Albritton of Lake Village, Ark., Loyd Albritton of Abilene, Texas, and Floyd Albritton of Broken Arrow, Okla.; three daughters, Marie Stewart of Boyce, Miss., Sue Cox of Thorndale, Texas, and Velma Weatherford of Beaumont, Texas; one brother, Sidney Taylor of Forest, La.; one sister, Juanita Ingram of West Monroe; 17 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were her grandsons.

JOHNNIE BROADWAY

Johnnie Broadway died Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at River Region Medical Center. He was 88.

Mr. Broadway was a member of Rose Hill M.B. Church in McNair and Masonic Lodge No. 1. He was retired from Anderson-Tully Co.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse Broadway and Mary Eliza Kelly; three brothers, George Broadway, Clyde Broadway and Sims Broadway; and three sisters, Mary Lou Scott, Alberta Broadway and Henrietta Broadway.

Survivors include his wife, Georgia Broadway of Vicksburg; a son, Felix Gerald Robinson of Vicksburg; a sister, Sarah Broadway of Natchez; and other relatives.

Williams Funeral Service has charge of arrangements.

J FAYE HEMBY HUNT

LaGRANGE, Ga. Faye Hemby Hunt died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, at her home in LaGrange, Ga. She was 83.

Mrs. Hunt, a native of Wilson, La., was a former resident of Vicksburg. She had been a resident of LaGrange for six years. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the First United Methodist Church of LaGrange.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Kristina Faye Hunt; a granddaughter, Bethany Lauren Garrett; her sister, Betty H. Johnson; and a brother, Winston Hemby.

She is survived by her husband, George Beverly Hunt of LaGrange; her brother. Merrill Hemby Jr. of Ocean Springs; her daughter, Celeste Garrett of LaGrange; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Riles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

TOM WILLIE JACKSON

FAYETTE Tom Willie Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fayette. He was 63.

Mr. Jackson was born in Jefferson County to the late Monroe and Etta Jackson.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers, James Jackson, L.C. Jackson, J.P. Jackson, Monroe Jackson, Grover Jackson and Issac Jackson; six sisters, Estella Jackson, Rebecca Jackson, Holly Belle Jackson, Johnnie Rose Jackson, Arteal Jackson and Mary Dell Jackson; and two sons, Stafford Wright and Donald Wayne Wright.

He is survived by a daughter, Debbie Knight of Fayette; four sons, Willie Earl Rankin of Jackson and Tracey Wright, Michael Wright and Darron Wright, all of Harriston; a sister, Corrie Lee Chiplin of Vicksburg; a brother, Windell Jackson of Chicago; nine grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hollywood Baptist Church in Fayette with the Rev. E.E. Colenberg Sr. officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 2 until 7 tonight at Spencer Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. Thursday until the service at the church.

Pallbearers will be James Dunbar, William Carter, Willie Pinder, Earl Perryman, Archie Pinder, Allen White, Michael Smith and Christopher Reed.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dennis Knight, Kendrick Rankin, Michael Wright, Willie Earl Rankin, Darron Wright and Tracey Wright.

TRENTON REECE STOFFER

OAK GROVE Trenton Reece Stoffer, infant son of Timothy D. and Chasity Ann Stoffer of Oak Grove, died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at Glenwood Medical Center in West Monroe.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Tristan Blain Stoffer of Oak Grove; his maternal grandparents, Kathy and Tracy Powers of Oak Grove; his paternal grandparents, David and Patricia Stoffer of Oak Grove; and his great-grandparents, Billy and Patricia Acreman of Oak Grove.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Apostolic Church of Bastrop with the Rev. J.T. Wheat officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.