August 14, 2004
Published 12:00 am Friday, August 20, 2004
Eugene Anderson Sr.
Services for Eugene Anderson Sr. will be at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary’s Center. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Williams Funeral Service.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Mr. Anderson died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home. He was 78.
A lifelong resident of Vicksburg, he was the son of the late Austin Anderson and Carrie King Anderson Collins. He had attended school in Jefferson County and was a Navy veteran. He was a former carpenter and a member of New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a wife, Laura B. Anderson; a brother; three sisters; a grandson; and his grandparents.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Dixon Anderson of Vicksburg; nine sons, James Anderson of Dallas, Larry Anderson of Aiken, S.C., and Eugene Anderson Jr., Austin Anderson, Curtis Anderson, Melvin Anderson, Carl Anderson, Howard Anderson and David Anderson, all of Vicksburg; seven daughters, Barbara A. Smith of Lithonia, Ga., Mary Anderson, Irma A. Lewis, Carrol Anderson, Lula A. Butler and Martha Walker, all of Vicksburg, and Tess Washington of Jackson; two stepsons, Archie Lacey of Santa Monica, Calif., and Anthony Dixon of Vicksburg; a stepdaughter, Tonya Dixon of Vicksburg; two brothers, Charlie White of Fayette and Eugene Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio; a sister, Mary Ikard of New Orleans; 64 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins; and other relatives and friends, including Carl Hester of Tallulah and the Brown, Craig, Gaskin, Ikard, King, Overton, Rankins and Thomas families.
Victoria Chatman
Services for Victoria Chatman will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Williams Funeral Service. Burial will follow at Christian Home No. 1 Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be this afternoon from 4 until 6 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Chatman died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, at her home. She was 88.
A resident of Vicksburg, she was a member of Christian Home No. 1 and was a domestic worker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Anderson Chatman; her parents, Willie and Mary Jane Williams; a sister, Selena Williams Ross; and six brothers, Washington Williams, Plas Williams, Sam Williams, Eugene Williams, Rudolph Williams and Willie Williams Jr.
Survivors include a daughter, Rainey Chatman of Vicksburg; a brother, Ben Williams of Daily City, Calif.; a sister, Cora W. Stevenson of Vicksburg; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends, including the Brown, Crump, Grady, Holt, Johnson, Kelly, Lewis, Reed, Walker and Williams families.
Louise E. Lowe Clark
UTICA Louise E. Lowe Clark died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was 95.
Miss Clark was a resident of Utica.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter M.B. Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Westhaven Memorial Funeral Home in Utica.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Maude Ethel England Williams
Services for Maude Ethel England Williams will be at 11 a.m. Monday at New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 2 until 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Williams died Monday, Aug. 9, 2004, at River Region Medical Center. She was 58.
A resident of Vicksburg, she was a member of New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, McKinley Williams; her parents, Regina and Willie England Sr.; a sister, Hazel Lee Demby; and a brother, Robert James England.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Joyce England of Denver, Colo.; two sons, Patrick Wayne Williams of Denver and Robert England of Germany; a sister, Dorothy Warren of Vicksburg; four brothers, Norman Smith and Alonzo England, both of Vicksburg, Willie England Jr. of Rolling Fork and Johnny James England of San Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.