Charles L. Anderson

Services for Charles L. Anderson will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Burial will follow under the direction of Williams Funeral Service.

Mr. Anderson died Monday, Sept. 6, 2004, at Shady Lawn Nursing Home. He was 89.

He was a member of the Baptist faith and had worked as an interior painter.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Techerry Anderson; his mother, Freddie Gilmer Anderson; and two sisters, Cleo Anderson Fowler and LaRanda Anderson Johnson.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Rosie and Farrell Washington of Vicksburg; two grandsons, Robert Earl Barnes of Dallas, Texas, and Milton Charles Barnes of Birmingham, Ala.; a niece, Wilda Robinson Fowler of Fairfield, Calif.; a nephew, Lester Fowler of Fairfield; and a cousin, Clardon Garrett of Chicago.

Cleophas Elliott Beebe

OAK GROVE Cleophas Elliott “Joe” Beebe died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004, at Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi. He was 96.

Mr. Beebe was a resident of Oak Grove.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian Maurine Beebe; a son, Clarence Edward Beebe; a grandson, Jason Evans; his parents, Hiram and Caroline “Callie” Beebe; three brothers, Marvin Beebe, Omar Beebe and Amon Beebe; and three sisters, Mabelle Irene Beebe, Ida Ruth Beebe and Sarah Lou Beebe.

Survivors include two sons, Ray Beebe of Bastrop, La., and Frank Beebe of Oak Grove; two daughters, Jean Oldham of Oak Grove and Vivian Redd of Pioneer; a sister, Neva Webb of Berryville, Ark.; 11 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. today at New Hope Church of God in Pioneer with the Revs. Bob Schlemmer and Paul Ninemire officiating. Burial will follow at New Forest Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Oak Grove.

Pallbearers will be David Ray Beebe, Marley Oldham, Ronnie Griffin, Danny Beebe, Terry Beebe and James Hough.

Goldburn Gittens

Services for Goldburn Gittens will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez.

Visitation will be from noon until 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Gittens died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home. He was 63.

Born in the Republic of Panama to the late Goldburn and Rosaline Gittens, Mr. Gittens was reared by his grandparents, Enid Martin and the late Sidney Martin. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Rio Abajo. He was a resident of Vicksburg.

Mr. Goldburn was educated in Paraiso Canal Zone and later moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. He joined the Army in 1967 and retired as a sergeant first class in 1987. He was recalled in 1991 and served for seven more months. He worked for the State Park Services in San Francisco, Calif., and the Naval Air Station in Alameda, Calif. He was later employed with the U.S. Postal Service, where he worked until his retirement in 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Katie Gittens; his mother, Rosaline Anderson of Ocala, Fla.; his grandmother, Enid Martin of New York; two sisters, Alice Ford and Valencia William, both of New York; a brother, Melburn Gittens of Boston; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Geraldine Watkins Larry

Services for Geraldine Watkins “Ditto” Larry will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Service with Dr. Willie J. Nettle officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Larry died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004, at her home in Vicksburg. She was 70.

Mrs. Larry was a member of the Church of Christ and the Eastern Star and had worked as a presser at Holmes Laundry for a number of years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Larry; and her parents, Booker T. and Jeanette Clark Watkins.

Survivors include five sons, Douglas Thomas of Aurora, Ill., William Chyran Larry of Los Angeles, Calvin “Skip” Gaskin of Merrillville, Ind., and Booker T. Larry and Jimmie Larry, both of Vicksburg; three daughters, Betty White of Logansport, Ill., and Laura Larry and Patsy Larry-Jones, both of Vicksburg; a brother, Willis Jones of Vicksburg; 16 grandchildren, including Kevin Larry of Phoenix, Ariz., whom she reared; five great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

Juanita Gaines Peters

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. Services for Juanita Gaines Peters will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Calvary M.B. Church in Vicksburg. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from noon until 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Peters died Friday, Sept. 3, 2004, at San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, Calif. She was 67.

She was born in Lorman to the late Alfred and Lucille Fosters Gaines. She was baptized at Fellowship Baptist Church and later joined Glad Tidings Church of God and Christ in San Leandro.

She attended Gibbs School in Jefferson County and earned a license as a vocational nurse. She retired from Eden Hospital in Pastro Valley, Calif., after 33 years of service.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Peters; one sister, Johnnie L. Gaines; and three brothers, Randolph Gaines, Rudolph Gaines and Booker T. Gaines.

She is survived by a daughter, Lisa Peters of San Leandro; one brother, Rowan Gaines of Lima, Ohio; six sisters, Evelyn Graham and Viola Scott, both of Vicksburg, Hattie Walton of Fayette, Mae Etta Penn of Richmond, Calif., Lenora McCray of New Rochelle, N.Y., and Dorothy Anderson Spencer of Atchison, Kan.; one granddaughter; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, including Dudley Brown.

Burnett Crump Sanders

UTICA Burnett Crump Sanders died Friday, Sept. 3, 2004, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 65.

Mr. Sanders was a resident of Utica and was a retired aluminum metal inspector for Reynolds Metals in McCook County, Ill.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Westhaven Funeral Home in Utica. Burial will follow at the Mount Wade M.B. Church Cemetery in Terry.