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Theodore Bishop.

MARTIN, Tenn. – Theodore &#8220Ted” Bishop died Sunday, April 16, 2006, in Martin, Tenn. He was 76.

A native of Warren County, he was a graduate of Culkin Academy. He retired from Illinois Central Railroad.

After serving in the Mississippi Army National Guard, he retired as a sergeant major from the 412th Engineer Command, U.S. Army Reserve, in Vicksburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.D. Bishop.

Survivors include his wife, Loretta Bishop of Martin; two sons, James D. Bishop and Michael J. Bishop, both of Vicksburg; two daughters, Cathy B. Head of Vicksburg and Leigh B. Lewis of Clinton, Mo.; and four grandchildren.

Murphy’s Funeral Home in Martin, Tenn., has charge of arrangements.

Angie Young Golding.

Angie Young Golding was a true Southern lady with many talents. Among them were playing bridge, golf, tennis, traveling, reading and knitting.

Mrs. Golding died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg. She was 86.

Mrs. Golding was born on May 31, 1919, in Clinton, Miss., to the Rev. Dudley Isaac Young and Myrtis Byrd Young. At the time of her birth, her father attended Mississippi College.

She spent her early years in McCool and Eden, Miss., where Rev. Young was a Baptist preacher in those towns. She attended school in Eden and Yazoo City and graduated from Mississippi College. After graduation from college, she lived and taught school and worked for the federal government in the cities of Greenwood and Florence and Alexandria, La. Before settling in Greenville, her father preached in Swiftwater and the Greenville Chinese Mission.

While working in Greenville as a legal secretary for Wynn, Hafter, Lake and Tindall, she met Thomas Golding, a planter from Winterville. They married in February 1947 and were the first residents of what is now known as Golding Acres, which Mr. Golding developed. She and her husband were like modern-day pioneers in 1960 when they sold everything they had and put their possessions and family into a Mercury station wagon and actually moved to the country of Guatemala, driving all the way there. They moved to Vicksburg in 1966 where her husband started Big River Shipbuilding and Ole Man River Towing.

From 1980 to 1997, she and her husband, who retired, lived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast at Diamondhead, Miss. They moved back to Vicksburg in 1997 in order to be close to their grandchildren.

An accomplished athlete, Angie won the Women’s Tennis Championship at the Vicksburg Country Club while in her 40s and made a hole-in-one in her 60s at Diamondhead. She also earned a Life Master in bridge. She was an active member of Alice Bell Garden Club in Greenville, the Greenville and Vicksburg Junior Auxiliaries. She served as a former hostess for the Miss Mississippi Pageant and a member of the Greenville and Vicksburg Country Clubs. She was also a member of Church of Holy Trinity.

Mrs. Golding was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Thomas Golding, of Vicksburg; her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. D.I. Young of Greenville; a brother, D.I. Young of Greenville; and a sister, Dr. Min Y. Peaster of Oxford.

She is survived by a son, Steve Golding and wife, Melody, of Vicksburg; a daughter, Carol Ann Golding Wilkerson and husband, Frank, of Ocean Springs; two cherished and devoted grandsons, Austin and John Reid Golding of Vicksburg, whose visits to her home she thoroughly enjoyed. She is also survived by a stepson, Thomas &#8220Tad” Golding Jr. of San Diego; and three step grandchildren, Nathan and Jonathan, both of San Diego, and Cathy of New York City.

The family is grateful to her physician, Dr. William Wooten, for his concern and professionalism and special thanks to her loyal companion, Carolyn Parsons, along with Margie Thambi, Annie Grant, Alicia Buford and Wanda Bracey, all of Vicksburg.

Angie will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, friend and bridge player. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Riles Funeral Home, 5000 Indiana Ave., with the Rev. Meredith Spencer, Rector of Holy Cross Anglican Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday until the hour of service.

Memorials may be made to Holy Cross Anglican Church, 1021 Crawford St., Vicksburg, MS 39180, Church of Holy Trinity, 900 South St., Vicksburg, MS 39180 or to a favorite charity.

Pallbearers will be Wick Eatherly, Howard Brent, Robert McConnell, J.O. Smith, Robert Rials, Bill Geary, Randy Martin-Nez and Joel Henderson.

Honorary pallbearers will be C.H. Wilson, Bill McCleese, Bob Gordon, Ted Levi, Ernest &#8220Bubba” Buehler and Alex Shiers.

Mary Frances Stiles Pippin.

ANGUILLA – Mary Frances Stiles Pippin, age 86, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss.

Mrs. Pippin was born Oct. 8, 1919, to Nathaniel Gilford Stiles and Nannie Ursula Stiles, of Louisville, Miss.

After growing up in Itta Bena and Swiftown, Mrs. Pippin graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1941. She was a county home demonstration agent and later retired as a teacher in 1984. A member of Anguilla United Methodist Church, she belonged to the Tuesday night prayer group and taught adult Sunday school for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Pippin; four sisters, Margaret Perry, Ruth Rowland, Elsie Ray Vaughn and Winnie Bell Smith; and two brothers, A.C. Stiles and Leland Stiles.

She is survived by a daughter, Nancy Hummer; her husband, Leigh; three grandsons, William Bartley Hummer, Glenn Andrew Hummer and Wade Stiles Hummer, all of Huntsville, Ala. She is also survived by a large extended family.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Anguilla United Methodist Church with burial following at Golden Link Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 tonight at Glenwood Funeral Home in Rolling Fork.

Pallbearers will be William Hummer, Drew Hummer, Walter Neely, Rod Brown, Brad Clinkscales and Jimmy Lane Pippin.

Mary Frances will be remembered for her faith, intelligence, strength, quit wit, wisdom and sense of humor.

Memorials may be made to Anguilla United Methodist Church, 631 Front St., Anguilla, MS 38721.