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Friday. May 9, 1997 Hattiesburg AMERICAN OBITUARIES Martha Leggett LAUREL Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Sandersville Baptist Church in Sandersville for Martha Frances Leggett, 60, of Sandersville, who died May 7, 1997, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. The Rev. Donnie Parker will officiate.

Interment will be in the McGill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom HickMike Hickson, Davis Hickson, Glenn Ainsworth, Ricky Moss and Steven Ainsworth, Mrs. Leggett was a homemaker and a member of Sandersville Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Leonard Hickson and Howard Hickson. Survivors include her husband, Lewis B.

Leggett of Sandersville; one son, Richard L. Leggett of Sandersville; one daughter, Martha Ann Moss of Moss; two brothers, Charles Hickson of Gautier and Robert C. "Bobby" Hickson of Sandersville; one sister, Mary Ann Ainsworth of Sandersville and five grandchildren. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time today at the church.

Memory Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Lewis McCall Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church in Hattiesburg for Lewis W. McCall, 37, of Hattiesburg, who died May 2, 1997, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Rev.

Norris Preston will officiate. Interment will be in the New Bethel Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Otis Graves, Joe Sims, Henry Allen, Timothy Williams, Leon Sims and S.T. Williams. Survivors include his wife, Aretha McCall of Hattiesburg; one daughter, La Wanda L.

Bottom of Hattiesburg; his mother, Mae Ollie McCall of Salinas, grandmothers, Rosine Davis of Hattiesburg and Marzella Wade of Beaumont, Texas; two sisters, Bessie L. Taylor and Leonie McCall, both of Salinas, two brothers, James W. McCall of Beaumont, Texas, and Charles McCall of Salinas, Calif. Visitation will be from 7 until 9 p.m. today at Owens Sons Chapel in Hattiesburg, which is in charge of arrangements.

Queen Pollard tiesburg is in charge of arrangements. Clotee Rankin SEMINARY Clotee Rankin of Seminary died May 8, 1997, at her residence. Century Funeral Home in Hattiesburg is in charge of arrangements. Queen Pollard Queen Esther Pollard, 71, of Hattiesburg died May 6, 1997, at Forrest General Hospital. Century Funeral Home in Hat- OBITUARY POLICY The American publishes obituaries free of charge.

To have an obituary published, simply provide all pertinent information including a photograph, if desired to your funeral director, and ask your funeral director to contact the American at 582-4321. PS MOORE FUNERAL SERVICE Mrs. Maxine Penton Purvis Graveside services 1:30 Friday Coaltown Cemetery Mr. James Alton "Tom" Blackmon Silver Creek Services 2:00 p.m. Friday Saulters-Moore Chapel Interment Cliburn Cemetery Mrs.

Violet May Thompkins Petal Services Friday. Moore Petal Chapel Interment Morriston Cemetery Mrs. Irma Hatten Martinez Meridian Graveside services 10:00 a.m. Monday Poplarville Cemetery Mr. W.H.

Harralson Prentiss Arrangements Incomplete SERVICE MEASURED NOT BY MEMBER GOLD THE ORDER BUT OF THE GOLDEN GOLDEN RULE PINE BELT John Lumpkin PICAYUNE Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Picayune for John Byron Lumpkin, 62, of Picayune, who died May 7, 1997, in Slidell, La. The Rev. Bill Hardin will officiate. Interment will be in the McNeill Cemetery.

Mr. Lumpkin was a native of McNeill and a member of First Baptist Church of Picayune. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a personnel manager and truck foreman for Dunn and Bush Construction. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn M.

Lumpkin of Picayune; one son, John Daniel Lumpkin of Hattiesburg; three daughters, Sharon Kay Whitley of Hattiesburg, Sheila L. Stanford of Clinton and Suzanne Hopkins of Tallahassee, two brothers, Ulmer Lumpkin of McNeill and Billy D. Lumpkin of Picayune; three sisters, Margie Strahan of Crossroads, Louise Penton and Patricia Owens, both of Carriere, and five grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 until 9 p.m. today at Picayune Funeral Home in Picayune, which is in charge of arrangements.

James Blackmon PRENTISS Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Saulters- Funeral Chapel Prentiss for James A. "Tom Cat" Blackmon, 66, of Silver Creek, who died May 7, 1997, at Lawrence County Hospital. The Rev. Mike Grenn and L.C.

Anthony will officiate. Interment will be in the Cliburn Cemetery. Mr. Blackmon was a native of Lawrence County, a Mason and a member of Crooked Creek Baptist Church. He was a tankerman on a river boat for 15 years and worked at New Hebron Manufacturing Company.

He served in the National Guard for 21 years before retiring, including service during the Korean War and in Desert Storm. Survivors include his wife, Lillian M. Blackmon of Silver Creek; one James Blackmon of Brookhaven; one daughter, Kay Guest of Vicksburg and five grandchildren. Saulters-Moore Funeral Home in Prentiss is in charge of arrangements. Frances Dykes ELLISVILLE Services were scheduled for 10 a.m.

today at Funeral Chapel in Ellisville for Frances Ruth Dykes, 53, of Ellisville, who died may 7, 1997, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. The Rev. Dwight Smith officiated. Interment was in the Tula Rosa Cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe Cosper, Jimmy Temple, John Hannah, Mike Wood, Mike Shows and Harold Walker.

Mrs. Dykes was a native of Jones County, a homemaker and a member of West Ellisville Baptist Church. She was a member and president of the Genealogy Club's Jones County Chapter and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her father, Carl Sanders. Survivors include her husband, Freddie Dykes of Ellisville; one son, Robert Dykes of Ellisville; one daughter, Beverly Welch Ellisville; her mother, Ollie Sanders of Ellisville and two grandchildren.

Jones Funeral Home Chapel Ellisville is in charge of arrangements. Hulett Winstead Funeral Home, Inc. 582-1571 205 Bay Street Miss Edna Drury Monroe, Louisiana Services 2:00 p.m. Friday Trinity Episcopal Church of Hattiesburg, MS Interment Roseland Park Cemetery Visitation beginning at 12:00 noon Friday Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home Mr. Dewitt Jerome Wall, Jr.

Hattiesburg Services Saturday Hulett-Winstead Chapel Interment Saturday David Jerome Wall Cemetery, Gillsburg, MS Mr. James Thomas McLaurin, MS Services to be announced MEMBER BY NATIONAL INVITATION SELECTED MORTICIANS Charles Jernigan ELLISVILLE Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Chapel in Ellisville for Charles A. "T-Cake" Jernigan, 56, of Ellisville, who died May 8, 1997, at his dence. Interment will be in the Bethel Methodist Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be his nephews. Mr. Jernigan was a lifelong resident of Jones County, a Mason at the Welch Lodge and a member of Centerville Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Aaron Jernigan and James Eddy Jernigan; and his parents, Aaron and Mary Jernigan. Survivors include one son, John Ross Jernigan of Dallas; four daughters, Rebecca Rushton of Laurel, Jernigan, Shelly Nicole Jernigan, and Leslie Jernigan, all Dallas; seven step children, Marsha Rogers, Nita Rogers, Brenda Rogers, Linda Rogers, Steve Rogers, Nathan Rogers and Larry Rogers, all of Dallas; two sisters, Beatrice Walters and Jessie Mae Reid, both of Ellisville and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Ellisville, which is in charge of arrangements. Dewitt Wall Jr. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at HulettWinstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg for Dewitt Jerome Wall 77, of Hattiesburg, who died May 7, 1997, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.

The Rev. Cecil Jones will officiate. The Rev. E.C. Case will officiate at the graveside service at 2 p.m.

Saturday at David Jerome Wall Cemetery in Gillsburg. Mr. Wall was a native of Woodville and a resident of Hattiesburg since 1965. He was retired from the University of Southern Mississippi at division head of the physical plant. He was a member of Woodville Presbyterian Church.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a the commanding officer of Battery 115 AAA, Mississippi National Guard. He was Lieutenant Colonel in the Mississippi State Guard and served as Provost Marshall for the Southern District and a Mason. He was preceded in death by one sister.

Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Roper Wall of Hattiesburg; one son, Dewitt J. Wall III of St. Francisville, La. and two grandsons. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.

Saturday until service time at Funeral Home in Hattiesburg, which is in charge of arrangements. Two escape, woman dies in house fire NATCHEZ (AP) A Natchez woman was killed in a house fire, but two others in the home managed to escape the blaze, officials said. The home of 65-year-old Annie Lee caught fire about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The woman, whose screams for help woke her son, died in the flame before anyone could reach her.

"I heard her hollering for me to said. "But all I could do come and get her," Lester base break out the windows in my room and get out." Neighbors, who also heard Mrs. Lee's screams, went to her back door to rescue her, but were unable to get the door open. A friend of Mrs. Lee, Roosevelt Hawkins, received first degree burns and suffered smoke inhalation.

He was transported to Natchez Regional Medical Center. Fire Chief Gary Winborne said the cause of the fire is unknown. Winborne said he hopes to get more information when officials are able to interview Hawkins. "All we saw was flames when we rounded the corner," said Winborne. Firefighters found Mrs.

Lee's body in the front of the house where the fire is believed to have started. Festival officials reschedule 5k run From Staff Reports The Old Time Festival 5K Run, rained out in late April, will be run Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The run, which also includes a one-mile fun will begin at the Kamper Park Pavilion. Race day registration fee is $15. For more information, call 268- 5010.

Suspect caught within 10 minutes of holdup GULFPORT (AP) Seven minutes after getting the call about a bank robbery, Gulfport police had nabbed the suspect and recovered the money. The robbery at the northeast branch of Hancock Bank was reported at 1:22 p.m. The suspect entered the branch alone and showed a teller a note demanding money. A witness gave authorities a description of the car the suspect fled in, said Detective Capt. Steve Barnes.

Martel Williams, 28, of Atlanta was arrested on Interstate 10 about six miles east of U.S. 49. Authorities did not release the amount stolen. State program to serve less clients due to loss of funding From The Associated Press JACKSON State health officials, faced with shrinking fedof eral funds, say they have no choice but to drop three-fourths of the about 880 Mississippians with AIDS or HIV from a mediin cation purchase program. "This is not something we want to do.

This is something we have to do," said Craig Thompson, who heads the Division of with the state Department of Health. The lack of federal Ryan White CARE funds means 660 clients will receive notices in two weeks informing them that the state can no longer supply the expensive medications they need to stay alive. "We wanted to provide the best level of care to as many people as possible and be able to guarantee that level of care throughout the funding period," said Thompson, explaining the selection process that will keep about 190 people on the treatment plan. The Health Department will cut from the program those who are on Medicaid and entitled to five prescription drugs per month. They will also cut those who have insurance for prescriptions from the program, Thompson said.

Individuals with AIDS or who are HIV-infected and who survive the cut will continue to receive new drug treatments, known as combination therapy, that are keeping patients alive indefinitely but can cost from $12,000 to $16,000 per year at normal market prices. The Legislative Black Caucus has proposed legislation in past sessions to provide funding for AIDS drugs, Thompson said, but it never made it out of committee. "There were many people who weren't watching the ball on CRIMESCENE Hattiesburg City Limits Petal City Limits 59 203 202 201. SummA Hattiesburg 98 103 204 101 EMERGENCY 911 METRO 104 CRIME STOPPERS Palmer's 102 Crossing Indosirial Park Rd. (582-STOP 98 The following is a roundup of Burglary, of residence, 800 crimes reported to area agencies block Avenue; reported within the previous 24 hours.

Wednesday by Melinda Bourne; stolen items included VCR, video Hattiesburg camera, assorted CD player, battery value: $1,678 charger Area 101 and jewelry; Antonio Tatum, 29, arrested Burglary of residence, 900 block Roby Street; reported Wednesday on felony shoplifting Thursday by Eva Lofton; color charge from Kroger Food North Store, television set stolen; entry made 2300 block Mississippi 15 through door; value: $380 Roger Breazeale, 37, of Area 103 Ellisville reported Thursday he was Clinton Sargent, 31, hit in the head with a metal object Mississippi 26 in Lucedale; in 2600 block Ellisville Boulevard arrested Friday in on connection business with Highway Patrol burglary charge; Investigated three accidents, Nov. 12, 1996 burglary of Amoco two with injuries, and made five Food Store on West Pine Street arrests, including three DUI's, in Area 104. the 24 hours at 6 a.m. Gene Gales 31, 700 block ending Friday Walnut Street; arrested Thursday By Nita McCann on grand larceny charge; in connection with April 7 burglary of Clarke Construction site at Forrest County Industrial Park Numbers to know Area 201 Jasper E. Hines, 35, 400 block Hattiesburg Police: 544-7900 Mable Street; arrested Thursday on Forrest Co.

Sheriff: 544-7800 grand larceny charge; roofing Petal Police: 544-5331 shingles stolen from 100 block 5th Lamar Co. Sheriff: 544-2412 Street; value: $300 Purvis Police: 794-6512 I Jewelry and coins stolen from 1994 Hyundai, 700 block Memphis Jones Co. Sheriff: 425-3147 Street; reported Thursday by Laurel Police: 425-4711 Charmaine Byes; value unknown Perry Co. Sheriff: 964-8461 Unknown items stolen from FBI: 582-8202 1986 Toyota and 1984 Dodge at Highway Patrol: 264-3529 Allen's Radiator, 5400 block Mississippi 42 Bypass; reported Thursday by Allen McDaniel 30 cassette tapes stolen from SAFETY TIPS 1982 Ford truck, 300 block Geneva Street; reported Thursday by Eddie Be skeptical of work-at-home Clayton schemes. Most require you to buy Laurel something.

1979 Mercury Cougar stolen, Teach children to roll out of 1800 block of North Joe Wheeler bed if they smell smoke or if the Drive; reported Thursday by Robert smoke detector goes off. Sleep with Clark bedroom doors shut. PUBLIC RECORDS "The issue is whether or not we want to single out a disease and decide we're going to spend a huge amount of money on it." CRAIG THOMPSON Division of Mississippi State Health Department this," said William E. Arnold, cochairman of the Washingtonbased AIDS Drugs Assistance Program Advocacy Coalition. "It just jumped off the radar." While some other states are facing similar problems, Arnold said, Mississippi should have known back in November that it would be facing a funding crisis.

"We tried to give them a heads up that was going to be problems here," Arnold said, referring to a letter he sent to Gov. Kirk Fordice and the governors of the other 49 states. Arnold's letter states that "allowing greater access to HIV. positive individuals for these innovative therapies will be far more cost effective than limiting access, which causes individuals to become seriously ill and unable to work. It would be better to provide them with the necessary medication to keep them healthy, productive, job-holding taxpayers and to avoid a sharp increase in the use of welfare, Medicaid and expensive acutecare hospitalization." Heath Hall, the governor's spokesman, said he and other staff members were not aware of the letter, but he acknowledged that staff met with Thompson to find out more about the situation.

"Governor Fordice is in the process of evaluating the magnitude of the situation," Hall said. FIRE CALLS Hattiesburg, and Tammi Shrell Gaddis, 28, Hattiesburg Ryan Scott Chandler, 29, of 18:23 a.m. Thursday, corner River Ridge, and Erin Cathof 4th Street and 38th Avenue; leen Ellender, 24, Hattiesburg child locked in vehicle unlocked vehicle HOTLINE NUMBERS 18:46 a.m. Thursday, 1500 block Edwards Street; unauthorized burning extinguished Cocaine information: fire 800-262-2463 3:47 Thursday, 2800 AIDS Hotline: 800-342-2437 block Edwards Street; removed Alzheimer's: 800-621-0379 antifreeze spill Cancer: 800-562-2623 Sudden Infant Death: MARRIAGE LICENSES 800-232-7437 Child Find: 800-292-9688 Forrest County Child Abuse: 800-422-4453 The following have applied for Compulsive Gambling: licenses in Forrest 800-522-4700 marriage County: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: John Robert Acord, 52, Hat- 800-223-1138 tiesburg, and Debra P. Reeves, Vietnam Veterans of America: 46, Hattiesburg 800-775-8387 I Daryl Ray Reynolds, 24, Runaway Switchboard Hotline: Petal, and Kimberly Michelle 800-621-4000 Runnels, 21, Petal National Kidney Foundation: Jerry Douglas Parker, 47, 800-622-9010 Public rabies clinic offered Saturday From Staff Reports 2 p.m.

Hebron VFD A public health rabies clinic is 13 p.m. Soso Comm. Cenoffered Saturday by the ter Mississippi Veterinarian Medical Sandersville Pavilion being Association in conjunction with 04 p.m. Gitano Comm. the Mississippi State Department Center of Health Saturday, 18 Perry County There will be a $5 for a.m.

New Augusta front charge of courthouse the service. The times and a.m. Beaumont Eltions are as ementary school follows: Jones County 111 a.m. Richton 1 8:30 a.m. Boggy Comm.

multipurpose building Center noon Runnelstown Comm. 9:15 a.m. Rainey Comm. Center Center Forrest County 10 a.m. Moselle Comm.

12-3 p.m. Petal High parking Center lot 11 a.m. Ovett Comm. North Forrest parking lot Center Brooklyn school parking lot noon Johnson Comm. Camp Shelby Center ing lot across from truck stop Southgate p.m.

Matthews The Mississippi Department of Comm. Center Health has selected the various 1 1:30 p.m. Rustin Comm. sites in an effort to serve all Center rural residents. They are asked 1:45 p.m.

Sharon Comm. to arrive at the selected site at Center the designated times with pets..