Rose B. Dykes

Services for Rose B. Dykes, 82, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2003 at Lemmon Funeral Home of

Dulaney Valley, Inc. in Timonium, Maryland.

Burial will be in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Dykes was an active volunteer in her church and community. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution with genealogy filed on the McAlister, McNair, Magers, Bohne, Dykes and Long families.

She was preceded in death by her husband , Woodrow Dykes and a daughter, Carole A. Morse.

Survivors include three children, L. Jeanne Bowman, W. Scott Dykes and Robert G. Dykes and his wife Melinda;

ten grandchildren one of which is Connie Drivas of Troy; ten great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

The family request memorials be made to her church St. Paul's Church Building Fund 5010

St. Paul Road, Manchester, MD, 21102 or the American Diabetes Association, 3120 Timanus Lane, Suite 106, Baltimore, Maryland 21242-2883.

Jeff Gibson

Jeff Gibson, 38, of Troy, died Wednesday, April 23,

2003, at Jackson Hospital. Services will be held at Dillard Funeral Home Chapel in Troy Friday, April 25, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mark Stephens officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hills Memorial Park with Dillard Funeral Home of Troy officiating.

Visitation will be held Thursday, April 24, from 6-8 p.m.

He was preceded in death by his father, John Frank Gibson, and his brother, Danny Gibson.

Survivors include his mother, Kathleen Gibson of Troy; four sisters, Judy Stephens of Troy, Shelia and Ken Weil of Troy, Rhonda Taylor of Troy and Susan and David Prozzo of Stockbridge, Ga; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Terry Burdick, Kurt Henderson, Jeremy Prozzo, Jeron Senn, Mike Stephens and Jason Taylor.

Memorial contributions may be made to Good Hope Cemetery Fund of your favorite charity.

Ruth Hall Booth

Rush Hall Booth, 91, of Dothan, died April 20, 2003, at Campbellton Graceville Hospital in Graceville, Fla.

Services will be held April 26 at 11 a.m. at Harrison Funeral Home with the Rev. Earnest Green officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Grady.

The body will lie in state one hour prior to the funeral service.

She was born June 30, 1911, to Hints and Alice Hall and was a Jehova's Witness.

Survivors include an adopted daughter, Helen Daniels of Seattle, Wa.; two adopted sons, Danny Ceaser and Eddie Walker of Dothan; two devoted cousins, Ruby Lawson of Grady and Evangelist Carry Bryant of Petrey; a devoted niece, Eurline Byrd Berry of Troy.

Pallbearers and floral bearers will be friends and family.

The family will receive guests at the home of Eurline Berry on County Road 1166 on Ansley and Good Hope Road in Troy after the service.

Margaree Murry

Margaree Murry, 72, of Grady, died April 22, 2003, at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery.

Services will be held April 26 at Macedonia Baptist Church in Grady with the Rev. Earnest Hardmon officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Church Cemetery with Harrison Funeral Home directing.

There will be no general visitation for the public.

She was born Aug. 2, 1930, to Willie Hines and Zummer Trotter. She completed seventh grade and was a faithful member of Macedonia Baptist Church and a member of the Senior Choir.

Survivors include a loving husband, Mack Murray Sr. of Grady; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Tabitha Edwards of Poppano Beach, Fla., Willie and Patsy Murry of Shorter; sons Norman Murray of Grady and Otis Murry of Jonesboro, Ga.; daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothy and Earnest Bodifird of Luverne, Margaret and the Rev. Jimmy Lee Sr. of Grady, Patricia and Sylvester Moore of sellers, Valarie and Roy Poole of Troy and Jannie and Arthur Walton of Troy; 27 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; six sisters, Wilma Toles, Jimmie Ruth and Johnny Lewis, Dorothy Bodiford, Nancy Tisdale, all of Montgomery, Willie Mae Wheeler and Alice and Arthur Palmer of Grady; four sisters-in-law, Mattie and Bubba Foster and Hattty Crosby, both of Montgomery, Mandy Betts of Ramer and Camellia Murry of Camden; several nieces, nephews and other family and friends. Special thanks to Gambro Sialysis Center on Forest Avenue in Montgomery, Montgomery Cancer Center and the staff of Jackson Hospital in Montgomery.

Pallbearers and floral bearers will be friends and family.