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Area Obituaries Sarah Virginia Couture Sarah Virginia Couture, a native of Ripley, Miss. and a resident of Jackson, died Nov. 7, 2007 at her home at 81 years of age. She was the retired self-employed former owner of Shelby Motel and a member of the Trafalgar Village Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn. She is survived by a sister, Sally Blair of Mobile; nephew, David Counselman of Pennsylvania; and her niece, Patricia (Roger) Counselman of Jackson. Funeral services were Nov. 10 in the chapel of Memphis Funeral Home in Memphis and interment in the Memphis Memorial Park of Memphis. Information has been provided by Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson. Eva Milstead Horton Eva Milstead Horton died at her residence in Jackson, Nov. 11, 2007, at the age of 99. A native of Jackson, she was a homemaker and a member of Good Springs Baptist Church as well as a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Santa Fe Lodge No. 225 in Jackson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard A. Horton Sr.; two sons, Richard A. "Billy" Horton Jr. and Hugh Horton; four daughters, Emma H. Andress, Novalene H. Woodham, Margaret H. Wiggins and Myra H. Miller. She is survived by two sons, Jimmy (Dean) Horton and Terry (Kaye) Horton, both of Jackson; three daughters, Teresa (Larry) Howell of Cantonment, Fla., Carolyn (Jack) Greer and Linda (Cecil) Jackson, both of Jackson; four sisters, Otto Milstead of Huntsville, Aubrey Milstead of Greensboro, N.C., Emmarene Dolbear and Irma Bumpers, both of Jackson; 31 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Nov. 14 in the chapel of Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson with interment in the Winn Community Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Jimmy Horton, Terry Horton, Jack Greer, Cecil Jackson, Johnny Miller and Larry Howell. Honorary pallbearers were her grandsons and granddaughters. Thera Mae Bumpers Thera Mae Bumpers, a native and resident of Coffeeville, died at her residence on Nov. 13, 2007 at the age of 92. She was a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church of Coffeeville and of the RSVP Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Bumpers and grandson, Jonathan White. Survivors include two daughters, Lyla Koch of Jackson and Brenda White of Atmore; three sons, John H. Bumpers, Michael L. Bumpers and Jerry G. Bumpers, all of Coffeeville; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services are today (Nov. 15), with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to the funeral hour at 11 at the First Baptist Church of Coffeeville with the Rev. Roscoe Wentworth officiating. Interment will be in the Coffeeville Cemetery with Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson directing.
Active pallbearers will be Austin Bumpers, Philip Bumpers, Rudy Glenn Koch, Bill White, Scott Johnson, Brian Middleton, Brandon Middleton and Blake Middleton.
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