6A FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 CLARION LEDGER 64 Bolton 10-Jul Lakeover Funeral Home Ronald 71 Loganville, GA 04-Jul Collins Funeral Home 57 Carthage 10-Jul FamilyMemorial Funeral Service 59 Mooreville 12-Jul Holland Funeral Directors, TupeloChapel 78 Jackson 02-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Church, Florine J. 73 Jackson 09-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Collins, Ceasar 61 Jackson 07-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Davis, Leon 84 Tupelo 10-Jul Holland Funeral Directors, TupeloChapel Denson, Louisa E. 68 Jackson 11-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Dodd, ShirleyM. 80 Winona 10-Jul Oliver Funeral HomeofWinona Evans, Lee Eric 26 Jackson 07-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home FletcherHarley, Earnestine 71 Jackson 09-Jul SmithMortuary Gayden, KiwanaThomas 43 Jackson 12-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Harper Evern 61 Pickens 10-Jul FamilyMemorial Funeral Service Harris, Dameon 28 Carthage 02-Jul FamilyMemorial Funeral Service Hunter, BobbyEarl 62 Canton 07-Jan FamilyMemorial Funeral Service Lee 78 Byram 06-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Ivy, Barbara Jean 81 West Point 11-Jul Calvert Funeral Home Jackson, Reginald 51 Canton 08-Jul FamilyMemorial Funeral Service Johnson, KarlM. 45 Crystal Springs 08-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Johnson, Jr.
Arthur 63 Canton 05-Jul FamilyMemorial Funeral Service Lee, Betty J. 62 Jackson 08-Jun JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Lockett, Sandra JoyceBrown 60 GA 11-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Mackey, Eddie 85 Batesville 10-Jul Inc Madrigal, BabyGirlMacyClare 0 Carthage 10-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home C.Q. 88 Pearl 12-Jul Ott and LeeBrandon McMasters, Trent 35 BrewerCommunity 11-Jul Holland Funeral Directors, TupeloChapel Miller, KennethC. 26 Crystal Springs 04-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Phillips, Christine 65 Jackson 07-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Rodgers, LeeWillie 66 Jackson 06-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Sanders, 67 Jackson 09-Jul JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Span, Samuel 67 Indiana 15-Jun JacksonMemorial Funeral Service Stewart, DorothyMaeThompson 80 Jackson 07-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Walker, Beatrice 98 Canton 11-Jul FamilyMemorial Funeral Service Walker, ScottHolland 69 Jackson 08-Jul Westhaven Funeral Home Warren, Sherry Kaye 65 Hazlehurst 03-Jul Stringer Family Funeral Services Additional information in display obituaries Obituaries appear in print and online at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ClarionLedger OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Name Age Town, State Death Date Arrangements PEARL C.Q. Martin, age 88, of Pearl, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at his home.
Funeral services will be Saturday, July 14, 2018 at at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon with visitation starting at Interment will follow in Lodebar Cemetery. C.Q. was born on December 13, 1929 in Pelahatchie to the late Tom Watson Martin and Ida Vee Martin Traxler. He was a member of Lodebar UMC and moved his membership to McLaurin Heights UMC for health reasons. C.Q.
served his country for 22 years in the Army, worked in the Civil Service for 17 years, and volunteered at the VA Hospital in Sacramento for 7 years. He was preceded in death by his brother, John C. Martin and step-father, Roy L. Traxler. He is survived by his wife, Editha Ramirez Martin; children, Evelyn GA, John John Ramirez, Cindy Martin, and Roger Martin; sister, Shirley Self; sis- ter-in-law, Evelyn Martin; grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Memorials may be made to McLaurin Heights UMC, 325 Mary Ann Drive, Pearl, MS 39208. Online condolences may be made at www.ottandlee.com. C.Q. Martin LAURA AGNES BRADDOCK 10:00 AM Saturday Spring Ridge United Methodist Church STAN MONTGOMERY 11:00 AM Monday Hickory Ridge Baptist Church Visit: 10 AM Monday Hickory Ridge Baptist Church KENNETH BOYCE FIKE, II. Private Family Services JUNE BOBBITT Services and Interment Southern Pines, NC SEBRELL FUNERAL HOME WE ARE PROUD TO BE LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE SEBRELL FAMILY.
WWW.SEBRELLFUNERALHOME. COM 601.957.6946 LOGANVILLE, GA Ronald Barnett, 71, died July 4 at East- side Medical Center in Snellville, GA. Formerly of Jackson, Mr. Barnett was a resident of Logan- ville, GA at the time of his passing. Visitation 11:00 A.M.
to 1:00 P.M. Saturday at Collins Fu- neral Home, 415 North Farish Street, will be im- mediately followed by a service of commital in Garden Memorial Park. Ronald Barnett Obituaries ClarionLedger.com View commentary, video and more about legendary people who have passed. Look for on the obituary page LEGACIES sume, but the city will not be reimbursed through MDOT if extra funding is needed. Additional transpor- tation projects will not be considered, MDOT made clear in a letter to Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.
Federally funded projects include the ongoing, comprehensive infrastructure work on North State Street and West County Line Road as part of a $19.5 million TIGER grant. Other projects that involve federal funding issued through MDOT include bridge repair work on West Street, McDowell Road and Greenwood Road. The citywide audit was expected to be completed months ago, raising concern from council members who need the before moving ahead with budget planning for the upcoming year. Michelle Thomas, who has been brought in to con- sult on this upcoming budget, said she expects the audit to be completed by next week. Thomas blamed the slow pace of the audit on due dili- on the part of auditors than is typical.
Jackson-based accounting Tann, Brown Russ was hired to do the accounting work. They were expected to have the work wrapped up by the end of May, on the same day then-Director of Finance and Administration Charles Hatcher resigned. If it is completed, Public Works Director Robert Mil- ler said, the relationship with contractors who are working on the predominantly federally funded projects would resume back to normal by September. Miller made the MDOT announcement to the One Percent Sales Tax Commission on Wednesday. The commission approved about $5 million in fund- ing for resurfacing and pothole work for 14 city streets.
The commission planned to authorize the road repair work weeks ago, but a scheduled meeting was delayed since the mayor was out of town. have a serious concern with how much time it is taking from the contract phase to the backhoe-digging dirt phase. Somehow or another, the city has to it out, how to move faster. Other cities take this commission member Pete Perry said. Earlier Wednesday, the mayor fought back against claims he was neglecting millions of dollars in interlo- cal infrastructure funding agreements between the city and county.
Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham has told media outlets the city has been neglecting millions of dollars in possible funding from the county for road re- pairs. Lumumba laid the blame on an and dis- organized system, one he inherited, and pos- seems to be more of a ploy by some to gain political he said. There are 42 interlocal agreements between the city and county that are under review. Eleven have been submitted to the mayor since he took while the rest date back as far as 2016, Lumumba said. dealing with is a historical Lumumba said.
of these agreements have been in purgatory since 2016; many have never been delivered to the So not true that I have a stack of interlocal agreements on my desk that I refuse to he said. Chief Administrative Robert Blaine said he had plans to streamline the interlocal process between the city and county, which requires a series of agree- ments and signatures from city, county and state cials. Approved road repair locations streets, estimated cost Ward 1 Ridgewood Court Drive: frontage to County Line, $385,739 Ward 2 Manhattan Road: Northside Drive to Cedars of Leba- non, $635,710 Ward 3 Bailey Avenue Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Idle- wild Street, $98,631 Bailey Avenue: Idlewild Street to bridge, $348,249 Ward 4 Clinton Boulevard: Shaw to Magnolia roads, $535,408 Boling Street: Capitol Street to Northside Drive, $486,652 Ward 5 Capitol Street: Ellis Avenue to Prentiss Street, $756,200 Chadwick Drive: Robinson Road to Hospital Drive, $486,652 W. Highland Drive: Lynch Street to Raymond Road, $389,700 Robinson Road: Interstate 20 bridge to Chadwick Drive, $203,846 Wilson Boulevard: Hospital Drive to Raymond Drive, $213,417 5 Hospital Drive Chadwick Drive to Raymond Drive $387,508 Ward 7 Fondren Place: State Street to Old Canton Road, $70,276 Duling Avenue: State Street to Old Canton Road, $83,783 Road Continued from Page 1A or another, the city has to it out, how to move Pete Perry Commission member Two candidates are heading to a special election to a seat in the Mississippi House. Hayes Patrick and Price Wallace advanced from a of candidates Tuesday in District 77 in parts of Rankin and Simpson counties.
Patrick runs a country store in Puckett, and Wallace is a farmer from Mendenhall. The is July 31. The winner will serve until January 2020, ing a term started by Republican Andy Gipson of Braxton. He had been in the House since 2008 and left in April when Republican Gov. Phil Bryant ap- pointed him state agriculture commissioner.
Candidates run without party labels in Mississip- pi special elections, although both Patrick and Wal- lace have said they are Republican. The GOP holds a majority in the state House. 2 go to in Rankin, Simpson for House seat ASSOCIATED PRESS SHELBY With a month before school starts, one Mississippi Delta school district still sure whether it will have one high school or two in the coming year. The North Bolivar district seeks to merge Broad Street High School and Mound John F. Kennedy High School.
Students would attend North Side High School in the building of the current Shelby school. District cials say enrollment is declining and they expensive repairs needed to all school buildings. However, supporters of the Mound Bayou school sued to block the merger. The Bolivar Commercial reports a ruling has again been delayed. Superintendent Maurice Smith says the district is trying to plan for contingencies, but says start may be delayed.
The district has a large number of teaching vacancies. Merger of high schools hung up by lawsuit; start of classes may be delayed ASSOCIATED PRESS.
