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Willie Mae West Bolden.

Willie Mae West Bolden died Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, at River Region Medical Center. She was 69.

Mrs. Bolden was retired from the Vicksburg Warren School District and a member of Greater Grove Street M.B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Riley Porter and Ora Lee Kelly; a daughter, Bernetta W. Hudson; a son, Eric D. Wright; a sister, Dorothy Briscoe; and two brothers, Samuel Luckett and John Earl Kelly.

Survivors include two daughters, Wilma Faye Wright Blunt of Hampton, Va., and Jenene W. Boyd of Vicksburg; two sons, Terry L. Wright of Atlanta and Louis F. Wright of Vicksburg; two sisters, Barbara Mae Perryman of Detroit and Deloris Carr of Charlotte, N.C.; three brothers, Lewis C. Davis, James Kelly and David Lee Kelly, all of Vicksburg; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Greater Grove Street M.B. Church with the Rev. Casey Fisher officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Ethel Victoria Bowlin.

TALLULAH – Ethel Victoria Bowlin died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at Olive Branch Senior Care Center. She was 89.

Mrs. Bowlin was born in Winn Parish and had lived in Madison Parish for 31 years. She was a homemaker and a member of Willow Bayou Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Bowlin; and a son, Howard Jefferson Bowlin.

Survivors include a daughter, Margie Bowlin Taylor of Tallulah; two brothers, James Arnold Bowlin of Talluah and Billy Ray Bowlin of Delhi; four granddaughters; a grandson; six great-grandsons and three great-granddaughters.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Willow Bayou Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Magnuson officiating. Burial will follow at Silver Cross Cemetery. Glenwood-Crothers Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Ryan Wesley Cook.

Ryan Wesley Cook died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, in an automobile accident. He was 27.

A native of Edwards, Mr. Cook attended Central Hinds Academy in Raymond. A member of Old Whitaker Hunting Club, he lived in Vicksburg and was employed with ABMB Engineering.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Barbara Ann Kyrola; and a brother, Justin L. Cook.

Survivors include his father, Larry Cook of Vicksburg; his paternal grandmother, Nina Cook; and his fiance