Survivors include her son, Alfred Jordan Jr.; brothers, Clinton (Nancy) Drummer of Laurel and Leonard (Alice) Drummer of Olympia, Wash.; sisters, Jeannet Boston of Charlotte, N. C., Denise (Charles) Pierce of Charlotte, N. C., and Dorsie (Dwight) Jones of Slidell, La.

Visitation will be held from noon until 1 p.m. Thursday at Morning Star Baptist Church. Chapel of Angels Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of the arrangements.

Mamie J. Welch

Mamie J. Welch, 85, of the Gitano Community, died Monday, March 17, 2008, at her residence in Gitano.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Memory Chapel with burial to follow in Welch Cemetery in the Gitano Community. The Rev. Harold Holifield will officiate.

Mrs. Welch was a member of Old Antioch Baptist Church in Gitano. She retired from Reliance Manufacturing.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Edwin E. Welch in 1997 and a daughter, Edna Bates in 2006.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, June Gibson and Ronnie Gibson of Union and the Gitano Community; one brother and sister-in-law, Gail Johnson and Doris Johnson of Ellisville; three grandchildren, Michelle Ishee, Keith Bates and Allison Gibson; five great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Keith Bates, Ben Ishee, Ronnie Gibson, Wayne Pilgrim, Harold Ishee and Andrew Ishee.

Memory Chapel is in charge of services.

Fronie Wheaton

Fronie Wheaton, 85, of Bay Springs, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at the Jasper County Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Montrose, with burial in Community Cemetery in Montrose. The Rev. David Erby will officiate.