Denise Rodriguez Oct. 10, 1967 – Aug. 26, 1999 Services for Denise Rodriguez, 31, of Natchez, who died Thursday, Aug. 26, 1999, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 10 a.m. today at Laird Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Hiram Coker officiating. Miss Rodriguez was born Oct. 10, 1967, in Natchez. Survivors include her mother, Sandra Rodriguez and her husband Homer, both of Lake St. John, La.; two brothers, Brian Rodriguez of Dothan, Ala., and Jimmy Rodriguez of Nashville, Tenn.; one grandmother, Nell Fitzpatrick of Natchez; one grandfather, L.H. Dukes of Orange, Texas; a friend, Kim Knight of Natchez. The family request memorials be made to Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi, 16 Northtown Drive, Suite 100, Jackson, Miss., 39211-3058 or Multiple Sclerosis Society, P.O. Box 1128, Madison, Miss., 39130.

Cleo L. Searcy Feb. 25, 1921 – Aug. 27, 1999 BROOKHAVEN – Services for Cleo L. Searcy, 78, of Brookhaven, who died Friday, Aug. 27, 1999, at her residence, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harrigill Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in the Union Church Cemetery in Lincoln County under the direction of Harrigill Funeral Home. Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Searcy was born Feb. 25, 1921, in Brookhaven, the daughter of James Luther Lambert and Dona Delaughter Lambert. She was an LPN Nurse and a member of Eastern Star, Moose Lodge and Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Natchez. Survivors include her husband, William T. &uot;Bill&uot; Searcy of Brookhaven; two sons, Harry Jones Rosenthal of Jackson and Harry Leonard Rosenthal of Natchez; a stepson, Jimmy Searcy of Popularville; a stepdaughter, Elaine Weems of Popularville; three sisters, Mary Davis of Brookhaven, Ida Netenland of Hamburg and Eula B. Price of Huntsville, Ala.; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.