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April Elder Obituary

Services for April Elder age 13 will be 1:00 p.m. Friday September 5 2003 at the South Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons. Burial will follow in Maple Springs Cemetery in Mercer TN. April died Tuesday September 2 2003 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was an 8th grade student at West Middle School. She leaves her parents Janet and Chris Messer of Jackson and Calvin and Tiffany Elder of Toone TN; 2 brothers Kevin Elder of Jackson and Shane Elder of Brownsville; 2 step brothers Nicholas and Westley Stewart of Toone; and grandparents Terry and Liz Taylor of Jackson Gary and Jamie Bruce of Milan Mary Ann Elder of Toone Carlos and Betty Elder of Pinson and Carolyn Messer of Bolivar. The family will receive friends at the South Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons this evening from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. George A. Smith and Sons South Chapel 731-427-5555
Published by The Jackson Sun on Sep. 4, 2003.

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