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Free lecture Millsaps College will host Jean Comaroff, November 5, 7 p.m., for a free public lecture, Without Borders: The Problem of Belonging in Africa and For more information call 601-974-1437. Lunch and learn The Fund of Mississippi 2009-10 Lunch and Learn series will be held at the Eudora Welty Library community room, 11:45 a.m. 1 p.m., October 29. To reserve lunch for $10 call 601-326-0700 or 601326-0701. Off the leash Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi will host a fund-raiser, Off the Leash for Epilepsy, November 7, 1 4 p.m.

at Lakeshore Park in Brandon. The event will feature contests such as Battle of the Breeds, cutest pet, ugliest pet and best costume. There will be raffles, live entertainment, a cake walk, kids activities and food. For more information call 601-936-5222. Club meetings Jackson Touchdown Club will meet at River Hills Club at 6 p.m.

November 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. For more information call Chip Newman, 601-291-1743; or Glen Waddle, 601506-3186. Jane Gryder Magruder Services were held at St. Episcopal Cathedral October 27 for Barbara Jane Herndon Gryder Magruder. Mrs.

Magruder went home to her Lord and Savior October 21. She was born September 29, 1933, and grew up in Chattanooga. She was an active member of St. Cathedral, and Church of the Incarnation, Highlands, N.C. In the early 1960s with her husband, Jack Gryder, and their four young children, she moved to Jackson.

She was a charter member of St. Episcopal Church. After the death of her husband, she continued serving as a teacher in its church school and later as a member of its vestry. She married Lauch Magruder in December 1969. In 1997, when her husband retired they moved to their home in Highlands, N.C.

Mrs. Magruder was a faithful servant of her Lord, having shared love with many, many people. She was a regular music director for the Cursillos of both the Episcopal and Methodist church, being instrumental in organizing the Mississippi Methodist Cursillo. She founded the family choir at St. Cathedral.

She served as music director for the Mississippi Faith at Work conferences in Jackson and the Summer Chapel in Highlands, N.C. For years she hosted a ladies prayer group in her home. Mrs. Magruder loved people, evidenced by the fact that wherever she went, she never met a stranger. In 1979, when the family was on an extended trip to Scotland, they were active in an Episcopal church in Edinburgh.

Once she received a call from a leader of a ladies Bible study in that church asking her to come and meet with the group. She said to Jane, come and teach us You could not come to her home without her urging you to eat or drink something. She insisted that every repairman, yard worker and the like who came to her home sit down and eat something or at least have something to drink. It was not unusu- al to find eight or 10 workers on her deck eating the lunch she had prepared for them. She was a member of Meh Lady Luncheon Club, the Jackson Life Underwriters Association, Highlands Falls Country Club, and Mountain Laurel Tennis Club, both in Highlands, the choirs of St.

Cathedral, Jackson Church of the Incarnation, Highlands and the Highlands Choral Association. Survivors are her husband Lauch M. Magruder, children Pamela Jane Gryder Carr of Pensacola, Susan Gryder Vassar of Lakeland, Sandra Gryder Scheer of Tulsa, stepchildren Claudia Magruder Featherstone of Knoxville, Gloria Kate (Kay) Magruder Van Skiver of Cedaredge, 13 grandchildren, and her brother Paul Herndon of Sparta, N.C. She was preceded in death by her mother Zollie Evangeline Holloman Hales, father Paul Ralph Herndon, and her son, Jack Erwin Gryder. Burial was at Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland.

Alfred N. Crisler Services were held at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church October 20 for Alfred N. Crisler. Crisler, 84, died October 15 at the Mississippi State Home from complications of cancer. He was an attorney and real estate developer in Jackson.

Crisler was born in Jackson June 26, 1925, and lived here all of his life, except during his military service. He was a 1942 graduate of Central High School. After attending Ole Miss, Crisler enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1943, receiving his wings as a pilot in 1945. After the war, he returned to Ole Miss to attend law school, graduating in January 1948. Like his father before him, Crisler was a general practice and real estate attorney in Jackson.

His law partners for many of his 60-plus year career were his brother Charles W. Crisler Justice Francis S. Bowling, and Judge William F. Coleman. His cousin, Judge Alfred G.

Nicols was also associated with the firm for several years. Crisler and his brother Charles were also real estate developers, having built numerous apartment buildings, office buildings and shopping centers throughout the Jackson area and the Southeast. They were among the first developers of high-rise apartments in Mississippi, including Sterling Towers in Jackson and Gulf Towers in Biloxi. love of the outdoors was nurtured as a boy by his uncle, Alfred G. Nicols, and throughout his life he enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He was also an avid athlete, having won numerous local tournaments in golf and tennis. He was a member of the Country Club of Jackson for more than 50 years. His other passions included flying and singing in the choir at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church. Survivors are his former wife and mother of his children, Adele Rawls Crisler; daughter Hollie Crisler Torrence and husband Jerry Torrence of Florence, and their children Jeremy Torrence, Sonya Bardwell, Crisler Torrence and Nicols Torrence; son Alfred N. Crisler Jr.

and wife Debbie Daniels Crisler of Frisco, Texas, and their son Matthew Crisler. Crisler was preceded in death by his parents, Charles W. Crisler and Gladys Nicols Crisler, and his brother, Charles W. Crisler Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Jeremy Torrence, Crisler Torrence, Nicols Torrence, Matthew Crisler, Randy Nicols, Judge Alfred G.

Nicols Elbert Hilliard, Dave Gammill, Homer Best, Harold D. Carl Herrin, Billy Mounger, Richard Sims, Victor Smith, Howard Stover, Dr. Willard H. Boggan and Albert Thomas. The family wishes to express their thanks to all the fine people at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson and the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Jackson.

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