Funeral services for Mr. Bill Cosstephens will be private. The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 11, 2003 from 7-9 PM at George Funeral Homes, Southside Chapel, 3175 Whiskey Rd., Aiken, SC. Mr. Cosstephens, 69, of Aiken, SC, husband of the late Luree Toole Cosstephens, died Sunday, afternoon, March 9, 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Aiken, SC. Born in Rochester, TX, a son of the late Walter Edward Cosstephens and Gladys Marie Johnson Cosstephens, he had been a resident of Aiken, since 1958, where he was a retired self-employed Landscaper and was of the Baptist faith and served his country in the United States Army. Daughters, Karen and her husband, Stephen Meadows, New Ellenton, SC and Ann and her husband, Darryl Messer, Aiken, SC; and granddaughters, Stephanie and Shelby Meadows and Cassy Messer, survive. At the request of the family, please make memorials in memory of Mr. Cosstephens to National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., 1501 NW 9th Ave., Bob Hope Rd., Miami, FL 33136-1494.