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Leo F. Polk
Leo F. Polk, 87, of Summit, died April 29, 2009, at his residence.
Visitation is 5 to 8 tonight at Jones Family Funeral Services in McComb and 9 a.m. Friday until services there at 10 a.m. Bro. Ed Sudduth, Pastor Woody Rimes and Shelton McDaniel will officiate. Burial will be in Pike Memorial Cemetery in McComb.
Mr. Polk was born Aug. 23, 1921, in Jefferson Davis County, to Clifton O. and Amanda Slater Polk.He was a retired mechanic for Irby Constructions, was a member of Silver Creek Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Navy. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Mr. Polk was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bonnie Lynn Berry Polk; a son, James Mitchell Polk; five brothers, William Smith, Theo Polk, Wayne Polk, J.D. Polk and Eugene Polk; and three sisters, Irene Smith, Linie Smith and Betty Scarbora.
Survivors include six sons and their spouses, Preston and Roselyn Polk, Howard and Debbie Polk, Glen and Marlene Polk, Carroll and Sandra Polk, Don and Becky Polk and Dewayne and Ruth Polk; a daughter, Sandra Felder and her husband Andra; 20 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Randy Polk, Cameron Polk, Jeffery Polk, Jeremy Polk, Burt Polk and Wayne Pearson. Honorary pallbearers will be Chris Polk, Scott Carnegie, Aaron Polk and Jason Polk.
Earl Van Jackson
Earl Van Jackson of Crosby, died April 29, 2009, at his residence.
Arrangements are incomplete at Brown Funeral Home in Gloster.
Dorothy P. Lang
Dorothy Marie Pugh Lang, 90, of Magnolia, died April 29, 2009, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center.
Graveside services were 11 a.m. today at Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Magnolia.
Mrs. Lang was born April 18, 1919, in Winston County in Loakfoma, a town in East Central Mississippi that no longer exists. She was the daughter of Thomas S. Pugh and Alma Etheridge Pugh.
She was a homemaker and a member of Bluff Springs Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lang had resided on Lang Road east of Magnolia for more than 70 years.
As a teenager in the early 1930s, she moved from Winston County to Magnolia to join her older sister, Ella, who had previously come to Pike County to earn money in the Sanders Cotton plant to help support their family during the difficult times of the Great Depression years.
Mrs. Lang worked side-by-side with her sister for several years before meeting and marrying a local cotton farmer’s son, Eugene Winford Lang, in 1938.
Mrs. Lang’s parents, Thomas and Alma, also later moved to Pike County from Louisville. Dorothy was a cousin of the country singer Tammy Wynette .
After Mrs. Lang’s husband’s service in the U.S. Army during World War II, the couple worked together on their farm for nearly 40 years.
Their extensive farming operations on 300 acres included a dairy and cattle farm. Her husband also raised soybeans and other crops. They were named the Pike County Chamber of Commerce’s Farm Family of the Year in 1968.
As Dorothy was the only one of the Pugh siblings to live “in the country,” her household was always a reunion destination for visiting kinfolk.
A great cook and flower and vegetable gardener in her heyday, she loved her family above all else.
She was a tremendous housewife and mother. Dorothy always regarded her sister, Ella Chadwick as her “second mama.”
Mrs. Lang was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene W. Lang; one son, Stacy Lang; two brothers, Bert and Maurice Pugh; two sisters, Ella Chadwick and Avis Poole; and one half-sister, Fannie Atkinson.
Survivors include one daughter, Kathryn Marlene Lang Barnes of McComb; two sons, Thomas E. Lang and his wife Sylvia of Linn Creek, Mo., and Keith Lang of Magnolia; grandchildren, Paul Barnes of Progress, Marilyn Terrell of Liberty, Ken Barnes of Metairie, La., and Tommy and Jimmy Lang of the Dallas area; five great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
Aline V. Duck
Aline Virginia Duck, 84, a lifelong resident of Liberty, died April 26, 2009, at Liberty Community Living Center.
Visitation is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Brown Funeral Home in Liberty and 9 a.m. Saturday until services there at 11 a.m. The Rev. David Luce will officiate. Burial will be in Duck Cemetery near Liberty.
Mrs. Duck was born July 25, 1924, in Amite County, to Lewis and Evelyn Causey.
She worked at the William Carter Co. in Centreville for 18 years as a machine operator.
Mrs. Duck was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas E. Duck Sr.; her infant daughter, Reba Ione Duck; three brothers, David, Paul and Burton Causey; and a sister, Hilda Morgan.
Survivors include two sons, Thomas Duck Jr. of Corinth and George Duck of Liberty; a daughter, Victoria Wall of Kentwood, La.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ike Causey of Mobile, Ala., and Robert Causey of Summit; and a sister, Marie Porter of McCall Creek.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and nephews.
Joyce C. Taylor
Joyce Caston Taylor, 76, of the Mount Vernon community in Amite County, died April 30, 2009, at The Carpenter House in Baton Rouge.
Arrangements are incomplete with Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb in charge.
To share sympathies, condolences and memories, go to Hartman-Sharkeyfuneralhome.com.
Octavis Ridley
Octavis Ridley, 72, of Summit, died April 23, 2009, at his residence.
Visitation is noon Saturday at Young’s Funeral Home in Summit until services there at 1 p.m. Bro. Charles Durr will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Summit.
Mr. Ridley was born Oct. 21, 1936, in Smithdale to Eugene Ridley Sr. and Victoria Williams Ridley.
He was a retired professional painter and furniture refinisher. His family said he was talented, gifted and artistic in many ways. He could take nothing and make something out of it. He was a kind person who loved his family and true friends.
At an early age, he started singing with his cousins, the Southern Gospel Singers, now the Jackson Southernairs. People used to call him and his cousin Huey P. Williams twins. When you saw one you would see the other. Octavis had the opportunity to perform on stage with the Five Blind Boys from Alabama, “Pop” Staple and the Staple Singers.
At an early age “Jimmy,” as he was often called, attended Rose Hill Baptist Church in Smithdale. On one Easter Sunday, he performed in the annual Easter program. He was dressed in old ragged clothes, with his hat turned backward, holes in the knees of his pants and shoes. Jim was beckoned from the audience to turn his hat around. Little did the audience know this was the way he was to perform. After he completed his speech, he sang this song, “Mother’s Little Children Has a Hard Time When Mother is Gone.” He received a standing ovation, and was rewarded with a new shinny penny, from Mr. Sam Cain. Later, he obeyed the gospel, under the ministry of Bro. James Cothern and moved to McComb.
He loved music, plants and watching them grow. He loved his family and often talked about how he worked in his mother’s flower garden. At one time, he dug up a quarter, once he finished his job for mother. He asked her, “May I go to the movies now with Huey?”
Mr. Ridley was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Fannie Cain; and a brother, Lance Samuel Ridley.
Survivors include seven sisters, Annie Knox, Launell Wesley, Wilena Rigsby, Earnestine Weatherspoon and husband Hollis of Summit, Etherine Jackson of Mccomb, Carrie Mae Ridley and Emma Jean Ridley of Milwaukee; three brothers, Eugene Ridley Jr. and his wife Lillie, and Earnest Ridley and his wife Jessie of Summit, and Marco Ridley of Los Angeles; an aunt, Amanda Williams of Smithdale; two uncles, Vernell Ridley and his wife Annie of Chicago and Samuel B. Jackson of Tulsa, Okla.; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Willis ‘Will’ Barnes
Willis “Will” Barnes, 63, of Kentwood, La., died April 24, 2009, at North Oaks Hospital in Hammond, La.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Deliverance Temple C.O.G.I.C. in Kentwood. The Rev. Larry Houston and the Rev. Wadall Dyson will officiate, and burial will be in the church Cemetery, with Cook’s Enterprise Funeral Home in McComb in charge.
Mr. Barnes was born Aug. 12, 1945, in Independence, La., to Nelson and Lillie Mae Barnes.
He attended Dillon Memorial High School and worked various jobs.
Mr. Barnes was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Ola Mae Jones, Mary Lou Magee and Janice Howard; and two brothers, Nelson and Edward Barnes.
Survivors include three sisters, Wilhelmina Broussard of Reserve, La., Gladys Chandler of Saginaw, Mich., and Eva Scott of Kenner, La.; a brother, Frelier Barnes of Magnolia; a sister-in-law, Hilda Ann Barnes; a stepbrother, Harold Cooper of Bastrop, La.; and a host of nieces, great-nieces, great-great-nieces, nephews, great-nephews, great-great-nephews, other relatives and friends.
Helen A. McManus
Helen Frances Alford McManus, 82, a native of Pike County and resident of the Progress community, died April 28, 2009, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.
Visitation is 4 to 8 tonight at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb and 9 a.m. Saturday at Progress Baptist Church until services there at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Silver Springs Baptist Church cemetery.
Mrs. McManus was born June 27, 1926, to Elmer C. and Willie Belle Hall Alford.
In 1947, she married Clyde McManus Jr. During their 42 years of marriage, they lived in Jackson, where they raised their three children, and later returned to Progress upon Mr. McManus’ retirement from Illinois-Central Railroad.
Family members said, “Helen would light up the room with her personality. Giving of herself freely, she never met a stranger. Beauty came easily for her, whether it was with her beloved flowers or beholding her children, grandchildren or friends. What a joy she was to be with: always positive, always sensitive to others, always caring and always loving. Her faith in and relationship with Jesus was an example for everyone. What a true gift she was. Helen passed these gifts, and her love of music, to her family and loved ones.”
Mrs. McManus was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, John Alford McManus and Ann of Jackson, and William Clyde McManus and Debbie of Birmingham; a daughter and son-in-law, Jenea McManus Partyka and Mark of Birmingham; five grandchildren, Elizabeth McManus and Wes McManus of Jackson, and Brittany McManus, Andrew Partyka and Laurel Partyka, all of Birmingham; and her beloved dog, Sassy.
Pallbearers are Bill McManus, Mark Partyka, Wes McManus, John McManus, Tony Martin and Bennie Tate. Honorary pallbearers are Hollis Alford and Buddy Simmons.
Memorials may be made to Progress Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Betty Simmons, 1122 Highway 575, Magnolia, MS 39652; or Hospice Ministries, 450 Towne Center Blvd., Ridgeland, MS 39157.
To share sympathies, condolences and memories, go to Hartman-Sharkeyfuneralhome.com.
Luther T. Ratcliff Jr.
Luther T. Ratcliff Jr., 12, of Liberty, died April 21, 2009, at University of Mississippi Medical Center. Visitation is 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Parson Hill Baptist Church, until services there at 1 p.m. Dr. Willie Jones, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Cook’s Enterprise Funeral Home in McComb is in charge of arrangements.
Luther was born April 23, 1996, in Connerville, Ind. He was the son of Elizabeth Bowling and Luther Troy Ratcliff Sr., both of Liberty.
Survivors include his parents; grandparents, Ruth Ratcliff of Liberty and William Bowling of Connerville; three sisters, Hattley Bowling, Dasmine Carter and Emily Bowling; three aunts and their husbands, Jenny Tomcy and Robert of Amory, Tammy Ratcliff, and Rose Radford and Greg, all of Indianapolis; four uncles and their wives, Terry Ratcliff and Jackie, and Marvin Ratcliff and Renee, all of Indianapolis, Anthony Ratcliff and Joyce of Hattiesburg and Brian Bowling and Tara of Laurel, Ind.; a special cousin, Devin Tatum; two special friends, Fredrick Dianels and Allen Virgen; and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.
