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Holly Springs -- C.W. Langford, 73, retired foreman for Conley Frog & Switch, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Pate-Jones Funeral Home in Senatobia with graveside services at 2 p.m. at Oak Springs cemetery in Calhoun City. He was a member of Apostolic Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church in Wyatte. Mr. Langford, the husband of Retha Taylor Langford, also leaves two daughters, Shelia Johnson of Calhoun City and Glenetta Ausburn of Hernando; a son, Steve Langford of Senatobia; five sisters, Jane Rodgers of Grenada, Inez Smith of Benton, Ark., Jessie Blaylock of Southaven, Nail Turner of Derma and Lunez Patterson of Olive Branch; three brothers, Frank Langford and Jimmy Langford, both of Senatobia, and Johney Langford of Derma, six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Apostolic Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated April 9, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Lizzie B. Vaughn McCary, 74, retired from Emerson Electric Co. in Oxford, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Missionary Baptist Church in Lamar, where she was a choir member, with burial in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. McCary, the widow of Floyd McCary, leaves two daughters, Jerline McCary-Mack and Ernestine Rooks, and four sons, Floyd McCary Jr., James Earl McCary, Cornell McCary and Terry Lee McCary, all of Holly Springs; three sisters, Irene Jones and Mary Lee Turnage, both of Holly Springs, and Olivia Sellers of Memphis; two brothers, Roy Lee Vaughn and Willie C. Vaughn, both of Holly Springs, 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 9, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Mary Nell Gill, 82, formerly of Hayti, Mo., retired from DeSoto County Schools, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in Woodlawn cemetery in Hayti. She was a member of Olive Branch First Baptist Church. Mrs. Gill, the widow of Milford Gill, leaves two daughters, Sherry Wright of Searcy, Ark., and Pam Padgett of Olive Branch; a sister, Hattie Cain of Caruthersville, Mo., and a grandson.
[Death notice dated April 9, 2005]
Oxford -- Rivers McMillin Renfrow, 93, homemaker, died Friday at Graceland Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Anchor Baptist Church, where she was a member of Women's Missionary Union, with burial in Shipp cemetery. Waller Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Renfrow, the widow of Claudie Thomas Renfrow, leaves three daughters, Joy R. Anthony of Collierville, Tenn., and Geraldine R. Champion and Johnnie R. Hurdle, both of Oxford; two sons, James N. Renfrow and Jack Renfrow, both of Oxford, 19 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Anchor Baptist Church Building Fund or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 9, 2005]
Ripley -- John Robert Jumper, 90, of Ripley and Decatur, Ga., retired research biologist for the U.S. government, died Thursday at Northlake Regional Medical Center in Tucker, Ga. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ripley Funeral Home with burial in Tippah Memorial Gardens. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Jumper, the widower of Leota May Jumper, leaves a daughter, Molly Glenn Jumper of Decatur; three sons, Paul Jumper and David Jumper, both of Lawrenceville, Ga., and John Spight of Decatur; a sister, Ruby Jumper of Memphis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated April 9, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Louise Wolfe Boyd, 91, homemaker and seamstress, died Friday at her daughter's home in Olive Branch. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Clarksdale First Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Clarksdale Memorial Gardens. National Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Boyd, the widow of James Finnie Boyd, leaves two daughters, Pat Giles of Clarksdale and Shirley Andrews of Olive Branch; a son, Gary Boyd of Cary, N.C.; a sister, Dedda Donelson, and a brother, Eldred Wolfe, both of Collierville, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Clarksdale First Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Hernando -- Shirley A. Cooper, 73, retired office clerk for Transcon Truck Lines, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a member of Southaven First Baptist Church. Mrs. Cooper, the widow of James C. Cooper, leaves a daughter, Rose Ann Taylor of Hernando; a son, Danny McGee Owens of California, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Hernando -- Clara 'Shortie' Laughter, 72, retired clerk for Scruggs Grocery, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home with burial in Bakers Chapel cemetery. She was a member of Hernando First Assembly of God. Mrs. Laughter, the widow of Thomas O. Laughter, leaves two daughters, Jan Keel of Hernando and Ellen Davis of Nesbit; a son, Tracy Laughter of Hernando; three sisters, Mildred Hartsfield of Hernando, Martha Ann Allday of Terry and Maureen Goodson of Winona; two brothers, Howard Scruggs of Grenada and Cliff Scruggs of Hernandco, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Ripley -- Ellen Ann Spires, 87, retired dietary worker, died Saturday at Tippah County Hospital. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. today at Tippah Memorial Gardens. Ripley Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Golden Hill Methodist Church. Mrs. Spires, the widow of James Milton Spires, leaves four daughters, Joy Simmons of Ecru, Betty Sue Hurt of Tupelo, and Ruth Spires and Betty Shackelford Carroll, both of Ripley; a son, Wade Spires of Tupelo; two sisters, Louise Cowsert of Ripley and Betty Edge of Memphis; three brothers, Henry Jeter, Tate Jeter and Jerry Jeter, all of Ripley, eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Sardis -- Julia Patton Johnson, 78, homemaker, died Friday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sardis Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Moore Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Stanley Eugene Johnson, leaves two daughters, Claire Wilkerson of Waynesville, N.C., and Marianne Echols of Huntsville, Ala.; a son, Stanley E. Johnson Jr. of Venice, Fla.; a sister, Claudia Pierie of Sardis, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Senatobia -- Mildred E. Bennett, 85, retired production worker, died Saturday at North Oak Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Pate-Jones Funeral Home with burial in Bethesda cemetery. She was a member of Highland Baptist Church, Mrs. Bennett, the widow of Thomas Bennett, leaves two daughters, Patsy Mahan of Olive Branch and Cathy Jane Bennett of Canton; two sons, Thomas Franklin Bennett Jr. of Memphis and Billy W. Bennett of Senatobia; a sister, Laura Dixon of Senatobia; four brothers, Charles Thomas of Wallace, S.C., Lewis Thomas of Coldwater, Hugh Thomas of Germantown, Tenn., and Leroy Thomas of Arkabutla, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Southaven -- Imogene Carson, 82, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Twin Oaks Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Carson, the widow of Jack Harvey Carson, leaves two sons, Jack Carson of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Don Carson of Southaven, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Southaven -- Angela Denise Churchill, 23, sales representative for Fan Fare Media, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a Baptist. She leaves her parents, Steve and Denise Churchill, and a brother, Charles Steven Churchill Jr., all of Southaven; her grandparents, James T. Allen of Southaven and Lester C. Churchill of Olive Branch, and a companion with whom she lived, Joe Palazola.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Southaven -- Reba T. Kingdon, 74, homemaker, died Friday at DeSoto Health Care. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a member of the Who-So-Ever class at Trinity Baptist Church. Mrs. Kingdon, the wife of William T. Kingdon for 54 years, also leaves two daughters, Karen Walker of Southaven and Nicole Kingdon of Memphis; two sons, Keith Kingdon of Somerville and Bruce Kingdon of Millington, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Trinity Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Tiplersville -- Hubert Pearl McDowell, 86, farmer, died Friday at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Ripley Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery. He was a deacon, Sunday school superintendent and song leader at Peoples Baptist Church. Mr. McDowell, the husband of Grace Marie McDowell, also leaves two daughters, Mary Grace King of Ripley and Nelda Kitchens of Louisville; two sons, Holland McDowell of Tiplersville and Eddie McDowell of Selmer, Tenn.; two sisters, Alma Taylor of Tiplersville and Jane Huddleston of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 10, 2005]
Hernando -- Louise Havard Youngblood, 79, of Ridgeland, formerly of Hernando, retired teacher, died Saturday at Mississippi Hospital for Restorative Care in Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church in Madison with burial at 3 p.m. in Union Church cemetery. Hernando Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of United Methodist Women, and graduate of Perkinston Junior College, Millsaps College and University of Mississippi. Mrs. Youngblood, the wife of Rev. J. Wesley Youngblood, also leaves two daughters, Rebecca Youngblood of Jackson and Judy Youngblood of Senatobia, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Camp Lake Stephens in Oxford, Millsaps College Center for Ministry or Jennie Youngblood Christian Educators Scholarship care of Mississippi United Methodist Women in Jackson.
[Death notice dated April 11, 2005]
Nesbit -- Adam Lee Boldreghini, 19, student at Northwest Mississippi Community College and employee of GNC Nutrition Center, died Saturday in Byhalia. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in Memorial Park South Woods in Memphis. He was a member of Tennessee Air National Guard and Little League coach. He leaves his father and stepmother, Samuel J. and Jeanne Boldreghini of Tombell, Texas; his mother, Angela A. Boldreghini, and two sisters, Christi Boldreghini and Katie Boldreghini, all of Nesbit, and his grandparents, Perrylyn Adams of Cordova and Sam and Martha Anne Boldreghini of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated April 11, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Donald R. Davis, 83, formerly of Memphis, retired from the Postal Service, died Saturday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was an Air Force veteran and member of Scottish Rite. Mr. Davis, the husband of Helen Lee Davis for 64 years, also leaves a son, Donald R. Davis Jr. of Olive Branch and four sisters. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 11, 2005]
Southaven -- Frances B. Wiggs, 89, retired clerical worker for Loeb's Laundry and Cleaners in Memphis, died Saturday at Beverly Health Care. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a Methodist and member of Order of the Eastern Star Horn Lake chapter 356. Mrs. Wiggs, the widow of Walter Wiggs, leaves a daughter, Evelyn Edwards of Horn Lake; a son, Ed Wiggs of Menifee, Calif.; three sisters, Jo Hood of Hot Springs, Ark., Evelyn Fowler of Collun, Okla., and Virginia Williams of Dix, Ill., five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 11, 2005]
Batesville -- Imogene W. Nelson Wallace, 80, former Panola County tax collector and assessor, died Saturday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Dickins Funeral Home with burial in Chapel Hill cemetery in Pope. She was a member of Chapel Hill Methodist Church. Mrs. Wallace, the wife of R. C. Wallace, also leaves three sons, Jerry Williamson of Acworth, Ga., Lawrence Williamson of Red Boiling Springs, Tenn., and Mike Williamson of Athens, Ga., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Chapel Hill cemetery Fund.
[Death notice dated April 12, 2005]
