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Holly Springs -- Earline Bell, 65, died Monday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at True Vine Baptist Church with burial in Hopewell cemetery Two in Hudsonville. Serenity Funeral Home has charge. She leaves five daughters, Janice Faulkner, Sharon Faulkner, Kimberly Faulkner, Linda Bell and Shaquita Bell; two sons, David Bell and Jonathan Bell; her mother, Thelma Jackson, and a sister, Doris Mallory, all of Holly Springs, 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Horn Lake -- Ray Henry Phillips, 89, retired from Frisco Railroad, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Murphy Funeral Home in Lepanto, Ark., with burial in Potter Memorial cemetery there. He was a World War II veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Phillips, the widower of Ann Phillips, leaves three daughters, Eunice Olaughlin and Betty Oakes, both of Woodland, Calif., and Mary Nell Denham of Horn Lake; a son, Donnie Phillips of Thayer, Mo.; three sisters, Dorothy Barnett of Boaz, Ala., Juanita Wenner of Lutz, Fla., and Ruth Garrison of Howell, Mich., 22 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Lake Cormorant -- John Moore, 79, formerly of Jumpertown, farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville with burial in Jumpertown cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran, the recipient of a Purple Heart and a member of Gamebreeders Association. He leaves a daughter, Cathy Berryhill of Lake Cormorant; four sons, Billy Moore of Arlington, Tenn., Joe Moore of Jumpertown, Johnnie Moore of Millington, Tenn., and Mickey Moore of Hernando; six sisters, Ruth Wilson of Jumpertown, Lee Sumney of Oak Lawn, Ill., Nellie Dembraun and Edith Mackin, both of Burbank, Ill., Sue Hardy of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Jean Morris of Dyersburg, Tenn.; three brothers, Larry Moore of Arkabutla, David Moore of Senatobia and Gettys Moore of Jumpertown, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Delfa Frank Long Roberts, 91, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Ellistown Baptist Church cemetery in Blue Springs. Brantley Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and a former member of Calvary Baptist in Olive Branch and Central Baptist in Memphis. Mrs. Roberts, the widow of Grady T. Roberts, leaves a daughter, Mary Roberts Jones, and a son, Grady Frank Roberts, both of Memphis, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Gideons International.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Oxford -- Anna McGlown, 61, laborer, died April 21 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tallahatchie-Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building with burial in Salem United Methodist Church cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. She leaves two daughters, Zina Smith of Gary, Ind., and Monique Boles of Waterford; her mother, Ida Fay Campbell of Oxford; two sisters, Dorothy Durant and Patricia Washington, and a brother, Booker T. Dean, all of Gary, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Oxford -- Lue Vada Vaughn, 70, homemaker, died April 22 at Graceland Care Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Philadelphia cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Vaughn, the widow of Percy Vaughn, leaves four daughters, Mary Redmond of Detroit, Debra Mitchell of Memphis, Gracie Owens of Taylor and Ethel Vaughn of Oxford; four sons, Eddie Hilliard, Percy Vaughn Jr., Lee Vaughn and Jessie Ray Vaughn, all of Oxford; three stepdaughters, Elizabeth Sanders of Oxford, Mary Vaughn of Memphis and Martha Buford of Atlanta; two stepsons, Dall Vaughn and Ike Vaughn, both of Oxford; five sisters, Bessie Bright of Chicago, and Myra Westbrook Cross, Lena Mae Pegues, Estelle Campbell and Pauline Pegues, all of Oxford, 19 grandchildren, 22 stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren and 10 stepgreat-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Potts Camp -- Willa Aletha Floyd, 93, retired postmaster, died Monday in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at United Funeral Service in New Albany with burial in Potts Camp City cemetery. She was a member of Potts Camp Methodist Church. Mrs. Floyd, the widow of Dallas Floyd, leaves a son, John Floyd of Bethesda, Md., and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Southaven -- Sidney Williams, 56, retired bookkeeper, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Gray's Creek cemetery. She was a member of Gray's Creek Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Jennydell Wilson of Horn Lake; her mother, Mary Williams; a sister, Marilyn Scott, and a brother, Fate Williams, all of Hernando, and a son-in-law who helped care for her, Scott Wilson of Horn Lake.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Tunica -- Franklin Delano Hudson, 60, maintenance worker, died April 22 at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Hope cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Bonoza Keys of Dundee; five sisters, Eddie M. Williams of Chicago, Angela Pruitt of Anaheim, Calif., Margaret Roberts and Alberteen Pruitt, both of Memphis, and Linda Williams of Tunica; three brothers, Thomas Wilhite of Memphis, James E. Hudson of Dundee and Rev. Grady Hudson of Tunica, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Rev. Chester Pegues, 60, businessman, owner of Pegues & Son Barber Shop and retired CME Church minister, died Thursday at Alliance Healthcare System. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Anderson Chapel CME Church with burial in Beverly Chapel CME Church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. He was a Vietnam War veteran and a member of Holly Springs Oxford CME District, Beverly Chapel CME Church, NAACP, American Legion Post 250, the Masonic Lodge and Ministerial Alliance and a graduate of ITC Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Rev. Pegues, the husband of Wanda Burton Pegues, also leaves two daughters, Kim Booker of Memphis and Jolinea Pegues of Holly Springs; two sons, Johnatha LaShaun Pegues and Jansen LaRon Pegues, both of Holly Springs; four sisters, Veronia Donals of Memphis, Sweetie Dawkins and Patricia Pegues, both of Holly Springs, and Maxine Gwenn of Washington; four brothers, James Pegues of Memphis, Lang Pegues and Leon Pegues, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Benel Pegues of Holly Springs, and a grandson.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Edna Cochran Wells, 56, social service director for Trinity Mission Health & Rehab, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at noon Monday at Anderson Chapel CME Church with burial in Hebron Chapel CME Church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. She was a member, church secretary, Sunday school teacher and trustee of Hebron Chapel CME Church, a 4-H Club leader, a member of Heroines of Jericho, secretary of Unit Burial Association and a former Marshall County Woman of the Year and former Mississippi Social Services Director of the Year. Mrs. Wells, the wife of Willie Lewis Wells, also leaves two sons, Willie Lewis Wells Jr. and Elton Franklin, and her mother, Pearlie Cochran, all of Holly Springs; nine sisters, Lillian Smith of Holly Springs, Hannah Tunstall of Victoria, Joanner Edwards of Olive Branch, Alice Jean Frazier of Memphis, Inez Collier of Milwaukee, Willie Etta Wortham of Jackson, and Ida Brown, Sarah Moore and Pearlie Smith, all of St. Louis, and four brothers, John William Cochran of Hillside, N.J., Elree Cochran Jr. of Holly Springs, David Cochran of Ashland and Philander Cochran of Atlanta.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
Horn Lake -- Ottis 'Bill' Parker, 71, retired minister and former machine operator for Holiday Containers in Memphis, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Church of God in Cairo with burial in the church cemetery there. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven has charge. He was a member of the Church of God. Mr. Parker, the husband of Vera Tucker Parker for 48 years, also leaves two sons, Billy Parker of Nashville and Jason Brant Parker of Horn Lake; four sisters, Betty Jo Harmon of Nettleton, Ruth Patterson of Saltillo, Peggy Ryan of Baldwyn and Ann Daniel of Belmont; a brother, Gordan Parker of Shannon, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
Horn Lake -- Mary Judith Wise, 39, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Christ the King Catholic Church in Southaven, where she attended, with burial in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven has charge. Mrs. Wise, the wife of Billy Wise, also leaves her parents, Johnnie and Win Rainey of Olive Branch; a sister, Lisa Maness of Norcross, Ga.; a half-sister, Kristin Andry of Los Angeles; a half-brother, Erik Andry of Omaha, Neb., and two stepsisters, Angela Sewell and Vicki Mitchell, both of Greenville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
Kossuth -- Marion H. Robertson, 79, retired farmer, died Thursday at North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at McPeters Funeral Home in Corinth with burial in Gaston cemetery in Booneville. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Robertson, the husband of Virginia L. Robertson for 62 years, also leaves four daughters, Gloria Ann Wheeler of Burnsville, Carolyn McIntosh of Grand Bay, Ala., Mary Dickson of Saltillo and Lula McLeod of Moss Point; three sons, Walter M. Robertson of Romeoville, Ill., Danny Robertson of Booneville and Larry W. Robertson of Saltillo; a sister, Cleo Robertson of Guthrie, Ky.; two brothers, Jessie Robertson of Nashville and Robert Robertson of Plant City, Fla., 20 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Morris E. Laughter, 63, died Thursday at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab in Holly Springs. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon cemetery. He leaves a sister, Sarah Williams of Independence, and a brother, James M. Laughter of Olive Branch.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
Clarksdale -- Pearl Mullins Sanders, 92, retired postmaster, died Saturday at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at National Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Lyon Baptist Church. Mrs. Sanders, the widow of James Sanders, leaves a daughter, Nancy Murphree of Clarksdale; a son, Jimmy Sanders of Marks, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 1, 2005]
Southaven -- Lucille Nettles Wells Vaughn, 92, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at W.E. Pegues Funeral Home Jefferson Street Chapel in Tupelo with burial in Lee Memorial Park cemetery in Verona. She was a member of Monument Drive Baptist Church in Tupelo. She leaves three daughters, Clarise Keen of Southaven, Dorothy Bailey of Tupelo and Dianne Hammond of Arlington, Texas; three sons, Raymond E. Vaughn of Southaven, Michael L. Vaughn of Plantersville and Gary Steven Vaughn of Lexa, Ark., 11 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Monument Drive Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated May 1, 2005]
Walls -- Audrey Mae Wright Steadman, 83, retired from Ruleville Manufacturing, died Friday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Williams & Lord Funeral Home in Ruleville with burial in Drew City cemetery. She was a member of West Drew Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Gale Campbell of Walls, nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 1, 2005]
Hernando -- Charles Hunter Purnell Jr., 84, retired terminal manager for TOSCO, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a World War II and Korean War Marine Corps veteran and a member of Minor Memorial United Methodist Church. Mr. Purnell, the widower of Virginia Jo Purnell, leaves a daughter, Vicki Suggs of Collierville; a son, Hunter L. Purnell of Hernando; a brother, Donald Purnell of Phoenix, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 2, 2005]
