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Corinth -- Samuel C. Downs, 86, retired unemployment representative, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Farmington Baptist Church with burial in Forrest Memorial Park. Corinthian Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Downs, the widower of Annie K. Downs, leaves a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Corinth -- James Loyd Green, 51, construction worker, died Monday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Holly cemetery. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a sister, Jo Nell Haynie of Corinth.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Corinth -- David Royce Ray, 25, employee of Ashley Inc. in Ecru, died Monday in Mississippi. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McPeters Funeral Home with burial in Wheeler Grove cemetery. He was a graduate of Kossuth High School. He leaves a daughter, Anna Marie Ray; a son, Branden Ray; his parents, Jimmy and Patricia Ray; two sisters, Stacey Ray Sanders and Tracey Ray Sanders, and his grandmother, Bertha Ray, all of Corinth.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Dumas -- Bobby Gene Burks, 67, truck driver for Robert Fryar Sawmill, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ripley Funeral Home with burial in New Harmony cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran and member of Fellowship Baptist Church. Mr. Burks, the husband of Peggy Ann Anthony Burks, also leaves two daughters, Tina Stacy and Holly Burks, and a son, Bobby Burks Jr. all of Dumas; two brothers, Tommy Burks of Collierville and Herchel Burks of New Albany, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Olive Branch -- Alberta Snow, 90, retired licensed practical nurse, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park South Woods in Memphis. She was a member of Maples United Methodist Church and Four Seasons of Maywood. Mrs. Snow, the widow of George Snow, leaves a daughter, Sally Jones of Olive Branch; a son, Richard SNow of Southaven; a sister, Elva Holman of Olive Branch; a brother, Earl Brewer of Apopka, Fla., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Maples United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Southaven -- Harold Bridges, 84, photographer, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Twin Oaks Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Karon Nichols of Southaven; two sons, Jon Bridges of Eugene, Ore., and Daryl Bridges of Nashville; a brother, Jim Bridges of Brandon, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Southaven -- Janice Langston DeBolt, 50, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Longview Heights Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South in Memphis. Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis has charge. Mrs. DeBolt, the wife of Jeff DeBolt, also leaves a daughter, Cynthia D. Alberson of Nesbit; a son, William C. DeBolt of Southaven; three sisters; a brother, and a granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Longview Heights Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Byhalia -- Ronny Cox, 59, switchman for Illinois Central Canadian National Railroad, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran. Mr. Cox, the husband of Frances Cox for 26 years, also leaves a daughter, Laura Ann Cox of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Kimberly Troup of Southaven; a stepson, Tony Marchisio of Byhalia; five sisters, Frances Lyle of Nashville, Ada Lou Thorn of Birmingham, Catherine Marles of Memphis, Ann Edmiston of Cordova, Tenn., and Alice Gallagher of Germantown, Tenn., and two brothers, Jimmie Cox of Atoka, Tenn., and David W. Cox Jr. of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Byhalia -- Fred Johnson, 74, formerly of Bronx, N.Y., retired window cleaner for See Clear Maintenance in Bronx, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Victoria, where he was a member, with burial in McCraven cemetery there. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. He was a Korean War Army veteran and a member of the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Frances Smith Johnson, also leaves two daughters, Sharon Johnson Rayford and Donna Johnson, both of Byhalia; a son, Kenneth C. Johnson of Los Angeles; his father, William Henry Wright of Holly Springs; three sisters, Alice Jean Hughes of New Albany, and Patricia Isom and Janie McNeil, both of Holly Springs; four brothers, Jack Wright of Rochester, N.Y., and Troy Lee Wright, William Wright and Larry Wright, all of Holly Springs, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Byhalia -- Woodrow Koonce, 60, automobile salesman, died Wednesday at Alliance Health Care Center in Holly Springs. Holly Springs Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist. He leaves a daughter, Cheryl Koonce-Cathey of Lavaca, Ark.; two brothers, Kenneth D. Phillips of Blue Mountain and Richard C. Phillips of Hattiesburg, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Como -- Minnie Starks, 70, died Feb. 25 at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Cherry Street Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Mount Level Missionary Baptist Church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Tunica has charge. She leaves three daughters, Jautassa Sims of Como, Patrice Scott of Greenwood and Lois Davis of Memphis; two sons, Micheal W. Starks of Mesquite, Texas, and Melvin Ray Jones of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Corinth -- Robert Alvin Rogers, 84, welder, died Wednesday at Mississippi Care Inn. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Funeral Home with burial in Henry cemetery. He was a Baptist. He leaves a sister, Elaine Wegman of Corinth.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Adella Hopkins Neely, 90, homemaker and domestic worker, died Sunday at Alliance Health Care System. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Red Banks, where she was a 36-year Missionary Society member and an usher board member, with burial in the church cemetery there. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Heroines of Jericho Court 48. Mrs. Neely, the widow of Leroy Neely, leaves two daughters, Carrie Mae Dean of Byhalia and Gladys Reed of Holly Springs; four sons, Billy Sharp and Leroy Neely Jr., both of Byhalia, Ray Hardaway of Memphis and Herbert Mack of Columbus, 25 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Josephine Whiting, 99, farmer, died Feb. 25 at Alliance Health Care System. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in Como, where she was an usher board member and mother, with burial in the church cemetery. Felix Cauthen Funeral Home in Senatobia has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Whiting, the widow of Otis Whiting, leaves a daughter, Zannie Mae Young of Dallas; three sons, Otis Whiting and Robert Whiting, both of Chicago, and James Whiting of Como, 13 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Holly Springs -- Tamekia LaShay Wilson, 28, hostess for Annie's Restaurant, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Anderson Chapel CME Church with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her mother and stepfather, Lucatheryn Wilson Grant and Everton Grant; her father and stepmother, Gary L. Pegues Jr. and Norma Jean Pegues; two sisters, Lawanda J. Wilson and Amanda G. Wilson; two stepsisters, Shameka Pegues and Angelica McClellan, and her grandparents, Mandy E. Wilson and Gary and Lula M. Pegues, all of Holly Springs.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Oxford -- Emmitt McGlown, 85, retired from the University of Mississippi and former funeral director, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Cypress Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, with burial in the church cemetery. Kenneth I Roberson Funeral Home in Pontotoc has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. McGlown, the widower of Lacy McGlown, leaves six stepdaughters, Verline Buckingham of Oxford, Sylvia Gordon of Battle Creek, Mich., Mary Anne Carter and Erma Sue Thompson, both of Chicago, Ora Lee Webb of Indianapolis and Alice Bonk of Illinois; a stepson, William Jones of Memphis; a sister, A.D. Hankins of South Bend, Ind.; a granddaughter who helped care for him, Avis Stringer of Jackson, several other grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Pope -- Geneva 'Navy' Robinson, 72, of Chicago, formerly of Pope, homemaker, died Thursday at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Nelson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Pope Chapel cemetery. Cooley's Mortuary in Batesville has charge. She was a member of Kelly United Methodist Church in Chicago. She leaves three sisters, Earlene Ellis of Pope, Ruth Ellis of Chicago and Louise Gathright of Los Angeles, and four brothers, Fred Ellis, Hulit Ellis and C.W. Ellis, all of Cleveland, Ohio, and George Ellis Jr. of Detroit.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Red Banks -- Andrew Jefferson, 69, died Monday at Alliance Health Care System in Holly Springs. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Newell Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Serenity Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. Mr. Jefferson, the husband of Bertha Jefferson, also leaves five daughters, Jane Alice Stinson of Holly Springs, Mary Nell McCray of Collierville, Angela Hardaway and Priscilla Jefferson, both of Red Banks, and Lucy Mae Sharp of Byhalia; six sons, Andrew Jefferson Jr., James Earl Jefferson and Johnny Cross, all of Memphis, and Michael Jefferson, Harry Jefferson and Walter Jefferson, all of Red Banks; four sisters, Betty Williams of Edwardsville, Ill., Parole Rockett of Madison, Ill., and Shirley Smith and Matilda Nevills, both of Byhalia; three brothers, Lee Willie Jefferson of Red Banks, and Charles Black and C.L. Black, both of Memphis, 28 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Rienzi -- Lillie Pearl Mills, 82, retired waitress, died Thursday at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Corinthian Funeral Home in Corinth with burial in Harmony Baptist Church cemetery in Walnut. Mrs. Mills, the widow of Bud Mills, leaves three sisters, Mildred Bain of Rienzi, Christine White of Corinth and Lana Crews of Atlanta, and two brothers, George White of Rienzi and Billy White of Spokane.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Southaven -- William Strom, 64, musician, keyboardist for Jerry Lee Lewis and employee of Custom Projects, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Mr. Strom, the husband of Gayle Strom for 26 years, also leaves two daughters, Kim O'Hagan and Sheila Phillips, both of Memphis; a son, Dylan O'Hagan of Southaven; a sister, Yvonne Nunnold of Helena, Ga., and three brothers, Rudolph Strom of Douglas, Ga., Elisha Strom of Blackshear, Ga., and Rev. Julian Strom of McRae, Ga.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
