Funeral services held for Charles Bradford BRASHIER, DeSoto, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, 2 PM, Thursday, Revs. John Webb, Tommy Randall, Jimmy Sanders, and W. C. McClellan officiating; age 68; interment in Salem Methodist Church Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Mattie ROGERS BRASHIER; three sons, Charles B., Jr., Jackson, MS; Ralph C. and Arnold R. BRASHIER, both of Quitman; three sisters, Mrs. Hilda COKER and Mrs. Cora EVANS, both of Rt. 2, Shubuta; Mrs. Lyda JOHNSTON, Shubuta; four brothers, Robert Lee BRASHIER, Reno, NV; Dr. Earl S. BRASHIER, Jackson; B. T., Sr., and Tillman, both of Rt. 2, Shubuta; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Raymond McRee, C. L. Hunter, John S. Dabbs, Foster Pippen, Liston McInnis, Bud Graces, Albert Gilbert, Lonnie Yates.

W. T. CARMICHAEL, a former Clarke Countian, passed away at his home, Laurel, 31 Dec; 92 years of age; born and reared in Clarke Co. near Carmichael; resided in Laurel for several years; funeral services held at Laurel Funeral Home today (Friday) at 2 PM.

Harmond A. GODWIN, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away at Watkins Hospital, 25 Dec, age 78; funeral services held 27 Dec, Antioch Baptist Church, 11 AM, Rev. John McGrew officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Janie BARRY GODWIN; two daughters, Mrs. J. D. SCHRIMPSHIRE, Quitman, Rt. 2; Mrs. Leroy McADAMS, Shubuta, Star Rt.; son, Hayward GODWIN, Quitman, Rt. 2; four sisters, Mrs. Ruby SMITH, Mrs. Lula CHAMPION, both of Meridian, Rt. 7; Mrs. Ollie WILLIAMS, Miss Ida GODWIN, Meridian; three brothers, Byrd GODWIN, Meridian, Rt. 7; Cliff GODWIN, Bill GODWIN, both of Quitman, Rt. 2; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; pallbearers - Gene Schrimpshire, Harvey Schrimpshire, Don Barry, J. W. Barry, Geather Smith, Arvin Champion.

Mrs. Julia Elizabeth LONG, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away at family residence 30 Dec; age 89; funeral services held 31 Dec, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 2:30 PM, Revs. W. W. Hayes and Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - five daughters, Mrs. Delia WILSON, Mobile; Mrs. Annie DOOLE, Quitman, Rt. 2; Mrs. Ada Mae GRIFFIN, Meridian, Rt. 1; Mrs. Pauline PICKARD, Quitman, Rt. 1; Mrs. Louise HAYES, Quitman, Rt. 2; three sons, H. G. LONG, Quitman, Rt. 2; J. E. LONG, Quitman, Rt. 2; H. W. LONG, Quitman; 21 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Charlie Long, Billy Long, Charles Stallings, Julian Slay, Ronnie Wright, Butch Wright.

Funeral services held for John K. McKINNON, 66, Pachuta, Sunday, 5 Jan, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 2 PM; died of a heart attack Tuesday night; Revs. Olin Smith and John Webb will officiate; interment in Orange Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Velma ROGERS McKINNON; daughter, Mrs. D. R. McLEOD, Manteca, CA; two sisters, Mrs. R. E. COOLEY, Waynesboro; Miss Mattie Laura McKINNON, Laurel; two grandsons; pallbearers - Jack Gunn, William Combest, Lavelle Lightsey, Howard Lightsey, Avera Lewis, Jr., Robert Lee Sisson.

Funeral services held for Olin Bang SMITH, 76, Quitman, this morning (Friday), 10 AM, First Baptist Church, Quitman; Rev. N. F. Greer will officiate; interment in Brightwater, AL, cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Ola GAVIN SMITH; daughter, Mrs. Wilma PETTIS, Shubuta; two sons, Austin L. SMITH, Quitman and Olin B. SMITH, Jr., Birmingham, AL; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Homer Crawford, Howard Pettis, Bud Dew, Fred Daniels, Harold Hutcherson, Claud Miller.

Jackson, MS - Jesse David THOMPSON, 71, retired building construction foreman, died early Monday morning at his home, 152 Georgia Ave., after an illness of about one month; body sent to Quitman; funeral services conducted Tuesday, 3:30 PM, Walters Funeral Home, Rev. Fred Chancellor officiating; native of Clarke Co.; lived in Jackson about 35 years; prior to retirement in 1960, employed as general foreman for various contractors, including W. T. Beckelhimer, R. E. Jordan, W. H. and W. W. Howie, all of Jackson, B. C. Rogers, Morton; member of Baptist church and Carpenters' Union; survivors - wife, Mrs. Dora ROBINSON THOMPSON; two daughters, Mrs. A. R. (Louise) JEFFRYES, Montgomery, AL; Mrs. Billy P. (Hazel) ARTHUR, Jackson; six grandchildren; five brothers and five sisters.

Funeral services held Tuesday for Johnnie BECTON, 41, Rt. 2, Quitman, who died in Watkins Hospital Monday; services held in Bethany Holiness Church; interment in Quitman cemetery; Revs. O. F. Grisham and Terry Irby officiated; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - Mrs. Dorothy FAGAN BECTON; three daughters, Linda, Diane, and Vicki BECTON; three sons, Dannie Jack, Charles Ray, and Mickey Dwayne; sister, Mrs. Foster BUSBY, San Diego, CA; four brothers, Emory BECTON, Millry, AL; Earl BECTON, Butler, AL; Lige BECTON, Quitman; Arnold TINDLE, Rt. 4, Quitman; pallbearers - Finnis Waltman, Ralph McCarra, Bernice McCarra, J. A. Wimberly, Stub Carmichael, Ray Griffin.

Funeral services held 10 AM Wednesday for Mellard Franklin BREWER, 46, Rt. 3, Waynesboro, who died 5 Jan. in Veteran's Hospital, Jackson; funeral held in Water Oak Baptist Church, Wayne County; interment in Pittman's Cemetery; Revs. George Anderson, Sam W. Cochran, and Travis Henderson officiated; Walters Funeral Home of Quitman in charge; survivors - widow, Mrs. Margaret BREWER; daughter, Carolyn Elaine BREWER; two sons, Kenneth Allen BREWER and Stanley Everett BREWER; his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. T. Z. MANNING, Rt. 3, Waynesboro; sister, Mrs. Flora HUDSON, Rt. 3, Waynesboro; brother, George Lloyd BREWER, Eight Mile, AL; pallbearers - Arthur Pittman, Walker Pittman, Bilbo Pittman, Averson Brewer, Dempsey Brewer, Abner Brewer.

Funeral services held Monday for John Jordan PARKER, 63, Rt. 2, Quitman, who died at home 4 Jan of a heart attack; funeral held in Quitman First Baptist Church; interment in Quitman Cemetery; officiating ministers were Revs. N. F. Greer, Edd F. Grayson, and Taylor Wallace; survivors - widow, Mrs. Katie SNIDER PARKER; three sons, Leon PARKER, Jackson, MS; James PARKER, Denham Springs, LA; Cecil PARKER, Enterprise; four sisters, Mrs. Alice COURTNEY and Miss Genie PARKER, both of Hattiesburg; Mrs. Nellie Lee HALBERT, Shubuta; Mrs. Ruby CAMPBELL, Rt. 1, Quitman; five brothers, Sam PARKER, Ellisville; Clayton PARKER, Bonita; David PARKER, Forest; Luke G. PARKER, Quitman; Hosea PARKER, Rt. 4, Quitman; seven grandchildren; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Funeral services for one of Quitman's most popular young men, Harold F. PEEL, held at Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church, 25 Dec 1963, 3 PM; interment in Quitman cemetery; Rev. O. F. Grisham in charge, assisted by Revs. W. L. Meadows and James Seale; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. PEEL, Jr..; brother, Edward; two sisters, Vee and Gloria Mae, all of Quitman; born in Meridian, 15 Jan 1942; attended and graduated from Quitman High School; attended Jones County Junior College and then Mississippi State University, where he was a senior at the time of death; member of Pi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity; devoted member of Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church, Quitman; pallbearers - Buddy Williams, Phil Nichols, Scotty Daniels, Kenneth Flash, Jerry Johnston, Billy Wayne White, Billy Long.

William Ray TAYLOR, 9, accidentally shot by his brother, Walter Jay, 7, near his home, Quitman, Rt. 3, 4 Jan, 8 AM; funeral services held 6 Jan, 10 AM, Northrup's Chapel Baptist Church, Revs. Chatham and Mazingo officiating; interment in Covington Cemetery; other survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. William TAYLOR, Quitman, Rt. 3; sisters, Lisa Marie and Patricia Ann TAYLOR, Quitman, Rt. 3; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. CHANDLER, Morton; pallbearers - Tom Hailes, Jr., Lloyd McNeal, Frank McLendon, Jim Culpepper, all members of American Legion Post No. 30 of Quitman.

Jessie Tillman TEW passed away at his residence in Enterprise, 5 Jan, 6:30 AM, age 74; funeral services held 6 Jan, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 3:30 PM, Rev. Mrs. Beulah Ivy officiating; interment in Beard Cemetery; survivors - daughters, Mrs. Voncile HARDEE, Pascagoula; son, Elmo TEW, Enterprise; sister, Miss Abbie TEW, Stonewall; brother, Learcy TEW, also of Stonewall; two grandchildren; two great grandchildren.

A. L. JOHNSON, Quitman, Rt.4, was killed in an auto accident 11 Jan; age 34; funeral services held 12 Jan, 3 PM, Brightwater M. E. Church, AL, Rev. Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lucile McINNIS JOHNSON; four sons, Danny, Jerry, Rex, and Jimmy, all of Quitman, Rt. 4; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde JOHNSON, Melvin, AL; two sisters, Mrs. Willie Ruth ANDREWS and Mrs. Louise ABSTON; four brothers, C. J. JOHNSON, R. L. JOHNSON, X. L. JOHNSON, and Arthur JOHNSON, all of Melvin, AL.

William Harry JONES, 71, Rose Hill, MS, passed away 16 Jan, 4 AM, at Newton Hospital; funeral services held Saturday, 18 Jan, 10 AM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Bob Stevenson officiating; interment in Rose Hill cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lucille MILLER JONES; daughter, Miss Dorothy Mae JONES, Meridian; three grandchildren; had a son, William Harry JONES, River Edge, NJ, who died only three months ago; pallbearers - Percy Dear, Jr., Leland Davis, Johnny Anderson, J. I. Fowler, T. W. Lewis, William (Bill) Dear, S. D. Reynolds, Roy Land.

Mrs. Geneva HAMRICK SMITH, Stonewall, passed away 14 Jan at a Meridian Hospital, age 63; funeral services held 15 Jan, Assembly of God Church, Stonewall, Revs. B. E. Jackson, Johnnie Mosley, and T. J. Headrick officiating; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; survivors - six daughters, Mrs. Genell JACOBS, Meridian; Mrs. Ava FOX, Enterprise; Mrs. Betty HAYWOOD, Meridian; Mrs. Jessie SULLIVAN, Basic City; Mrs. Dot MOORE, Quitman; Mrs. Emma Lou BOYKIN, Turkey; four sons, Willie (Pete) SMITH, Meridian; J. D. SMITH, Hubert Arthur SMITH, and Buddy SMITH, Stonewall; three brothers, George HAMRICK and Hallie HAMRICK, Stonewall; Willie HAMRICK, Mobile; 27 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; pallbearers - Jim McQuaig, Nathaniel Broadhead, A. D. Gilbert, Ardelle Covington, Glynn Robinson, Etelle Allen.

Albert Larkin TOUCHSTONE, Vossburg, Rt. 1, passed away 10 Jan at family residence, age 89; funeral services held 12 Jan, Zion Rest M. E. Church, 11 AM, Rev. Henry Lindsey officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - six daughters, Mrs. Pearl RODGERS, Vossburg; Mrs. Ethel BROWNLEE, Soso, MS; Mrs. Mildred MOORE, Purvis, MS; Mrs. Ruby SMITH, Vossburg, MS; Mrs. Agatha VENTRESS, Houston, TX; Mrs. Bernice CLARK, Pascagoula, MS; three sons, W. H. TOUCHSTONE, John L. TOUCHSTONE, Mobile, AL; Odis L. TOUCHSTONE, Vossburg; sister, Miss Effie TOUCHSTONE, Quitman, Rt. 3; 16 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; pallbearers - J. T. Merrill, Hayden Henson, Fred Brooks, Howard Rush, Jr., Al Hammond, Douglas Mauldin.

James Arthur MOORE, Quitman, Rt. 1, passed away at family residence 24 Jan, age 80; funeral services held 26 Jan, Mont Rose Baptist Church, 3 PM, Revs. Ed Grayson, N. F. Greer, and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - daughter, Mrs. Ray BRYANT, Bowling Green, KY; two sons, Algie MOORE, Quitman; Thomas MOORE, Mobile; six grandchildren, host of nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Morris Griffin, Arthur Riley, James Fontaine, Carl Martin, Edward Fairchild, C. H. Culpepper.

Mrs. Nonnie Elizabeth WILKINS, Enterprise, passed away at Baptist Hospital, Jackson, 28 Jan, age 72; funeral services held 30 Jan, Enterprise Baptist Church, 2 PM, Rev. Taylor Wallace officiating; interment followed in the church cemetery; survivors - husband, Tellie WILKINS, Enterprise; three daughters, Mrs. W. A. CLENDENON, Jackson; Mrs. M. W. ENGLISH, Meridian; Mrs. J. W. DUDNEY, Gulfport; five sons, W. F. WILKINS, Stonewall; Richard B. WILKINS, Enterprise; Roy C. WILKINS, Meridian; T. B. WILKINS, Jr., Jackson; John P. WILKINS, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Palmer SMITH, Gulfport; brother, Eligah PULLEY, Stonewall; 22 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; pallbearers - J. W. Cross, Benny Kemp, William Dual, A. D. Gilbert, Franklin Wilkins, Dan Houston Pulley.

Funeral services held Saturday, 2 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Hattie ROSS McMILLAN, 91, Rt. 3; died Thursday in Newellton, LA; survivors - five daughters, Mrs. Mattie Bell EDWARDS, Mrs. Leila M. ROZIER, Mrs. Gladys OGLESBY, all of Newellton; Mrs. Sadie Ruth PARKER, Baton Rouge, LA; Mrs. Georgia ELAM, Rt. 3; two sons, Bennie McMILLAN, Vicksburg; J. P. McMILLAN, Clarksdale; two sisters, Mrs. Mary LOWE, Arkansas; Mrs. Vera JORDAN, Jackson; two brothers, Forrest CAGLE, Louisville; Freeman CAGLE, FL; 15 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; Revs. James Curtis and Noel Napp officiated; interment in McGowan Cemetery.

Mrs. Amon LEWIS REYNOLDS, 84, Rt. 1, Pachuta, died Monday in Bay Springs hospital; funeral services held Tuesday, 2 PM, Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Rev. Stephenson officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. Arter AVERY and Mrs. George LOVETT, Pachuta; three sons, Fred and Mosey, Pachuta; Rousie, Neshoba; two sisters, Mrs. Molly REID, Meridian; Mrs. Dock ROSS, Pachuta; four brothers, Tully, Sim, Brane, and Bernice LEWIS, all of Pachuta; 15 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild; pallbearers - Billy Lee, William Davis, James Davis, Hal Lee, Terry Lee, Raymond Harris.

Mrs. Margaret Louise ROLISON, wife of Lloyd T. ROLISON, Rt. 2, Enterprise, passed away in Anderson's Infirmary, Tuesday, 24 Jan; in ailing health for a few months; was known as "Spot"; active member of Union Baptist Church since early girlhood; other survivors - two sons, James Alvin, a senior at Enterprise, and Dennis Lloyd, a fourth grader at Enterprise; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. ROBINSON; sister, Mrs. Berniece ROLISON; two brothers, Edward and Jack, all of Rt. 2, Enterprise; funeral services held at Union Baptist Church, 11 AM, Thursday, 30 Jan, Revs. Dan Johnson, pastor, and Ralph Harrelson officiating.

Mrs. Edna Mae IVY HOLLAND, Vossburg, Rt. 1, passed away in Quitman from a heart attack, 6 Feb, age 58; funeral services held 8 Feb, West Pleasant Grove Church, Revs. John W. McGrew and E. L. Goff officiating; interment in Vossburg cemetery; survivors - husband, Willie B. HOLLAND; two sons, Glynn HOLLAND, Ellisville; William E. HOLLAND, Vossburg; three sisters, Mrs. Aline KENNEDY, Wiggins, MS; Mrs. Ruby BURCHAM and Mrs. Eloise GRIFFIN, Fort Worth, TX; mother, Mrs. Mary Jane IVY, Quitman; four brothers, Cecil IVY, San Diego, CA; Cleve and Woodrow IVY, Quitman; James IVY, Fort Worth, TX; one grandchild; pallbearers - Roy Mason, Robert Holland, Paul Mason, Lex Mason, Ray Adams, W. E. Holland.

Harvey Clinton LAMBERT, 58, Rt. 2, Quitman, died Wednesday night in Watkins Memorial Hospital after a heart attack; funeral services held 2 PM Friday, Hebron Ridge Baptist Church, Revs. L. D. Ogle and James Irby officiating; interment in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery under direction of Walters Funeral Home; survivors - widow, Janie; two daughters, Lucille and Mrs. Mamie BROADHEAD, Quitman; two sons, Willie C. LAMBERT, U. S. Navy, MD, and Ray, Quitman; stepdaughter, Mrs. Catherine HAMBRICK, Meridian; stepson, Christopher FIKES, New Orleans; father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. LAMBERT, Sr., Quitman; sister, Mrs. Frank ANDERSON; two brothers, Lawrence and J. D. LAMBERT, Jr., all of Mobile, AL; pallbearers - E. Holloman, O. C. Holloman, Ed Holloman, Burnice McCarra, Russell Pogue, Roy Hayes.

Mrs. Mattie Mae HAYES McCARRA, 56, Rt. 2, Quitman, died in Watkins Hospital, 3 AM, Monday; funeral services held Tuesday, 3 PM, Hebron Ridge Baptist Church, Revs. L. D. Ogle and Paul Parker officiating; interment in Elim Cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - husband, Andrew McCARRA; seven sons, Rufus McCARRA, Shubuta; Russell McCARRA, Paul and Dwight, Quitman; Nevel McCARRA, New Orleans; James McCARRA, State Line; Ray McCARRA, Pascagoula; four daughters, Mrs. Evelyn DUVALL, Mrs. Joyce DEW, and Mrs. Lola JONES, all of Quitman; Mrs. Opal ADAMS, Gilbertown; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy HAYES, Quitman; four brothers, Alman HAYES, Cleo HAYES, and Roy HAYES, all of Quitman; Franklin HAYES, Meridian; five sisters, Mrs. Lena Mae MENASCO, Shubuta; Mrs. Marie LUCAS, Mrs. Ruby LONG, and Mrs. Selma SCHRIMPSHIRE, all of Quitman, and Mrs. Ottis JACKSON, Meridian; 18 grandchildren.

Mrs. Mary Viola LUCAS passed away at family residence in Carmichael, 19 Feb, 10 AM, age 85; funeral services held 20 Feb, Center Ridge Baptist Church, 2:30 PM, Rev. W. W. Hayes officiating; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. W. A. CARMICHAEL, Mrs. G. W. GRIFFITH, Mrs. L. W. ODOM, all of Carmichael; son, J. D. LUCAS, Prichard, AL; four grandchildren; pallbearers - James Brewer, Clifford Gordon, W. E. Beckman, Talmadge Welch, L. B. Odom, D. M. Carmichael.

Funeral services held 10 AM, Wednesday, State Line Methodist Church for Jessie Tripp ANDERSON, 88, Quitman, Rt. 4; died Sunday, Anderson's Infirmary, Meridian; interment in State Line Cemetery, under direction of Walters Funeral Home; survivors - wife, Susie Ellen; five daughters, Mrs. B. K. WILLIAMSON, Canton, MS; Mrs. Girtie FLEMING, Klamath Falls, OR; Mrs. Mamie BENSON, Cour-d-Alene, ID; Mrs. Ethel ZDNECK (sic), Mobile, AL; Mrs. Sallie MORGAN, Meridian; six sons, L. A., W. R., J. A., and W. E. ANDERSON, all of Quitman; J. F. ANDERSON, Mobile; W. C. ANDERSON, El Paso, TX; 41 grandchildren; 62 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; pallbearers - Leon Norsworthy, Jacob Clements, Tom Harrell, Frank Dobbins, Ray Anderson, Floyd Turner

Benjamin Whitemore BRACKEN, Stonewall, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital 24 Feb, 9 PM, from a heart attack; age 78; funeral services held at Stonewall Baptist Church 26 Feb, 3 PM, Rev. John Merck officiating; interment in Chunky Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Emma Eliza BRACKEN; five daughters, Mrs. Martin BUCKLEY, Hickory; Mrs. Charlie GODWIN, Newton; Mrs. Lottie RUSSELL, Russell; Mrs. E. T. JORDON, Jackson; Mrs. Fred REDMOND, Stonewall; two brothers, Mark C. BRACKEN, Wesson, AR; J. P. BRACKEN, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Mary THOMAS, Memphis, TN; 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; pallbearers - Johnny Ray Rascoe, Joseph W. Kuehner, Tom Mattox, Robert R. Kelly, Francis Ray Spivey, Frank R. Burr.

Funeral services held Wednesday, 11 AM, Quitman Methodist Church, for Mrs. J. D. FATHERREE, 82, who died Monday night in Watkins Memorial Hospital; interment in Quitman cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - husband, J. D. FATHERREE; daughter, Mrs. Mary Alice McNEILL, Quitman; grandson, Ragsdale McNEILL, Quitman; sister, Mrs. D. D. GILL, Gilbert, LA; pallbearers - Joe Harris, Hal Dabbs, Jr., Lewis McClinton, Franklin Slay, G. G. Barry, Frank McLendon.

Funeral services held Wednesday, 3:30 PM, Pachuta Baptist Church, for Forrest Morgan JOHNSON, Jr., 41, who died in Riley's Hospital, Meridian; Rev. O. N. Smith officiated; interment in Pachuta Cemetery; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Morgan JOHNSON, Sr., Pachuta; daughter, Carmen; sons, Randy and Eric, Phoenix, AZ; pallbearers - Charles Brashier, Danny Hardee, Lavelle Lightsey, Moody Muton, Hayward Dillard, Robert E. Covington.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ouida SIMS KEMP, a teacher in Quitman High School, held Sunday from Memory Chapel, Bay Springs, MS; interment in Antioch Cemetery; passed away Friday in Jasper General Hospital; survivors - husband, Bobby KEMP; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett SIMS, Bay Springs; sisters, Mrs. E. A. HOLLINGSWORTH, Starkville; Mrs. R. L. CAVES, Carson; brother, Jake SIMS, Bay Springs.

Funeral services held at Higgins Funeral Chapel, Mobile, AL, for Walter A. CULPEPPER; interment in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile; former resident of Clarke Co; WWI veteran; passed away at Veterans Hospital after lengthy illness; survivors - wife; two daughters, Mrs. Howard HOWELL, Mobile; Mrs. Julian GODWIN, Pensacola, FL; two sons, Rodney and Daren CULPEPPER, Eight Mile, AL; two sisters, Mrs. Curtis MARTIN and Mrs. Leonard COOPER, Quitman; two brothers, Jessie and Charlie, Quitman, Rt. 1; six grandchildren.

Funeral services for Arter C. AVERA, 73, who died Friday at Sanitorium, MS, held Friday, 2 PM, Homewood Methodist Church, Revs. R. M. Stevenson and James Holliday officiating; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery; pallbearers - Cecil Williams, Jimmy Lewis, J. B. Williams, Clyde Lewis, Lamar Graham, John Lovitte.

Services for Chester Everett JOHNSON, Jr., Rt. 2, Quitman, who was killed instantly Friday in a headon auto-truck collision near Quitman, held Sunday, 3 PM, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church; Walters Funeral Home in charge; Revs. James Irby and O. F. Grissom (sic - Grisham) officiated; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Betty JOHNSON; three-week old daughter, Carol Lynn; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester JOHNSON, Sr.; two sisters, Linda and Candace JOHNSON; two brothers, Ronnie and Michael JOHNSON, all of Rt. 2, Quitman; pallbearers - Harold Enochs, Howard Mosley, Willie Foster, Wendell Hagan, Joseph Norsworthy, Burlon Laird.

Mrs. Ruth BISHOP MOODY passed away at family residence, Shubuta, Rt. 2, 12 Mar; age 71; funeral services held today, 10 AM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. John Gemmeny officiating; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian; survivors - husband, R. A. MOODY; daughter, Mrs. Cliff W. HEMMING, Meridian; two sons, Ralph E. MOODY, Hughstown, AL; Groves L. MOODY, Ellisville; two sisters, Mrs. D. PERRY, Hattiesburg; Mrs. C. B. HALL, Jackson; five grandchildren; pallbearers - Cecil Brock, Lewis Evans, G. F. Dabbs, E. E. Pettis, Frank McNeill, Jimmy Culpepper.

Graveside services for Mrs. Margaret BRADY, 91, Pensacola, FL, held 2 PM, Thursday, Shubuta Cemetery, Revs. Lester Clark and Chandler officiating; died Tuesday in a Pensacola hospital; survivors - five daughters, Ann HERNANDEZ, Tampa, FL; Florence ROACH, Jean McCLUSKEY, Katharine MOORE, Prescott, AZ; Mary G. BRADY, Pensacola, FL; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lucy BRADY; son, W. S., Pensacola; pallbearers - grandsons, Bill, Tommy, and Billy BRADY, John and Eddie HERRING, all of Shubuta.

Mrs. Ruby L. GORDON, 844 Inez, Memphis, TN, died at 5:30 AM, Saturday, Lamar Unit Baptist Hospital after a long illness; age 59; wife of Henry T. GORDON, owner of H. T. Gordon Welding Co.; clerk at Goldsmith's about five years and on leave of absence because of illness; member of First Baptist Church; born in Quitman and lived here many years; moved to Memphis in 1927; other survivors - two daughters, Mrs. R. K. THOMPSON, Jr., 966 Park Haven Lane and Mrs. W. O. CARTER, Dallas, TX; six brothers, S. O. GRAYSON, San Diego, CA; E. J. GRAYSON and J. C. GRAYSON, both of Quitman; Harmon GRAYSON, Mobile, AL; Everett GRAYSON, Fayetteville, TN; O. C. GRAYSON, Biloxi, MS; three sisters, Mrs. Dalton WHIGHAM, Laurel, MS; Mrs. R. B. STOUT, Rosedale, CA; Mrs. Jack WESTERFIELD, State Line, MS; services held 10:30 AM, Monday, Memphis Funeral Home; interment in Memorial Park.

Age 70, Rt. 1, Quitman, died at family residence, 3:45 AM; lifelong resident of Clarke Co; retired farmer; funeral services held Wednesday, 2 PM, Montrose Baptist Church, Rev. Ed Grayson, pastor, officiating, assisted by Revs. John Hopper and Marcus Smith; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lucy GRAYSON; three daughters, Miss Katherine GRAYSON, Rt. 1, Quitman; Mrs. Ruth McDUFFIE, Rt. 1, Meridian; Mrs. Martha FIKES, Phenix City, AL; two sons, Harmon of Meridian and William of Quitman; three sisters, Mrs. Euna SINCLAIR, Stonewall; Mrs. Mannie BROWN and Miss Zula GRAYSON, both of Mobile, AL; four brothers, S. A. GRAYSON and Ralph GRAYSON, both of Meridian; Carter of Mobile and Henry of Stonewall; 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; pallbearers - Thomas Riley, Gerald Grayson, Conway Riley, Roy Sinclair, W. M. Grayson, Kenneth Priester, Billy Moffett, and Jimmy Rowse

William Edward RASBERRY, 90, Rt. 2, Quitman, died at Watkins Hospital Sunday afternoon; funeral services held Tuesday, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 3 PM, Revs. O. F. Grissom (sic - Grisham), L. T. Headrick, and Horace Sollie officiating; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; survivors - seven daughters, Mrs. Eunice IVY and Mrs. Clarence WHITE, both of Quitman, MS; Mrs. Nate COOK and Mrs. Mattie HOLLOMAN, both of Meridian; Mrs. Carl SMITH, Pascagoula; Mrs. Adair BEEMAN, Collinsville; Mrs. Frank GREEN, Brandon (sic - Bandon), OR; five sons, Norman (should have been Harmon), Stonewall; E. J., Pascagoula; Fred, Mobile; John, Quitman; Howard, Air Force; brother, Ollie RASBERRY, Meridian; 41 grandchildren, 52 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren; pallbearers - Johnny COOK, Ronnie BEEMAN, Lavern IVY, Mike RASBERRY, Bennie WHITE, Billy J. SMITH, Donnie RASBERRY.

Funeral services held 29 Mar, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 3:30 PM; Revs. John Mereck, Mrs. Beulah Ivy, and Chester Evans officiated; interment in church cemetery; resident of Enterprise; passed away at Watkins Hospital, 28 Mar; age 75; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. A. G. HATLEY; Mrs. E. A. McDONALD; Miss Maxine BOOKER; son, C. F. BOOKER, Enterprise; two sisters, Mrs. Allen CARMICHAEL, Quitman; Mrs. Fannie CARTER, Quitman; two grandchildren

Charles Calvin HANEY, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away in a Meridian hospital 28 mar; age 80; funeral services held 30 Mar, 11 AM, Antioch Baptist Church, Revs. James E. Irby and O. F. Grisham officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - daughter, Mrs. May Bell POWELL; two sons, Challis HANEY and Charlie HANEY, Jr., both of Quitman; sister, Mrs. Alma HANEY, Quitman; 26 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services held for Mrs. Bobbie Jean SHOTWELL of Houston, TX, Thursday, 2 Apr, Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church, Quitman, Rev. O. F. Grisham officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; killed in auto accident, Houston, TX, 30 Mar; survivors - daughter, Miss Shelia Dianne COX, Quitman; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert GLASS, Quitman; four sisters, Mrs. Bettye Lou HARRIS, Meridian; Mrs. Elaine TUCKER, Miss Relda ALLEN, Miss Gloria Dean ALLEN, all of Quitman; brother, Robert C. ALLEN, Quitman.

James Asa SPICKARD, prominent businessman if Quitman, passed away at Watkins Hospital Friday, 27 Mar, from a heart attack; lifelong resident of Clarke Co.; business partner of Spickard and Hailes Feed Store in Quitman; 48 years old; funeral services held 29 Mar, First Baptist Church, Quitman, 2:30 PM; Revs. N. F. Greer, Tommy Randall and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Sarah CRANE SPICKARD; son, James Asa SPICKARD, Jr.; daughter, Cindy Lou SPICKARD, all of Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Inetta WEST, Dallas, TX; Mrs. Velma EDWARDS, Meridian.

Funeral services for Noah LOWERY, 86, Heidelberg, Rt. 2, held 11 AM, Tuesday, from Zion Rest Methodist Church, Jasper Co., Rev. D. F. Clark officiating; died at a Meridian hospital Sunday morning; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Delma BROWN, Laurel, Rt. 1; Mrs. Catherine MARTIN, Heidelberg, Rt. 2; Mrs. Billy Faye KING, Monticello; five sons, Cluis and John C. LOWERY, Laurel, Rt. 1; Albert L. LOWERY, Houston, TX; Ben R. LOWERY, Lakeside, CA; Howard R. LOWERY, Lake Mary, FL; sister, Mrs. Della McDANIEL, Heidelberg, Rt. 2; brother, Gordon LOWERY, Heidelberg, Rt. 2; 31 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Funeral of Joseph L. NUTT, Ogden, UT, native of Enterprise, held 2 PM, Friday afternoon, Ogden; died Tuesday; survivors - wife, Selina; five children, Selina, Joan, Josie, Johnny, and Marty; brother, James NUTT, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Hulon PRIESTER, Wichita Falls, TX; three aunts, Mrs. Robert WARD and Mrs. Walton BUCKLEY, Enterprise; Mrs. H. C. MOON, Meridian; uncle, Elihu NUTT, New Orleans; several half-brothers and sisters; Mrs. Robert WARD, Mr. James NUTT, and Mrs. Hulon PRIESTER flew to Ogden to attend funeral.

Funeral services for Edward Brown TODD, 82, Quitman, Rt. 2, held 10:30 AM, Tuesday, Andrew's Chapel Methodist Church, Carmichael community; died Monday morning at family residence; Revs. James Irby and O. M. Grishom (should be O. F. Grisham) officiated; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lillie Mae JACKSON TODD; six daughters, Mrs. Renie Mae DOGGETT, Needham, AL; Mrs. Virginia BENNETT, Saraland, AL; Mrs. Bertha FAIRCLOTH and Mrs. Grace GRAHAM, both of Quitman, Rt. 2; Mrs. Ruth MOFFETT, Quitman, Rt. 1; Mrs. Geneva GONUS, Millry, AL; three sons, Paul TODD, Prichard, AL; Claude TODD, Hurley, MS; Leylon TODD, Chatom, AL; 50 grandchildren, a host of great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren.

Columbus L. CARLISLE, Quitman, passed away at family residence 11 Apr, age 71; funeral services held 12 Apr, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, 2 PM, Rev. Johnny Mosley officiating; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lollie CARLISLE; one sister, Mrs. Helen HEMMINGWAY, Stonewall; one brother, P. L. CARLISLE, Tupelo, MS.

Mrs. Ella CRANE FATHERREE passed away at St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS, 4 Apr, age 89; funeral services held 5 Apr, McGowan Methodist Church, 3:30 PM, Rev. John Webb officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. A. Y. BROWN, West Point, MS; Mrs. O. C. CARMICHAEL, Columbus, GA; Mrs. Ermal GEISS, Washington, DC; four sons, A. P. FATHERREE, T. B. FATHERREE, both of Jackson, MS; J. D. FATHERREE, Quitman, Rt. 3; G. W. FATHERREE, Huntsville, AL; sister, Mrs. Bogue McCARTY, Quitman, Rt. 3; 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Robert (Bob) MARTIN, Quitman, Rt. 1, passed away 3 Apr, age 76; funeral services held 5 Apr, Rolling Creek Baptist Church, Revs. Herman Booth and E. C. Moss officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - daughter, Mrs. Sadie ROBINSON, Delhi, LA; two sons, Merdic MARTIN, Waterloo, IA; Bobby MARTIN, Quitman; three sisters, Mrs. Mamie WHITE, Mrs. Lelia IRBY, both of Quitman; Mrs. Dora MATHIS, Meridian; brother, Dan MARTIN, Meridian; 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Hiram Davis TUCKER, Prichard, AL, formerly of Quitman, died 7 Apr from a heart attack; age 45; funeral services held 9 Apr, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 2 PM, Revs. Sollie I. Smith, Everitt Baty, and James Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Eunice HAYES TUCKER; two daughters, Mrs. Waudine DEES, Mrs. Marlene SMITH, both of Prichard, AL; two sisters, Mrs. Esta DAVIS, Mrs. Mattie Mae HAYES, both of Quitman, Rt. 2; four brothers, Rosier, Curtis, Grady, and Clifton TUCKER, all of Quitman, Rt. 2; three grandchildren.

Mrs. Estelle STALLINGS WELCH, Vossburg, Rt. 2, passed away 10 Apr, age 57; funeral services held 11 Apr, 2 PM, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Rev. John McGrew officiating; survivors - husband, Barney WELCH; father, A. G. STALLINGS, Shubuta; sister, Mrs. Willie Mae GANDY, Shubuta.

Samuel Winston BUCKLEY, Meridian, Rt. 7, passed away 20 Apr, age 58; funeral services held 22 Apr, Buckatunna Baptist Church, 10:30 AM, Revs. E. L. Ray and T. N. Benson officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - two half brothers, Elmo DAVIDSON, Lyonel DAVIDSON; half sister, Mrs. Addie Lee SMITH, all of Meridian, Rt. 7.

Friends and relatives in Clarke Co. saddened over passing last week in Orange, TX, of C. Herbert MEEKS; born and raised in Clarke Co., near Shubuta, son of Charles and Gracie SUMRALL MEEKS; moved to TX when a young man; Gulf States Utilities Co. executive for 30 years; Mayor of Orange for two terms and held many positions in civic life of Orange; survivors - daughter, Mrs. B. J. MURRAY, Houma, LA; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Mae BONNER, Dallas, TX; Mrs. S. D. NEALY, Clinton, MS; interred in Orange by side of wife who preceded him in death seven years ago.

William T. COVINGTON, Shubuta, Rt. 2, died 26 Apr, age 87; funeral services held 28 Apr, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, 10 AM, Revs. O. F. Grisham and Jimmy Sanders officiating; interment in Quitman Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Bertie COVINGTON; sister, Mrs. Minnie McGEE, Jackson.

Mrs. Mary Ann DEARMAN, Rt. 2, Quitman, passed away 25 Apr 1964, age 94; funeral services held 10 AM, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Rev. Alfred Evans officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - sister, Mrs. Ida CHAMBERS, Meridian; two half sisters, Mrs. Emily WILLIAMS, Meridian; Mrs. Sarah DURR, CA; half brother, Mr. Tom McMULLEN, Meridian; step-daughters, Mrs. Ella HICKS, Quitman; Mrs. Willie DOGGETT, Pensacola, FL; a host of nieces and nephews.

Services for William Estes GRIFFIN, 61, Enterprise, held Monday, 3 PM, Enterprise Baptist Church; bus station and service station operator in Enterprise; member of Enterprise Baptist Church; member of board of trustees of Enterprise High School; member of Masonic Lodge No. 585; survivors - Mrs. Mary KELLY GRIFFIN; son, Donald Franklin GRIFFIN, Enterprise; two sisters, Mrs. Vadie BUCKALEW and Mrs. Claudia Mae PARKER, both of Stonewall; brother, Earl J. GRIFFIN, Memphis, TN; several nieces and nephews; interment in Enterprise Cemetery; Revs. Taylor Wallace, J. L. Morgan, Frank Rush, and John Merck officiated; pallbearers - J. K. Short, Horace Williams, George Reid, H. M. Roberts, Collins Goodin, P. C. McBride, H. A. Clark, C. B. Self; honorary pallbearers were...(article ends).

Clifton Lee MARTIN, Quitman, Rt. 1, died at Rush Memorial Hospital 24 Apr, age 66; funeral services held 26 Apr, Rolling Creek Baptist Church, 3 PM, Revs. Booth and Moss officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Alma Lee MARTIN; eight daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Ruth MARTIN, Mrs. Mildred RASBERRY, Mrs. Ouida CHANCELLOR, Miss Joyce MARTIN, Mrs. Alma TEW; Mrs. Clovis CHANCELLOR; Miss Fay MARTIN; Miss Ava Gail MARTIN; all of Quitman, Rt. 1; two sons, Raymond MARTIN, Meridian; Mack MARTIN, Louisville, TX; five sisters, Mrs. Kate LOVETT and Mrs. Ruby Lee GRIFFIN, Meridian; Mrs. Myra JAMES, Eupora, MS; Mrs. Ava D. PARKER and Mrs. Mattie CLARK, Stonewall; four brothers, Carl MARTIN, Adrian, MO; Raymond MARTIN, Seattle, WA; Gilbert MARTIN, Bogalusa, LA; Everett MARTIN, Meridian; 17 grandchildren; two great grandchildren.

Carlie A. THORNHILL, Stonewall, died 26 Apr, following a heart attack; age 86; funeral services held 29 Apr, 11 AM, Stonewall Baptist Church, Revs. John Merck and W. H. Ross officiating; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Fannie Ella THORNHILL; three daughters, Mrs. John WIGHMAN, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Margaret SMITH, Magnolia, MS; Miss Peggy THORNHILL, Meridian; two sons, Charles Ray THORNHILL and Alex THORNHILL, both of Stonewall; three sisters, Mrs. Lucille CHAPMAN, Quitman; Mrs. Odie COWART, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Margaret BARNETT, Auburn, AL; three brothers, John, Detroit, MI; Woodrow, Quitman; Edward THORNHILL, Los Angeles, CA; two grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Louise BOND DAVIS, 49, Jackson, formerly of Pachuta, held Wednesday, 4 PM, Pachuta Methodist Church, Revs. John Webb, Howard Freeman, and D. Elton Brown officiating; died Monday morning in a Jackson hospital; former teacher in Pachuta and Quitman; after death of husband, L. P. DAVIS, moved to Jackson and worked at Millsaps College; later worked at MS School for the Deaf; survivors - son, Woody D. DAVIS; mother, Mrs. E. H. BOND and sister, Mrs. H. B. HART, all of Jackson; brother Cecil BOND, Shreveport, LA; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Kelly Bass, Sonny Atwood, Bobby Kemp, H. H. Sartor, Lamar Davis, Thad Lewis, Louis Rhoden, Lester Boutwell; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jasper Co.; Walters Funeral Home, Quitman, in charge.

Mrs. Stella Adam GUNN, Quitman, died at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 10 May; funeral services held at First Methodist Church, Quitman, 12 May, 3 PM, Revs. Hubert Barlow and John Webb officiating; survivors - several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Jim Culpepper, G. F. Dabbs, Arnold Love, Vester Davis, Morris Jones, Doug McGowan.

Mrs. Lillian Virginia DAVIS LONG, 61, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away 21 May, 10:20 AM, Watkins Memorial Hospital, after extended illness; member of East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church; very active in all church and civic affairs; taught school in Clarke Co. 24 years; funeral services held 22 May, 2:30 PM, East Pleasant Grove Church, Revs. John McGrew and Chester Mason officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - husband, J. Edward LONG; daughter, Mrs. Glynn WRIGHT, Quitman; two sons, Walton LONG, Carson City, NV; Adrian LONG, Houston, TX; sister, Mrs. Fannie PARKER, Lucedale; half-sister, Mrs. Lyda SANDERSON, Waynesboro, Rt. 2; four brothers, Stance, Tom, Frank, and Milton D. DAVIS, all of Waynesboro, Rt. 2; two half-brothers, Charlie and Vaden DAVIS, Waynesboro, Rt. 2; eight grandchildren; body will remain at Walters Funeral Home until funeral time.

Lon Lafayette SCHRIMPSHIRE died at daughter's residence 17 May, 10 PM; age 78; funeral services held at Elim Baptist Church, 11 AM, 19 May, Revs. John McGrew, L. D. Ogle, and James Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - one daughter, Mrs. R. D. TUCKER; two sons, Louie L. SCHRIMPSHIRE and Ernest J. SCHRIMPSHIRE, all of Quitman, Rt. 2; 10 grandchildren; one great grandchild; pallbearers: William Giles, J. W. Giles, Clyde Nix, Jack Schrimpshire, James Harvey and Gene Schrimpshire.

Funeral services held Monday for Mansel BISHOP, 61, Shubuta, who was found dead in his home Sunday morning; services held at Shubuta Church; interment in Hiwanee Cemetery; Rev. Lester Clark officiated; died of natural causes; survivors - wife, Mrs. Nadia NORED BISHOP; son, David Mansel BISHOP, Mobile, AL; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy GRADY, Shubuta; Mrs. Onie EDWARDS, Sandersville; two grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Nellie SWAHN CASE KRAMER, 70, who died at her family residence Sunday night, held Wednesday, 10 AM, from family home; Rev. Sam Monk officiated; interment in Shubuta Cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - husband, Ed KRAMER; number of nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Hal Dabbs, Jr., R. H. Donald, Jr., Jimmy Culpepper, Sam P. Carter, Dr. John O. Massey, Joe Mason, H. B. Hammack, H. U. Woodall.

Sam HANEY, Quitman, Rt. 4, passed away at Mattie Hersee Hospital, Meridian, 4 Jun; funeral services held 5 Jun, 2 PM, Antioch Baptist Church; Revs. Claiborne Dearman and John Barnhill officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Myrtle HANEY; two step-daughters, Mrs. Louise PRITCHETT, West Point, MS; Mrs. Dollie MINOR, Meridian; step-son, Darrow B. SIMMONS, US Army, Okinawa; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John C. HANEY, Quitman, Rt. 2; two sisters, Miss Lucy Faye HANEY and Miss Myrtle HANEY, both of Quitman, Rt. 2; six brothers, Henry, J. C., Jr., Odell, Roy, T. J. HANEY, all of Quitman, Rt. 2; Joe HANEY, Kernet, TX; grandchildren; body will be at family residence until service time.

Mrs. Nellie Ora MILES, Quitman, Rt. 4, passed away at family residence 1 Jun, age 77; funeral services held 3 Jun, Center Ridge Baptist Church, 11 AM, Revs. W. W. Hayes and Leslie Roberts officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Norma OAKLEY, Quitman; Mrs. Faye POOLE, Little Rock, AR; Mrs. Janice MOSLEY, Matherville; two sons, D. H. MILES, Meridian; Rev. T. L. MILES, San Antonio, TX; brother, Charley DIXON, Moselle, MS; 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Jeff Mosley, Raymond C. Miles, Edwin Mosley, Richard Miles, Wade Miles, James Lafferty.

Mrs. Sabra Artelia OLIVER, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 28 May, age 84; funeral services held 30 May, 11 AM, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Rev. James Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - son, Howard OLIVER; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - R. E. Tucker, Glynn Tucker, Jerold Schrimpshire, Harvey Schrimpshire, Louie Schrimpshire, Rosco Oliver.

Funeral services held for Sam J. SANDERS, 77, Rt. 2, Vossburg, Saturday, 16 May, Shady Grove Baptist Church, Jasper Co.; interment in church cemetery; Revs. E. A. Moss, Ed Grayson, and John McGrew officiated; member of Goodwater Baptist Church; died 14 May; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Jewell MANNING, Rt. 2, Vossburg; Mrs. Vivian TRAVIS, Rt. 2, Heidelberg; Miss Minnie SANDERS, Rt. 2, Vossburg; three sons, S. J. SANDERS, Conroe, TX; Charles W. SANDERS, Kenner, LA; Walter SANDERS, Rt. 2, Vossburg; 21 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Eva TOUCHSTONE, Stonewall and Mrs. Sallie GARNER, Laurel; three brothers, John E. SANDERS and Homer SANDERS, both of Hattiesburg; Mid SANDERS, Stonewall; pallbearers - Woodie Martin, Jr., Howard Bounds, Gilbert Thomas, Glenn Stanley, Billy Sinclair, H. B. Dykes; Memory Chapel in charge.

George W. LOVITT, 59, died in Meridian after an extended illness; member of Homewood Methodist Church and Pachuta Masonic Lodge No. 551; funeral services held Thursday, 10 AM, Homewood Methodist Church, Revs. Paul Porter and J. S. Holiday officiating; interment in Orange Cemetery with Masonic graveside services; survivors - wife, Mrs. Sammy Lucille REYNOLDS LOVITT; three daughters, Mrs. J. I. FOWLER, Wiggins; Mrs. Jerry SMITH, Jackson; Miss Gloria Lee LOVITT, Pachuta; two sons, George LOVITT, Gulfport; Claude LOVITT, Pachuta; mother, Mrs. Martha Ann LOVITT; sister, , Detroit, MI; four brothers, John, Pachuta; Clifton, Jackson; Lindsey, New Orleans; Ernest, Jacksonville, FL; six grandchildren; pallbearers - James T. Lewis, Bill McPherson, George P. Lewis, Lorenzo Felts, W. H. Boutwell, Jessie Dale Sibley.

Funeral services for Luther M. ROBINSON, 50, held at Antioch Baptist Church, Rev. Leslie Roberts officiating; interment in church cemetery; died in Mobile General Hospital; survivors - three daughters, Annie Ruth, Shirley Ruth, and Eddie Mae ROBINSON, Mobile, AL; son, Johnny ROBINSON, Mobile, AL; four sisters, Mrs. Eula Mae DEASON, Mrs. Ruby KEMP of D'lo, Mrs. Lucille BROADWAY, Rt. 4, Quitman; Miss Beulah ROBINSON, Columbia, SC; brother, Leon ROBINSON, Mobile, AL.

William Jessie BONNER, Shubuta, Star Route, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 15 Jun, age 86; funeral services held 17 Jun, Center Ridge Baptist Church, 10 AM, Revs. W. W. Hayes and Bobby Ivey officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Betty BONNER; two daughters, Mrs. Maxine HIATT, Decatur, GA and Mrs. Peggy CARLISLE, Mobile, AL; five sons, Gaines W. BONNER, US Navy, Norfolk, VA; Olin F. and Lamar C. BONNER, Mobile, AL; Travis L. BONNER, Shubuta; Harold W. BONNER, Decatur, GA; sister, Mrs. C. J. MATHENY, Shubuta, Rt. 2; 15 grandchildren.

Mrs. Ida STALLINGS ODOM, Shubuta, Rt. 2, passed away in a Meridian hospital 13 Jun, age 80; funeral services held 15 Jun, Hepzibah Baptist Church, Rev. John W. McGrew officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - three sisters, Mrs. Mark MASON, Shubuta; Mrs. Annie HAILES, Biloxi; Mrs. Lula Mae MIDDLETON, Gulfport; three brothers, John STALLINGS, Vossburg, Rt. 1; Jim STALLINGS, Stonewall; Abner STALLINGS, Shubuta, Rt. 2; pallbearers - Shelton Stallings, Otis Mason, Mark Mason, Doyle Stallings, James Stallings, Charles Stallings.

Mrs. Annie Laura ROWELL HANEY, Quitman, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital following a long illness, age 77; funeral services held 25 Jun, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 2 PM, Rev. N. F. Greer officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; survivors - two sons, Leo HANEY, Meridian; W. W. HANEY, Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Lorena McREE, Birmingham, AL; Mrs. T. J. BARBER, Hattiesburg; brother, Jack ROWELL, Arp, TX; two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; pallbearers - Jim Culpepper, R. C. Whitley, Melvin Irby, Bud Beckman, J. L. Chapman, Harold Hutcherson.

William Herman STEWART, Quitman, Rt. 2, died at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 24 Jun, age 72; funeral services held 26 Jun, 11 AM, Antioch Baptist Church, Revs. Herman Sollie and Earl Morgan officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Bonnie (should be Donnie) TIMS STEWART; daughter, Mrs. Sylvia MATHIS, Meridian, Rt. 7; son, Robbie STEWART, Quitman, Rt. 2; sister, Mrs. C. R. TAYLOR, Meridian, Rt. 7; grandchild Mart MATHIS; body will remain at Walters Funeral Home until funeral time.

Mrs. Minnie Myrtle BRASWELL, Waynesboro, Rt. 2, passed away 26 Jun, 9:30 AM, Watkins Memorial Hospital, age 74; funeral services held 27 Jun, 2:30 PM, Providence Church, Rev. James Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - husband, A. R. BRASWELL; three daughters, Mrs. Wynona B. MORRIS and Mrs. Kate MOSLEY, both of Mobile, AL; Mrs. Cecil LEE, Biloxi, MS; two sons, John T. BRASWELL, Stafford, TX; A. R. BRASWELL, Jr., Waynesboro, Rt. 2; sister, Mrs. Gertrude MILLER, Mobile, AL; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild; pallbearers - Frank Miller, Bill Beckman, Arnold Tindle, Lige Becton, N. P. Miller, Erman Fleming.

Seth Marion HAYES, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away at Veterans Hospital, Jackson, MS, 1 Jul, 3:50 AM, age 53; funeral services held 3 Jul, 3 PM, (East) Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Revs. John W. McGrew, James Irby, and O. V. Swarengen (sic - believe it should be Swearingen) officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Louise HAYES; four sisters, Mrs. Nola SIMPSON, Quitman, Rt. 1; Mrs. Ola McCARRA, Quitman, Rt. 1; Mrs. Cola IVY, Mrs. Ruth TUCKER, all of Quitman, Rt. 1, and B. B. HAYES, LA; one half-sister, Mrs. Maggie BRUAMAN, Toxey, AL; half brother, B. G. HAYES, Quitman, Rt. 1.

William Henry BALLARD passed away at Riley's Hospital, Meridian, 4 Jul, age 59; funeral services held 6 Jul, Stonewall Baptist Church, Revs. John Merck and J. S. Holliday officiating; survivors - wife, Mrs. Esther BELCHER BALLARD; two daughters, Mrs. Frances BAKER, CA; Mrs. Charlotte PARKER, Mobile; two sons, Houston and Leslie BALLARD, both of Stonewall; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret DAVIS and Mrs. Fannie KNOWLES, both of Pensacola, FL; Mrs. Pauline WINFREE, Houston, TX; three brothers, Vic and Hilliard BALLARD, Pensacola, FL; Lloyd BALLARD, Bay Minette, AL; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Johnny Ray Rasco, Russell Fikes, Lamar Smith, Morris Davidson, E. G. McPhearson, Raymond Rogers.

Al EBERTS, Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Sunday, 5 Jul; funeral services held Tuesday; Mrs. EBERTS is the former Nola DUNNAM of Clarke Co; among those from Clarke Co. attending their brother-in-law and uncle's funeral were Mrs. Curtis GRAHAM, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph MILLER and Kathy; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. GRIFFIN, Mrs. Elmer GRAHAM, Mrs. Roy ROBERTS, Mrs. Curt MASSINGALE and Rhonda, Mr, and Mrs. Cleo LONG.

Kate ELFRING, Vossburg, died 2 Jul at Watkins Memorial Hospital, age 76; funeral services held 4 Jul, Goodwater Methodist Church, 10:30 AM, Revs. John McGrew and Gaines Thomas officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - daughter, Mrs. Katherine CAMPBELL, Vossburg; two sisters, Mrs. Dennie MOSLEY and Mrs. Mary MOSLEY, both of Vossburg and two grandchildren; pallbearers - Charlie Campbell, Robert Carpenter, Martin Leggett, Ben Elfring, Ben Elring, Jr., Carlos Mosley, Louis Mayo, Ray Mayo.

Age 9; Services held Tuesday, 10:30 AM, Bethany Holiness Church; accidentally drowned in a private pool over the weekend; Revs. O. F. Grisham and James Irby officiated; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward GRAYSON, Rt. 2; four sisters, Mrs. Tinnie CLAIBORNE, Quitman; Mrs. Bobbie Jean McWILLIAMS, Buras, LA; Miss Daisy Mae GRAYSON and Miss Julia Ann GRAYSON, Rt. 2; two brothers, Jackie GRAYSON, Meridian and James Edward GRAYSON, Quitman; paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. R. C. GRAYSON, Meridian; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Octavia WILLIFORD, Quitman; interment in Quitman Cemetery, Walters Fumeral Home in charge.

Cephas Alford THOMAS, 74, Rt. 2, Waynesboro, died at his gome Saturday morning after a brief illness; services held Monday morning, Coyt Baptist Church, Wayne Co., Revs. Roy Clark and D. C. Mason officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery under direction of Walters Funeral Home; member of Adamsville, AL Lodge No. 603, F. & A. M.; survivors - wife, Mrs. Nettie TUTTLE THOMAS; daughter, Mrs. F. E. FLEMING, Houston, TX; son, David, Clara, MS; sister, Mrs. B. W. LUQUIRE, Biloxi, MS; brother, J. L. THOMAS, La Mesa, CA; three grandchildren, Deborah FLEMING, Houston; Jane and John THOMAS, Waynesboro; nephews acted as pallbarers.

Services for John Edward WILLIFORD, 14, Rt. 3, held 4 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel; victim of accidental drowning; Revs. James Irby and O. F. Grisham officiated; interment in Quitman Cemetery; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. WILLIFORD, Rt. 3; brother, Michael David WILLIFORD; sister, Hilda Ruth WILLIFORD, Rt. 3; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Octavia WILLIFORD, Quitman; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nettie GREEN; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Morris Gregory HERRINGTON passed away at a Meridian hospital 22 Jul, 8 PM, age 23 days; graveside services held 23 Jul, 4 PM, Cooper's Chapel Cemetery, Rev. O. F. Grisham officiating; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. HERRINGTON, Jr., Stonewall; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle SIMPSON, Quitman, Rt. 2; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. HERRINGTON, Sr., Stonewall.

Services for Willard Morris HURST, former resident of Quitman, who died Monday in a Mobile hospital, held Wednesday, 3:30 PM, First Baptist Church, Quitman; Rev. W. L. Meadows officiated; interment in Quitman cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; age 46; retired Army man; in ailing health for several months; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lucy HURST; daughter, Miss Sylvia Ann HURST, both of Mobile; mother, Mrs. B. F. HURST, Quitman; sister, Mrs. Leon LOPER, Quitman; two brothers, V. G. HURST, Jackson and William HURST, Huntington, VA; pallbearers - John Halbert, Lewis McClinton, Arnold Love, Jimmy Culpepper, J. L. Martin, Cecil Martin.

Wayne N. MOSLEY, 59, 905 Lindsey Dr., Jackson, MS, died at Baptist Hospital Sunday night, 28 Jun, after a sudden illness; native of Clarke Co.; resident of Jackson past 20 years; employed by Mississippi Road Supply Co.; survivors - wife, Mrs. Mamie PORTER MOSLEY, Jackson; five brothers, Vaiden MOSLEY, Meridian; Dawson MOSLEY, LA; Clyde MOSLEY, Vossburg; Roy MOSLEY, Quitman; Earl MOSLEY, Mobile, AL; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie ELAM, Quitman and Mrs. Lurline KINGSBURY, Elizabeth, LA; funeral services conducted 30 Jun, 10 AM, Baldwin Funeral Home chapel, Rev. Roy Wolf officiating; interment in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Laurel; active pallbearers - E. D. McAdory, E. O. Arendale, M. H. Pope, J. A. Pepper, Ernest Courson, W. L. Bogan; Baldwin Funeral Home in charge.

Funeral services for Robert Bailey PRICE, 83, Rt. 3, Quitman, held from McGowan's Chapel Methodist Church Thursday, 3 PM; Rev. John Webb officiated; interment in church cemetery, Walters Funeral Home in charge; died late Tuesday at residence after extended illness; life-long resident of Elwood community, Clarke Co. and active member of McGowan's Chapel Methodist Church; survivors - wife; five daughters, Mrs. Philip KEAN and Mrs. Gus WARD, Meridian; Mrs. Lester PEARCE, Quitman; Mrs. Robert SMITH, El Paso, TX; Mrs. Maurice CONWAY, Linden, AL; three sons, Robert B., Jr., John, and James D. PRICE, all of Rt. 3, Quitman; brother, George A. PRICE, Durham, NC; 28 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Ferrill Kennedy, Francis Stevens, Raymond McLeod, Jack Fatherree, John Lucas, Edward Lewis.

Richard Jeffery ROWELL, five month old son of Mrs. and Mrs. Richard ROWELL, Vossburg, Rt. 1, passed away at University Hospital, Jackson, 22 Jul; funeral services held 23 Jul, 10 AM, Goodwater Methodist Church, Rev. John W. McGrew officiating; interment in church cemetery; other survivors - sister, Betty Elizabeth ROWELL; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mosby BROADHEAD, Shubuta, Rt. 2; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Drew ROWELL, Vossburg, Rt. 1; pallbearers - James, Thomas, and Phillip Cooley, Paul Touchstone.

Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth CRANE, Monroe, LA, passed away 30 Jul, age 79; funeral services held 1 Aug, Harmony Baptist Church, Rev. Fred Chancellor officiating; interment in McGowan's Chapel cemetery; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. G. H. THOMAS, Monroe, LA; Mrs. Glen MILLER, Long Beach, MS; three sons, A. F. CRANE, Meridian; H. T. CRANE, Gulfport; T. J. CRANE, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Maggie RILEY, Gulfport; 16 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Charles Ingram, William Crane, Andy Crane, Paul E. Sims, Frankie Crane, Rudolph Linton.

William Calvin CULPEPPER, 16, Pasadena, TX, killed in auto accident 30 Jul; funeral services held 3 Aug, Philadelphia M. E. Church, Jasper Co., Rev. Hillman officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. CULPEPPER; brother, Harold CULPEPPER; step father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hal PATRICK; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. CULPEPPER, Heidelberg, MS; Mr. and Mrs. Bill HARPER, Heidelberg; three half sisters, Margie PATRICK, Patricia PATRICK, and Judy PATRICK.

John David FATHERREE, Quitman, passed away at family residence 30 Jul, age 85; funeral services held 1 Aug, First Methodist Church, Quitman, Rev. Roy Lane officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; survivors - daughter, Mrs. Mary Alice McNEILL, Quitman; grandson, James Ragsdale McNEILL, Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche COOPER, Meridian; Mrs. Edna BILBO, Jackson; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Tally D. Riddell, G. F. Dabbs, Jr., A. J. Reese, Edd Shirley, Jim Culpepper, I. N. Riley.

Mr. John H. THEAD, Quitman, Rt.4, passed away at family residence 31 Jul, age 85; funeral services held 2 Aug, Manassa M. E. Church, Revs. Clabourne Dearman and S. C. Harrison officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Alma THEAD; daughter, Mrs. Mary McRAE, Oaklawn, CA; four sons, Cecil, Heidelberg; Paul, Eatontown, NJ; Robert, Chickasaw, AL; Harry, Ellisville, MS; sister, Mrs. Emma PRICHARD; brother, Aaron THEAD, Quitman, Rt. 4; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Hamilton Shepherd, Clyde Thead, Ray? Thead, Charles Shepherd, Maurice Bass.

Thomas McKay FLEMING, "Tom", died 24 Jul in Laurel, MS, following a long illness; resided most of life in Matherville, MS; survivors - foster daughter, Mrs. O. D. BARNETT, Shubuta, Rt. 2; five sisters, Mrs. Nora JONES, Langsdale; Mrs. Lett RED, Ellisville; Mrs. Ruby STAGG, Biloxi; Mrs. Lois BURKETT, Jackson; Miss Myrtle FLEMING, Meridian; brother, George FLEMING, Birmingham, AL; interment in family lot, Andrews Chapel cemetery, Carmichael, MS.

Funeral services for Fred William BURT, 38, R. 3, Quitman, who died in a Meridian hospital, were held Sunday, 3 PM, Pleasant Hill Church; Revs. A. G. Smith, William Harwell, and J. E. Irby officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors include wife, Ruth Virginia BURT; two daughters - Misses Cathy & Fredna Ruth BURT, Rt. 3; three sons - Freddie Lamar, Richard E., and George Ronald BURT, Rt. 3; father and stepmother, Mrs. & Mrs. George BURT; three stepdaughters - Mrs. Eddie JORDAN; Mrs. Faye RASCO, Stonewall; Mrs. Jackie HIATT, Stack, LA; two stepsons - Raymond Lavon STEWART and Billy J. STEWART, Quitman; two brothers - Tommy BURT, Birmingham, AL; Leo BURT, Meridian; five sisters - Mrs. Eula ROBINSON, Quitman; Mrs. Ruth STRINGER, Vinegar Bend, AL; Mrs. Doris DEAN, Duffee, MS; Mrs. Arlene LESLIE, Ft. Rucker, AL; Miss Georgia BURT, Quitman

Mrs. Geraldine SLAY CONNELL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence SLAY, passed away 6 Aug, Atlanta, GA, after a lengthy illness; funeral services held in Albany, GA, 8 Aug; among those attending - Mr. and Mrs. Percy Thompson, Quitman; E. A. and J. A. Wemberly, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh (prob. should be Lige) Becton and Mrs. Grace Long, Mobile.

Mark MASON, of Shubuta, Rt. 2, passed away at family residence 12 Aug, age 82; funeral services held 13 Aug at Hepzibah Baptist Church, 3 PM, Revs. John McGrew, John Webb, and Harold Anderson officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Jamie MASON; five sons, Leroy MASON, Shubuta; James MASON, Shubuta; Louis MASON, Tampa, FL; Otis MASON, Shubuta; Mark MASON, Jr., Shepherd AFB, TX; three daughters, Mrs. Lucille BRASHIER, Mrs. Evelyn McCOY, both of Shubuta, Rt. 2; Mrs. Kathryn MURRAH, Freeport, TX; one sister, Mrs. Eva HERRINGTON, Shubuta; 21 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services held 17 Aug, Pachuta Baptist Church, 11 AM, for Mrs. Susan Janet CAMPBELL SLADE, of NC; age 32; Revs. Owen Smith and W. L. Meadows officiated; interment in Pachuta cemetery; killed in auto accident 15 Aug; enroute to Pachuta from NC to pick up her children who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. CAMPBELL; survivors - two daughters, Cynthia Frances SLADE and Susan SLADE; son, Kenneth SLADE; parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. CAMPBELL, Pachuta; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth KINSER, Morristown, TN; Mrs. Coleen DAVIS, LaLina, Honduras; Mrs. Mattie Clara McMULLAN, Newton, MS; pallbearers - Avery Lewis, Wallace Eddins, R. E. Covington, Jr., Talmadge Atwood, Floyd Adkins, Danny Hardee.

Mrs. Marzella TROTTER, Waynesboro, Rt. 4, passed away at family residence 14 Aug; age 94; funeral services held 16 Aug, Chapperrell Baptist Church, 2:30 PM, Rev. John Cato officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Mollie DUVALLE, Shubuta; Mrs. Maggie CHAPMAN and Mrs. Ruby CHAPMAN, both of Waynesboro, Rt. 4; 13 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren, and 21 great great grandchildren.

Earl S. WILLIAMS, Shreveport, LA (formerly of Clarke Co.) passed away 18 Aug; age 68; son of late Mr. and Mrs. J. L. WILLIAMS of the Union community; funeral services held in Shreveport, 20 Aug; survivors - brother, C. B. WILLIAMS, Meridian; five sisters, Mrs. G. A. FONTAINE, Quitman; Mrs. L. L. BANES and Mrs. J. A. BEAVER, Meridian; Mrs. P. C. BOLTON and Mrs. H. C. WINES, Shreveport.

John Wesley ALLEN, Waynesboro, Rt. 2, passed away at Waynesboro Hospital 24 Aug; age 77; funeral services held 26 Aug, Mathersville Presbyterian Church, 10:30 AM, Rev. Roy Clarke officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - sister, Mrs. M. J. HORNE, Waynesboro, Rt. 2; two brothers, Henry J. ALLEN, Shubuta, Star Route; Richmond ALLEN, Quitman; pallbearers - Walton Mathers, Lloyd McAdams, Bill Beckman, Dougal Carmichael, John Stagg, Arthur Odom.

Charlie Melvin COMBEST, Pachuta, passed away at University Hospital, Jackson, 28 Aug, age 67; funeral services held 30 Aug, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 2 PM, Rev. O. R. Smith officiating; interment in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Rose Hill; survivors - two sisters, Mrs. Harry ROBB and Mrs. Lefore ROBB, both of Pachuta; brother, J. M. COMBEST, Pachuta; pallbearers - L. C. Rhoden, J. D. Sibley, Billy Combest, Dan Hardee, Lewis Lightsey, J. T. Lewis.

Edward Albert HARPER, Stonewall, passed away at family residence 26 Aug, age 63; funeral services held 27 Aug, Stonewall Baptist Church, Rev. John Merck officiating; interment in Stonewall cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Annie Belle HARPER; two daughters, Mrs. Alice OGLESBY, Stonewall; Mrs. Lelia FIKES, Stonewall; five brothers, John HARPER and Guy HARPER, both of Meridian; Hebert HARPER, Stonewall; Richard HARPER, Birmingham, AL; Bill HARPER, Heidelberg; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Cliff West, Cliff Williams, Edgar Ray Mosley, Talmadge Harper, Paul Hanna, William A. Harper.

Little Patricia Sue TAYLOR accidentally killed 27 Aug, age 3; funeral services held 29 Aug, Northrup Chapel Baptist Church, 11 AM, Rev. Auzie Mazingo officiating; interment in Covington cemetery; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. TAYLOR; sister, Lisa Marie; brother, Walter J. TAYLOR, all of Quitman, Rt. 3; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony TAYLOR, Quitman; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. CHANDLER, Morton, MS; pallbearers - Jim Culpepper and R. L. McDonald.

Funeral services held at Cooper's Chapel Methodist Church, Saturday, 22 Aug, 10:30 AM, for Hal Wesley SIMPSON, 16, who drowned 20 Aug; Revs. James Irby and Carl McArn officiating; interment in Cooper's Chapel cemetery; survivors - mother, Mrs. Elsie SIMPSON, Rt. 2; father, Hal SIMPSON, Stonewall; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin IVY, Shubuta; Mrs. Mac FAIRCLOTH, Quitman, Rt. 2; Mrs. David LAFFERTY, Stonewall; brother, Richard SIMPSON, Quitman, Rt. 2; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank REESE, Quitman, Rt. 2; Mrs. Nola SIMPSON, Stonewall; several nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts, and a host of other relatives and friends; pallbearers - Stanley Holloman, Danny Barry, Russell Roberts, Lavelle Smith, Kenny Underwood, Charlie Schrimpshire; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

R. F. (Lige) WILLIAMS 78, Rt. 1, Meridian, retired banker and farmer, died Sunday in Riley's Hospital following a lengthy illness; president of Stonewall Bank, Stonewall, MS, for 17 years before his retirement and was a successful farmer; member of Union Baptist Church where he served as a deacon; survivors - son, R. F. WILLIAMS, Jr., Rt. 1, Meridian; two brothers, R. G. WILLIAMS, Sr., Meridian; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah McINTOSH, Laurel; Mrs. Annie McRAE, Graceville, FL; Mrs. Maggie CUMBEST, Enterprise; funeral services held 3 PM Tuesday, Union Baptist Church; interment in church cemetery.

Peggy Diane COVINGTON, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James COVINGTON, was killed in an auto accident, Highway 18 east of Quitman, 17 Sep, 4 PM; funeral services held 19 Sep, Elwood Baptist Church, 2:30 PM, Rev. A. G. Smith officiating; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. James COVINGTON; brother, James Michael COVINGTON, all of Quitman, Rt. 2; maternal grandfather, T. L. LATHAM, Chatham (sic), AL.

Richard Allen DOWNS, West Enterprise, passed away at Rush Memorial Hospital in Meridian, 18 Sep, 11 PM, age 22; funeral services held at Enterprise Baptist Church, 10 AM, 22 Sep, Revs. Taylor Wallace and Holliday officiating; interment in Union cemetery; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey DOWNS, West Enterprise; six sisters, Mrs. Pauline HEATHCOCK, Miss Joyce DOWNS, West Enterprise; Mrs. Mary MILSTEAD and Mrs. Nina DYESS, Stonewall; Mrs. Nanah WILDER, CA; Mrs. JoAnn WARD, Houma, LA; four brothers, PFC Samuel DOWNS, Germany; Jerry, Jimmy, and Larry DOWNS, all of West Enterprise; active pallbearers - John Robert Shirley, Bobby Milstead, Norris Smiley, Stanley Herrington, Johnny Keeley, MacArthur Hamburg, Larry Waits, Wayne Carlisle; honorary pallbearers were members of the ball team.

Mrs. Sarah Jane IVY, Kosciusko, formerly of Stonewall, passed way 15 Sep, Kosciusko Hospital, age 82; funeral services held 17 Sep, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 10 AM, Rev. John Merck officiating; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery; survivors - daughter, Mrs. W. C. BOUTWELL, Kosciusko; sister, Mrs. Beckie TEW, Pascagoula, MS; 10 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; pallbearers - Evan Norsworthy, Claude Manley, Cecil Carmichael, Add Privett, Gid Ivy, Alford Barnes

Mrs. Effie MELTON, Pachuta, passed way at Anderson Infirmary, Meridian, 12 Sep, 6 PM, age 71; funeral services held 14 Sep, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Revs. John Webb and James Walker officiating; interment in Orange cemetery; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. James H. PITTMAN, Meridian; Mrs. John HORNE, Jr., Raleigh, MS; Mrs. W. L. JOYNER, Meridian; three sons, Moody MELTON, Pachuta; Leon MELTON, Brookhaven; Cleo MELTON, Fort Mitchell, AL; three brothers, John HERRINGTON, Rose Hill; (only one brother listed); eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; pallbearers - W. H. Pender, W. H. Read, Claude Lovitt, Ervin Hicks, Bobby Kidd, Bill Lewis.

Mrs. Arlow McMINN SULLIVAN, Shubuta, MS, passed away at the MS Nursing Home, Jackson, 16 Sep, age 85; funeral services held 18 Sep, 10 AM, Shubuta Baptist Church, Rev. Lester Clark officiating; interment in Shubuta cemetery; survivors - husband, Ben F. SULLIVAN; daughter, Mrs. Hazel REBHOLZ, Jackson, MS; two grandchildren; pallbearers - Ralph McLendon, James Johnston, L. G. Hankins, Joe Platt, Rural McCoy, Henry Stewart.

Raymond (Butch) LEE, Stonewall, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital 7 Oct, age 42; funeral services held 9 Oct, 11 AM, Stonewall Baptist Church, Revs. John Merck and Mrs. Beulah Ivy officiating; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff LEE, Stonewall; three sisters, Mrs. Marie SISSON, Enterprise; Mrs. George MATHIS, Quitman; Mrs. Irene SKRAMSTAD, Fargo, ND; three brothers, Jack, O. D., and Lewis LEE, all of Stonewall; grandmother, Mrs. Francis SATCHER, Meridian; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Graveside services held at Quitman cemetery Sunday, 27 Sep, for Michael David NORRIS, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. NORRIS, Quitman; Rev. N. F. Greer officiated; other survivors besides parents - sister, Sandra Lynn NORRIS; brother, W. D. NORRIS, Jr., both of Quitman; paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. J. NORRIS, Quitman; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. SANDERS, Harperville.

Services for Mose S. SUMRALL held 2 PM, Tuesday, Coopers Chapel Methodist Church, Rev. Carl McArn officiating, assisted by Rev. W. L. Meadows; interment in church cemetery, Walters Funeral Home directing; died Saturday in a Jackson hospital; 82, resident of Fernwood; survivors - daughter, Mrs. Lillian SIMPSON, Fernwood; son, Haskel SUMRALL, Mobile, AL; sister, Mrs. N. I. RICKS, Meridian; three grandchildren; six great grandchildren; pallbearers - A. J. Reese, Ellis Pettis, Roland Hailes, I. N. Riley, Frank McNeal, Harold Akins.

Services for Paul SUMRALL, 51, held Saturday, Stonewall Baptist Church, Revs. John Merck, Hill Logan, and H. L. Heath officiated; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; resided at Rt.2, Enterprise; died Thursday at his residence; survivors - wife, Mrs. Mattie SUMRALL; three daughters, Mrs. Opal SMITH, Enterprise; Mrs. Dorothy HARRINGTON, Stonewall; Miss Mary Ellen SUMRALL, Enterprise; son, Paul Edward SUMRALL, Meridian; mother, Mrs. Bessie SUMRALL, Enterprise; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Billy Mitts, Edward Speed, Curtis Snowden, Noah Kidd, Bob Schrimpshire, Prince Buckalew.

Funeral services for Pat Wilson HALES, Jr., 45, Rt. 1, who died in a Jackson hospital Sunday, held Wednesday, 10 AM, Rolling Creek Baptist Church; pastor, Rev. H. L. Booth officiated, assisted by Rev. E. C. Moss; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Janie HALES; five daughters, Shirley Diane, Patsy Elaine, Janice Arlene, Robin, and Patricia HALES, all of Rt. 1; two sons, Randy Wilson and Ted Anthony HALES, both of Rt. 1; mother, Mrs. Mattie HALES, Puckett, MS; eight sisters, Mrs. Ludie PAGETT, New Orleans; Mrs. Ruby THOMPSON, Baskin, LA; Mrs. Para Lee LONG and Mrs. Flore THORNSTON, Puckett; Mrs. Marie HUTCHING, Jackson; Mrs. Dosha Mae MULLINS, Grenada; Mrs. Mattie Will THOMPSON, Canal Point, FL; Mrs. Frankie PICKENS, Memphis, TN; three brothers, Valis HALES, Loraine, OR; Luke HALES, Monroe, LA; Calvin HALES, Zion, IL; pallbearers - Eddy Johnson, Bobby Martin, Walter Thompson, Ladell Williams, Exel Simpson, Leo Bonner.

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie HARDEE MASSINGALE, 84, held Wednesday, 2 PM, First Methodist Church, Rev. Roy Lane, pastor, officiated; assisted by Rev. W. L. Meadows; interment in Quitman cemetery; died at her family residence here Monday afternoon after a long illness; held a lifetime membership in the Women's Society of Christian Service in the First Methodist Church; survivors - two sons, G. K. and Curtis MASSINGALE, Quitman; brother, Edgar HARDEE, Pachuta; two grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Sam Carter, Jim Culpepper, Cal Hull, Harold Hutcherson, Lewis McClinton, Edd Shirley.

Funeral services held here at 2 PM for Sydney Marvin CHATHAM, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard CHATHAM, Rose Hill, Rev. Paul Porter officiating, from the Rose Hill Methodist Church; interment in Green Valley Cemetery, under direction of Walters Funeral Home; survivors (besides parents) - sister, Marcie; three brothers, Erice, Wayne, and Dennis, all of Rose Hill; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle THERELL, Moss Point; pallbearers - Sam Reynolds, Charles Davis, Alex Reynolds, Woodrow Shumack, Owen Fowler, Joe Frank Cline.

Double funeral services held 11 AM, Wednesday, for Mrs. Patricia TEW GLASS, 25, and her 6-year-old daughter, Shelia, at Walters Funeral Home Chapel here; Rev. W. L. Meadows officiated; interment in Quitman Cemetery; Mrs. GLASS and her daughter were killed in a train-car crash at Stonewall late Monday in which two other persons were injured; one of the which was Mrs. GLASS's son, 4-year-old Byron GLASS; Mrs. GLASS's survivors - husband, Robert GLASS; son, Byron; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack TEW, Rt. 4, Quitman; four sisters, Mrs. Gilda WHALEY and Mrs. Vondee WILLIAMS, both of Quitman; Miss Myra TEW, Meridian and Miss Judy TEW, Rt. 4, Quitman; Shelia's survivors - father and brother; maternal grandparents; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Esther GLASS, Rt. 1, Rt. 1, Quitman; pallbearers (Mrs. GLASS) - Joe Carmichael; J. A. Wimberly, Lige Becton, Frank E. Arant, Bobby Kemp, Tom Hawthorne; pallbearers (Shelia) - Charles Irvin, Jacob Toney, Tommy Gene Dearman, Russell Graham.

Orange, Texas - Funeral services for Doyel NEALEY, 54, held 13 Sep, 2:30 PM, Brightwater Methodist Church, Choctaw Co., AL, Revs. J. M. Toomey and Burroughs officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Daisy NEALEY, Orange, TX; mother, Mrs. M. C. NEALEY, Gilbertown, AL; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur MILLER, Orange; Mrs. Bob BAILEY, Mobile; son, Amos NEALEY, Meridian; two sisters, Mrs. V. P. MOSELEY, Mobile; Mrs. Fred LUCAS, Quitman; two brothers, Bibb NEALEY, Gilbertown; Oscar TAYLOR, St. Stephens; six grandchildren; pallbearers were nephews of family; passed away on the job at Orange, 11 Sep, where he had been employed the past 14 years; Causey Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. William B. TERRELL, mother of Mrs. John O. MASSEY, passed away Thursday, 22 Oct, at residence of Dr. and Mrs. John O. MASSEY; funeral services held in Walters Funeral Home chapel, Friday, 23 Oct, 4 PM; Revs. N. F. Greer and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA.

Mrs. Josephine ABSTON CARLISLE, Stonewall, passed away at Golden Sunset Rest Home 25 Oct; age 83; funeral services held at Center Ridge Baptist Church, 3 PM, 26 Oct, Revs. W. W. Hayes, Mrs. Beulah Ivy, and John Merck officiating; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. Lula Mae CARMICHAEL, Stonewall; Mrs. Flora JONES, Enterprise; four sons, Hymon CARLISLE and Tom CARLISLE, both of Enterprise; Owen CARLISLE, Quitman; Ernest CARLISLE, Jackson; two sisters, Mrs. Lula ROBERTS and Mrs. Nellie MAYO, both of Quitman, Rt. 4; two brothers, Willie ABSTON, Quitman, Rt. 4; Paul ABSTON, Meridian; 19 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Wayne Brannon, Norman, Craft, Dwight Napp, Walton Ivey, Marcus Moore and Sidney Brown.

Ernest Dean LAWSON, Meridian, was killed in auto accident near Saucier, MS, 24 Oct, 4 PM, age 26; funeral services held at Pine Hill Baptist Church, 10 AM, 26 Oct, Revs. T. H. Logan and Gerald Stein officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Zitta Ann LAWSON; daughter, Frances LAWSON; two sons, Shelton and Trent LAWSON; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl LAWSON, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Marshal BRAND, Meridian; three brothers, Jerry LAWSON, Bellamy, AL; Guy Wayne LAWSON, Ronnie LAWSON, both of Meridian; pallbearers - Billy Stewart, Sam Keely, Johnnie Keely, Larry Keely, John Lawosn, James Speed.

David Alexander BROCK, Shubuta, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital 5 Nov, 10:30 AM; age 86; funeral services held today, 6 Nov, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Revs. Harvey Pittman and Jimmy Sanders officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Bonnell BROCK; five daughters, Mrs. C. C. WHALEY, Sr., DeSoto; Mrs. Tom J. HAILES, Sr., Quitman; Mrs. Marion WILLIAMS and Mrs. Roy WILLIAMS, both of Hickory, MS; Mrs. Hilton WALKER, Sr., Waynesboro; two sons, C. A. BROCK, Shubuta; David BROCK, Mobile, AL; two sisters, Mrs. J. I. NEWTON, Quitman; Mrs. K. C. MABRY, DeSoto; 15 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild.

Services for Mrs. Pearl CARMICHAEL, 77, held 2 PM, Wednesday, 28 Oct, Walters Funeral Home Chapel; Revs. Fred Chancellor and Burl Harvey officiated; interment in DeSoto cemetery; lived alone at Rt. 3, Quitman; found dead of natural causes in her yard Tuesday morning; widow of Dr. Lon K. CARMICHAEL; survivors - two sisters, Mrs. Zell BUNCH, CA; Mrs. Katoe MOODY, Columbia; five brothers, J. P. HAYES, Jr., Luther N. HAYES, and John L. HAYES, all of Shubuta; Cecil HAYES, Plattsburgh; Pat H. HAYES, Meridian; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Robert E. Hayes, Kenneth H. Hayes, E. J. Hayes, Cecil Waller, Joe Blair and C. V. Robinson.

Byron Alton GLASS, 4, passed away at University Hospital, Jackson, 29 Oct; injured in auto-train accident 19 Oct when his mother, Mrs. Patricia GLASS and sister, Shelia, were killed; funeral services held 30 Oct, 3:30 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; survivors - father, Robert GLASS; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Esther GLASS and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack TEW.

Mrs. Martha E. IVY, Quitman, MS, died Sunday, 1 Nov, Watkins Memorial Hospital, where she had been hospitalized since 10 Oct after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while visiting her sister, Mrs. Evie PRIVETT in Stonewall, MS; funeral services held Monday, 3 PM, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member for many years; Revs. W. L. Meadows, A. G. Smith, N. F. Greer, and W. W. Hayes officiated; interment in church cemetery, along side her husband, the late T. J. IVY, Sr., who preceded her death in 1944; age 91; born 9 Feb 1873; life long resident of Clarke Co.; survivors - four daughters, four sons, two step- daughters; one step-son; 33 grandchildren; a number of great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren; three sisters; two brothers; pallbearers were grandsons.

Rev. Roy Lesly LANE, 64, pastor of First Methodist Church of Quitman since June, died in his sleep Sunday night in his home, approximately 11 PM, apparent heart attack; survivors - wife, former Floy DEES; daughter, Miss Carol LANE, Jackson; sister, Mrs. A. E. McINTOSH, Crosby; brother, R. P. LANE, Lumberton; several nieces and nephews; funeral services held 2 PM, Tuesday, First Methodist Church, Dr. J. D. Slay, district superintendent, officiating, assisted by Dr. Seth Granberry; body will be taken to the Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home, Jackson, where it lay in state Tuesday evening; interment Wednesday, 10 AM, Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson; honorary pallbearers were members of the MS Annual Conference and members of the official boards of churches served by Mr. LANE.

Mrs. Mary Magdaline TAYLOR, Enterprise, passed away 29 Oct in a Meridian hospital, age 71; funeral services held 31 Oct, Stonewall Baptist Church, 10:30 AM, Revs. John Merck and Heath officiating; interment in church cemetery (Note: This was Stonewall Cemetery); survivors - husband, Ed TAYLOR, Enterprise; daughter, Mrs. Mary GREER, Pascagoula; two sons, Lee E. TAYLOR, Enterprise, and John Robert TAYLOR, Mobile, AL; two sisters, Mrs. Lelia WILKINS and Mrs. Allie SCOTT, Stonewall; one brother, Rufus KING, Stonewall; 11 grandchildren; one great grandchild

SHUBUTA - Services for Mrs. W. L. WEEMS, 79, who died Thrursday at her residence here, held in the Shubuta Methodist Church; officiating ministers were Dr. George K. Thompson and Rev. Roy Chandler; interment in Shubuta cemetery; Freeman Funeral Home in charge; native of Wartrace, TN; survivors - husband; son, Thomas S. WEEMS, Jackson; daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth NIELSON, Sacramento, CA; two grandchildren; two brothers, Judge A. SHRIVER, Nashville, TN; A. S. SHRIVER, Wartrace.

Funeral services held for Caleb James BUFFINGTON, 10 Nov, 2 PM, Center Ridge Baptist Church, Revs. Cecil Lafferty, W. W. Hayes and Leslie Roberts officiating; interment in Manassa Church cemetery; passed away at a Meridian hospital; age 89; survivors - wife, Mrs. Myrtis BUFFINGTON; daughter, Mrs. Annie Mae LAFFERTY, Quitman, Rt. 4; son, Houston BUFFINGTON; 15 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Bill Beckman, Floyd Turner, Perry Fagan, Dennis Fleming, Johnny Mosley, L. T. Headrick.

Mrs. Mary Marlene FLEMING passed away at Andersons Hospital, 1 o'clock, 5 Nov, after a lingering illness; age 26; member of Calvary Baptist Church, Meridian; interment in Dry Creek Cemetery, Louisville, MS; survivors - husband, Charles Lester FLEMING; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. ADCOCK, Louisville; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. FLEMING, Quitman, Rt. 4; two sisters, Mrs. Helen GOODMAN and Mrs. Dean MARSH; nephew, Gerald GOODMAN; several uncles and aunts and a host of other relatives.

Services for Fletcher W. GRIFFIN, 83, Rt. 1, Quitman, held Tuesday, 2 PM, Montrose Baptist Church; survivors - wife, Mrs. Sudie SMITH GRIFFIN, Quitman; daughter, Mrs. Lewis FORD, Starkville; son, Morris GRIFFIN, Quitman; seven sisters, Mrs. Zilla VICK, Roanoke Rapids, NC; Mrs. Rella SETTLE, Hennepin, OK; Mrs. Siddie UNDERWOOD, Birmingham, AL; Mrs. Glenda HOWARD and Mrs. Hattie BARLOW, both of Sylacauga, AL; Mrs. Ruby BERT, Pell City, AL; Mrs. Cora Mae GROWER, Monroe, LA; four brothers, Henry P. GRIFFIN, Ada, OK; Wylie C. GRIFFIN, Quitman; Rosier GRIFFIN, Meridian; Fendley GRIFFIN, Sylacuaga; four grandchildren and one great grandchild; a number of nieces and nephews; Rev. Ed Grayson officiated, assisted by Revs. Edward Fairchild and Luther Litchfield; interment in Montrose Cemetery; pallbearers - Thomas Dearman, Walter Thompson, W. E. Williams, Cleo Hayes, Arthur Riley, Willie Johnson.

Seaborn Franklin BONNER, 77, died Saturday at Watkins Memorial Hospital; services held Sunday, 3 PM, East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church; interment in church cemetery; Revs. Alfred Evans and James Irby officiated; survivors - wife, Mrs. Augusta CRAWFORD BONNER; daughter, Mrs. W. A. JACKSON, Andrews, TX; two sons, Bilbo, Tulsa, OK; Seaborn, Jr., Dumas, TX; four sisters, Mrs. Ada IVY, Quitman; Mrs. Minnie BRIDGES, Mobile; Mrs. Birdie RUSSELL, Columbus, GA; Mrs. Alice IVY, Eight Mile, AL; three brothers, Andrew and T. H., Mobile; Jordan, New Orleans; eight grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; Walters Funeral Home in charge; pallbearers - Roy Hayes, James Hicks, W. L. James, Warren Barry, Andrew McCarra, C. J. Griffin

Mrs. Alma HANEY, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital 19 Nov, 2:40 PM, age 78; funeral services held 29 Nov, 10 AM, Antioch Baptist Church; interment in church cemetery; survivors - several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services held at Wiggins, MS, 10 AM, for Mrs. Jessie MARTIN, wife of the late Dr. G. M. MARTIN; interment in Mont Rose Cemetery, Clarke Co., 3 PM, 17 Nov, Dee's Funeral Home of Wiggins in charge.

Rosher Ferrell MENASCO, 56, died at a Meridian hospital Friday; resident of Rt. 1, Vossburg; services held Sunday, 2 PM, Knights Valley Church, Rev. John McGrew officiating, assisted by Rev. Moody Boles; interment in DeSoto cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Ella Mae ROWL (probably should be ROWELL) MENASCO; four sons, Ferrell, Allen Park, MI; Johnny, Ecorse, MI; Norman, Orlando, FL; Billy, Vossburg; two brothers, J. B., Shubuta; Bilbo, Vossburg; six grandchildren; pallbearers - James Stallings, Carrol Mosley, Otho Parker, R. Covington, Bobbie Rowell, George Rowell.

Mr. Clarence VANDERCOOK, Longview and Chehalis, WA, passed away 3 Nov; family was long time residents of Crandall where he was logging superintendent for Long Bell Lumber Co; has many friends in Clarke Co. who regret to learn of his death.

William Stephen ELLIS, Meridian, Rt. 3, passed away at a Meridian hospital, 2 Dec, age 83; funeral services held 4 Dec, 11 AM, Shady Grove Church of God, Revs. Tom Benson and C. M. Griffin officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Allie A. ELLIS, Meridian, Rt. 3; four daughters, Mrs. Vadie McDONALD, Moselle; Mrs. Laura CALLAHAN, Hattiesburg; Mrs. Minnie Lee MATTISH, Quitman, Rt. 1; Mrs. Edna Earl NEDEAU, Bristol, CT; two sons, Walter W. ELLIS, Meridian, Rt. 7; Ester B. ELLIS, Meridian, Rt. 3; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer ELLIS, NJ; Mrs. Odie DUNNAM, NJ; Miss Mary ELLIS, CA; three brothers, Jeff ELLIS, Mobile, AL; Charlie ELLIS, Meridian; Amos ELLIS, Rice, TX; 17 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; body will remain at Walters Funeral Home until service time; pallbearers - Jim Culpepper, Lamar McDonald, Marvin Pickard, Bothie Moffett, Elmo Davidosn, Johnny Mosley.

Mrs. Margaret WOODS HARRISON, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 29 Nov, age 90; funeral services held 20 Nov, 2:30 PM, Antioch Baptist Church, Revs. Carlis Berry and John McGrew officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - two sons, Clarence and Clinto(n) WOODS, both of Quitman, Rt. 4; four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; pallbearers - John H. King, Teddy Robinson, A. C. Robinson, W. D. Wilkerson, B. S. Wilkerson, Arnold Boykin.

Mrs. Mary ENGLISH HARWELL, 49, died Friday in St. Dominic's Hospital, Jackson; funeral services held 3 PM, Quitman Methodist Church, Revs. Bill McLelland and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; survivors - husband, James E. HARWELL; son, James English HARWELL, Jackson; daughter, Mrs. Richard FUCHS, Monroe, LA; sister, Mrs. L. L. MARTIN, Nashville; four brothers, W. L. ENGLISH, Meridian; J. H. ENGLISH, Quitman; L. C. ENGLISH, Hattiesburg; T. L. ENGLISH, Pittsburgh, PA; grandson, Kevin FUCHS, Monroe, LA; pallbearers - Robert H. Angle, Ted King, Jack Regan, B. Woodall, Tom Cotten, Jim Culpepper.

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie A. ELAM, who passed away at a Meridian rest home Wednesday, held today, 11 AM, Antioch Baptist Church, interment in church cemetery; age 92; survivors - four daughters, Mrs. Eva HOOTS, Mrs. Mae SMITH, Mrs. Susan NORRIS, all of Quitman; Mrs. Maudie GRIFFIN, Meridian; three sisters, Mrs. Bettye PEARSON, New Orleans, LA; Mrs. Florence WILKERSON, Jackson; Mrs. Velma SIMPSON, Stonewall; 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and three great, great grandchildren; body will remain at Walters Funeral Home until funeral time.

Mrs. Ella Octavie HICKS, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away 4 Dec, Lake Charles, LA, age 84; funeral services held Sunday, 2 PM, East Pleasant Grove Church; interment in church cemetery; survivors - five daughters, Mrs. Myrtie IVEY, Quitman, Rt. 2; Miss Martie HICKS, Warrington, FL; Mrs. Effie SWANNER, Little Rock, MS; Mrs. Emma WATKINS, Lake Charles, LA; Mrs. Gladys HARPER, Lucedale, MS; two sons, James HICKS, Quitman, Rt. 2; Olen HICKS, CA; 21 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren; pallbearers - John Adams, Leonard Wright, Homer Flowers, Jr., Henri Andrews, Roy Hayes, John Halbert; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Funeral services held Sunday, Walters Funeral Home chapel, for James Slater SYKES, 72, Rt. 2, Quitman, died 10 PM Saturday in his residence; interment in Cooper's Chapel cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Iris SYKES; three daughters, Mrs. Lorena BROWN, Klamath Falls, OR; Mrs. Mabel MYERS, Belleville, TX; Mrs. Louise EVANS, Baton Rouge, LA; two sons, Bill SYKES, Pendleton, OR; Tommy SYKES, Houston, TX; sister, Mrs. Mary Lou COOK, Quitman; four brothers, Haywood, John B., and Alton SYKES, all of Quitman; Coyt SYKES, Jackson; 14 grandchildren

Funeral services for Mrs. Claudie Mae COLLINS UNDERWOOD, 65, Rt. 2, who died at family residence, held at Cooper's Chapel Methodist Church; Revs. Carl McArn and Clayborne Dearman officiating; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - husband, Alex UNDERWOOOD; three daughters, Mrs. Virgie DOGGETT and Mrs. Lucille ROBERTS, Quitman; Mrs. Voncile MIXON, Meridian; son, Kenneth UNDERWOOD, Quitman; seven sisters, Mrs. Eunice ALLEN and Mrs. Rosie DAUGHERTY, Stonewall; Mrs. Levie HAMBURG and Mrs. Carolyn HAMBURG, Enterprise; Mrs. Eula LONG, Laurel; Mrs. Lade WIMBERLY and Mrs. Tilda COUCH, Meridian; two brothers, Ezra COLLINS, Quitman; John COLLINS, Birmingham, AL; 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.