Ras Webster BRITTON passed away 2 Jan, 4 AM. He was 66 years, 11 months, 25 days old. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Mary Lula BRITTON, Quitman; two sons, PFC Ras W. BRITTON, Jr., somewhere in France; Aviation Machinist Mate First Class Johnnie W. BRITTON; one foster son, Private Sidney OWEN, Atlanta, GA. Funeral services held 3 Jan, 3 PM, chapel of McClellan-Walters Funeral Home, Quitman, Rev. W. L. Meadows, pastor, Quitman Baptist Church, officiating. Interment in DeSoto Cemetery. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Curtis Lavaughn DAVIS, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. DAVIS, Quitman, Rt. 1, died at the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA, 23 Dec. Death was caused by pneumonia. Funeral services conducted from the Pine Grove Baptist Church, Clarke Co., 3 PM, 29 Dec, Rev. W. L. Meadows, Quitman, officiating, assisted by Rev. John S. Morgan, Stonewall. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors - parents; three sisters, Mrs. Mavis STEELE; Doris and Maxie DAVIS; four brothers, Jack, Ben, Joe, and Paul DAVIS, all of Quitman, Rt. 1; paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. DAVIS. Former student of Quitman High School. Member of US Marine Corps, stationed in San Diego. Active pallbearers - Floyd McCarra, Burnis McCarra, Rufus McCarra, Bobby McKinney, O. H. Holloman, Edward Holloman. Members of Terral Masonic Lodge, Quitman, served as honorary pallbearers. McClellan-Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Spicy FINLEY REEVES, Rt. 1, Heidelberg, MS. passed away 31 Dec, 10:15 AM, She was 83 years, eight months, 15 days old. Survivors - five daughters, Mrs. Virgie BLACKLEDGE, Mrs. H. Q. WILLIAMS, Mrs. Gordon LOWERY and Mrs. Velma DAVIS, all of Rt. 2, Heidelberg; Mrs. Houston McCRANEY, Laurel; 29 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren. Seven grandsons in US Army. Funeral services held 1 Jan 1945, 2:30 PM, Bethel Church, Rev. H. D. Clark officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Pallbearers - J. E. Yarbor, H. G. Clark, Wyatt Cooley, R. Lowery, Leroy Varner, R. R. Lowery, Rev. H. D. Clark. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Christopher C. BOYKIN, 41, Meridian, Rt. 7, passed away 10 Jan. Survivors - two sisters, Mrs. Siddie Oleta POWELL, Weathersby, MS; Mrs. Maudie Mae BROCK, Quitman, Rt. 2. Funeral services held 11 Jan, 3 PM, Buccatuna (sic) church, Rev. C. E. Griffin officiating. Interment in church cemetery. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Hannah COX, 89, Shubuta, MS, passed away 21 Jan, 10:05 PM, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. PATERSON, Shubuta. Survivors - Mrs. PATERSON; three sisters, Mrs. Mary BRADLEY, Gennesseo, NY; Mrs. Susan LYON, Detroit, MI; Mrs. Sarah DAVIS, Toronto, Canada. three grandchildren; one great grandchild. Funeral services held 23 Jan, 2 PM, Paterson residence, Shubuta, Rev. N. A. Edmonds officiating. Active pallbearers - Thomas Blair, J. M. Spinks, J. H. Griffin, C. D. Meeks, Burt Stuart, Melvin Donald. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

PFC Thomas J. EVANS, Sr., 35, was inducted into the armed forces 1 Apr 1944. After training in various camps, he was sent to Europe in Nov 1944. He died from wounds received in action 14 Dec 1944. Was a Sunday school teacher at Shubuta Baptist Church. Survivors - nee Dana FAGAN; three boys, Thomas, Jr., Wayne, Dale, besides a host of other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Dora Della HERRINGTON, 73, Quitman, passed away 17 Jan, 11:15. Survivors - one daughter, Miss Deserree HERRINGTON; one son, Archie L. HERRINGTON, Meridian; one brother, John McREE, Meridian; one sister, Mrs. C. C. SHEPHERD, Meridian; three grandchildren. Funeral services held 18 Jan, 4 PM, Rev. W. L. Meadows officiating. Interment in Quitman cemetery. Active pallbearers - W. F. Latham, J. E. Shirley, Cicero Dunnam, H. L. Miller, Hubert Covington. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Robert Columbus JACOBS, 28, Crandall, MS, died Jan 10, 10:15 AM, following an operation at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA; survivors - parents Mr. & Mrs. Jodie JACOBS, Crandall; sister - Mrs. W. E. WILLIAMSON, Crandall; three brothers - Jodie N. JACOBS, Raymond H. JACOBS, James A. JACOBS, Crandall; funeral services held Jan. 12, 3 PM, Manassa Church, Rev. James Heflin officiating, assisted by Revs. J. H. Fleming and C. N. Graham; interment in church cemetery; McClellan & Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Mary Caroline NIX, 82, West Enterprise, MS, Rt. 2, passed away 14 Jan, 5 AM, as the result of a heart attack. Survivors - one daughter, Mrs. Lettie THERRELL, Sandersville, MS; three sons, Benton NIX, Mobile, AL; Hugh NIX, Ellisville, MS; Roger NIX, West Enterprise, MS; two sisters, Mrs. M. E. HERRING, West Enterprise; Mrs. G. M. MARTIN, Pascagoula, MS; one brother, D. W. COX, West Enterprise; 14 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. Funeral services held 15 Jan, 3 PM, Souenlovie church, Rev. Cliff Johnston officiating, assisted by Rev. T. H. Logan. Interment in church cemetery. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Malcolm Land (sic) PATERSON, 76, Shubuta, MS, passed away 19 Jan. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Estelle COX PATERSON; one daughter, Miss Mildred PATERSON; two sons, Malcolm Lang PATERSON, Jr., Mobile, AL; Harold Cox PATERSON, Hazlehurst, MS; three sisters, Mrs. R. H. BAXTER, Detroit, MI; Mrs. R. W. HUNTER, Milwaukee, WI; Mrs. C. W. FUTOYE, Macon, MS; one grandson. Funeral services held 21 Jan, 2 PM, family residence, Shubuta, Rev. N. A. Edmonds officiating, assisted by Rev. C. H. Strait. Interment in Shubuta cemetery. Active pallbearers - Leon Boland, Tom Blair, Leroy Mixon, Melvin Donald, G. A. Byrd, Burt Stuart. (Honorary pallbearers also listed.) McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Joseph Walter JONES, 65, DeSoto, MS, passed away 3 Feb, 10:30 AM, following a heart attack. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Lessie JONES; three daughters, Mrs. Octavia SMITH, Meridian; Mrs. Ed EVANS, Quitman; Mrs. Hazel McQUAIG, Stonewall; two sons, J. W. JONES, Jr., Mobile, AL; Corporal Edward JONES, New London, CT; six sisters, Mrs. J. A. SPICKARD, DeSoto; Miss Edna JONES, TX; Miss Zuleka JONES, Hattiesburg; Mrs. Marguerite HOLLOMAN, Iowa; Mrs. H. C. MOODY, Laurel; Mrs. Tom HERRIN, Hattiesburg; one brother, Arthur JONES, DeSoto; 15 grandchildren. Funeral services held 4 Feb, 3:30 PM, Oak Grove church, Rev. James Heflin officiating. assisted by Rev. L. B. Simmons. Interment in church cemetery. Active pallbearers - Paul Newton, Frank McNeal, R. G. Gilbert, T. M. Stallings, Sam Arrington, Hervey Brewer. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

William Robert KEMP CCT, Friday, 9 Feb 1945	Alexander MILLER CCT, Friday, 9 Feb 1945	Mrs. Virgie SOWERS PEAK CCT, Friday, 9 Feb 1945
[Interment]	[Interment]	(Note: No tombstone found at Montrose Cemetery, Jan 1999)

James Robert REYNOLDS, 19, Sp V3/C USNR, Air Transport Sqdn 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. REYNOLDS, Vosburg (sic), MS, was killed in a plane crash in the South Pacific area while in the service of his country. Was a graduate of the 1942 class of Pachuta school. Survivors - parents, a twin sister, Mrs. Margaret R. SANFORD.

Stonewall, MS citizen; died 19 Apr, 3 PM; 68 years, 2 months, 10 days old; for many years, valid (valued?) employee of Stonewall Cotton Mills; survivors - four daughters, Mrs. D. G. TAYLOR, West Point, GA; Mrs. C. L. MARTIN, Mrs. Minnie CREIGHTON, Mrs. Robert B. WALTERS, Stonewall; son, William E. BUCKALEW, Panama City, FL; sister, Mrs. C. F. HAHN, Laurel, MS; funeral services held at Stonewall 22 Apr, 2 PM, Revs. Sollie I. Smith, T. N. Crick, and J. M. Norsworthy officiating; Masonic rites; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; pallbearers - Ira Moore, M. T. McDermick, Carl McGrew, J. T. Pope, Wyman Gassaway, Colie Nichols; McClellan & Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Genie M. PALMER, age 57, of DeSoto, Miss., passed away June 1 at 1:00 PM, following a long illness; survivors: one daughter - Mrs. Ann Marie SMITH, Ventura, CA; three sons - H. C. PALMER, Parchman, Miss; S/Sgt R. C. PALMER, India; M/Sgt R. H. PALMER, McCook, NE; two sisters - Miss Mamie MABRY, DeSoto and Mrs. D. J. BRITTON, Shubuta, Rt. 1; three brothers - Irby MABRY and Seth MABRY, Meridian, and K. C. MABRY, DeSoto; one grandchild; funeral services held Jun 5, 11 AM, DeSoto, Rev. H. D. Booth officiating, assisted by Revs. James Haflin and L. B. Simmons; interment in DeSoto Cemetery; active pallbearers - T. M. Stallings, R. R. McRee, R. G. Gilbert, R. A. Allen, B. F. McNeal, V. W. Spickard; McClellan & Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Irma COVINGTON, 36, Quitman, Route 3, passed away June 14 at 2 AM. Survivors: husband, Earl S. COVINGTON; daughter, Minnie E. COVINGTON; sons, James, Berry S., Frank, all of Quitman; mother, Mrs. Mollie BROWN. Funeral services held June 15, 2:30 PM, Pleasant Hill Church, Rev. O. V. Swearingen, officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Active pallbearers were J. A. Nichols, J. A. Jiles, Nathan Lee, J. M. Wilson, W. M. Jiles, Sam Taylor. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Mary Amanda HERRING, 90, passed away 24 Nov, 1:45 PM, Rush's Infirmary, Meridian. Survivors - three daughters, Mrs. P. G. TATE, Meridian; Mrs. Ludie CHERWAK, Fort Knox, KY; Mrs. P. B. WOODWARD, Beaumont, TX; four sons, John HERRING, Pachuta; Tom HERRING, Hattiesburg; George HERRING, Meridian; 19 grandchildren. Funeral services held 26 Nov, 3 PM, Pleasant Hill church, Rev. W. L. Meadows officiating; assisted by Revs. L. T. Nelson and R. H. Clegg. Interment in church cemetery. Active pallbearers - G. A. Carlson, Dennis Covington, G. F. Dabbs, Joe Nichols, Henry Sanders, Charlie Sanders. McClellan-Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Age 42, Meridian, Rt. 7; passed away at family residence 24 Nov, 12 o'clock; survivors - wife, Mrs. Bessie BROCK; three daughters, Mackie, Madys, Ruth, all of Meridian, Rt. 7; two sons, Buddy and Alton BROCK; two sisters, Mrs. Melvin MOFFETT and Mrs. Wallace NEAL, both of Meridian, Rt. 7; two brothers, William and Elbert BROCK, both of Meridian, Rt. 7; funeral services held 25 Nov, 11 AM, Bucatunna Church, Rev. W. E. Butler officiating; interment in church cemetery; pallbearers - Monroe Williams, Lavern Shirley, James Williams, Harvey Dearman, F. E. Moffett, Robert Smith; McClellan & Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Martha Jane CRANE, 93, Quitman, Rt. 3, passed away 29 Nov, 3 AM. She was a lifelong citizen of the Harmony community. Survivors - two daughters, Mrs. A. H. FATHERREE and Mrs. J. H. McCARTY, both of Quitman, Rt. 3; one son, A. B. CRANE, Quitman, Rt. 3; one brother, Bob MERCER, Laurel, MS; 18 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren. Funeral services held Thursday, 29 Nov, 4 PM, Harmony church, Rev. N. A. Edmonds officiating, assisted by Revs. G. Elliott Jones and L. T. Nelson. Interment in church cemetery. Active pallbearers - Prentiss Fatherree, Jack Fatherree, J. B. McCarty, Jack McCarty, Leonard Hardee, Jeff Herring. McClellan and Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Milton Lee MOSLEY, 20, Vossburg, MS, Rt. 1, passed away 1 Dec, 7:15 PM, at Watkins Memorial Hospital, Quitman. Survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert MOSLEY; four sisters, Mrs. George MERRELL, Ellisville, MS; Mrs. M. R. WATKINS, Vossburg, MS, Rt. 1; Misses Edna and Bertie MOSLEY, both of Vossburg, Rt. 1; four brothers, Wilton MOSLEY, Gilbertown, AL; Charlie, Herman, and Howard MOSLEY, all of Vossburg, Rt. 1; grandfather, Frank PRITCHETT, Stonewall. Funeral services held 3 Dec, 11 AM, Goodwater church, Rev. W. M. Porter officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Active pallbearers - J. E. Haddox, G. W. Mosley, H. R. Mosley, A. Mosley, Grover Pritchett, Franklin Pritchett. McClellan-Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Linnie NICAR, 59, Quitman, passed away 29 Nov, 7:20 PM, Watkins Memorial Hospital, Quitman. Survivors - husband, W. O. NICAR; three daughters, Mrs. W. B. SMITH, Quitman; Mrs. L. B. AGNEW, Alexander City, AL; Miss Allene NICAR, Quitman; one son, Philip H. NICAR, Memphis, TN; mother, Mrs. W. T. FOWLER, Alto, TX; one sister, Mrs. Audrey McGRAW, Rusk, TX; three brothers, Will McGRAW and Sanford McGRAW, both of Alto, TX; Jerry McGRAW, Dallas, TX; five grandchildren. Funeral services held 30 Nov, 3 PM, Quitman Baptist Church, Rev. W. L. Meadows officiating, assisted by Rev. V. G. Clifford. Interment in Quitman cemetery. Active pallbearers - John James, Tom Hailes, Ed Kramer, T. E. Crawford, Dr. J. W. Watkins, Hill Arrington. McClellan-Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Emma NOWELL, 73, Waynesboro, Rt. 3. passed away 4 Dec, 9 AM. Survivors - seven daughters, Mrs. Susie SHIRLEY, Waynesboro, Rt. 1; Mrs. Vinnie COOLEY, Mrs. Bessie BOYLES and Mrs. Leona KELLY, all of Waynesboro, Rt. 3; Mrs. Viola KELLY, Pascagoula, MS; Mrs. Mae HUNTER, Livingston, AL; Mrs. Arlene TUCKER; three sons, W. C. NOWELL, Plateau, AL; Buddy and Luther NOWELL, Waynesboro, Rt. 3; one sister, Mrs. B. H. MOULDS, Rose Hill, MS; two brothers, Willie COLLINS and Wyatt COLLINS, Laurel, MS; 28 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. Funeral services held 6 Dec, 11 AM, Pine Grove church, Rev. James Colley officiating. Interment in Pine Grove cemetery. McClellan-Walters Funeral Home in charge.