Funeral services held 3 PM Tuesday, Buckatunna Baptist Church, for Luther M. ROBINSON, 83, Rt. 7, Meridian; Revs. E. L. Ray and Tom Benson officiating; interment in church cemetery; died Sunday, 4:15 PM, at family residence; survivors - four sons, Earl, Rex, and Johnny, all of Rt. 7, Meridian; Lee, of Petal, MS; four daughters - Mrs. Charlie CHISHOLM, Collinsville; Mrs. Clovis POWELL, Rt. 3, Meridian; Mrs. Adie ROBINSON, Rt. 7, Meridian; Mrs. Carl POWELL, Spencer, NC; 25 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; palllbearers - Brady Dearman, Ray Hinson, Tom Chisholm, Royce Robinson, Stanley Shannon, Dennis Ray Powell; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Services held Tuesday, 6 Mar, 2 PM, Antioch Baptist Church; age 60, Rt. 3, Quitman; Revs. A. G. Smith and J. L. Morgan officiating; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; died 6:30 AM, Monday, Watkins Memorial Hospital; survivors - wife, Mrs. Clarice ROBINSON, Rt. 3, Quitman; son, William J. ROBINSON, Meridian; four daughters, Mrs. Wilma JONES, Chunky (Note: I have Wilmarie - BWW); Mrs. Virginia ALEXANDER, Meridian; Mrs. Golia Deen EDWARDS (Note: This should be Gloriadean - BWW), Collinsville; Mrs. Dorothy ROBERTS, Bailey; four brothers, George, Gilbertown, AL; Fred, Jachin, AL; Berry, Fort Bell, VA; Ulmer, CA; three sisters, Mrs. W. A. LOLLIE and Mrs. Eula Mae LOLLIE, both of Gilbertown, AL; Mrs. Velma Ann HORNE, Gulfport; seven grandchildren; pallbearers - Roy Tims, Thomas C. Lolley, James O. Lolley, Wayne Lolley, Ralph Lolley, Ted Robinson, Jr.

Thad A. CARR, Jr., 34, Quitman, Rt. 4, killed in accident last Friday while at work at oil field in Clarke Co. Funeral services held 1 Apr, 3 PM, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Revs. T. D. Traylor and W. W. Hayes officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Cora Alice CARR; one daughter, Mrs. Fondell ACKEN, Carrolton, AL; mother, Mrs. Thad CARR, Sr., Quitman, Rt. 4; three brothers, Noral CARR, Shubuta, Rt. 2; Willie Joe CARR, Stonewall; Roger CARR, Quitman, Rt. 2. Pallbearers - Hartwell Crar (sic), J. W. Ivy, Bobby Baubaker (sic?), Burnice Ivy, Billy Ivy, Frank Day. Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Nora Lea RILEY, 68, Vicksburg, MS, passed away at a Vicksburg hospital, 2 Apr. Funeral services held at Center Ridge Baptist Church 4 Apr, Revs. W. W. Hayes, Al Finch, Leslie Roberts officiating. Interment in Bethlehem cemetery, Laurel. Survivors - husband, Van Buren RILEY; two daughters, Mrs. Chris WHALEY, Meridian; Mrs. Ray THEAD, Quitman; four sons, Davis RILEY, Shubuta, Star Route; John RILEY and Norman RILEY, Lufkin, TX; Wilburn RILEY, Atlanta, GA; one sister, Mrs. Henry YEARGAN, St. Augustine, TX; one brother, A. J. COUIE, CA; nine grandchildren. Pallbearers - Van Riley, E. R. Riley, M. J. Fuller, Frank McAdams, Clyde Thead, O. C. Howard. Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Bertha Mae TAYLOR, 48, Quitman, Rt. 3, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 30 Mar. Funeral services held 1 Apr, 2 PM, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Revs. A. G. Smith and David Millican officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors - husband, Sam TAYLOR; one daughters, Mrs. Louise RICHARD, Houston, TX; one sister, Mrs. Velma HAYES, Quitman, Rt. 1; one grandchild. Pallbearers - Roy Hayes, Larence (sic) Ivey, Wilson Prince, Leon Kennedy, Bud Taylor, Ray Smith. Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Charlie C. TEW, 55, Mobile, AL, passed away 2 Apr. Funeral services held 4 Apr, 2 PM, Shady Grove Holiness Church, Revs. M. M. Byron and Cecil Lafferty officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Donie Mae TEW; one daughter, Mrs. Maggie Faye HARGER, Mobile, AL; two sons, Franklin TEW, Jimmy TEW, both of Mobile; two sisters, Mrs. Christine KELLY, Mrs. Irene FAIRCHILD, Quitman; four brothers, Willie, Clarence, Otis, Ernest, Quitman; one grandchild. Pallbearers - Wayne Tew, Leon Tew, Jack Carmichael, Gene Fairchild, Floyd Turner, Neal Walters. Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. C. F. HAHN, Jackson, MS, mother of Mrs. E. T. BRIEGER, Quitman, passed away at home of son, Phillip HAHN, Jackson, Thursday morning; funeral services held in Jackson this morning (Friday), 10 AM; graveside services held at 3 PM, Quitman Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth SUSKIE HAILES of Shubuta passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital 22 May, age 62; funeral services held 24 May, Shubuta Baptist Church, 10 AM, Revs. Dewey Mayfield and E. C. Wells officiating; interment followed in Hepzibah cemetery; survivors - husband, J. H. HAILES; one daughter, Mrs. Mae Elizabeth PERSON, Caruthesville, MO; two sons, Clyde H. HAILES, New Orleans; Henry Griffin HAILES, Memphis, TN; three sisters, Mrs. Annie JANJOWSKI, Chicago, IL; Mrs. Rosie SNODGRASS, Detroit, MI; Mrs. Helen STROHL, Little Rock, AR; one brother, Johnnie SUSKIE, Devalls Bluff, AR; three grandchildren; pallbearers - V. L. Hutto, Milton Covington, James Johnston, Percy Flash, Ralph McLendon, D. B. Owens.

Funeral services for Gennie HOPKINS McRAE held at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Shubuta, Sunday, 27 May, 2 PM; family hour will be from 8 tp 9 PM, Saturday, 26 May; interment in Davenport cemetery, Shubuta.

Final rites for Mrs. Sallie BASKETT COKER, wife of the late Thomas H. COKER, a native of Jasper Co. and former resident of DeSoto, held Sunday, 6 May; died Thursday night, 3 May, at home of daughter, Mrs. W. Harry HILL, Prichard, AL; prayer services held 5 May at First Baptist Church, Prichard, after which body brought to Walters Funeral Home, Quitman; funeral held at Baptist Church in DeSoto; in charge of services was Rev. Jimmie Sanders, with Rev. H. D. Booth officiating, assisted by Revs. J. C. Rawlings, T. L. Everett, and L. B. Simmons; interment in DeSoto cemetery; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Annie HILL, Prichard, AL; Mrs. Elizabeth ALLDAY, Baker, LA; Mrs. Sara OWEN, Pineville, LA; four sons, W. O. COKER, Newton; T. C. COKER, Lauderdale and Prichard; M. H. and J. I. COKER, Prichard; 16 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. DAVIS, Quitman; Mrs. T. C. HOBBY, Hattiesburg; one brother, J. L. BASKETT, Bonita; pallbearers (grandsons) - J. W. COKER, Mobile; Tommy COKER, Prichard; D. L. THOMAS, LA; E. R. RIGSBY, Mobile; B. B. GIBBON and William E. ESTES, Newton.

Funeral services held in Center Ridge Baptist church for J. D. MILES, 81, Revs. W. W. Hayes, pastor, and Leslie Roberts officiating; interment in Center Ridge Cemetery; died at Watkins Memorial Hospital Monday; survivors - wife, Mrs. Nellie Ora MILES, Quitman, Rt. 4; two sons, Rev. T. L. MILES, Agua Dulce, TX; D. H. MILES, Meridian; three daughters, Mrs. Norma OAKLEY, Quitman, Rt. 4; Mrs. Janice MOSELY, Matherville, MS; Mrs. Jessie Faye POOLE, Little Rock, AR; 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; pallbearers - Harold Mayo, Charles Miles, Wade Miles, Jeff Mosley, Edwin Mosley, Richard Miles; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Shubuta - Funeral services for William Joseph EVANS, 87, Rt. 2, Shubuta, held at Salem Methodist Church in the Hale community, Revs. W. D. Pigott, Everett R. Watts, and D. Elton Brown officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Cora Lee (BRASHIER) EVANS; two daughters, Mrs. T. E. McNEAL, Shubuta; Mrs. John A. EDGAR, Shreveport, LA; five sons, Julian and Earl EVANS, Rt. 2, Shubuta; Ben and Lewis EVANS, both of Shubuta; Grady EVANS, Steubenville, OH; 21 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; Walters Funeral Home of Quitman in charge; pallbearers - Edward Clark, Walter Jones, Liston McInnis, Fred Dedwylder, David Kelly, Lavon Wade, Max Nobles, James Johnston; honorary pallbearers - members of official Board of Salem Methodist Church and friends of family.

Mrs. Annie Daisy LEE passed away at a Meridian hospital 21 Jun; age 54; funeral services held 23 Jun, New Hope Baptist Church, 11 AM, Revs. David Millican and Taylor Wallace officiating; survivors - four sisters, Mrs. Azzie LEE, Meridian, Rt. 1; Mrs. Jeff LEE, Stonewall; Mrs. Lucy Bell GOUGH, Meridian; Mrs. Dewey DOWNS, Enterprise; mother, Mrs. Frances BECTON, Enterprise; several nieces and nephews; Walters Funeral Home in charge; pallbearers - Jack Lee, Walter Dabbs, Wayne Satcher, Larry Turbeville, Mac Gough, O. D. Lee.

Funeral services held Sunday, 2:30 PM, Walters Funeral Home chapel, for Percy Lee MAY, 60, Rt. 3, Quitman; Revs. D. Elton Brown and W. W. Hayes officiating; interment in Quitman Cemetery; died at Brookley AFB Hospital, Mobile, AL; retired chief petty officer of the US Navy; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. Goldie REYNOLDS, West Memphis, AR; Miss Gladys MAY, Mobile; three sons, B. C. and Percy H., both of Mobile, and William E., Rt. 3, Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Mary MARTIN, Houston, TX; Miss Lydia MAY, Rt. 3, Quitman; two brothers, John B., Bay Springs; B. F., Meridian; 11 grandchildren; pallbearers - Earl Ivey, Jimmy Culpepper, Terry Beckman, Lonnie Ray Reynolds, Walter Boykin, C. M. Boykin.

Miss Georgia Ann PICKARD of Quitman, Rt. 1, passed away 26 Jun at a Meridian hospital; age 86; funeral services held 28 Jun, Bethel Baptist church, 11 AM, Revs. N. T. Benson and C. E. Griffin officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Marvin Pickard, Frankie Evans, Douglas Evans, Millard Simmons, Lamar Whittenton, Curtis Fisher, Eugene Moffett; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Cora HARRIS 2 Aug, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Revs. T. D. Traylor and W. W. Hayes officiating; interment followed in church cemetery; passed away at family residence 1 Aug, age 79; survivors - two sisters, Mrs. Ethel LEE, Quitman, Rt. 4; Mrs. Della E. RALEY, Meridian; brother, Edd PHILLIPS, Meridian; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - Robert Harris, Slater Harris, Mack D. Harris, Billie Joe Phillips, Evan Ivy and Evan Harris; Walters Funeral Home in charge

Tobe George STANLEY of Vossburg passed away at family residence 24 Jul, age 81; funeral services held 27 Jul, Shady Grove Baptist Church, 10 AM; Revs. Daniels and John McGrew officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Rether STANLEY; five daughters, Mrs. Helen Marie HERRINGTON, Shubuta; Mrs. Ruth ROBINSON, Stonewall; Mrs. Lena WHITE, Vossburg; Mrs. Margaret BLACKBURN, Kilro, CA; Miss Deloris STANLEY, Vossburg; four sons, Vardaman, Vossburg; Hymar, Heidelberg; P. C., Citronelle, AL; Robert STANLEY, Mobile, AL; one sister, Mrs. B. B. TOUCHSTONE, Fort Myers, FL; 23 (grand)children and 12 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Martha A. TUCKER passed away 15 Jul at 1:30 AM, at family residence; age 85; member of East Pleasant Grove Baptist Church; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. Ester DAVIS and Mrs. Mattie Mae HAYES; five sons, Rosier, Curtis, Grady, Hiram, and Clifton; 27 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Fairley Hayes, Wiley Hayes, Glynn Tucker, Roger Tucker, Curtis Tucker, Jr., R. E. Tucker; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Amos E. WEST passed away at family residence 24 Jul, age 58; funeral services held 26 Jul, Harmony Baptist church, 4 PM, Revs. Bryon Malone and....(newspaper torn)......were held at West Pleasant Grove cemetery with Chaplain Neal of McCain Air Base in Meridian in charge; survivors - wife, Mrs. Frances WEST; one daughter, Mrs. Ray BRANCH, Riverside, CA; one step-daughter, Miss Ann KIRKLAND, Quitman; one son, Gary A. WEST, San Diego, CA; one step-son, Steven KIRKLAND, Quitman; step-mother, Mrs. Sallie WEST, Heidelberg; three sisters, Mrs. Marvin THATCH, Heidelberg; Mrs. Henry ANDERSON, Forest; Mrs. L. H. MARTIN, Laurel; two brothers, A. P. WEST, Bessemer, AL; Revel WEST, Waynesboro; six grandchildren; pallbearers were members of McCain Air Base, Meridian.

Archie Capers WRIGHT, 84, passed away 25 Jul; funeral services held 26 Jul, First Methodist Church, Quitman, 10 AM, Revs. Clay Lee and N. F. Greer officiating; retired blacksmith; survivors - six daughters, Mrs. Oran REDDEN, Philadelphia, MS; Mrs. Joe P. CASTLES, Houston, TX; Miss Eloise WRIGHT, Laurel; Mrs. R. A. IRBY, Jr., Laurel; Mrs. Leroy FLEMING, Stonewall; Mrs. Clyde LANE, Prentiss; two sons, L. O. WRIGHT, Quitman; H. E. WRIGHT, Cleveland, MS; one sister, Mrs. Bessie BOLTZ, Fort Meade, FL; one brother, Ray WRIGHT, Muskegon, MI; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; pallbearers - Jimmy Culpepper, E. L. Blue, Frank McLendon, Lee Martin, Harold Cockrell, I. N. Riley; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Funeral services held 5 Aug, Andrews Chapel Methodist church for Mrs. Minnie BUFFINGTON, Revs. Tommy Randall, Cecil Lafferty, and B. B. Sellers officiating; interment in church cemetery; passed away 4 Aug at family residence, Quitman, Rt. 2, age 79; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. O. L. BANCROFT, Powell, TX; Mrs. T. H. CARMICHAEL, Quitman, Rt. 4; Mrs. C. M. DUNNAM, Bay St. Louis, MS; three sons, Rex BUFFINGTON, Quitman, Rt. 1; R. T. BUFFINGTON, Huntsville, AL; Elmer BUFFINGTON, Eureka, CA; two sisters, Mrs. Mary LAWLESS and Mrs. Ellis BLACKWELL, both of Laurel; 18 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren; pallbearers - Dougle Carmichael, Freeman Carmichael, Billy Carmichael, Lige Becton, Leo Dunnam, Robert Day.

Funeral services held for Mrs. Carol DEMPSEY BRAGG, 19, of Demopolis, AL, Monday, at Russelville, AL; injured in auto accident Friday night, 10 miles south of Russelville and passed away Sunday; traveling alone, enroute to her grandmother's funeral at Russelville when accident happened; had left Meridian earlier that night where she had visited her husband, Bobby BRAGG, a patient at Rush Memorial Hospital; survivors - husband, Bobby BRAGG and daughter Bobby Carol BRAGG, Demopolis, AL; parents, Mr. and Mrs. DEMPSEY, Russelville, AL; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bill BRAGG, York, AL; grandmother, Mrs. Ethel NORRIS, Quitman.

Charlie Lee DOGGETT, 84, passed away at family residence, Pensacola, FL, 11 Aug; funeral services held 13 Aug, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Rev. N. F. Greer officiating; survivors - one daughter, Mrs. A. D. COTTON, Pensacola, FL; three sons, L. L. DOGGETT, Beaufort, SC; F. L. DOGGETT and J. C. DOGGETT, both of Pensacola, FL; one sister, Mrs. Alberta JENNING, Laurel; two brothers, William DOGGETT, Quitman; Cody DOGGETT, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren; pallbearers - Curtis Doggett, Lamar Dearman, Claiborn Dearman, Ray Griffin, Doc Dearman, Frank Wade.

Reuel WEST of Matherville, MS, passed away at family residence 10 Aug, 10:30 AM, from an acute heart attack; age 65; funeral services held 12 Aug, West Pleasant Grove church, 3 PM, Revs. H. S. Duncan and Sam Davis officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lula Mae WEST; four daughters, Mrs. Christine FRANKLIN and Mrs. Velma GRIFFIN, Houston, TX; Mrs. Lucille SANDERSON and Mrs. Vera Mae WEST, Waynesboro; one son, Norman WEST, Matherville; three sisters, Mrs. Alma THATCH, Heidelberg; Mrs. Nora Bell MARTIN, Laurel; Mrs. Angie ANDERSON, Forest; one brother, Perry WEST, Bessemer, AL; 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; pallbearers - Bill Godwin, Otho Parker, Franklin Lucas, W. L. West, Riley West, Bobby Jones.

Funeral services for Joseph Lawrence BASKETT held 2 PM Sunday, Webb Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. W. L. Meadows, Quitman, officiating; interment in Pine Grove cemetery, Clarke Co.; was a carpenter; died Saturday morning, St. Joseph Hospital; member of Bonita Baptist church; survivors - widow; one daughter, Mrs. Gary SMITH, Meridian; two sisters, Mrs. T. C. HOBBY, Hattiesburg; Mrs. J. W. DAVIS, Quitman; several nieces and nephews; active pallbearers - Harry Hill, Vernon Roberts, Billy, Archie, and Edgar Harris, Otho Coker, Felder Turnage, Mr. Bancroft; honorary pallbearers - members of men's bible class and Carpenter Local No. 2313.

Funeral services held for Mrs. Laura TAYLOR Friday, 2 PM, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Rev. A. G. Smith officiating; interment in King cemetery; passed away at family residence, Mobile, AL, 29 Aug, 2:15 PM, ahe 99; survivors - several nieces and nephews; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

CARMICHAEL - Services for Mrs. Lula (LONG) REAVES, 84, native of Wayne Co. and member of a prominent pioneer Matherville family, held at Andrews Chapel Methodist church, Carmichael; interment in church cemetery under direction of Freeman Funeral Home, Waynesboro; born and reared in Matherville; daughter of late Thomas A. HORNE and late Amelia (HARRELL) HORNE, and a grandaughter of late Col. and Mrs. John H. HORNE; resided in Matherville in ante bellum home for many years; at time of death, making home with son, Jim M. LONG, Mobile, AL; survivors - two sons; four grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two brothers, Edgar L. HORNE, Waynesboro and O. E. HORNE, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Stamps LEE, Matherville.

Services for James Will QUINNELLY of Meridian, who died Wednesday morning at residence, held at 2 PM Thursday, Webb Funeral Home; Dr. A. O. Collins officiated; interment in Quitman cemetery; in restaurant business before retiring several years ago; age 85; was Baptist; survivors - three stepsons, Mack CURRIE, Meridian; Thad BOYKIN, Moss Point; Idus BOYKIN, Picayune; brother, J. D. QUINNELLY, New Orleans; two sisters, Misses Mamie and Octavia QUINNELLY, Meridian; pallbearers - Nolan and Will Volking, Frank Long, Horace, R. E., and Bernard Quinnelly.

Funeral services held 3 PM Saturday, 15 Sep, Walters Funeral home chapel, Quitman, for Milton COKER, 71, prominent DeSoto citizen who died Friday morning, 12:30, Watkins Memorial Hospital, Quitman, after extended illness; Revs. Tommy Randall, Jimmy Sanders, E. D. Gemeny, and W. D. Pigott officiated; interment in DeSoto cemetery; engaged in lumber business; survivors - wife, Mrs. Jeffie (McMILLAN) COKER; daughter, Sarah Helen COKER, both of DeSoto; brother, Paul, Shubuta; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie WAGNER, Monroe, LA; Mrs. Eula COUCH, DeSoto; pallbearers - Frank McNeal, A. J. Reese, Ralph Brashier, Arnold Brashier, R. R. McRee, Danny Hardee.

Clarence Eugene GORDON, Jr., of Jackson, passed away 8 Oct, 7:15 AM, age 52; funeral services held 9 Oct, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Revs. Reynolds, Welch, and Martin officiating; interment in Enterprise Cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lurenia GORDON; one daughter, Miss Bernice GORDON, Hickory; one step daughter, Mrs. Leon CREAL (or CREEL), Magee; one son, Rev. V. E. GORDON, Bryson, TX; one step son, Richard WARREN, Mendenhall; two brothers, Harold GORDON, Enterprise and Orville GORDON, Collins; one grandchild, Hope GORDON, Bryson, TX; pallbearers - David Hunter, Walter Bonney, Arthur McMillian, Robert Kamper, James Moore, Jim Short, Zan Skelton, Billy Mitts and N. S. Smiley.

Travis Edgar MARTIN of Quitman passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 7 Oct, 11:30 PM; age 73; funeral services held 9 Oct, 11 AM, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Revs. W. L. Meadows and N. F. Greer officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Myrtle M. MARTIN; two daughters, Mrs. Calvin HULL, Quitman; Mrs. R. L. MAY, Canton; one grandson, Dr. Calvin T. HULL, Jackson; two great grandsons, Cal and Phil, both of Jackson; two brothers, O. R. MARTIN, Corinth; Virgil Harmon MARTIN, Savannah, TN; pallbearers - Woodrow Moffett, C. B. Williams, Sr., John Beach, Wallace Hobgood, J. P. Dunaway, Jim Culpepper, G. F. Dabbs, Sr., Arthur Riley; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

William F. McCARY, Route 7, Meridian, passed away at St. Joseph Hospital, Meridian, 1 Oct. at 11:15 AM, age 73; funeral services held 2 Oct., Center Ridge Baptist Church, Revs. Cecil Lafferty, Roy Rollin, and E. L. Ray officiating; interment followed in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Nellie McCARY; four daughters, Mrs. Callie GROSS, Mrs. Rosie SMITH, Mrs. Marjorie TORRANCE and Mrs. Rita RILEY, all of Meridian; eight sons, Major F. McCARY, Otis McCARY, Horace McCARY, R. C. McCARY, James McCARY, Austin McCARY, D. A. McCARY, and Gerald McCARY, all of Meridian; two half sisters, Mrs. Ida TRAYAL, Meridian; Mrs. Vada EUBANKS, Crystal Springs, MS; two brothers, James McCARY, Robeline, LA; Jessie McCARY, Meridian; 19 grandchildren

Funeral services held Thursday morning, 11 AM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, for Mrs. Nora Lee SMITH, 75, Revs. Edd Grayson, Jimmy Sanders, N. F. Greer officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; died at family residence after extended illness; lifelong resident of Clarke Co.; survivors - husband, E. G. SMITH; one daughter, Mrs. H. G. HELMS, Enterprise, MS; three sons, Leo JOHNSON, Salina, KS; William L. SMITH, Quitman; Russell SMITH, Petal; brother, Ben WEIR, Mobile, AL; four grandchildren; two great grandchildren; pallbearers - L. J. Davis, G. F. Dabbs, Jim Culpepper, Edgar Lee, Luther Menasco, Howard Miller, Woodrow Haney, J. L. Chapman.

Mrs. Ruby JOHNSTON SMITH, Shubuta, passed away at Columbus Hospital, 4 Oct, age 79; funeral services held 6 Oct, 10 AM, Shubuta Methodist church, Rev. Everett Watts officiating; interment in Shubuta cemetery; survivors - son, Douglas J. SMITH, Columbus; two daughters, Miss Edna Earl SMITH, Tuscaloosa, AL; Mrs. E. E. SUGGS, Phoenix, AZ; two sisters, Mrs. C. V. McCORMICK and Mrs. Roy CHANDLER, both of Shubuta; one brother, S. M. JOHNSTON, Mobile, AL; seven grandchildren.

William A. CROWLEY, better known as (Buster) died instantly Sunday night, 30 Sep, when a truck he was driving overturned near Selma, AL; driver for Deaton Truck Line, Birmingham, AL; age 36; born in AL, where he lived a number of years; later moved to Eupora, MS and lived there until 12 years ago, when he moved to Pachuta, MS; World War II veteran; son of Mrs. Betty McKEE CROWLEY of Eupora and the late John T. CROWLEY; funeral services held 2 Oct, Chapel Hill Church, Calhoun Co.; Rev. Owen R. Smith of Pachuta officiated; assisted by Rev. W. D. Pigott, also of Pachuta; interment in Chapel Hill cemetery under direction of Pryor Funeral Home, Calhoun City; pallbearers - drivers of Deaton Truck Line, Cecil Boney, Dan Boney, Ralph Robinson, Edward Bullock, Prentis Satcher, Calvin Riley; honorary pallbearers were all other drivers of Deaton Truck Line; survivors - mother; wife, Mrs. Irene GRIFFIN CROWLEY, Pachuta; two daughters, Shirley Diane and Charlotte Ann, both of Pachuta; three brothers, Fred and Edward CROWLEY, both of Ohio; Monroe CROWLEY, Starkville, MS; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle GRIFFIN, Grenada; Mrs. Edna HUDSON, Pascagoula; Mrs. Sadie FASON, AZ; Mrs. Gracie NEWMAN, CA.

Mrs. Eda (COCKRELL) DABBS died at her home here, age 86; funeral services held at First Baptist Church, 3 PM, Revs. N. F. Greer, pastor, and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; born in Livingston, AL; lived in Quitman past 58 years; widow of late John S. DABBS, Sr., former Chevrolet dealer here; he died 31 years ago; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. A. M. MERRELL, Sr., Meridian, and Mrs. Eda D. WINDERS, Jackson; son, John S. DABBS, Jr., Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Charles W. NORTHCUTT, Montgomery, AL; Mrs. Frank D. CLARKE, Bradenton, FL; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren; pallbearers - grandsons, Henry WINDERS II, A. M. MERRELL, Jr., Hal DABBS, Jr., John S. DABBS III, James A. DABBS, John BARRY, W. A. WOODALL, Greg I. McLENDON.

Mrs. Gladys E. DOGGETT passed away 22 Sep at her home; survivors - husband, John E. DOGGETT; one son, Cpl. Raymond DOGGETT, Honolulu, HI; three daughters, Mrs. Carl BARLOW, and Misses Faye and Sue DOGGETT, all of Quitman, Rt. 4; three sisters, Mrs. L. J. FLEMING, Mrs. Vesa RODGERS and Mrs. H. L. JACOB; two brothers, J. G. FLEMING, Collinsville, MS; Roy FLEMING, New Orleans, LA; three grandchildren; life time member of Peerce's (sic) Springs Methodist Church; daughter of late Alex R. and Mrs. Alex FLEMING of Theadville Community; her pastor, Rev. James Mazingo and Rev. Lucker in charge; interment in Bright Water, AL cemetery; Crosley Funeral Home of York, AL, had charge of arrangements; nephews were pallbearers.

Joseph Nevile McREE, 75, Rt. 3, Monroe, LA, died 10 PM, 6 Oct, Wright Clinic, Monroe, after long illness; formerly lived in Clarke Co.; son of late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McREE of Manassa Community; had resided in Monroe past 36 years; retired boilermaker; member of Swartz Methodist church; funeral services held 2:30 PM, 8 Oct, Peters Funeral Chapel, Revs. Roger White, Evans, and Oree Carmichael officiated; interment in Monroe Memorial Park cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Mattie CARMICHAEL McREE, Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. J. T. GONZALES, Rayville, LA; Mrs. Virgil MUSICK, Monroe; son William Nevile McREE, Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. Ethel FLEMING, Mrs. Lillian McKENZIE, Mrs. Alma THEAD; brother, J. E. McREE, all of Quitman, MS; eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; pallbearers - Raymond Jacobs, Virgil Musick, Pete Musick, John Gonzales, Ronald Gonzales, Ralph Snelly.

Funeral services held 23 Oct, 2 PM, Walters Funeral Home chapel for Orville Dempsey NORTHRUP, Rev. N. F. Greer officiating; interment in Quitman cemetery; passed away at Anderson's Infirmary, Meridian, 21 Oct; age 32; survivors - wife, Mrs. Hazel NORTHRUP; son, Larry Demp NORTHRUP; mother, Mrs. Carrie NORTHRUP; two sisters, Mrs. Willie WARE and Mrs. Lillian BURCHAM; pallbearers - Jack Underwood, R. L. Neal, E. J. Grayson, W. S. Robbins, Lloyd McNeal, Alton Rainer.

Homer F. SMITH of Stonewall passed away 22 Oct, age 66; funeral services held 24 Oct, Walters Funeral Home chapel, 10 AM, Rev. David Millican officiating; interment in DeSoto cemetery; survivors - two sons, R. L. SMITH, Tampa, FL; R. W. SMITH, San Antonio, TX; five brothers, Doyle, Vell, Sisson, Cliff, all of Stonewall; Joel, Mobile, AL; three sisters, Mrs. Mary WADE, Tupelo; Mrs. Onie TAYLOR, St. Louis, MO; Mrs. Lois JOYNER, Mobile, AL; six grandchildren; pallbearers - W. S. Smith, Cleve Smith, James Smith, Michael Smith, Carlie Smith, Gerald Fleming.

Funeral services held 21 Oct, 3 PM, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wayne Co., for Charlie Alonza TAYLOR, Rev. Harrison officiating; interment in church cemetery; passed away 19 Oct, age 75; survivors - sister, Mrs. I. C. SIMS, Mozelle, MS; several nieces and nephews; pallbearers - William Yates, Lonnie Yates, W. W. Ross, Charlie Tucker, Lawrence Cleveland, Vernon Lee.

Funeral services held for Mrs. Fannie SUMRALL BRITTON, 85, Rt. 2, Shubuta, 2:30 PM, Thursday, DeSoto Methodist Church, Revs. Tommy Randall, pastor, Jimmy Sanders, and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Phillips Cemetery; died at her home Wednesday morning, 5:45 AM, after extended illness; survivors - three daughters, Misses Mabel and Josie BRITTON, Rt. 2, Shubuta; Mrs. Madge SMITH, Quitman; son, Luke BRITTON, Montgomery, AL; sister, Mrs. N. I. RICKS, Meridian; two brothers, Mose SUMRALL, Rt. 2, Shubuta; Arch SUMRALL, Moselle; two granddaughters, Miss Linda Kaye BRITTON, Montgomery, AL; Miss Joan SMITH, Quitman; pallbearers - Frank McNeal, Howard Miller, R. A. Moody, Cecil Brock, Ellis Pettis, G. F. Dabbs, Sr., I. N. Riley, John S. Dabbs, Jr.

Graveside services held for Steven Byron GOREE, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil GOREE, Vernon, TX, Monday afternoon, Clearwater Cemetery, Wayne Co., Rev. Clay Lee officiating; survivors - parents; sister, Karen Diane GOREE; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lucille WATTS, Quitman; paternal grandfather, Wesley GOREE, also of Quitman; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

SHUBUTA - Funeral services held Monday for Mrs. Exa KENNEDY THERRELL, 66, Rt. 2, Shubuta, who died after extended illness; services held at Walters Funeral Home Chapel, 11 AM, Revs. Byron Malone and W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in McGowan's Chapel Cemetery; survivors - husband, George Fredrick THERRELL, Rt. 2, Shubuta; two sons, L. L. THERRELL, Jackson; George W. THERRELL, New Orleans, LA; four sisters, Mrs. E. P. GORDON, Rt. 3, Quitman; Mrs. Olive MATHIS, Fort Walton Beach, FL; Mrs. B. A. HARWELL, Grand Bay, AL; Mrs. Knox KIRKLAND, Quitman; three grandchildren.

Mrs. Claudie Estelle FLOWERS, 77, 2313 South Park Drive, Birmingham, AL, passed away Friday morning, 9 Nov, in Birmingham hospital; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Odell BODIE, Birmingham; Mrs. J. F. RILEY and Mrs. Dollie WILSON, Meridian; two sons, H. W. FLOWERS, Birmingham; G. L. FLOWERS, Novata, CA; one brother, A. E. STALLINGS, Shubuta; one sister, Mrs. Lucille SPRINGER, Philadelphia, MS; seven grandchildren and one great grandson; funeral services held Saturday, 10 Nov, 3 PM, Hepzibah Baptist church, Shubuta; interment in church cemetery.

Alex Buford HERRINGTON, Quitman, Rt.4, passed away 7 Nov, Watkins Memorial Hospital; age 54; funeral services held 9 Nov, 10:30 AM, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Rev. Kenneth Bishop officiating, assisted by Rev. James Irby; survivors - wife, Mrs. Tashie HERRINGTON; five sisters, Mrs. R. D. SMITH, Meridian, Rt. 7; Mrs. Edna TURNER, Melvin, AL; Mrs. Earl JEMMINSON, Mobile; Mrs. Earline GUINN, Gilbertown, AL; Mrs. Rosa HOLLINGSWORTH, Dayton, OH; two brothers, Luther, Laurel; Hugh HERRINGTON, Bogalusa, LA; several nieces and nephews; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Dr. John E. McDEVITT, long active in Clarke and Jasper county affairs and one of this area's most outstanding citizens, died Friday night at family residence in Vossburg community; age 75; funeral services held at West Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near Vossburg Sunday, 3 PM, Rev. Raymond Owens of Kosciusko, Rev. J. W. McGrew, Vossburg, and Rev. Sam Davis officiating; member of Legislature from Clarke and Jasper Counties for 12 years in 1950s; practiced medicine in Clarke and Jasper counties for more than 50 years and taught school in Clarke and Wayne counties before he studied medicine; member of Shubuta Methodist Church; survivors - wife, Mrs. Claudie (GOODWIN) McDEVITT, Vossburg; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret BLACKLEDGE, Laurel; Mrs. Beatrice REYNOLDS, Ft. Worth, TX; son, Shelton, Rt. 2, Vossburg; sister, Mrs. J. L. WEAVER, Quitman; brother, Joe, Shubuta; four grandchildren; pallbearers - Carter Jones, John Edwards Jones, Franklin Lucas, Mid West, Arnold Love, Eugene Smith; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Dr. Otis ARRINGTON, 80, Pachuta dentist, died Wednesday, 21 Nov; survivors - wife, Mrs. Lula H. ARRINGTON; three sons, Curtis H., Akron, OH; William Otis, Massillon, OH; Sgt. 1st Class James P., Gainesville, FL; three daughters, Mrs. Johnett CARPENTER, Huntsville, AL; Mrs. M. IRESCH, Hayward, FL; Mrs. Mary Kathryn JORDAN, Quitman; brother, Paul ARRINGTON, Jackson, MS; sister, Mrs. Merle DAVIS, Hattiesburg; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; funeral services held 24 Nov, 11 PM, Zion's Rest church; interment in church cemetery.

SHUBUTA - Funeral services for Dennis L. STALLINGS, 68, Rt. 2, Shubuta, held Wednesday, 2:30 PM, Hepzibah Baptist Church, Rev. John W. McGrew officiating; interment in church cemetery; died at Watkins Memorial Hospital, Quitman, early Tuesday morning; survivors - widow, Mrs. Dora Lee STALLINGS; four sisters, Mrs. Lula Mae MILLINGTON, Handsboro, MS; Mrs. Ida ODOM, Quitman; Mrs. Janie MASON, Shubuta; Mrs. Annie HAILES, Matherville; three brothers, John STALLINGS, Rt. 2, Vossburg; J. R. STALLINGS, Stonewall; Albert H. STALLINGS, Shubuta; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Christopher C. CHATHAM, Rose Hill, MS, passed away at Newton Infirmary, Newton, MS, 21 Nov, age 79; member of Rose Hill Methodist church and MS House of Representatives 1928-1932; funeral services held 23 Nov, 10:30 AM, Rose Hill Methodist Church, Revs. Roy Stevens and J. B. Holified officiating; interment in Green Valley cemetery, Jasper Co.; survivors - sister, Mrs. O. L. LOGAN, Brandon, MS; brother, John M. CHATHAM, Rose Hill, MS; host of nieces and nephews; pallbearers - J. L. Fowler, J. W. Davis, Roy Land, Sam Reynolds, Joe Frank Kline, Tom Russell.

Grady COOPER, 54, Rt. 4, Quitman, died following a heart attack. Funeral services held at Antioch Baptist church, Revs. Johnny Mosley and Herman Sollie officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors - three sisters, Mrs. Thelma SPARKS, Pasadena, TX; Mrs. Sudie DOWNEY, Rt. 4, Quitman; Miss Martha Laura COOPER, Meridian; two half-sisters, Mrs. Della BELCHER, Rt. 2, Quitman; Mrs. Cola HAYNES, Meridian. Walters Funeral Home, Quitman, in charge.

Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCARRA held 28 Nov, Pleasant Grove cemetery, Rev. O. F. Grisham officiating. Died 28 Nov, Watkins Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Annie Laura ROBINSON, Quitman, Rt. 1, passed away at Watkins Memorial Hospital, 18 Nov, age 72; funeral services held 20 Nov, Antioch Baptist Church, Rev. Nathan Pearson officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - four daughters, Mrs. Eula Mae DENSON, Quitman, Rt. 4; Mrs. Lucile BROADWAY, Quitman, Rt. 1; Mrs. Ruby KEMP, Chickasaw, AL; Mrs. Beulah ROBINSON, Columbia, SC; two sons, Luther ROBINSON, Prichard, AL; Leon ROBINSON, Chickasaw, AL; three sisters, Mrs. Daisy BYRD and Mrs. Minnie BYRD, Waco, TX; Mrs. Beulah STRENGTH, Waco, TX; three brothers, Sardie and Claudie HENSON, both of Waco, TX; Jimmy HENSON, Slaten, TX; 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; pallbearers - Phillip Fuller, Herman Raines, Robert Chandler, Charles Jordon, Junroe Kemp, Jack Smith.

Funeral services held Saturday, 3 PM, Quitman Methodist Church, for Rev. Victor Granbery CLIFFORD, 69, Rev. Clay Lee, pastor, Dr. J. W. Leggett, Jr., and Rev. W. L. Meadows officiating; interment in Quitman Cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; pallbearers - E. N. Kramer, Jr., W. C. Couch, Hal Dabbs, Fred Everett, Morris Jones, Bob Donald, C. L. Hunter, C. A. Traweek; survivors - wife, Mrs. Ethel (WHITE) CLIFFORD of Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. E. E. MORRIS and Mrs. C. D. MOORE, both of New Orleans, LA.

PACHUTA - Funeral services held Thursday, 10 AM, Homewood Methodist Church, west of Pachuta, for Willis Franklin LEWIS, 78, Revs. Stevenson and Carter officiating; interment in Rose Hill cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; retired farmer; survivors - wife, Mrs. Evie (FLOWERS) LEWIS; daughter, Mrs. Marie BOUTWELL, Oak Ridge, TN; son, W. H. LEWIS, Powell, TN; two sisters, Mrs. Fred REYNOLDS, Rose Hill; Mrs. T. E. DANIELS, Pachuta; two brothers, R. T. LEWIS and Thad LEWIS, both of Pachuta; six grandchildren.