Services for Benjamin Franklin CARROLL, 72, Rt. 2, Quitman, held 2 PM, Friday, New Home Baptist Church. Rev. Bradshaw officiated with interment in church cemetery. Walters Funeral Home in charge. Died Wednesday in a Meridian Hospital. Survivors - sister, Miss Sally CARROLL, Quitman; three brothers, Johnny, DeRidder, LA; Earl CARROLL, Rt. 2, Quitman.

Services were conducted Thursday, 26 Dec, for Thomas L. COTTEN, Jr., 81, from the First Presbyterian Church, Summitt, MS. Rev. Stewart officiated and interment followed under direction of Walters Funeral Home. Died Wednesday at Rush Hospital, Meridian. Survivors - two sons, Tom and Joseph COTTEN, Knoxville, TN; six grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Etta ANDREWS DOHERTY, 91, Rt. 4, Waynesboro, held 2 PM, Sunday, Hebron Methodist Church. Died at Wayne General Hospital Friday morning. Rev. Jimmy Lowery officiated with interment in church cemetery. Survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Mae COOLEY, Gulfport; Mrs. Carl MILLER, Elmhurst, IL; Mrs. Irene HOLDER, Waynesboro; two sons, Clyde DOHERTY, Pascagoula; James DOHERTY, Waynesboro; one sister, Mrs. C. R. GRANTHAM, Franklinton, LA; 15 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren.

Funeral services for George Patrick O'NEIL, 88, held Saturday, 28 Dec, 2 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Ray Stokes officiating. Interment in Zion Rest Cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Virginia AVERA O'NEIL; five sons, Homer, Rt. 1, Vossburg; Vivian, Pascagoula; Haskel, Punta Gorda, FL; Roderick, Vera (sic?) Beach, FL; Jimmy, Laurel; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Lorraine EVANS and Mrs. Joyce BIRDSONG, both of Meridian; Mrs. Betty Ruth COVINGTON, Houston, TX; Mrs. James HARPER, Columbus, MS; two stepsons, Edgar AVERA, Foley, AL; Prentiss AVERA, Pachuta, MS; 21 grandchildren; six great grandchildren. Pallbearers - George M. O'Neil, Arthur Riley, Ira Neal Riley, W. L. Brown, Clinton Hinson, Vivian Mathis.

Mrs. H. A. BYRD passed away at the home of her son, Adron BYRD, in Quitman, 16 Dec, of an apparent heart attack. Had been residing in Quitman with her sons, Wallace and Adron, the past year. Funeral services held 17 Dec, Baptist Church, Neely, MS, where she was a member. Other survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Byron BRELAND, Warner Robbins, GA; Mrs. Bilbo HARRISON, Mrs. Pete FREEMAN, McLain, MS; two other sons, Bill and Dewey BYRD, McLain, MS.

Ernest Coleman ELLZEY, 39, Quitman, was killed in an auto accident Friday, 3 Jan, U. S. Highway 80, near Pelahatchie. Funeral services held 3 PM, Sunday, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Bill Lowry officiating. Interment in Quitman Cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Joyce FULLER ELLZEY; a daughter, Suanne ELLZEY; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. ELLZEY, Jackson; a sister, Mrs. Ernesteen HALE, Pittsburg, KS. Pallbearers - Foster Trawick, Grady Hinson, Jr., Alman Hayes, Jr., Jackie Moore, Billy Gene Glass, Allen Harris, Jr., Frank McAdams.

Funeral services for James Berry (Fox) MENASCO, 65, Rt. 2, Shubuta, who died Friday afternoon at Watkins Memorial Hospital, held Sunday, 10 AM, Knight's Valley Baptist Church. Revs. Lester Griffin, John McGrew, and Burl Harvey officiated. Interment in Goodwater Cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Etta MOSLEY MENASCO; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Frances YOUNG, Columbia, SC; Miss Nelda Jean MENASCO, Rt. 2, Shubuta; son, James MENASCO, Long Beach, CA; brother, Bilbo MENASCO, Rt. 1, Vossburg; eight grandchildren. Pallbearers - Walter Thompson, Cleo hayes, Monroe Elam, Red Wilkins, Arthur Jenkins, J. P. Denham.

Mrs. Ruby KELLY MORRIS, Mobile, AL, formerly of Clarke Co., was killed in an auto wreck 19 Dec. Was wife of late J. S. CRAWFORD, Quitman. Survivors - husband, Dewey MORRIS, Mobile; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. GRIFFIN, Enterprise; Mrs. John CRAWFORD, Stonewall; one son, Jimmy CRAWFORD, Mobile; four stepdaughters and one granddaughter.

Bill BRAGG, York, AL, passed away at Riley's Hospital, Meridian, 3 Jan. Was husband of Mrs. Bertha NORRIS BRAGG, former Clarke Co. resident. Funeral services held Saturday, 4 Jan, York. Among those attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Algie Moore, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Odom and children; Mrs. Ethel Moody.

LAUREL, MS - Services for Albert CARMICHAEL, 84, former Carmichael Community resident, held 11 AM, Tuesday, Providence Congregational Methodist Church. Revs. Rupert Blue and Mrs. Beulah Ivy officiated with interment in church cemetery. Died Sunday in Laurel General Hospital. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Lizzie DIAMOND CARMICHAEL; three daughters, Mrs. P. J. JOHNSON, Mobile; Mrs. J. D. LEWIS, Meridian; Mrs. Fred FLEMING, Chickasaw, AL; three sons, H. L., Prichard, AL; Thurman, Rt. 4, Quitman; W. F. CARMICHAEL, Meridian; two sisters, Mrs. Chester McDONALD, Rt. 2, Waynesboro; Mrs. Ada BURNS, Meridian; brother, Zeke WIMBERLY, Needham, AL; 13 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren. Pallbearers - Dale Carmichael, Vidit (sic) Carmichael, Lige Becton, Harold Carmichael, Tommie Carmichael, Richard Waltman.

Funeral services for John Clarence EVANS, 72, who died Friday night in Watkins Memorial Hospital, held Sunday, 2 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bill Lowry officiated. Interment in DeSoto Cemetery. Survivors - a sister, Mrs. Cassie (O. K.) TRIGG, Quitman; a brother, Roy L. EVANS, Houston, TX. Pallbearers - Tillman Brashier, Roy Brashier, George Evans, Harold Evans, Leo Hester, Tom Impello.

Mrs. Ruth Cleveland ADAMS JORDON, 77, Quitman, Rt. 3, passed away at the family residence 29 Dec, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services held 31 Dec, 3 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. W. D. Pigott officiating. Survivors - two sisters, Miss Berta ADAMS and Mrs. Charlie SANDERS, both of Quitman, Rt. 3; several nieces and nephews.

Services for William Jefferson LITTRELL, 74, who died at a Biloxi veteran's hospital Sunday, were conducted Monday afternoon with Rev. W. D. Pigott officiating; interment in Pachuta Cemetery. Former Pachuta resident. Survivors - daughter, Mrs. Betty PRINDLE, Ft. Worth, TX; son, William J. LITTRELL, Jr., Saratoga Springs, NY; four grandchildren. Walters Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers - E. A. Moody, Thurman Davis, Sonny Atwood, Forrest Johnson, Lewis Lightsey, Gayle Rodgers.

SIKES, LA -- Mrs. Sarah Rosanne PEPPER, 92, died at 1:15 PM, Thursday, in a Winnfield, LA. hospital, after a long illness. Resident of Sikes and wife of Z. Z. PEPPER. Survivors - five sons, Lawson C. PEPPER and Noah PEPPER, both of Sikes, LA; Horace PEPPER, Baton Rouge, LA; Homer PEPPER, Laurel, MS; Morgan PEPPER, Haynesville; one daughter, Mrs. J. A. NICKELSON, Quitman, MS; one brother, Junior SMITH, Hammond; 24 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren. Funeral services held 10 AM, Saturday, Fellowship Baptist Church, Rev. C. _. Martin officiating. Interment in church cemetery.

Eddie Green FAIRCHILD, 82, Quitman, Rt. 1, passed away at the family residence Tuesday. Funeral services held Thursday, 11 AM, Mont Rose Baptist Church, Revs. Jack Kinley and Ed Grayson officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth ZACHARY FAIRCHILD; two daughters, Mrs. Fred MORGAN, Starkville; Mrs. Leo GREEN, Quitman, Rt. 1; nine grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; one great grandchild.

Services held Saturday, 2 PM, for Miss Zula GRAYSON, 68, Mobile, who died Thursday night. Revs. Harold B. Harris and Ed Grayson officiated at Stonewall Baptist Church and interment in Montrose Cemetery. Native of Clarke Co. and lived in Mobile past 20 years. Survivors - two sisters, Mrs. C. F. BROWN, Mobile; Mrs. G. A. SINCLAIR, Stonewall; four brothers, Henry, Stonewall; Carter, Mobile; F. A. and Ralph GRAYSON, Meridian.

Mrs. Bessie HARRIS, 71, Pascagoula, MS, passed away at Singing River Hospital, Pascagoula. Services held Wednesday, 3 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Charles Hurst amd G. B. Aikens officiating. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Survivors - one daughter, Mrs. Willard FLEMING, Pascagoula; one son, Johnnie _____, Meridian; one brother, ____ KEMP, Quitman; five grandchildren.

Services held 2 PM, Wednesday, Hulett Chapel, for A. M. MOSS, 54, Petal, MS, who died unexpectedly Monday afternoon at Methodist Hospital. Rev. Olyn Roberts officiated, with interment in George Street Cemetery, Petal. Was partner in Sunrise Glass and Specialty Co. Member of Crestview Baptist Church. Driver for City Line buses for many years. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Hazel BRASHIER MOSS; three daughters, Judy MOSS and Mrs. Caroline MULLINAX, both of Petal; Mrs. Peggy HALL, Corona, CA; five grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Henry E. MOSS, Laurel; a sister, Mrs. Stanton MITCHELL, Collins; five brothers, Alex, New Orleans; Tracy and T. J., both of Laurel; H. B., Jr., Mobile; Billy MOSS, Calhoun City; a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy IVEY CHANCELLOR, 95, Rt. 1, Vossburg, held Tuesday from Walters Funeral Home, Quitman. Died Sunday afternoon at Watkins Memorial Hospital. Revs. John McGrew and Lester Griffin officiated. Interment in DeSoto Cemetery. Survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle HUNTER, Rt. 1, Vossburg; Mrs. Eula MARTIN, Meridian; Mrs. Annie Bell WELLS, Shubuta; son, H. W. CHANCELLOR, Rt. 1, Vossburg; 17 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild.

William Blacklege CLARK, 80, passed away 22 Jan, 9:30 PM, at a Meridian hospital. Funeral services held 24 Jan, 11 AM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Leslie Roberts and Noel Napp officiating. Interment in Andrews Chapel cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Audie Lee CLARK, Quitman, Rt. 4; one son, William David CLARK; four sisters, Miss Exie CLARK, Miss Georgia CLARK, Quitman, Rt. 4; Mrs. Amizon WEST, Waynesboro; Mrs. Clara Bell PARKER, Jackson.

Mrs. Elsie Winnie TAYLOR, 56, Quitman, Rt. 3, passed away 27 Jan, at a Laurel hospital. Funeral services held 29 Jan, 2 PM, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Rev. Bill Patton officiating with interment in church cemetery. Survivors - husband, Joe A. TAYLOR; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred SWANNER, Meridian; Mrs. Faye McCRANEY, Quitman; two sons, Paul GOLDMAN, Albert TAYLOR, both of Quitman; three sisters, Mrs. Mamie WARD, Mrs. Mollie HILL, Mrs. Faye WHITE, all of Meridian; one brother, Lloyd DOWNS, Winnie, TX; nine grandchildren.

Funeral services held for Horace Theodore DUNNAM, 66, former Clarke County resident, who lived in Mobile, AL. Died Monday of a heart attack. Body taken from Walters Funeral Home to Radney Funeral Home in Mobile for burial. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Alma FLEMING DUNNAM; daughter, Mrs. Eva FAIL, Warner Robins AFB, GA; four sons, James, Little River, AL; Freeman, Mobile; Fred, Ridgeland, NC; Douglas DUNNAM, Camden, AL; nine sisters, Mrs. Alice GRAHAM, Purvis, MS; Mrs. Alma GRIFFIN, Mrs. Laura GRIFFIN, Mrs. Lizzie LONG, Mrs. Zula GRAHAM, Mrs. Eula Mae ROBERTS, all of Quitman; Mrs. Gladys NEAL, Meridian; Mrs. Nola DUNNAWAY, Ocean Springs; Mrs. Lucille STOKES, Trenton, MI; three brothers, Homer, New Orleans; Justin, Mobile; Ernest DUNNAM; nine grandchildren.

Mrs. Minnie Nora GODWIN, 83, Meridian, Rt. 7, passed away at Riley's Memorial Hospital. Funeral services held Sunday, 2 PM, Snell Church of God, Revs. T. N. Benson and E. L. Ray officiating. Interment in Center Grove Cemetery, Lauderdale Co. Survivors - a daughter, Mrs. Erma Lee SHIRLEY, Rt. 7, Meridian; a brother, Orin GODWIN, also of Rt. 7; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

BUCKATUNNA, Miss. - Services for Clifford LUCAS, 48, held Thursday, 3 PM, Buckatunna (sic) Baptist Church. Rev. E. L. Ray officiated. Interment in Ford Memorial Gardens with Walters Funeral Home in charge. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Evie Lou LUCAS; two daughters, Misses Jeanette and Faye LUCAS; a son, Charles LUCAS, all of Rt. 7, Meridian; two sisters, Mrs. Katie RAHBER, San Diego, CA; Mrs. Mary Alice PARSON, Chesteack, VA; a brother, Joe LUCAS, Collinsville.

Services for Willie Berry MANASCO, 62, former Quitman resident living in Birmingham, conducted 2 PM, Tuesday, Cross Roads Methodist Church. Interment in church cemetery. Walters Funeral Home in charge. Survivors - three daughters, Mrs. Willie Mae HADDOX, Birmingham; Mrs. Freddie MILSTEAD, Quitman; Miss Melba MANASCO, New Orleans, LA; three sons, James and Douglas, New Orleans; Jackie, Birmingham; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae LAFFERTY, Meridian; Mrs. Grecial (should be Greathel) COVINGTON, Quitman; three brothers, Ed and Luther, Quitman; Clarence, Humbolt, TN; 12 grandchildren.

Services held at Stonewall Baptist Church, 2 PM, Sunday, for Cleve BOUTWELL, 64; Revs. H. B. Harris and E. C. Moss officiated; interment in Rolling Creek Cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; veteran of World War II; survivors - wife, Mrs. Dorothy ROBINSON BOUTWELL; seven daughters, Mrs. Floyd GOLDEN, Jackson, AR; Mrs. J. B. TINDLE, Lake Charles, LA; Mrs. Jean WHITAKER, Mrs. Delores STOKLEY, and Miss Teresa BOUTWELL, all of Stonewall (Note: I obviously missed two of the daughters in the obit...will get later); two sons, , Pascagoula; Robert BOUTWELL, Moss Point; four sisters, Mrs. C. C. PINKHAM, Vicksburg; Mrs. E. H. STANFORD, TX; Mrs. G. M. CAMPBELL, Mobile; Mrs. Richard HARPER, Meridian; 18 grandchildren.

Funeral services for Isaac Stephen MARTIN, 93, held Monday, 3 PM, First Baptist Church, Quitman, Rev. Jackie Hamilton officiating, assisted by Rev. Eddie F. Hicks. Interment in Quitman Cemetery under the direction of Walters Funeral Home. Died Sunday morning at Watkins Memorial Hospital. Taught school many years, was a rural mail carrier and an insurance agent. Member of York Rite Bodies and Masonic Lodge 483. Was a Shriner and member of Hamasa Temple, as well as a member of the First Baptist Church, Quitman. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Ada PACE MARTIN; a daughter. Mrs. Ikie Belle DORMAN; a son, Ike E. MARTIN, Meridian; three grandchildren. Pallbearers - V. L. Hutto, Earl Lewis, E. B. Jones, George McCormick, Chad Y. Morgan, Jim Culpepper, Frank A. McLendon, Tom Hailes, Jr.

John Fontaine MOORE, 22, Stonewall, passed away in Meridian, 8 Jul, 1:30 PM. Was a welder at Tucker Steel Company, Meridian. Funeral services held Thursday, 11 AM, Mont Rose Baptist Church, Revs. Ed Grayson and James Seals officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Bonnie Faye CHAMPION MOORE, Stonewall; one daughter, Angie MOORE, Stonewall; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac MOORE, Quitman, Rt. 1; four sisters, Mrs. Mandy Elizabeth DENSON, Baton Rouge, LA; Misses Madelyn, Margaret Ann, and Hope MOORE, all of Quitman, Rt. 1; six brothers, Isaac E., Martin, Fred, Bob, Don and Ronnie MOORE, all of Quitman, Rt. 1; grandmother, Mrs. I. P. MOORE, Quitman.

Mrs. Daniel Myrtis STEWART, 71, Quitman, Rt. 2, passed away in Rush Memorial Hospital, Meridian, 3 Jul. Funeral services held 4 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Melvin Boles officiating. Interment in Antioch Cemetery. Survivors - one daughter, Mrs. Sylvia MATHIS, Meridian, Rt. 7; one son, Robbie STEWART, Quitman, Rt. 2; four sisters, Miss Mary TIMS, Mrs. Bertha BARRY, Mrs. Daisy REECE (sic), Mrs. Carrie GRIFFIN, all of Quitman, Rt. 2; two brothers, Roy TIMS, Quitman, Rt. 2; Liston TIMS, Meridian, Rt. 7; one grandson.

Mrs. Rose Tersa IRBY, 45, Rt. 1, Quitman, died Friday at a Meridian hospital. Services held 4 PM, Rolling Creek Baptist Church, Revs. John Edwards and Terry Irby officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors include husband, Renzer IRBY; one daughter, Mrs. Bettye IRBY DEW, Minnot (sic), ND; one son, Tommy IRBY, Rt. 1, Quitman; two grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Nora BEYER, Tampa, FL; four sisters, Mrs. Ellen BRYANT, Mrs. Nora ESHELMAN, both of Tampa; Mrs. Grace KIPP, Key Point, NJ; Mrs. Della MEYER, Jersey City, NJ; two brothers, Francis MULROONEY, Keaneburg, NJ; Joseph MULROONEY, Tampa.

Funeral services for David L. MASON, 33, Brandon, held 2 PM, Wednesday, Meadow Grove Baptist Church, Brandon, pastor Rev. James F. Brannon officiating. Interment in Ephesus Cemetery, Jefferson Co.

Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl TOUCHSTONE ROGERS, 68, Rt. 1, Vossburg, held Monday, 3 PM, Zion Rest Congregational Methodist Church. Rev. Mr. Flautt officiated. Interment in church cemetery. Walters Funeral Home in charge. Died Sunday, Laurel Community Hospital. Survivors include husband, John ROGERS; a son, Fred ROGERS, Memphis, TN; five sisters, Mrs. A. K. BROWNLEE, Soso; Mrs. Mildred MOORE, Mrs. Ruby SMITH, both of Vossburg; Mrs. Berniece CLARK, Pascagoula; Mrs. D. H. VENTRESS, Houston, TX; two brothers, Harry TOUCHSTONE, Vossburg; John L. TOUCHSTONE, Mobile, AL.