1974


Luther Martin HARRIS
CCT, Friday, 25 Jan 1974
Services for Luther Martin HARRIS, 78, of Meridian, held Tuesday, 11 AM, chapel of Wright's Funeral Home; Revs. Herman Heath and John Edwards officiating; interment in Quitman Cemetery; died Sunday at Rush Hospital, Meridian; survivors include wife, Mrs. Ruby HARRIS; three sons - Lamar HARRIS and Robert Earl HARRIS, Meridian; Paul HARRIS, Stonewall; one daughter - Mrs. Clara BARRY, Stonewall; one sister - Mrs. Vera RODGERS, Mobile, AL; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
(Note: Luther was b. 1 Dec 1895; m. Ruby McCREA; he was son of James M. HARRIS and Emma Mae BOUGHAN)
Wallace Leo NEAL, Sr.
CCT, 1 Feb 1974
Funeral services for Wallace Leo NEAL, 64, Rt. 6, Meridian, held Sunday, 2 PM, Snell Church of God; Revs. Melvin Boles and Jimmy Gerade officiating; interment in Bucatunna Cemetery; Wright's Funeral Home in charge; died Thursday, St. Joseph's Hospital; survivors - wife, Effie Mae NEAL; five sons - Wallace, Jr.; Kenneth; J. D.; William, all of Meridian; A. D. NEAL of Brazil; five daughters, Mrs. Ola Fay MOSLEY; Mrs. Earline VAUGHN; Mrs. Kathy EASTERWOOD; Mrs. Beverly WHITE, all of Meridian; Mrs. Irene ABSTON, Gilbertown, AL; 27 grandchildren

Harmon Gunn CARMICHAEL
CCT, 26 Apr 1974
Harmon Gunn CARMICHAEL, Rt. 4, Quitman, passed away Apr 21, Watkins Hospital, age 82; funeral services held Apr 22, 2:30 PM, Manassa Methodist Church; Rev. Wallace Terry officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Emma CARMICHAEL; brother - Henry CARMICHAEL, Rt. 4, Quitman; two sisters - Mrs. Mattie McREE, Monroe, LA; Mrs. Katie JACOBS, Rt. 4, Quitman
(Note: Son of William A. CARMICHAEL and Nancy Ann BURT)
Miss Mary Alice DAVIS
CCT, Friday, 3 May 1974
Services for Miss Mary Alice DAVIS, 88, held Tuesday, 10 AM, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Selby Alsworth officiating. Interment in Quitman Cemetery. Survivors include a sister, Miss Sadie DAVIS, Quitman; several nieces and nephews.

Milton Caleb JAMES
CCT, Friday, 3 May 1974
Milton Caleb JAMES, 62, Stonewall, passed away 25 Apr, Watkins Hospital. Funeral services held 26 Apr, 4 PM, Stonewall Methodist Church, Revs. Harold Harris and Hayward Youngblood officiating. Interment in Stonewall Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Mary JAMES, Stonewall; one brother, W. G. JAMES, Perry, GA; several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Sara DAVIS MARTIN
CCT, Friday, 3 May 1974
Mrs. Sara DAVIS MARTIN, 58, passed away 30 Apr, Baptist Hospital, Jackson. Funeral services held Wednesday morning, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, Quitman, Revs. Selby Alsworth and Leland Goodman officiating. Survivors include husband, Carl MARTIN; one daughter, Mrs. Carolyn MORGAN, Quitman; mother, Mrs. Etna DAVIS, Edwards; two brothers, Simmons DAVIS, Vickburg; Lucian DAVIS, Edwards, MS; four sisters, Mrs. Lucretia CLINE, Pass Christian; Mrs. Carman WELLS, Jackson; Mrs. Marvis TORREY, Vicksburg; Mrs. Frances MARTIN, Hattiesburg; three grandchildren.

Billy David MORGAN
CCT, Friday, 3 May 1974
Funeral services for Billy David MORGAN, 22, held 3 PM, Saturday, St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, Father Remigius Kozak officiating. Died Friday, Paulding. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Jo Ann MORGAN; mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. James V. MORGAN, Paulding; six brothers, William Lee MORGAN, Mobile, AL; James and Rufus MORGAN, both of Paulding; John, Benjamin, George MORGAN, all of Rose Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine WILLIAMS, Mrs. Jewel ROBB, both of Paulding.

James Lee TAYLOR
CCT, Friday, 3 May 1974
Services for James Lee TAYLOR, 58, held Tuesday, 3 PM, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Ralph Smith and Herbert Swindall officiating. Interment in King's Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Sue TAYLOR; one son, James Robert TAYLOR; four daughters, Mrs. Betty SHAW, Mrs. Myrtle BECKMAN, Mrs. Peggy WHITAKER, all of Quitman; Mrs. Rene TEMPLE, Meridian; one brother, Clarence TAYLOR, Meridian; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie LEWIS, Quitman; Mrs. Lillie Mae HEATHCOCK, Butler, AL; Mrs. Rachel MELTON, Land, AL; Mrs. Helen WHITE, Sylacauga, AL; ten grandchildren; two great grandchildren.

Mrs. Ollie P. WILLIS
CCT, Friday, 3 May 1974
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie P. WILLIS, 69, held 2 PM, Wednesday, Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church, Rev. James Curtis officiating. Interment in Malvern, AR. Survivors include husband, Hardy P. WILLIS; two sisters, Mrs. Grace MOORE, Risen, AR; Mrs. Della FORD, Raleigh, AR.

Cora D. WRIGHT
CCT, 14 Jun 1974
Mrs. Cora D. WRIGHT, Meridian, passed away Sunday, Rush Foundation Hospital, age 83; funeral services held Tuesday, 10 AM, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel; Rev. John Hopper officiating; interment in Cooper's Chapel Cemetery; survivors - one son, G. C. WRIGHT, Meridian; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren; pallbearers - Harold Harris, Raymond Sellers, Frank Bonner, Hull McElroy, Scottie & Rush Peek.
(Note: Dau. of Elbert H. DENHAM and Margaret H. ARRINGTON)
Mrs. Ophelia IVEY
CCT, Friday, 21 Jun 1974
Mrs. Ophelia IVEY, 72, passed away. St. Joseph Hospital, Meridian, 18 Jun. Funeral services held Thursday, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. J. C. Williams and Ralph Smith officiating. Interment in Quitman Cemetery. Survivors - husband, Kelsey IVEY, Quitman; three sons, Preston IVEY, James (Bud) IVEY, both of Alexandria, LA; Dennis IVEY, Dallas, TX; seven daughters, Mrs. Helen MILLER, Lauderdale; Mrs. Vickie MILSTEAD, Quitman; Mrs. Tootsie MARTIN, Miss Virginia IVEY, both of Dallas, TX; Mrs. Elsie PORTER, Greensboro, NC; Mrs. Georgia AINSWORTH, Jackson; Mrs. Fannie Mae KIRKENDALE, West Point; two brothers, Henry IVEY, Quitman; Shelby IVEY, Laurel; four sisters, Mrs. Clarence TAYLOR, Meridian; Mrs. Nora COX, Quitman; Mrs. Garrett COX, Palmer, ID; Mrs. Willie Mae QUIMBY, Columbia, MS; 19 grandchildren; three grat grandchildren.

Henry Lewis LAFFERTY
CCT, Friday, 21 Jun 1974
Services for Henry Lewis LAFFERTY, 36, held 11 AM, Tuesday, Shady Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church, Revs. W. C. Wells, Noel Napp, Richard Deluna officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Survivors include mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. LAFFERTY, Quitman; one son, Lewis LAFFERTY, Paris Island, LA; one daughter, Patsy LAFFERTY, Paris Island, LA; six brothers, Bernice LAFFERTY, James LAFFERTY, both of Meridian; Aubert LAFFERTY, Ardmore, OK; Johnny LAFFERTY, Van Nuys, CA; Thomas LAFFERTY, Houston, TX; C. J. LAFFERTY, Quitman; one sister, Mrs. Willa Dean ABSTON, Meridian.

Ira B. MOORE
CCT, Friday, 21 Jun 1974
Services for Ira B. MOORE, 69, Enterprise, held 3 PM, Sunday, Enterprise Methodist Church. Revs. J. O. Joyner and Wallace Mangum officiated. Interment in Enterprise Cemetery. Wright's Funeral Home, Quitman, in charge of arrangements. Died Friday in a Meridian hospital as a result of burns sustained in a gasoline explosion. Member of Enterprise Masonic Lodge No. 585 F&M and Enterprise Methodist Church. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Addie L. MOORE; one son, Ira Lamar MOORE, Enterprise; two daughters, Mrs. Harold HUTCHERSON, Quitman; Mrs. Ted DORITY, Mobile, AL; one brother, Robert E. MOORE, Meridian; two sisters, Mrs. Hal BUCHANAN, Meridian; Mrs. Eula BANES, Enterprise; 11 grandchildren.

Hubert H.(enry) COVINGTON
CCT, 6 Dec 1974
Services for Hubert H. COVINGTON held 3 PM, Sunday, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel; burial in Quitman Cemetery; age 66; died Friday in Brookhaven; Clarke Co. resident for many years; survivors - wife, Mrs. Clara Lou BURT COVINGTON; two sons, Jimmy Ray COVINGTON, Rolling Fork; Jerry Pat COVINGTON, Great Lakes, IL; seven grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. G. W. BURT, Meridian; Mrs. Ava WALL, St. Helena, CA; Mrs. W. F. ODOM, Vicksburg; Mrs. Frank PATTERSON, Bay Minette, AL; two brothers, Dennis COVINGTON, Orange, TX; G. O. COVINGTON, Largo, FL.
(Note: Son of Henry Allen COVINGTON and Ada Viola HARGER; wife dau. of Lonnie Wilson BURT and Nancy Ellen WATTS)
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