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Recent Obituaries in Philadelphia, MS
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Sarah Katherine Moore
Aug 20, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 20116:00 - 9:00 P. M.INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERYSTEPHENSTOWN COMMUNITYNESHOBA COUNTYOFFICIATING: REV. EDWARD RICHARDSON Mrs. Moore, 79, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, August 20, 2011 in Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native of Neshoba County and a former resident of Biloxi from 1964 until 1985 before moving back to...
Sara Irons Daniels
Aug 18, 2011
SERVICES: SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: SANDTOWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. SCOTT BOATNERREV. CHRIS VOWELL Mrs. Daniels, 53, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County. She taught 5th and 6th grades in the Neshoba Central School System...
Helen Strait
Aug 18, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 201111:30 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: IMMANUEL CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. LONNIE ALEXANDERREV. DWIGHT FLEMINGFULL OBITUARY TO FOLLOWMrs. Strait, 83, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, August 18, 2011 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was born and reared in Neshoba County where she made her home most of her...
Hubert "Ski" Schitoskey, Jr.
Aug 16, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 201110:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: PLATTSBURG CEMETERYWINSTON COUNTYOFFICIATING: REV. DAVID SCHITOSKEYREV. DWIGHT FLEMING Mr. Schitoskey, 73, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian. He was born and reared in Palestine, Texas and had made his home in Philadelphia since 2001. He retired from...
Carl Eugene Johnson
Aug 13, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 20111:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 201111:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT: LINWOOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. MIKE SKINNER Mr. Johnson, 48, died Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. He was a native of Jackson, MS and had been a resident of Ellisville State School for the past six years. He was preceded...
Carrie Coats Sharp
Aug 12, 2011
SERVICE: MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011 3:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: BEATLINE CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. MACK ALFORDREV. BEN MCDANIEL Mrs. Sharp, 71, of Philadelphia, MS, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia. She was a native of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of the Beatline Community. She...
Jean Alice Gully
Aug 7, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 201111:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: NEW HARMONY CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. JIMMY BRELAND Mrs. Gully, 76, of Cleveland, MS, died Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Infinity Hospice in Marion, MS. She was born and reared in Neshoba County but moved to Cleveland early in life where she made her home....
Chessie Neese Stovall
Aug 6, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 20114:00 - 8:00 P. M.OFFICIATING: REV. MURPHY THOMPSONREV. STEVE CRAFTINTERMENT: OCOBLA CEMETERYMrs. Stovall, 70, of Philadelphia, MS. died Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County. Mrs. Stovall was a member of New Pleasantdale Baptist Church. ...
Jack Davis
Aug 5, 2011
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 20112:00 P. M.LYNVILLE CEMETERY KEMPER COUNTY Mr. Davis, 83, of Preston, MS., died Friday, August 5, 2011 at his residence. He was born and reared in the Lynville Community of Kemper County and made his home in New Orleans, LA., Miami, FL., and Charlotte, NC. for a number of years before moving back to the...
Kate Eldridge
Jul 30, 2011
SERVICES: FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURSDAY,AUGUST 4, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: NEW BETHEL CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. CURT PACE Mrs. Eldridge, 76, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Plainfield Health Care Center in Plainfield, Indiana. She was a native of the Laurel Hill Community of Neshoba County. She had been a resident of Speedway, Indiana since March...
Stanley Dewayne Breazeale, Jr.
Jul 26, 2011
SERVICE: SATURDAY,JULY 30, 2011 1:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY,JULY 29, 2011 5:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: LINWOOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. BUDDY COVINGTONDR. DAN HOWARD Mr. Breazeale, 24, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in Neshoba County. He was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County. Mr. Breazeale attended Bloomfield Congregational Methodist Church. He had been an employee of...
Ava Nell Fortenberry
Jul 24, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 20111:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, JULY 26, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: ARLINGTON BAPTIST CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DON SAVELLREV. ERIC SHARP Mrs. Fortenberry, 73, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. She was a native of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of the Arlington Community. She was retired from U.S. Motors...
Ronnie Clyde Boatner
Jul 24, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 20114:00 P. M.THE WAY OF THE CROSS BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION: TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011BEGINNING AT 4:00 P. M. AT THE WAY OF THE CROSS BAPTIST CHURCHINTERMENT: MARS HILL CEMETERY WINSTON COUNTYOFFICIATING: REV. GARY CAUDILLREV. RANDALL BOATNERREV. SCOTTY BOATNERDR. LAVON BOATNER Mr. Boatner, 53, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at his residence. He was born and...
Edna Earl Jones
Jul 24, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 201110:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, JULY 26, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. MACK ALFORD Mrs. Jones, 91, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Philadelphia-Neshoba County. Mrs. Jones was a member of Beacon Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Hildred Alford
Jul 21, 2011
SERVICE: 2 PM SUNDAY JULY 24, 2011 AT NORTH BEND PENTECOSTAL CHURCHVISITATION : 4 - 8 PM SATURDAY AT MCCLAIN- HAYS INTERMENT: NORTH BEND PENTECOSTAL CHURCH CEMETERY Mrs. Alford, 92, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, July 21, 2011 at her residence. She was born and reared in Webster County but had lived most of her adult in Neshoba County. Mrs. Alford...
Ellen W. Guin
Jul 21, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 23, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, JULY 23, 201110:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT: BETHSAIDA CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID RICHARDSONMrs. Guin, 84, of Starkville, MS, died Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Northeast Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a native of the House Community in Neshoba County and lived in Starkville for the past 20 years. She...
Berniece Wall
Jul 15, 2011
SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 17, 20112:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, JULY 16, 20116:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: BETHSAIDA CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. JOHN RUEBerniece Wall was a native of Neshoba County and former resident of the Bethsaida Community. She had been a resident of Meridian since 1978. Mrs. Wall formerly worked at U. S. Motors in Philadelphia and later worked as a...
John Calhoun (Cal) Stribling
Jul 13, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 18, 201111:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, JULY 18, 201110:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. ALLEN ROBISON Mr. Stribling, 64, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was born February 15, 1946, son of the late James Calhoun and Vivian Cook Stribling. He made his home all of his...
Sue Burt Cade
Jul 12, 2011
SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 15, 201110:00 A. M. NOXAPATER UNITED METHODIST CHURCHVISITATION: THURSDAY, JULY 14, 20116:00 - 8:00 P. M. @ MCCLAIN-HAYS AND 30 PRIOR TO SERVICE AT NOXAPATERUNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON FRIDAYINTERMENT: NOXAPATER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. CHANCE MAY Mrs. Cade, 93, of Macon, GA, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Coliseum Hospital in Macon, GA. She was born...
Katherine Algood
Jul 10, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 20113:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, JULY 12, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: EASTLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DANNY PINTERREV. KEITH HALL Mrs. Algood, 81, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Alterra Sterling House in Columbia, TN. She was born and reared in Neshoba County and lived in Kemper County for a number of years....
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