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Tommie Pearl Hamilton
Mar 20, 2024
Graveside services for Tommie Pearl Hamilton will be held Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 2 p.m. from Plattsburg Cemetery in Noxapater, MS. with Bro. Dwight Fleming officiating. Ms. Hamilton, 79, of Choctaw, MS died Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Tommie was a native of Winston County. She enjoyed traveling, shopping, going to flea markets, watching movies and spending time with her...
Junior Savell
Mar 19, 2024
Funeral services for Junior Savell will be held Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Curt Pace and Rev. Eric Sharp officiating. Burial will follow in Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 22, 2024 from 6-8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Savell, 89, of Philadelphia died Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at his...
Wallace "Skip" Skipper
Mar 18, 2024
Services for Wallace Skipper will be held on Friday March 22, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. from Antioch Baptist Church with Bro. Ray Spence officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday March 22, 2024 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Skipper passed away Monday March 18, 2024 at Merit Health River Oaks...
Lenon "Leroy" Sims
Mar 18, 2024
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday March 21, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bro. Randall Dunaway officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday March 20, 2024 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays. Interment will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. Lenon “Leroy” Sims was born and raised in Neshoba County, MS. He attended school at Dixon Community School. He...
Angela Lucile Reynolds Spears
Mar 15, 2024
Funeral services for Angela Lucile Reynolds Spears will be held Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 3 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Barry Walker officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery of Noxapater. Visitation will be held Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 5 until 8 p.m.at McClain-Hays Chapel. Mrs. Spears, 49, of Philadelphia died March 15, 2024. Angela was...
Olen Boswell
Mar 12, 2024
A Graveside Masonic service will be held on Saturday March 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. from Sandtown Cemetery. Olen Wayne Boswell was born March 26, 1948 and raised in the Sandtown Community of Neshoba County. He passed away on March 12, 2024 in the Baptist Medical Center In Jackson, Ms. surrounded by family at his bedside. He spent his life...
Jody Jarrell
Mar 11, 2024
A celebration of the life of Jody Jarrell will be held Friday, March 15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. Jody was a laidback, easy going man. He liked the simple things. He never felt comfortable in a coat and tie. But rather, he enjoyed sporting his...
Infant Lawson Emitte Long
Feb 28, 2024
Funeral services for Infant Lawson Emitte Long will held Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 10 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Joel Embry and Amie Pike officiating. Burial will follow in Bethsaida Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 8, 2024 from 5- 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Chapel. In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Angel It is with heavy hearts...
Pamela Coats Cunningham
Feb 27, 2024
Graveside services for Pamela Coats Cunningham will be held Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. from Golden Grove Cemetery with President Justin Pfiefer officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, March 1, 2024 from 5-8 p.m. and 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of...
Garry "Sebo" Sullivan
Feb 27, 2024
Funeral services for Garry “Sebo” Sullivan will be held Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. from Faith Tabernacle Church 321 Williamson Ave. Philadelphia, MS. with Bro. Wesley Lovern and Bro. Chris Gully officiating. Burial will follow in Coy Assembly Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 1, 2024 from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 1 p.m....
Helen “Ma Helen” Graham
Feb 25, 2024
Graveside services for Helen “Ma Helen” Graham will be held Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 2 p.m. from Good Hope Cemetery with Bro. Tim Vowell and Bro. Carl Roberts officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, February 29, 2024 from 11 a.m. until departure time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Graham,93, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, February 25, 2024. Ma Helen was...
Donald L. Chunn
Feb 19, 2024
Funeral services for Donald L. Chunn will be held Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 1p.m. from Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Father Bob Goodyear officiating. Burial will follow in Holy Rosary Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, February 22, 2024 from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. departure time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Chunn, 68, of Philadelphia, died Monday, February...
Mattie Cumberland
Feb 18, 2024
Memorial services for Mattie Cumberland will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 6 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Pastor Roger Burke officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Mattie Cumberland lived in Auburn, AL early in life. She moved to Chunky, MS after graduating high...
William "Bill" Roberson
Feb 17, 2024
Graveside Services for William "Bill" Roberson will be held on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at Coy Community Cemetery with Bishop Chuck Overby officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday, February 19, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. William “Bill” Roberson was a native of the Spring Creek Community of Neshoba County. He...
Roy G. Watkins
Feb 16, 2024
Funeral services for Roy G. Watkins will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bro. Carl Roberts Officiating. Burial will follow at High Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Roy was a native and long time resident of...
Dr. Beth Jackson
Feb 12, 2024
Dr. Harriet Elizabeth Harbour Jackson of Preston, passed away peacefully February 12, 2024, at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be held on February 14, 2024, from 5:00-8:00 pm at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held on February 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in the chapel at McClain-Hays Funeral Home with interment at Hailey-Richey Cemetery. Beth,...
Apryl Williams
Feb 9, 2024
Family will hold a Memorial Service at First Pentecostal Church of Philadelphia on Sunday February 11, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Apryl was born in Meridian, MS and lived in Washington State until she was 13 years old. She returned to Philadelphia and attended Neshoba Central until graduation in 1993. She loved to read, fish and use the computer. She was...
Paul D. Grayson
Feb 8, 2024
Graveside services for Paul D. Grayson will be held Monday, February 12, 2024 at 2 p.m. from Union Hill Church Cemetery in DeKalb, MS with Rev. Chris Gully officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, February 12, 2024 from 12 noon until 1 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Grayson, 84, of Dekalb, died Thursday, February 8, 2024 at Ochsner Stennis...
Mary Louise "Lou" Clark
Feb 5, 2024
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. from Neshoba Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. David Addy officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays. Mary Louise "Lou" Clark, 88, of Union, passed away Monday, February 5, 2024 at her home. Mary was born and...
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