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Kaleb Cooper
Sep 13, 2023
Family memorial service for Kaleb Cooper will be held at a later date. Mr. Cooper, 23, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Kaleb was a lifelong resident of Philadelphia and a graduate of Neshoba Central High School. Survivors include mother and step-dad, Heather (Gray) Edwards; father, Ben Cooper; siblings, Matthew Luke Porter, LeighAllyn Elizabeth Porter, Harley Grace Cooper; Ashton...
Kari Boatner
Sep 13, 2023
Services for Kari M. Boatner will be held Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Scott Boatner and Rev. Jaylon Hundley officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, September 15, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Interment will be in Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. Mrs. Boatner, 61, of Philadelphia,...
Christopher Hatcher
Sep 10, 2023
Funeral services for Christopher Hatcher will be held Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Paul Guy officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Hatcher, 51, of Union, died Sunday, September 10, 2023. Christopher was a...
James "Jim" Matheney
Sep 7, 2023
Services will be held on Sunday September 10, 2023 at 3:00 pm from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Phillip Rowland, Rev. Neil Chadwick, Rev. Curt Pace and Rev. Dennis Duvall officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday September 10, 2023 from 1:30 pm until service time at McClain-Hays. Interment will be in New Harmony Cemetery. Mr. Matheney of Philadelphia died September...
Gertrude Mckinion
Sep 6, 2023
Funeral services for Gertrude McKinion will be held Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 10 am from Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. J.R. Eaton, Rev. Brian Linkins and Rev. Tyler Tingle officiating. Interment will follow in Antioch Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, September 8, 2023 from 5 pm until 8 pm at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and at Antioch Church...
Wendell E. Burkes
Sep 4, 2023
Services for Wendell E. Burkes will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 8, 2023 from Mars Hill Baptist Church in Winston County. Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and on Friday, one hour prior to service, at the church. Interment will be in Mars Hill Cemetery...
Carolyn Hoyt
Sep 4, 2023
No Services Scheduled. Carolyn was born and raised in Staten Island, NY. She had been of resident of Flora, MS for the last 12 years. She was of Catholic faith. Survivors include a son; Brian Taton (Angela) of San Angelo, TX; Sisters; Frances Bartololotta, Patricia Minucci and Laura Watt; Sister-n-law; Rochella McCullough. She was preceded in death by her husband;...
Mary Lucille Fulton Williams
Sep 3, 2023
Services will be held Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. from the North Bend United Pentecostal Church. Visitation will be at the church beginning Monday, September 4, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. until service time on Tuesday. Burial will be in the North Bend Pentecostal Cemetery. Bro. Nathan Moore, Bro. C.L. Watford and Bro. Justin Peden will officiate. Mrs. Williams...
Judy Ann Rowell Flake
Sep 1, 2023
Memorial service for Judy Ann Rowell Flake will be held Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Ben McDaniel officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 20, 2023 from 10 a.m. until service time. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Flake, 69, of Philadelphia, died Friday, September 1, 2023. Ann was a...
Phyllis Goodin Counts
Aug 31, 2023
Graveside services for Phyllis Goodin Counts will be held Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 11 am from Coy Community Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, September 4, 2023 from 5pm until 7 pm at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Ms. Counts, 66 of Preston, MS, died Thursday, August 31, 2023. Phyllis was born and raised in Kemper County, MS and attended...
Juanita Sisson Goldman
Aug 30, 2023
Funeral services for Juanita Sisson Goldman will be held Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 2 pm from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bro. Tony Linley and Bro. Don Parish officiating. Burial will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. Visitation will be held Friday, September 1, 2023 from 5pm until 8pm at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Ms. Goldman, 89 of Philadelphia, died...
Jerry Belk
Aug 25, 2023
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays chapel with Rev. Bobby Joe Myers and Rev. Ed Dickerson officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday August 28, 2023 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays. Interment will be in the Wheatfield Cemetery. Mr. Jerry was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County. He worked...
Shirley Popchoke
Aug 25, 2023
Graveside Service will be held on Thursday August 31, 2023 at 11:00 am from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Bro. David Callahan officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday August 30, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 pm at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Shirley was born November 9, 1949 in Muskogee, Oklahoma the daughter of the late Dentis Brown Jr. and Ruby Jane McAllister Brown. She...
Ollie B Goldman Lacey
Aug 22, 2023
Funeral services for Ms. Ollie B Goldman Lacey will be held Friday, August 25, 2023 at 12:00 noon with visitation to begin at 10:00 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Rev. Curt Pace and Bro. Eric Sharp to officiate. Interment will be at Hope Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Lacey, 96, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at her...
Danny M. Breland
Aug 16, 2023
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2023 from McClain-Hays Chapel with visitation beginning on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery in the House community. Bro. Len Wedgeworth and Bro. Mike Skinner to officiate. Danny Melton Breland entered this world April 18, 1952, and considered House Community to be his home...
Sybil James
Aug 9, 2023
Services were held on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. from First Methodist Church with the Reverend Dr. Tommy Jennings officiating. Burial followed in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Visitation was held prior to the service on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the church. Sybil Wade Jackson James was a Neshoba County native whose parents were John Wade and Alma Wade Huizenga....
Mary Irene Smith
Aug 8, 2023
Graveside services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 14, 2023 from Lee Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Matt Pittman officiating. Mary was a lifelong resident of the Burnside community of Neshoba County. She retired after many years of service from Witco-Richardson battery plant. Mary was a member of Salem Baptist Church. Mary is survived by a special...
Judy Moore Cox
Aug 6, 2023
Graveside services were held on Thursday August 10, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. from Sandtown Cemetery with Rev. Ronnie Gomillion officiating. Ms. Judy was a native of Barnes Community of Leake County. She was a longtime resident of Neshoba County, Bond Community. She was former co-owner of Born Again Bargains Thrift Store in Philadelphia. Ms. Cox was a member of North...
Henry Ethel Copeland Jr.
Aug 3, 2023
Funeral services will be held on Sunday August 6, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. from North Bend United Pentecostal Church with Bro. Junior Peden and Bro. Nathan Moore officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday August 6, 2023 from 12 Noon until service time at the church. Interment will in the North Bend United Pentecostal Church Cemetery. Mr. Copeland was born...
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