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Ruby Breazeale Smith
Apr 9, 2022
Funeral services for Ruby Breazeale Smith will be held Monday, April 11, 2022 at 3 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Brian Weir and Rev. Mack Alford officiating. Burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, April 11, 2022 from 12 noon until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith, 83, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, April...
Polly Gilley
Apr 8, 2022
A gathering to celebrate the life of Polly Gilley, age 80, will be held at First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Mississippi Tuesday April 12, 2022. Visitation will start at 12 p.m. at the church and the service will begin at 2 p.m. officiated by Dr. Dan Howard and Reverend Evan Humphries. Internment will be at Eastlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia, Mississippi,...
Itra Elizabeth Peninger
Apr 7, 2022
Funeral services for Mrs. Irta Elizabeth Peninger will be held Monday, April 11, 2022 at 2 p.m. from New Zion United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Randall Dunaway officiating. Burial will follow in Henry’s Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, April 11, 2022 from 12 noon until service time at New Zion United Pentecostal Church. McClain-Hays is in charge of...
Ruth Juanice Harper
Apr 4, 2022
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. from Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. J. R. Eaton officiating. Burial will follow in Hester Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Wednesday at the church from 9:00 a.m. until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Harper, 87, of House, died...
Carolyn Rigdon Covington
Mar 27, 2022
Mrs. Carolyn Rigdon Covington, 78, of Little Rock passed away peacefully in her home on March 27, 2022. Visitation will be held at Antioch Baptist Church on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from 5:00-7:00 PM. Funeral services with burial following will be held at Antioch Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 11:00 AM with Dr. J.R. Eaton and Rev....
Grady Lee Ellingburg
Mar 25, 2022
Funeral services for Grady Lee Ellingburg will be held Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 3 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Pastor James Daniels officiating. Interment will be held Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 1 p.m. at Greenville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2 p.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is...
Delma Ruth Slawson
Mar 24, 2022
Graveside services for Delma Ruth Slawson will be held Friday, March 25, 2022 at 1 p.m. from Harmony Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Lundy and Rev. Tommy Jones officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, March 25, 2022 from 10 until 12 at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Slawson, 93, of Louisville, MS died Thursday, March 24, 2022. She was a native and...
Mattie Ruth Kelly
Mar 23, 2022
Funeral services for Mattie Ruth Kelly will be held Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Linwood Baptist Church with Bro. Mike Skinner officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 25, 2022 from 5 until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time at Linwood Baptist Church....
Rev. John Clinton Burkes Sr.
Mar 20, 2022
Graveside services for Bro. John Burkes will be held Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. from McLain Chapel Cemetery with Bro. Walt Tessier officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 24, 2022 from 11 a.m. until 12 noon at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangement. Bro. John Burkes was born on July 15, 1928...
Elizabeth Roberson
Mar 18, 2022
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Roberson will be held on Monday, March 21, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Conn officiating. Burial will follow in Good Hope Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 20, 2022, from 5-8 p.m. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Elizabeth Roberson,...
Samuel Bradford "Brad" Kempton, Jr.
Mar 14, 2022
Private memorial services for Mr. Kempton will be held at a later date. Mr. Kempton, 89, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022 at his new home in Philadelphia MS. He lived most of his life in Palm Bay, Florida where he was a long time member of First Baptist Church of Melbourne. Survivors include his wife of 68 years,...
Theresa A. Hoback
Mar 13, 2022
Memorial service to be held at a later date. Mrs. Hoback, 68, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, March 13, 2022, at Choctaw Residential Center. Theresa was born in Syracuse, New York and lived in Philadelphia for the last 20 years. She attended Hillsboro County High School in Tampa Florida. She was employed at Wal-Mart in several states for a number of...
Jerrelene Foy
Mar 11, 2022
Funeral services for Jerrelene Foy will be held Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bro. Michael Harper officiating. Burial will follow in Morrow Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 13, 2022 from 1 p.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Foy, 63, of Philadelphia, died Friday, March 11, 2022. She was born...
Bro. Duaine Morgan
Mar 8, 2022
Funeral services for Bro. Duaine Preston Morgan will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 2:00p.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 11:00a.m.-2:00p.m. Bro. Morgan, 87, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, died Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Neshoba County General Hospital. Bro. Morgan was a faithful...
John Paul Darnell
Mar 7, 2022
Funeral services for John Paul Darnell will be held Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 12:00 noon from Hopewell United Methodist Church in Kemper County with Rev. Joe Kitchens officiating. Burial will follow in the Hopewell Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 9, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and one hour prior to service...
Bobbie Ruth Anthony
Mar 6, 2022
Services for Bobbie Ruth Anthony will be held Friday, March 11, 2022, at 2:00 p. m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bros. Mark Cloys and Jeff Brewer officiating. Interment will follow in Tucker Cemetery in Kemper County. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 10, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Ms. Anthony, 86, of Preston, MS,...
Lola Jean Cumberland
Mar 5, 2022
Funeral services for Lola Jean Cumberland will be held Monday, March 7, 2022, at 2 p. m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Jerry Bishop officiating. Burial will follow in the Linwood Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Monday from 12:00 until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cumberland, 85, of Philadelphia, died...
Wilda Rigdon
Mar 5, 2022
Funeral services for Wilda Rigdon will be held Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. from Antioch Baptist Church with Dr. J. R. Eaton, Rev. James Young, and Rev. Joel Embrey officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, March 7, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Rigdon, 77, of...
Mark Davis
Feb 25, 2022
There are no scheduled services. Mr. Davis, 78, of Philadelphia died Friday, February 25, 2022. Mark was born and raised in Dublin, TX and lived in Philadelphia the last 10 years or so. He was employed as an auto-mechanic all his life. He loved to play golf, fish and watch football. Mr. Davis was of the Christian faith. Survivors include...
Genoise Myers Manning
Feb 22, 2022
Funeral services for Genoise Myers Manning will be held Friday, February 25, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Larry Harvey officiating. Burial will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, February 25, 2022 at 11 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Manning, 80,...
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