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Millicent "Millie" Howell
Dec 6, 2020
Millicent Merritt Howell died December 6, 2020 at the Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was 93 years old. Millie was born in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1927 to Melton Tucker Merritt and Lora Markline Merritt. She attended public school there and began college at the local junior college, now Meridian Community College. After two semesters she began studies at the University...
Billy Zane Gordon
Dec 6, 2020
Services for Mr. Gordon will be Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow in the Greenland Cemetery in Union, Mississippi. Visitation will be Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Dr. Dan Howard and Bishop Houston Cunningham officiating. Billy Zane Gordon passed away on December 6, 2020, at...
Mary E. Moore
Dec 5, 2020
Services for Mary E. Moore will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel. Burial will follow in Henrys Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mary E. Moore passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020, at her home in the...
Brenda Fortune Sisson
Dec 4, 2020
Services for Mrs. Brenda Fortune Sisson will be held Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Visitation will begin Sunday from 12:00 noon until time of service. Burial will follow in the Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Sisson, 76, of Philadelphia, died...
Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy
Dec 4, 2020
A graveside service will be held for Mrs. Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 11:00 a. m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Chris Young officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dowdy, 82, of Philadelphia, died Friday, December 4, 2020, at Anderson Regional Medical Hospital in Meridian. A native and lifelong resident of...
Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins
Dec 3, 2020
A graveside service for Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, from the Golden Grove Cemetery in Neshoba County with Bro. Mike Pilgrim officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home on Saturday, December 5, 2020. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms....
Ruby Davis
Dec 2, 2020
Graveside services for Mrs. Ruby Davis will be held Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. from Eastlawn Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Duvall and Rev. Chris Vowell officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Davis, 84, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and...
Tobiah "Toby" Beckham
Nov 30, 2020
A graveside service for Tobiah “Toby” Beckham will be held Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Ocobla Cemetery in Neshoba County with Bro. Mike Sullivan officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until time of departure at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Beckham, 50, of Philadelphia, died Monday, November 30, 2020, at his home. Toby was a...
Eirtis S. Chamblee
Nov 28, 2020
Services for Mr. Eirtis S. Chamblee will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Greg Lathem and Rev. Kevin Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in New Harmony Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 12 noon until service time at McClain- Hays Funeral Home. Mask wearing is requested for visitation...
Mary Frances Eldridge
Nov 27, 2020
Services for Mary Frances Eldridge will be held Monday, November 30, 2020 at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Funeral Chapel with Rev. Kelly Tingle officiating. Burial will follow in Union City Cemetery. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Eldridge, 92, of Union, died Friday, November 27, 2020. She was a native of Neshoba County and former resident of Rolling Fork,...
Travis Keith Bryan
Nov 27, 2020
Services for Mr. Travis Keith Bryan will be held Monday, November 30, 2020 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Jeff Brewer and Rev. Mark Cloys officiating. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, November 30, 2020 from 9 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Waldo Mitchell
Nov 26, 2020
Services will be held for Mr. Waldo Mitchell on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Clarks Chapel United Methodist Church in Kemper County with Rev. David Keller and Bro. Jim Wall officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 until time of service at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge...
Nancy Elizabeth "Liz" Parker Perry
Nov 24, 2020
Services for Nancy Elizabeth “Liz” Parker Perry will be held Saturday, November 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Rusty Walton and Rev. Lin Chesney officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Creek Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Saturday from 1:00 p.m. until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She...
Earlene Edwards Peebles
Nov 24, 2020
A private family service for Earlene Edwards Peebles will be held Friday, November 27, 2020, with interment in Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Scott Boatner officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Peebles, 85, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at Neshoba General Hospital. She was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County. Mrs. Peebles was...
Dr. Dee Graham
Nov 21, 2020
Services for Dr. Dee Graham will be held on Monday, December 7, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Chris Shelton officiating. Burial will follow in the Morrow Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held on Monday from 9:00 a. m. until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Dee MacDonald Graham, of...
Addie Lee Chamblee Hardy White
Nov 21, 2020
Services for Mrs. Addie Lee Chamblee Hardy White will be held Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 12 noon until service time Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at McClain-Hays. Interment will be at Coldwater Cemetery in Neshoba County. Rev. Dennis Duvall and Dr. Mike Carr will officiate. McClain-Hays Funeral...
Earvin L. Sims
Nov 20, 2020
A graveside service will be held Sunday, November 22, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Eastlawn Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Duvall and Rev. Billy James officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Sims, 89, of Philadelphia, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at Neshoba County Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County, he worked as Street...
Kimberly Ridout
Nov 19, 2020
A graveside service for Kimberly Maria Aguilon Ridout will be held Saturday, November 21, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Dr. Dan Howard and Bro. Jonathan Tullos officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Miss Ridout, 17, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, November 19, 2020, at her home. Kimberly was born...
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