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Jimmy Stovall

Jimmy Stovall

Aug 24, 2020

Graveside service for Jimmy Stovall will be held Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Clarks Chapel Cemetery in Kemper County with Rev. Andrew Phillips officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Stovall, 69, of DeKalb, died Monday, August 24, 2020, at his home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Kemper County. He worked...

Bill Howell

Bill Howell

Aug 24, 2020

Services for Billy Wayne Howell will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2020, from Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Caldwell and Rev. Joe Kitchens officiating. Visitation will be from 2:30 until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Howell, 75, of DeKalb, died Monday, August 24, 2020, at his...

Betty Guess

Betty Guess

Aug 23, 2020

Graveside service for Betty Ann Guess will be held Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at 12 noon from Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Durant with Rev. Daniel Blalock and Rev. Kevin Vaughn officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Guess, 62, died Sunday, August 23, 2020, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She was a native of Holmes...

Barbara Nelson

Barbara Nelson

Aug 23, 2020

Graveside service for Barbara Parker Nelson will be held Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. from Pine Grove Baptist Cemetery in the House Community with Rev. Rusty Walton and Rev. Lin Chesney officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Nelson, 71, of Union, died Sunday, August 23, 2020, at her home. A native of the Spring...

Janell Smith

Janell Smith

Aug 23, 2020

A family memorial service for Janell Smith will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at New Bethel Baptist Church with graveside service to follow in the church cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Janell was surrounded by her family as she peacefully journeyed to her heavenly home on Sunday, August 23, 2020. Born...

Norman A. Walker

Norman A. Walker

Aug 22, 2020

Graveside service for Norman A. Walker will be held Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 11:00 a. m. from North Bend Pentecostal Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Sean Holley and Rev. Mike Sullivan officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Walker, 48, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, August 22, 2020, at Rush Specialty Hospital in Meridian. He was...

Henry Myatt

Henry Myatt

Aug 22, 2020

Graveside service for Henry Myatt will be held Monday, August 24, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from Cooks Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County with Bro. Greg and Pam Smith officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Myatt, 82, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, August 22, 2020, in his home surrounded by his family. He was a native and lifelong...

Wendell Scarbrough

Wendell Scarbrough

Aug 21, 2020

Graveside service for Wendell Scarbrough will be held Sunday, August 23, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. from Clark’s Chapel Cemetery in Kemper County with Rev. Gary Rivers officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Scarbrough, 65, of Preston, died Friday, August 21, 2020. Wendell was a longtime resident of Kemper County. He was a logger, machinist, millwright, carpenter,...

Willie Roland

Willie Roland

Aug 20, 2020

Graveside service for Willie Jimmie Roland will be held Saturday, August, 22, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. from New Bethel Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Curt Pace officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Roland, 81, of Pearl, died Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. A native of Scott County, MS, he...

Michael Bagwell

Michael Bagwell

Aug 20, 2020

Graveside service for Michael Bagwell will be held at 12 noon Saturday, August 29, 2020, from Hester Cemetery/Smith Chapel with Bro. Glenn Scott officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is charge of arrangements. Michael Bagwell, 60, of Denham Springs, LA, passed away Thursday, August, 20, 2020, in Athens, TX. He was born September 22, 1959, in Meridian, MS. He was a truck...

Retha Thrash

Retha Thrash

Aug 20, 2020

Graveside services for Retha Thrash will be held Sunday, August, 23, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. from the Sandtown Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Hal Hall officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Thrash, 73, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, August 20, 2020, at University Medical Center in Jackson. She was a native and longtime resident of the...

Evelyn S. Johnson

Evelyn S. Johnson

Aug 17, 2020

A graveside service for Evelyn S. Johnson will be held Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at 11: a. m. from Old Pearl Valley Cemetery with Rev. Wade Chappell officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Johnson, 97, of Philadelphia, died Monday, August 17, 2020, at the Neshoba County Nursing Home. A longtime resident of the Arlington Community in...

Billy Rose

Billy Rose

Aug 15, 2020

A graveside service for Billy Rose will be held Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. at Eastlawn Cemetery with Rev. Stephen Sparks officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Rose, 52, of Meridian, died Saturday, August 15, 2020, at his home. Billy was a resident of Meridian, MS. He grew up in Philadelphia and graduated Philadelphia...

Ilene Spears

Ilene Spears

Aug 14, 2020

Graveside services for Ilene Spears will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from Old Pearl Valley Valley Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Nolan Pinter officiating. Mrs. Spears, 88, of Pelahatchie, died Friday, August, 14, 2020, at Bedford Care in Newton. A native of Neshoba County, she was a resident of Pelahatchie for several years. Survivors include...

Margaret Barrett

Margaret Barrett

Aug 13, 2020

A private family graveside service for Margaret Savell Barrett was held on Sunday, August 16, 2020, at Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Chris Young officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Margaret Savell Barrett was born on January 24, 1926, to Cross and Nellie Savell. On January 27, 1946, she married Dwight Barrett. They lived most of their lives...

Mamie Lois Holland

Mamie Lois Holland

Aug 12, 2020

Graveside services for Mamie Lois Holland will be held Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. from Holy Rosary Cemetery with Father Bob Goodyear officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Holland 88, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Mamie Lois Holland, age 88, passed away on August 12, 2020 after a short illness. She was a devoted...

Mary Grace Vowell Day

Mary Grace Vowell Day

Aug 12, 2020

Graveside services for Mary Grace Vowell Day will be held Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 3 p.m. from New Pearl Valley Cemetery with Rev. Dave Sanders and Rev. Carl Roberts officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Day, 98, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, August 12, 2020. She was a native of Kemper County and a resident of Philadelphia for...

Rufus Hayden Adcock

Rufus Hayden Adcock

Aug 12, 2020

Graveside services for Rufus Hayden Adcock will be held Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. from Mars Hill United Methodist Cemetery with Rev. Mitchell McDonald officiating. McClain- Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Adcock, 82, of Collinsville, died Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Rufus Adcock passed away at home on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at the age...

Wilber Sullivan

Wilber Sullivan

Aug 9, 2020

Graveside services for Wilber Sullivan will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 10 a.m. from Coye Assembly of God Cemetery with Rev. Ryan Farmer officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Sullivan, 79, of Preston, died Sunday, August 9, 2020. He was a native of Kemper and a longtime resident of Preston Community and was retired from U.S....

James "Jimmy" Clark

James "Jimmy" Clark

Aug 7, 2020

Family memorial service for James "Jimmy" Clark will be held on Saturday August 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. from Sandtown Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Clark, 75, of Philadelphia, died Friday, August 7, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and was a retired carpenter. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era. Mr. Clark was...

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