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Miss Leisa Renee Sessums
Mar 18, 2018
Services for Miss Leisa Renee Sessums will be held Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. James Young and Rev. Mike Truhett officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held from 12 noon until time of service at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Miss Sessums, 51, of Union, died Sunday, March...
Keith Gilbert
Mar 18, 2018
Services for Keith Gilbert will be held Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 1 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Carroll Reed officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Newton County. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 20, 2018, from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Gilbert, 72, of Little Rock, died Sunday, March 18,...
W. J. Bates
Mar 12, 2018
Services for W. J. Bates will be held Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 1 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Billy James and Rev. Lawrence Runnels officiating. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Burial will follow in Bethsaida Cemetery in Neshoba County. Mr. Bates, 83, died Monday, March 12, 2018, at his home. He was a native...
Jelene Watkins Brown
Mar 11, 2018
Services will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from First Baptist Church in Columbia, MS with visitation beginning at 12 noon on Thursday at the church. Graveside services will be held on Friday, March 16, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. from Morrow Cemetery in the Dixon community of Neshoba County. Jelene Watkins Brown of Columbia passed away...
Nelly Rodgers
Mar 10, 2018
Graveside services will be held Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. from Spring Hill Cemetery in Kemper County. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 10:00 a.m until 12:00 noon at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Departure from McClain-Hays to the cemetery will be at 12:00 noon. Nelly Dianne Guillot Rodgers died on March 10, 2018. She lived with Sonny Peden...
William Oscar "Bill" Brantley, Jr.
Mar 5, 2018
Services will be held Thursday, March 8, 2018, at 3:00 P.M. from McClain-Hays Chapel. Visitation will be on Thursday from 1:00 P.M. until time of service at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Interment will be in Cooks Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Brantley, 63, of Philadelphia, died Monday, March 5, 2018, at his residence. A native of Neshoba County, he graduated from high school...
Drexal Mckee
Mar 2, 2018
Graveside services for Drexal McKee will be held Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 2 p.m. from Big Oak Cemetery in Kemper County with Rev. Randy Caldwell officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 until service at the cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. McKee, 56, of Dekalb, died Friday, March 2, 2018, at his home. He was...
Wm Franklin Bell
Mar 2, 2018
Services for WM Franklin Bell were held on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at 10 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel in Philadelphia, MS with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Burial followed in Phillips Cemetery in Choctaw, MS. William Franklin Bell, 85, of the Pearl River community, born December 27, 1932, passed away on March 2, 2018, at the Beehive Homes of Philadelphia. He...
Louise Reynolds
Feb 27, 2018
Services for Louise Reynolds will be held Thursday, March 1, 2018, at 3 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Mike Carr officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia. Visitation will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2018, from 5 until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mrs. Reynolds, 90, died Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at the Neshoba County Nursing...
Jenelle B. Yates
Feb 26, 2018
Services will be held Thursday, March 1, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Visitation will begin on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. until time of service. Burial will follow in Cedarlawn Cemetery.Mrs. Yates, 93, of Philadelphia, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. A native of Calhoun City, MS, she...
Carolyn Jayroe Bates
Feb 26, 2018
Services for Carolyn Jayoe Bates will be held Friday, March 2, 2018, at 1 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Billy James and Rev. Lawrence Runnels officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 1, 2018 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Burial will follow in Bethsaida Cemetery in Neshoba County. Mrs. Bates, 82, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at her home. A...
Melvin C. Wolverton
Feb 25, 2018
Services for Melvin Wolverton will be held Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at 2 p.m. from First United Pentecostal Church of Philadelphia with Rev. Tim Vowell, Rev. Jason Martin and Rev. Albert Reid officiating. Burial will follow in Henry’s Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 11 a. m. until time for service at the church. McClain-Hays...
Oliver M. Pilgrim
Feb 25, 2018
Services for Oliver M. Pilgrim will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at 1 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Steve Craft officiating. Burial will follow in McLain Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Tuesday, February 27, 2018, from 5 until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Pilgrim, 76, of Meridian, died Sunday, February 25, 2018,...
Thomas Edward Todd
Feb 22, 2018
Services for Thomas Todd will be held Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 3 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Tony Lindley and Rev. Don Cook officiating. Visitation will begin on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. until service time. Burial will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. Mr. Todd, 84, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, February 22, 2018, at his home....
James F. "Chuck" Sampsell
Feb 17, 2018
Services will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Interment will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Deaton will officiate. James Francis “Chuck” Sampsell Jr. was born February 9, 1950, in North Carolina, the son of the...
Jasper "Lynn" Pope
Feb 13, 2018
Services for Jasper Lynn Pope will be held Friday, February 16, 2018, at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Leslie Courtney and Rev. Derrick Townsend officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Thursday, February 15, 2018, from 5 until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Pope, 73, of Philadelphia, died...
Jerome Daniel Copeland
Feb 11, 2018
Services for Jerome Daniel Copeland will be held Tuesday February 13, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. from McClain-Hays Chapel.Visitation will be held Monday February 12, 2018 from 5:00-7:00 P.M. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Fortenberry and Rev. Jay Cassel officiating.Interment will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Mr. Copeland, 79, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, February 11, 2018. He was a native...
Aubrey Carron
Feb 10, 2018
Memorial Services for Aubrey Carron will be held Tuesday February 13, 2018 from 5:00-7:00 P.M. from The Sanctuary in Philadelphia, Ms. Visitation will be held Tuesday February 13, 2018 from 3:00 P.M. up until service time at The Sanctuary in Philadelphia, Ms. Mr. Carron, 83, of Union, died Saturday, February 10, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Pollard,...
Mary Ann Johnson
Feb 8, 2018
Graveside services for Mary Ann Johnson were held Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at Henry’s Chapel Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Wilson officiating. Mrs. Johnson, 69, of Union, died Thursday, February 8, 2018, at her home. She was a native of Neshoba and a resident of Union, MS, for the past five years. Mrs. Johnson was Pentecostal by faith. Survivors include husband,...
Benny J. "Bo" Brown
Feb 8, 2018
Services for Benny J. “Bo” Brown will be held Monday, February 12, 2018, at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Mark Vincent officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be Monday from 11 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Brown, 85, of Decatur, died on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at...
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