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Tina King
Apr 14, 2018
Services for Sara Ernestine "Tina" King will be held Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. from First United Methodist Church with Rev. Chris Young officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, April 16, 2018 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and on Tuesday for 1 hour prior to service at the church. Interment will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Sara...
Kurt May
Apr 12, 2018
MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATEMr. May, 32, of Philadelphia, died Thursday April 12, 2018, in Neshoba County, Ms.He was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County. He was employed in the auto repair industry. Mr. May was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Philadelphia.Survivors include mother and stepfather, Regina and Charles Jayroe of Philadelphia;...
Betty Agent Adams
Apr 10, 2018
Services will be held on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 2:00 P.M at McClain-Hays Chapel.Visitation will be held on April 11, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. until time of service.Interment will be in Spring Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.Mrs. Adams, 81, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at Neshoba County General Hospital. She was a native of Neshoba County and longtime...
Mary Donald
Apr 6, 2018
Services for Mary Donald will be held Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church in Neshoba County with Rev. Curt Pace officiating. Visitation will be held Saturday, April 7, 2018, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and on Sunday for one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will follow...
Helen Barrier
Apr 6, 2018
Services will be held Sunday April 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM. from McClain-Hays Chapel.Visitation will be held Sunday April 8, 2018 from 11:00 A.M. until time of service at McClain-Hays.Interment will be in North Bend Pentecostal Church Cemetery. Mrs. Barrier, 94, of Philadelphia, died Friday, April 6, 2018, at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native and lifelong resident...
John Stuart Sharpe
Apr 4, 2018
Services will be held Saturday April 7, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Chris Butler and Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Visitation will be Saturday April 7, 2018, from 12:00 P.M. until time of service at McClain-Hays. Interment will be in Eastlawn Cemetery.Mr. Sharpe, 52, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at his residence. A native and...
Cynthia Ann Eakes
Apr 1, 2018
Services for Cynthia Ann Eakes will be held Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. David Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 4, 2018, from 10 a. m. until time of service. Mrs. Eakes, 66, died April 1, 2018, at her home. She was a native and lifelong...
Charles Henry Roberts
Mar 31, 2018
Mr. Roberts, 80, of Philadelphia, MS died Saturday, March 31, 2018 , at John C. Stennis Memorial Hospital in DeKalb, MS. He was a native of Henderson, KY, and had lived in Neshoba County, MS, for the past 20 years. He was owner/operator of Roberts Stump Grinding until his retirement. Mr. Roberts was a member of Crossway Community Church in...
Mavis Bates Smith
Mar 30, 2018
Mavis Melissa Bates Smith passed away peacefully on Friday, March 30 in Springdale, Arkansas at the age of 97. Services will be at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia, Mississippi on April 12, 2018. Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. with the funeral service following at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be at Bethsaida Cemetery. Mavis was born in the Beat Line...
Evelyn Hoyt Chadwick
Mar 28, 2018
Services for Evelyn Hoyt Chadwick will be held Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Donations may be made by mail to: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,...
Kenneth Wells
Mar 27, 2018
Services for Kenneth Wells will be held Friday, March 30, 2018, at 11 a. m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Elder Hilton Moore and Rev. Chris Vowell officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 29, 2018, from 5 p.m. until 8 p. m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Wells, 82, of...
William P. Anderson Sr.
Mar 20, 2018
Services will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. from West Kemper Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Jones officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in West Kemper Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Anderson, 78, of DeKalb, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. A native and longtime resident of Kemper...
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...
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