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...
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...
