Carl Lee Smiley

Mr. Carl Lee Smiley passed on March 30, 2011 at Rush Hospital in Meridian Mississippi. Funeral Services will be 2:00 Sunday April 3, 3011 at the Ivy Street Church of Christ in Philadelphia, MS. Visiation will be held on Saturday from 2-6P.M. from the Ivy Street church of Christ Church. Beck Funeral Home Philadelphia is in charge of arrangements.

Joan Yarbrough

Mrs. Joan Yarbrough, 71, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at OCH Regional Hospital in Starkville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 2nd, at Whitehall United Methodist Church with Rev. Stacy Parvin officiating. Interment will be in Whitehall Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Friday at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs. Yarbrough was born November 21, 1939, in Louisville. She was the owner of Joan’s Foliage, and a member of Whitehall United Methodist Church, where she played the piano for 60 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis Elbert McGahey and Annie Lou Dempsey. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Yarbrough of Louisville; one daughter, Susan (John) Dempsey of Louisville; one son, Bob Yarbrough of Knoxville, TN; a sister, Becky Eaves of Louisville; 5 grandchildren, Eric (Angel) Whitehead, Leslie Whitehead and fiancé Lenny Boatner, Jack Dempsey, Hannah Yarbrough, and Haley Yarbrough; 4 great grandchildren, Tanner Carr, Beau Carr, Anna Grace Whitehead, and Taylor Luke Whitehead. Memorials may be made to Whitehall Cemetery Fund, 5730 Hwy 14 W, Louisville, MS 39339. Pallbearers will be John Dempsey, Jack Dempsey, Lenny Boatner, Dr. Steven Yarbrough, Eric Whitehead, Tanner Carr, and Chuck Eaves. Honorary Pallbearers will be Allen Watts, Richard Woodward, Garvin Whitten, Frank Higgason, Jerry Pearson, Tim Eaves, and Dalton Hartness.

Thomas Long

Mr. Thomas Aaron Long, 77, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at his home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, April 3rd, at Porter Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Lundy officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday at Porter Funeral Home.

Mr. Long was born May 19, 1933, in Winston County. He was a retired assembler for Taylor Machine Works for 30 years, and attended Harmony Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Oscar Long and Mary McBrayer. He is survived by his wife, Frances McKay Long; 3 sons, Terry Long, Jeff Long, and Bill Long, all of Louisville; 4 sisters, Margaret Strickland of Philadelphia, MS, Barbara Hindman of Louisville, Jenny Eaves of Louisville, and Judy Coward of Noxapater; and 4 brothers, Peter Long of Louisville, Jack Long of Houston, TX, Ronnie Long of Noxapater, and Donnie Long of Noxapater.

Joe Clyde Singleton

JOE CLYDE SINGLETON (Died March 29, 2011) SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011 @2:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL VISITATION: THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 from 5:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: MARS HILL CEMETERYWINSTON COUNTY

James Ralph Gipson

Mr. James Ralph Gipson, 72, passed on March 24, 2011 at the Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, March 31, 2011 from the Beck Funeral Home Chapel in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Burial will be held at the Mars Hill C.O.G.I.C. cemetery. Beck Funeral Home Philadelphia is in charge of the arrangements.

Lillie Jean Stringer Cockrell

Mrs. Lillie Jean Stringer Cockrell, 75, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at her residence in Louisville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in Betheden Cemetery with Rev. Charles Davis officiating. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home. Born on May 1, 1935, Mrs. Cockrell was a homemaker and a member of Evergreen Baptist Church where she loved going to Sunday School and church with her friends. She loved to cook for her family and friends. She also loved to fish and her grandchildren were her life. She loved everyone. Mrs. Cockrell is survived by three daughters: Becky Waddell and husband, Larry, of Noxapater, Mississippi, Pamela Jean Blanton and husband, Jerome, of Louisville, Mississippi, Anjanette “Missy” Fuller Zinke and husband, Philip, of Tylertown, Mississippi; two sons, Palmer Wilson Young of Noxapater, Mississippi, and Charles Grady Fuller and wife, Shelia, of Forest, Mississippi; one brother, James Stringer and wife, Mona, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; 13 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Joe “C. J.” Cockrell and her brother, Lamar Stringer. Pallbearers will be Eric Blanton, James Blanton, Palmer Young, Stuart Waddell, Alex Zinke, and James Edwards. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetic Association. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi, is handling the arrangements.

Douglas Paul Green

Mr. Douglas Paul Green, 56, of Louisville, MS died Friday, March 25, 2011 at his residence. He was a native and longtime resident of Winston County. He was a retired farmer and logger. Mr. Green was a member of Vernon Assembly of God Church.
Visitation will be Sunday, March 27 from 6 - 9 pm at McClain-Hayes Funeral Home in Philadelphia. The funeral service will be Monday, March 28th at 2 pm at New Covenant Assembly of God Church in Kemper with Bro. Brian McDonald and Bro. Mark Thompson officiating. Interment will be in the Goodin Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine Quinton of Louisville; daughter, Shanna Bufkin of Stringer; sons, Jeremy Green of Dover, Delaware and Jonathan Green of Laurel; nine grandchildren; parents, Marshman and Ethel Green of Preston; sisters, Catherine Page of Clinton, Margaret McDonald and brother, Bobby Green, both of Preston and numerous nieces, nephews and their families.
Mr. Green was preceded in death by his brother, Harold Green.

Mary Alice Roebuck

Mrs. Mary Alice Gully Roebuck, 99, of Louisville, Mississippi, passed away at the Broomfield Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Broomfield, Colorado, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Middleton United Methodist Church with Rev. Justin White officiating. Interment will follow in Middleton United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Roebuck, born on January 31, 1912, was a seamtress and a member of Middleton United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Roebuck is survived by one sister, Evelyn Pyrra of Louisville, Mississippi; two sisters-in-law, Margie Gullyof Rogers, Arkansas and Carmie Moss; one daughter-in-law, Melba Roebuck; 11 grandchildren, Terry Hugueley, Elaine Sims, Alan Dunn, Becky Hugueley, David Roebuck, Mike Roebuck, Karen Bossler, Judy Avalos, Gary Hugueley, Kim Blady, and Mark Roebuck; 24 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews and other family members. She was preceded in death by her husband, Percy Roebuck; her parents, Elisha and Lena Fulton Gully; one brother, Grady Gully; two sisters, Winnie Stokes and Wealthie Marshall; two daughters, Dorothy Dunn and Arsenia Hugueley; two sons, Scotty and Harold Roebuck; one grandson, Chris Dunn; and one great-granddaughter, Holly Marie Roebuck.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi, is handling the arrangements.

Johnnie Bernice Stewart Hudson

Johnnie Bernice Stewart Hudson, 80, passed away on wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Jeff Anderson Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi.Funeral service will be Saturday, March 26, 2011, at 11:oo a.m., from Wesley United Methodist Church, Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be Friday from 12 noon until 5 p.m., Family hour will be from 5 p.m., until 6 p.m., at Beck Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church on Saturday one hour before service time. Burial will take place at Memorial Garden Cemetery , Louisville, Mississippi.

Mrs. Daisy Massey

Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Massey will be 1 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2011, at Rural Hill United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Thursday, March 24, 2011, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Interment: Rural Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery. Nowell Massey Funeral Home in charge of services.

Gene Autry Triplett

Gene Autry Triplett, 57, passed away at the Winston County Medical Center, in Louisville, Mississippi, on March 12, 2011.
Funeral Services will March 19, 2011, at 2 p.m., from the Chapel of Beck Funeral Home. Burial will take place at the Hopewell Cemetery, Louisville, MS.

Mr. Clifton Clark

Mr. Clifton Clark, 88, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2011, at his residence in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Monday, March 21, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Charles Rook officiating. He was born on January 31, 1923, and was a member of Crystal Ridge Baptist Church. He retired from the United States Air Force where he served during World War II. Later Mr. Clark retired from Nanih Waiya as a bus driver with 25 years of service.
Mr. Clark is survived by his son, Wayne Clark, and wife, Rubye of Louisville, Mississippi; two grandchildren, Kevin Clark and Jonathan Ashmore; and two great-grandchildren, Kennedy and Dylan Ashmore. He was preceded in death by his wife, Syble Ruth Sims Clark and his parents, Ruben Stennis Clark and Ettie Lipscomb Clark.
Serving as pallbearers will be Jonathan Ashmore, Kevin Clark, Steve Fulcher, Ray Sims, Carl Stokes, and Perry Hemphill. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi, is handling local arrangements.

Mary Alice Adams

Mary Alice Adams, 82, died on March 19, 2011, at the Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be Sunday, March 20, 2011, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville. Funeral services will be Monday, March 21, 2011, at 2 p.m. in the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rob Faulk, Carl Adams, and Rev. Freddie Tanksley officiating. Interment will be in Flower Ridge Cemetery. Our Mother loved and lived life to the best of her ability as long as she could. She loved gardening and watching the many flowers grow in her flower beds at her home in Ackerman, Mississippi. She also loved crocheting and crafting until the arthritis in her hands got so bad she had to quit. At this point, she moved to the Winston County Nursing home in Louisville, Mississippi. First and foremost, she loved and adored each and every one of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all her nieces and nephews. She never seemed to tire of having as many of us around her as long as she could at any given time; she always said she would never tire of her family and we all knew it was hard for her to be “ok” with us living all over the country, as quite a few of us do. She was the best MOM she could be and will be sorely missed by all of her family and many friends and acquaintances, along with anyone who ever had the pleasure of meeting our MOM. She had the biggest heart of Gold. MOM, YOU WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS, FOREVER AND ALWAYS. Mrs. Adams was a homemaker and a member of Chester Baptist Church in Chester, Mississippi. Mrs. Adams is survived by her ten children including seven sons: Charles Harold Adams and wife, Mary Ann, of Louisville, Mississippi, Claude Lee (Butch) Adams and Parkey Lane Adams both of Laurel, Mississippi, Ricky Dean Adams and wife, Donna, and Billy Joe Adams and wife, Sarah, all of Ackerman, Mississippi, Randy Adams of Laurel, Mississippi, and Charles Dean Adams of Ellisville, Mississippi; three daughters: Rebecca Ann (Adams) Jordan and husband, Nick, of Culver, Oregon, Anita Faye (Adams) Coatney and husband, Marty, of Lebanon, Oregon, and Carol Jean (Adams) Tanksley and husband, Rev. Freddie Tanksley, of Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is also survived by one brother, Harrison M. Cook, Jr., and wife, Evelynn, of Water Valley, Mississippi; sister-in-law, Vida Adams of Pontotoc, Mississippi, and brother-in-law, Carl Adams and wife, Bonnie, of Louisville, Mississippi; along with numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Adams also leaves behind 37 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harrison Milo and Ida Estelle Chandler Cook of Water Valley, Mississippi, as well as a brother, Daryl Cook. Pallbearers will be Butch Adams, Lane Adams, David Taylor, Brian Horne, Shawn Ray, Patrick Adams, Billy James Crocker, and Billy Ray Crocker. Memorials may be made to Chester Baptist Church in Chester, Mississipppi. Nowell Massey Funeral Home, 724 N. Columbus Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi, is handling local arrangements.

Bernice Wright

Mrs. Bernice Wright, 91, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2011, at her residence surrounded by her loving family in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Saturday, March 19, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Macedonia Baptist Church in Louisville, Mississippi, with Rev. Hubert Yates and Bro. Jack Manor officiating. Interment will follow in Rocky Hill Cemetery. She was a homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Mrs. Wright was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher for more than 40 years. She also served as the church music director for many years and was the oldest living member of the Macedonia Baptist Church Choir. Mrs. Wright is survived by three daughters: Delores Nowell, Debby Luke, and husband, Frankie, all of Louisville, Mississippi, and Julie Carter and husband, Ken, of Madison, Mississippi; six sons: Kenneth Wright, and wife, Ouida, of Brandon, Mississippi, Kerry Wright and wife, Katherine, and Terry Wright and wife, Karla, all of South Haven, Mississippi, Randy Wright and wife, Jeanie, of Bartlett, Tennessee, Timothy Wright, and wife, Suzanne, of Madison, Mississippi, and Jeffery Wright of Louisville; two sisters, Margie Watson of Collinsville, Mississippi, and Ginger Ezelle, and husband, Rod, of Meridian, Mississippi; two brothers, Johnny Rogers and wife, Martha, of West Memphis, Arkansas and George Rogers, and wife, Pat, of Meridian, Mississippi. She leaves behind 12 grandchildren: Daren Nowell, Thomas Wright, Tyler Wright, Anita Lynn Tartt, Tammi Wright, Jason Stewart, Dulcie Cherry, Chase Hanna, Margaret Wright, Virginia Wright, Rachael Bounds, and Rebecca Carter. Mrs. Wright is also survived by seven great-grandchildren: Cody Stewart, Gavin Tartt, Alyssa Presley, Blake Presley, Chloe Hanna, Kara Lane Nowell, and Anna Grace Cherry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Schoolar Wright; one son, Roger Eugene Wright; one grandchild, John Schoolar Carter; one great-grandchild, Maggie Rose Cherry; her parents, George T. and Annie Barnhill Rogers as well as five sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers will be Jason Stewart, Cody Stewart, Chase Hanna, Josh Bounds, Daren Nowell, Brandon Cherry, Joey Johns, Tyler Wright, Thomas Wright, and Blake Presley. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Macedonia Baptist Church General Fund, 5070 Highway 397, Louisville, MS 39339. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements.

Teresa Greer Otts

Teresa Greer Otts
February 25, 1955 - March 13, 2011
Round Rock,TX
Funeral Home
Coleman Funeral Home
9150 MS Hwy 12 East
Ackerman, MS 39735
(662) 285-6628
Visitation and Services
VISITATION: Thursday March 17, 2011 --5 PM til 7 PM @ Coleman Funeral Home in Ackerman, MSSERVICE: Friday March 18, 2011 @ 10 AM @ Old Lebanon Presbyterian Church near Ackerman, MSINTERMENT: Old Lebanon Cemetery

Leddrew McKinley Moore

Mr. Leddrew Moore 73, passed on March 14, 2011 at Rush Hospital in Meridian Mississippi. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 19, 2011 from Mount Ary Church in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Burial will take place at the church cemetery.Beck Funeral Home Philadelphia is in charge of the services.

Byron F. Barnes

Byron F. Barnes
(November 24, 1955 - March 13, 2011)
Mr. Byron Fenwick Barnes, 55, died Sunday, March 13, 2011, at his home in Noxapater, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 18th, at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Noxapater, with Rev. James Dearing officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Barnes was born November 24, 1955, in Louisville, MS. He was a dryer feeder for Georgia Pacific, and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Breck Barnes and Martha McAdory. He is survived by his step-father, John Standrod of Noxapater; three daughters, Abby Barnes of Louisville, MS, Lindsey Buchanan of Pensacola, FL, and Amy Combs of Fort Benning, GA; two half brothers, Mark Standrod of Jupiter, FL, and John Lindsey of Noxapater. Pallbearers will be Devon Thomas, Charles Thomas, Kenneth Franklin, J.W. Thomas, Jerry Barnett, and Ivan Reynolds. Memorials may be made to Oak Grove Baptist Church, RR 1 Box 291, Noxapater, MS 39346.

Deanie Stewart

Mrs. Deanie Stewart
BORN: November 10, 1949
DIED: March 12, 2011
LOCATION: Louisville, MS

Mrs. Deanie Stewart, 61, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, on Monday, March 14, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Murphy Creek Baptist Church with burial following in Murphy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Terrell Stringer and Rev. Walter Simmons officiating. Mrs. Stewart was born on November 10, 1949, to George and Minnie Mae Walker Foster. She worked in the Purchasing Department at Winston Medical Center and was a member of Murphy Creek Baptist Church.
Mrs. Stewart is survived by her husband, Bobby Stewart of Louisville; one son, Tim Stewart and wife, Kathy, of Jackson, Mississippi; three grandchildren: Peyton, Emily Katherine and Kendall Stewart all of Jackson; two sisters: Debbie Holdiness and Pam Robinson both of Louisville; four brothers: Gene Foster, Louisville; Larry Foster, Appomattox, Virginia; Dale Foster, Noxapater, Mississippi, and Jerry Foster, Madison, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Minnie Mae Walker Foster and grandparents, Davis and Annie Walker.
Pallbearers will be Stan Goodin, Deric Stewart, Malcolm Williamson, William Ball, Trey Woodruff, and Rusty Foster. Memorials may be made to Murphy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 1637 Boon Road, Louisville, MS 39339 or to Baptist Children’s Village. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements.

Bulah Kirk

Mrs. Bulah Kirk
BORN: September 2, 1913
DIED: March 12, 2011
LOCATION: Louisville, MS
Mrs. Bulah Kirk, 97, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at her residence in Louisville, Mississippi, with her loving family at her side. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, on Monday, March 14, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in Murphy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Junior Davis, Rev. Walter Simmons, and Rev. Bobby Joe Butler officiating. Mrs. Kirk was born on September 2, 1913, to Willie Frank and Colie Elizabeth Covington Hooks. She was a homemaker and a member of Murphy Creek Baptist Church.
Mrs. Kirk is survived by two daughters: Betty Kirk Jessee and Dianne Kirk Hicks and husband, Duane, all of Louisville; daughter-in-law, Loretta Kirk of Noxapater, Mississippi; two sons: Billy Kirk and wife, Judy, and Ben Kirk and wife, Pam, all of Louisville; 10 grandcildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, William W. Kirk and son, Bobby Kirk.
Pallbearers will be Brantly Jackson, Bruce Kirk, Clay Jessee, Massey Kirk, Mike Walker, Benjamin Kirk, Barry Jackson and Kirk Sisson. Memorials may be made to Murphy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 1637 Boon Road, Louisville, MS 39339. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements.

James Henry Rush

James Henry Rush, 42, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at his home in Louisville, Mississippi.

Funeral Services will be Monday, March 14, 2011, at 2 p.m., from Beck Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in the Chamberlin cemetery, Preston, Mississippi. Visitation will be Sunday, from 1 until 4 p.m., from the funeral home.