Lucille Leatherwood

FUNERAL SERVICES: Lucille Leatherwood--Visitation:N/A. Memorial Graveside Service:Tuesday October 4, 2011 @ 10AM @ Graveside-Enon Cemetery. Interment: Enon Cemetery

Bradley Henry Triplett

Bradley Henry Triplett, 64, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2011, at the Starkville Manor Nursing Home, Starkville, Mississippi. Funeral Service will be Saturday, October 1, 2011, at 2 p.m., from Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be Friday, from 12 noon until 6 p.m., from the funeral home. The body will be placed in the church on Saturday one hour. Beck Funeral Home in charge.

Anna Jo Wilkes

Mrs. Anna Jo Wilkes, 73, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at her residence in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Thursday, September 29, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 30, 2011, at Camp Ground United Methodist Church in Louisville, Mississippi, with Rev. Larry Haggard officiating. Interment will be in Camp Ground United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilkes was born March 28, 1938. She was a member of Camp Ground United Methodist Church and she was a homemaker. Mrs. Wilkes served on the Board of Directors for the Winston County Library and as the Secretary of the Liberty Water Association.

Mrs. Wilkes is survived by a daughter, Jo Gaye Wilkes; a son, Charles M. Wilkes, Jr. and wife, Cindy; a brother, Billy Watson and wife, Caroline; a sister-in-law, Juanice Watson; and two grandchildren: Joleigh Anna Wilkes and Jenna Lynne Wilkes, all of Louisville, Mississippi. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles M. “Sonny” Wilkes and her parents, Oliver and Alma Barfield Watson.

Pallbearers will be Rusty Suttle, Mike Perkins, Tim Smith, Phillip Carter, Tim Reed and John Albert Young. Memorials may be given to the Camp Ground Cemetery Fund. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements. You may sign the guestbook at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.

Katherine McKinley Haggard

Mrs. Kathryn McKinley Haggard, 87, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at Miss. Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 P.M. on Friday, September 30th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Jerry Lundy and Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs. Haggard was born October 30, 1923, in Choctaw County, MS. She was a homemaker, and a member of First United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Adrian Haggard; and her parents, Myrtis Cummings and Emmett Carl McKinley. She is survived by one daughter, Marsha Gregory of Louisville; one son, Dale Haggard of Jackson, MS; a sister, Betty M. Morgan of West Point, MS; 4 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Anthony Morgan, Scott Smith, Stephen Smith, Hunter Sanders, Kevin Gregory, and Giles Ward. Memorials may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, P. O. Box 4527, New York, NY, 10163; or the charity of your choice.

Opal Reed Gregory

Mrs. Opal Reed Gregory, 92, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2011, at Harmony Baptist Church in Louisville, Mississippi, with Rev. Jerry Lundy and Rev. Wesley Stephens officiating. Interment will be in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Gregory was born March 31, 1919, to Ruff and Jenetter Ruff Reed. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church, a member of the Eastern Star, and she worked as a machine operator for 21 years at Spartus Corporation.
Mrs. Gregory is survived by two daughters, Emily Holton and husband, Jesse Gene, of Madison, Mississippi, and Patty Myers and husband, Rick, of Brandon, Mississippi; two sons, Donny Gregory and wife, Pat, of Brandon, Mississippi, and Jimmy Gregory of Louisville, Mississippi; one sister, Olene Pickett of Louisville, Mississippi; twelve grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Fulton Gregory; parents, Ruff and Jenetter Ruff Reed; four sisters, and four brothers.
Pallbearers will be Craig Holton, Ken Holton, Jesse K. Holton, Shane Gregory, Barry Gregory, Glenn Gregory, Brooks Pettit, and Joshua Hoenid. Memorials may be made to Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery Fund. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements. You may sign the guestbook at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.

Hosea Haynes

Hosea Haynes, 49, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at his home in Florissant, MO., Funeral Service will be Sunday, September 25, 2011, at 3 p.m., from Wesley United Methodist Church, Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be Saturday from 12 until 5 p.m., with wake service from 6 until 7 p.m., from the funeral home. Burial will be in the Memorial Garden Cemetery, Louisville, Mississippi.

Faye M. Green

Mrs. Faye McWhirter Green, 83, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at her home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 24th, at 2:00 P.M., at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Brett Golson and Rev. Marvin Knowles officiating. Mrs. Green was born November 24, 1927. She was a charger member of three Southern Baptist churches in southeast Louisiana and a member of First Baptist Church of Louisville, MS. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bertha Mills and Robert Jeff McWhirter; a sister, Annie Doris McWhirter, and a brother, Norwood McWhirter. She is survived by her husband, Glen Green; a son, Mike (Vicky) Green; a daughter, Jill Green Stapp; 3 grandchildren, Christy (Michael) Perritt, Shawn (Jenny) Green, and Whitney Lea Stapp; and two great grandchildren, Justin Perritt and Wyatt Perritt. Memorials may be made to Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home, 7200 Desiard Street, Monroe, LA, 71203, 318-343-2244.

Henry J. Fair

Henry Jamison Fair, of Louisville, born November 23, 1921, son of Claude and Julia Jamison Fair, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011, in Chesapeake, VA. A graveside service will be held at Masonic Cemetery on Friday, September 23 at 2:00 P.M., with Dr. Bob Schwanebeck officiating. A member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the University of Mississippi, he graduated from Auburn University. A World War II Army Air Corps veteran, he was sales manager of the D.L. Fair Lumber Company, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, past president of the Louisville Rotary Club and a District Governor of Rotary International. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanne Bourdeaux Fair. Survivors include his wife, Myrtis, of Chesapeake, VA; and daughters, DeVane (Allen) Yates, Elizabeth (Longstreet) Minor, and Jeanne (Rod) Russ of Jackson. His 12 grandchildren are Richard (Mindy) Yates, Henry (Jennifer) Yates, Caroline (Brad) Mason, Margaret (John) Harvey, Julia (Tony) Gaines, Anne (Sam) Habeeb, Elizabeth (William) Gates, Mary Elizabeth (Charlie) Upton, Roderick (Tricia) Russ, Claude (Meredith) Russ, Jamie (Jonathan) Werne, Robert (Rachel) Russ, and 32 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703, or French Camp Academy, 1 Fine Place, French Camp, MS 39745.

Grace Moore Davis

Mrs. Grace Moore Davis,84, passed on September 18, 2011 at her home in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 11A.M. at the Mount Talley M.B. Church in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Burial will take place at the Mount Talley church cemetery. Beck Funeral Home Philadelphia is in charge of all arrangements.

Baby Keylin Markese

Baby Keylin Markese Colbert, 16 months, passed on September 18, 2011 in Birmingham Alabama. Funeral Services will be Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 1:00 P.M. at the Jersulem Temple Church in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Burial will take place at the Donald Rest Cemetery. Beck Funeral Home Philadelphia is in charge of all arrangements.

Luther Orr

FUNERAL SERVICES: Luther Orr--Visitation:Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011, 5PM-8PM @ Coleman Funeral Home. Service:Thursday Sept. 22, 2011 @ 11AM @ Graveside-Enon Cemetery. Interment: Enon Cemetery

Fanny Hisaw

Miss Fanny Hisaw, 77, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Monday, September 19, 2011, from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel in Louisville, Mississippi, with Rev. T. J. Jennings, Rev. Tommy Cherry, and Rev. David Keen officiating. Interment will be in Ellison Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery.
Miss Hisaw was born July 29, 1934, to Robert and Annie Beth Fuller Hisaw. She was a lifelong member of Ellison Ridge Baptist Church, where she was a former Sunday School teacher and at present serves as the church secretary and clerk. She worked for many years at Spartus Corporation, retiring in 1992.
Miss Hisaw is survived by two brothers: Embree Hisaw of Philadephia, Mississippi, and Marion Hisaw and wife, Susan, of Louisville, Mississippi; and by four sisters: Dorothy Gutierrez and husband, Joe; Joy Ming and husband, Van Dorn; and Bertie Jo Hisaw all of Louisville, Mississippi, and Gayle Persons of Shuqulak, Mississippi; and by sister-in-law, Carolyn Hisaw, of Louisville, Mississippi. Miss Hisaw is also survived by a host of loving nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Edwin and Annie Beth Hisaw; her brother, Robert Berlin Hisaw; her sisters-in-law, Virginia Hisaw and Willie Pearl Hisaw; and her brother-in-law, Bennie Persons.
Pallbearers will be Delbert Ming, Robert Hisaw, Brent Gutierrez, Dewayne Ming, Brad Winstead, Brant Winstead, Jon Richard Crowell, Jared Cockrell, Kenny Persons and Larry Cockrell. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Ellison Ridge Baptist Church, Larry Hemphill, Edward Stokes, Tim Flora, Charles Johnson, David Livingston and Paul Eaves.
Memorials may be given to the charity of your choice. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements. You may sign the guestbook at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.

Janie Matthews

Janie Matthews, 87, passed on September 13, 2011 in Philadelphia, Mississippi at the Neshoba County General Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Henderson Ridge M.B. Church in Preston, MS. Burial will take place at the Oak Grove M.B. Church in Preston, Mississippi. Beck Funeral Home Philadeldelphia is in charge of all arrangements.

Mrs. Prentice Dempsey Massey

Visitation for Mrs. Prentice Dempsey Massey will be Friday, September 16, 2011, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Owens Chapel Cemetery in McCool, MS.

Anita Gooden

Anita Gooden, 45, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2011, at Regency Hospital , Jackson, Mississippi. Funeral service will be Saturday, September 17, 2011, at 11:00 a.m., from Center Hill Church of God In Christ, with burial in the Oliver Cemetery, Louisville, MS. Visitation will be Friday, from 12 noon until 6 p.m., from Beck Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church on Saturday, one hour prior to service time.

Geneva Robinson Smith

FUNERAL SERVICES: Geneva Robinson Smith--Visitation:Friday Sept. 16, 2011, 4PM-6PM @ Coleman Funeral Home. Service:Saturday Sept. 17, 2011 @ 1PM @ Coleman Funeral Home. Interment: South Union Methodist Cemetery

Laura Eunice Lucas

FUNERAL SERVICES: Laura Eunice Lucas--Visitation:Thursday Sept. 15, 2011, 6PM-8PM @ Weir Baptist Church. Service:Friday Sept. 16, 2011 @ 1PM @ Weir Baptist Church. Interment: Weir Cemetery

Hazel Lorena Luke

Hazel Lorena Ricks Luke, age 83, died at the Louisville Healthcare Center on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 after a long illness. She was born June 22, 1928 in Union, Mississippi to the late H. B. Ricks and Lorena Lang Ricks. She was a member of South Louisville Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and also worked at Jarvis Oil Company for several years in the 1970s. She loved vacationing in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park and she and her husband took many trips there through the years. Hazel is survived by her devoted and loving husband of 60 years, James W. Luke. She is also survived by one brother Carl P. Ricks of Jackson, three sisters-in-law, Margaret Copeland Ricks of Jackson, Opal Clark Ricks of Noxapater and Audrey Luke Nowell of Noxapater. She is further survived by scores of much loved nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was proceeded in death by three brothers, J. Clarence Ricks of Noxapater, Herbert B. Ricks of Meridian and Arthur E. Ricks of Louisville; one sister, Mazelle Ricks of Philadelphia, two sisters-in-law, Ludie Earl Stovall Ricks of Meridian, and Jewel Crocker Ricks of Louisville, and one brother-in-law Lamont Nowell of Noxapater. Funeral services for Hazel Ricks Luke will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, September 15 at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Trent Jaudon officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends and relatives are welcome at the Porter Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Thursday from 10:00 am until the hour of services. Memorials may be made to the South Louisville Baptist Church, 933 W. Church Avenue, Louisville MS. Hazel’s family wishes to thank the nurses and staff at Louisville Healthcare, Sta-Home Health and Hospice, and Dr. Glen Peters for their help and support.

Harold R. Starnes

FUNERAL SERVICES: Harold R. Starnes--Visitation:Wednesday Sept. 14, 2011, 5PM-8PM @ Coleman Funeral Home. Service:Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 @ 11AM @ Coleman Funeral Home. Interment: Salem Indp. Methodist Cemetery

Mamie Lynch

Mamie Lynch, 89, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2011, at her home in Louisville, Mississippi.
Funeral service will be Saturday, September 17, 2011, at 12:00 p.m., from Mount Pleasant#1 Missionary Baptist Church, Louisville, Mississippi, with burial in the Webster Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 12 noon until 6 p.m., from the funeral home. The body will be placed in the church on Saturday, one hour before service time. Beck Funeral Home in charge of services.