Obituaries for Tuesday, October 2
Published 5:00 am Thursday, October 2, 2003
Archie Lee Dickey Sr.
Services for Archie Lee Dickey Sr. of Brookhaven are 2 p.m.,Saturday, Oct. 4, at Greenwood M.B. Church with burial in thechurch cemetery.
Visitation is Friday, Oct. 3, from noon to 6 p.m., at WilliamsMortuary, with family hour from 6-7 p.m.
Mr. Dickey, 79, died Sept. 28, 2003, at the V.A. Medical Centerin Jackson. He was born in Lincoln County on Sept. 28, 1924, toJohn Dickey and Cattie Dickey.
He was a graduate of Alexander High School. He was a veteran ofthe U.S. Army and served during World War II. He was a member ofGreenwood M.B. Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his first wife, LoreneDillon Dickey; his second wife, Mary Barton Dickey; his ninebrothers; his four sisters; his stepdaughter, Rose Brooks; and hisgrandson, Claude Middleton.
Survivors are his daughters, Mary Middleton, Thelma Wilbert,Carl Ann Kelly, Dorothy McNickell, Loretta Faye Hughley and CathyWilliams, all of Brookhaven; his stepdaughter, Rita Lewis ofBrookhaven; his sons, Archie Lee Dickey Jr., of Milwaukee, Wis.,and Jerry Lee Dickey of Brookhaven; his sisters, Mary Helen Carterand Earline Williams, both of Brookhaven; his 33 grandchildren, 19great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relativesand friends.
John H. Eley
Services for John H. Eley of Monticello are 1 p.m., Saturday,Oct. 4, at Quinn’s Temple COGIC in Monticello, with burial in thechurch cemetery.
Visitation is Friday, Oct. 3, from noon to 5 p.m. at the TylerFuneral Home, and at the church from noon to 1 p.m. on the day ofthe service. Family will be present at this time.
Mr. Eley, 49, died Sept. 30, 2003, at the V.A. Medical Center inJackson. He was born in Lawrence County on Jan. 26, 1954, to LevieEley Sr., and Effie Newson Eley.
He was a graduate of Monticello High School. He was a veteran ofthe U.S. Army and was employed offshore as a roughneck. He was amember of Quinn’s Temple COGIC.
Preceding him in death was his father.
Survivors are his mother, Effie Newson Eley of Monticello; hisdaughters, Kimberly Eley of Monticello and Karen Hathorn ofPrentiss; his son, Jonathan Eley of Monticello; his sisters, MarthaHill, Johnnie Mae Holloway, Ethel Johnson and Pearl Eley, all ofMonticello; his brothers, Nathaniel Eley, Levie Eley Jr., LeroyEley, Ernest Eley and Booker T. Eley, all of Monticello; his twogranddaughters and a host of nieces and nephews.
Bobbie Nell Burris Holland
Services for Bobbie Nell Burris Holland of McCall Creek were 11a.m., Thursday, Oct. 2, at O’Zion Baptist Church in FranklinCounty, with burial in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Holland, 70, died Sept. 30, 2003, at St. Dominic Hospitalin Jackson. She was born in Franklin County on June 21, 1933, toLeon Burris and Gladys Arnold Burris.
She was a homemaker. She was a member of New Salem BaptistChurch.
Preceding her in death was her father.
Survivors are her mother, Gladys Arnold Burris of McCall Creek;her husband, Delton Holland of McCall Creek; her daughter, LindaJohnson of Orlando, Fla.; her son, Daryl Holland of Deltona, Fla.,her sister, Carolyn White of McCall Creek; her brother, RobertBurris of McCall Creek; and her four grandchildren.