Obituaries for Thursday, June 3

Published 5:00 am Thursday, June 3, 2004

James Lee

Services for James Lee of Baton Rouge, La. are noon, Saturday,June 5, at Pine Grove Baptist Church with burial in the churchcemetery. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Percy Turner.

Visitation is Friday from noon-5 p.m., at Marshall Funeral HomeChapel and Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon at the church.

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Mr. Lee, 63, died Monday, May 31, 2004, in Fayette. He was bornin Jefferson County on April 7, 1941, to Bertha Doss and RobertLee.

He was employed with Fayette Enterprise and retired fromChristine’s Restaurant. He was a member of Pine Grove BaptistChurch.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Clara G. Lee;his son, Tyrone B. Lee; a sister, Odessa Doss; and a brother,Charles Doss.

Survivors are his daughter, Patricia Lee of Fayette; his sonsand daughters-in-law, James Lee Sr. and wife Brenda of Lorman,Charles and Sonya Lee, Arthur Lee and Maxion Lee, both of BatonRouge, La., and Lawrence Lee and James Harried; his sisters andbrother-in-law, Mary Chambliss and Ruby and Clemon Tenner, all ofFayette; his brother, Willie Doss; his grandchildren; his aunts,Elouise Doss of Baton Rouge and Lovie Doss of Fayette; his niece;his nephews; and a host of relatives and friends.

Memorials may be sent to Marshall Funeral Home in Bude.

Pallbearers will be Jerry L. Doss, Herbert Doss, Tony Doss,Percy Johnson, Terry Johnson and Fred Hunter.

John Wesley McDavid

Services for John Wesley McDavid of New Orleans, La., formerlyof Lincoln County, are 10 a.m. Saturday, June 5, at The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Red Star Ward in Brookhaven. Withburial in the Red Star Ward Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 6:30-10 p.m. and Saturday from 8-9:30a.m. at Harrigill Funeral Home.

Mr. McDavid, 82, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004 in New Orleans.

He was an Army veteran of World War II and a retiredplumber.

Preceding him in death were his father and mother, John Whitneyand Bertha Ellendar Smith McDavid; a sister, Alice Horton; andthree brothers, Cloyce, Enois, and Lester McDavid.

Survivors are his wife, Lois Cronin McDavid; his daughters,Melody G. Stickling, Judith Kay Beaudette, Wanda L. Klein and TerryS. Ferdinand; his sons-in-law, Michael D. Stickling, Paul JosephBeaudette, Emile “E.J.” Klein and Darrel C. Ferdinand; his sisters,Martha Gill and Jorine Hutcherson; his brothers, Charles, Lafayetteand Phillip McDavid; and his grandchildren, Brent Michael, VeronicaMichael, Victoria Ann and Kyle Daniel Stickling, Amy JenellBeaudette-LaPorte, Lisa Nicole Beaudette, Michelle Marie Klein,Andrew Christopher, Brittany Christina and Christopher CharlesFerdinand.

Louise Brantley Pace

Services for Louise Brantley Pace of Monticello are 11:30 a.m.,Friday, June 4, at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg withburial in Highland Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 9:30-11:30 a.m., at the funeralhome.

Mrs. Pace, 99, died June 2, 2004, in Monticello. She was born inConecuh County, Ala. on April 12, 1905, to Alice Maxwell Brantleyand Thomas Lafayette Brantley.

She was married to Barnard Pace for 60 years. She was a longtimeresident of Hattiesburg before moving to Monticello and Oxford tolive with her children. She enjoyed the company of her family andthe pleasure of music all her life. She played the piano for theentire family at her 99th birthday party.

Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Mary Lou Pace andWoody Dabbs of Clarksdale and Oxford; her sons anddaughters-in-law, Dr. Brantley Barnard and Ann Pace of Monticello,and Maxwell and Brenda Pace of Biloxi; her grandchildren, MaritaPace Walton of Jackson, Dr. Thomas Brantley Pace of Greenville,S.C., Louann Pace Parschauer of Huron, Oh., James Russell Pace ofMonticello, Kathryn Pace Phillips of Yazoo City, William BarnardPace of Canton, Jan Pace Coker of Jackson, David Maxwell Pace andStephen Thomas Pace of Orange Beach, Ala., Dr. James Michael Paceof Hattiesburg, Shane Strong of Long Beach, Summer Hewes ofGulfport, Dr. Willis Norwood Dabbs of Clinton, Dr. Andrew PaceDabbs of Philadelphia, Clayton Adair Dabbs of Madison; her 31great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to a charity of choice.

D.D. Smith

Services for D.D. Smith of Brookhaven are 11 a.m., Saturday,June, 5, at Mt. Olive M.B. Church with burial in the churchcemetery.

Visitation is Friday, from noon-6 p.m., at Williams Mortuary andSaturday from 10-11 a.m. at the church.

Mr. Smith, 82, died June 1, 2004, at Central Mississippi MedicalCenter in Jackson. He was born in Lincoln County on Jan. 1, 1922,to Joe Smith and Louvenia Wells Smith.

He was a retired construction worker. He was an Army veteran ofWorld War II. He was a member of Mt. Olive M.B. Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; three sisters, GladysBlack, Roxie Kees and Della Mae Jackson; eight brothers, MorantSmith, Tyree Smith, Joe Smith, Lutillius Smith, Woodrow Smith, TroySmith, Pearly Smith and Annisana Smith; and a granddaughter,Mechelle Dee Powell.

Survivors are his daughters, Revelia Powell and Carolyn Crump,both of Brookhaven; his son, David D. Smith of Brookhaven; hissister, Annie Pearl Bradford of Chicago, Ill.; his brothers, McNairSmith Sr., Malco Smith and John W. Smith, all of Brookhaven; hiseight grandchildren; his eight great-grandchildren; and a host ofnieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.