Obituaries for Sunday, April 24, 2005

Published 5:00 am Monday, April 25, 2005

Leroy Campbell

Services for Leroy Campbell of Meadville are 11 a.m., Monday,April 25, at Franklin Funeral Home Chapel in Meadville with burialin Midway Cemetery in Meadville. The services will be conducted bythe Rev. Kevin Griggin.

Visitation is Sunday from 4-9 p.m., at the funeral home.

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Mr. Campbell, 78, died April 23, 2005 at his residence. He wasborn in Vicksburg on July 29, 1926, to Ben Campbell and CatherineBrown Campbell.

He was a retired forest technician with the U.S. Department ofAgriculture. He was a member of Meadville Baptist Church. He was aveteran of the Army with service in World War II. He was a memberof Harmony Lodge #1 at the Wahabi Temple in Jackson.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Lorene BlountCampbell; one sister; and one brother.

Survivors are his wife, Shirley Stanley Campbell; his daughtersand son-in-law, Susan and Bobby Martin of Jena, La., and SherryCampbell of Brookhaven; his stepdaughters, Jean Campbell and JudyHudson; his sons and daughters-in-law, David and Stayce Campbell ofMeadville, and Steve and Gail Campbell of Covington, La.; hissister-in-law, Pearl Campbell of Wilkesboro, N.C.; and hisgrandchildren, Jennifer Breithaupt, Louren Campbell and LeslieCampbell; six step-grandchildren; and threegreat-grandchildren.

Jadin Kristofer Case

Services for Jadin Kristofer Case of Brookhaven are 3 p.m.,Sunday, April 24, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel withburial in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., at the funeralhome.

The infant, three months old, died April 22, 2005, at hisresidence. He was born in Brookhaven on Jan. 17, 2005, to Kristofer”Kris” Case and Dana Boling Case.

Survivors are his parents; his sisters, Kristin Wallace andLakin Wallace; his grandparents, Danny and Janice Boling, JamesCarroll and Ann Case, and Michael and Mary Fagan; and hisgreat-grandparents, James and Johnnie Mae Case, Wayne and BettyCriswell, Clorane Boling, and Etta Callender.

Walter Lee Denman

Services for Walter Lee Denman, 80, of San Antonio, Texas,formerly of Lincoln County, died on April 17, 2005. He was born onAug. 18, 1924 in McComb to William and Hughetta Denman.

He served in the Navy on Attu Island during World War II, andwas called back into the Navy for the Korean Conflict, where heserved from 1950-1952 in the Amphibious Force in the Pacific.

Upon being discharged, Walter went to work for the Air Force asa Procurement Officer.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Marie; and their threechildren, Walter L. Denman Jr. of Marietta Ga., Linda Anne Ford ofTuscaloosa, Ala., and James William Denman of Helotes, Texas; eightgrandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one brother, William H.Denman of Smithdale.

The burial was April 20th at Ft. Sam National Cemetery in SanAntonio, Texas, with military honors.

James Alexander ‘Jim’ Lyell

Services for James Alexander “Jim” Lyell of Plano, Texas were 2p.m., Sunday, April 10, at Ted Dickey Funeral Home in Plano, Texas,with burial in Plano Mutual Cemetery.

Mr. Lyell, 87, died April 7, 2005, at his residence in Plano,Texas.

He was retired from Arco since 1983.

Survivors are his wife of 57 years, Frances; his son, Mike; hisgranddaughters, Michelle and Ashley; and several nieces andnephews.

Mary Nell Massey

Services for Mary Nell Massey of Wesson were 2 p.m., Saturday,April 23, at Strong Hope Baptist Church with burial in Strong HopeCemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Hazlehurst is incharge of arrangements.

Mrs. Massey, 93, died April 20, 2005, at her residence.

She was a retired clerk and bookkeeper for Allred’s Pharmacy ofHazlehurst. She was a native and lifelong resident of CopiahCounty.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Marvin Massey.

Survivors are her son, Gene S. Massey of Hattiesburg; and threegrandchildren.

Jessie W. Robinson

Services for Jessie W. Robinson of Meadville are 1 p.m., Sunday,April 24, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel in Bude with burial inSwearington Cemetery in Amite County.

Mrs. Robinson, 73, died April 21, 2005, at Natchez RegionalHospital. She was born in Franklin County on Feb. 8, 1932, to DoraLee Cameron and E.C. Byrd.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, LouisRobinson; and her sister, Adell Byrd.

Survivors are her nieces, Carolyn Coles, Cassandra Hauer, andCathy Maxwell, all of Franklin County; her nephew, Redgie Cameronof New Orleans, La.; eight great-nieces; one great-nephew; twogreat-great-nieces; and a host of other relatives and friends.