Obituaries for Friday, January 26, 2007
Published 6:00 am Friday, January 26, 2007
Edward Leon Case
Services for Edward Leon Case, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Saturday, Jan. 27, at Brookhaven Funeral Home, Natchez Drive, withburial in Easthaven Cemetery.
Visitation is Friday from 4 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Mr. Case, 81, died Jan. 24, 2007, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center in McComb. He was born in Lincoln County onApril 13, 1926, to Willie Case and Inez Smith Case.
He was a retired carpenter. He was an Army veteran of World WarII.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Willie MaeSummers Case; his brother, Loyd Case; and his sisters, Alta Fauverand Agnes Smith
Survivors are his daughter, Wilhelmina Reid, of Brookhaven; hisbrother, Willie “Gib” Case, of El Paso, Texas; his sister, AudreyFauver, of Brookhaven; and his four grandchildren.
Johnny B. ‘Click’ Lyons
Services for Johnny B. “Click” Lyons, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 27, at Crump Chapel U.M. Church in Brookhaven withburial in the church cemetery. Williams Mortuary is in charge ofarrangements.
Visitation is Friday from 1 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home,with family hour from 7 until 8 p.m.
Mr. Lyons, 52, died, Jan. 21, 2007, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. He was born in Lincoln County on April 4, 1954, to Willie”Dank” Lyons and Clonie Mae Lyons.
He was an employee with King’s Daughters Medical Center with 31years of service. He was a member of Crump Chapel U.M. Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his brother, LewisLyons; and his grandparents.
Survivors are his wife, Rosemary Stovall Lyons, of Brookhaven;his son, Timmy Butler, of Compton, Calif.; his daughters, ShemikaDixon and Lisa Jenkins, both of Brookhaven; his stepson, James M.Jones, of Brookhaven; his stepdaughters, Antionette Jones Smith andhusband Chuck, of Brookhaven, and Gwendolyn Jones and husbandTiger, of Flint, Mich.; his brothers, George Lyons, of Brookhaven,Rosevelt Lyons, of Portland, Ore., and Willie B. Lyons, ofJacksonville, Fla.; his sisters, Donnis P. Lyons, Flora Mae Lyonsand Mary Washington, all of Brookhaven, and Betty Jean Revdal, ofBrooklyn, N.Y.; his six grandchildren, 10 stepgrandchildren, onegreat-stepgrandson, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relativesand friends.
Laura L. Miller
Services for Laura L. Miller, of Natchez, are noon Saturday,Jan. 27, at St. Peter Rock Baptist Church No. 1 in the Leesburgcommunity of Adams County with burial in Leesdale Cemetery.Marshall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of theservice at the church.
Miller, 85, died Jan. 21, 2007, at Glenburney Health Care Centerin Natchez. She was born in Adams County on Oct. 6, 1921, to Andrewand Restora Bolin Miller.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her brothers, JamesMiller, Henry Miller and John Wesley Miller; and her sisters,Josephine Hamilton, Katie Roberts, Dixie Williams, GertrudeWilliams and Addie Mae Smith.
Survivors are her sisters, Elizabeth Bradford, ClariceMontgomery and Lucille Buchannan; and a host of nieces, nephews,other relatives and friends.
Linda Denise Pearson
Services for Linda Denise Pearson, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 27, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel.
Visitation is Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home,and on Saturday from 8 a.m. until the time of the service.
Pearson, 55, died Jan. 24, 2007, at St. Dominic-Jackson MemorialHospital in Jackson. She was born on Dec. 10, 1951, to CharlesMarshall and Margaret Carter Marshall.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors are her parents; her companion and fiance, BrucePrice; her daughter, Aimee Pearson; her brother, Charles MarshallJr.; her sister, Patricia Sellers; and her niece, StephanieSellers.
Mattie Mae Reed
Services for Mattie Mae Reed, of Bude, are 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan.28, at Bude Church of God in Christ, on C Street in Bude withburial in Zion Cemetery in Franklin County. Marshall Funeral Homeis in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Saturday from noon until 5 p.m. at the funeralhome in Bude, and on Sunday from 9 a.m. until the time of theservice at the church.
Mrs. Reed, 72, died Jan. 23, 2007, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. She was born on Nov. 27, 1934, to Willie Smith Sr. andMattie Campbell Smith Fleming.
She served faithfully on the Mother Board at Bude Church of Godin Christ until her health failed.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her daughter, CarolynReed; two sisters and three brothers.
Survivors are her loving and devoted husband, Jim Reed, of Bude;her brother, Willie Smith Jr., of Natchez; her five sisters,Georgia Smith and Margie Bearthfield, both of Bude, Joann Hall, ofDallas, Texas, Vergie M. Tutt, of Ohio, and Wilhemenia Spice, ofLouisville, Ky.; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives andfriends.