Wylie Hilliard Jr.

Graveside services for Wylie Hilliard Jr., of New Orleans, La.,will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Mt. Zion ChurchCemetery in Sontag. Williams Mortuary is in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Hilliard, 81, died Sept. 24, 2005, in Baton Rouge, La. Hewas a casualty of Hurricane Katrina. He was born on April 26, 1926,to Wylie Hilliard Sr. and Gladys Alexander Hilliard.

He was a retired security officer with Circle Foods in NewOrleans.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his daughter, GladysHilliard Touisaint; his sister, Aline Ross; and his brothers, HenryHilliard, George Hilliard and Robert Hilliard.

Survivors are his daughter, Maxine Hilliard Weaver, of NewOrleans; his sisters, Dorothy Martin, of New Orleans, and MableHog, of Indianola; his two grandchildren; and many nieces, nephewsand other relatives.

Lucy Mae ‘Lulu’ Parker

Services for Lucy Mae “Lulu” Parker, of Crosby, will be held at1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Mercy Seat Ministry Baptist Church inPort Gibson with burial in the church cemetery. Marshall FuneralHome is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Friday from 7 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home inBude, and on Saturday at the church from noon until the time of theservice.

Parker, 62, died Nov. 30, 2007, at her residence. She was bornin Port Gibson on Oct. 21, 1945, to Matt and Mary Parker.

Preceding her in death were her parents and her grandmother,Florence Champ.

Survivors are her daughter, Jonesia M. Parker, of Crosby; hersons, Curtis Parker and Wendell Parker, both of Dallas, Texas; hersisters, Elaine Joseph, Bettye Jean Parker, Linda Jackson, AnitaParker, all of Dallas, and Marie Herrington, of Port Gibson; herbrothers, Alfred Parker, of Jackson, Douglas Parker, of Dallas,Larry Ray Parker, of Port Gibson, Junior Herrington and JohnnyHerrington, both of Fayette; her seven grandchildren; and a host ofnieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Jerome H. ‘Bip’ White

Jerome H. “Bip” White, 86, died Dec. 4, 2007, at the G.V.(Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson. He was born on May22, 1921, to Martin L. White and Maude Parkman White.

He was a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. Asa corporal in the Mississippi Army National Guard, in Jackson, hewas inducted into federal service on Nov. 25, 1940, by order of thePresident of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. His assignedunit, Company F, 155th Infantry Regiment, 31st Dixie Division,along with other like units, was transferred to Camp Blanding, Fla.He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He served hiscountry honorably for 26 years with combined service in the Armyand Air Force with many and varied assignments in the UnitedStates, Europe and Asia. He was a Mason and a member of Pearl LodgeNo. 23, Jackson. He was a lifelong member of Shiloh Baptist Churchin Sontag.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his brother; and foursisters.

Survivors are his wife, Edna Mason White, of Sontag; his son,Keith White, of Madison; his daughters, Jaime Watford, of Jackson,and Lynn Gandy, of Hazlehurst; and his two grandchildren.

A memorial service for Mr. White will be held at a laterdate.