Charles Cecil Boyd

Services for Charles Cecil Boyd, of Ruth, are 10 a.m. Saturday,Jan. 31, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel with burial inRuth Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Boyd, 65, died Jan. 28, 2009, at Mississippi Baptist MedicalCenter in Jackson. He was born on March 9, 1943, to Charles C. Boydand Nellie Rushing Freeman.

He was a retired from Illinois Central Railroad. He served inthe U.S. Army National Guard. He was a member of First BaptistChurch in McComb.

Preceding him in death were his father; and his wife, ConnieBoyd.

Survivors are his mother; a son, Cecil G. Boyd and wife, Pamela,of Tupelo; a daughter, Veronica S. Boyd, of Ruth; a brother, JerryBoyd and wife, Judy, of Ruth; a sister, Catherine White andhusband, Bobby, of Ruth; and his three grandchildren, Tyler C.Boyd, Charles T. Boyd and Karriss Boyd, all from Tupelo.

Sheldon Elliot Burns

Services for Sheldon Elliot Burns, of Lexington, Ky., are 11a.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at Harrigill Funeral Home Chapel with burialin Concord Baptist Church Cemetery in McCall Creek.

Visitation is Sunday from 10 until 11 a.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Burns, 92, died Jan. 28, 2009, at Thompson-Hood VeteransCenter in Wilmore, Ky. He was born on Nov. 7, 1916, to Henry A.Burns and Maggie Price.

He had a military career with in the U.S Air Force serving inWorld War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Elaine C. Burns, of Lexington; hisdaughters, Patricia Dianne Guinn and husband, Jerry, of Lexington,and Gwendolyn Hinkel and husband, Steve, of Tallahasse, Fla.; histwo grandchildren, Denise Spittler, of Georgetown, Ky., and MatthewHinkel, of Tallahasse.

In lieu flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Of TheBluegrass, 2312 Alexander Drive, Lexington, Ky., 40501.

Melma B. May

Graveside services for Melma B. May, of Chicago, Ill., are 2p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Topisaw Church Cemetery in Ruth.

Visitation is Saturday from 1 until 2 p.m. at R.E. Tyler FuneralHome.

Mrs. May, 87, died Jan. 20, 2009, at Advocate Trinity Hospitalin Chicago. She was born in Pike County on Aug. 20, 1921, to PrimCayton and Rachel Cayton.

She was a retired sewing machine operator. She was a member ofGreater Union Baptist Church in Chicago.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Jessie W.May; a child, Mary; her five siblings, Cleophus Cayton, BusterCayton, Thelma Harris, Nelson Cayton and Annett Cayton.

Survivors are her sons, John Henry May, of Hazlecrest, Ill.,Prim May, Solemon May, both of Newark, N.J., and James May, ofChicago; her daughters, Doris Robinson, Jessie Collier, both ofChicago, and Juliette Orr, of Chicago; a brother, M.C. Cayton, ofMarkham, Ill.; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren,and great-great-grandchildren.

Brenda Ratcliff

Services for Brenda Ratcliff, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Monday,Feb. 2, at Friendship M.B. Church with burial in the churchcemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 1 until 5 p.m. at R.E. Tyler FuneralHome.

Mrs. Ratcliff, 55, died Jan. 27, 2009, at Countrybrook LivingCenter. She was born in Wesson on July, 31, 1953, to Charlie J.Washington and Ruby L. Rawls Washington.

She attended Eva H. Harris School and graduated from EnterpriseAttendance Center. She was employed for a number of years in thefood department at Wal-Mart Distribution Center.

Preceding her in death were her parents.