Delores Peavy Burris

Services for Delores Peavy Burris, of Monticello, are 10 a.m.Thursday, July 2, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel inBrookhaven with burial in Pleasant Grove United Methodist ChurchCemetery in Brookhaven.

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

Mrs. Burris, 85, died June 30, 2009, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter in Brookhaven. She was born on Feb. 20, 1924, to ArchiePeavy and Courtney Fuller Peavy.

She was a homemaker. She was a member of Pleasant Grove UnitedMethodist Church. Mrs. Burris was also a member of the Order of theEastern Star.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Archie Peavy andCourtney Fuller Peavy; her husband, Nolan Burris; and her sons,Nolan Dee Burris and Bruce Darryl Burris Sr.

Survivors are a son, Kenney Burris and wife, Linda Burris, ofSaint Francisville, La.; and her three grandchildren, Darryl Burrisand wife, April Burris, of Brookhaven, Jesse Burris, of SaintFrancisville, and Mike Nuckles and wife, Susan, of Brookhaven.

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Nelda Lorraine Clark

Services for Nelda Lorraine Clark, of Liberty and formerly ofBogue Chitto, are 1 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Brookhaven FuneralHome Chapel on North Jackson Street with burial in Mt. PleasantBaptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Thursday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mrs. Clark, 87, died June 29, 2009, at Liberty Community LivingCenter. She was born in Lincoln County on April 26, 1922, to JesseJames Price and Winnie Burns Price.

She was a homemaker. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant BaptistChurch and was also a member of the church’s Woman’s MissionaryUnion.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, CharlesLeland “C.L. Buddy” Clark; a son, Bud Clark; her brothers, JamesLee Price and John William Price; and her sisters, Beth Comer andJessie B. Price.

Survivors are her sons, Ronnie Clark, Jamie Clark and FerrisClark, all of Bogue Chitto; her daughters, Lorraine Thomas, MarilynBrown, both of Bogue Chitto, and Charlene Reid, of Slidell, La.;her sisters, Virginia Faye Wallace and Janice Wallace, both ofBogue Chitto; her 10 grandchildren; and her 10great-grandchildren.

Randale Nowell

Services for Randale Nowell were 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, atMcClain-Hays Chapel in Philadelphia with burial in Harmony Cemeteryin Winston County with Masonic rites.

Mr. Nowell, 70, died June 27, 2009, at his residence. He wasborn in the Nanih Waiya Community of Winston County.

He lived in Leland for a number of years. Mr. Nowell had madehis home in Bogue Chitto since 2003. He was a member ofWinstonville Masonic Lodge.

Survivors are his sons, Justin Nowell, of Bogue Chitto, andDaniel Nowell, of Louisville; a daughter, Pamela Wagner, of BogueChitto; a brother, Larry Wayne Nowell, of Louisville; his sisters,Shirley Knotts, of Louisville, Freda Blakney, of Mize, Doris Beaty,of Byrdstown, Tenn., and Veanice McBrayer, of Ferndale, Mich.; andhis seven grandchildren.

Marie ‘Ma Pick’ Pickering

Services for Marie “Ma Pick” Pickering, of Bude, are 11 a.m.Thursday, July 2, at the Pentecostal Lighthouse with burial inMidway Cemetery in Meadville. The Revs. Lanse Foster, Lynn Oglesby,Shannon Martin and Brian Foster will officiate.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 9 p.m. at Franklin FuneralHome and Thursday from 10 until 11 a.m. at the church.

Mrs. Pickering, 89, died June 29, 2009, at Mississippi BaptistMedical Center in Jackson. She was born in Franklin County on April1, 1920, to Emmitt Johnston and Mamie Wells Johnston.

She was a homemaker. She was a member of PentecostalLighthouse.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, LevonPickering; and a son, James Russell Pickering.

Survivors are a son, Lynn Pickering and wife, Angie, of Jackson;her daughters, Peggy Maples and husband, Billy, of Jackson, La.,and Margaret Foster and husband, Donald, of Raymond; her brothers,Emmitt Johnston, of McComb; a stepbrother, Floyd Wilkinson, ofSmithdale; a stepsister, Mildred Sasser, of Bogue Chitto; her eightgrandchildren; and her 13 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Braxton Foster, Rodney Foster, Terry Maples, TimMaples, Justin Maples, Jeremy Maples, Spencer Pickering and RickyJohnston.

Honorary pallbearers are Calvin Foster and Paul Dixon.

Charles Wesley Thompson Sr.

Services for Charles Wesley Thompson Sr., of Brookhaven, are 11a.m. Friday, July 3, at R.E. Tyler Funeral Home Chapel inBrookhaven with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Visitation is Thursday from noon until 7 p.m. at the funeralhome with family present from 6 until 7 p.m.

Mr. Thompson, 90, died June 26, 2009, at Hospice Ministries inRidgeland. He was born in Jefferson County on Dec. 30, 1918, toBoss Thompson and Blanche Thompson.

He was a barber. Mr. Thompson served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.

Preceding him in death were parents; and his brothers, M.C.Thompson, George Thompson and Charlie Thompson.

Survivors are his spouse, Virginia Mae Thompson, of Brookhaven;his sons, Cortez and Charles Thompson Jr., of St. Louis, Mo.; hisdaughters, Cresleonyta Thompson and Cleatrice Smiril, of St. Louis;a sister, Josie Mae Roberson, of Chicago, Ill.; his sevengrandchildren; and a great-grandchild.