Funeral services for Gladys Delancy of Wesson are 11 a. m., Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at New Zion Baptist Church in Braxton. Colonial Chapel of Mendenhall is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be held from 10 until 11 a.m. the church.

Mrs. Delancy, 94, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 at her home. She was born Nov. 23, 1919.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter B. Delancy; her parents, Robert Nathanial Shaw and Sarah Willie Walker Shaw; son, Iven Delancy; and daughter, Stella Landrum. She was also preceded by her sisters, Christine and Mildred; and her brother, Oscar.

Survivors are her daughters, Ola Douglas (George), of Wesson, and Betsy Stewart (Billy Joe), of Carthage; her grandchildren, Eric Stewart, Carla Bradford, Craig Stewart, Clint Stewart, Rhoda P. Shirley, David E. Patterson III, Denise Landrum, Jimmy Landrum; 14 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Pallbearers are her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.