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Obituaries
Eleanor
Glynn Algee
Eleanor
Glynn Algee, 73,
of Holly Springs, died August 8, 2010, at Baptist Desoto Hospital in
Southaven. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Holly
Springs. She was employed with Department of Human Services and most
recently worked for the Northeast MS Community Services. She loved and
cherished family and friends, adored shopping and gave selfless service
to her community by filling needs wherever she saw a need.
Services
will be held at 3 p.m. on Aug. 11 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery. Rev. Milton Whatley and Rev.
Tony Roberts will officiate.
She
leaves a son,
Doug (Vickie) Teel of Holly Springs; a sister, Chris Gray of Hickory
Flat; two grandchildren, Megan (Nick) Stanton, Colter (Kasie) Teel,
both of Holly Springs; and three great-grandchildren, Maggie Lynn Teel,
Millie Caroline Teel, Kenlee Madison Stanton.
Annie
Mae Brownlee
Annie
Mae Brownlee, 61, of Byhalia, died July 30, 2010, at Baptist DeSoto
Hospital in Southaven. She was a cook.
Services
were held at 11 a.m. on Aug. 7 at Mt. Olive MB Church. Burial was in
the church cemetery. Rodgers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She
leaves two daughters, Renee Brownlee, Tracy Brownlee, both of Byhalia;
two sons, Kelvin Brownlee of Byhalia, Mitchell Brownlee of Waterford;
two sisters, Itta Brownlee, Eva Saulsberry, both of Independence; three
brothers, Mose Mays of Independence, John Mays of Holly Springs, Willie
Mays of Chicago, Ill.; and nine grandchildren.
 James L. Crabb
James
L. Crabb, 80, of Ashland, died Aug. 8, 2010, at Collierville Baptist
Hospital in Collierville, Tenn. He was a member of Canaan Baptist
Church, a welder and fitter with Crabb Welding and a veteran.
Services
were held at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial was in Canaan Cemetery. Bro. Worsham officiated.
He
leaves his wife, Peggy Jones Crabb; a son, Leon Hood of Millington,
Tenn.; a daughter, Tommie Tucker of Ashland; a brother, Kenneth Crabb
of Southaven; a sister, Edrlene Caviness of Jackson, Tenn.; four
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by a son, Roger Hood.
 Louise Hoyle Craine
Louise
Hoyle Craine, 70, of Holly Springs, died July 31, 2010, at her home.
She was a member of Davis Temple Holiness Church, a member of Mother’s
Board and a retired domestic worker.
Services
were held at 1 p.m. on Aug. 5 at Christ Temple Church of God In Christ.
Burial was in Cottrell Memorial Garden. Pastor James Henderson
officiated. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
She
leaves a daughter, Debbie
Render of Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Vertis Wiseman, Cedric Render, both
of Holly Springs; five sisters, Mary Frances McKindra, Ida Grace
Wiggins, both of Memphis, Tenn., Arsie Nell Hoyle, Mary Lois Wilkins,
Maxine Hoyle, all of Holly Springs; a brother, E.C. Hoyle of Holly
Springs; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by a son, Stevie Wiseman; a sister, Daisy Hoyle;
two brothers, John Lem Hoyle Jr. and Marcellus Hoyle.
Pallbearers
were Charles Carter, Michael Hoyle, William Robinson, Terry Faulkner,
Derrick Jones and Timothy Jones. Honorary pallbearers were Tavarius
Faulkner, Vertis N. Wiseman, Ronnie Render, Cedric Render, Xavier
Render, Ladarrius Render.
 Barbara Ann Crumb
Barbara
Ann Crumb, 46, of Holly Springs, died Aug. 1, 2010, in Byhalia. She was
a member of the Muhammad Mosque #78, a former member of Hopewell No. 2
MB Church in Hudsonville, a fork lift operator with Kuehne-Nagel and
former employee of Sherwin Williams.
Services
were held at 11 a.m. on Aug. 7 at Rust College Doxey Auditorium. Burial
was in Cottrell Memorial Garden. Bro. Demetric Muhammad officiated.
J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She
leaves nine children, Nicholas Crumb, Meshach Crumb, Jarvis Crumb,
Octavia Crumb, Justin Crumb, all of Holly Springs, Candis Freeman,
Kevin Freeman, Lillian McCranie, Mitchell Freeman, all of Memphis,
Tenn.; her mother, Nina Mae Crumb Brice of Holly Springs; six sisters,
Andrea Porter of Holly Springs, Kimberly Brice of Atlanta, Ga., Cynthia
Jeffries, Helen Jones, Doris Jones, Josephine Stinson, all of Holly
Springs; two brothers, Henry Jones, Sam Jones, both of Holly Springs;
and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers
were
Nicholas Crumb, Meshach Crumb, Jarvis Crumb, Mitchell Freeman Jr.,
Justin Crumb, Robert Bell and Eric Bell. Honorary pallbearers were
Larry Luellen, Kevin Freeman, Sam Jones, Darrell Finley, Bro. Bridge
Muhammad, Julius Cowan, Paul Allen, Grant Allen, Bro. Clarence Muhammad
and Bro. Gary Muhammad.
Barry
Ferguson
Father
Barry (Poppy) Ferguson, of Lubbock, Tx., died July 31, 2010. He was
born in Baltimore, Md. He served in the U.S. Army, where he met and
married his wife of 44 years, the former Ann Dancy, a 1961 graduate of
Holly Springs High School. She worked at The South Reporter in the
early 1960s. He is best remembered in Lubbock as the priest who opened
and operated Saint Benedict’s Chapel. He was a Mason.
He
leaves his wife, Anne Torrey Dancy Ferguson, formerly of Holly Springs;
a son, Andrew Dancy Ferguson of Hollywood, Md.; a daughter, Tagan
Danielle Ferguson Fullerton of Lubbock, Tx.; a brother, Fred Ferguson
of Baltimore, Md.; and five grandchildren.
There
will be a memorial service at Saint Paul’s on-the-Plains Episcopal
Church on Aug. 19 at 9:30 a.m. The Very Rev. Dr. Steven A. Sellers will
officiate, assisted by the Rev. James P. Haney V, former and current
rectors at St. Paul’s.
The
family requests that
in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the Neighbor to Neighbor
ministry at Saint Paul’s on-the-Plains Episcopal Church or Saint
Benedict’s Chapel. To leave on-line condolences, please visit
www.rixfd.com.
Curtis
Eugene Gurley
Curtis
Eugene Gurley, 76, of Byhalia, died Aug. 5, 2010, at his home. He was a
Christian, a tool and die maker with Gurley Tool and Die, and a veteran.
Services
were held at 2 p.m. on Aug. 8 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial was in Byhalia Cemetery. Bro. Billy Smith officiated.
He
leaves his wife, Martha Gurley; a daughter, Deborah Lemmon of Byhalia;
four brothers, Walter Gurley of Hernando, Phil Gurley of Southaven,
Marion Gurley of Horn Lake, Junior Gurley of Byhalia; five sisters,
Louise Salter of Atlanta, Ga., Suzie Gilliland of Olive Branch, June
Watson of Southaven, Patricia Cole of Southaven, Betty Tuttle of Como;
three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by two daughters, Janie Buyer and Jacquilyn
Gurley.
Pallbearers
were Cameron Fennell, Landen Fennell, Jerry King, Bronson Fennell,
Rocky Lemmon and Billy Jones.
 Myrtle
Ola McAdams Richmond
Myrtle
Ola McAdams Richmond, 74, of Holly Springs, died Aug. 8, 2010, at her
home. She was the widow of Rufus Richmond, a nd Christian. In recent
years, she attended Christ Temple Church of God in Christ.
Visitation
will be held Aug. 13 from 2-6 p.m. and at the church Aug. 14 from
10-10:55 a.m. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Aug. 14 at Jones
Grove MB Church. Burial will be in Cottrell Memorial Garden. Rev. John
Powell will officiate. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home is
in
charge of arrangements.
She
leaves four
daughters, Elizabeth Richmond-Richards, Bertha Turner, Annie Edwards,
all of Memphis, Tenn., Charlene LeSeueur of Holly Springs; four sons,
Willie Wicks, Rufus Richmond Jr., John Richmond, Edward Richmond, all
of Holly Springs; two sisters, Annie Johnson of Memphis, Tenn., Lucille
Height of Chicago, Ill.; a brother, Norman Edward McAdams of Chicago,
Ill.; 21 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby McAdams.
Pallbearers
will be Niko Hamer, William Pinkney, Datarivs Lucas, Zolton Buford,
Justin Wilks, Danny Pool and Lee Edward McKinney.
 John
Willis Royston
John
Willis Royston, 65, of Potts Camp, died Aug. 2, 2010, at his home. He
was a retired laborer with Accurate Roofing Company and with Benton
County’s District 4 Road Crew.
Services
were held
at 11 a.m. on Aug. 7 at Royston Chapel CME Church in Benton County,
where he was a member. Burial was in the church cemetery. Rev. Luther
Minor officiated. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
He
leaves his mother, Celestine
Scales Royston of Potts Camp; three sisters, Delores Royston Minor of
Tupelo, Nestelynn Royston Garrett of Detroit, Mich., Jacquelynn Royston
of Memphis, Tenn.; and a brother, Homer Royston of Memphis, Tenn.
He
was preceded in death by a brother, Sydney Wayne Royston.
Pallbearers
were Wayne Tucker, Maurice Lewis, Kevin Lewis, James T. Scales, Ernest
Price, Duffy Bowen and Stanley Warren. Honorary pallbearers were Homer
Royston, Jason Royston, Abner Garrett, Kenneth Higgenbottom, Ronnie
Royston, Allen Scruggs, Charles Tucker, Edward Anderson and Sidney
Moore.
Cecil
Vernon Vanzant
Cecil
Vernon Vanzant, 78, of Hickory Flat, died Aug. 4, 2010, at North MS
Medical Center in Tueplo. He was a Baptist
Services
were held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 7 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial was in Cornersville Cemetery. Bro. Bill Dowdy officiated.
He
leaves his wife, Evelyn Vanzant-Childers; two sons, John Vanzant of
Hickory FLat, Tim Vanzant of Holly Springs; a daughter, Diane Lollar of
Hickory Flat; four stepdaughters, Gail Howard, Reba Wilkinson, all of
Hickory Flat, Norma Burdett of North Carolina, Treva Taylor of Texas;
five sisters, Joan Farrow of Byhalia, Earnestine Maas of Branson, Mo.,
Louise Bradley of Southaven, Marie Bumpas, Dorothy Darling, both of
Olive Branch; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
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