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Obituaries
Bobbie Jean Barksdale, 69, died April 21, 2012. She was born in Holly Springs. At age 15, she relocated to Chicago, Ill. She joined and was baptized at New Alpha Ministries Church in Chicago. She began her professional career in her teens and worked until retirement in the industrial industry. She retired in 2008 from Harber Industrials in Bedford Park, Ill. Services were held at 12 noon on April 28 at Gatling’s Chapel in Chicago. Pastor Rev. Carsie Earl Barnes III officiated. Burial was in Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Ill. She leaves her husband of 51 years, LaSalle Barksdale; two brothers, Charlie “Hunter” Walker (Barneta) and Terry Lee Shaw (Lissie); three sisters, Edmonia Phillips (J.T.), Maud Richardson (Warren), Vera Mae Nunnally (Robert), all of Chicago. She was preceded in death by brothers Issac Walker, Elcan Walker and Robert Walker Jr.; and sisters Julie Mae Walker, Mozell Watson and Lacy Miller. Pallbearers were Maurice Nunnally, Marvin Richardson, Jermaine Walker, Devontay Gary, Tracey Crawford and Jamie Miller. Honorary pallbearers were Charlie “Hunter” Walker, Robert Nunnally, Tyrone Rogers, Terry Lee Shaw, Charles Nunnally Sr. and Brandon Woods. Suellen L. Feathers Suellen L. Feathers, 43, of Holly Springs, died April 24, 2012, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. She was a Baptist and a cafeteria worker with Marshall Academy. Services were held at 2 p.m. on April 25 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery. She leaves her son, Kenneth Feathers Jr. of Holly Springs; two daughters, Kristen Feathers of Holly Springs, Pam Feathers of Hickory Flat; her mother, Carolyn Luttrell of Holly Springs; her grandmother, Alease Alderson of Olive Branch; two sisters, Amie Luttrell of Olive Branch, Gracie Luttrell of Holly Springs; and one grandchild. For online condolences visit www.hsfuneralhome.com. Danny Lee Harper Danny Lee Harper, 52, of Holly Springs, died April 26, 2012, at his home. He was a plumber for 15 years with Olive Branch Plumbing Company. Services were held at 1 p.m. on April 28 at Crown of Life Church in Southaven. Serenity Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He leaves two daughters, Tabatha Baldwin, Krystle Harper, both of Byhalia; three sisters, Connie Inman, Judy Klockenya, both of Memphis, Tenn., Tina Emerson of Lakeland, Tenn.; three brothers, Terry Harper of Walls, Michael Harper of Memphis, Timothy Harper of Burlison, Tenn.; and three grandchildren. William Andrew Harris William Andrew Harris, 47, of Rossville, Tenn., died April 28, 2012, at his home. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and a truck driver. Services were held at 11 a.m. on May 2 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery. Bro. Frank Feathers and Bro. Billy Adair officiated. He leaves his wife, Debra Watson Harris; his mother, Mary Harris of Waterford; a daughter, April Harris of Rossville; two brothers, Greg Harris, Willie Harris, both of Waterford; two sisters, Penny Rikarb of Waterford, Debbye Jean Harris of Sarasota, Fla. Pallbearers were Brad Crumley, Bubba Wilson, Robbie Watson, William Watson, Brett Crumley, Dustin Watson, Frankie Houston and Billy Fuller. For online condolences visit www.hsfuneralhome.com.
Tavarus Dewayne Holland, 29, of Corinth, formerly of Holly Springs, died April 21, 2012, at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth. He was an auditor with RGIS Inventory in Memphis, Tenn. Services were held at 11 a.m. on April 28 at Mt. Newell MB Church in Red Banks, where he was a member. Burial was in Mt. Newell Memorial Garden in Red Banks. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He leaves his father, Billy Holland Sr. of Georgia; a sister, Felecia Watson of Holly Springs; and a brother, Billy Holland Jr. of Holly Springs.
Clay Columbus Jones, 64, died April 20, 2012. He professed a faith in Christ at an early age and joined Adolphus Chapel CME Church. At the time of his passing, he was a member of McIntyre MB Church, where he served as a deacon and a member of the choir. Shortly after graduating W.T. Sims High School in 1966, he married Emma Mae Gill. Later he married Versia M. Crane. He sang with Adolphus Chapel Male Chorus. Most of his career was spent in construction with Webb Building Construction Company of Memphis, Tenn., where he specialized in concrete finishing. He supervised and trained many employees. Services were held at 11 a.m. on April 28 at Anderson Chapel CME Church in Holly Springs. Rev. Willie Hoey and Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Jones officiated. Burial was in Cottrell Memorial Garden. Serenity Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He leaves his wife of 23 years, Versia M. Jones; a daughter, Doris Norman (Calvin) of Potts Camp; three sons, Clay E. Jones of Olive Branch, Randy C. Jones, Marcus A. Jones, both of Holly Springs; stepsons Kevin L. Crane (Shanika), Katarus L. Crane, Darryl H. Crane of Corinth; a stepdaughter, Kimberly L. White (Omar) of Holly Springs; three brothers, A.J. Jones (Pam) of Milwaukee, Wisc., Robert E. Jones (Elnora) of Dayton, Ohio, Kenneth E. Jones (Frances) of Pleasant Grove, Ala.; seven sisters, Ocia B. Smith of Etta, Anner M. Lang, Carrie L. Ellis of Dayton, Ohio, Margarie J. Stovall of Byram, Verlease Blackmon of Joliet, Ill., Arlender Jones of Memphis, Tenn., Aurelia Jones-Smith (Elijah) of Jackson; and 16 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by six brothers, Roosevelt Jones, L.C. Jones, Alvin C. Jones, Dave Wesley Jones, Henry Boyd Sr., Willie A. Boyd; and two sisters, Reolia Bell and Earnestine Dickerson Wilkins. Pallbearers were Desie Howell, Fitzgerald Richmond, Jimmy Shipp, William Robinson, Stanley McCauley, Larry Howell, Travis Howell and Douglas Faulkner. Honorary pallbearers were A.J. Jones, Kenneth E. Jones, Robert E. Jones, Theodore Blackmon Sr., Elijah Smith and the gentlemen of W.T. Sims High School, Class of 1966. Virgie Ann Miller Virgie Ann Miller, 56, of Collierville, Tenn., died April 27, 2012, at her home. She was employed by Syncada Corp. for the past four years and was a member of the Macon (Tennessee) Church of Christ. Services were held at 2 p.m. on April 28 at the Marlow Church of Christ in Walnut. Burial was in the Hopewell Cemetery in Saulsbury, Tenn. She leaves her mother, Alline Wilkinson Miller; three sisters, Judy (Mitchell) Gurley of Potts Camp, Jane (Lee) White, Betty Wilson, both of Collierville, Tenn.; a brother, Larry (Mary) Miller of Marion, Ark. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Macon Church of Christ, 7010 Hwy 195, Somerville, TN 38068. Robert E. Sanderlin Jr. Robert E. Sanderlin Jr., 52, of Byhalia, died April 22, 2012, at his home. He was a Baptist, a sprinkler fitter in fire protection and a member of Local Union #669. Services were held at 11 a.m. on April 25 at Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Byhalia. Burial was in Byhalia Cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He leaves his mother, Wynona Jean Sanderlin of Byhalia; two sons, James Sanderlin of Byhalia, Corey Sanderlin of Watson; a daughter, Loni Brock of Watson; a sister, Susan Minor of Byhalia; and six grandchildren. For online condolences visit www.hsfuneralhome.com.
Clarence D. Scott Clarence D. Scott, 80, of Michigan City, died April 19, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was a member of Mt. Salem MB Church in Hickory Valley, Tenn., a U.S. Army veteran and a retired factory worker with Motan Company. Services were held at 2 p.m. on April 25 at Hardaway MB Church in Michigan City. Burial was in Mitchell Cemetery in Michigan City. Rev. Sammy Scott officiated. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He leaves his wife, Loyce Buggs Scott; two sisters, Ella White of Rockford, Ill., Bobbie Scott of Love Park, Ill.; three brothers, Seiver Scott Jr. of Grand Junction, Tenn, Sammy Scott, Milton Scott, both of Detroit, Mich.; a granddaughter and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Clarence Scott Jr.; and a sibling, Wylie Scott. Betty Jo Stewart Betty Jo Stewart, 78, of Myrtle, died April 24, 2012, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was the widow of Roy W. Stewart and Pentecostal. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. on April 27 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Olive Branch. Holly Springs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She leaves two brothers, Dorman Raines of Verde Valley, Az., Durl Raines of Batesville; two sisters, Dorothy Whittington of Potts Camp, Mary Ann Loper of Memphis, Tenn.; and two grandchildren. For online condolences visit www.hsfuneralhome.com. Chesley Thorne Smith Chesley Thorne Smith, 101, died April 24, 2012 at her home in Holly Springs. She was born the first day of June, 1910, in Holly Springs, the daughter of Buxton Thorne, a native of Airlie, NC, and Voorhies Daniel Thorne. Her education was first in the grammar school, high school, and collegiate departments of Mississippi Synodical College, a Presbyterian institution in Holly Springs, and at Randolph Macon College in Lynchburg, Va, which she attended in 1929 – 1930. On December 2, 1931, she married a young lawyer, Lemuel Augustus Smith Jr. Later a judge, he served on the Mississippi Supreme Court for 17 years, from 1965 until 1982, when he retired as Presiding Justice. Mrs. Smith graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B.A.E. in mathematics in 1961, and taught mathematics in schools in Holly Springs and in Jackson, while her husband was a Supreme Court judge. Judge Smith died in 2001. They had two children, L. A. Smith III, of Jackson, and Caffey S. Litkenhous of Huntsville, Ala.; two grandchildren, Edward Litkenhous III, of Huntsville, and Anna L. Merritt of Birmingham, Ala.; and three great-grandchildren, James Augustus Merritt, Alston Merritt and Margaret (Meg) Merritt of Birmingham. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her brother, Dr. Edward Alston Thorne, M.D., of Holly Springs. She was noted as a photographer and collector of antique photographs, documents, letters and diaries related to the history of Holly Springs and Marshall County. She began taking pictures as a child in 1918. She was generous in allowing use of material from her collection, which was professionally arranged and preserved. Material from the collection has appeared in a number of historical works. A turn-of-the-century photograph from her collection was used on the jacket of “A Vanishing America” published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, in 1964. Mrs. Smith’s father is in the center of the picture, which depicts two couples in a lakeside serenade. The section of this book pertaining to Holly Springs was written by Hodding Carter. Nine photographs as well as historical information were used by Mary Carol Miller in “Lost Mansions of Mississippi,” published in 1996. Dr. Robert Milton Winter made extensive use of Mrs. Smith’s collection in his massive history, “Shadow Of A Mighty Rock,” published in 1997. In 1999 Thomas Berryhill Press published “Our Pen Is Time, The Diary Of Emma Finley” with commentary by Dr. Robert Milton Winter, including photographs from the Chesley Smith collection, and in 2001, “Civil War Women, The Diaries Of Belle Strickland and Cora Harris Watson,” with commentary by Dr. Winter, using Mrs. Smith’s copy of the Strickland diary and photographs from her collection. Hubert H. McAlexander, Ph.D., acknowledged use of Mrs. Smith’s resources in “The Prodigal Daughter,” his biography of the writer and Longfellow protégée Sherwood Bonner, published in 1981, and in “A Southern Tapestry,” his history of Marshall County published in 2000. In 1996, Mrs. Smith published her memoir, “Childhood In Holly Springs.” The success of this memoir, as well as widespread used of her collection, in part led to her receiving the “Ageless Heroes” award in 2000, the annual award sponsored by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Mrs. Smith was a member and officer in a number of historical and genealogical organizations including the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of Seventeenth Century, and Magna Carta Dames. She was a charter member of the Mississippi Company, Jamestowne Society. She was a member of Christ Church (Episcopal) Holly Springs, and while living in Jackson, a member of Saint Stephens Episcopal Church. Services were at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, at Christ Episcopal Church with The Rev. Bruce McMillan officiating. Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery in Holly Springs. Holly Springs Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Christ Episcopal Church, P.O Box 596, Holly Springs, MS 38635. For online condolences visit www.hsfuneralhome.com. Fay Sprayberry Fay Sprayberry, 79, of Ashland, died April 28, 2012, at Ashland Health & Rehab. She was the widow of Lavoy Sprayberry. She was a member of Bluff Springs Baptist Church in Ashland and a convenience store manager. Services were held at 2 p.m. on April 30 at Holly Springs Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Bluff Springs Cemetery in Ashland. Bro. Faron Ash officiated. She leaves two sons, Leslie Sprayberry, David Sprayberry, both of Ashland; two daughters, Betty Fay Sike of Jasper, Ala, Patricia Williams of Ashland; a brother, Billy Taylor of Ashland; 10 grandchildren 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Angela Sprayberry. For online condolences visit www.hsfuneralhome.com. Pamela Dawn Waldrop Pamela Dawn Waldrop, 52, of Olive Branch, died March 31, 2012, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. She was the owner of Lighthouse Book Store in Holly Springs, a member of the Christian Book Association and served as a pastor’s wife for 23 years. Services were held at 12 noon on April 3 at the Pentecostal Church in Memphis, Tenn. Burial was in Autumn Woods Cemetery in Olive Branch. Memorial Park Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She leaves her husband of 35 years, Jerry Waldrop; a daughter, Crystal Hobbs (Nathaniel); sons Craig Waldrop (Joanna), Brad Waldrop (Deana), and Jeremiah Waldrop (Rachel); her father, Charles William Taylor; brothers, Randy and Patrick Taylor; and 10 grandchildren.
A.C. Wilson, 60, of Holly Springs, died April 23, 2012, at his home. He was a construction worker. Services were held at 11 a.m. on April 28 at Mt. Comfort CME Church in Waterford, where he was a member. Burial was in the church cemetery. Rev. Charles Penson officiated. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He leaves his wife, Les Martin Wilson; three children, Amanda Greer of Olive Branch, Albert Curtis Wilson, Rodney Wilson, both of Memphis, Tenn.; two sisters, Hattie Logan of Newark, Ohio, Lizzie Avent of Cleveland, Ohio; three brothers, Pastor James Wilson, Curtis Lee Wilson, both of Memphis, Tenn., T.C. Wilson of Abbeville; and three grandchildren.
Arine Falkner Wooten, 72, of Horn Lake, formerly of Holly Springs, died April 24, 2012, at Baptist Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. She was the widow of Prentiss Wooten. She was a member of Strickland United Methodist Church in Byhalia. Services were held at 2:30 p.m. on April 28 at Smith Grove MB Church. Burial was in Strickland United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Herman Flemon officiated. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She leaves six daughters, Barbara (Russell) Thomas of Horn Lake, Sadie King of Memphis, Tenn., Audrey (Antonio) Cox of Chicago, Ill., Shirley (Dwayne) Fitts of Byhalia, Sweetie Wooten of Holly Springs, Dominique Wooten of Horn Lake; three sons, Prentiss (Constance) Wooten Jr. of Newnan, Ga., Eddie (Mae) Wooten of Holly Springs, Ron Wooten of Homestead, Fla.; her father, Eddie Falkner of Holly Springs; eight sisters, Queen Hardin of Memphis, Marie Ayers of Chicago, Ill., Etherlene Falkner, Darlene Dowdy, both of Holly Springs, Easter Pegues of Olive Branch, Emma Newson, Mary Ann Wooten, Willie Mae DeBerry, all of Memphis; three brothers, A.D. Jones of Hernando, Lee Falkner, Phillip Milan, both of Holly Springs; 28 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. |
     
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