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Edward Gibson Lipsey
Died: Saturday, October 12, 2002
Age: 73
Lt. Col. Edward Gibson Lipsey, 73, a retired fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, died Saturday, October 12, 2002, at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. Crystal Rose Funeral Home in Tolleson, Texas; two daughters, Tammy McAdams of McAdams and Mary Jobe of Durant; four brothers, Clarence Saxton of Las Vegas, Arizona, and John Pounders of Beggs, Alabama and Robert L. Thweatt of Lexington; one sister, Joyce Almond of Green ville.
Jessie Kimbrough Bradford
Died: Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Age: 85
Jessie Kimbrough Bradford, 85, of Jackson died Wednesday, September 10, 2003. Services were Monday, September 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Hope Spring Baptist Church in Jackson. Rev. Walter L. Johnson, Jr., officiated.
Mrs. Bradford Jr., in 1940. Three sisters preceded her in death Dannerine, Mabelene, and Augustine.
Mrs. Bradford of Denver, Colorado and Roland Michigan died Tuesday, September 2, 2003. Services were Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Ecorse in Ecorse, Mississippi.
She received her education in Lexington, Michigan to seek employment where she met and married Marion Simpson. To this union a son was born Nathan Simpson, both her son and husband preceded her in death.
In 1954, she and her family moved to Southwest Detroit and she transferred her membership to the First Baptist Church. She was on the usher board for thirty-one years and was also a member of the Missionary Society.
Survivors include: a brother, Albert Harris of Chicago, Illinois; adopted daughters, Earline Deering of Lexington, Wisconsin died Tuesday August 26, 2003. Services were Wednesday, September 3, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield, Mississippi. She attended the Elementary and High Schools of Lexington. She was a member of Epworth Methodist Church until she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was a member of Gama Phi Delta Sorority, a lifetime member of the NAACP. She served on the Board of Directors of the Capitol Court Shopping Center, and as president of the 24th Place Block Club.
Survivors include: a husband, Petro Langdon; two sons, Albert III and Michael Pitchford; a daughter, Valerie Benton-Davis; four sisters, Francis Jackson of Waterloo, Illinois, Jeanette Johnson and Mable Rule of Lexington, Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services were held Saturday, August 16 at 3 p.m. at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with burial in Coxburg Methodist Cemetery. Rev. Albert Grey officiated.
Mr. Winstead was the son of Estelle Winstead and Gertrude Hoover Winstead. He was a retired truck driver. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include: his wife, Jimmie Hodges Winstead of Lexington; two sisters, Ann Layton of Terry and Leverne Carver of Yazoo City; three brothers, Buddy Winstead of Eden, Jack Winstead of Tchula, and Jerry Winstead of Gonzales, Mississippi Valley Gas Company. She was a member of the Samuel Hammond Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and the Wallace Class, at St. John’s Methodist Church.
Mrs. Wasson was preceded in death by her parents, George and Jennie Bell Lord.
Survivors include: her husband, David Wasson; her sister, Jane Lord Bailey of Kosciusko; four children, Jenny Penelope Wasson Dralle of New Orleans, David George Wasson of Madison, Zachariah Lord Wasson of Jackson, Melissa Jane Wasson Barrett of Cruger; 9 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
The Wasson family requests that memorials be sent to the Methodist Children’s Home, Sunny Brook Children’s Home or French Camp Academy.
Don N. McLemore
Died: Sunday, January 26, 2003
Age: 56
Don N. McLemore of Lexington, 56, a draftsman and office manager of Williams, Williams and Clark died Sunday, January 26, 2003 at University Medical Center in Jackson. Services were Tuesday, January 28 at 11 a.m. at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. David Farley and Bro. Mike O'Brien officiated.
Mr. McLemore was born to Roger McLemore and Ophelia Williamson McLemore of Holmes County. He was a 1965 graduate of Lexington High School followed by graduation from what is now Holmes Community College. He was a member of Oregon Memorial Church in Lexington, where he was a Steward and Sunday School Teacher.
Survivors include: wife, Lane Maxcy McLemore of Lexington and mother Ophelia Williamson McLemore of Lexington.
Active pallbearers were: Ronnie Rouse, Zacky Killebrew, James Edward Killebrew, Larry Killebrew, Louis Ferrell, Jim Bevill, Wayne Morrison, and Ronnie Chisholm.
