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Jerome Frederick "Sam" Billingsley
Died: Saturday, November 27, 2004
Age: 79
Jerome Frederick "Sam" Billingsley of Oxford, 79, died Saturday, November 27, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Services were Monday, November 29 at 3 p.m. at Wilson and Knight Chapel in Green wood with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr. Billingsley was born in Looxahoma and was a graduate of Memphis State University. He served in the Signal Corp in the U.S. Army during World War II. His former residence was in Panama City, Illinois, 57, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004.
Services were held Friday, December 3 at 12:00 p.m. at Old Pilgrim Rest B.C. with burial in Old Pilgrim Rest M.B.C. Cemetery in Durant. Pastor Otis Fluker, Jr. officiated. Arrangements were entrusted to Porter & Sons Funeral Home in Lexington and Leak & Sons Funeral Home in Chicago, Mississippi Valley State University and attained a Bachelor of Science in Sociology in 1967. After teaching for a year at Goodman Elementary School, she moved to Chicago, Illinois teaching as an elementary school teacher. She attained a Masters in Education from Chicago State University in 2000. Mrs. Horton was certified to teach grades kindergarten through 12 and endorsed in the subjects of Language Arts, General Science, U.S. History and Social Science.
Survivors include: mother, Mattie Pearl; son, Will, Sr.; siblings, Albertine, Henry, Heardes, Brady, Mac, Haze, Elsie and Floyd.
She was preceded in death by her father, Henry; sisters, Brenda and Linda; and brother Malcolm.
Active pallbearers were: Mac Butler, Henry Butler, Brady Butler, Floyd Butler, Heardes Butler, and Brady Hightower.
Honorary pallbearers were: Frank Wade, Heardes Butler, Jr., Trumain Butler, and Byron Butler.
Doris Ellis
Died: Sunday, November 21, 2004
Age: 79
Doris Ellis of Lexington, 79, died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at University Medical Center in Jackson.
Graveside service were held Tuesday, November 23 at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in West. Rev. Gowan Ellis officiated.
A native of Holmes County, she is the daughter of the late Benjamin S. Ellis and Cora English Ellis. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Ms. Ellis was preceded in death by two sisters, Lorine Farmer and Earnestine Ellis and one brother, Earl Ellis.
Survivors include: one brother, Richard Bryant Ellis of West; two sisters, Velma Davis of Manchester, Texas, Pauline Roberson of Isola, Annie Mae Grantham, Dorothy Grantham, and Elizabeth Grantham, all of Lexington; 5 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Hayes Grantham, Matt Hathcock, Buddy Hathcock, Richard Chisolm, Danny Ingold, and Jeffie Alford.
GEORGE TERRY PILGRIM
Died: Monday, December 26, 2005
Age: 91
George Terry Pilgrim of Sallis, 91, died on Monday, December 26, 2005 at Montfort Jones Hospital in Kosciusko.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Southern Funeral Home chapel in Durant with Rev. Bill Develin officiating. Burial was in Seneasha Cemetery. Southern Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Mr. Pilgrim was born in Neshoba County to the late George Madison Pilgrim and Sadie Rideout Pilgrim. He was a retired welder and mechanic. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Durant.
Survivors include: sons, J. P. Pilgrim of Pickens, George Pilgrim of Kosciusko, and John M. Pilgrim of Sallis; daughters, Annie Laura Parkerson of Kosciusko, and Elaine Dickerson of Sallis; 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Travis Putnam, Charlie Putnam, Lester Parker, Steve Spell, Tommy Pinkerton, and Greg Cochran.
Sherry Lynn Roberson
Died: Saturday, December 24, 2005
Age: 38
Sherry Lynn Roberson of Brandon, 38, departed this life on Saturday, December 24, 2005 in Gulf Shores, Missouri and a longtime resident of Rankin County and was nondenominational.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Easter Mae Carroll.
Survivors include her husband, Rodney Roberson of Brandon; sons, Charles "Chad" Roberson and Zachary "Zack" Roberson of Brandon; father, James Carroll of West; sisters, Tina Farmer of Kosciusko and Marilyn Kyte of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.
Funeral services were held on Monday, December 26 at 2:00 p.m. at Southern Funeral Home chapel in Lexington. Bro. Harold Schmidt and Bro. Joel Smith conducted the service with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.
Mr. Millwood was born on May 25, 1930 in Humphreys County, the son of Jesse Millwood and Eva Smith Millwood. He was a millwright with B. E. & K. and Daniels Construction. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Durant.
Survivors include: his wife, Jean P. Millwood of Lexington; a son, Harold Upchurch of Lexington; seven daughters, Marilyn Branham and Yvonne Adams, both of Columbia, Alabama; Patty Rushing of Natchez; Cheri Grice of Vicksburg; Tina Upchurch and Adrianna Upchurch, both of Lexington; fourteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Kris Upchurch, Kyle Upchurch, Trey Upchurch, Donnie Holder, Tony Holder, Dustin Williams, and Joey Clementi.
Honorary pallbearers were: Greg Adcock, Elbert Keith, Edgar Caldwell, Jean Thompson, Alex Upchurch, Joel Smith, John Downer, Larry Mayo, J. T. Keen, Jerry Grice, Eric Allen, and Mitchell Rushing.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 307 East Madison Street, Durant, MS 39063.
ELSIE CRENSHAW GIBSON
Died: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Age: 79
Elsie Juanita Crenshaw Gibson of Starkville, 79, died December 19, 2005 in Lexington.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at Welch Funeral Home chapel in Starkville with Reverend Cornell Daughtry officiating. Burial was in Oktibbeha Memorial Park. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville handled arrangements.
Mrs. Gibson was born in Collinsville. She was a retired Engineer with South Central Bell and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edsel Wesley Gibson, and her son, Tommy Edsel Gibson.
Survivors include: a daughter-in-law, Susan Williams of Starkville; granddaughters, Stephanie Gibson Barrett and her husband Richard of Lexington and Courtney Anne Gibson of Madison; niece, Cynthia Hudson Feltenstein of Tupelo; nephew, Butch Gibson of Meridian; great grandson, Lawson Barrett of Lexington; and great granddaughters, Mary Cannon Barrett and Anna Kate Barrett, both of Lexington.
Memorial donations may be made to Fellowship Baptist Church or Calvary Baptist Church.
CHARLES “ROSCOE” IVEY
Died: Friday, December 09, 2005
Age: 53
Charles Ivey of Green wood, MS, 53, died December 9, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio. Alabama; a brother, Pee Wee Miller of Vaiden; three sisters, Maudie Oliphant of Oxford, Dorothy Grice of West, and Shirley Strahan of Kosciusko; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Robert Strahan, Loyd Nolan Oliphant, Bobo Howell, Lamar Townsend, Jimmy McDonald, and Ricky Myers.
