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Katie Mae Cummings Vernon
Services for Katie Mae "Bluejay" Cummings Vernon will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Grove M.B. Church with the Rev. Willie Hardy officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Williams Funeral Service.
Mrs. Vernon died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Chicago. She was 93.
Mrs. Vernon was a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, where she had served as president of the Usher Board. She worked as a cook at both Waterways Experiment Station and the Grange Hall community's Head Start, which she also helped found.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Vernon; a daughter, Johnnie Mae Jenkins; 11 siblings; and her parents, Green e and Mariah Cummings.
Survivors include two grandchildren, Larry Maurice Jenkins of Hammond, Ind., and Toni Darden of Hickory Hills, Ill.; six great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews and other relatives, including members of the Buck, Braboy, Brown, Funches, Harris and Scott families of Vicksburg.
Sammie Williams
Services for Sammie Williams will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home with the Rev. L.A. Hall officiating. Burial will be Monday at National Cemetery in Natchez.
Mr. Williams died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home. He was 85.
Mr. Williams was a custodial worker and veteran of World War II. He was a member of Mount Heroden M.B. Church, where he was in the choir. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 213.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Mary M. Williams, and seven brothers, Andrew Williams, Eddie Williams, Alison Williams, Arthur Williams, Ernest Williams, Ardell Williams and John Williams.
He is survived by his wife, Sadie Braxton Williams of Vicksburg; a stepson, Melvin E. Redmond Sr. of Vicksburg; two sisters, Loaner Neely of Vallejo, Calif.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
Chesley Mims Boggan
MENDENHALL - Chesley Mims Boggan died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at his home in Mendenhall. He was 79.
Mr. Boggan was an administration manager for Brown & Root Inc., and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. He served in the Coast Guard.
He was a member of the Simpson County Economic Development Foundation, Texas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Anita B. and Ed Schilling and Ronda B. and Larry Wolfe, all of Vicksburg; a brother, Johnnie Theron Boggan of Florence; two sisters-in-law, Edna Earle Boggan of Brandon and Pauline Boggan of Mendenhall; and six grandchildren, Amanda Brice, Lenora Schilling and Jasmine Wolfe, all of Vicksburg, Jeremy Wolfe of Starkville, Sean Boggan of League City and Brigid Boggan of Austin, N.Y.; one daughter, Adra R. McDermott of Edwards; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives.
W.T. Gattis Jr.
DELHI - W.T. "Bill" Gattis Jr. died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, in Monroe. He was 85.
Mr. Gattis retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Air Force.
He was preceded in death by his wife, June Gattis.
He is survived by a daughter, Janelle Gattis of Indian Wells, Colo.
Memorial services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cox Funeral Home in Delhi. Burial will follow at Delhi Masonic Cemetery.
Nora Willodeen Powell Jones
OAK GROVE - Nora Willodeen Powell Jones died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at West Carroll Memorial Hospital. She was 83.
Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her husband, Reyburn Jones; her mother, Zora Royals Powell; her father, James Buchanan Powell; two sisters, Eunice Keys and Christine Henry; three brothers, Elvin Powell, Jack Powell and Ford Powell; and a grandson, Willis Arland Purvis.
She is survived by two daughters, Reba Keith of West Monroe and Johnniece Waters of Oak Grove; two brothers, J.B. Powell of Monterey, La., and Wendell Powell of Minden, Parker officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wayne Keyes, Wayne Boyte, Kenneth Gunter, Jimmy Gunter, Johnny Gunter and Danny Creech.
Terrance Kelly
PORT GIBSON - Terrance Kelly died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at University Medical Center in Jackson. He was 28.
Mr. Kelly was preceded in death by his mother, Rose Mary Kelly Sykes; a sister, Tamarreka Devoual; a grandfather, Joe Kelly Sr.; and a grandmother, Willie T. Devoual.
He is survived by his father and stepmother, Roderick and Clarissa Devoual of Port Gibson; his maternal grandmother, Rosetta Kelly of Port Gibson; his paternal grandfather, J.C. Devoual of Port Gibson; five brothers, Robert Sykes Jr., Rodel Devoual, Roderick Devoual, Kerrick Watson and Divante Christian, all of Port Gibson; two sisters, LaQunda Hedrick of Dallas, Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson and Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.
Myrtle L. Leasy
PORT GIBSON - Myrtle L. Leasy died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Waukegan, Ill. She was 71.
Mrs. Leasy is survived by a son, Jimmy Ellis of Port Gibson; nine brothers, Johnnie Banks, Clarence Banks and Edgar Banks, all of Waukegan, Elvin Banks, Jerry Banks, Jimmy Banks and James Banks, all of Jackson, Denny Banks of Atlanta and Jimmy Banks of Ames, Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson and Saturday at the church from noon until the service.
Edward Curtis McClain
EDWARDS - Edward Curtis "Eddie" McClain died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at University of Mississippi. He worked as a waiter at the Park City Club for more than 10 years in Dallas, Indianapolis; a son, Joseph Shelton Jr. of Indianapolis; a daughter, Diane Moffett of Vicksburg; two sisters, Katie Gray and Chaney Peterson, both of Vicksburg; six grandchildren; and other relatives and friends, including the Eastman, Nelson, Peterson, Scott and Shelton families of Vicksburg.
