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Ellen Leota Winstead
Services for Mrs. Ellen Leota Winstead, 86, of Lexington were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Southern Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Tranquill Cemetery in Yazoo County.
Mrs. Winstead, a native of Leake County, died Nov. 21, 2003 at University Hospital of Holmes County. She was a member of Tchula Methodist Church.
She is survived by three daughters, Adene Brett, Sandra Carr of Goodman and Shirley Johnson of Green wood; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Rev. Luther Lindsey officiated.
Pallbearers were Everett Kuykendall, Scott Carr, Danny Silvey, Wayne Brett, Paul Hager and Patrick Horne.
William R. Brett
Services for William R. (Billy) Brett, 60 of Florence were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home. Burial was in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Brett, longtime construction owner and superintendent, died April 8, 2004 at the University of Indianapolis, Ind., from 1954-1973 and was a member of the Franklin Road Baptist Church. She moved to Calif.; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, John M. Burnley in 2001, a son, William Floyd Burnley in 1981 and four brothers, George, Aldron, T.J. and Elihu Hutchison.
Memorials may be made to the Woodmont Health Campus Green house Fund.
Leonard Herrington
Services for Leonard Herrington, 74, of Ackerman were held April 8 at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Ackerman.
Burial was in Enon Cemetery with Coleman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Herrington was a native of New Albany where he graduated from high school. He attended Mississippi where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
He was plant manager/owner of the Ackerman Shirt Company. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Rotary Club and was a recipient of the club's Paul Harris Award. He was a Mason and Shriner and served on the Pushmataha Council of Boy Scouts. He served on the Choctaw County School Board and was an alderman for the Town of Ackerman.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Mary Kathryn Grittman Herrington of Ackerman; daughters, Kathryn Davis of Starkville, Leigh Naugher of Kosciusko, Elizabeth Beatty of Hoover, Ala.; a brother, Jack Herrington of New Albany; sisters, Peggy Campbell of Pontotoc, Anne Barker of Jackson, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren.
he was preceded in death by a son, Leonard Herrington III.
The Rev. George Buell officiated.
Pallbearers were Houston Sanford, Allen Sanford, Pinson Naugher, Texas, former resident of Kosciusko, died April 10, 2004 while visiting with his family in Grand Prairie, Texas-Mexico border.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Harlingen. Prior to graveside services at Coleman Cemetery in McAdams today (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. the family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. in the parlor of First Baptist Church in Kosciusko.
Lepard was a graduate of Texas and northern Mexico.
Serving on the Valley Baptist Board since 1994, and as chairman of the Valley Baptist Health System Board since its inception in 2001, he held a position on all subsidiary boards within the System. He served on the Texas Baptist General Convention's nominations committee for Institutional Boards for valley Baptist, and as the first person from South Texas 78551-9982, or to First Baptist Church, 501 E. Van Buren, Harlingen, Calif.; three daughters, Polly Runnels of Ridgeland, Susie Hale of Purvis and Teresa Bryant of Clinton; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Officiating ministers were Rev. Albert Clark and Rev. Brent Johnston Jr.
Pallbearers were David Shelley, Sam Swearingen, Gene Harmon, Roy Young, Bobby Terry and Scott Moore.
Memorials may be made to the Thomastown Baptist Cemetery Fund.
Jordan Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Sabina Loewenberg Block
Services for Mrs. Sabina Loewenberg Block, 96, were held May 25 at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, Texas, in 1935 upon her marriage to Shelton Block to whom she had been married 54 years at the time of his death in 1989.
Preceded in death by her husband, four brothers and one sister, she is survived by her son, Gus Block; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a sister, Pauline Abrahm; nieces, nephews, step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren.
Altha Rebecca Carroll
Services for Mrs. Altha Rebecca "Becky" Carroll, 57, of Kosciusko were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with burial in Parkway Cemetery.
Mrs. Carroll died May 31, 2004. She had served as a teacher in Tupelo and at French Camp Academy as a dorm parent and school secretary. At age 50, she returned to school to become a registered nurse and then worked as a school nurse in the Carroll County School System. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by her husband, Charles S. Carroll III; her mother Elsie Bartholomew of Kosciusko; sons, Dr. Charles Shannon Carroll Sr. of Jackson, W. I. "Bubba" Carroll of Kosciusko, CPT. Joshua G. Carroll of Ft. Knox, Ky., Caleb K. Carroll of Duncan, Okla., Kevin Connell of Oxford; eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, W.A. Bartholomew.
Dr. Ed Hartman and Rev. Barry Corbett officiated with Jordan Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Dr. Shannon Carroll Sr., W.I. "Bubba" Carroll, CPT. Joshua G. Carroll, Caleb K. Carroll, Kevin Connell and Brad Page.
Leon Cross
Services for Leon Cross, 80, were held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Hill M.B. Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Cross, a ret-ired farmer, died May 24, 2004 at his residence. He was a native of Attala County and a member of Little Hill M.B. Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Ella Mae Cross; a daughter, Sandra Faye McFadden of Cheraw, S.C.; three sons, Ellis Donnell of Louisville, Ky., William of Clinton and Theodore of Forest; three sisters, Earmon Smith of Saginaw, Mich., Janie Hines and Annie Lee Chestnut; six brothers, Sherman, Nevor, Noble, Freddie and L.A. all of Milwaukee, Wis., and Ernest of Chicago; seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild.
Rev. Lonnie Henry officiated with Winters Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Todd Cross, Otha Cross, Effie H. Dotson, Troy White, Clinton White and Larry Smith.
