OBITUARIES
Published 5:00 am Tuesday, September 5, 2000
Charles Lee Allen Services for Charles Lee Allen of Brookhavenare 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Mt. Zion M.B. Church-550 withburial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is Tuesday, Sept. 5, from noon until 7 p.m. withfamily hour from 7-8 p.m. at Williams Mortuary.
Mr. Allen, 43, died Aug. 30, 2000, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. He was born in Lincoln County on March 27, 1957, to AlexAllen and Myrtis Allen. He attended Enterprise High School.
He was disabled. He was a member of Mt. Zion M.B. Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents; and his brothers,Johnnie E. Allen and Marcell Allen.
Survivors are his son, Fredrick McCallup of Brookhaven; hisdaughter, LaShonda Catchem of Hazlehurst; his brothers, WatsonAllen of Milwaukee, Wis., Alexander Allen of Jackson, John C. Allenof Tupelo, Willie B. Allen and Isaiah Allen, both of Brookhaven,and Malcolm Allen of Wesson; his sisters, Emma Jean Lyons, MaxineLyons, Ophelia Lyons, and Irene Brown, all of Brookhaven, and LulaLeggett of Sontag; and three grandchildren.
Edith Merle Barnett Services for Edith Merle Barnett of Florencewere 10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Colonial Chapel Funeral Homewith burial in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Mendenhall.
Mrs. Barnett, 60, died Sept. 3, 2000, of heart failure at RankinGeneral Hospital.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors are her husband, Davis Barnett of Florence; her sons,Ricky Barnett and Mickey Barnett, both of Mendenhall; her brothers,Dan Anderson of Brookhaven and James Gordan Anderson Jr. of Pearl;her sisters, Sybil Reed of Ellisville and Elizabeth Anthony ofPearl; and eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Hoytt Bass
Services for Hoytt Bass of Meadville are 10 a.m., Wednesday,Sept. 6, at Franklin Funeral Home Chapel with burial in MiddletonCreek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is Tuesday, Sept. 5, from 5-10 p.m. at FranklinFuneral Home.
Mr. Bass, 79, died Sept. 3, 2000, of smoke inhalation at hisresidence. He was born in Franklin County on Sept. 25, 1920, toJohn L. Bass and Almenda Rushing Bass.
He was a self-employed carpenter. He was a member of the Baptistfaith. He was a Marine veteran of WWII.
Preceding him in death were his parents.
Survivors are his wife, Mildred Johnson Bass of Meadville; hissons, Marvin Dean Bass of Eudora, Kansas, and Vernon Dale Bass ofCypress, Texas; his daughter, Connie Lucille Bass of Copell, Texas;his brothers, Garland Bass of Houston, Texas, and Hollis Bass ofEddiceton; his sister, Mildred Jackson of Meadville; and sevengrandchildren.
L. C. “Smitt” Boling
Services for L. C. “Smitt” Boling of Brookhaven were 2 p.m.,Monday, Sept. 4, at Friendship Baptist Church with burial in thechurch cemetery.
Brookhaven Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Boling, 77, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2000, of heart failure athis residence. He was born in Lincoln County on Aug. 13, 1923, toLouis Boling and Edna Furlow Boling.
He was retired from Southern Wholesale Company and BolingMotors. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents.
Survivors are his wife, Clorene S. Boling of Brookhaven; his sonand daughter-in-law, Danny and Janice Boling of Brookhaven; hisbrothers, Dewey Boling of Brookhaven and Billy Ray Boling ofPascagoula; his sister, Alyne Wilkinson of Brookhaven; hisgrandchildren, Chris and Danna Wallace and Mark and CarleneMontgomery; and his great-grandchildren, Timmy and Marcy Montgomeryand Kristin and Lakin Wallace.
Dorothy Emogene Saxon Redd
Services for Dorothy Emogene Saxon Redd of Bogue Chitto were 10a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Johnson Grove Church of Christ withburial in Johnson Grove Cemetery. Harrigill Funeral Home was incharge of arrangements.
Mrs. Redd, 78, died July 27, 1922, at her residence. She wasborn in Quitman, Ark., on July 27, 1922, to Jim Saxon and LudieNewby Saxon.
She was a homemaker. She was a member of Johnson Grove Church ofChrist.
Preceding her in death were her parents.
Survivors are her husband, R. J. Redd of Bogue Chitto; her sonsand daughters-in-law, Anthony and Brenda Redd of Zachary, La., andWendell R. and Judine Redd of Bogue Chitto; her daughters andsons-in-law, Diane and Larry Dunaway of Columbia and Linda K. andValmond Wallace of Zachary, La.; her sisters, Jimmie J. Lockman ofRogers, Ark., Edith Hoover of Picayune, and Hattie J. Dano ofBrookhaven; and 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Jacob Cole Young
Services for Jacob Cole Young of Monticello are 3 p.m., Tuesday,Sept. 5, at Southgate Baptist Church with burial in Carmel BaptistChurch Cemetery.
Visitation Tuesday is until 2:30 p.m. at Wilson FuneralHome.
Mr. Young, 15, died Sept. 2, 2000, of injuries sustained in anautomobile accident in Lawrence County.
He was a 10th grade student at Lawrence County High School,where he played on the baseball team.
Preceding him in death were his grandparents, Dutch Raymond andLinda MaHaffey; his great-grandfather, Seth Sumrall; and hisgreat-grandmother, MaLinda MaHaffey.
Survivors are his father, Kevin Young of Monticello; his mother,Phyllis Young of Bogue Chitto; his brother, Nathan Young ofMonticello; his grandparents, Willard and Elois King and Diamondand Sophia Young, all of Monticello; his great-grandfather, JamesMaHaffey of Brookhaven; his great-grandmother, Cavie Sumrall ofMonticello; and a host of other relatives.
Lula F. Cleckler
Services for Lula F. Cleckler are incomplete. Mrs. Cleckler diedSept. 5, 2000, at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson. HarrigillFuneral Home is in charge of arrangements.