Obituaries for Monday, January 3, 2005
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Mitchell Earls
Services for Mitchell Earls of Wesson are 2 p.m. today, Jan 3 atHarrigill Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Zion HillCemetery.
Visitation is today from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Mr. Earls, 52, died Jan. 1, 2005, at his residence. He was bornin Copiah County on May 17, 1952, to Lee Virgil Earls andMargarette Furlow Earls Hamilton.
He was retired from employment in maintenance at the CountryJunction Truck Stop. He was a member of the Baptist faith.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his stepfather, FrankHamilton; and a brother, A.R. “Randolph” Earls Sr.
Survivors are his sisters, Donnis Renfroe and Irene Polk, bothof Brookhaven, Janice Inabnet of Hazlehurst, and Ina Taylor ofKeithville, La.; his brothers, Lee Earls Sr. of Silver Creek,George Earls, Ronnie Earls and Jerry Earls Sr., all of Wesson; anda host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Arie Mikell
Services for Arie Mikell of Brookhaven are 1 p.m. Wednesday,Jan. 5 at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Brookhaven withburial in Carver Heights Cemetery.
Visitation is Tuesday from noon until 5 p.m. at R.E. Tylerfuneral Home.
Mrs. Mikell, 98, died Dec. 30, 2004, at Countrybrook LivingCenter. She was born in Franklin County on Sept. 1, 1906, to AllenCrockett and Anna Herring Crockett.
She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mark MissionaryBaptist Church, where she served on the Motherboard and in theMissionary Society. She was also a member of the White Robes andthe Community Prayer Band.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands, HerleyHerring and Oliver Mikell; her sisters, Leona Herring Dunton, LouOllie Armstrong Lee, and Desi Crockett; and her brothers, JamesCrockett, R.T. Crockett and John Crockett.
Survivors are her daughters, Helen Herring Chism of Brookhaven,and Ann Renee Herring Gordon of Milwaukee, Wisc.; her sons, R.T.Herring and the Rev. Allen C. Herring, both of Brookhaven, and JohnL. Herring of Panama City, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; 15great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host ofnieces and nephews.