Obituaries for Thursday, July 7, 2005
Published 5:00 am Friday, July 8, 2005
Arelee J. Smith
Services for Arelee J. Smith, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Saturday, July 9 at Macedonia M.B. Church with burial in MacedoniaCemetery.
Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m. at R.E. TylerFuneral Home.
Mrs. Smith, 92, died July 3, 2005, at Haven Hall Nursing Home.She was born on May 15, 1913, to William Justice and Patsy PaigeJustice.
She was a nurses aide at Haven Hall. She was a member ofMacedonia M.B. Church where she was a member of the Motherboard,choir and Missionary Society.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her three husbands,Johnny Wallace, Willie Rauls and Watt Smith; five sisters; and fivebrothers.
Survivors are her daughters, Patsy Murphy, of Brookhaven, andLillie B. Wallace, of Chicago; her nieces, Evangelist Eloise andLeroy Bracey, and Earlene Scott, all of Bogue Chitto, and PamelaJohnson, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Eva Mae Terrell
Services for Eva Mae Terrell, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Saturday, July 9 at St. James M.B. Church with burial in Mt. ZionChurch Cemetery in Bogue Chitto.
Visitation is Friday from 1-7 p.m., with family hour from 6-7p.m., at Williams Mortuary.
Mrs. Terrell, 82, died July 4, 2005, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. She was born on April 17, 1923, to Sim Nelson and EffieArnold.
She was a member of St. James M.B. Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband; two sons,Daniel Nelson and Bob Terrell; two sisters, Olivia Stovall andMargorie Sullivan; and a brother, Percy Nelson.
Survivors are her daughters, Bernice Collins, of Brookhaven, andShirley Henderson, of Jackson; her three brothers, Willie Nelsonand his wife, Louella, of Brookhaven, Carl Nelson and his wife,Wanda, of Brookhaven, and Tom Sheppard, of Memphis, Tenn.; heradopted son, Daniel Henderson and his wife, Sharonda, of Jackson;her adopted daughters, Phyllis Harris, of Brookhaven, and RoseNelson, of Jackson; many grandchildren andgreat-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, otherrelatives and friends.
Nevaeh Nicole Williams
Graveside services for baby girl Nevaeh Nicole Williams, thedaughter of Nickie Nicole Williams, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Friday, July 8 at New Fork Cemetery in Bude. R.E. Tyler FuneralHome is in charge of arrangements.
The infant was born and died on July 5, 2005, at King’sDaughters Medical Center.
Preceding her in death were her grandparents, Margaret Williamsand Matthew Parham.