Margaret Bateaste

Services for Margaret Bateaste of Crosby are noon Tuesday at St.Matthews Baptist Church with burial in the Bateaste familycemetery. Marshall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is today from 7-9 p.m. at the church.

Mrs. Bateaste, 78, died Sept. 30, 2005, in Baton Rouge, La. Shewas born in Franklin County on April 11, 1927, to the lateCornelius and Mary Gibson.

She was a member of the Sweet Home Baptist Churchmotherboard.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, ClaudeBateaste; a daughter, Claudie Bateaste Jones; and a brother, BobGibson.

Survivors are her three daughters, Betty B. Parker of Terry,Catherine B. Murphy of Gloster and Lynn B. Mitchell of Mobile,Ala.; her sons, James Bateaste of Beaumont, Texas, Lester Bateasteof Biloxi, Dwight Bateaste and Nick Bateaste, both of D’Iberville;her sisters, Florence Lee, Edith Johnson and Eskerlena White, allof Biloxi, and Doris Amos of Middletown, Ohio; her brothers,Glennis Gibson of Biloxi and Albert Gibson of Oltewah, Tenn.; and ahost of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Delos Lamar Cole

Delos Lamar Cole, 92, formerly of Prentiss, passed away Friday,Sept. 30, 2005, at Adventist Health Center in Purvis. Visitation is10-11 a.m. Tuesday at Prentiss Baptist Church in Prentiss. Servicesare 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church with burial in Prentiss CityCemetery. Moore Funeral Home of Hattiesburg is handlingarrangements.

Mr. Cole was born in Lincoln County. He graduated fromEnterprise High School and Mississippi State University. Upongraduation from college, he became an employee of the state ofMississippi. In 1946, he moved his family to Indianola, where hewas the owner of Ideal Cleaners until 1964. He was the State Farmagent in Indianola from 1960 until 1981. He served as alderman inIndianola for eight years and as mayor from 1969 to 1979. In 1981,he retired and moved to Prentiss. He became a resident of theLoyalton Assisted Living Facility in Hattiesburg in July of2003.

He was a member of the Prentiss Baptist Church. In years goneby, he held many positions of leadership in this church as well asthe First Baptist Church in Indianola. He served as a deacon inboth of these churches.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Polk Gunn Cole; hismother and father, Lula and Jim Cole; and a sister, Jimmie LaverneCole.

He is survived by a daughter, Delores Cole Grantham and husbandLarry of Cullowhee, N.C.; a son, Frank Gunn and wife Sandra ofBiloxi; five grandchildren, Christy Grantham of Wilmington, N.C.,Gary Grantham of North Carolina, Frank Gunn Jr. and wife Lydia ofShreveport, La., Alicia Clark and husband Jeff of Hattiesburg andDavid Gunn and wife Gina of Gulfport; eight great-grandchildren; asister, Bonnie Cole of Brookhaven; and a brother, Dallas Cole andhis wife Velma of Macon, Ga.

Memorials may be made to the Prentiss Baptist Church, P.O. Box297, Prentiss, MS 39474; or the Baptist Children’s Village, P.O.Box 27, Clinton, MS 39060.

James Vercie Case

Services for James Vercie Case of Smithdale were 2 p.m. Sundayat Ramah Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.Brookhaven Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Case, 89, died Sept. 30, 2005, at his residence. He was bornin Lincoln County on March 15, 1916, to John V. Case and MaudePosey Case.

He was retired from ICG Railroad after 34 years. He was theeldest deacon and had been a Sunday School teacher at Ramah BaptistChurch.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Mattie LeeLofton Case; his son, Billy Joe Case; his brothers, Homer Case,Millard Case, C.L. Case, Ike Case and Shelton Case; his sisters,Edna Porter and Mary Dell Smith; and his grandson, Joe GaineyCase.

Survivors are his daughter, LaWanda Dixon and her husband Peteof Brookhaven; his daughter-in-law, Frances Faye Case of Smithdale;his grandchildren, Bob Dixon of Salt Lake City, Utah, Ken Dixon andwife Donna of Brookhaven and Billie Ann Ashley and her husband Tobyof Smithdale; and his great-grandchildren, Garrett Ashley, KarriDixon, Rhett Dixon, Will Dixon and Lee Jones.

Special thanks go to his caregivers, Ann Laird, Elaine Buitt,Judy Boyd, Katie Moak and Lillie Kline.