Jack Magee

Published 5:00 am Thursday, August 2, 2007

Services for Jack Magee, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Saturday,Aug. 4, at Della Green Missionary Baptist Church in Brookhaven withburial in Rosehill Church Cemetery in Brookhaven. Williams Mortuaryis in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Friday from 1 until 5 p.m. at the funeral home,with family hour from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m.

Mr. Magee, 76, died July 27, 2007, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center in McComb. He was born in Lincoln County onOct. 5, 1930, to Lize Magee and Lillie Magee.

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He was retired. He was a member of Della Green M.B. Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers, ClarkMagee, Arthur Magee, R.T. Magee and Willie B. Harrison; and hissisters, Estella Barnes, Flossie B. McGhee, Annie Campbell, ClaraScamps and Ernestine Thompson.

Survivors are his devoted companion, Wessie Powell, ofBrookhaven; his daughter, Tina Newman, of Brookhaven; his sons,Tyree Powell, of New Llano, La., Jackie Powell, of Killeen, Texas,and John Porter, of Monticello; his stepson, Jimmy Brown, ofBrookhaven; his stepdaughters, Helen Franklin and Darlene Thrasher,both of Brookhaven, and Jessie Mae Gant, of Houston, Texas; hisgodson, Edgar Green, of Brookhaven; his brothers, the Rev. CharlesMagee and the Rev. Tyree Harrison, both of Brookhaven; his eightgrandchildren, 15 stepgrandchildren; and 12great-stepgrandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, other relativesand friends.