Marie ‘Re-Re’ Dixon Dukes

Services for Marie “Re-Re” Dixon Dukes, of Brookhaven, are 3p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Macedonia M.B. Church with burial inHillcrest Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 1 until 6 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary.

Mrs. Dukes, 76, died Sept. 16, 2007, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. She was born on Feb. 3, 1931, to Julius Dixon and BlanchieDixon.

She was retired. She was a member of Macedonia MissionaryBaptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, ThomasDukes Sr.; her daughter, Hazel Fairman; her sisters, Marlee Johnsonand Hattie B. Richmond; and two brothers, R.C. Dixon and J.T.Dixon.

Survivors are her daughter, Helen King, of Brookhaven; hergrandchildren, Melinda Dixon and her husband, Marvin, of BogueChitto, Derrick King and his wife, Jackie, of Brookhaven, FredKing, of Lansing, Mich., Charles King and his wife, Carrie, ofLansing, and Julius King and his wife, Emma, of Fort Worth, Texas;seven great-grandchildren; her sisters, Lucreasia Newton and herhusband, Charles, of Brookhaven, Eadis Beasley, of Brookhaven, andGoldie Mackabee and her husband, J.W., of Hattiesburg; herbrothers, Robert Earl Dixon and his wife, Artoria, of Brookhaven,John Henry Dixon and his wife, Gertha, of Brookhaven, Lonnie Dixon,of Brookhaven, J.C. Dixon and his wife, Pauline, of Chicago, Ill.,Melvin Dixon, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Steven Dixon, ofChicago.

Loyce Bell Hailey

Loyce Bell Hailey slipped from the caring hands of her familyinto the loving arms of God on Sept. 11, 2007. Her services wereheld on Sept. 13, at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church withinterment in the Sylvarena Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Hailey was born Sept. 11, 1928, in Copiah County to Fredand Mittie King Bell. She graduated from Wesson Public Schools andlater attended Copiah-Lincoln Junior College. She and her husbandworked as a team in Mississippi and Texas in various businessesincluding oil and gas production.

Mrs. Hailey was a member of Pleasant Valley United MethodistChurch. She was also a charter member of the Institute for Learningin Retirement, the Fifty Plus Club and a member of Cherokee RoseChapter Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mrs. Hailey was an inspiration to all who knew her, especiallyher children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her loving husband and soul mate of 61 years,Scott F. Hailey; son, Dale Hailey; daughters, Sharron Baird andhusband Robert, Rita Hailey-Burks and husband Tom; and Jo AnnHailey; sister, Nell Fortenberry; sister-in-law, Elzene Bell;brother-in-law, Howard Hailey; seven grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Lena Cameron Jackson

Services for Lena Cameron Jackson, of Liberty, are 11 a.m.Saturday, Sept. 22 at Parson Hill M.B. Church in Liberty withburial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 1 until 6 p.m. at Williams Mortuaryand again Saturday from 10 until 11 a.m. at the church.

Mrs. Jackson, 87, died Sept. 13, 2007, at Franklin CountyMemorial Hospital in Meadville. She was born in Franklin County onJuly 16, 1920, to Norman Cameron and Alice Cameron.

She was retired. She was a member of Parson Hill M.B.Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Tommie”Bilbo” Jackson; three brothers, Jahue Cameron, W.R. Cameron andM.C. Cameron; and a sister, Rita Mae Johnson.

Survivors are her daughters Mary Lena Jackson, of Waukegan,Ill., Tommie Zine Veasley and her husband, Autley, of Milwaukee,Wisc., Mary Helen Jackson, of Rancho Cardova, Calif., ChristineKnox, of Jackson, Linda J. Smith and her husband, Carl, of Clinton;her sons, M.G. Jackson, of Chicago, Ill., Norman Jackson and hiswife, Mary, of North Chicago, Ill., Bobby E. Jackson, ofWashington, D.C., Ronnie D. Jackson, of Liberty, Gary W. Jacksonand his wife, Evelyn, of Byram; her sister, Areaner Webb, ofMeadville; her brother, Gradie Cameron, of Washington, D.C.; agoddaughter, Mary Ramsey, of Liberty; 10 grandchildren; eightgreat-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relativesand friends.

Luella Smith

Services for Luella Smith, of Brookhaven, are 4:30 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 22 at St. James M.B. Church with burial inHillcrest Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 1 until 8 p.m. with family hour from 7until 8 p.m. at Williams Mortuary.

Ms. Smith, 92, died Sept. 19, 2007, at her residence. She wasborn in Lincoln County on July 4, 1915, to Oscar Smith and EllaSmith.

She was retired. She was a member of St. James M.B. Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her daughter, KayFrances Chatmon; and three sisters, Severa Smith, Lina Driggs andSarah Phillips; and a brother, Leander Smith.

Survivors are her sons, Bert Pringle and his wife, Queenie, ofSpringfield, Mass., Charles Edward Smith and his wife, Mary, ofBrookhaven, and Frank Kenneth Smith, of Brookhaven; her daughter,Sarah Smith, of Brookhaven; her sister, Shirley Wilson and herhusband, Fred, of Brookhaven; her brothers, Willie Smith, ofWesson, and his wife Gladean Smith; eight grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host ofnieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.