Niles Daniel Peebles

Services for Niles Daniel Peebles, of Brookhaven, will be heldat 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, at Brookhaven Funeral Home onNatchez Drive with burial in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery inBrookhaven.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Peebles, 46, died Oct. 13, 2007, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. He was born in Collins on Dec. 11, 1960, to Niles WilliamPeebles and Bradys Etoyal Williamson Peebles.

He was employed offshore with Helix Solutions. He was a memberof Friendship Baptist Church. He was a member of the MooseLodge.

Preceding him in death were his father and his sister, WandaGail Case.

Survivors are his mother, Bradys Peebles, of Brookhaven; hisbrothers, William Richard Peebles, of New Roads, La., and WalterLee Peebles, of Kelso, Wash.; his four nephews and four nieces; hisfour aunts; and several cousins.

Dorothy ‘Dot’ McGraw Renfroe

Services for Dorothy “Dot” McGraw Renfroe, of Jayess, will beheld at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Divide Methodist ProtestantChurch in Monticello with burial in the Divide Cemetery. WilsonFuneral Home in Monticello is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Renfroe, 75, died Oct. 14, 2007, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center in McComb.

She was born on Aug. 26, 1932, in Lincoln County to Estus “Es”McGraw and Hettie Mae Kyzar McGraw. She left Lincoln County toreside in Lawrence County, where she lived for the remainder of herlife. She was the beloved wife of Robert Renfroe since 1948.

She and her husband owned Renfroe’s Food Store on Highway 27,south of Monticello, for many years. In her youth, she was employedwith Kellwood at the old garment plant in front of the LawrenceCounty Hospital in Monticello. She drove a school bus for 14 yearsunder the supervision of James Hill, for Topeka-Tilton School.After two retirements, she still wanted to be around people, so shebecame a site manager for the Southwest Mississippi Planning andDevelopment District in Jayess, where the senior citizens of thecommunity gathered for lunch each day. They were always happy tohear what Dot had to tell them and they enjoyed each other’scompany. She was a very active, fun person to be around and mademany friends with laughter, love and kindness. Everyone felt herlove when they were around her. She was the devoted mother of threechildren and was honored as “Mother of the Year” in Lawrence Countyin the 90s. She was a member of Divide Methodist ProtestantChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her brother, CharlesMcGraw, of Lincoln County; her father-in-law, Roy Renfroe; and hermother-in-law, Mattie Tullis-Renfroe, of Renfroe Valley.

Survivors are her husband of 59 years, Robert Jewell Renfroe, ofJayess; her sons, Robert Wayne Renfroe and wife Cindy King Renfroe,of the Divide community, Royce Jay Renfroe and wife Margie LambertRenfroe, of Renfroe Valley; her daughter, Laraine Renfroe Bristerand husband Bill C. Brister, of Renfroe Valley; her sister, JaniceMcGraw Fuller, of Ruth; her grandchildren, Jason Wayne Renfroe andMiranda Renfroe Cothern; and her great-grandchildren, IsabellaMarie Cothern and Hunter Layne Cothern.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Helen Thompson

Services for Helen Thompson, of Brookhaven, will be held at 11a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, at Kynett United Methodist Church inBrookhaven with burial in Ebenezer Church Cemetery in Brookhaven.Williams Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Wednesday from 1 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home,with family hour from 6 until 7 p.m.

Miss Thompson, 61, died Oct. 12, 2007, at her residence. She wasborn on March 23, 1946, to George Thompson Sr. and MazieThompson.

She was a 1964 graduate of Alexander High School. She wasretired from Illinois Bell Telephone Co., in Chicago, Ill. Aftermoving back to Brookhaven, she worked as a certified nursingassistant with Silver Cross Home and Haven Hall Health Care Center.She was a member of Kynett United Methodist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her brothers, GeorgeThompson Jr. and Harold Thompson; and her sister, PatriciaLocke.

Survivors are her sisters, Mamie Banks, Blanche Cason and MaryLynn Watson and husband Wilfort Watson, all of Brookhaven; herbrothers, Elder Thompson and wife Diana Thompson, of Brookhaven,and Charles Thompson and wife Audrey Thompson, of Alexandria, La.;and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives.