Obituaries for Friday, December 21, 2007
Published 6:00 am Friday, December 21, 2007
Vallie Mae Davis
Services for Vallie Mae Davis, of Sontag, are 2 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 23, at Mt. Zion M.B. Church in Sontag, with burial in thechurch cemetery.
Visitation will be Saturday from 1 until 6 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary.
Mrs. Davis, 94, died Dec. 18, 2007, in Parisburg, Ohio. She wasborn on July 12, 1913, to Kirby Maxwell and Willie Lee ThomasMaxwell.
She was retired and a member of Mt. Zion M.B. Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Booker T.Davis; her daughter, Marie Lawson; her brothers, Abaham Maxwell andHerman Maxwell; and sisters, Estella Tannerhill and VirgieWilson.
Survivors include her sons, Willie Chester Davis and his wife,Katie, Javan Davis and his wife, Margaret, Joseph Davis and hiswife, Ida, all of Toledo, Ohio, Donald Davis and his wife, Pat, ofChicago, Ill., Eugene Davis and Melvin Davis and his wife, Deborah,both of Milwaukee, Wis.; her daughters, Verlene Starks and herhusband, Michael, of Chicago, Willie Evelyn Brown and her husband,the Rev. Elwood Brown, of Sontag, Lizzie Hartwell, of Milwaukee,Wis., and Vanessa Campbell and her husband, Clyde, of Chicago; herbrothers, Elgin Maxwell and his wife, Earnestine, of Monroe, La.,and Thomas Maxwell and his wife, Ozeal, of Oakland, Calif.; 34grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; and manygreat-great-grandchildren.
Ramona Nell Fullen
Services for Ramona Nell Fullen, of Conroe, Texas, were held onWednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at the chapel at Conroe FuneralDirectors. Interment followed in Conroe Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Fullen died on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, in Conroe. She wasborn on Sept. 25, 1949, in Brookhaven, to Ruby Stephens and Linden”Lin” Stephens.
Preceding her in death was her father.
Survivors are her mother, Ruby Stephens; her husband, RonnieFullen; her children, Tammie Baker and Craig Hudson, James Fullenand wife Christine, Leslie Fullen and wife Amy, and Chris “CK”Fullen and wife Laurie; her sisters, Jill Smith, Karen Gemelli andhusband David, and Kaylon Watson and husband Hugh Daniel; herbrothers, Larry Stephens and wife Melissa, and Terry Stephens andwife Janice; her 21 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren andmany other relatives and friends.
Frances Potter
Services for Frances Potter, of Brookhaven are 2 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 23, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel.
Visitation is Sunday from 1 p.m. until time of service at thefuneral home.
Mrs. Potter, 78, died Dec. 19, 2007, in Brookhaven. She was bornon April 18, 1929, to Cornelius Bryant Young and Ethel Dorr.
She was a retired public school music teacher. She attendedMississippi College. She was a member of First Baptist Church inBrookhaven where she had served as pianist for many years.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Jay C.Potter Sr.; and two daughters, Patricia Jane Potter and EvelynCarol Potter.
Survivors include her sons, Jay C. Potter Jr.; her daughters,Peggy Potter Cody and Sarah Jeffries; her daughter-in-law, ShayPotter; her brother, C.B. Young; five grandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in Brookhaven.
James Earl Wilson
Services for James Earl Wilson, of Monticello, will be held at11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel inMonticello with burial in Bethshan Cemetery in Monticello.
Visitation is Friday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Mr. Wilson, 70, died Dec. 19, 2007, at Lawrence County Hospital.He was born on June 5, 1937, to J.W. Wilson and Ethel MaxwellWilson.
He was a retired truck driver. He was a member of MonticelloMethodist Protestant Church. He was a member of the National Guard.He was a Mason and a member of the Monticello Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Survivors are his mother; his wife, Mary Woods Wilson, ofMonticello; his sons, Donald Ray Wilson, of Monticello, and JamesWilliam Wilson, of Fort Bragg, N.J.; his daughter, Debra LynnLambert, of Monticello; his brothers, Bobby Leroy Wilson, ofMadisonville, Ky., and Terry Mack Wilson, of Monticello; hissister, Ouida Dodds, of Denham Springs, La.; and his sixgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.