Obituaries for Sunday, February 24, 2008
Published 6:00 am Monday, February 25, 2008
Paige Rodlyn Chemin
Services for Paige Rodlyn Chemin, of Wesson, are 10 a.m. Monday,Feb. 25, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel with burial inHeuck’s Retreat Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is Sunday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Miss Chemin, 16, died Feb. 22, 2008. She was born on Dec. 12,1991, to Rodney D. Chemin, of Central, La., and Loreta LawryAnthony, of Houma, La.
She was a student at Enterprise Attendance Center. She was amember of Blackwater United Methodist Church in Central, La..
Preceding her in death was her grandfather, Mannie E.Chemin.
Survivors are her brother, Lyle Chemin and wife Amanda, ofWesson; her sisters, Cocoa Chandler, of Wesson, and Andrea Parkerand husband Shane, of Byram; and her half brother, DaltonAnthony.
Pallbearers are Justin Bateman, Peter Aleman, Daniel Griffin,Logan Fuller, Ashton Smith, Justin Johnson, Hunter Boyd and DustinHodges.
Gary Hughlun Lowery
Graveside services for Gary Hughlun Lowery, of Ellisville, are2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Sylvarena Baptist Church Cemetery.Brookhaven Funeral Home, Natchez Drive location, is in charge ofarrangements.
Mr. Lowery, 60, died Feb. 21, 2008, at Regency Hospital atForrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. He was born in Brookhavenon Nov. 14, 1947, to James Hughlun Lowery and Bessie LauraDelaughter Lowery.
He was a graduate of Co-Lin High School, a graduate ofCopiah-Lincoln Community College, and a retired telephone engineer.He was a member of First Baptist Church of Ellisville.
Preceding him in death were his parents; the mother of hischildren, Linda Lewis Lowery; two brothers, Robert Mac Lowery Sr.and James Walley Lowery; one sister, Virginia Lowery; one nephew,Jim Lowery; and one niece, Sharon Resor.
Survivors are his son, Tony Lance Lowery and wife Terri, ofEllisville; his daughter, Kimberly Lynn Dixon and husband Tommy, ofBogue Chitto; his two grandchildren, Jessica Lynn Dixon, of BogueChitto, and Tyler Lance Lowery, of Ellisville; his nephews, DaleLowery and wife Scottye, and Danny Lowery and wife Julie, all ofWesson; his nieces, Pamela Dauzat, Lisa Nillen and Chris Lowery,all of New Orleans, La.; his sisters-in-law, Joy Wesbrooks andhusband Jerry, of Wesson, and Blanche Yeager, of Phoenix, Ariz.;and a host of extended family and friends.
Pallbearers will be Dale Lowery, Danny Lowery, Ky Lowery, MacLowery, Tom Lowery and Lance Lewis.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dan Weeks and Russell Slay.
Helen Bahm McDavid
Services for Helen Bahm McDavid, of Baton Rouge, La., are 11a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel, NatchezDrive location, with burial in Holly Springs Baptist ChurchCemetery.
Visitation is Monday from 5 until 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 p.m.until the time of the service, both at the funeral home.
Mrs. McDavid, 75, died Feb. 23, 2008, in Baton Rouge. She wasborn on Jan. 25, 1933.
She was retired from Capital Union Savings and Loans.
Survivors are her husband, Frank A. McDavid; her sons, Keith andRicky McDavid; her daughter, Deborah Matherne; her sisters, EllaMcCrary, Edith Betz, and Hester Peterson; and sixgrandchildren.
Roger M. Myrick
Roger Myrick went to meet his Lord and Savior on Friday, Feb.22, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services will be Sunday, Feb.25 at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church in Brookhaven.
Visitation is Sunday from 1 until 2 p.m. at the church.
Mr. Myrick, 74, was born on June 16, 1933, to Spencer MalcolmMyrick and Harriet Louise Fry.
He was a retired engineer. He was a member of Union BaptistChurch, where he was an active deacon. He was also a U.S. Armyveteran.
Preceding him in death were his parents; and his brother, FloydMyrick.
Survivors are his wife, Jo Ann Williams Myrick; his sons, DavidMyrick, of Ridgeland, James Myrick, of Atlanta, Ga., Robert Myrick,of Brandon, and a stepson, Tony Baker, of Brookhaven; hisdaughters, Andrea Myrick, of Durham, N.C., Kathyrn Myrick, ofMemphis, Tenn., Renee Darby, of Hernando, and a stepdaughter, TerriMoak, of Brookhaven; his brother, Wayne Myrick, of Caldwell, Idaho;12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials or gifts may be made to the Union Baptist ChurchBuilding Fund.
Leroy “Sonny” Tillotson Jr.
Graveside services for Leroy “Sonny” Tillotson Jr., of Madison,are 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at Riverwood Memorial Park. RiverwoodFamily Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Tillotson, 71, died Feb. 22, 2008, at the G.V. (Sonny)Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson. He was born on Feb. 29,1936, to Leroy Tillotson Sr. and Lottie Lucille WalkerTillotson.
He was a member of the Baptist faith. He was a U.S. Armed Forcesveteran.
Preceding him in death was his parents.
Survivors are his brother, Ronald Tillotson.