Hulon Johnston

Services for Hulon Johnston, of Bogue Chitto, are 2 p.m. Monday,Jan. 12, at Montgomery Baptist Church with burial in the churchcemetery. The Revs. Bob Lynch and Mike Mckee will officiate. JonesFamily Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Sunday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home andMonday from noon until the time of the service at the church.

Mr. Johnston, 81, died of a heart condition on Jan. 10, 2009, atCamellia Estates in McComb. He was born in Lincoln County on May 5,1927, to Quilla and Carrie B. Johnson.

He was a retired contractor and U.S. Army veteran of World WarII. He was a member of Montgomery Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and one daughter,Carolyn Ducote.

Survivors are his wife of 58 happy years, Clarine T. Johnston,of Bogue Chitto; his brothers, Homer Carol and Laron Johnston, bothof Denham Springs, La.; his sisters, Lottie Parker, of Zachary,La., and Louise Smiley, of Livingston, La.; his grandchild, ClayDucote, of Bogue Chitto; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Keith Johnston, Stewart Thornton, SteveThornton, Elliot Moak, Howard Wright and Jamie Wright.

Lee Newell

Services for Lee Newell, of Brookhaven, are 10 a.m. Monday, Jan.12, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel on Natchez Drive with burialin Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

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

Mr. Newell, 92, died Jan. 9, 2009, at G. V. (Sonny) MontgomeryVA Medical Center in Jackson. He was born in Lincoln County on May11, 1916, to William Decatur Newell and Martha Newell Newell.

He was a former salesman and former member of the Lincoln CountySchool Board. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, AmericanLegion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a U.S. Armyveteran, having served in the European Theater Operation. He was arecipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Donis T.Newell; his wife, Eloyce C. Newell; his sister, Amye Montgomery;and his brothers, Marion Newell, Burton Newell and RudolphNewell.

Survivors are his daughter and son-in-law, Linda N. and RudySmith, of Brookhaven; his son and daughter-in-law, Dale and RhondaNewell, of Carriere; his grandchildren, Andrew J. Smith, ofBrookhaven, and Erin N. Newell, of Carriere; and his sisters,Maebell Britt and Blanche Walker, both of Brookhaven.

Memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Baptist Church Building Fundor to Gideons International.

Charles A. Price Sr.

Services for Charles A. Price Sr., of Washington, D.C., are 10a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at St. Paul M.B. Church with burial inNatchez National Cemetery. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Tuesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the serviceat the church.

Elder Price, 78, died Jan. 2, 2009, at VA Medical Center NursingHome in Washington. He was born in Brookhaven on July 27, 1930, tothe Rev. Willis B. Price and Ernestine Price.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He served in Korea andreceived the Korean Service Medal and OCC Ribbon in Japan.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his first wife, Alice;his brothers, Ernest and Allen Price; and his sisters, DorothyPrice and Bernice Wright.

Survivors are his wife, Lille M. Grier-Price, of Washington; hissons, Charles A. Price Jr., of Washington; his daughter, ConniePrice, of Washington; his brothers, Willie Price and Eugene Price,of Gary, Ind., and George and Cornell Price, of Jackson; hissisters, Carolyn Reed, of Brookhaven, and Regena Morgan and VoraHoward, of Atlanta, Ga.; and a host of grandchildren.

Melva Ann Elkins Skinner

Services for Melva Ann Elkins Skinner, of Wesson, are 2 p.m.Monday, Jan. 12, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel on Natchez Drivewith burial in Wesson Cemetery.

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

Mrs. Skinner, 62, died Jan. 9, 2009, at her residence. She wasborn in Hazlehurst on Nov. 21, 1946, to James Lavell Elkins andChristine Hux Elkins.

She was a business owner. She was a member of Rocky Hill BaptistChurch of Wesson.

Preceding her in death were her parents.

Survivors are her husband, Billy “Pete” Skinner, of Wesson; hersons and daughters-in-law, Davis and DeeDee Therrell, Richard andPam Skinner, Mitchell and Denise Skinner, and Sgt. Adam Berry,USMC, all of Wesson; her daughter, Paula Thornton, of Raleigh; hergrandchildren, Jeremy and Chelsea Wells, of Brandon, Dustin andKayla Wells, of Ellisville, Jessica Wells, of Raleigh, CoreySkinner and Kaleb Skinner, both of Wesson, Brett Skinner and DrewSkinner, both of Baton Rouge, La., and Brittany Hall, Lindsey Halland Preston Hall, all of Wesson; and her brothers, Bobby Elkins, ofFlorence, and James “Buster” Elkins, of Wesson.

George G. Westbrook

Services for George G. Westbrook, of the Auburn community, are 2p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McCombwith burial in Adams United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 4:30 until 8 p.m. and Monday from 1p.m. until the time of the service. Both visitations will be at thefuneral home.

Mr. Westbrook, 93, died Jan. 9, 2009, at McComb Nursing andRehab. He was born on Jan. 10, 1915, to Joseph Edmond Westbrook andMary Ada Tarbutton Westbrook.

He was a retired carpenter. He was a member of Adams UnitedMethodist Church and the John Quitman Masonic Lodge #0244.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, VirginiaJordan Westbrook; a daughter-in-law; and a son-in-law.

Survivors are his children, Jon Paul Westbrook, of Baton Rouge,La., Jack Westbrook, of Pensacola, Fla., Davy Westbrook, of theAuburn community, Candace Smith, of Hattiesburg, and CarolynMarchand, of Pompano Beach, Fla.; his brother, Jack Jordan, ofMadison; 13 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.