Obituaries for Sunday, January 3, 2010

Published 6:00 am Monday, January 4, 2010

Jerry Lee Carter

Services for Jerry Lee Carter, of McComb, are 2:30 p.m. Monday,Jan. 4, at Pleasant Grove M.B. Church in McComb with burial inGreenlawn Cemetery in Summit. Williams Mortuary is in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Carter, 56, died Dec. 29, 2009, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center. He was born in Pike County on Sept. 8,1953, to Ulysees Carter and Lula Carter.

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He was employed with Sanderson Farms for 12 years. He was amember of Sherman M.B. Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his daughter, AliceShrine Carter; his sister, Emma Lee Carter; and his brothers, JohnHarvey, Clifton Carter and Robert Lee Carter.

Survivors are his wife, Rhonda Carter, of McComb; his daughter,Jemine Carter, of Hattiesburg; his son, Curtis Floyd, of McComb;his brothers, Bobby Carter, of Kentwood, La., and Huey Carter, ofMobile, Ala.; his sisters, Alice Rae Jackson, of Tylertown,Angeline Carter, of Magnolia, Beatrice Ashley, of New Orleans, La.,Janice Tillman and Joyce Tobias, both of Jackson, and Mary AnnCarter, of Mobile, Ala.; 12 grandchildren; and onegreat-grandchild.

Harold E. Harrison

Services for Harold E. Harrison, of Bogue Chitto, are 2 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 5, at New Zion Union M.B. Church with burial in BogueChitto Cemetery. R. E. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Monday from noon until 5 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Harrison, 76, died Dec. 28, 2009, at his residence. He wasborn in Laurel on Sept. 13, 1933, to Willie Harrison and BeatriceCraft Harrison.

He was a former self-employed truck driver.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his sisters, GeraldineSmith and Bernice Connely; and his daughter, Vivian Harrison.

Survivors are his wife, Della Holmes Harrison, of Bogue Chitto;his sons, Vicky Holmes and Dennis Harrison, both of Patterson,N.J., and Clifton Harrison, of Dover, N.J.; his daughters, CathrineBracey, of Bogue Chitto, Retha Lennon, of Patterson, AprilynnHarrison, of Warden, N.J., and Hazel Washington, of Wesson; hisbrother, the Rev. Garland Harrison, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; his sister,Reana Price, of Brooklyn; 21 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren;and one great-great-grandchild.

Edward Earl Leavy

Services for Edward Earl Leavy, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Monday, Jan. 4, at Williams Mortuary Memorial Chapel in Brookhavenwith burial in Hopewell Church Cemetery in Brookhaven.

Visitation is Sunday from 2 until 6 p.m. at Williams Mortuary inBrookhaven.

Mr. Leavy, 59, died Dec. 29, 2009, at his residence. He was bornin Lincoln County on Oct. 2, 1950, to Wilson Leavy Sr. and CelestiaMae Mackbee Leavy.

He was a machine operator at Columbus Lumber Co.

Preceding him in death were his father; and a brother, RobertLeavy.

Survivors are his mother, Celestia Mae Leavy, of Brookhaven; hisbrothers, Willie Earl Leavy and wife, Jerenita, of Birmingham,Ala., Richard Leavy, of Brookhaven, Wilson Leavy Jr. and wife,Sally, of Orlando, Fla., and Joseph Leavy, of Brookhaven; hissisters, Shirley Ann Leavy, of Oxford, Calif., Serisure Jones, ofHouston, Texas, and Bernice Wilson and husband, Maxie, ofBrookhaven; his companion, Julia Yarbough, of Brookhaven; and ahost of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Carl Samuel ‘Sambo’ Ray

Carl Samuel “Sambo” Ray, 54, of Madison, passed away Friday,Jan. 1, 2010, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Visitationwill be 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday at Wright andFerguson Funeral Home on Highland Colony Parkway in Ridgeland.Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at thefuneral home with burial to follow in Parkway MemorialCemetery.

He was president of EA Technical Services in Atlanta, Ga., and agraduate of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College and the University ofSouthern Mississippi. He was a member of Broadmoor BaptistChurch.

Mr. Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Wilmer Ray andPhoebe Lowery.

Survivors include his wife, Susan Lowrey Ray of Madison; hissons, Anthony Ray and Joseph Ray, both of Madison; his sisters,Linda Ray Mehri of Wesson, Cindy McGehee and husband, Jerry, ofBrookhaven, and Libbie Hennington and husband, Keith, of Wesson;his brothers, Bob Lowery, of Tylertown, and Tom Lowery and wife,Stacy, of Wesson; his stepfather, Robert “Bo” Lowery and wife,Becky, of Wesson; his mother-in-law, Frances Lowrey of Byram; andseveral nieces.

Memorials may be made to Broadmoor Baptist Church Building Fund,1531 Highland Colony Parkway, Madison, MS 39110.