Paul Vencie Reed

Services for Paul Vencie Reed, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Monday,Feb. 22, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel with burial inWarrick Brister Cemetery in Bogue Chitto.

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

Mr. Reed, 79, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his lovingfamily on Feb. 20, 2010, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. He wasborn on Jan. 4, 1931, to Lucius Reed and Rosa Smith Reed.

He was retired from the oil field. He was a member of EasthavenBaptist Church. He was an Army veteran of the Koreanconflict.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Mary RushingReed; his daughter, Cindy Lou Reed; and his brother, LinwoodReed.

Survivors are his wife, Nelline Reed; his son, Mike Reed, ofBrookhaven; his stepson, Robin Williamson, of San Diego, Calif.;his daughters, Paula Reed Young and husband, Dusty, of Ponchatoula,La., and Rhonda Lyons and husband, Calvin, of Brookhaven; hisstepdaughter, Holly Kyzar Smith; his brothers, Billy Ray Reed,Bobby Reed and Don Reed, all of Brookhaven, Parley Reed, of Hurley,and Kenneth Reed, of Jackson; his sisters, Ada Anderson and BettyLou Dunaway Eickenloff; his grandchildren, Natalee Barbier, ofTickfaw, La., Dori Reed, of Fayette, Dustin Young, of Ponchatoula,Halley Smith, of Brookhaven, Erin Lyons Griffith, of New Lenox,Ill., Garrett Lyons, of Brookhaven, and Jessica Pope, of Clinton;and four great-grandchildren.

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Patrick Joe Smith

Memorial services for Patrick Joe Smith, of Monticello, were 6 p.m.Friday, Feb. 19, at Church of God and Prophecy in Monticello.Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Smith, 50, died of sudden cardiac death on Feb. 16, 2010, athis residence. He was born on April 1, 1959, to Joe Troy Smith andLavern White Smith Sykes.

He was disabled. He was head hunter for Jim Tatum Enterprises inJackson before becoming disabled. He was a member of MonticelloBaptist Church. He was a high school graduate and attended fouryears of college.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

He is survived by his life partner of 30 years, Tim Barnett.

Bess Thomas

Graveside services for Bess Thomas, of Meadville, are 1 p.m.Monday, Feb. 22, at Midway Cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home is incharge of arrangements.

Mrs. Thomas, 100, died Feb. 19, 2010, at Meadville Nursing Home.She was born in Lawrence County on Aug. 24, 1909, to George Turnageand Annie Elizabeth Wilson.

She was a retired beautician. She was a member of Meadville BaptistChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, GortieThomas; and several siblings.

She is survived by several nephews.

Paul W. Walden

Services for Paul W. Walden, of Brandon, are 5 p.m. Monday, Feb.22, at North Brandon Church of Christ with burial in Verona CityCemetery on Tuesday. Ott & Lee Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Monday from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Walden, 78, died Feb. 19, 2010, at Crossgates River OaksHospital in Brandon. He was born in Tupelo in 1931 to Elick Waldenand Pauline DeVaughn Walden.

He was a Navy veteran of the Korean conflict, serving from 1950 to1954. He then graduated Mississippi State University. He was amedical technician/laboratory supervisor at the VA Medical Centerfor 40 years and retired in 1995.

Mr. Walden was the minister of Morton Church of Christ and for thepast 45 years served churches in Vicksburg, Hazlehurst, Utica,Monticello and Tennean Road Church of Christ. He has been involvedin mission work in Cuba and Jamaica for the past 20 years.

Survivors are his wife, LaRue Nash Walden; his sons, Wayne Waldenand wife, Kelly, of Paducah, Ky., and Wade Walden and wife, Kristi,of Brentwood, Tenn.; his daughter, Rene’ Fields and husband, David,of Brookhaven; his brother, Dr. Gerald Walden, of Ripley; and hisgrandchildren, David W. Fields, Thea Fields, Ryson Walden, CasonWalden, Michael-Ellen Walden, Caroline Walden, Lily Beth Walden andWhitman Walden.

Memorials may be made to Healing Hands International, EthiopiaWater Well Project, 455 McNally Drive, Nashville, TN 37211 or J.C.Choate World Evangelism, P. O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967.