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Virginia Diane Pace

Virginia Diane Pace

Dec 11, 2020

A graveside service for Virginia Diane Pace will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia with Dr. Wayne Hill officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Pace, 68, of Noxapater, died Friday, December 11, 2020, at Desoto Baptist Memorial in Southaven, MS. Born in Neshoba County, MS, she attended Philadelphia...

Ruby Faye Grice

Ruby Faye Grice

Dec 10, 2020

A graveside service for Ruby Faye Grice will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from Bethsaida Cemetery in Neshoba County with Dr. Billy James officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Grice, 75, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, December 10, 2020, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. She was a native of the Sandtown Community...

Mitchell Sterling

Mitchell Sterling

Dec 10, 2020

Graveside services for Mitchell Staford Sterling will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. from Longino Cemetery with Rev. Nick Ulmer officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Sterling, 65, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, December 10, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and formerly worked for McCarthy-Holman of Jackson and...

Euriel Edward Cannon

Euriel Edward Cannon

Dec 9, 2020

Graveside service for Mr. Euriel Edward Cannon will be held Friday, December 11, 2020 at 3 p.m. at Golden Grove Cemetery with Rev. Mike Skinner officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Cannon, 94, of Union, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Golden Grove Community of Neshoba County. He was a retired...

Earl Lamar Kelly

Earl Lamar Kelly

Dec 8, 2020

A graveside service for Lamar Kelly will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. from Hope Cemetery in Neshoba County with Dr. Kevin Jones officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Earl ”Lamar” Kelly, age 79, and a resident of Richland, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. Lamar...

Dorothy Quinn Barrier

Dorothy Quinn Barrier

Dec 8, 2020

Services for Dorothy Quinn Barrier will be held at McClain-Hays Chapel on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 1:00 p. m. with Bro. Earl Ferguson and Bro. Tim Vowell officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday morning from 11:00 a. m. until time of service. Burial will follow in the North Bend Pentecostal Cemetery in Neshoba County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in...

Millicent "Millie" Howell

Millicent "Millie" Howell

Dec 6, 2020

Millicent Merritt Howell died December 6, 2020 at the Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was 93 years old. Millie was born in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1927 to Melton Tucker Merritt and Lora Markline Merritt. She attended public school there and began college at the local junior college, now Meridian Community College. After two semesters she began studies at the University...

Billy Zane Gordon

Billy Zane Gordon

Dec 6, 2020

Services for Mr. Gordon will be Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow in the Greenland Cemetery in Union, Mississippi. Visitation will be Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Dr. Dan Howard and Bishop Houston Cunningham officiating. Billy Zane Gordon passed away on December 6, 2020, at...

Mary E. Moore

Mary E. Moore

Dec 5, 2020

Services for Mary E. Moore will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel. Burial will follow in Henrys Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mary E. Moore passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020, at her home in the...

Brenda Fortune Sisson

Brenda Fortune Sisson

Dec 4, 2020

Services for Mrs. Brenda Fortune Sisson will be held Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Visitation will begin Sunday from 12:00 noon until time of service. Burial will follow in the Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Sisson, 76, of Philadelphia, died...

Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy

Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy

Dec 4, 2020

A graveside service will be held for Mrs. Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 11:00 a. m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Chris Young officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dowdy, 82, of Philadelphia, died Friday, December 4, 2020, at Anderson Regional Medical Hospital in Meridian. A native and lifelong resident of...

Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins

Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins

Dec 3, 2020

A graveside service for Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, from the Golden Grove Cemetery in Neshoba County with Bro. Mike Pilgrim officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home on Saturday, December 5, 2020. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms....

Ruby Davis

Ruby Davis

Dec 2, 2020

Graveside services for Mrs. Ruby Davis will be held Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. from Eastlawn Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Duvall and Rev. Chris Vowell officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Davis, 84, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and...

Debbie White

Debbie White

Nov 30, 2020

Memorial services to be held at a later date.

Tobiah "Toby" Beckham

Tobiah "Toby" Beckham

Nov 30, 2020

A graveside service for Tobiah “Toby” Beckham will be held Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Ocobla Cemetery in Neshoba County with Bro. Mike Sullivan officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until time of departure at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Beckham, 50, of Philadelphia, died Monday, November 30, 2020, at his home. Toby was a...

Eirtis S. Chamblee

Eirtis S. Chamblee

Nov 28, 2020

Services for Mr. Eirtis S. Chamblee will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Greg Lathem and Rev. Kevin Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in New Harmony Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 12 noon until service time at McClain- Hays Funeral Home. Mask wearing is requested for visitation...

Mary Frances Eldridge

Mary Frances Eldridge

Nov 27, 2020

Services for Mary Frances Eldridge will be held Monday, November 30, 2020 at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Funeral Chapel with Rev. Kelly Tingle officiating. Burial will follow in Union City Cemetery. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Eldridge, 92, of Union, died Friday, November 27, 2020. She was a native of Neshoba County and former resident of Rolling Fork,...

Travis Keith Bryan

Travis Keith Bryan

Nov 27, 2020

Services for Mr. Travis Keith Bryan will be held Monday, November 30, 2020 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Jeff Brewer and Rev. Mark Cloys officiating. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, November 30, 2020 from 9 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....

Waldo Mitchell

Waldo Mitchell

Nov 26, 2020

Services will be held for Mr. Waldo Mitchell on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Clarks Chapel United Methodist Church in Kemper County with Rev. David Keller and Bro. Jim Wall officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 until time of service at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge...

Barbara J. Jones

Barbara J. Jones

Nov 26, 2020

There will be no scheduled services.

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