Joy Thornton Yerian
Oct 11, 2020
Joy Thornton Yerian, 67, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on October 11th in Madden, MS. Joy was born on March 24, 1953, in Belzoni, MS. She collected everything about Gone with the Wind and Thomas Kincaid. She loved playing the piano, needlepoint, and was an avid animal lover. She worked most of her life in Dallas,...
Grover Gene Burnham
Oct 11, 2020
Grover Gene Burnham was a native of Winston County and a resident of the House Community in Neshoba County. He was a retired welder. Mr. Burnham was Baptist by faith. Survivors include wife Joann Burnham of Philadelphia; sons, Grover Burnham, Jr. (Patricia), Glenn Burnham (Stephanie) and Jay Burnham, all of Louisiana; stepchildren, Mark Thompson (Bonnie) of Philadelphia, Annette Bell of...
Chance Nance
Oct 10, 2020
Services for Chance Nance will be held Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. James Clardy officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Creek Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Tuesday at McClain-Hays Funeral Home from noon until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was a native and...
Julia Richardson
Oct 6, 2020
Graveside services for Julia Richardson will be held Friday, October 9, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from Dry Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Kemper County with Rev. Shayne Martin and Bro. Vernell Daniels officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 8, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs....
Ora Maude Smith
Oct 5, 2020
Services for Ora Maude Smith will be held Thursday, October 8, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Ben McDaniel officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday October, 7, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Beatline Cemetery in Neshoba County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs....
Billie Barfoot Latting
Oct 2, 2020
Billie Barfoot Latting passed away Friday, October 2, 2020, at Atwood Personal Care Home in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Chandler and Irene Barfoot. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert Malcolm Latting and her son Thomas Chandler Blount. She attended the University of Mississippi where she was a member of the Chi Omega...
Doris Parker Ray
Oct 1, 2020
Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Parker Ray will be held Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 2 pm from McClain-Hays Chapel. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 1 pm until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Doris Parker Ray was born in Philadelphia, MS, October 3, 1927, and was married...
Wayne George
Sep 30, 2020
Services for Wayne George will be held Saturday, October 3, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Hollis Warren officiating. Visitation will be held Saturday from 2:00 until time of service. Burial will follow in Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery in Kemper County with funeral honors provided by the Mississippi Highway Patrol Honor Guard. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in...
Railey "Shorty" Hull
Sep 29, 2020
Private graveside services for Railey “Shorty” Hull will be held from Hope Cemetery with Rev. Owen Gordon officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hull, 87, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was a native of Kemper County and a longtime resident of Neshoba County for most...
Mark House
Sep 27, 2020
A memorial graveside service for Mark House will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. from Pine Grove Cemetery in the House community. Rev. Gene Higginbotham to officiate. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. House was a native of Neshoba County and a resident of the Zama Community in Attala County for the past...
Shirley Winstead
Sep 26, 2020
Public visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home. A private funeral service will be held for immediate family. Mrs. Gladys Shirley Winstead, 93, passed away peacefully at her home on September 26, 2020. She was surrounded by members of her family and Mrs. Dorothy Turner who had been...
Barbara Stokes Young
Sep 25, 2020
Barbara Stokes Young died in Houston, Texas on Friday, the 25th of September 2020. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Young, a native of Preston, Kemper County, Mississippi, was a long-time Houstonian, having first come to the city in the early 1950s to work in the energy industry not long after receiving an Associate’s Degree from East Mississippi Junior College,...
Dorothy Burt Cumberland
Sep 22, 2020
Services for Dorothy Burt Cumberland will be held Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Hubert Yates and Rev. Wesley Lovern officiating. Burial will follow in Bond Baptist Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cumberland, 87,...
Earlton Posey
Sep 19, 2020
Memorial service for Jeffie Earlton Posey will be held at a later date. Mr. Posey, 91, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, September 19, 2020. He was a native of Neshoba County and was a retired truck driver. Survived by his grandsons, Danny and Donnie Bolline; sister, Sue Posey Thompson; and three nephews. Mr. Posey was preceded in death by his wife,...
James Stack
Sep 17, 2020
Graveside service for James Stack will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 11:30 a. m. from Redeemer Baptist Church Cemetery in the House Community (13341 Highway 19 South, Union, MS) in Neshoba County with Rev. Tyler Tingle officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Stack passed away at his residence on Thursday, September 17, 2020. He...
Yvonne Payne Cheatham
Sep 13, 2020
Private graveside services will be held in Cedarlawn Cemetery with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Yvonne Payne Cheatham, 94, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Clois and Eunice Tolbert Payne. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Cheatham; a...
Helen Ruth Cumberland
Sep 12, 2020
Services for Helen Ruth Cumberland will be held Sunday, September 13, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Buddy Covington and Rev. Michael Wells officiating. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until time of service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cumberland, 83,...
Bolyn "Bud" A. Goodin
Sep 9, 2020
Graveside service for Bolyn "Bud" Goodin will be held at 11:00 a. m. from the Cedarlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Mr. Goodin passed away on September 9, 2020, at the age of 87. He was a native of Philadelphia, MS. He was the beloved husband of Shirley Nation Goodin of Lake...
Linda Thaggard
Sep 8, 2020
Services for Linda Thaggard will be held Friday, September 11, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel. Burial will follow in Morrow Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Thursday, September 10, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Thaggard, 73, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September...
Jesse B. Doner
Sep 4, 2020
Services for Mr. Jesse B. Doner will be held Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 2 p.m. from Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. J.R. Eaton , Rev. Albert McMullen and Rev. Mike Truhett officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, September 7, 2020 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and one...
