Wilber Sullivan
Aug 9, 2020
Graveside services for Wilber Sullivan will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 10 a.m. from Coye Assembly of God Cemetery with Rev. Ryan Farmer officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Sullivan, 79, of Preston, died Sunday, August 9, 2020. He was a native of Kemper and a longtime resident of Preston Community and was retired from U.S....
James "Jimmy" Clark
Aug 7, 2020
Family memorial service for James "Jimmy" Clark will be held on Saturday August 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. from Sandtown Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Clark, 75, of Philadelphia, died Friday, August 7, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and was a retired carpenter. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era. Mr. Clark was...
Betty Cumberland
Aug 6, 2020
Graveside services for Betty Cumberland will be held Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Coye Assembly of God Cemetery with Rev. Allen Herrington officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cumberland, 74, of Preston, died Thursday, August 6, 2020. She was a native and lifelong resident of Kemper County and was a homemaker all her life. She...
Charles L. Alford
Aug 5, 2020
Graveside services for Charles Alford will be held Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2 p.m. from Salem Cemetery with the Rev. Matt Jones, Rev. Sean Rodgers and Rev. Kerry Collins officiating.Visitation will be held Saturday, August 8, 2020 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at McClain- Hays Chapel . McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Alford, 70, of Philadelphia,...
Rayburn Waddell
Aug 4, 2020
Graveside services for Rayburn Waddell will be held Friday, August 7, 2020 at 1 p.m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Waddell, 78, of Madison, died Tuesday, August 4, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and was currently living in Madison, MS and Dallas, TX. He...
Austin Robinson
Aug 3, 2020
Funeral services for Austin Robinson will be held Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 2 p.m. from Spring Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Stuart Purvis officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Robinson, 26,...
Keith Jones
Aug 1, 2020
Private family services for Keith Jones will be held Tuesday, August, 4, 2020, at 10:00 a. m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. J. R. Eaton, Bro. J Clark, and Bro. Cliff Barker officiating. Interment will be held in Vardaman Cemetery in Kemper County. Private family visitation will be held Monday, August 3, 2020, at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mr. Jones, 59,...
James Ernest Palmer
Jul 30, 2020
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Kemper County with Rev. Randy Caldwell officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. James Ernest Palmer, born April 20, 1936, died Thursday, July 30, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He got his early start in Clarke and Kemper Counties, Mississippi,...
Lillie Ivon Savell Rhodes
Jul 29, 2020
Graveside Services will be held on Saturday August 1, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. from the Linwood Cemetery. Survivors include brother, Jobie (Cile) Savell of Decatur; sisters, Evelyn Ferguson of Hattiesburg, Jo Ann White (Charles) of Brookhaven; one grandson, Jeff Rhodes, and family; four nieces; three nephews. Mrs. Rhodes was preceded in death by husband, Roy Rhodes; one son, Willie Roy...
Eddie "Wayne" Callahan
Jul 28, 2020
Graveside services for Eddie “Wayne” Callahan will be held Friday, July 31, 2020 at 1 p.m. at Hope Cemetery with Dr. Mike Carr officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Callahan, 73, of Philadelphia died Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Wayne was born on June 17, 1947 in Philadelphia and graduated from Philadelphia High School and East Central Community College....
Frank J. Benci
Jul 27, 2020
Funeral services for Frank J. Benci will be held Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 1 p.m. from Spring Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Stuart Purvis officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Saturday, August 1, 2020 from 12 noon until service time. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Benci,...
Randy Ladd
Jul 25, 2020
Graveside services for Randy Ladd will be held Monday, July 27, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Eastlawn Cemetery with Rev. Clay Winstead officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements Mr. Ladd, 61, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, July 25, 2020. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Fork Community of Neshoba County. He worked as a surveyor for N.L....
Sandra Carter Stokes
Jul 25, 2020
Graveside services for Sandra Carter Stokes will be held Thursday, July 30, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Benny Alford officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Sandra Stokes, 71, died Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Ms. Stokes was born and lived in Meridian, MS, until she was...
John S. Holley
Jul 22, 2020
Graveside services for John S. Holley will be held Friday, July 24, 2020, at 10:00 a. m. from Henry’s Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Adrian Holley and Elder Clifton Jones officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Holley, 98, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at his home. A native and longtime resident of...
William E. Walker Jr.
Jul 22, 2020
Graveside services for William E. “Bill” Walker, Jr., will be held Saturday, July 25, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from East Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia with Bro. David Richardson officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Walker, 66, of Walnut Grove, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Born and raised in Houston, MS,...
Ronny Joyner
Jul 22, 2020
Graveside services for Ronny Joyner will be held Friday, July 24, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. from Evergreen Cemetery in Carrollton, MS, with Rev. Dale Rogers officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Joyner, 48, of Neshoba County, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020. A native of Philadelphia, MS, he was a graduate of Philadelphia High School and attended...
Hilton Boswell
Jul 21, 2020
Services for Hilton Boswell will be on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with minister-in-charge, Rev. Randall Dunaway, officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 24, 2020 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Burial will follow from Henry’s Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Boswell, 74, died Tuesday, July 21,...
Joseph Hegwood
Jul 19, 2020
Graveside services for Joseph Allen Hegwood will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 10 a.m. at North Bend Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ronnie Gomillion officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hegwood, 97, of Philadelphia died Sunday, July 19, 2020. Joseph Allen Hegwood was born and reared in Scott County, MS. After living in several...
Paul Oakley "Top" Dove
Jul 19, 2020
Services for Paul Oakley “Top” Dove will be held Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Alex Biddles officiating. Burial will follow in Wheatfield Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 10 a.m. until service time at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Dove, 93, of...
Linda Beckham West
Jul 19, 2020
Graveside services for Linda Tolbert Beckham West will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 2 p.m. at Ocobla Cemetery with Rev. Mike Sullivan officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 12 noon from McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. West, 73, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 19, 2020. She was a native...
