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Ellen Snuggs Westendord
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Snuggs Westrendorf, 77, of Kosciusko, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Westendorf died June 28, 2007 at Hospice In His Hands in Madden. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Kosciusko.
She is survived by her husband of 17 years, Howard Westendorf; a son, Raymon Snuggs and his wife Donna; grandson, Joseph Snuggs; granddaughjter, Sarah Snuggs; sister, Georgia Ballard; and twin brother, Allen Payne.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Witt Snuggs.
Jimmy C. Hodges
Funeral services for Jimmy C. Hodges, 78, of Kosciusko were held Monday at 11 a.m. at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery.
Hodges, a native of Attala County, died June 30, 2007 at the Attala County Nursing Center. He retired from the Kosciusko Police Department following 31 years of service. He was a member of the Kosciusko United Pentecostal Church.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lois Hodges; a son, Randall Hodges of Kosciusko; two daughters, Sandra Bean of Madison and Sharon Dismuke of Raleigh; a brother, Joe Hodges, and a sister, Mary Moore, both of Kosciusko; four grandchildren, Mark Steed, Matt Steed, Denny Dismuke and Tayne Leonard.
He was preceded in death by a son, Dwight Hodges.
Rev. Shannon Pennington officiated.
Pallbearers were Randall Hodges, Mark Steed, matt Steed, Dennis Ray Dismuke, David Michael Grantham and Vernon Black.
Catherine Greenwood
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Greenwood, 59, of Kosciusko will be held at Saturday at noon at St. James Church of Christ with burial in St. Luke Cemetery at Benton.
Mrs. Greenwood, a pre-school teacher, died June 29, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.
Winters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Lucy Shackleford
Services for Mrs. Lucy Shackelford, 93, of Kosciusko will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Damascus M.B. Church with burial in Damascus Cemetery.
Mrs. Shackelford died June 28, 2007 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital.
Winters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Lewis LaRon Gober
A memorial service for Lewis LaRon Gober, 90, of Huntsville, Ala., will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. Saturday with Dr. Darryl Goldman and Rev. Mark Looyenga officiating.
Laughlin Service Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Gober was a 1940 mechanical engineering graduate of Mississippi State University with a Reserve Commission in the Army. He began as a design engineer in the Charleston Naval Shipyard developing a system for ships and submarines, which demagnetizes the metal making the ships and subs less detectable. He then spent 30 months during World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany with the U.S. Anti-Aircraft Artillery.
Upon leaving the army as a Lieutenant Colonel, Gober returned to Charleston. In 1948, he accepted a position as a professional engineer with the Air War College in Montgomery. Two years later, he was transferred to Washington D.C., where he was the chief civilian engineer responsible for establishing the Aviation engineers for the Air Force. In 1956, Gober accepted the position of Chief, Production Engineering, Industrial Operations Directorate of the newly formed U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency. It was there that he was instrumental in documenting the design of the REDSTONE, JUPITER and PERSHING missile systems. He was a part of the launching of the first free world satellite on Jan. 30, 1958. Following his tenure there, he was assigned as the Director, Systems Design and Development Laboratory, Research and Development Directorate, where he armed the first helicopter. Later, he was appointed Deputy Project Manager for the Mauler Missile System, the research for which evolved into the modern day Patriot Missile.
As the Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Command, St. Louis, Mo., he helped develop the mobile bridges troops used to cross bodies of water. Gober moved on to a second career in the private sector working with Taylor Machine Works and Sheller Globe in Mississippi and Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville where he did reverse engineering on Russian missiles for Egypt. In 1984, he retired with his wife, Esther, where they were very active in their church and community.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Ester Smith Gober; sister, Mildred Weeks of Mississippi and numerous nephews and nieces.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Carlton Cove Endowment Fund, One Carlton Cove Blvd., Huntsville, 35802.
Annie Elizabeth Whitt Ganann
Annie Whitt Ganann passed away in Ackerman July 18, 2007. She was born on April 18, 1916 in Blanche, Tenn. Upon receiving her RN license she moved to Kosciusko in 1939 and worked at the Montfort Jones Hospital and for Dr. Emmitt Ray until 1946.
She married William Albert Ganann on Nov. 16, 1941. Upon his return from World War II they made their home in Thomastown where he owned Ganann Drug Company. The family moved to Ackerman in 1955 where Bill Ganann owned Ganann Drug Company until his death in 1970. Mrs. Ganann worked for many years after her husband’s death as a nurse at the Choctaw County Hospital.
Survivors include sons Jan Ganann and Billy (Jackie) Ganann of Ackerman; brother, Bob Whitt of Taft, Tenn.; grandchildren Kasie Dean, Karla Raines, Kylie Ganann, Whitney Ganann, Amy Hilton and Curtis Foster; great-grandchildren Christopher Dean, Karder Raines, Mark Raines and Logan Raines.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, 2007 at Coleman Funeral Home in Ackerman. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 20, 2007 at Blanche Memorial Park Cemetery in Blanche, Tenn. Coleman Funeral Home in Ackerman is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ganann blessed her family with a joy of cooking, her kindness toward all, and her special love of flowers, trees and all that grows in nature.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Ackerman United Methodist Church or your favorite charity.
Marcie Cummins Dry
Marcie Cummins Dry, 88, of Kosciusko died July 17, 2008 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Walter Hines and Rev. James Young will officiate.
She was a member of Second Baptist Church, a former children’s Sunday School teacher at Yockanookany Baptist Church, and a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Fred Cummins and Tommy Dry; parents, P.J. and Vassie Rigby Ramage; brother, Jessie Ramage; sisters, Kate Dowell, Irene Estep, Bits Ramage and Rubye Barton.
She is survived by sisters, Lucille Jenkins and Tina Wiles, both of Kosciusko; a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be her nephews Kenny Ramage, Johnny Estep, Larry Barton, Jackie Wiles, and Tommy McDaniel.
Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, Yockanookany Baptist Church or a charity of your choice.
Dell Thompson
July 18, 2008
Funeral services for Ms. Dell Thompson will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Greater Jericho M.B. Church at Sallis with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Dotson Funeral Home of Weir is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is July 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the funeral home
Bennie E. Pitts
Graveside services for Bennie E. Pitts, 69, of Kosciusko will be held July 21 at 11 a.m. at Parkway Cemetery. He died July 17, 2008 at Hospice in His Hands in Madden.
Pitts, retired from the U.S. Air Force serving in the Vietnam War, had also been employed by Sheller Globe and the Hendry County School System. He was a Baptist.
He is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Long of Williston, Fla., and Brenda Zamudio of Kosciusko; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Pitts; daughter, Kathy Pamela Pitts; son, Johnny Desmond Pitts.
He was the son of the late Phelan B. and Lennie Davidson Pitts.
Culpepper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visitation is Sunday 5-8 p.m.
Lurlene Sheareer
A memorial service for Mrs. Lurlene Lowe Stallings DuBard Shearer, 88, of Vicksburg, formerly of Kosciusko, will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at the All Saints' Episcopal School Chapel on Confederate Avenue in Vicksburg.
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Shearer died June 26, 2007 at River Regions Hospital in Vicksburg.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial may be sent to Bowman Baptist Church in Vicksburg or the First Baptist Church, 210 N. Huntington St. in Kosciusko, Miss. 39090.
Henry H. Weeks
Funeral services for Henry H. Weeks, 81, of West will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Durant with burial in Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation is Friday 7-9 p.m.
Weeks, a native of Holmes County, died July 18, 2007 at S.V. Sonny Montgomery Medical Center in Jackson. He was a retired policeman for the City of Durant and a farmer. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Farron Cade Weeks; three sons, Kenneth Weeks and Timothy Weeks of West and Larry Weeks of Durant; two daughters, Margaret Ann Weeks Adcock of Sallis and Nancy L. Weeks Gray of Thomastown; a brother, Raymond Weeks of West; two sisters, Maggie Treadwell of Southaven and Merline Ferris of Summerville, Ind.; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Rev. Jerry Tate officiated.
Serving as pallbearers are Jason Weeks, Brian Weeks, Jeremy Adcock, Chris Adcock, Jonathan Weeks and Bill Cade. Michael Adcock is an honorary pallbearer.
Joseph "Joe" York
Services for Joseph “Joe” York, 93, of Durant were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Durant Methodist Church with burial in Mizpah Cemetery.
York, a retired conductor for Illinois Central Railroad with 44 years of service, died July 18, 2007 at University Hospital of Holmes County.
Peter Irving
Services for Peter Irving, 101 year-old Kosciusko resident, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Winters Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Smyrna Cemetery.
Irving died July 18, 2008 at the Attala County Nursing Center.
Everlee Presley
July 25, 2007
Funeral services for Mrs. Everlee Presley were held Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Kosciusko with burial in Kosciusko City Cemetery.
Arrangements were handled by Myricks Funeral Home.
Rosie Mae Edwards
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosie Mae Edwards, 83, will be Saturday at Cedar Grove M.B. Church with burial in the Wright Cemetery.
Mrs. Edwards died July 22, 2007, at Attala County Nursing Home.
Arrangements will be handled by Winters Funeral Home.
Mae Willie Allen
Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Wille Allen, 86, will be Friday at Pleasant Grove No. 1 M.B. Church with burial in Wright Cemetery.
Mrs. Allen died July 19, 2007 in Muskegee Height, Mich.
Arrangements will be handled by Winters Funeral Home.
