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Helen 'Mae' Smith Millsap
Canton
Helen "Mae" Smith Millsap, 57, of Canton, died Feb. 20, 2005, at her home.
Funeral services were held Feb. 26 at Middleton Grove African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Vaughan.
Mrs. Millsap was a member of Middleton Grove AME Zion Church.
Survivors include: her husband, Richard Millsap of Canton; her children, Tyjuana Smith, Jackie Brookins, Richard Millsap Jr., and Jale Millsap, all of Canton; her mother, Narciss Smith; daughter-in-law, Netashia Hodson; brothers-in-law, Joseph, Edward and Adolph Horn, all of Canton; sisters-in-law, Kathy Jones of Mississippi Chemical Corp. for 33 years as a data processing, finance manager.
Survivors include: his daughter, Belinda B. Roark and husband Allen of Canton; his son, Thomas S. Backstrom and wife Debbie of Yazoo City; grandchildren, Sarah R. Willis, Casey L. Roark, Ryan Bridges, Eryn R. Yoste and Shelby Backstrom; great-grandchildren, Reese Willis and Taylor Bridges.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church in Yazoo City or Canton.
Joe Williams Jr.
Canton
Joe Williams Jr., 39, of Canton, died Feb. 11, 2005.
Funeral services were held Feb. 19 at Zion Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Williams was a 1984 graduate of Velma Jackson High School. He loved baseball. He was employed with Johnson Control.
Survivors include: his wife, Ora Sutton Williams; his parents, Joe and Hazel Williams of Canton; his son, Justin Williams of Canton; his siblings, Helen Clerk and husband Willie of Pickens, Timothy, Johnny, Irene Williams of Canton, Diane Ollie and husband Mike of Camden, Erickson and Kendriell Williams of Canton; uncles, Henry Williams, Fletcher Williams and James Carson of Canton; aunts, Dorothy Nichols and Ora C. Travis of Canton, and Angie Nichols of California and Undra Drain of Atlanta, Ga.; sisters, Lelia Harris and husband Anthony, Annie Sanders and husband Douglas, Brenda Water and husband Booker and Kathy Robbins; brother, Anthony Robbins Jr.; and 24 grandchildren.
Johnnie Lee Body
Sharon
Johnnie Lee "Cheetah" Body, 58, of Sharon, died Feb. 14, 2005, at Madison County Medical Center in Canton.
Funeral services were held Feb. 19 at Sharon Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church with burial in the Sharon Cemetery.
Survivors include: his children, Mary Body of Sharon, Johnny Lee Body Jr. of Sharon, Tony Body of Detroit, Mich., and Evelyn Body of Cleveland, Michigan City
Josie L. McDonald, 57, of Michigan City, Ind., and joined New Hope Baptist Church, pastored by the Rev. Eddie Jenkins.
Survivors include: her mother, Johnnie Peterson; her father, the Rev. Bennie Luckett Sr. and wife Marcella, all of Canton; sisters, Heloise Johnson and husband William, Myrtis Luckett, Deloris Smith and husband Jimmy, Barbara Luckett and Rosalyn Luckett, all of Canton, Johnnie Ruth Luckett of Michigan City, and Norman Rivers of Dallas, Texas; nine aunts, eight uncles and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
