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Gracie Balfour Jackson
Gracie Balfour Jackson, 87, of Holly Springs, died Dec. 17, 2005 at Briarcrest Extended Care Home in Ashland. The widow of Eligah Jackson, she was a member of Providence MB Church in Holly Springs and a retired domestic worker in private homes.
Services were held at 1 p.m. on Dec. 21 at Beverly Chapel CME Church in Holly Springs. Rev. S.A. Phillips officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She leaves two daughters, Addie Jones of Holly Springs; Helen Hollingsworth of Oxford; a special grandson whom she raised, Rodell Jackson of Holly Springs; one sister, Louise Finley of St. Louis, Mo.; one brother Wesley Balfour of Holly Springs; 19 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two children, Lillie Mae Alexander and Silas Jackson.
Pallbearers were her grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers were Dexter Shipp, Willie Collins, Obie Snow and Bobby Tilman.
Julie Ann Laprise
Julie Ann Laprise, 48, of Ashland, died Dec. 18, 2005 at her home.
She leaves a son, James Rhea White of Ashland.
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 21 at Ashland Cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Fonta Woodson O’Dell
Fonta Woodson O’Dell, 88, of Holly Springs, died Dec. 24, 2005. The widow of Charles Lee O’Dell, she was an educator with the Holly Springs School District, one of the original members of the Library Board and a member of the Humane Society.
Services were held at 11 a.m. on Dec. 28 at First Presbyterian Church of Holly Springs, where she was a member. Dr. Milton Winter and Rev. Don Wilson officiated. Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She leaves a son, Charles Denton O’Dell of Perry, Ga.; a daughter, Margaret O’Dell of Holly Springs; a sister, Martha Stewart of Sunnyside, WA.; five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Woodson O’Dell and a grandson, Robert Dee O’Dell.
Cinderella Sims Taylor
Cinderella Sims Taylor, 83, of Holly Springs, died Dec. 20, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The widow of Charlie E. Taylor Sr., she was Missionary, Usher and Stewardess in her church.
Services were held at 12 noon, Dec. 23 at Yarbrough Chapel CME Church where she was a member. Rev. George Taylor officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She leaves two daughters, Marjean Myatt of Holly Springs; Rubye Pool of San Diego, Calif.; five sons, Charlie Taylor Jr., John Taylor, Alvin Taylor, all of Holly Springs; Otha Taylor of Ann Arbor, Mich.; George Taylor of West Point; two sisters, Martha B. Jones and Josie S. Freeman, both of Holly Springs; two brothers, John D. Sims Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., Robert Lee Sims of Holly Springs; 14 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one god-granddaughter.
Pallbearers were her grandsons, Carl Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, Jermaine Taylor, Demetrius Taylor, Tony Taylor, Kevin Taylor, Keith Taylor and Alvin Taylor.
Dorothy Dickson Boren
Dorothy Dickson Boren (affectionately known as Hobby Dee), 86, of Holly Springs, died Dec. 12, 2005 at Baptist Memorial in Oxford. She was the widow of Sowell Boren. She was a member of Victoria Baptist Church and an employee with Gem, Inc for 25 years.
Services were held at 2 p.m. on Dec. 14 at Temperence Hill Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
She leaves two daughters, Sheryl Dickson German of Chattanooga, Tenn., Jane Dickson Brisco of Holly Springs; two sons, Kenith Dickson of Holly Springs, Brooks Dickson of Olive Branch; a sister, Etoil Harkness of Ecru; 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Dickson Smith; and grandson, Caleb Bishop.
Mary Lynn Brown
Mary Lynn Brown, 79, died Dec. 7 at her home in Holly Springs. She was the daughter of Lynn Boyd Hopson and Lucie Emily Hopson, nee Roane and the sister of Ben L. Evans. A 1943 graduate of Holly High School, she worked at the Oak Ridge, Tenn. research facility of the Manhattan Project during World War II. She attended Mississippi State College for Women. Following her marriage in 1947, she lived in New Orleans, La.; Jackson, Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn. and Atlanta, Ga., before returning to Holly Springs in 1971. She was a caregiver during her mother’s last years of life, a faithful member of Holly Springs First United Methodist Church and had been a member, among other organizations, of The Thursday Club and the Holly Springs Country Club. She was a devoted and loving daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.
Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. on Dec. 10 at First United Methodist Church with Mrs. Charles King as organist and Bill Wage as soloist. Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery. Rev. Milton Boyd officiated. Holly Springs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She leaves her husband of 58 years, Eugene Dabney Brown; a son, Judge Eugene Dabney Brown Jr.; and three granddaughters, Lynn H. Brown, Margaret (Margie) R. Brown and F. Dabney Brown, all of Holly Springs.
Pallbearers were Bobby Bonds, B.B. House, Bobby House, Fred Carlisle, Mark Miller, Tom Stewart, Ben Evans and Tim Liddy.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to First United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor’s choice.
Ruth Louise McAlexander Crawley
Ruth Louise McAlexander Crawley, 90, of Vicksburg, died Dec. 7, 2005 in Vicksburg. She was the widow of Henry Fant (Pep) Crawley. She was a 1933 graduate of Holly Springs High School. She and her family were longtime members of First Baptist Church in Holly Springs.
Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. on Dec. 10 at Hill Crest Cemetery.
She leaves her family: Kathy Crawley, Jackie Arnold, Melissa and Alvin Word; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to Audubon Mississippi (“Mack Project), Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, 285 Plains Road, Holly Springs, MS 38635; or First Baptist Church, 1607 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180.
