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Marvin L. Thornton
Marvin L. Thornton, 76, of Smithdale, died Sept. 20, 2000, at his residence.
Visitation is 5-9 tonight at Hartman Funeral Home of McComb. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Smithdale. The Revs. Millard Purl, David Luce and Mike Soesbe will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Thornton was born Dec. 20, 1924, in Franklin County. He was the son of Daniel R. Thornton and Lillie Fleming Thornton.
He was retired from Armstrong Tire and Rubber in Natchez. He also worked at Neola’s Fabrics in Bude.
He was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church, where he was a deacon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during World War II.
Mr. Thornton was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Daniel Rayford Thornton and Clarence Godwin; and two sisters, Christine T. Dillon and Evelyn T. Butler.
Survivors include his wife, Neola Moore Thornton of Smithdale; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Connie T. Johnson of Wetumpka, Ala., Denise T. and Forrest Wentworth of Kitzingen, Germany, and Regena T. and Jerry W. Compton and Brenda T. and Floyd L. Netterville, all of Smithdale; one brother, J.L. Thornton of Smithdale; one sister, Ruth Davis Jones of Smithdale; and five grandchildren, Brett Johnson, Cliff and Brandon Wentworth, and Flint and Amanda Welch.
Pallbearers will be Flint Welch, Cliff Wentworth, Brandon Wentworth, Danny Dillon, Keith Mulford and Jackie Cotten.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Horizon Hospice, 802 Delaware Ave., McComb, MS 39648.
Otha Carr
Otha Carr, 76, of Tylertown, died Sept. 19, 2000, at Walthall County General Hospital.
Visitation is 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today at Mississippi Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Jackson was born Feb. 16, 1930.
Arrangements are incomplete with Cook’s Enterprise Funeral Home of McComb in charge.
Zelma F. Smith
Zelma Fortenberry Smith, 89, of McComb, died of respiratory failure Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, at Beverly Healthcare Southwest in McComb.
Visitation is 5-8 tonight at Catchings Funeral Home in McComb, and 11 a.m. Tuesday until services there at 2 p.m. The Rev. Joe Blackwell and the Rev. J. Frank Smith will officiate. The Rev. Ed Sudduth will serve as organist. Burial will be in Silver Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was born June 26, 1911, in Pike County. She was the daughter of Lemuel Q. Fortenberry and Lillian Ellzey Fortenberry.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Magnolia.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, J. Nolan Smith; one son, Maxwell Wallace Smith; two brothers, E.J. and Duvoix Fortenberry; and a daughter-in-law, Ingrid G. Smith.
Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law, Neron and Carolyn Smith of Raymond and Robert Howell Smith of Baton Rouge, La.; one daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Doug Lawrence of Magnolia; one brother, Kenric Fortenberry of Satellite Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Birdie Ott of Mt. Hermon, La., and Willie Jean Simmons of Baton Rouge; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and very special friends, Ed and Ruth Sudduth of McComb.
Pallbearers will be Dean Smith, Jeffrey Smith, Mike Williams, David Lawrence, James Rushing and Don Smith.
Roosevelt Jackson
Roosevelt “Shine” Jackson, 70, of Magnolia, died Sept. 21, 2000, at Southwest Indianapolis; one stepdaughter, Ella W. Hackett of Magnolia; two brothers, Dud Jackson of Magnolia and Robert Jackson of Chicago; one step-grandson; one step great-grandson; one aunt, Norman Tillman of Kentwood, La., and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Annie J. Cleckler
Annie Louise Jordan Cleckler, 55, of Brookhaven, died of heart failure, Sept. 22, 2000, at Gulfport Memorial Hospital.
Visitation is 5-10 tonight at Harrigill Funeral Home in Brookhaven. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mallalieu United Methodist Church in Lincoln County. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Cleckler was born April 13, 1945, in Brookhaven. She was the daughter of Gladys Tennessee.
Mr. Bunnell was a member of Richton First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Blanche Virginia Bunnell of Richton; four sons, Vernon B. Bunnell and Bobby D. Bunnell, both of Richton, Buddy L. Bunnell of Memphis, Tenn., and Charles W. Bunnell of Ovett; one daughter, Dorothy A. Jones of Richton and formerly of McComb; one sister, Lora Lee Ferguson of Flint, Mich.; one brother, Charles Pershing Bunnell of Flint; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Barnes, Johnnie Wayne Barnes, Kent Myrick, Danny Eldridge, Frank Bunnell, Donald Pittman and Danny Jones.
John C. Grady Sr.
John C. Grady Sr., 77, of McComb, died Sept. 24, 2000, at Southwest Texas, died there Sept. 24, 2000, at Memorial Southwest Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete with Cook’s Enterprise Funeral Home of McComb in charge.
Carroll Hines, 81
Friends praised Carroll Hines, who died this weekend, as a quiet, reliable man well versed in everything from photography to radio and cable television.
Hines, 81, of McComb, died Sept. 23, 2000, at Southwest Mississippi. The medium became a primary focus early in his life, when he began work with WSKB in McComb. He was also affiliated with WHNY for many years, serving first as an engineer, then as general manager.
Southwest Broadcasting sales manager Robbie Hamilton said Hines played a key role in bringing radio in the area.
“He and Mr. Phillip Brady developed radio for the McComb area. It was their hard work that made radio reach its potential today. He loved it,” said Hamilton.
John S. Thompson, like Hines a veteran of the local radio business, said, “I was with WAPF, which is a competitor with WHNY where Carroll was working. On one occasion, Agnes Louise McGehee was managing the WAPF station one weekend, when Phillip Brady was out of town. We had electronic troubles at WAPF.
“Agnes Louise called Carroll, who was the only person who could help her, and he graciously came and got her back on air.”
In 1969, Hines and his partners sought to start a new radio station in McComb, receiving FCC approval in 1975 for WAKK. Their second station, WAKH-FM, went on the air several years later.
Hines and a close friend, Bill Tyler, were active for many years in real estate and other business affairs in the Pike County area prior to Tyler’s death.
Maureen Clark, who worked with Hines in radio, said, “He had a lot of history in him, and it is the end of an era in broadcasting in Southwest Mississippi Alabama and Hines became general manager. He stayed with them quite a few years until he, Wayne Dowdy and Bob Hemeter applied for the license to operate WAKK, which went on the air in 1975.”
Hines continued to be involved in broadcasting fields through his association with local stations, the Mississippi Amateur Radio Club.
“I was in the Lions Club with him”, said John Balser of McComb. “I found him one of the most interesting people.
“He was a good engineer. I was very impressed with his ability to do that. He was an all-around good guy and I liked him. He liked photography and I was a photographer. Every Tuesday he was always present at the Lions Club meeting, he was a good member.
“He was a guy that fit in; he wasn’t a guy that made a lot of ripples”, Balser said.
Mr. Hines was a member of First Baptist Church in McComb. He was also a member of the McComb Noon Lions Club, where he was past president and a 40-year monarch. He was a Mason and a member of the Southwest Mississippi State University and Port Arthur College.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 50 years, Mildred McQuary Hines of McComb; several cousins and a special friend and caregiver, Gloria Quinn of Jayess.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in his memory to the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church in McComb.
