Mae Anna Smith
Funeral services for Mae Anna Smith, 69, were held Saturday, January 15 at Bethsalem MB Church cemetery in Ackerman. Pastor Joe Shumaker officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died January 8. Survivors include her husband, Willie B. Smith; her children, Catina Douglas, Willie Smith, Jr., and Silverine Smith; 8 grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Taylor Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Jessie Lee Curry
Funeral services for Jessie Lee Curry, 74, were held at 11 a.m., January 12 at Beck Funeral Home in Louisville. Minister Annie Thomas officiated. Burial followed in the Mt. Vernon cemetery.
Jessie died December 29 at the Oktibbeha County Hospital.
Survivors include 3 daughters, Emily Curry, Tanya Curry and Labridgette Curry; 1 brother, Herman Curry; 1 sister, Sadie Nelson; 6 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Beck Funeral Home of Louisville was in charge of the arrangements.
Gladys “Suedey” Whitfield
Funeral services for Gladys “Suedey” Whitfield, 74, were held at 2 p.m., January 16 at Beck Funeral Home in Louisville. Dr. Benjamin Pittman officiated. Burial followed in the Louisville Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitfield died January 6 at the Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.
Survivors include one daughter, Angela Whitfield; 4 sons, Don Whitfield, Dan Whitfield, Kevin Whitfield, and Jiman Whitfield; one sister, Hattie Bell Moore; 3 brothers, Rickey Baker, Tony Baker, and Redding Baker, II; 18 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Beck Funeral Home of Louisville was in charge of the arrangements.
Georgia Lee Carter
Funeral services for Georgia Lee Carter, 102, were held at 2 p.m., January 15 at Shady Grove MB Church in French Camp. Minister William Miller officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Carter died on January 9 at her home.
Survivors include 5 daughters, Linda Gladney, Lovie McGlothin, Peggy Evans, Ester Ashford, and Dorothy McChriston; 18 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; 46 great, great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Beck Funeral Home of Weir was in charge of the arrangements.
Diann Ruth Bates
Funeral services for Diann Ruth Bates, 58, were held at 2 p.m., January 15 at Beck Funeral Home in Louisville. Rev. Deborah Holmes officiated. Burial followed in Saint James Presbyterian cemetery.
Mrs. Bates died January 9 at the Jeff Anderson Hospital.
Survivors include her mother, Doris McFarland; one sister, Deborah Loving; 2 step-sisters, Jennifer Lynch and Kim McFarland; one brother, Marcus McFarland; 2 step-brothers, Keith McFarland and Nelson McFarland; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Beck Funeral Home of Louisville was in charge of the arrangements.
Dennis Gladney
Funeral services for Dennis Gladney, 59, were held at 2 p.m., January 16 at Beck Funeral Home in Weir. Rev. Richard Lyons, Sr. officiated. Burial followed in the Enon cemetery.
Mr. Gladney died January 19 at the Winston County Medical Center.
Survivors include his mother, Ina Lee Gladney; 6 sisters, Mamie Gladney, Debra Shell, Mary Gladney, Sherry Woods, Teretha Flowers, and Lynn Gladney; 1 son, Dennis Gladney, Jr.; one brother, Barron Ray Gladney; 2 grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Beck Funeral Home of Weir was in charge of the arrangements.
Shirley Groceman
Jan. 14, 2021
Services for Shirley Groceman, 79, of Ackerman will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 22, 2022, at Coleman Funeral Home in Ackerman with the Rev. Jerry Lawson officiating. Visitation will be Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Enon Cemetery in Ackerman.
She was born July 26, 1942, in Choctaw County to the late Martin Thomas Jr. and Frankie Viola Stephens Jones. Mrs. Groceman was a retired business owner. She died Jan. 14, 2022, at Choctaw Regional Medical Center in Ackerman.
Survivors include four daughters, Janet Dale Roark of Hendersonville, Tenn., Debbie Clark of Caledonia, Paula Billinger of Garden City, Mo., and Debbie Ann Groceman of Independence, Mo.; three sons, Lance Groceman of Ackerman, Ryan Groceman of Chesterton, Ind., and Ray Groceman of Eupora; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project or the American Heart Association.
