Chesley Mims Boggan

MENDENHALL Chesley Mims Boggan died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at his home in Mendenhall. He was 79.

Mr. Boggan was an administration manager for Brown & Root Inc., and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. He served in the Coast Guard.

He was a member of the Simpson County Economic Development Foundation, Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Mendenhall Coffee Club, the Brown & Root Retiree Association and the Masons and Shriners.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie L. and Bell May Boggan; and two brothers, Howard Boggan and Leotis Boggan.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jovita Hopkins Boggan; a son and daughter-in-law, Garry H. and Connie Boggan of League City, Texas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Anita B. and Ed Schilling and Ronda B. and Larry Wolfe, all of Vicksburg; a brother, Johnnie Theron Boggan of Florence; two sisters-in-law, Edna Earle Boggan of Brandon and Pauline Boggan of Mendenhall; and six grandchildren, Amanda Brice, Lenora Schilling and Jasmine Wolfe, all of Vicksburg, Jeremy Wolfe of Starkville, Sean Boggan of League City and Brigid Boggan of Austin, Texas.

Services were at 10 a.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mendenhall with the Revs. Foy Killingsworth and J.O. Walker officiating. Burial followed at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Luther Boggan, Mike Boggan, C. Sean Boggan, Jake Brice, Robbie Hamilton, Justin Harmon, Lawrence Milner and Jeremy Wolfe.

Honorary pallbearers were members of the Mendenhall Coffee Club.

Memorials may be made to Macedonia Baptist Church or Weathersby Baptist.

Earl Brown

EDWARDS Services for Earl Brown will be at noon Sunday at St. Mark M.B. Church in Edwards. Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 1 until 6 p.m. Saturday at Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home and from 11 a.m. Sunday until the service.

Mr. Brown died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson. He was 86.

A resident of Edwards, Mr. Brown was a deacon and Sunday school teacher for St. Mark M.B. Church. He was a retired insurance agent for Dillon Burial Association.

Mr. Brown was preceded in death by his wife, Grace Brown; and a son, Robert Earl Brown Jr.

Survivors include two sons, Robert Louis Brown of Snellville, Ga., and Alan David Brown of Bronx, N.Y.; one daughter, Adra R. McDermott of Edwards; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives.

W.T. Gattis Jr.

DELHI W.T. “Bill” Gattis Jr. died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, in Monroe. He was 85.

Mr. Gattis retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Air Force.

He was preceded in death by his wife, June Gattis.

He is survived by a daughter, Janelle Gattis of Indian Wells, Calif.; a son, Bill Gattis of St. Joseph; a stepson, Mike Wilson of Delhi; a stepdaughter, Ki Allen of Delhi; and a grandson, William Dudley Gattis of Denver, Colo.

Memorial services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cox Funeral Home in Delhi. Burial will follow at Delhi Masonic Cemetery.

Nora Willodeen Powell Jones

OAK GROVE Nora Willodeen Powell Jones died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at West Carroll Memorial Hospital. She was 83.

Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her husband, Reyburn Jones; her mother, Zora Royals Powell; her father, James Buchanan Powell; two sisters, Eunice Keys and Christine Henry; three brothers, Elvin Powell, Jack Powell and Ford Powell; and a grandson, Willis Arland Purvis.

She is survived by two daughters, Reba Keith of West Monroe and Johnniece Waters of Oak Grove; two brothers, J.B. Powell of Monterey, La., and Wendell Powell of Minden, Texas; and two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services were at 10 a.m. today at Cox Funeral Home in Oak Grove with Dr. James Parker officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Wayne Keyes, Wayne Boyte, Kenneth Gunter, Jimmy Gunter, Johnny Gunter and Danny Creech.

Terrance Kelly

PORT GIBSON Terrance Kelly died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at University Medical Center in Jackson. He was 28.

Mr. Kelly was preceded in death by his mother, Rose Mary Kelly Sykes; a sister, Tamarreka Devoual; a grandfather, Joe Kelly Sr.; and a grandmother, Willie T. Devoual.

He is survived by his father and stepmother, Roderick and Clarissa Devoual of Port Gibson; his maternal grandmother, Rosetta Kelly of Port Gibson; his paternal grandfather, J.C. Devoual of Port Gibson; five brothers, Robert Sykes Jr., Rodel Devoual, Roderick Devoual, Kerrick Watson and Divante Christian, all of Port Gibson; two sisters, LaQunda Hedrick of Dallas, Texas, and Shaundra McMillan of Hazlehurst; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, including Angelita Terrell of Jackson.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater St. Mark M.B. Church in Port Gibson with the Rev. Jermaine Brown officiating, assisted by the Rev. Leon Howard. Burial will follow at McCay Cemetery in Russum.

Visitation will be from 1 until 6 tonight at Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson and Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.