January 10, 2005

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, January 10, 2006

The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries in news form for area residents, their family members and for former residents at no charge. Families wishing to publish additional information or to use specific wording have the option of a paid obituary.

Deena LaVoren Campbell.

Services for Deena LaVoren Campbell were at 1 p.m. Friday with Dr. Ollie Hardaway officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

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Ms. Campbell died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, at River Region Medical Center. She was 42.

She graduated from Vicksburg High School in 1981.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Lewis; and her grandmother, Rosa Lee &#8220Toot” Buchanan.

She is survived by a son, Cavin R. &#8220Uno” Campbell of Vicksburg; two daughters, Lakeya Campbell of Vicksburg and Pvt. Chania Campbell of Fort Jackson, S.C.; her parents, Herman J. Campbell Sr. and Edna E. Campbell, both of Vicksburg; two brothers, Herman J. Campbell Jr. of Kansas City, Mo., and Sfc. Delantony Campbell of Fort Wain Wright, Alaska; two sisters, Kisha Campbell-Patton of Fort Bragg, N.C., and Katrina Campbell of Vicksburg; her paternal grandmother, Perri E. Williams of Vicksburg; three grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.

Dorothy Childers.

CORDELE, Ga. – Dorothy &#8220Dot” Childers died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, at Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehab in Cordele, Ga. She was 75.

Mrs. Childers was a native of Warren County. She was a Little League team mother and den mother for Cub Scouts. She was a member of Peavy Memorial United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William L. &#8220Bill” Childers; and her parents, James Edward Parker and Beulah Paschal Parker.

Survivors include three sons, William L. Childers Jr. of Lithia Springs, James Michael Childers of Gulfport and John Mitchell Childers of Cordele; three sisters, Frances Sibley, Thelma Leist and Patsy Russell, all of Vicksburg; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hughes and Wright Funeral Home Chapel in Cordele. Burial will follow at Sunnyside Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 until 8 this evening at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Peavy United Methodist Church Memorial Fund.

Charles T. Davis.

Graveside services for Charles T. Davis, 69, were Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at the Hill Crest Memorial Park Cemetery in Haughton, La.

Mr. Davis was born on April 16, 1936, in Oak Grove, La., and entered into rest on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006. He was the owner of Yogurt Etc. in Delchamps Plaza and retired as a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office.

Left to honor his memory are his wife of 53 years, Joyce Hugh Davis; one son, Chaz Davis; one daughter, Cherie Kilgo and husband, Larry, all of Vicksburg; two brothers, Thomas Grady Davis and Michael Davis; three grandchildren, Joy Reger and husband, Frank, Jena Kilgo and Kaylee Kilgo; and two great-grandchildren, Ann Cherie and Maggie Reger.

Sarah Elizabeth Sanders.

Sarah Elizabeth Sanders died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was 89.

A resident of Redwood, Mrs. Sanders was a former elementary school custodian.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennie F. Sanders Sr.; and a daughter, Odessa Savannah Fisher.

She is survived by five daughters, Ardenia Sanders Cleary and Julia Mary Sanders, both of Paducah, Thelma Elizabeth Booker of Washington, Pa., Shirley Conner of Nashville, Tenn., and Tressie Lee Turner of Redwood; three sons, Bennie F. Sanders Jr. of Del Rio, Texas, Eddie Lee Sanders of Paducah and Robert Lee Sanders of Redwood; 26 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and aunts, an uncle and a niece.

Robbins Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.