UTICA — Vertie Bell McNair Magee died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at University Medical Center in Jackson. She was 84.

Mrs. Magee was a retired cook from Oakley Training School.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bryant and Chanie McNair; her husband, O.B. Magee Sr.; and a son, Joe Lee Magee.

Survivors include two sons, O.B. Magee Jr. of Edwards and Gerald Benard Magee of Utica; two daughters, Melvie Cene Culberson of Starkville and Ora Jean Hendon of Vicksburg; a stepdaughter, Theresa Joyner of Decatur, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness in Utica with Larry Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Friday with the family being present from 5 until 7 p.m.