Sarah Lois Teeter

Published 11:31 am Friday, December 30, 2011

ROLLING FORK — Sarah Lois Teeter died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at her home. She was 69.

Mrs. Teeter was born in Georgia, she lived for years in Dale, Ark., before moving to the Mississippi Delta for the past 20 years. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Greenville where she played keyboard in the church.

Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Teeter of Rolling Fork; three daughters, Linda Burton and Sherry Sims, both of Hernando, and Connie Higgs of Golconda, Ill.; three sisters, Ann Denning of Greenville, Darlene Beliew of McGehee, Ark., and Deborah Gladney of Amory; four brothers, Homer Atchley of Glen Allan and Glen Atchley, Ricky Atchley and Louis Atchley, all of Greenville; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

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Services will be at noon Saturday at Glenwood Funeral Home in Rolling Fork with the Rev. Anthony Prestage officiating. Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery in Rolling Fork. Visitation will be tonight from 5 until 8 at the funeral home.

Larry Donnell Whitaker

Services for Larry Donnell Whitaker will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Burial will follow under the direction of W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

Mr. Whitaker died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at his residence. He was 47.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Joe Yates and Della Mae Sims.

He is survived by two sons, Devin Whitaker and Donavon Whitaker, both of Vicksburg; a daughter, Matya Whitaker of Vicksburg; his father, Robert Sims; his stepfather and mother, George and Lucille Whitaker Ross; two brothers, Jeffery Ross and Kenneth Ross, both of Vicksburg; his grandparents, Roosevelt Lee of Chicago and Susie Tolliver of Aurora, Ill.; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.