Willie Mae Canterberry

Published 11:00 am Friday, January 30, 2015

Willie Mae Canterberry died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital in Rolling Fork. She was 93.

Mrs. Canterberry is survived by one son, Melvin Smith of Mayersville; one daughter, Besseye Bryant of Hemet, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren.

Services are 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Rose Hill M.B. Church, with evangelist Mildred Fleming officiating. Burial will follow at Mook Lake Cemetery. Family hour will be 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 at the church.

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