Obituaries for Wednseday, April 2, 2008
Ada Mae Holliman
Ada Mae Holliman, 95, of Ovett, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Jones & Son Funeral Home in Richton with burial in Mt. Olive Methodist Church Cemetery in Ovett.
Mrs. Holliman was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Olive United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William David Holliman and five daughters, Lois Goldman, Gladys Marie Smith, Annie Mae Holliman, Mary Elizabeth Hinton, and Emma Jean Holliman.
Survivors include her sons, Bobby Joe Holliman, William Oscar Holliman, James Earl Holliman, and John Riley Holliman, all of Ovett, and George Edward Holliman of Petal; daughters, Johnnie Velma Stewart of Cartersville, Ga., Donis Virea Crew of Ovett, Edith Faye LeGros of Greenville, S. C., and Eva Lenell Ford of Petal; sister, Annie Lillian Odom of Richton; 31 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5:30 until 9 p.m. this evening at Jones & Son Funeral Home in Richton, which is in charge of the arrangements.
Kenneth Mitchell “Mickey” Stevison
Kenneth Mitchell “Mickey” Stevison, 52, of Richton, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at Perry County General Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at Mulberry Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jerry Overstreet and Terrell Stringer will officiate.
Mr. Stevison was a maintenance supervisor at Masonite and a member of Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his father, Gerald “Buster” Stevison.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Easterling Stevison of Richton; mother, Lokey Stevison of Richton; son, Justin Stevison of Richton; sisters, Patricia Jean Petty and Sylvia Ann Collins, both of Laurel; and brothers, Rikey Gerald Stevison, Gary Steve Stevison, and Curtis Dean Stevison, all of Richton.
Visitation will begin at 5:30 p.m. this evening and go through the night at Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church.