Margaret Ruth Young Rose died Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at River Region Medical Center. She was 74.

Mrs. Rose attended Redwood High School and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Vicksburg Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Lillian Ruth Hall Young; her grandparents, Armedage Kent Hall and Nancy Elizabeth Westcott Hall; her husband, Edward Rose; a sister, Bobbie Thompson; and a brother, Billy Young.

She is survived by two sons, Herbert Rose of Ashburn, Va., and Gene Rose of Vicksburg; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Bennie Fuller

REDWOOD - Bennie Fuller died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at his home in Redwood. He was 58.

Mr. Fuller was a native and lifelong resident of Warren County and a member of the Carpenters Local. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Fuller, and a brother, Forrest Fuller.

He is survived by his wife, Frances C. Fuller of Redwood; one daughter, Carolyn Ann Holman of Vicksburg; his mother, Lillie W. Fuller of Vicksburg; one sister, Faye Stout of Vicksburg; three brothers, Bernard Fuller of Redwood, James Chris Fuller of Tyler, Texas and Bobby Jack Fuller of Wichita Falls, Texas.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fisher-Riles Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Walker and the Rev. Rick Cochran officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 tonight at the funeral home chapel.

Pallbearers will be William Brister, William Brister Jr., Mack McCaskill, Bobby Stout, J.C. Oakes, and Harold Holman.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Randy Easterling, Dr. Lee Humble and Dr. P.J. Deer.

Frank Edward Cousins died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at River Region Medical Center. He was 80.

Mr. Cousins worked as a towboat captain for more than 40 years for various companies, including Smith Towing and T.L. James. He was a veteran of the Army, serving in Korea.

He was preceded in death by his father, Frank Cousins; his mother, Ruth Davis Cousins; a daughter, Trudy I. Tero; six brothers; and three sisters.

Survivors include his wife, Christine Rodgers Cousins of Vicksburg; three sons, Frankie Lee Cousins, Glen E. Cousins and Thomas J. Cousins, all of Vicksburg; four daughters, Paula R. Bryant and Rose Stamey, both of Vicksburg, Maxine Cousins of Eudora, AR, and Kimberley I. Davis of Denham Springs, LA; two brothers; one sister; 17 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home with the Rev. John Gallagher officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home Tuesday from 1 p.m. until the service.

Pallbearers will be Frankie Cousins, Tommy Cousins, Joseph Tarver, Robert Dalton, Ben Hearn, Max Hearn, Tony Tero and Mike Harmon.

Honorary pallbearers will be George Leach, Curtis Leach, Bubba Leach, Bobby Leach and Walter Cousins Jr.

JoAnn Keen Kelley died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at River Region Medical Center. She was 76.

Born in Redwood, Mrs. Kelley was the daughter of the late Karl and Frances Cole Keen. She graduated in 1952 from Redwood High School. She was an avid gardener, sports enthusiast and cook.

She was a member of the Baptist faith.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Donald N. Kelley Sr.; and a grandson, Justin Ryan Field.

She is survived by four children, Donna and Bill Field Jr., Renee Flaharty, Karleen Wigley and Nelson and Angi Kelley; seven grandchildren, Amanda Campbell, Trey Field, Kayla Kelley, Kaci Flaharty, Dee Kelley, Sara Wigley and Malynn Kelley; five great-grandchilden; one sister, Jane Griffin; and two brothers, James D. “Sonny” Keen and Keith Keen.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Riles Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Rusty Keen officiating. Burial will be at Green Acres Memorial Park. Visitation will be from noon Saturday until the hour of service.

Pallbearers will be Bill Field Jr., Trey Field, De Kelley, David Keen, Tony Irwin, Larry Burroughs and Paul Flaharty.

Honorary pallbearers will be Johnny Griffin, James D. “Sonny” Keen, Keith Keen, Judy Sibley, Hosie Thomas Jr., Virginia and Glenn Wells, Mike McCullough, John McCullough and Glenn McKay.

Memorials may be made to the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216.

EVELYN COLLEEN HART McCORD, Valparaiso, Indiana. Age 74, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2008, in Hobart, IN.

She was born on August 16, 1934, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Orvis and Lillian Hart, who preceded her in death. She was married on June 12, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, to Donald McCord for 54 years, who survives. Evelyn is also survived by her son, Bruce McCord of Florida; daughter, Patricia Wood of Lake Station, IN; brother, Orvis Hart; sisters, Mary Waklawick of Whiting, IN, and Patsy Trager of Florida; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughters, Donna Garcia and Kay Johnson, and son-in-law, Vern Johnson.

Evelyn was an area resident since 1951 and was a homemaker. The family of Evelyn McCord would like to thank the doctors, nurses and technicians who participated in her care at Portage Dialysis. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. at Edmonds & Evans Funeral Home Portage Chapel, 6941 Central Ave., Portage, IN, with Pastor Bob Burton officiating. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, IN. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 26, 2008, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216.

James Duaine Porter, born 1932 in Anguilla, Sharkey Mississippi, passed away February 24, 1975, in Vicksburg, MS.

From Vicksburg Evening Post, Vicksburg, Miss., Tuesday, February 25, 1975

Seizure Is Fatal To James Porter

James D. Porter, 42, died last night while participating in a basketball game at the new First Baptist Church Activities Building.

Mr. Porter, member of the Calvary Baptist Church team, had played the first quarter against Woodlawn Baptist Church. He was sitting on the bench when he slumped over.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital. Coroner Charles Riles said the cause of death was apparently an massive heart attack.

Mr. Porter was born at Anguilla and had lived most of his life in Vicksburg. He was the manager of the auto center of Sears Vicksburg Store. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Betty T. Porter, a son, Stanley D. Porter; a step-son, William Dalton step-daughter, Debbie Dalton all of Vicksburg; his mother, Mrs. Melvin J. Porter Sr., of Valley Park; three brothers, William R. Porter of Simi, Calif.; Ted Porter ad M.J. Porter Jr., of Valley Park; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Kober, Mrs. Sue Nappier and Mrs. Lucille Wooley, all of Vicksburg.

Services will be Wednesday at 2 pm., at the Fisher Funeral Chapel, with the Rev, Charles Funderburk, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Patrick, Joe Collums, Anthony Pilgrim, Otis Shirley, Dan Ward, Irwin Marshall. Honorary: Dalton Smith, Walter Beall, Dave Owen, Junius Williams, Curtis Evans of Anguilla; Louis Bennett of Anguilla; Jack Mims, W. F. Strickland, Sack Davidson, Ellis Cummings and Joe Curtis.

Lowell Thomas Livingston died in Ridgeland, Madison, MS.

Lowell was born in Longbeach, CA on December 16, 1933 to Burley Suber and Annie Mae Edwards Livingston. Burley was a crane engineer. He had two sisters: Valta and Emma Mae Livingston (1936-2008). Lowell was at Redwood 1949-50. He played football. He later lived in Jackson and Brandon. Lowell attended Mississippi State University where he studied civil engineering. Picture below is of Lowell with his father. They are on the right of the photo. At right is Lowell in 1935.

Photos from Mississippi State University yearbook, 1955.

Burial:
Parkway Memorial Cemetery
Ridgeland
Madison County
Mississippi, USA

Charles N. Cockrell died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Merit Health River Region Medical Center. He was 81.

Born in Warren County, he was the son of the late Charlie Cockrell and Minnie Hearn Cockrell. Mr. Cockrell was a truck driver and a member of Northside Baptist Church.

He is survived by two sisters, Flora Allison and Lora Wilson (Windy); a brother Wilford Cockrell (Janie); and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Truesdale Cockrell; two sisters, Gracie Emfinger and Aileen Brooks.

Services will be 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Frank Lescallette, pastor of Northside Baptist Church, officiating. Visitation will be at Riles Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until the hour of the service.

Pallbearers will be Ricky Pennington Sr., Ricky Pennington Jr., Dusty Pennington, Tristin Coats, Robert Wells and Jimmy Cockrell. Honarary pallbearers will be members of the Hearn Family, Sandy Rainer and Dr. George Abraham II.

Webster Cleveland (W.C.) Alderman of Raymond passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, January 12, 2015. A child of a large family of Mississippi Delta sharecroppers, he graduated from Redwood High School and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, which trained him to be an air traffic controller. He also became a skilled card player during the year the Air Force assigned him to the icy paradise of Greenland.

Upon his honorable discharge, he attended Hinds Community College where he played collegiate baseball but more importantly, met his future bride, Dot Pickett of Utica (at right). W.C. subsequently earned a degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State University. He recalled fondly the MSU student life in the congested Old Main Dormitory as well as his good judgment and preparedness demonstrated by his escape of the fiery destruction of Old Main with all of his meager worldly possessions intact. As to that one engineering course which he found so difficult at MSU, W.C. was grateful that the same course at the Ole Miss School of Engineering was not nearly so challenging.

W.C. entered the engineering workforce with the Mississippi State Highway Department in Jackson, then moved to Memphis to work for a large construction company. After a relatively short stint, he returned to Mississippi and formed Alderman Engineering which he built into a long-time successful engineering business in Jackson. W.C. was also a public servant. After several attempts, he unseated a fixture of Hinds County politics and served a very productive term as District 4 Supervisor of Hinds County.

W.C is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Dot Alderman; daughters Rhonda Floyd of Clinton and Cheryl Thaggard of Meridian; and grandchildren Web Floyd, Anna Floyd, Cooper Thaggard and David Thaggard. He is also survived by brothers Howard Alderman of Picayune, Frankie Alderman of Pace, FL, and Paul Alderman of Vicksburg, as well three sisters, Jean Thomas of Raymond, Gayle Neihaus of Vicksburg and Faye McCulley of Vicksburg. W.C. was preceded in death by his daughter, Norma Fulgham, and his parents, Mamie McCormick and Albert Alderman.

Among many other things, W.C. will be remembered as a loving spouse, treasured father, loving brother, religious mentor, respected engineer, farmer, dedicated public servant, veteran, mentor of two generations of civil engineers, Bulldog, an athlete, quail hunter, fisherman, formidable card and dominoes player, fantastic storyteller, very creative handyman, and the type of father-in-law of which most can only dream. He will forever be “Papa” to four adoring grandchildren who received a vast, loosely-supervised (and unscathed to their parents’ amazement) education about such things as fishing, hunting, guns, machetes, cows, cards, tractors, cars, music and cooking.

Funeral services will be held at Wright & Ferguson in Clinton on Friday, January 16 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. Interment will be at Lakewood Memorial Gardens South in Jackson. Pallbearers will be Stacy Thomas, Paul Floyd, Web Floyd, Lee Thaggard, Cooper Thaggard and David Thaggard.

In lieu of flowers, donations in W.C.’s memory may be made to the Morrison Heights Baptist Church Mission Fund, 3000 Hampstead Blvd, Clinton, MS 39056.

Elza Champion Fought passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019. She was 85 years old.

Mrs. Fought was born in Isola, MS and had lived in Vicksburg, MS for many years. She is preced in death by father Owen "Jack" Champion; mother Leona Marshall Champion; and brother Vernon Champion.

She is survived by her husband Billy L. Fought; son Glynn Louis Fought; 2 daughters Wanda Kay Murphy and Janet Elaine Wilson; brother Rusty Champion; 4 sisters Angeline Smith, Marie Sullivan, Lois Williamson, and Jeanette Harris Spikes; 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Glenwood Funeral Home with services starting at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel with Rev. Britt Prince and Quinten Williams officiating.

Pallbearers will be Quinten Williams, Hunter B. Fought, Britt Prince, Dewayne Sullivan, Darvin Sullivan, and Darryl Champion.

Anchorage Daily News April 30, 1986

Irvin Ward "Sonny" Blaylock died at his home in North Kenai on April 27. He was 51. Mr. Blaylock was born Aug. 15, 1934, in Wilnona, Miss to Wiley Franklin and Gladys Irene Rowland Blaylock.Sonny siblings were Lynndle L Blaylock (1938–2003) and Carlson Field Blaylock(1943–1997). A musician, Sonny started in music as a young boy and had a radio show in Mississippi at age 6. He graduated from Redwood High School in 1952. He marrid Eldene Leslie Flora on June 2, 1954 in Santa Clara, CA. At Redwood his family had a popular band. In 1973, he moved to Anchorage from Reno, Nev. In 1977, he moved to Kenai, where he played steel guitar in many local nightclubs, most recently with the Muddy Gap Band. 

He is survived by his wife, Eldene Leslie Blaylock , of Kenai; three sons, Irvin W. Blaylock Jr. of Hayward, Calif., and Marshall F. Blaylock and Ron L. Blaylock , both of Portland, Ore.; two daughters, Sherie Blaylock and Renee Blaylock , both of Portland; his mother, Gladys Blaylock of Milpitis, Calif.; two brothers, Lynndle Blaylock of Sacramento, Calif., and Carlson Blaylock of Milpitas; a grandmother, I.H. Rowland, of Moorehead, Miss.; and four grandchildren. 

Funeral services were at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kenai and burial following in Kenai Cemetery, Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA. Visitation was at Peninsula Memorial Chapel, which handled the service arrangements. In lieu of flowers, a benefit was held at a later date.

Sonny son, Irivin Ward Blaylock Jr., died in 2015. He was born April 28, 1955 in Santa Clara, CA. He is pictured at right.