Mrs. Betty Bethel will be having cataract surgery Monday, July 13th and Monday, July 20th. Please be in prayer for her.
Some of the youth from the church will be leaving today for Missison Fuge at Mississippi College. Please keep them in your prayers.
Andy Taylor’s mother passed away. She will be buried from Magnoia. Please be in prayer for the family.
LORETTA KING GINN
Loretta King Ginn, 81, of Magnolia, died July 4, 2009, at the Cardiovascular Institute of Mississippi in McComb.
Visitation will be Monday from 9 a.m. till services at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church in Magnolia. Dr. David Millican and the Rev. Tracy Hipps will officiate. Burial will be at the Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Ginn was born June 15, 1928, in Crystal Springs. She was the daughter of the late Milladge and Eula Lea Roberts Nixon.
Mrs. Ginn was a bookkeeper and a member of Central Baptist Church in McComb. She was a lifelong member of Women of the Moose Lodge No. 1179 in Jackson. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her brother, James Nixon, and step-grandchild, Rhonda Mapes.
Mrs. Ginn is survived by her husband of 16 years, Dale Ginn of Magnolia; two sons and daughters-in-law, Andy and Betty Taylor of Osyka, and Howard King Jr. and Teresa of Magnolia; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Cindy Juban of Denham Springs, La., Karen Hart and Dennis of Liberty, Penny Overby of Summit, and Pam Frost and Lance of Pearl; two brothers, Robert Nixon of Maywood, Calif., and Thomas Nixon and wife Charlene of Arkansas; 21 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mary Elizabeth Elliott
(December 1, 1934 – July 4, 2009)
Died at 5:55PM on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in Kentwood, LA. She was a native of Tangipahoa, LA and a resident of Kentwood, LA. Age 74 years. Graveside Services will be held at Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa, LA at 2:00PM Tuesday. Survived by 3 sisters, Caroline Kline, Tulsa, OK, Frances Nell, Greeley, CO, Clara Remelius, Kentwood. Preceded in death by, parents, Edward Rayburn Elliott and Zelma Lea Travis Elliott. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.
Lorelise Dykes
(July 17, 1922 – July 4, 2009)
Died at 7 p.m.on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at Beacham Memorial Hospital in Magnolia, MS. She was a native of Magnolia, MS and a resident of Kentwood, LA. Age 86 years. Mrs. Dykes was a retired registered nurse who worked at Beacham Memorial Hospital for 34 years. Fifteen of those years, she was Director of Nurses. She was the daughter of Clyde Bankston and Daisye Bryan Bankston. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 57 years, Ivy Dykes. She loved her family dearly and looked forward to their visits. Each minute she spent with them was precious. She enjoyed preparing their favorite foods. She is survived by 2 daughters, Charlene D. Waller and her husband, Floyd, Kentwood, LA, Sharon D. Venable and her husband, Mike, Kentwood, LA, 2 sons, Wayne F. Dykes and his wife, Jenny, Ponchatoula, LA, Wilton I. Dykes and his wife, Shera, Alpharetta, GA, 1 sister, Marilyn Strickland, Ruston, LA, 9 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Visitation at Line Creek Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. until Religious Services at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Services conducted by Rev. Ken Irvin. Interment Dykes Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.
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