Virginia “Jean” Rogers Chisolm

  Kerry Burrough, 74 of Bentonia, Ms. Passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, January 9, 2025. Kerry was born September 26, 950 in Yazoo City, MS to Pete and Virginia Burrough from the Phoenix community. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Pete and Virginia Burrough; his siblings, Dale, Sarah, Nancy, and Dan; son, Shelton (Jenn); grandson, Sidney. He is survived by his loving wife of over 52 years, Jo Ann; son, Keith (Sheila); five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Kerry loved his family and his faith and expressed it with his unique and often humorous displays. 

Kerry started a career in the oil field soon after graduating high school in 1968. He worked for 17 years there before moving into the insurance business and turning his life over to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Kerry eventually surrendered to the ministry before retiring and enjoying his later years spending his time with Jo Ann, family, and friends. 

Visitation will be held at Stricklin King Funeral Home Sunday, January, 12th at 12:30-2:00 with funeral following. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in Bentonia, Ms. Stricklin King Funeral Home will be handling all arrangements per the family's request. 

Pallbearers are Donny McGraw, Mackie McGraw, Jarred Creel, Jace Creel, Kevin Henderson and Adam Selby. 

Ellis Lee Douglas passed away January 7, 2025, at the age of 54. He was a long-term resident of Bentonia, MS. Ellis was a loving son, father, and grandfather. He always had a smile that matched his heart of gold. Ellis was a giver, and his kindness knew no bounds. He could always make someone laugh with his funny sayings and quick humor. He had a passion for welding and LSU football. His greatest blessings in life were his salvation, children, and grandchildren. 

He is survived by his parents, Jimmy and Wanda Douglas of Bentonia; children, Lee (Kim) Douglas of Washington and Sailee (Cody) Parker of Bentonia; grandchildren, Brooks Parker, Luca Douglas, and Lucy Miller. 

Ellis is preceded in death by his grandparents, Marion Lee Douglas, Annie Kate Douglas, N.L (Preacher) Alderman Jr., Bessie (Sweetie) Loraine Harrell Alderman, and brother Michael (Mike) Dewayne Douglas. 

Ellie May was greatly loved and will be missed by all. 

Funeral services will be held on January 11, 2025, at 1 p.m. in the Stricklin King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Plamer May officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Cemetery under the direction of Stricklin King Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until the funeral service.

 David Whatley, 58, of Yazoo City, passed away on Dec. 12, 20024 at his residence.

Graveside services will be held on Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Stricklin King Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife, Kim Whatley of Yazoo City; mother, Jayne Dew of Yazoo City; and two stepsisters, Pam Nelson and Brenda Dew, both of Bentonia.

Barbara Pettis Estes of Yazoo City, MS passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 7, 2024, at home with her family by her side. 

She lived in Tchula, MS most of her life and retired from the U.S. Postal Service. She was a very 

fun-loving, kind person, a wonderful cook, and a talented seamstress. 

Barbara is survived by her two children, Robbie Ellis and Doug (Jennifer) Estes; three grandchildren, Jason Corley, Kyle Corley, and Cole Estes; five great grandchildren and one sister, Nadine Marshall. 

A celebration of life will be held after the new year. Stricklin King Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. 

 Shirley arrived on this earth July 9, 1938, and departed this earth to be with her Heavenly Father and love of her life, Lewis Veazey, as well as many other loved ones on December 11, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Oxford.

 Ms. Shirley was a very special person to many, but to Randy Veazey (Patsy), Darlene Veazey Peden (Alvin), Paul Veazey (Lisa), Patton Veazey (Jessica), and Randa Veazey Nicholson (Josh), she was mom. The most loving, caring, kind-hearted, strong-willed, and determined woman were just a few of her characteristics. 

 She was truly blessed on her journey of life with her grandchildren Shelby Veazey Brooks, Phillip Veazey, Brandon Peden, Brenton Peden, Drew Smiley, T.J. Smiley, and Sara Smiley. 

 She loved spending time with her great-grandchildren Dalton Veazey, Catie Merrell White, Ellis Veazey, Skyler Hope Nicholson, Trace Nicholson, Madison Eads, Caleb Peden, Weston Peden, Jaxon Peden, Aubrey Brooks, Clay Brooks, Winter Veazey, Sidney Smiley, Colton Smiley, Spencer Smiley and Aubree Hartfield and great-great grandchildren, John Patton Veazey and Pacey Veazey, as well as a host of nieces and nephews. 

 Shirley was preceded in death by her father and mother, Mr. & Mrs. B.J. Rusche of Benton, MS; her husband, Mr. Ellie Lewis Veazey of Benton, MS; her brother, Paul Leroy Rusche of Benton, MS; one great grandchild, Sophia Elaine Smiley. 

 Shirley was a servant of the Lord and loved worshiping the Lord and going to church, where she was a member at Trinity Pentecostal Church of God. Until we see her again, we will continue to carry on her legacy by doing what she has taught us through her example.

Visitation will be held Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Stricklin King Funeral Home. Services for Shirley will be held Sunday, December 15, 2024, at 2:00 PM in the chapel at Stricklin King. Burial to follow. The family has requested that Stricklin King Funeral Home handle all arrangements. 

  Herbert Jones peacefully passed away on December 11, 2024, at the age of 92 at SummerHouse Beau Ridge Memory Care in Ridgeland, Mississippi. 

Upon graduating from Mississippi State University, Mr. Jones joined the United States Air Force. After serving his country, he was employed with Mississippi Chemical Corporation. He later joined Delta National Bank, where he served as a branch manager for 23 years. After his tenure in the banking industry, he sold insurance for 5 years. 

Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents, Obe Jones and Annie Leitchfield Jones; sisters, Edna Slaton, Coriene Tucker, Myrtle Wilson and Gladys Hood. 

He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Faye Bonds Jones of Ridgeland; daughters, Betty Robinson (Billy) of Benton, Tamra Rowland (Ronnie) of Madison; grandchildren, Jeremy Robinson (Katie) of Flora, Ashley Cerda (Brett) of Yazoo City; five great grandchildren, Nora Kate Robinson, Rosie Robinson, Gray Robinson, Jaden Cerda, and Millie Cerda; and a host of nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 14 at noon at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 10:30 A.M. until service time. 

Serving as pallbearers will be Billy Robinson, Ronnie Rowland, Jeremy Robinson, Brett Cerda, Jaden Cerda, and Bill Gilmer. 

 Myrtis Marks Norman, a long-time resident of Yazoo City, MS, died peacefully on Friday, December 6, 2024, surrounded by her family at age 98.  

Myrtis was born on December 22, 1925, near Howard in Holmes County, Mississippi, the only child of Helen and William Marks. Born prematurely weighing 2 pounds and 12 ounces, Myrtis fit in a shoebox and was kept warm with hot water bottles.  Tragedy would mar Myrtis’s young life with her father, Willie, succumbing to pneumonia when she was a toddler and her mother, Helen, dying when Myrtis was 7 following an operation to remove her gallbladder.  Following her mother’s death, Myrtis went to live with her grandparents, Henry and Mattie Brock. The Brocks, the parents of 10 children themselves, including Myrtis’s mother, Helen, gladly welcomed their eldest granddaughter into their home where they raised her like a daughter. Myrtis also spent many weekends with her mother’s sister, Lillian and her family. 

At Tchula High School, Myrtis played the piccolo. She was also an excellent twirler, winning a superior rating as a twirler, the highest rating achievable in a state held contest.  On a visit to Yazoo City to spend the night with family friends, the Vaughan's, Myrtis met her future husband, William “Billy” Ross Norman. They quickly fell for one another and married on June 27, 1942, at the Episcopal Church in Yazoo City. The couple were married for 66 years until Billy’s death in 2009. The couple’s marriage produced five sons: William Ross Jr. (Bill), Harvey Lee, Edwin “Eddie” Marks, Patrick “Pat” Frederick, and Michael “Mike” Harris.  Five months after their wedding, the Army Air Corps swore Billy Ross in, where he would achieve the rank of Flight Officer. While Billy was away, Myrtis lived with his parents at their home on North Street, affectionately known as the Norman House. Myrtis accompanied her husband to training in Oklahoma and lived for a time with him and their son, Bill, in Texas.  

After the war, the couple made their permanent home on Grand Avenue in Yazoo City, where they would remain for the rest of their union. In 1957, Myrtis found her life’s work opening Norman’s Nursery School in her home on Grand Avenue. Myrtis operated Norman’s Nursery until retiring in 2000. Over four decades, Myrtis cared for many Yazoo residents’ children on whom she left a lasting impact. Myrtis continued to live in her house on Grand Avenue until 2015, moving to Beau Ridge in Ridgeland before moving back to Yazoo City to the Martha Coker Green Houses. 

Her life hobbies included cooking her famous spaghetti with chili powder seasoning and squash dressing, gardening flowers, reading magazines about the home, such as Southern Living, and good conversation. She was an avid viewer of The Price is Right, Rachel Ray, and HGTV. Most of all, Myrtis loved giving to others and always gave unselfishly for the joy she knew her gifts would bring to others.  

Preceding Myrtis in death were her father William, mother, Helen, brother, Edwin Marks, sister, Elizabeth Temple; and husband, Billy Ross. Myrtis is survived by her five sons Bill (Martie) Norman, of Ardmore, AL; Harvey Norman, of Yazoo City; Eddie (Debbie) Norman, of Mason, OH; Pat (Carol) Norman, of Yazoo City; and Mike Norman, of Yazoo City; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.  

 Services for Myrtis will take place in the Chapel at Stricklin-King Funeral Home in Yazoo City, MS on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Visitation will take place from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM. Services will begin at 2:00 PM with Father George Woodliff officiating. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery.  Stricklin King Funeral Home will handle all arrangements for the family. 

Myrtis’s family would like to thank Julie Hoffman, Jennifer Bowman, and the staff of Martha Coker Green House in Yazoo City for the care they provided to Myrtis during her time living there and Adoration Hospice in her last hours.

Mary Alyce Daly Brickell, a long-time resident of Plandome, NY, died peacefully at home on Friday, August 2, 2024, age 98. She was the wife of Henry Mitchell Brickell, who was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery. 

Born in Huntington, West Virginia, to enterprising and encouraging parents John Ross and Ruth Kaufmann Daly, she was educated at Ohio State (BFA and BSc), Columbia (MFA), and Indiana Universities. Mary Daly Brickell was an artist and aesthete, passionate about education, civic engagement, antiques, and her family and faith. An excellent student from an early age, she was an avid reader, enjoyed reciting poetry and discussing books into her 90s, and conscientiously strove to improve the grammar of her descendants. 

Her interest in art and design was enduring. After college, where she was nicknamed “Inch” for her petite stature, she moved to Chicago to design window displays for Carson Pirie Scott & Co.'s flagship store on State Street, then made drawings and wrote copy for St. Charles Kitchens, an influential mid-century design firm.

In 1951 she married Henry Mitchell “Mitch” Brickell, a college friend she reencountered in Chicago, where he was a graduate student. Their marriage lasted 68 years until his death in 2019.

They moved to New York City, where Inch enrolled at Columbia University to earn her MFA while Mitch earned his doctorate at Columbia University Teachers College. Mitch was hired to develop curriculum for the suburban Manhasset Public Schools in 1954, and the couple moved to Manhasset in 1957.

They lived there for 64 of the next 67 years, interrupted only by three years in Bloomington, Indiana, when Mitch was recruited as Associate Dean of the School of Education at Indiana University. Throughout, she was drawn to Mississippi; she succumbed to its charms and the love of her mother-in-law, Missye Gibson Miller, also a Yazoo native, and the extended Miller-Brickell family. 

In Manhasset, she guided four children from kindergarten through graduate school. Her family benefited from her high standards, guidance, and gifts of Steiff bears and carefully chosen books. She never missed a school concert, grandparents’ day, or dance recital.

She was deeply involved in community life, sang for decades in her church choir and developed successful careers as an antiques dealer and Realtor.

Significantly, she worked with two friends to co-found and fund the Manhasset Student Aid Association (MSAA), which has since made college grants and loans to more than 900 students over 50 years.

She had an unerring sense of direction and was generally intrepid. In 1963, she drove her four children across the country, navigating with paper maps, while Mitch flew.

Inch is celebrated by her four children, Mark Brickell (Anita), Julia Brickell (Roger Davis), Sally Brickell (Jeff Kaplan), and Todd Brickell (Sharon); 11 grandchildren, Missye Brickell Knapp (Brian), Amanda Bellows (Marcus), Henry Matthias Brickell (Bri), Meredith Forti (Jon), Russell Kaplan, Alyssa Kaplan (Alex Madronal), Kimberly Davis, Bennett Kaplan, Eileen Brickell, Forrest Kaplan, and Julia Ann Brickell; eight great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, and dozens of beloved Mississippi relatives in Mitch’s extended family. Her older siblings Jules Ross Daly and Prof. Saralyn Daly predeceased her.

A memorial graveside service will be held Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in Glenwood Cemetery, where she will be interred alongside her husband. Stricklin King Funeral Home will oversee all arrangements for the family.

 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Kimberly Anne Carter, 42, of Yazoo City, MS.  After a long battle with an illness, she passed away on November 22, 2024, at the University Medical Center in Jackson, MS.  

She was preceded in death by her father Russ Carter; Grandparents Russ and Maxine Carter, Margie Kinnison; Uncles Charles Carter, Edward Kinnison and cousin William Kinnison. 

She is survived by her daughter, Lauren, mother Barbara Carter, sister Candace Coffey and daughter Brooklyn Coffey; Aunts: Carly (Jerry) Self, Denise (Ben) Rounds, Dixie Carter and Judy Kinnison; cousins Brent (Jevette) Carter and their children Luke and Dillon; Jeremy (Sheila) Self, Madison Rounds (Emory) Dyes, Amanda Kinnison and many more relatives and friends.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, November 28, 2024, at 1:00 PM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 822 E Broadway St, Yazoo City, MS 39194. Strickland King Funeral Home will oversee all arrangements as requested by the family.

  On November 17, 2024, Linda Faye (VanDevender) Perry passed away surrounded by her family and loved ones at the age of 76. Linda was a faithful Christian, wife, mother, and friend.

Born in her childhood home in Bentonia, MS on December 3, 1947, Linda spent her childhood with her six siblings. She graduated from Bentonia High School in 1965. She married the love of her life, Larry Neely Perry on June 3, 1966. During their 36 years of marriage, Linda and Larry raised one son, Monty Perry. She was a proud and supportive mom of her son and enjoyed going and watching him play football for the Ole Miss Rebels and never missed a game, if possible. Linda’s other passion was for her cats. If there was ever a cat in town that needed a home, everyone knew to call Linda because she could not say no to any cat or other critter.

Throughout her life, Linda was an active member of her local church, Central Baptist Church. Linda loved the Lord and prayed continually for her family, friends, church leaders, and neighbors. She read her Bible daily and encouraged those around her to love the Lord and grow in faith.

Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Henry L. VanDevender and Lois Aline Moore VanDevender, her husband, Larry Neely Perry, brothers Grady VanDevender and Lamar VanDevender, and sisters Aline Shaw and Nettie Jones. 

She is survived by her son, Monty Perry (Becky), sister, Dorothy Hoss, and brother, Lance VanDevender (Mary Jo). Linda is also survived by many nieces and nephews of whom she was so proud.

Linda’s funeral service will be held on November 21, 2024, at Stricklin King Funeral Home in Yazoo City, MS. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. with service to follow in the funeral home chapel. Graveside will proceed after services at Central Holmes Cemetery in Dover, MS. 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Central Baptist Church.