Obituaries 08-17-23
JEANETTA N. BROWN
Aug. 10, 2023
Funeral services for Jeanetta N. Brown, 61, of Laurel, will be at 10
a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 from St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church.
Visitation will be from 8-10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 from St.
Luke Missionary Baptist Church.
Following the funeral service, internment will take place at Hillcrest
Drive Cemetery.
She died on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 at South Central Regional Medicla
Center in Laurel.
To view or sign her Memorial Page, visit www.ChapelOfAngelsFH.net.
Chapel of Angels Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of arrangements.
VONCILE V. LONG
July 24, 1941-Aug. 14, 2023
Funeral services for Voncile V. Long, 82, of Waynesboro, will be at 11
a.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 from the Chapel of Freeman Funeral Home,
with Rev. Tommy Davis officiating. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. on
Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 from the Parlor of Freeman Funeral Home.
Following the funeral service, interment will take place at West Shady
Grove Cemetery in Wayne County.
Born in Waynesboro on Thursday, July 24, 1941 to the late Dewitt
Talmadge Long, Sr., and Verda Pitts Long, she was a member of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church. She retired from Blanket Repair with Sunbeam
Corporation.
She died on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023 at Pine View Health and Rehabilitation
in Waynesboro.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Roland Beck of
Clara; her grandson and his spouse, Shawn and Emily Beck of Clara; five
great-grandchildren, Jada Beck, Jaron Beck, AnneLeigh Beck, Chesly Beck
and Dallen Beck, all of Waynesboro; two sisters, Annie Griffith and
Geneva Kelley, both of Waynesboro; and her sister-in-law, Janet Long of
Waynesboro.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dewitt Talmadge Long, Sr., and
Verda Pitts Long; three brothers, Leo Long, Talmadge Long, Jr., and
Albert Long; and four sisters, Mary Nell Prince, Pauline Foxworth,
Myrtle Holcomb and Mattie McIlwain.
An online guestbook can be signed at www.freemanfh.com.
Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro is in charge of arrangements.
LETHA BERNICE WHITE
June 29, 1942-Aug. 10, 2023
Funeral services for Letha Bernice White, 81, were conducted on Sunday,
Aug. 13, 2023 from Laton Hill Baptist Church in Chatom, Ala., with Rev.
Don Whigham officiating.
Interment followed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Millry, Ala.
Born in Millry on Monday, June 29, 1942 to E.J. Dixon and Connie Dixon,
she was a member of Laton Hill Baptist Church and was a Homemaker.
She died on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 at South Central Regional Medical
Center in Laurel.
She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Charles and Samantha
White of Greenwich, Ohio, and John White of Waynesboro; two daughters,
Cathy Chandler of Waynesboro and Marie White of Frankfort, Ken.; two
sisters, Sharon Cranford of Millry and Annette Griffin of Spanish Fort,
Ala.; 12 grandchildren, Kristy Crager, Robert Crager, Kevin Crager,
Gabriel Rumsey, Quentin Perry, Charles White, Jr., Gwendelyn White,
Tessa White, Tabitha White, Destiny Giles, Josh Giles and Jeremy Rice;
and three great-grandchildren, Levi Rumsey, Gus Rumsey and Jack Rumsey.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James M. White; her father,
E.J. Dixon; her mother, Connie Dixon; a son, Jimmy White; her brother,
Jim Dixon; and a sister, Emma Clark.
An online guestbook can be signed at www.freemanfh.com.
Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro was in charge of arrangements.
BETTY JEAN LEMLEY BOOKER
Feb. 9, 1930-Aug. 9, 2023
Funeral services for Betty Jean Lemley Booker, 93, of Waynesboro, were
conducted on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 from the Chapel of Freeman Funeral
Home, with Rev. Paul Harris officiating.
Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery in Carrollton, Miss., with Rev.
Joseph Sansing officiating.
Born in Carrollton on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1930 to the late James Thomas
Lemley and Dollie Ann Turner Lemley, she worked for 25 years as a
Bookkeeper with Farmers Supply Co-Op in Greenwood and retired at 70
years of age. She and her husband, Ralph, then moved to Waynesboro to be
close to their daughter and grandchildren.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in both Greenwood and
Waynesboro.
She died on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 at Brookwood Villa Personal Care
Home in Waynesboro.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Carol Booker and Don
Law; two grandchildren and their spouses, Lane and Mary Law and Paige
Law and Samuel Freeman; and five great-grandchildren, Cade Law, Aiden
Law, Logan Law, Peyton Freeman and Lemley Freeman.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Denver Ralph Booker; her
parents, James Thomas Lemley and Dollie Ann Turner Lemley; two brothers,
James Douglas Lemley and Buford L. Lemley; two sisters, Rebecca Jane
Lemley Browning and Sarah Elizabeth Lemley McQuiston; and a grandson,
Darrin Grant Law.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church of
Waynesboro or Greenwood. She always donated to French Camp or Baptist
Children's Village.
An online guestbook can be signed at www.freemanfh.com.
Freeman Funerla Home of Waynesboro was in charge of arrangements.
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