Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Frances Dickey Underwood will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 16, 2019,

at Riverwood Family, with interment at Riverwood Memorial Park.

Visitation is from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, March 15, at Riverwood.

Mrs. Underwood, 88, of Brookhaven, passed from this life on March 13, 2019

at Meadville Convalescent Home. She was born May 22, 1930,

to the late Lemuel Edgar Dickey and Alma Elizabeth Hall Dickey, of Lucien, MS.

Mrs. Annie was a member of Woodman of the World, and of Central Baptist Church.

She was a graduate of McCall Creek High School and began her career as an operator with the Bell Telephone System.

Later, she worked as a Bookkeeper in the sales industry, but in her free time, she enjoyed planting and keeping up her flowers.

She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and friend and will be missed by all those who loved her.

She is preceded in death by her husband, B.R. Underwood; parents; brothers, F.J. Dickey and Hugh E. “Bill” Dickey;

and her sister, Elizabeth Dickey Watts.

Those who will cherish her memory are, her son Don Underwood and his wife, Sarah, of Brookhaven, MS;

daughter, Tammy U. Torrey and husband, Jimmy, of Meadville, MS; and one grandchild, Stone Underwood, of Montclair, NJ.

Memorials may be made to the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League, PO Box 3477, Brookhaven, MS, 39603,

Copiah Lincoln Community College Foundation, Underwood Family Scholarship, PO Box 649, Wesson, MS 39191

To express your condolences to the family, you may

 contact the family at Underwood/Torrey Family, P.O. Box 183 Meadville MS 39653

Services for Mr. James Earl Crane, Sr. will be held on Friday, March 15, 2019, at 2:00pm at Antioch Baptist Church

with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 14, 2019, from 5:00-8:00pm at

Riverwood Family and will resume prior to the service at the church starting at 1:00pm on Friday.

James Earl Crane, Sr., 79, of Brookhaven, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on March 12, 2019.

He was born on November 18, 1939, to Plez Crane and Pauline McGuffie Crane.

Mr. Crane served in the United States National Guard and was the retired Maintenance Supervisor for the

Brookhaven Housing Authority. He also was a member of Antioch Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon.

Preceding him in death was his parents and granddaughter, Misty Bounds.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 59 years, Anna Lee Douglas Crane; son, Jamie Crane

and wife Felicia; daughters, Brenda Dixon and husband George and Shana Foster and husband Shannon;

brother, Charles Ray Crane and wife Wanda; sister, Bertile Beasley along with seven grandchildren,

Natasha Folkes, Curtis Dixon, Johnathan Dixon, Adam Nations, Kasea Nations, Chase Crane and

Brady Crane. He is also survived by eleven great grandchildren.

The Family would like to give special thanks to the staff of Deaconess Hospice and Hospice Volunteer, K.W. Douglas.

 The funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Ann Michael will be held on Friday,

March 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at New Hope United Methodist Church. The

visitation will be on Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Riverwood Family,

and will resume on Friday at the church from 10:00 a.m. until time of service.

Rev. Lynn Mote and Rev. Ken Hart will officiate, and interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Margaret Ann Michael, age 90 and a resident of Brookhaven, went to be with the Lord

on Monday, March 11, 2019 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. She was born on

January 13, 1929 to Boyd and Mattie Calcote. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church.

She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 67 years, Rollo Michael; her parents;

brothers, Russell, Virgil, and Jimmy Calcote.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Don Michael and wife Cindy, Mark Michael

and wife Nancy, Stan Michael and wife Dina; daughter, Peggy Michael-Rush and husband

Larry; brothers, David Calcote and Denver Calcote and wife Janie; 5 grandchildren, Leslie Smith

and husband Anson, Kim Townsend and husband Chris, and Jon Michael, Benjamin Michael, and

Sarah Michael-Rush. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Riley and Ethan Smith;

and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

Services for Mr. J. C. Smith of Brookhaven are 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 13, 2019

at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial at the Church Cemetery.

Visitation is from 5:00-8:00 pm Tuesday, March 12 at Mt Zion Baptist Church

and will resume at 1:00 until time of service on Wednesday.

Mr. J. C. Smith, 85 went to be with his Lord on March 11, 2019 at his residence.

He was born on May 24, 1933 to the late Robert Clifton Smith and Leona Walker Smith.

Mr. J.C. served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and was the owner

of J.C. Smith Mechanic Service.

He was a lifelong member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where he served as a deacon.

He served as a board member of Lincoln Rural Water Association for many years,

and he formerly served on the Lincoln County School Board from 1986-1994.

J.C. Smith was a kind, humble, gentle man. He has always wanted to serve God faithfully

and had a true servants heart. He cared deeply for people. Always with a smile on his face and a cross in his pocket,

he made every person he ever met feel special. He never tried to make his presence known, but his absence will surely be felt.

Preceding him in death are his parents; sons, David Smith and Richard Todd Smith

and the special ladies that reared him, Aunt “Gronia” and MaMaw Alice

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Peggy Haynes Smith; son, Johnny Smith and fiancé, Vonda Laird,

son, Darrell Smith; daughter, Dianne Smith Watson and husband, Bob; daughter-in-law, Ramona Higdon Smith;

brother, Ralph Smith and sister, Sara Nan Smith.

He is also survived by his 10 grandchildren and their spouses, Samantha and husband, Adam Speeg,

Justin and wife, Lauren Alford Smith, Anna and husband, Josh Britt, Lauren and husband, Joseph Langham,

John and wife, Mary Smith, Dylan and wife Dusti Smith, Colton, Cameron, Cade and Carter Watson;

and 13 great grandchildren Joleigh, Levi and Janie Langham; Julia, Eden and John Daniel Speeg;

Max and Layla Smith; Blayne Smith; Ella Belle Britt; Easton Smith; Harper and Aubrey Walters.