Graveside Service for Mrs. Helen Jordan May Henderson, of Union Church, are 11:00 am

Monday, November 30, 2020, at Union Church Baptist Church Cemetery in Jefferson County

with visitation starting at the church from 10:00 until the time of the service.

Mrs. Helen Jordan May Henderson, 94, went to be with her Lord on November 28, 2020, at her home.
She was born on September 18, 1926, to the late Louis Paul Jordan and Bonnie Mae Hux Jordan.

She was a retired mail carrier and was an active member of her church and missions. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church.

Mrs. Henderson was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing and quilting. She loved her family and spending time with children,

grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She will be missed by all that loved and knew her.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Melvin May; parents; brothers, Venable Jordan, and Travis Jordan.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Paul May, Glenn May and wife, Sally, David May and wife, Suni, Mark May, and wife,

Susan and daughter, Debbie White; sisters, Hilda Walker and Dorothy Williams. Along with 13 grandchildren, Lori Sutton,

Ashley Noland, Jordan May, Rod May, Amanda Barres, Cameron May, Matthew Tyler May, Douglas White, Barry White,

Bonnie Cain, Edward May, Michelle Hart, and Nikki Britt and, her 30 great-grandchildren.

Memorials can be made to the “Hands and Feet Ministry” 467 Mallalieu Dr. SE, Brookhaven, MS 39601.

Funeral services for Anita Britt Entrican, of Brookhaven, will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Brookhaven with burial immediately following. Riverwood Family Funeral Service in Brookhaven is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, from noon until the time of the funeral.

Mrs. Entrican died Thursday at her home with her husband of 68 years by her side. She was born in Lincoln County on April 17, 1932, to Benjamin Farmer Britt and Alice Minton Britt and was their last living child of ten.

After graduating at 16 from Loyd Star High School as valedictorian, she finished commercial college and married her childhood sweetheart, Isaac “Doc” Entrican. They lived in several states and raised three children before returning to their hometown.

Retired from General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Mrs. Entrican was named “Citizen of the Year” in 1988 in Senatobia (Miss.) for volunteerism. She was a founding member of the Loyd Star Foundation. She taught preschool Sunday School for many years and was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.    

Survivors are her husband, Isaac “Doc” Entrican; son Mitch Entrican and wife, Erin; son Greg Entrican and wife, Claire; daughter Kim Henderson and husband, Mark; eleven grandchildren – Abigail Entrican; Isaac Entrican; Ethan Entrican; Rebecca Entrican; Elizabeth Entrican; Miriam Entrican; Daniel Henderson and wife, Robin; Luke Henderson and wife, Mary; Susanna Dunaway and husband, Caleb; Jonah Henderson; Hannah Henderson; and nine great -grandchildren, with another due near her birthday.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Johnnie Ray “Butch” Dear, 74, of Monticello, MS, went to his heavenly

home on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, of cardiac arrest. To accommodate

out of town family, a celebration of life will be held at a later date, at

Bethel Baptist Church, in Monticello, MS.

Butch was a man of many talents. He was a wonderful son, husband, father,

grandfather, Navy Vietnam Vet, band director, church worship leader, college instructor,

and friend. He left a wonderful legacy. He was devoted to his wife, and his daughter,

that he loved with all his heart. His love for Jesus outshined them all and he is now

reunited with those Christians who have gone on before him.

He was a proud alumnus of Hazlehurst High School, Copiah Lincoln Community College,

Delta State University, and the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

His parents, Ray and Kathrine Dear, of Hazlehurst, his infant daughter, Janice DeLynn Dear,

and his brother, Edwin Dear, preceded him in death.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Janice Fortenberry Dear; his daughter,

Kristi Green (Michael) of Liberty Lake, Washington; grandchildren, Mason Green,

Bryan Delzer, and Isabelle Delzer; and a host of extended family and friends.

Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church, 73 Bethel Road,

Monticello, MS, 39654, in his memory.

Memorial service for Mrs. Theresa Ann Boyte Dodd will be 2 p.m., Sunday,

November 29, at Wellman Baptist Church.

Mrs. Dodd, 72, of Brookhaven, passed from this life Wednesday, November 25,

at her residence. She was born in Lake Providence, Louisiana, September 29, 1948,

to her parents, Wessie Dee Boyte, Sr. and Lavada Monte Kyzar. She was married

to Donald Doyle “Donnie” Dodd and mother of two children, grandmother of

four and great grandmother of one. She was a member of Union Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Donnie Dodd; her parents;

and her sister, Tommie Elizabeth Allen.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Donnie Ray Dodd and wife,

Winter, of Magnolia, Arkansas and Angela Beall of Carlsbad, New Mexico; brothers,

Wessie D. Boyte, Jr., of Brookhaven, MS, Edwin Dale Boyte, James William Boyte,

both of Bogue Chitto, MS, and Ricky Dwayne Boyte, of Ruth, MS; sisters, Kathleen Bogard

of Pascagoula, MS, and Bontia Nell Boyte and Linda Fay Davis, both of Brookhaven,

MS; her four grandchildren, Chelsea Nieto and husband, Efrain, Chad Beall, Nicole Flores,

and Emily Ralson; and one great grandchild, Everlee Nieto.