Services for Mrs. Janice Jeaneen Impson Stewart (NeeNee) are 11:00 am, Saturday, August 13, 2022,

at Riverwood Family with visitation from 10:00 until the time of the service, and burial at Easthaven Cemetery.

Mrs. Janice Jeaneen Impson Stewart (NeeNee), was born November 30, 1946, and passed away peacefully

at her home on August 5, 2022 at the age of 75.

She graduated from Longview High School Class of 1964. She was especially fond of her “64” girls.

She spoke of them with much love and respect. After high school she attended Kilgore College and received an

Associate of Science in 1966. She then attended North Texas State University and graduated with a Bachelor of

Science in Home Economics in 1968. That turned into a lifelong career in Dietary medicine.

She took care of numerous patients as a Registered Dietician, Diabetes Consultant,

and ran amazing staffs at several hospitals including Kings Daughters Hospital. She loved her staff.

She will be remembered for her smile laughter and loving heart.

She is preceded in death by her loving parents, Marion Devaul Impson and Geneva Morgan Impson, and her brother Dee Impson.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Clarence Chester Stewart, Sr, whom she was loved by for 36 years,

as well as children, grandchildren and great grandchildren she loved as her own, Kathy Stewart, Janet McMillan (Fred),

Chip Stewart (Benny), Scot Stewart (Martha), Maria Stewart-Tucker (Steve), and her niece, Trisha Bradford;

she is also survived by her grandchildren, Sara Henderson (Joshua), Mandi Sadat (Guillermo),

Jeremiah McMillan (Stephanie), Audrey Mason (Dustin), Michael Stewart (Reagan), Dillon Stewart (Reaghan),

PJ Sifuentez; and great grandchildren, Billy, Stewart, Paxton, Connor, Emily, Alice, Reid, Stella-Kate, and one on the way.

James Bennett Thompson, 68, of Hazlehurst, passed away August 4, 2022, at Silver Cross Nursing Home.

He was born June 16, 1954, to the late James Shelby (Monk) Thompson and Nora Rea Blackmon Thompson.

Mr. Thompson was a member of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers, AA Degree Drafting Design.

He was a stamp and coin collector, model and rocket builder; CB’er (KTV-6270) and Ham Radio Tech. (KC5-SNC), L.P. Gas Tech. (#5258),

Lawrence Co. Appraiser (1982-1984), Wesson Policeman (#4), Pendleton Detectives of MS., and Wells Fargo Guard Service of Metairie, LA.

Those left to cherish his memory are his son, James Bradley Thompson and wife Brittany; daughter, Kelly Leanne Thompson; brother, Perry Lynn Thompson

and sister, Sue Sills; and three grandchildren, David Austin Cramer, Alyssa Jean Dickerson and Elijah Taylor Malbrough.

He will be missed by all that loved him.

Services for David Gary Powers of Hattiesburg, MS, will be held in Brookhaven, MS, at Riverwood Family Funeral Home on Saturday, August 6. The visitation will be at 10 a.m. with service at 11 a.m. and burial immediately following at Riverwood.

David died from complications of Parkinson’s disease at Asbury Hospice in Hattiesburg, on July 30, 2022. He was born at Vicksburg’s Mercy Hospital on August 2, 1947, to Elizabeth ‘Sis’ Gary Powers and Spencer Byrd Powers, Sr. He lived in Cary, MS, on the Powers Family Farm and attended Cary Consolidated Line School and then Rolling Fork High School where he played football. He was a member of the 1963 Delta Valley Conference Championship team and was a 1965 graduate of Rolling Fork High School.

David also played football at Millsaps College and was a member and officer of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He graduated from Millsaps in 1969 with a sociology degree. Bobby Kennedy spoke at Millsaps in 1967 and David was strongly influenced by his message as well as by President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech that called on citizens to “ask what you can do for your country.” David began his lifelong service as a soldier in the War on Poverty when he took a job as a caseworker with the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare, now Department of Human Services. In 1973 he earned a Master’s in Social Work from Tulane University.

David spent his life attempting to right injustices, including giving away a week’s worth of his roommate’s groceries to neighborhood trick-or-treaters while a college student. Reflecting on his nearly thirty years at the Department of Human Services, he often said that he aspired to be a “good bureaucrat” with his typical self-deprecating and dry sense of humor. His real calling was as a front-line social worker, going above and beyond to love people in whatever way he could. There are too many stories of the good work he did, from helping his clients file their taxes to get the refunds they deserved, to working with churches to get rent covered, to ending his sessions with clients by asking a question not found on any of the forms: “What other needs do you have?” When he eventually became a Regional Director, he mentored social workers in the field, encouraging them to treat people with respect and meet them where they were. He continued this work after retirement, helping people looking for assistance at Parkway Heights United Methodist Church, volunteering with Edwards Street Fellowship Center distributing food to families in need, and delivering Meals On Wheels.

David was an American Contract Bridge League Ruby Life Master and member of the Hattiesburg Duplicate Club and Robert Kirkpatrick Club, where he welcomed and mentored new players, devoting himself to the game he learned from a woman he considered his “best feature” - his mother Sis Powers - and from his Aunt Epp. He won sixth place at the World Championship Domino Tournament in 1990. A mystery book aficionado, he passed on his love of reading to his children and grandchildren. He was a founding member of the Just Over the Rainbow Theater company as well as one of the founders of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension’s Annual Crawfish Boil. An actor on local stage and screen, he was perhaps best known for the role of “Earl” in the Big Buck Sporting Goods commercials. He maintained a lifelong devotion to the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. He often claimed to be the original inventor of the McDonald’s Sausage Egg and Cheese McMuffin sandwich, although his role has never been confirmed in the official histories.

David is survived by the love of his life, Bettie Hatcher Cox; his children Amanda Clay Powers, Mitchell Sampson Powers (Liberty), Matthew Flynn (Allison), Joye Cox Anestis (Mike), and Kris Lee; his brother-in-law Steve Reisinger; his nephew Spencer Reisinger (Sunee Claud) and nieces Stephanie Kidwell and Laura Reisinger Watts (Hassan Houmani). David’s beloved grandchildren, to whom he was known as Pop, are Bryce Touchstone; Hansford “Hank” and Coretta “Coco” Powers; Noah, Eli, and Joshua Flynn; and Jonah and Mary Anestis. He is also survived by too many longtime friends to list. He is preceded by his parents, Sis and Spencer Byrd Powers, Sr.; his brother Spencer Byrd Powers, Jr.; and his sister Elizabeth Anne Reisinger.

Memorials may be made to the Edwards Street Fellowship Center, 1919 Edwards Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401; the Sharkey-Issaquena County Library, 116 Robert Morganfield Way, Rolling Fork, MS 39159; the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, www.michaeljfox.org; or to a food bank in your community.

Funeral service for Mrs. Linda Lou Davis will be 11 a.m. Friday, August 5, at Riverwood Family, with burial in the

Riverwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 9:30 until the time of service at Riverwood.

Mrs. Davis, 85, of Brookhaven, passed from this life August 1, 2022. She was born May 13, 1937, in Monticello, MS.

Upon graduating Monticello High School, she was voted the Friendliest Girl in “Who’s Who”. She was a member of

the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No.1 of Brookhaven, where she received a certificate for being a 50-year member.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church and a member of the Adventurers Sunday School Class. She served

on the church council and was a past treasurer of the United Methodist Women. She loved her church family. She loved to

travel with her husband to many different places, but loved Branson, Missouri the best. But she always said, “it is good to

come back home to Brookhaven.” She always had a love for people and made many friends. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Luther Collins and Emma Fuller Lambert; sisters, Polly Collier of Mineola, TX and Dorothy Summers of Jackson, MS.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Mitchell Davis; daughter, Cheryl Davis May and husband, Donald of Brookhaven, MS; grandsons, Allen Davis May and wife, Leigh Ann of Meadville, MS, Trent Collins May of Clinton, MS; great grandchildren, Adalynn Kay May and Layne Freeman; and brother-in-law, Julius Davis of Houston, TX. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Deaconess Hospice for their care and compassion, especially, Jaci and Shana.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to First United Methodist Church, PO Box 358, Brookhaven, MS 39602.