MARY HILL BRYANT

TALLULAH Mary Hill Bryant died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi. She was 74.

Born in Ida, La., Mrs. Bryant was a longtime resident of Madison Parish before moving to Delhi. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur L. Bryant; and a daughter, Vera Nell Crane Matthews.

She is survived by her son, Terry L. Bryant of Newport News, Va.; her brother, Andrew Hill of Longbranch, N.J.; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah with the Rev. Marcus Murphy officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. The procession will leave the funeral home at 9:30. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Albert Matthews, Albert Henry Matthews, Randy James Matthews, Freddie Geddis, Alejandro Saldana and Alex Saldana.

Honorary pallbearers will be James Matthews and Joey Matthews.

LILIAN SORRELS MANGUM

Services for Lilian Sorrels Mangum will be at 3 p.m. today at Wintergreen Cemetery in Port Gibson with the Revs. Johnny Welborne and Randy Graham officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Fisher-Riles Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Mangum died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, at the home of her daughter in Indianola. She was 81.

A former resident of Carlisle, she had lived in Vicksburg for the past 34 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Sidney and Lilian Elmore Perkins Sorrels; three sisters, Vivian Reaves, Lillie Bell Hart and Myrtle Taylor; and two brothers, Aubert Sorrels and Everett Sorrels.

She is survived by two daughters, Nona Mangum Spencer of Indianola and Charlotte Magnum Tubbs of Oxford; three sisters, Annie Laurie Boren and Virginia Seawright, both of Vicksburg, and Cathleen Harmon of Port Gibson; her brother, Sidney Sorrels of Mechanicsville, Md.; two granddaughters, Angela Bannerman of Jackson and Lori Lei Lessley of Natchez; two great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Memorials may be made to Warrenton Independent Baptist Church, 829 Belva Drive, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

JAMES EVERETT McCARTY

TALLULAH James “Took” Everett McCarty died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. He was 82.

Born in Rayville, La., Mr. McCarty had lived in Madison Parish for 55 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a heavy-equipment operator.

He is survived by two sons, James Ray McCarty of Gibsland, La., and Timothy Lane McCarty of Shreveport; his daughter, Yvonne Pickens of Dallas, Texas; his brother Walter Woodrow McCarty of Tallulah; and two grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Gaston officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tallulah.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. Wednesday until the service at the funeral home.