The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries for residents, former residents and residents’ immediate family members who resided elsewhere when notified by a family member or a funeral home. There is no charge for printing an obituary, but all are edited to meet the newspaper’s requirements.

Ruby Lee McCarthy

Ruby Lee McCarthy died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was 70.

A native of Copiah County, Mrs. McCarthy had been a Vicksburg resident for the past 60 years. She retired as the animal control officer for the City of Vicksburg and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

She attended Woodlawn Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Senior Saints.

She was preceded in death by 12 siblings.

Survivors include two daughters, Kay Goss and Linda Holman, both of Vicksburg; three sons, Jerry McCarthy and James McCarthy, both of Vicksburg, and Mack McCarthy of Vancleave; and nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Kent Campbell, pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Riles Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Thursday until the service at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Arnot Geary, Chris Barnett, Hank Hodges, Darrel Rushing, Gary Jones and Gus Grimshel.

Henry Ray Prine

KILBOURNE, La. Henry Ray Prine died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, at his home in Kilbourne, La. He was 70.

Mr. Prine was born in West Carroll Parish.

He was preceded in death by his father, Claude Cook Prine Sr.; his mother, Nettie Myrtle Lee Prine; and a brother, David Lee Prine.

He is survived by his wife, Ethel Prine of Kilbourne; three daughters, Elizabeth “Beth” Simmons of Pioneer, La., Larly Reeves of Chesapeake, Va., and Lee Dupree of Linville, La.; two brothers, C.C. Prine of Kilbourne and Johnny Prine of Darnell, La.; one sister, Annie Prine Watson of Epps, La.; and 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cox Chapel in Oak Grove with the Rev. Bud O’Neal officiating. Burial will follow at Kilbourne Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Smokey Allen, Cecil Boyte, Travis Canada, John Elliott, Dammion Tilton and Joe Townsend.