Claudine R. McCoy died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at her home. She was 81.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mary Margaret Renfrow; her husbands, Sylvester Howell and George McCoy; three brothers; one sister; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Survivors include four daughters, Cricket Love, Betty Palmer, Judy Brown and Debra Hartley, all of Vicksburg; three sons, Billy Howell of Kingston, Okla., Lewis Howell and Sambo Howell, both of Vicksburg; a sister, Ella Chandler of Moundsville, Ala.; 24 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Curtis officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Randy “Scoot” Brown, Jason “Bug” Page, Robbie Love Jr., Glen Page, Raymond “Punkin” Brown Jr., Jake Page, Gene Love and Larry Hartley.

Honorary pallbearers will be Betty Palmer, Dean Palmer, Jeanette Brooks, Drs. William Wooten, Paul W. Pierce IV, James Hall and Feras Hamadeh and Patient’s Choice Hospice staff.

Memorials may be made to Keystone Christian Fellowship, P.O. Box 821767, Vicksburg, MS 39182 or a charity of your choice.

Friends and family may sign an online guest book at www.fisherfuneralhome.net.