The Weekly Clarion

Bourne, Layton Families
Some three weeks since Col. P. S. Layton of Meridian brought his family consisting of his wife and five children to the residence of his father-in-law Dr. Wm. Reber who lives a mile east of Brandon with his widow daughter, Mrs. Annie E. Bourne. About a week after their arrival Mrs. Layton and four of her children and four of Mrs. Bourne's children, two daughters of Mrs. Britt, and a negro girl were taken ill with dyptheria (sic). Col. Layton's little girl, Mabel, died on the 20th of August, Annie Bourne on the 24th, Pierre Soule Layton on the 25th, Willie Bourne on the 28th, Eula Bourne on the 30th, and Fannie Bourne on September 1. [The Weekly Clarion, Jackson MS - September 12, 1872 - Submitted by Debora Reese]

Oscar Carter
Oscar T. Carter, about 12 years of age and a nephew of Judge Ira J. Carter of Meridian, was seized suddenly ill in the early part of the day before yesterday and died before night of congestive chills. His remains were taken to Enterprise yesterday for interment. [August 29, 1872, The Weekly Clarion, Jackson, Mississippi - Submitted by Debora Reese]

Lewis B. Covington, Jr.
Chief Warrant Officer Lewis B. Covington, Jr., 34, of H & HS, died early Monday on January 22, 1965, in Charleston naval Hospital after a short illness. While stationed at Beaufort, Warrant Officer Covington served as assistant Marine Corps Exchange Officer. He was also Sunday School Superintendent of the Adult Department of the Port Royal Baptist Church. Warrant Officer Covington was survived by his wife, Ruby Frances and their three sons. [Unknown Newspaper and Publication Date]

Alex Horn
Alex Horn, Jr., one of the editors of the Mercury, died in Meridian on the 3rd inst. [Brookhaven Ledger, Brookhaven, MS - May 5, 1881]

J. W. Jones
J. W. Jones, age 65, of DeSoto, MS died Feb. 3, 1945 at 10:30 AM of a heart attack. McClellan & Walters Funeral Home. According to Joseph's obituary, these siblings were still alive at his death: Zulika Jones of Hattiesburg; Edna Simmons of Houston, Texas; Marguerite Holloman of Iowa; Mrs. H. C. (Rilla) Moody of Laurel; Mrs. Tom (Alice) Herrin of Hattisburg; and Arthur of DeSoto.   It said that he had 15 grandchildren at that time. His pallbearers were Paul Newton, Frank McNeal, R. G. Gilbert, T. M. Stallings, and Sam Arningtton. Funeral services Feb. 4 at 3:30 at Oak Grove Church. Buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Buried next to him is his second wife (10 years), Lessie Covington Duvall, born Aug. 9, 1895 and died Oct 20, 1985.

Submitter's note:   Lessie's son, Syl, was married to J. W. Jones' granddaughter, Christine Stallings. That means that Lessie was Christine's Mother-in-law and step-Grandma.

[Submitted by Laurene Shewan]

Sudie Jones
Quitman, Miss at 2:30 PM Wednesday. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Sudie Octavia Jones, 78, of 1426 12th Ave., Meridian. The Rev. E. H. Scott officiated inn the Walters Funeral Home Chapel in Quitman with burial following in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died Monday in Rush Memorial Hospital.
Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. E. M. (Lallee) Evans, Quitman, Mrs. Octavia Smith, Meridian, and Mrs. Jim (Hazel) McQuaig, Stonewall; two sons, Edward Jones, Norwich, Conn and J. W. Jones, Poplarville; two brothers, Miller Ethridge, Madden and Edd Etheridge, Jackson; 25 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren. She died August 2, 1965.
[Meridian Star on August 6, 1965 - Submitted By Laurene Shewan]
Submitter's note: She was the daughter of Joseph Emanuel/Manuel Ethridge and S. Charlotta Broadway of Clarke and Lauderdale Counties.

Gradie E. Mayo
World War I Veteran
Services for Gradie E. Mayo will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Earl Wheatley officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery.

Mr. Mayo, 100, of Meridian, died Thursday, March 14, 1996, at the Retirement Center in Baton Rouge, La. He was a member of Parkview Church of God and a World War I veteran, who served in the Army Infantry in France and Germany. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 1. He will be best remembered as the postman who delivered the mail with a horse and buggy.

Survivors include a daughter, Grace Dunigan and son-in-law, Tom Dunigan, both of Memphis, Tenn.; a daughter-in-law, Marie Mayo of Baton Rouge, La.; a sister Jewel Moon of Meridian; two granddaughters, Rhonda Dunigan Johnson and grandson-in-law, David Johnson, both of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Lois Mayo Hallett and grandson-in-law, Dick Hallett, both of Anderson, Ind.; three grandsons, Dale Dunigan and granddaughter-in-law, Vicki Dunigan, both of Senatobia, David L. Mayo and Granddaughter-in-law, Terri Mayo, both of Gaithersburg, Md., Lowell D. Mayo and granddaughter-in-law, Tara Mayo, both of Baton Rouge, La.; three great-granddaughters, Krsitina Dunigan and Paula Dunigan, both of Senatobia and Tori Mayo of Baton Rouge, La.; eight great-grandsons, A. J. Dunigan, Jordan Dunigan, Caleb Dunigan, Kevin Dunigan, and Alan Dunigan, and great-granddaughter-in-law, Kristy Dunigan, all of Senatobia and Tyler Mayo and Trace Mayo, both of Baton Rouge, La., and Sean Mayo of Gaithersburg, Md.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a son, Gradie LaNoyette Mayo and his wife of 65 years, Lala Dollar Mayo, who died in 1985.

Pallbearers include his grandsons and great-grandsons, David L. Mayo, Lowell D. Mayo, Tyler Mayo, Dale Dunigan, Alan Dunigan, Kevin Dunigan, and David L. Johnson. Visitation will be held today from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home.
[The Meridian Star, Friday, March 15, 1996]

Sid R. Thompson, adjudged insane last week and sent to the Mississippi Insane hospital at Jackson last Saturday, died Monday afternoon from what is alleged to have been an overdose of strychnine. How he secured the strychnine is unknown. The body was brought here last night. The funeral will be held this afternoon. Thompson during his trial testified he had been a user of cocaine and morphine about eighteen years. This, physicians believe caused his brain affection.

HEART FAILURE CAUSED DEATH
Officials at the Mississippi insane hospital yesterday denied that Thompson died from effects of an overdose of strychnine, stating empathically that heart failure caused his death.

The insane hospital authorities yesterday stated that Thompson, who had been a "dope fiend", was sent there last week from Meridian, and that he had received the best of care and attention. They are positive that he did not secure strychnine from any source, and that his heart, probably affected by many years of indulgence in narcotics, failed to perform its proper functions, resulting in his death. The body was sent to Meridian. [The Daily Herald, Chicago, Illinois, August 5, 1915]