Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Monday, January 15, 1979

McCURLEY, DOROTHY MAE

Died at noon Saturday, Jan. 13, 1979, at her residence. She was 68, a native of Amite County, Miss., and a resident of Jackson. She was a nurse at Villa Feliciana Geriatric Hospital.

Body at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster, Miss., with visiting from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday. Religious services at Gloster Nazerene Church at 11 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Revs. Donald Barnes and Alton Rollinson. Burial in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster.

Survived by four daughters, Claudia Jackson, Gloster, Barbara King and Dixie Hargon, both of Vidalia, and Hattie Belle Woodward, Jackson; a sister, Callie Simmons, Liberty, Miss.; a brother, Charlie Whittington, Ellisville, Miss.; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.