Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Friday, November 17, 1967

ERNEST L. McCARTY

WAYNESBORO, Miss. -- Services for Ernest L. McCarty, 62, carpenter of Chicora Community who died in Wayne General Hospital Wednesday afternoon, were held 2 p.m. Friday from the chapel of Freeman Funeral Home Waynesboro. The Rev. Mr. Walton officiated with burial in McCarty Cemetery.

McCarty was a life long resident of Chicora Community. He was a member of Waynesboro First Church of God.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lillian Hollinghead McCarty, Chicora Community; two sons; Billy Earl McCarty, Biloxi, and Allen McCarty, Petal; three grandchildren: and four sisters, Mrs. Irma [sic Emma] Rigney, Miss Lorene [sic Loraine] McCarty and Mrs. Venia Chason, all of Mobile, and Mrs. Florence Powe of Waynesboro.