Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Friday, July 22, 1977

MRS. JAMES C. WAITES

Mrs. James C. (Florence) Waites, 75, died unexpectedly Thursday in a Hattiesburg hospital. She was a resident of 3103 Audubon Drive in Laurel.

Born in Jasper County, she was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church and actively associated with Franklin United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Waites Aug. 29, 1975.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday from Memory Chapel with the Rev. Gary Devine officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Cemetery.

She is survived by a son, James Clifton Waites, Wethersfield, Conn.; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Lyon, Chicago, Ill.; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren; two brothers, Tom and Fred Bishop, both of Louin; three sisters, Ms. Pinkie Bishop and Ms. Dicie Bishop, both of Louin; and Mrs. Leroy Windham, Bay Springs.