Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Thursday, February 16, 1989

IDELL C. MCCARTY

Idell Cooper McCarty, 92, of Laurel, died Wednesday (Feb. 15, 1989) at Hearthside Haven Nursing Home.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memory Chapel, with burial in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The Revs. Kent Megehee and Harold Ishee will officiate.

She was retired from The Salvation Army and a homemaker. She was a member of Plainview Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her husband, The Rev. Henry O. McCarty and a daughter, Evelyn McCarty.

She is survived by a daughter, Betty Welborn of Laurel; a grandson, Hershell Welborn of Soso; two great-granddaughters, nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Louie Pitts, Clinton Quarles, Frank Hawkins, Joe McCarty, Vertis McCarty and Truitt McCarty.

Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today at Memory Chapel, which is in charge of arrangements.