Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Saturday, January 15, 1977

MRS. RUBEN McCARTY

Mrs. Ruben (Lottie Jane) McCarty, 71, 226 N. 13th Avenue, Laurel, died Friday morning at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was a member of the West Laurel Baptist Church.

Services were held Sunday, at 3:30 p.m., from the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. D. J. Benson officiating. Burial will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Ruben McCarty; one step-son, Vertis McCarty, both of Laurel; three daughters, Mrs. Wilma Connair, Ohio; Mrs. Aimie Stephens, Mrs. Nell Harper, both of Laurel; two brothers, Lloyd and D. W. Clingon, both of Laurel; two sisters, Mrs. B. S. Parrish, Jackson; Mrs. Mary Welborn, Texas; and seven grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be John Blackledge, John Barton, Nolen Parrish, S. D. Hughes, A. B. Headrick and Frank Watson.