Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Saturday, November 27, 1971

MRS. MAYBELLE McCARTY

Mrs. Maybelle McCarty, 79, resident of Biloxi, died Friday in the Memorial Hospital, Biloxi. Mrs. McCarty was formerly of Jasper County.

Funeral services were held Saturday, 11 a.m. from Memory Chapel, Bay Springs, with the Rev. Mr. Norris officiating. Burial was in McCarty Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Walter McCarty, Biloxi; four daughters, Mrs. Loretta James, Mrs. Jimmy Schifend [sic Jimmie Schifano], both of Biloxi; Mrs. Onetta [sic Oneita] Cook, Jackson; three sons, Alfred McCarty, Louin; Von and Horace McCarty, both of Biloxi; 22 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Upton, Mrs. Duke Lee, both of Bay Springs; Mrs. Lillie Windham, Louin; and one brother, Boubor Dawkins of Louin.