Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
PEARL UPTON
Pearl Smith Upton, 75, of 528 N. Seventh Ave., died Saturday at Hearthside Haven Nursing Home.
The funeral service was at 2 p.m. today at Memory Chapel. Burial was in the Hickory Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Barry Landrum officiated.
Mrs. Upton was a native of Bassfield but had lived most of her life in Laurel. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church of Laurel.
She is survived by two sons, Phillip Upton of Clinton and Harry Upton of Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, including Barbara Howse of Laurel; and four grandchildren.
The pallbearers were Billy Wallace, Mike Upton, Steve Upton, David Howse and Barry Howse.
Memory Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Monday, March 19, 1984