Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Thursday, September 16, 1971

RAYMOND G. McCARTY

BAY SPRINGS, Miss. -- Funeral services for Raymond G. McCarty, 69, Rt. 3, Taylorsville, were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from Edon Batist [sic Baptist] Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Revs. Robert Self, Artis Brewer, E. W. Wells and Elder Frank Smith officiated. Memory Chapel of Bay Springs was in charge of arrangements.

McCarty, a prominent farmer, died unexpectedly Monday at his residence of an apparent heart attack.

He is survived by his widow; two daughters; Mrs. Glenice Roberts, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Joyce White, Tuscumbia, Ala.; three sons: Edsel McCarty, Stringer; Emmett McCarty, Taylorsville; Milton McCarty, Columbus; 16 grandchildren; and two sisters: Mrs. Ida Cox and Miss Vicie McCarty, both of Louin.