Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Wednesday, February 6, 1980

RUBEN McCARTY

The funeral service for Ruben McCarty, 85, 226 N. 13th Ave., will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Memory Chapel with the Rev. John Adams II officiating. Burial will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Mr. McCarty, a native of Jasper County, died unexpectedly Tuesday at his residence. He was retired from the Laurel Textile Mills.

Survivors include one son, Vertis McCarty, Laurel; three daughters, Mrs. Samuel (Amy) Stephens and Mrs. V. S. (Nell) Harper, both of Laurel, and Mrs. T. J. (Wilma) Connair of Ohio; two brothers, H. O. McCarty and Dewey McCarty, both of Laurel; one sister, Mrs. Irene Rogers, Stringer and seven grandchildren.

Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home.

Memory Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.