Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Vertis L. McCarty

LAUREL -- Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home for Vertis L. McCarty, 88, of Laurel, who died Feb. 3, 2009, at South Central Regional Medical Center.

Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery section of Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Mr. McCarty retired from Piggly Wiggly, Masonite Corp. and was a member of Greater Laurel United Pentecostal Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He also served in the Merchant Marines.

Survivors include his wife, Merle McCarty of Laurel; a son, Mitch McCarty of Laurel; a daughter, Sherry Pridgen of Ellisville; three sisters, Amy Stephens of Laurel, Nell Harper of Soso and Wilma Connair of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; two grandchildren and her caregiver, Cathy Hutto of Laurel.

Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.