Graveside Services for Marinell Applewhite of Brookhaven are 2:00 pm Tuesday, December 10, 2019,

at New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in McCall Creek with visitation from 12:00 pm until time of the service at the church.

Marinell Applewhite, 85, went to be with her Lord on December 4, 2019. She was born October 23, 1934, to the late Ed and Mary Lenora Applewhite.

She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church in McCall Creek. Marinell loved spending time with her family and friends.

She enjoyed being outdoors and loved flowers. She was affectionately known as “Aunt Mae.”

Preceding her in death were her parents; siblings, Harold Applewhite, Melvin Applewhite, Alton Applewhite, Hilda Sweeney, and Edith Dunigan;

brother-in-laws, Albert Sweeney, James Kettingham, Linard Dunigan, and Donald Smith; sister-in-laws,

Vera Mae Applewhite and Mildred Applewhite; nieces, Judy Applewhite and Norma Finnegan; nephews, David Applewhite, and Kenneth Applewhite.

Those left to cherish her memory are her brothers, Donald Applewhite, and wife, Frankie of McCall Creek, MS, Glen Applewhite and wife, Peggie, of Brookhaven, MS.;

sisters Helen Ketteringham of Wesson, MS., and Carolyn Smith of Brookhaven, MS.

She is also survived by a host of family and friends and special friends, Henry Wilson of Madison, MS., and Lonnie Herring, of Brookhaven, MS.