Services for Judith Ann (Alderman) Nations of Brookhaven are 2:00 pm Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service with visitation from noon until the time of service. Burial will be at Fair River Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Judith Ann (Alderman) Nations, 85, went to be with her Lord on May 3, 2023. She was born on March 8, 1938, to the late Venon L. Alderman and Lena Bell Moak Alderman.

Mrs. Nations was a member of Willing Hearts Circle, a support organization for the Kings Daughter Medical Center in Brookhaven and had recently served as Director of the Women’s Missionary Union at Fair River Baptist Church.  She served in both administrative and management roles during a decades long career in insurance, including the position of Assistant Vice President for the Consolidated American Life Insurance Company. She also served as President of the Insurance Women of Jackson (MS).

Mrs. Nations loved to read and cook, but most of all, she loved her family and serving others. She will be missed dearly by those who loved her.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Jimmy Nations; sister, Glenda Alderman; brother, John Alderman; stepbrother, Richard Patterson and stepmother, Helen Patterson Alderman.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, James Kerry Nations, Jr. and wife, Janet and Robin Dwayne Nations and wife, Cindy; stepsister, Eileen Patterson Allen; along with four grandchildren, Cameron Nations and wife, Carly, Shelby Nations, Caroline Nations, Grace Nations; and great granddaughter, CeCe Nations.

In her memory, memorials can be made to Compassion International.

A Memorial Service for Mr. Robin Brown Penn of Monticello are 11:00 am, Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Monticello United Methodist Church with visitation from 10:00 until the time of service.

Mr. Robin Brown Penn, 86, passed away at Halo Havens in Brookhaven MS, May 3, 2023.

He was born March 9, 1937, to the late, Robert Evans Penn, Jr. and Pearl Brown Penn.

He served his country in the Naval Reserve and was retired from Georgia Pacific.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Sue Simmons Penn; brothers, Dr. Billy Rivers Penn and Robert Evans Penn, III and grandson Hershel Hayden Harp.

Those left to cherish his memory are his children, Pam Hartzog and husband, John Eddie, Tanya Ballard and husband, Mike, Jana Harp and husband, Hershel and Robin Penn and wife, Christi; nine grandchildren, Trent Hartzog, Ashley Hartzog Franco, Michael Ballard, Marty Ballard, Samantha Harp Nail, Jordan Harp, Simmons Penn, Cooper Penn and Rivers Penn; and ten great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Monticello United Methodist Church.

The funeral service for William Farrell Arnold will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 6, 2023, at New Salem Baptist Church in McCall Creek, MS. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Rev. Cletus Moak will officiate.

Mr. Arnold, 66, of Smithdale, died May 1, 2023, at Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb, MS. He was born in Natchez February 1, 1957, to Aubrey Rogers Arnold and Robbie Lee Pennington Arnold.

Mr. Arnold was a gun enthusiast and took great pleasure in buying, selling, and even building them. He also enjoyed shooting firearms. Hunting for petrified wood was another hobby that Billy enjoyed. One search produced a petrified log that he and Lemuel Jones dug on for days, only to be covered over again by weather conditions. After 30 years Billy, and his son, Brad was able to go back and claim that log. He like muscle cars and hotrods too, he was a true outdoorsman and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his mother; his sister, Diane Priest; and his grandparents, William Aubrey Arnold and Analo Arnold.

He is survived by his children, Brad Arnold (Vickey) and Cliff Arnold (Heaven Andrews); brother, Mike Arnold (Katie); eight grandchildren, Lexie Arnold, Bailey Arnold, Abby Arnold, Ava Kate Arnold, Victoria Robbins, Wyatt Robbins, Ashley Bowlin, and Sawyer Bowlin; and his father, Rogers Arnold and mother, Marlene Arnold, as well as other loving family members and friends.

Graveside service for Mary Lou Anderson will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 6, at Riverwood Memorial Park.

Mary Lou Anderson, 100 years old, of Cumberland, and formerly of Brookhaven, MS and Ridgeley, WV, passed away Friday, September 9, 2022, at Country House.

Born February 17, 1922, in Eupora, MS, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Vivian (McCain) McGovern. Waiting to welcome her home is her husband and father of her three children Woodrow Summerlin, her husband George Anderson, sister Catherine Clark, son-in-law Samuel Allen, son-in-law Jesse Jones, Jr., and Ronnie Trusdall.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and being one of three daughters, because “Daddy didn’t have any boys” the girls had to help pick cotton. The family loved hearing her stories from her childhood. She was a loving mother, grandmother and had a green thumb for plants. She was strong and very disciplined about her life. She was the matriarch of the family. As a devout Catholic we knew she had a direct line to God that kept the family in check. She was an active member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Brookhaven, MS. In addition to managing her home she also worked for Jones’ Meat Market and Benoits Dress Shop, Brookhaven, MS. She retired from Brams Distributing, Los Angeles, CA.
She is survived by her daughter Mary Ann Allen, son James W. Summerlin (Johnnie), daughter Patricia L. Jones, and Sue Dorman, who she thought of as a daughter, grandchildren Juadon Allen, Angela Trusdall, Jerome Summerlin (Trevor), Julianne Latham (Van), Kristie Spiroff (Mike), Michael Jones, Jimmy Jones (Cherlynn), 16 great grandchildren, 18 great great grandchildren, and her sister Edna Earle Branning.

The family would like to thank her daughter, Patricia, for taking such loving care of her over the last several years.