Simpson County, Mississippi

Simpson County Obituaries & Biographies

HARRISVILLE - The Rev. Coley Sampson Arender, 71, died Feb. 17, 1988, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m. today at Colonial Funeral Home of Magee with burial in Antioch Cemetery.

The Rev. Arender was a retired Methodist minister and a member of Mount Olive Methodist Church of Ovett.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Arender; daughters, Mrs. Peggy Lou Blackwell of Dallas, Mrs. Leslie Mitchell of Brookhaven and Mrs. Ellen Dossett of Jackson; son, Ronny Arender of California; sisters, Mrs. Merble Dukes and Mrs. Ruth Craft, both of Magee, Mrs. Ora Cook of Brandon, Mrs. Charlotte Runnels and Mrs. Camille Richter, both of Jackson, and Mrs. Maxine Chisolm; brothers, Hulon Arender of Raleigh and Hershel Arender of Missouri; and 11 grandchil- dren and two great-grandchildren.