Simpson County, Mississippi

Simpson County Obituaries & Biographies

CRYSTAL SPRINGS-Funeral services for E. R. Therrell, 69, of Harrisville will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Baldwin Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Antioch cemetery in Simpson County.

Therrell died at University Hospital in Jackson Thursday morning following a short illness.

Pallbearers will be his nephews and sons-in-law.

He was a retired employee of the City of Jackson. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Zelma Therrell; six daughters, Mrs. P. G. McFali, Mrs. Lucille Pyle, both of Plain, Mrs. Vila Reeves of San Bend, Ind., Mrs. Bobby Jones of Ft. Tuna, Calif., Mrs. Hilda Kurtz of Pacific Beach, Wash., Mrs. James Sanderson of Jackson; four sons, Emmit Therrell, Rev. Billy Therrel, both of Jackson, Roger Therrell of the U. S. Army, Charles Therrell of the U. S. Air Force; four sisters, Mrs. Marie Jones of Cystal Springs, Mrs. Lula Zohn of New Orleans, Mrs. Etta Martin of Byram, Mrs. Viola Sykes of Houston, Tex.; one brother, Winston Therrell of Byram; 23 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.