Simpson County, Mississippi

Simpson County Obituaries & Biographies

CRYSTAL SPRINGS - Mrs. Zelma Odeta Therrell, 77, died Saturday at Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital in Hazlehurst. Services are 2 p.m. today at Stringer Funeral Home chapel with burial in Antioch Cemetery.

Mrs. Therrell was a native of Simpson County.

She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Christine MacFall and Mrs. Viola Rewes, both of Crystal Springs, Mrs. Bobbie Sue Weich of Eureka, Calif.; Mrs. Hilda Kurtz of Georgetown and Mrs. Ruth Sanderson of New Orleans; sons, Emmett Therrell of Crystal Springs, Roger Therrell of De Ridder, La., the Rev. Billy Therrell of New Orleans and Charles Therrell of Gulfport; brothers, James Welch of Flora, J.D. Welch of Harrisville and Will Welch of Tallulah, La.; sisters, Mrs. Ruth Sikes of Jackson and Mrs. Maggie Wade of Indianola; and 26 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.