Mary Bang, 103

VANCLEAVE -- Mary Bang had numerous caregivers at the end of her life, family and friends alike.

Sunday marked the second anniversary those loved ones have been without her presence.

Mrs. Bang, who was 103, died Thursday, May 24, 2007, at her residence in Demopolis, Ala. She was born April 18, 1904.

She had lived in Demopolis for the past nine years and was a former resident of Vancleave, Miss., where she was a member of the Holiness Church of God in Vancleave.

Survivors include her caregivers -- Versa and Bud Simmons, Katie Simmons, Whittni Simmons, Rogerdale Richard Forehand and his wife, April, and Hunter and Moriah Fielder, all of Demopolis, Ala., along with many other family and friends.

Graveside services were held at Vancleave Holiness Church of God Cemetery on Poticaw Road in Vancleave with Brother Sammy Thomley officiating.

The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home handled service and burial arrangements. View the obituary at www.bradfordokeefe.com

Thelma Inez Smoot

Mrs. Thelma Inez Smoot, 101, was a native of Portland, Ore., where she was born Dec. 5, 1907.  She died March 9, 2009. 

She moved to Imperial Valley, Calif., with her family in 1914, where she lived until relocating to Ocean Springs in 1997. 

Smoot's husband, John Magruder Smoot, whom she lived with 52 years, parents Frank and Vivian Nutbrown, brother Richard Nutbrown, sister Alna Simmons,  and grandson Robert John Graetz all preceded her in death.  

Survivors include daughter Phyllis Jean Luter, granddaughter Jerilyn (Wayne) Henry, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. 

Smoot spent the last days of her life in a Vancleave personal care home operated by Karen Richards, Aileen Dewberry and Jessie Bang. 

Interment is at Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs, where services were rendered by Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.