Febuary 23rd 2011
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ANNIE LANCASTER
Annie McMillan Lancaster, 95, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 at the Martha Coker Green Houses.
Funeral services were Sunday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jon Vanlandingham officiating. Burial followed at Flora City Cemetery.
Mrs. Lancaster was born Jan. 3, 1916 in Rankin County to Levi and Minnie Wooten McMillan. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, T.J. Lancaster; two sons, Thomas J. Lancaster and Allen Ray Lancaster; a daughter, Dorothy Ann Douglas; three sisters; and two brothers.
Survivors include a daughter, Nell Lancaster Neely of Bentonia; a son, Mark Ellis Lancaster of Flora; two brothers, Bobby McMillan of Byram and J.B. McMillan of Pearl; 10 grandchildren; and numerous great-great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were Michael Neely Jr., Edward Lee Beckham, Tommy Ray Lancaster, Clint Ellison Lancaster, Larry Eugene Douglas and Jerry Burton.
BUDDY WORTHY
James Frank "Buddy" Worthy, Jr., 69, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 at King's Daughters Hospital.
Funeral services were Monday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Woods officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mr. Worthy was born Sept. 16, 1941 in Yazoo County to James F. and Mary Worthy. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Oil City Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by a brother; Otto Worthy; and a sister, Jackie Ainsworth.
Survivors include his wife, Betty of Yazoo City; daughters, Mary Eunice Hancock and Alicia Gay Worthy; sons, Billy Worthy and Al Worthy, all of Bentonia; stepsons, Charles Mitchell and Shane Manor, both of Yazoo City; stepdaughter, Vicki Potter of Nashville, Tenn.; 23 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren; brother; Tom Worthy of Magee; sisters, Frances Dozier, Sally Williams and Carrie Creel, all of Bentonia.
Serving as pallbearers were Kevin Manor, Joey Hancock, Little Billy Worthy, Shawn Manor, Cody Worthy and Kalahan Potter.
Honorary pallbearers were Will Manor, Lynn Knight, Kendall Parker, Tyler Hamil, Mathew Foster and George “Rooster” Martin.
SALLIE MOODY
Sally Speairs Moody, 85, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 at King’s Daughters Hospital.
Visitation is Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
Funeral services are Friday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Gilbert officiating. Burial will follow at Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery at 12956 Highway 490 East in Louisville.
Mrs. Moody was born Dec. 14, 1925 in Yazoo County to Harris A Speairs Sr. and Rebecca Pettigrew Speairs. She was a homemaker and a member of Second Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest A. Moody; a brother, Harris Speairs Jr.; and a sister, Rebecca Speairs.
Survivors include two daughters, Diane Moody of Yazoo City and Sally Goodwill (Todd) of Winter Haven, Fla.; two sisters, Nora Gainey of Satartia and Josephine S. Lee of Bentonia; two grandchildren, Todd Stamey of Memphis, Tenn. and Brian Stamey of Clearwater, Fla.; two great-grandchildren; three nieces, one nephew and great-nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers are Wayne Morrison, Hank Remington, Rob Coker, Jamie Peaster, Bill Simmons and Richie Peaster.
Honorary pallbearers are Sonny Peaster, Bob Cato and Tommy Peaster.
Memorials may be made to Covenant Christian School or Second Presbyterian Church, 1926 Grand Avenue, Yazoo City, MS 39194.
Dear Editor,
I realize after this letter is published that my daughter will probably never have the opportunity of making the Dixie League All-Star team.
However after praying and pondering over this situation, and because she has never made the team in all of her five years of playing (which is a joke) I have nothing to lose.
I am normally a pretty passive person, but I guess the older I get the more I see and understand the cruel shenanigans that many of our kids are faced with. But mostly, the older I get the more I have learned to become more vocal in the things I feel are just not right.
The Dixie Youth Girls Team is one that I have held close to my heart because the one child that I have has been a part of this league since she was old enough to participate. Now at first I did not make a big issue out of the All Star Selection process because each year I was given a so-called excuse as to why my child did not make it.
Her first year and at age four, she was just this cute little girl scrambling around like the others with no clue as to what to do. As she got older and more serious, I realized that this is really becoming her passion and not tooting my own horn but she’s pretty darn good.
Now again I know that she may never make the team after the comment I am about to make, but who cares.
This league is one of the most biased leagues I have ever, ever encountered. Parents, many of our kids are being overlooked because the selection process is too political and a big joke. I do not think that I could sleep at night knowing that I (the coaches) put my child in a position that I know they do not deserve.
For years and in talking to other parents, coaches have been allowed to nominate their child(ren) and other coaches’ children, which is so unfair. Now I know that I am not the smartest person in the world, but I do know what ALL-STAR means. But for those of you who do not, it means “consisting of athletes chosen as the best at their positions from all ... consisting entirely of star performers.” To break it down further; the BEST players!!!
We as parents need to be more involved in ensuring that there are policies and procedures in place and that they are adhered to. We want the best children to represent our city not those children that you want to be recognized to feed your own egos.
Coaches should not be allowed to nominate their children or make deals behind closed doors. ALL-STAR selections should be based on statistics and privy to those children who have worked hard and diligently all summer. Some of you coaches should be ashamed of yourselves with your hidden agendas. I personally do not see how you sleep at night.
Zelda B. Baker
Concerned Parent
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