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Submitted: 9/6/20 • Approved: 9/7/20 • Last Updated: 9/10/20 • R280584-G280582-S3
Hayward
March 11, 1917 - October 17, 2002
Minnie
July 11, 1917 - August 23, 2001
Minnie Rhymes Wheat, 84, a native of Bay St. Louis, MS and long time resident of Washington parish died yesterday at Bogalusa Community Medical Center. She is a member of Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in Bogalusa.
She is survived by her husband, Hayward Wheat of Bogalusa; a son, Willie Wheat of Bogalusa; a daughter, Lyndall Mizell of Purvis, MS; four grandchildren, Loretta Byrd, Cheryl Hughes, Clifton Wheat, all of Bogalusa and Stewart Wesley Mizell of Hattiesburg, MS; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Jimmy D. Rhymes of Bogalusa; a sister, Vera Rhymes Smith of Bogalusa; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Preceding her in death were her parents, William G. Rhymes and Louella Smith Rhymes; two brothers, William Rhymes Jr. and Bobby Rhymes; a sister, Myra Belaski; and a grandchild, Charmane Dwan Mizell.
Visitation will be at Brown-McGehee Funeral Home tomorrow from 9-11 a.m.
The funeral service will be at the funeral home Saturday at 11 a.m. Clifford "Kip" Taylor will officiate.
Interment will follow in Ponemah Cemetery.
The Daily News
08-24-2001
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