Estelle McLaurin

September 6, 1938 - April 12, 2016

Estelle McLaurin, 77, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at Neshoba County Nursing Home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 13, 2016, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Liberty Baptist Church in Noxapater, Mississippi, with Rev. Joseph Ingram officiating. Additional visitation will also be the day of the service at the church from 2 p.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Antioch Cemetery on Hartness Cemetery Road. Mrs. McLaurin was born on September 6, 1938, to Leroy and Earline Malone Hartness. She was a member of East Philadelphia Baptist Church and was a retired nurse. Estelle is survived by four sons, Danny McLaurin; Terry McLaurin and wife, Wanda; and Billy McLaurin and wife, Misty, all of Philadelphia; and Bobby McLaurin and wife, Sandra, of Forest, Mississippi. She is also survived by three sisters: Kay Emmons and husband, Larry, of Winona, Mississippi; Mae Horne of Noxapater; and Fay Powell of Houlka, Mississippi; and by one brother, Ronnie Hartness and wife, Virginia, of Starkville, Mississippi. She was loved and will be greatly missed by her six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. McLaurin was preceded in death by her husband, Dan B. McLaurin; and her parents. Serving as pallbearers will be Ted Hartness, Eddie Mac McLaurin, Jimmy McLaurin, Mike Speapasico, Bobby Smith, and Junior Barnett. Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Tribute Program, P. O. Box 1000 Department 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142. Services are under the direction of Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.