Belle Starr

Published 12:00 am Monday, June 22, 2009

VIDALIA — Services Belle M. Starr, 96, of Vidalia and Natchez, who died Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Ferriday, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Young’s Funeral Home in Vidalia with Brothers Gordon Finlay and Don Tate and Pastor Ray Varnado officiating.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home.

Mrs. Starr was born Jan. 22, 1913, in Hope, Ark., the daughter of the Rev. Andrew Wilson and Bessie Mae Hamilton.

She was a resident of Vidalia and Natchez, a homemaker and a member of First Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) Ferriday.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, J.T. McClerkin and Luther Starr; her parents; sister, Marie H. Dubose; and two sons, John Hamilton McClerkin and Nevins Eugene McClerkin.

Survivors include one daughter, Shirley M. McClerkin, of Vidalia; two sisters, Irene S. Reid of Sun City Ark., and Jewel Adams Heblon of Mobile; one son, Clifton W. Starr and wife, Barbara of Vidalia, their granddaughter, LaShaye Parker, and husband, Matt, and their children, Shawn, BriAnna, Gaby and Sydney Parker; granddaughter, Vickie M. Torrey and husband, Bill, and their family, Michael Torrey and wife, Heather, their children, Calum and Hayden Torrey, Jennifer Bennett and husband, Malcom, and their children McNeil and Bella; granddaughter, Dianna L. Crowson and husband, Ronnie; their family, Jessica T. Whittington and husband, Adam; their children, Justin Adam and Jordan Lee, Terri L. Curtis and daughter, Lauren, Cristy A. Crowson, Ronnie B. Crowson Jr. and children, Connor, Evan, Blake and Brenna; grandson, Jody Starr and wife, Kristen, and their family, Dylan, Kayla, Marissa and Braden; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Ronnie Crowson, Bill Torrey, Adam Whittington, Malcom Bennett, Tim Duncan, Pat Dubose, Wes Bolin and Milton Whittington.

To leave an online condolence for the family, visit www.youngsfh.com.