Neshoba Democrat

1/10/2007 6:00:00 PM JUST AMONG FRIENDS By RACHEL EVANS

Kathleen and Billy Brantley celebrated an early Christmas the weekend before when their family gathered in their home on King Avenue. Johnny, Deanie and Tyler Fanning came from Madison, while Philadelphians, Teresa, Bass, Buck and Robyn Fanning and Martha Murphy joined in the celebration.

This family became dear to us during the years we lived on Breland Street as neighbors to Ma and Pa Jones. Missing from the circle was Johnny's twin brother, Jimmy, but to this day I can still see Mike and Jackie (Long) and Jimmy and Johnny shooting marbles from the four corners of our then-new piece of green carpet in the living room. We, like the carpet, have lost some of our plush through the years, but as Kat said, "I'm thankful for every day I've had!"

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12/17/2003 6:00:00 PM JUST AMONG FRIENDS 			 			 By RACHEL EVANS

The descendants of Hubert and Liddie Irons Jones got together for their Christmas celebration on Dec. 6, the first Saturday in December as is their tradition. “We long ago outgrew getting together in our homes and have moved to the coliseum,” Kat told me. Eight of the families ten children were present, to include Billy and Kat Brantley of Philadelphia; Wilbert and Verdine Jones of Brandon; Calvin and Deloris Jones of Mitron, N.Y.; Sherman and Christine Presley of Louisville; Walter and Lois Jones of Philadelphia; Martha Murphy of Philadelphia; Bobby, Judy and Nicole Jones of Florence; Ron and Shirley Little of Madison; Jimmy Fanning and Robyn Fanning of Philadelphia; Linda, Allison and Amy Holder of Louisville; Michael, Nancy and Zac Stribling of Madison; Lee Ann Jayroe of Philadelphia; Nan, Dustin, Alana and Natalie Goodin of Philadelphia; Laurin Murphy of Philadelphia; Tim McGinty of Jackson; Prentice and Dorothy Copeland of Philadelphia; Ray Layton of Alabama and Theresa Fanning of Philadelphia. Jerry Jones and his wife, Trudy, of Berlin, Md. were unable to attend. Mitchell Jones is deceased.

Neshoba Democrat=

12/8/2010 4:30:00 PM
Kathleen J. Brantley

Services for Kathleen J. Brantley were held Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at 10 a.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Britton officiating. Burial followed in Cedarlawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Brantley, 80, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, in Neshoba County General Hospital.

She was a native of Neshoba County and a resident of Philadelphia.

She was retired from Hamill Drug Store and was a member of First United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Fanning; son, Jimmy Fanning; sister, Martha Murphy; brothers, Wilbert Jones and Mitchell Jones.

Survivors include her husband, Billy Brantley of Philadelphia; son, Johnny B. Fanning of Madison; step-children, Steve Brantley of Hattiesburg and Debbie Mohler of Brooklyn; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Christine Presley of Louisville and Shirley Little of Madison; four brothers, Cal Jones of New York, Jerry Jones of Maryland, Walter Jones of Philadelphia and Bobby Jones of Florence; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Woody Nance, Scott Nance, Bill Nance, Tyler Fanning, Bass Fanning and Buck Fanning.