Died June 29, 1969 
McIlwain Rites Today

Funeral services for Doss Watt McIlwain, Sr., of
Route 1, Starkville, will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday
at the First Presbyterian Church.

Burial will be in Oktibbeha Memorial Gardens.

Mr. McIlwain, who was 90, died Sunday afternoon
at Felix Long Memorial Hospital.  He was a native
of Panola County. [Note from Submitter:  He was
born in Panola County, but didn't live there long]

Officiating at the services will be the Rev. J. W.
Chatham of Louisville, Dr. J. N. Brown and the Rev.
Robert Cross.  Welch Funeral Home is in Charge.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,
where he had served as a deacon.

Until his retirement in 1941 he was superintendent of
the Experimental Farms at Mississippi State.  After his
retirement, he became a dairy farmer.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Gertrude Castles
McIlwain of Sessums; a son, D.W. McIlwain, Jr., of
Starkville; two daughters, Mrs. Levancia Pitt of Silver
Springs, Md., and Mrs. Grace Harris of State College;
five brothers, John McIlwain, Emmett McIlwain and
Oscar McIlwain, all of Artesia, Walter McIlwain of
Starkville, and Mack McIlwain of Vernon, Ala.; 11
grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Memorials, requested by the family in lieu of flowers,
should be sent to Palmer Orphanage in Columbus or
French Camp Academy.

Pallbearers will be Carson Castles, Emmett McIlwain, Jr., 
John Castles, Harry F. Garretson, Jr., Holand Garretson,
Hugh Castles, Joe Watt McIlwain and Alvin P. McIlwain.

Honorary pallbearers will be Henry Leveck, elders and
deacons of the First Presbyterian Church and men of 
Sessums Community.

Transcribed by C. L. Herrick and donated to 
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