COUSIN MICHAEL CARROLL AND LEAH WHITE WED

Michael Carroll and Leah White were married at 1:00 p.m. today at the Citico Baptist Church in Vonore, TN. A reception was held at the Vonore Community Center following the ceremony. Congratulations to the happy couple!

COUSIN HEATHER PANNELL TO GRADUATE

Heather Marie Pannell, daughter of Steve and Mildred Self Pannell, of Pontotoc, Mississippi, will graduate from Pontotoc High School, Friday evening, May 25, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. The commencement exercises will be held on Warrior Field at Pontotoc High School. Congratulations to Heather on this accomplishment.

MORE COUSINS TO GRADUATE

Benjamin Patrick Self (pictured above) will graduate from Sequoyah High School in Madisonville, TN on Saturday, May 19, 2007. He is the Salutatorian of his class. Ben is the son of Donnie and Marsha Cooper Self. His grandparents are J.R. and Armenda King Self and Orval Cooper and the late Juanita Cooper.

Cousin Bristin Lee Self will graduate from Tellico Plains High School, in Tellico Plains, TN on Saturday, May 19, 2007. Bristin is the son of Timothy Ray Self and Michelle Self. He is the grandson of Ray Self.

Congratulations to Ben and Bristin on this accomplishment.

COUSIN MICHAEL CARROLL TO MARRY LEAH WHITE

Cousin Michael Carroll and Leah White will marry on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at the Citico Baptist Church in Vonore, TN. Michael Carroll is the son of Gale Carroll and Lovenia Self Carroll.

VAN LOWRY SELF OBITUARY

Van Lowry Self, 96, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi after a long illness. He was born April 10, 1911, in Tellico Plains, Tenn. He was a retired shipping and receiving employee for U.S. Steel. He attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today (April 30) at Baldwin, Nowell & Clark Funeral Home Chapel in Pontotoc with Bro. Fred Hartley officiating. Burial will be in Pontotoc Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include one son, Dale Self (Donna) of Marion, III.; one stepdaughter, Annette Rusoe (Clinton) of Tupelo; six grandchildren, Lori Nystrom, Michelle Matthew, Douglas Self, Tommy Horton, Eugene Horton and Shelia Cooper; seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Brakefield, and 5 brothers and a sister. He was the oldest living direct descendant of John J. and Lydia Avaline Waters Self.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

In lieu offlowers, donations may be made to Sanctuary Hospice House, P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803.

Note: This is the obituary for Mr. Self taken from information provided by the funeral home. The wording in bold print was added.

VAN LOWRY SELF LAID TO REST

One of the photos above shows the pallbearers carrying the casket of Van Lowry Self to a gravesite in the Pontotoc Memorial Gardens in Pontotoc, Mississippi on Monday, April 30, 2007. The other photo shows the casket sitting at the gravesite after the services concluded. A complete obituary will be added to this site within the next few days.