Miss Marie India Ware, 91, of Aberdeen, Mississippi passed away Sunday, February 15, 2009. Visitation will be from 12:30 until 1:30 pm, Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at the Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Aberdeen. Graveside service will be at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at Oddfellows Rest Cemetery with Rev. R.D. Cline officiating. Miss Ware was a 1935 graduate of Aberdeen High School and a 1936 graduate of the Aberdeen Business College. She retired from Central Insurance Agency of Aberdeen after 46 years of services. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Aberdeen, Mississippi. She is preceded in death by her parents. Miss Ware was the oldest daughter of Eula Earl Ware and French Ester Smith Ware of Aberdeen. She is survived by her sister, Mildred Ware Becks, of Huntsville, Alabama; a niece, Sylvia Becks Blaylock and husband, Nat of Kosicusko, MS; a nephew, Robert Roger Becks, Jr. and wife, Marilyn of Birmingham, Alabama; great nephews, Jason Christopher Blaylock and wife, Krista of Kosicusko, MS; Cory Alan Blaylock of Independence, MS; Shaun Michael Blaylock and wife Amy of Kosicusko, MS; Robert Roger Becks, III, and wife Ann of Gainsville, FL; Chadwick Earle Becks and wife Kristi of Pittsburgh, PA; and great-greatnephews, Hunter Brayden Blaylock and Grayson Presley Blaylock of Kosicusko, MS. Pallbearers will be Jason Blaylock, Cory Blaylock, Roger Becks, III, Walter Lann, Jr., Leroy Jones, and Dennis Evans. Honorary pallbearers will be Shaun Blaylock and Chad Becks. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be sent to the Unity Hospice Care, 1413 West Main, Tupelo, MS 38801 or First Baptist Church of Aberdeen, Mississippi.

Source:  Commercial Dispatch, The (Columbus, MS) – Tuesday, February 17, 2009