Annie Faye Ables Ferrell, 84, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at her residence in Lexington, MS. Annie Faye was a member of Harland Creek Baptist Church. She had worked for more than 30 years at Henson-Kickernick as a seamstress and then worked 20 years at Superior Uniform. Her hobby, other than her family, was…

Bascom Timothy “Timmy” Melton, 60, of Lexington, MS, died Friday, November 26, 2021, at home surrounded by his family. This was his one request to be at his home in the woods in Emory. Tim was born March 22, 1961, in Lexington, MS. He was the son of the late William Arthur Melton and Carol…

Paul Gwin Sharpe, Jr., 40, of Lexington, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021. He was born on December 6, 1980 to Paul Gwin Sharpe, Sr. and Paula Jordan Sharpe. Gwin was a member of Tchula Presbyterian Church. He graduated from Central Holmes Academy in 1999 and Mississippi State University in 2003. He was a…

William F. Tate Billy Tate, 88, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at West Baptist Church in West, MS. Burial followed at West Cemetery. Visitation was held from 9:00 a.m. until service time at West Baptist…

Elizebeth Pauline Spencer Edwards, 95, of Lexington, Mississippi, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021, at UMMC of Lexington. Pauline lived her entire life in Holmes County, MS. She attended Coxburg School and graduated as valedictorian of her senior class. Pauline helped her husband in his farming business, and she also helped him run and manage…

Patsy Holley Hodges, 74, a long time resident of Vicksburg, MS went to meet her Lord and Savior on November 13, 2021. Patsy was born on March 14, 1947 in Lexington, MS to Mary Ellen and Hilton Holley. Patsy graduated from Lexington High School in 1965. She graduated from Holmes Community College in 1967 and…

Dorothy Browning Shrock, 94, of Goodman, MS passed away Saturday, October 13, 2021 at the University Hospital in Lexington. Mrs. Shrock was preceded in death by her parents Jefferson and Myrtle Allen Browning, her husband of 42 years Wirt Shrock, and daughter Peggy Jo Briggs. Dorothy was a member of the Shrock Methodist Church and…

Dean Christian, Jr., 81, of Greenwood, MS, passed away, Wednesday at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital. He was retired from Chancellor Construction Company and had served in the Arkansas National Guard. Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Dean Wakefield and Mary Katherine Cushman Christian, and his son Chris Christian. He is survived by his…

Stephen Warren Forrester, age 45, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and husband of Rebecca Ellis Forrester, departed this life Wednesday morning, October 20, 2021, in Nassau, Bahamas. Stephen was born August 20, 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late Lawrence Warren Forrester and late Sandra Kay Jordan Forrester. He was an Eagle Scout and a 1994…

Shirley who was affectionately called “Shelly” was born in Vaughan, Mississippi June 21, 1951. She was the third of eight children born to the union of West and Ruthie Mae Sanders in Vaughan, Mississippi. Shirley passed away peacefully Thursday, November 4, 2021, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Both of her parents and…