B.W. “Tack” Tackitt, Jr., died November 26, 2018 at his home in Pickens.  Graveside services will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2018 in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington. Tack was a member of Pickens Baptist Church where he served as music director and a deacon.  He was also an agricultural mechanic and an Air…

William Herman (Sonny) Russell William Herman (Sonny) Russell, 86, died on November 25, 2018 at the State Veteran’s Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi. A Celebration of his life will be held Thursday, November 29, 2018 at First United Methodist Church, Lexington, MS at 1:00 P.M. Visitation will take place from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. prior…

Dorothy Simmons, 80, homemaker, died Monday, November 19, 2018 at her home.  Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home.  Burial was in Coxburg Cemetery. Mrs. Simmons was survived by her daughters, Wanda Simmons of Yazoo City and Sandy Russell (Michael) of Benton; granddaughters, Ashley Melton Covin (Brad),…

Anna Ruth Golden Anna Ruth Coleman Golden, 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 18, 2018, at Madison County Nursing Home in Canton, MS.  Ruth was born July 16, 1924, in Choctaw County.  She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, one sister, her husband of nearly 63 years, Jesse Lacoy Golden, son…

Elizabeth Carolyn Bohmeyer, 78, died Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at her home in Durant.  Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 17, 2018 in Brister Cemetery in Durant.

Marion Duncan Johnson, 94, died November 14, 2018 in Ackerman. Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 19, 2018 in the West City Cemetery in West, MS.  Rev. Bill Heard officiated. For 17 years, Mrs. Johnson served as the city clerk for the City of West.  She was a member of Grace Presbyterian…

Michael Glenn Patton, 62, passed away on October 29, 2018 in Oxford, Mississippi after a long battle with cancer.  A graveside service was held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Concord Church Cemetery  in Pickens, MS.

Henry P. Russell, age 85, of Kosciusko, MS passed suddenly but peacefully at home on October 31, 2018. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant with burial in North Union Cemetery in West, MS. He will be greatly missed by Marcia Stone Russell, his loving…

Daddy sadly passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 80 years old. After attending Lexington High School, he proudly served in the US Army spending time in Japan and England retiring as an E6 Staff Sergeant. He later served several years with the State Guard. Tommy leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Jerry, son…