William Turner, 74, was laid to rest on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. during a graveside memorial service at Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lexington, MS. Mr. Turner, a native of the Mount Olive Community in Holmes County, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Lexington Manor in Lexington. Funeral services…

Wilson Williams, Jr., 74, of Pickens passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at UMMC hospital in Jackson, MS.  He will be laid to rest on Saturday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m. at Greater Fairview Baptist Church in Pickens, MS, with burial immediately following at Anderson Greer Cemetery in Yazoo County.  Services are entrusted to…

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Barbara Jean Menefee Bell, loving mom and grandmother, went to be with the Lord at age 82. Jean was born on October 26, 1935 in Washington DC to Gladys and Jack Menefee.  In September of 1957, she married Ernest Sharp Bell of Greenwood, Mississippi.  They raised two children, Jack and…

Mr. Calvin C. Brooks, 93, passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at his home in Durant, MS. His services have been set for Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:00 noon at Liberty Hill AME Zion in Durant, MS. There will be a viewing hour for Mr. Brooks at the Liberty Hill AME Zion Church…

Gwindolyn McRae King, 89, died Thursday, September 20, 2018 in Dothan, Alabama. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 24, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home in Lexington with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Natalie McGee, 42, of Lexington passed on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at UMMC Hospital in Jackson.  She will be laid to rest on Saturday, October 6 at 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will be held at Union Grove MB Church and burial immediately following at Holly Grove Cemetery, both in Lexington.  Services are entrusted to…

Leslie Renee’ Taylor, age 69, of Lexington, Mississippi, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018, in Jackson, Mississippi, at Baptist Hospital. Visitation was held from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, at First Presbyterian Church of Lexington. The funeral service was held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, at First Presbyterian Church of Lexington.…

Sam Ella Thomas Keys passed away Thursday, September 6, 2018 in Decatur, Georgia. She was born on April 14, 1940 to the late Sam and Lettie Thomas in Lexington, MS. Sam Ella was united in holy matrimony to Gene Autry Keys on September 15, 1957. To this union five children were born. Mrs. Keys was…

Mrs. Bobbie J. Dawson, 67, of Durant, MS passed away of natural causes on Thursday, September 13, 2018. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, September 18 at Bethlehem M.B. Church in Pickens. Winters Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

The funeral service for Mrs. Annie Weatherall Skinner of Cruger, MS will be held on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at St. Peter Rock M.B. Church at 1:00 p.m. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Lexington, MS. Century Hairston Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.