WILENA H. STARK
Wilena Higginbotham Stark passed away Wednesday morning, May 31, 2017, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Mississippi. She was born in 1923 in the Methodist parsonage in Louise, Mississippi, the daughter of the Rev. C.Y. and Fannie Sarah Whittington Higginbotham. Wilena grew up in a number of towns where her father served as minister for the…
Read MoreSTARKEY ALLEN MORGAN, SR.
Funeral services for Starkey Allen Morgan, Sr., 78, of Ridgeland, were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 21 at First United Methodist Church, Greenville. He went to be with our Lord on Friday, May 19, 2017. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his wife and children. Burial was in the Greenville Cemetery. Arrangements were…
Read MoreTHOMAS MITCHELL “MITCH” LAND
Thomas Mitchell ”Mitch” Land, 63, of Durant, MS died Friday, May 26, 2017 at University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A celebration of his life was held at First Baptist Church in Durant, MS on Monday, May 29 at 2:00 p.m. Burial followed at Mizpah Cemetery. Mitch was the son of Arthur and Virginia McLellan…
Read MoreFRANKIE LOUISE ALDY FARMER
Funeral services for Frankie Louise Aldy Farmer of Durant will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at First Baptist Church of Durant with burial following at Sallis Cemetery, Sallis, MS. Bro. Lyn Nations will officiate the service. Visitation was held Wednesday, May 24, 2017, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at…
Read MorePHILLIP LANDON ABEL
Phillip Landon Abel, 77, of Lexington MS, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at his home. Landon was born on February 1, 1940 in Coxburg, MS to the late Robert Landon Abel and Beulah Huffman Abel. His father passed when he was four years old and his mother later remarried Joe Carter. He had a…
Read MoreWILL PARKER MCWILLIAMS, JR.
Will Parker McWilliams, Jr., 98, died peacefully at The Orchard, Ridgeland, MS, on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Will was born on January 29, 1919, in Meridian, MS, to Will Parker and Janie Bounds McWilliams, the oldest of their four children. He grew up in the Daleville community and graduated from DeKalb High School and from…
Read MoreMYREE T. SHANKS
Myree Tyson Shanks, 92, died May 12, 2017 at the Lexington Manor Nursing Home in Lexington. Visitation was held Sunday, May 14, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Southern Funeral Home. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 15, 2017 also at the funeral home. Burial was in Coxburg Cemetery. Pallbearers…
Read MoreFRANCES PAYNE WARD
Frances Payne Ward, 89, of Durant died Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Holmes County Long Term Care in Durant. Visitation was from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at First United Methodist Church in Durant. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 2017 also at the church. Burial was…
Read MoreWILLIAM ELLISON SALLEY, II
William (Bill) Ellison Salley, II, 57, formerly of Holmes County, MS passed away recently in Goodlettsville, TN. A memorial service will be held, Monday, May 15, 2017 at Parkway Baptist Church in Goodlettsville. Also, a memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at First Baptist Church, Lexington, MS.
Read MoreLYDA S. TAVENNER
Lyda Siddon Tavenner, 74, of Smithville passed away Friday, April 28, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo. Born on August 27, 1942, in West, MS, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Mary McNeer Siddon. Lyda was a graduate of Riverside High School and Delta State University. On January 13, 1974, she married…
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