Area Obituaries

Mr. Edwin D. Hightower, 37, of Durant, MS, passed away in Memphis, TN on Friday, September 8, 2023. Services were held on Saturday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. at Durant M.B. Church in Durant. Interment was held in New Banyon Cemetery in Durant.

Guy Rufus Self of Lexington, MS, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023. He was born in Holmes County on August 4, 1964, to the late Noel and Geneva Lakey Self. Guy spent many years as a mechanic and truck driver, but was known as a “jack of all trades” and could do just about anything.…

Carla Brooke Christenson, 42, of Springfield, Virginia departed this world on August 18, 2023. She is survived by her children, Dylan (16) and Teagan (11) Mahoney; mother, Cathy (Rodgers) Spewak and stepfather, Bob; brother Josh Christenson; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and coworkers. Carla was the granddaughter of the late Carl and Patricia Rodgers of…

Percy Paul Taylor Jr. of Lexington, MS passed away peacefully at his home August 30, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 11, 1943, Paul grew up in Tchula, MS, the eldest of five children born to Percy and Allene Taylor. After graduating from Tchula High School in 1961, he attended Holmes Community…

Mrs. Ora Denise Corbitt, 44, of Durant, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2023 of natural causes. Services will be held on Saturday, September 9 at Damascus M.B. Church in Durant. The viewing will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 8 at Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko.

Kimberly Machael Winstead, 55, of Lexington,MS passed away in Jackson on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Kim as she was called by family and friends was survived by her husband Paul Warren Winstead of Lexington and her parents Leslie and Rachael Bruce Burden and in-laws Paul Howard and Gwen Winstead both of Lexington. Kimberly was preceded…

Emma King Joyce Bethany passed away peacefully in her sleep on July twenty-ninth at her home in Lexington, MS. Her children rejoice in the fact that their mom’s prayers were answered and she remained in her own home until she departed to her heavenly home. She was born May fourteenth, nineteen thirty three in Bassfield,…

Sherry Byrd McClellan passed away peacefully in her home on July 22, 2023 at the age of 77. Sherry Lynn Byrd was born on April 16, 1946 in Lexington, Mississippi. She attended Lexington High School, where she was a majorette. In 1964, she married the love of her life, Henry B. McClellan Jr., also of…

Max Earl Johnson Max Earl Johnson, age 73, passed away on July 15, 2023 at his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Max was born February 10, 1950 to Earl Andrew Johnson and Gladys Self Johnson in Lexington, Mississippi. He was a brother to five sisters and grew up working on a farm in Holmes…

Doris Edwards Covington of Lexington, MS departed this life July 19, 2023 at the age of 103. She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne Spell Covington, daughter Peggy Covington Seale and son Mack Wayne Covington. She leaves behind four grandchildren, Gregory Seale and his wife Danielle Seale (Terry, MS), Dana Covington, Amy Dent…