Area Obituaries

Robert L. “Bob” Burrell Bob Burrell, 93, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at his residence in Durant, MS. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 17, 2022 at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel in Kosciusko, MS. Visitation was held from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., Friday at the funeral home. Burial followed at…

Robin Dean Carnathan Pickle, 59, of the Bowling Green community in Holmes County, Mississippi, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS after a lengthy illness. She was a home maker and a Baptist having attended Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Robin was preceded in death by…

Sarah Elizabeth “Polly” Thompson Adcock, 83, formerly of Durant, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at her residence in Yazoo City, MS. Visitation was held on Saturday, June 11 from 1:00 p.m. until service time at 2:30 p.m. at the Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with burial in Mizpah Cemetery in Durant, MS.

Mr. Anthony G. Mansoor, 89, of Ridgeland, passed away on June 6, 2022 at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Tony was born in Central America on November 18, 1932 to his parents, Lutfi and Victoria Gabrie Mansoor. He served in the US Army as a medic and paratrooper in the 101st Airborne…

Madelyn Carol Harthcock Spell went to her heavenly home on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Madelyn was a member of Antioch Baptist Church where she had served as church secretary for several years. She retired from Holmes County Bank in 2012 after working for 45 years. She also worked as a secretary for the Harland Creek…

Daniel H. Hopson, 62, passed away at Baptist Yazoo Hospital in Yazoo City, MS on Friday, May 6, 2022. A retired carpet Installer, he was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his father Herbert H. Hopson and his mother Bernice Burt Hopson, his brother David Hopson and sister Julia Ann Hamilton.…

Douglas Lowery Ward, 93, of Durant, Mississippi, passed away Monday May 2, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center from health complications. Douglas was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Frances Payne Ward, his daughter Sarah Beth Ward and grandson, Stephen Lowery Ward. Survivors include: a brother, John Morris Ward of Kosciusko; a son,…

William Ronald Thweatt, 71, of Carthage, MS, formerly of Holmes County, passed away at this home on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. There will be a private memorial service at a later date.

Christopal “Opal” Cain Ware, 90, a devoted homemaker and loving mother, died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation was held at 10:00 a.m. and the service at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, April 27, at Oregon Memorial Church in Lexington. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Opal was born September 14, 1931,…

Mr. Lyndon Veasley, 23, of West, MS, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2022 in Holmes County. A graveside service was held at Smyrna Cemetery in West on Saturday, April 16 at 11:00 a.m.