Area Obituaries

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.

Journey into Eternity John Albert Reed was called into eternal rest on Friday, August 17, 2018 at the age of  97.  John was born in Lexington, MS to the late Sylvester and Lena Reed.    Mr. Reed served his country in the Military Branch of the U.S. Army. Following his discharge from service he moved to…

Sam Ella Keys, 78, of Lexington, MS passed away Thursday, September 6, 2018 in Decatur, GA. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 15 at 12 noon at Union Grove Baptist Church in Lexington. Visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 14 at Century Hairston Funeral Home in Lexington. Interment will…

Inez Criswell Holley, 100, of Goodman died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Baptist Medical Center in Kosciusko.  Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 3, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery in Goodman.

Mr. Robert E. (Bob) Wentworth, Sr., passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at his lifelong home in Pickens, MS. He is survived by his wife Betty; their five children, Randy Wentworth (Dannetta), Karen Jackson (Brad), Claire Chitwood (Marc), Robert Wentworth and Mary Ann Wentworth; ten grandchildren with an eleventh…

Mrs. Marie Harrington, 86, of Goodman passed away at her home surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, August 4, 2018. Cremation ceremonies were held at Riverwood Family in Brookhaven, MS on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 12:15 p.m. Mrs. Harrington, the daughter of the late Ross and Tommie Joyner, was born on November 2, 1931…

Susie Mae Peets Spell, 83, passed from this earthly life to her eternal home on Tuesday morning August 14, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Justin Langford, Paul Durff, Tommy Mitchell, Gage Taylor, Emile Craig and Adam…

Mrs. Marie Harrington, 86, of Goodman passed away at her home surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, August 4, 2018. Cremation ceremonies were held at Riverwood Family in Brookhaven, MS on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 12:15 p.m. Mrs. Harrington, the daughter of the late Ross and Tommie Joyner, was born on November 2, 1931…