Area Obituaries

Mr. Irish Lee Day, 75, of Goodman, MS passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021 of natural causes at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 13 at Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS.

Erma Sue Carr, 70, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021. She was born in Mississippi on November 30, 1950, to the late Rev. James C. and Erma Carr. She leaves behind her siblings, Harvey Carr, Carolyn (Rick) Hudgen, David (Dorean) Carr and Rebecca (Chris) Draper; several nieces, nephews, and cousins. In…

Marshall Lewis Hughes, 84, of Tchula passed away at his residence on Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021. Marshall was born to the union of Johns S. and Eva Stevens Hughes who preceded him in death. He had worked as a bookkeeper for Ables Ford Company in Tchula for 30 Years and then for Hughes Farms. He…

James Dale Hendrick, 63, of West, MS went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, due to complications from a chronic lung disease. He was born April 24, 1957, in Clearwater, FL and later moved to Clinton, MS. He attended Clinton High School where he also played football. …

Graveside services for Mary Davis Bridgers Archer, fondly known as “Baby Jack”, were held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Greenwood. Baby Jack, age 90, died on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Sallis. She was born on January 16, 1931. Baby Jack was a member of Cruger Baptist…

Tommie Williams, Sr., 75, of Jackson, passed on January 15, 2021. He will be laid to rest on January 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at New Banyon Cemetery in Sallis, MS. Visitation will be held at 300 West Madison Street in Durant between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on January 22, 2021. Arrangements are entrusted…

Martha Golden Loftin Ables who was more affectionately known as Goldie was born in Attala County, Mississippi, to Jefferson Thomas “J.T.” and Fannie Flint Loftin on January 2, 1937; she was the youngest of thirteen children. She married Joe C. “Snow” Ables on September 26, 1953, and they were married for sixty-two years. They made…

Dailey Alison King Jr., 66, passed away of cardiac arrest on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Ozarks Community Hospital in Gravette, Arkansas. He was born on January 24, 1954 in Lexington, Mississippi to Dailey Alison King Sr. and Mary Elizabeth McCraw King. He spent most of his life in Northwest Arkansas, moving from Greenville, Mississippi…

Sandra Diane Malone Ables was born on April 9, 1950, and went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, January 8, 2021, at University Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. A graveside service was held on Sunday, January 10 at 2:00 p.m. at Antioch Cemetery on Brozville Road with Rev. Lyn Nations…