Area Obituaries

Elizabeth Carolyn Bohmeyer, 78, died Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at her home in Durant.  Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 17, 2018 in Brister Cemetery in Durant.

Marion Duncan Johnson, 94, died November 14, 2018 in Ackerman. Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 19, 2018 in the West City Cemetery in West, MS.  Rev. Bill Heard officiated. For 17 years, Mrs. Johnson served as the city clerk for the City of West.  She was a member of Grace Presbyterian…

Michael Glenn Patton, 62, passed away on October 29, 2018 in Oxford, Mississippi after a long battle with cancer.  A graveside service was held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Concord Church Cemetery  in Pickens, MS.

Henry P. Russell, age 85, of Kosciusko, MS passed suddenly but peacefully at home on October 31, 2018. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant with burial in North Union Cemetery in West, MS. He will be greatly missed by Marcia Stone Russell, his loving…

Daddy sadly passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 80 years old. After attending Lexington High School, he proudly served in the US Army spending time in Japan and England retiring as an E6 Staff Sergeant. He later served several years with the State Guard. Tommy leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Jerry, son…

HHelen Christine Branch Haffey, born May 5, 1923, transitioned into Heaven October 24, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She had been a communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Lexington for almost 80 years. While Helen was attending Holmes Agricultural High School, she was befriended by President M. C. McDaniel and his…

William Turner, 74, was laid to rest on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. during a graveside memorial service at Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lexington, MS. Mr. Turner, a native of the Mount Olive Community in Holmes County, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Lexington Manor in Lexington. Funeral services…

Wilson Williams, Jr., 74, of Pickens passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at UMMC hospital in Jackson, MS.  He will be laid to rest on Saturday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m. at Greater Fairview Baptist Church in Pickens, MS, with burial immediately following at Anderson Greer Cemetery in Yazoo County.  Services are entrusted to…

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Barbara Jean Menefee Bell, loving mom and grandmother, went to be with the Lord at age 82. Jean was born on October 26, 1935 in Washington DC to Gladys and Jack Menefee.  In September of 1957, she married Ernest Sharp Bell of Greenwood, Mississippi.  They raised two children, Jack and…