Area Obituaries

Christopher King Bethany passed into glory on Saturday, May 12, 2018. He was born on April 15, 1959 in Lexington, MS to Shade and Joyce Bethany. He graduated from Central Holmes in 1979 and went on to get an Associates degree in Welding at Holmes Community College. Chris was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.…

Marlin Lewis Giles, Jr., 53, died May 10, 2018 at his home in West.  Funeral services were held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant. Burial was in Old Wheeling Cemetery in West.  Pallbearers were Steve Banks, Corey Garrett, Mike Mabry, Brian Gordon, Jason Weeks and Seth Starns.  Honorary pallbearers…

Mr. Harvey Hill, 36, of West, MS passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018 of natural causes in Canton, MS. Funeral services were held on Monday, May 14 at New Hope M.B. Church in West with burial in Smyrna Cemetery in West. Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS was in charge of arrangements.

Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Tahir Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Tahir, 85, of New Orleans passed away Monday May 7, 2018 at Oshners in New Orleans. She was owner of Tahir International Marketing Consultants, the first female Excecutive Vice President of D. H. Holmes Company, she began her career in 1951 at Neiman Marcus of Dallas, Texas. Her…

Mrs. Ola L. Johnson of Durant, MS, 55, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2018 of natural causes. A funeral service was held at Damascus M.B. Church in Durant with burial in Damascus Cemetery in Durant. Winter Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Eva Hogsett, 87, of Goodman, MS passed away on Friday, April 23, 2018 at Trend Health and Rehab Center, Carthage, MS of natural causes. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 21 at Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS with burial in St. Mark Cemetery in Goodman.

Tracy Michele McLellan, 45, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Visitation was held in West Hall at Waller Funeral Home on Monday, April 16, 2018 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. The funeral service was held Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel at Waller Funeral Home with…

Services for Mr. Arnett D. Lewis, Jr., 74, of Edgewood, New Mexico, are to be held Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Guiding Light COGIC in Lexington, MS. Interment to immediately follow services at Greenlawn Cemetery in Lexington, MS. Mr. Lewis, long-time resident of Lexington, MS, passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018…

Joe Jimmie Burrell, 90, died March 19, 2018 at his residence in Durant. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant.  Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 23, 2018 also at the funeral home.  Burial will be in Bowlin…

Mrs. Viola Tate, 89, made her transition to eternal life on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Tate was born August 16, 1928 in Holmes County, Lexington, Mississippi, to her proud parents, Henry and Pailee Cox. Her siblings are John Henry Cox (Evelyn), Earl Cox, Annie Bell Witherspoon and Edward Dennis. Viola confessed…