Area Obituaries

Mrs. Ruth Malone Luby, 101, died December 19, 2017 at the Sharkey-Issaquena Community Hospital in Rolling Fork, MS. Visitation began at 10:00 a.m. until service time at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 22, 2017 at Midway Baptist Church in Midway, MS. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Bubba Stockton, Rusty Pettigrew, Taylor Pettigrew,…

Carol Schexnayder Allen, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017. Visitation will be held from 3:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 27 and from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 28 at Kosciusko First United Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will  follow at 1:00 p.m. at the church. Burial will be at Parkway Cemetery.…

Dr. Jack Manor, Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Greenville, Mississippi, with his wife, Gail, announce the death of their son, Robert Allen Manor III (Little Jack). Little Jack suffered from the crippling effects of cerebral palsy from birth until he went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, December 7, 2017, at the age…

Frances Byrd Wynne, lovingly known as Maw-Maw of Lexington, Mississippi, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Lexington Manor Nursing Home at the age of 94.  She was born on December 3, 1923, in Holmes County, Mississippi, the daughter of Oakley Moten Byrd and Clara Jordan Byrd. Maw-Maw graduated from Lexington High School in 1941.…

Anna Lynn Autry passed away unexpectedly on November 29 at University Hospital in Jackson at the age of 86.  Born on August 21, 1931, she was the daughter of Ezma Tate and Eugene Thomas, and a lifelong resident of Lexington.  She was a retired dental assistant and a member of and former secretary for Oregon…

Louis Pepper, III Louis Daniel Pepper, III, 88, of Lexington. Mississippi died peacefully on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Holmes County Hospital in Lexington.  A graveside service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington. Louis was born on January 12, 1929 to Louis Daniel Pepper, Jr.…

Edmund Brister Edwards, 70, died November 30, 2017 at his residence in West. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant.  Burial was in Brister Cemetery in Durant.

Hazel Dean Ford Bevill, 90, died November 30, 2017 at her residence. Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington. Pallbearers were Tim Melton, Harold Brock, Houston Pickett, Anthony Grantham, Bill Davis and Richard Hammett. Rev. Bobby Williamson and Rev. Jack Wooten officiated. Mrs. Bevill was…

Mrs. Lillie Brown Perteet, 78, of Kosciusko, MS passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Durant Nursing Center of natural causes. A graveside service was held Friday, November 24, 2017 at Macedonia Cemetery in Sallis, MS. Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko was in charge of the arrangements.