Area Obituaries

Ruth Thweatt Totten, 72, of Pearl died Thursday, October 13, 2016 at her residence.  Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant.  Visitation was prior to the service. For 25 years, Mrs. Totten was an accountant at Holmes Junior College. Survivors are husband Hal Totten…

Bernice Ables Shumate, 90, of Tchula, MS passed away peacefully Sunday, October 9, 2016.  Visitation was held on Wednesday, October 12, from 11:00-12:00 at First Baptist Church of Tchula followed by a graveside service at Odd Fellows Cemetery.  Bro. Larry Edwards officiated. She is survived by daughters, Sandra Ables Kilgore (Tom) of Ridgeland, MS, and…

Johnny Lee Johnson, 61, of Durant, MS passed away of natural causes on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at University Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 15 at 1:00 p.m. at New Center Ridge M.B. Church with burial in Stokes Cemetery in Durant. Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko is in charge of arrangements.

Erbie Lee Stewart Bell, 89, of Lexington, MS passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 in her home peacefully after extended health problems. She was born to Millard and Odene Stewart on February 14, 1927. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years William Eugene Bell, Sr. and her son Dr. Bobby Bell.…

Linda Hightower, 51, of Goodman, MS passed away of natural causes on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 1 at 3:00 p.m. at Walnut Chapel U.M. Church with burial in Georgeville Cemetery in Goodman. Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko is in charge of arrangements.

William Douglas McBride, 55, of Kosciusko, MS passed away on Monday, September 26, 2016 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS of natural causes. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m. at Traveler’s Rest M.B. Church with burial in Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko. Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko is…

Joyce Johnson, 67, died Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Lexington Manor Nursing Home in Lexington.  Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at Southern Funeral Home in Lexington. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.  Rev. Steve Brown and Rev. Jimmy Hodges officiated.  Pallbearers were Jimmy McClellan, Danny Pepper, Tommy Mitchell,…

Christine Wright Fisher was born on August 10, 1920 in Lexington, MS to the parents of Calvin and Etta Wright. Christine attended school in Lexington and went on to further her education at Mississippi Vocational College (now known as Mississippi Valley State College), Tougaloo College and Rusk College. After graduating from college, she began a…

Cherie Elaine Upchurch Grice, 59, of Lexington, MS passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the Holmes County Hospital in Lexington. She was born on January 30, 1957 to Clarence (Sparky) Upchurch and Jean Power Millwood. She was an employee of Lexington Manor Nursing Home in Lexington. She was the widow of Jere Grice…

Barry G. Bradley, 52, died August 30, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services were Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Southern Funeral Home in Lexington.  Burial was in Odd Fellows in Lexington. Barry was an antique dealer and a member of Oregon Memorial Church. He is survived by his mother Dean S. Bradley…