Area Obituaries

Thomas Boyd Malone, Jr., 80, died Saturday, September 3, 2016 at his residence.  Graveside services were held Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Malone Cemetery. Pallbearers were Thomas Morris, Chris Morris, Jonathan Malone, David Looney, Arlis Godfrey, Marin Presley, Bubba Stockton and Kenneth Morris.  Bro. Lyn Nations officiated. Mr. Malone was a retired mechanic for Exxon…

Robert Aust, 85, of Canton, GA formerly of Lexington, MS passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016 in Canton, GA.  Funeral services were held on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Southern Funeral Home in Lexington with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery in Lexington.

Sister Paula Merrill, SCN, 68, a native of Stoneham, Massachusetts, was pronounced dead in Durant, Mississippi on Thursday, August 25, 2016.  Sister had been a professed SCN for 34 years. Sister served as a RN in Kentucky and Mississippi and later as a Family Nurse Practitioner in Mississippi. In Kentucky, Sister served part-time in the…

Pamela Nanette Alexander Rucker, 53, was granted her angel wings on August 20, 2016. Her final days were spent with her family and loved ones by her side. Born on August 7, 1963 in Lexington, Pam was a lifetime resident of Durant. Pam was many things to many people, touching their lives in various ways.…

Versa Lee Sims, 84, of Independence, MO, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Independence Manor Care Center. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. The family will greet relatives and friends…

Funeral services were held for Walter L. Young on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant, MS at 2:00 p.m., officiated by Kenny Boyette.  Walter passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016 from a stroke at River Oaks Hospital. Walter, known by many as “Sugarboy” was born on October 6, 1930 to…

Lisa Kaye Edwards, 49, died on Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Arkansas.  Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Southern Funeral Home in Durant with burial in West Cemetery in West, MS.

Mrs. Elsie Jean Riley Rodgers-Cooper, 71, of Durant, MS passed away on Monday, August 1, 2016 of natural causes at Baptist Attala Medical Hospital in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at St. James Ministry Church in Durant with burial in Truelight Cemetery in Camden, MS. Winters Funeral Home in…

Reuben Doyle Netherland Sr., 85, of Lexington, MS, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, August 5, 2016. Reuben spent most of his life as operator/owner of Crown (Chevron) Service Station and later as a rural mail carrier in Lexington, MS. He enjoyed tending to his cows, cutting and bailing hay, eating…