Area Obituaries

A Memorial Service for Willie Estelle Harthcock Taylor age 84 of Houston, TX will be held Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 2 P.M, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lexington, MS.  Reception will follow at the home of Jan and Mills Heard. Willie was born on March 10, 1932 in Eulogy, MS and passed away on…

Mrs. Annie L. Anderson, 90, of Goodman, MS passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016 of natural causes at University Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Goodman Pickens School in Goodman with burial in St. Mark Cemetery in Goodman. Winters Funeral Home in…

Ms. Teresa Phillips, 45, of Sallis, MS passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 of natural causes at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Long Creek School in Sallis with burial in New Center Ridge Cemetery in Sallis. Winters Funeral Home in…

Cooter went to be with family, friends, and Elvis on July 1, 2016 after a brief battle with cancer. She was 82. Cooter/Slim was born on April 13, 1934. She was the daughter of Willie Day Wynne and Essie Lee (McCorkle) Wynne. She lived most of her life in Holmes County where she was a…

Mrs. Ozena Tidwell, 84, of Kosciusko, MS, formerly of Durant, MS passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2016 of natural causes at her residence. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at West Baptist Church in West with burial in West Baptist Cemetery in West. Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko…

  On August 23, 1915, the heavens introduced a new member to the world, Mignonne Howell Caldwell. She was born in Magnolia, Mississippi to Mr. and Mrs. John T. Caldwell. Mama lived her first six years in New Jersey and Kentucky. After that the Caldwells moved back to Mississippi. Mama said that her mother and…

6/29/2016 Martha Jean Pepper, retired homemaker, died Tuesdsay, June 21, 2016 at UMMC-Holmes County following a lengthy illness. She is survived by her spouse Louis Pepper, III; children, Jeannie Pepper Sample (Kim), Butch Pepper (Paula) and Tommy Pepper (Fran); four grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Services were held on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Oregon…

6/22/2016 Christine Clark, 89, of Kosciusko, MS, formerly of Durant, MS passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 of natural causes in Chicago, IL. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 24, 2016 at Durant First Baptist Church in Durant with burial in Bunker Hill Cemetery in Sallis, MS. Winters Funeral…