Helen Murphy Marks
Oct 1, 2024
Helen Murphy Marks died on October 1, 2024. She and her identical twin sister, Evelyn Murphy McIntyre were born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on September 15, 1925. Helen was graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor of Education degree from Millsaps College, where she met her husband, Sutton, to whom she was married for 74 years.
Helen was a...
Eddie G. Booty
Sep 22, 2024
Eddie Louise Grantham Booty, 96, passed away on September 22, 2024 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Lakewood Memorial Park at 11:00am. Mrs. Booty was born on September 9, 1928 to William and Betty Grantham. She was a member of St. Columb's Episcopal Church and The Church of the Shepard;...
Sally Louise Scalf
Sep 20, 2024
Sally L. Hickok Scalf
Sally departed this world, Friday, September 20, 2024. She was born June 11, 1938, in Illinois to Park and Madelyn Hickok.
Sally retired with Greentree Financial in 2002, where she worked as a financial officer in Jackson, Mississippi.
She had a love of horses from an early age. She...
Dr. Don Quinton Mitchell
Sep 19, 2024
Dr. Don Quinton Mitchell, 82, physician and state medical leader, died on September 19, 2024.
Don was born on August 11, 1942 to Quinton Allan and Doyce Stallings Mitchell in the Mississippi Delta. In his early childhood, Don's family moved around Bolivar County following farm jobs, and he made good memories in places like Roundaway, Kentland, and...
Dorothy "Dot" W. Perry
Sep 16, 2024
Dorothy "Dot" W. Perry, 89, passed away Monday, September 16, 2024 at her home in Pearl.
Visitation will be held on Friday, September 20, 2024 from 5pm – 7pm and Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 11am – 12pm at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home, Flowood. Funeral services will begin at 12pm Saturday in the funeral home chapel...
Francis Marion Emerson Iii
Sep 15, 2024
Francis Marion Emerson, III (Trey), 53 passed away at Singing River Hospital in Ocean Springs, MS, on Sunday, September 15, 2024.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 21, 2024, in Clinton Cemetery. Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton, MS is handling arrangements.
Mr. Emerson was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma,...
Richard Provis Mcginnis
Sep 14, 2024
Richard Provis McGinnis, 82, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 14, 2024. He leaves to mourn his wife of 28 years, Jacqueline McGinnis; brother, James McGinnis (Kristie) of Somerville, MA; sisters, Helen McGinnis of Harmon, WV and Theresa Harris (Michael) of Monroe, WA; stepchildren, Brian Dedeaux (Kathleen) of Austin, TX, Monique Dedeaux of Charlotte, NC, and...
Ann Lavada Sommers
Sep 12, 2024
Ann Lavada Sommers, 59, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 14, 2024, at Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m. A graveside service will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson.
Ann was born June 13, 1965, in Jackson,...
Barbara Anne Kellett
Sep 11, 2024
Barbara Anne Kellett, 56, of Brandon, MS passed away on September 11, 2024. Beloved wife of Stephen Kellett. Adoring mother of Alexander Kellett. Dear daughter of the late Annette Bond and the late Bobby Bond. Loving sister of Lydia Lawrence, and cherished and close cousin to Tonya Bond and Lance Bond.
Barbara received a bachelor of science...
Mary Gail Morris
Sep 10, 2024
Mary Gail Morris, 76, of Jackson, Miss., passed away peacefully in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. She was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven by God, joining her beloved husband, George Richard Morris Sr.
Gail was born in Jackson, MS on October 1, 1947, to JD Williamson and Virginia Durie "Judy" Baughtman-Williamson. She attended Forest...
Julia B. Weeks
Sep 10, 2024
Julia B. Weeks, 84, passed away on September 10, 2024 in Ridgeland, MS. Mrs. Weeks was born on August 27, 1940 to Steve Isaac Barton and Ela Mae Cupit Barton, she was the 7th of 12 children. In 1958 she graduated from Oak Grove high School in Oak Grove, LA and in 1959 after completing business school she moved...
Linda Murrah Evans
Sep 7, 2024
Linda Marcelle Murrah McCord Evans, 84, died September 7, 2024 at home in Raymond. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 14, 2024 with visitation beginning at 12 noon before the service at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton, MS. A graveside service will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, MS
Linda...
Aline Moss Belue
Sep 4, 2024
Aline Moss Belue, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at St. Catherine's Village in Madison, Mississippi. The daughter of the late Bertha and Harley Moss of Prentiss County, Mississippi, Aline was a long-time resident of Clinton, Mississippi.
Aline was married to Dr. Virgil Belue for 73 years, who describes her as "the wind beneath...
Marjorie Lenora White
Sep 4, 2024
Marjorie Lenora Daniels White peacefully passed away on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, at home surrounded by her family.
Marjorie was born February 26, 1925, to Robert Clifton Daniels and Oneita Irene Moody Daniels in Poplarville, MS where she spent most of her life. She was married to Marvin Ross (Bud) White in 1945, and they were happily...
Stacey A Martin
Sep 3, 2024
Stacey A. Martin, 54, passed away at his home on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. He was born in Jackson, MS, on February 1, 1970.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Allen Wirt and Billy Faye Martin; his mother Belinda Edwards; and two brothers, Lil Johnny and Clarence Martin.
He is survived by his...
Rebekah Elizabeth Young
Sep 2, 2024
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Dr. Rebekah Elizabeth Young of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, took her final breath on this earth and her first in the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on the morning of September 2, 2024, at the age of 46,...
Lucille Slaughter
Aug 30, 2024
Obituary for
Lucille Slaughter-Slaughter, July 6,1934 to August 30, 2024
Lucille was born in Jackson, MS. on July 6, 1934. She was the fifth of seven children born to the late-Ernest and Carrie Slaughter. She joined the Mt. Helm Baptist Church at an early age. She was educated at Tougaloo College...
Kenneth David Anderson
Aug 29, 2024
Kenneth David Anderson (Decoy), 75, of Raymond, passed peacefully in his sleep at the age of 75 on Thursday August 29, 2024 at his daughter's house.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home 201 Hinds Blvd, Raymond, MS.
Ken is preceded in death...
Joyce Lambert Carpenter
Aug 28, 2024
Joyce Lambert Carpenter, born March 23, 1938, went to be with Jesus on August 28, 2024. Joyce is pre-deceased by her husband, Ed Carpenter, to whom she was married for 62 years, her parents, Cabe and Matiel Lambert of Jayess, MS, and two older sisters and her two brothers.
She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Torres,...
Sandra Jeanette Wilson Brewer
Aug 25, 2024
The family of Sandra Jeanette Wilson Brewer of Flowood, MS is saddened to announce her passing on August 25th, 2024, at the age of 68.
Sandra will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 47 years, Kenneth Alvin Brewer, of Flowood, MS; children: Melissa Lott (Nathan), Tiffany Long, and Brittany Lindley (William); grandchildren: Annelyse, Wilson, Dylan, Payton,...
