Carol L. Banes
Aug 24, 2024
Carol L. Banes, 88, of Raymond, MS, passed away at home August 24, 2024, leaving a void her family cannot fill.
She was born in Burkburnett, Texas in 1936 to Clovis and Pauline Lewis. Carol was the second oldest of twelve children and grew up in Jackson, Mississippi.
In 1963, she married the love of...
Linda Joyce Turbeville Hodges
Aug 22, 2024
Linda Joyce Turbeville Hodges, 77, died of pulmonary nocardiosis on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at Community Place hospice in Brandon, Mississippi. Visitation will be Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. followed by a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 400 Grants Ferry Road, Brandon, Mississippi.
Mrs. Hodges was...
Ronald Bertran Purvis
Aug 20, 2024
Ronald (Ron) Bertran Purvis, born on February 21, 1950, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2024, at the age of 74. Ron was a man known for his kindness, wit, and unwavering dedication to those he loved. A man of warmth, humor, and deep compassion, Ron touched the lives of all who knew him.
A beloved father,...
John Thomas Potts
Aug 19, 2024
John Thomas Potts, 68, passed away Monday, August 19, 2024 in Jackson, MS.
John was born on November 5, 1955 to Byron and Helen Potts. He attended St. Joseph High School and Mississippi State University and received an honorable discharge after serving in the Army post Vietnam.
He is preceded in death by his parents....
Paula K Dunn
Aug 19, 2024
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Paula K. Dunn, a beloved wife, mother, and friend, who left this world on August 19th at the age of 63. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, after a life full of love, kindness, and devotion to those she held dear.
Paula was born...
Madeline Marie Landry
Aug 15, 2024
Madeline Marie Landry, 76, of Lafayette, LA, passed away August 15, 2024. Madeline was born February 5, 1948 to Wallace ("Snook") and Dorothy Patin Landry in Lafayette, LA. She graduated high school in 1966 from Lafayette High School.
She worked at St. Cecilia School and Albertson's. She loved spending time with her family and friends and going...
Geraldine "Jerri" Gunnell
Aug 14, 2024
Geraldine "Jerri" Gunnell, 98, passed away at her home on August 14, 2024 after a long illness. Visitation for Jerri will be held at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Flowood, MS on Monday, August 19, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm with a Funeral Service immediately following. Burial will be at Lakewood Memorial Park.
Jerri was a...
William Margrave "Bill" Barnett
Aug 12, 2024
William Margrave "Bill" Barnett passed away at the age of 91 on August 12th at his home in Clinton, Mississippi.
Born in Oxford Mississippi, Bill attended Mississippi College and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi. He received his Master of Business Administration and was Class President at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Class of 1961)....
David Franklin
Aug 11, 2024
Melvin "David" Franklin, beloved husband of Sherri Franklin, died at the age of 60 in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday, August 11, 2024 in Lena, Mississippi. Those mourning the loss of David are his wife Sherri Franklin, his children, Candace and Mark Shorter and Ashley and Aaron Fitzhugh, his grandchildren, Madison and Conner Shorter, his mother Diane Franklin,...
Edith Crawley Sharp
Aug 10, 2024
Edith Crawley Sharp was born July 10, 1926 to John Robert and Ermine Groves Crawley in Trigg County KY. She graduated Valedictorian from Hopkinsville High School. After graduation she worked for Western Union and then moved to Nashville TN where she met Stanley C Sharp, Jr. to whom she was married for 56 years until his death in 2003. ...
Cyrus Benjamin “C. B.” Carroll
Aug 8, 2024
Cyrus Benjamin "C. B." Carroll, 77, died peacefully on Thursday, August 8, 2024, in Jackson, surrounded by his loving family. C. B. was born in Jackson, attended Catholic schools, and graduated from St. Joseph High School. He studied at the University of Southern Mississippi and Belhaven College and served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War from...
Clinton Anthony Greenlee
Aug 7, 2024
Clinton Anthony Greenlee, 48, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2024 after an extended illness. He was a resident of Brandon, MS.
Clint as people new and loved him was born June 11, 1976 to William Greenlee, Sr. and Margie Creel Greenlee.
He is survived by his son, Alex Greenlee; parents; and brothers, William Greenlee, Jr....
Stephen John Frazier
Aug 5, 2024
Stephen John Frazier, 47, of Flora, MS, sadly and unexpectantly went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 5, 2024. Stephen John is now rejoicing with his dad, Lamar, and so many others he loved that have been taken from us. He will be remembered for his quick wit and his desire to bring a smile to...
Colley Burns
Aug 4, 2024
Writing words that fill a small section of space that adequately commemorate the life of someone you love feels callous. Understand that while these few paragraphs encapsulate the appropriate details shared in an obituary, they could never properly honor the man that John Coleman Burns, better known to all as Colley, was and still is.
Colley took...
Mary Agnes Darling
Aug 2, 2024
Mary Agnes (Boone) Darling, passed peacefully on August 2, 2024 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS, at the age of 91. She was born June 30, 1933, to her parents, Walter Lee and Mary (Young) Boone. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, B. C. Darling; her daughter, Mary Almena Crane; a grandson, James Brunet; a...
Claude P. "Sonny" Ainsworth
Aug 2, 2024
Claude P. "Sonny" Ainsworth died peacefully at home Friday, August 2, 2024. Sonny was born in Chapel Hill, Mississippi to Daisy and Anselm "A.J." Ainsworth in 1937. He was a lifelong resident of Bolton. After graduating from Hinds High School, Sonny joined the Navy in 1956 and served for four years as an aviation machinist mate. His Navy years...
John Toxey Barnes
Aug 2, 2024
John Toxey Barnes, beloved spouse, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2024, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He was 83 years old.
Toxey was born in Columbia, MS, on March 30, 1941, to John Quitman Barnes and Maxie Pearl Miller. As the eldest of four children,...
William Swan Yerger
Aug 1, 2024
William Swan Yerger passed away peacefully in Mobile, Alabama, on August 1, 2024.
He was born on June 11, 1932, in Jackson, Mississippi, the son of the late Rivers Applewhite Yerger and Wirt Adams Yerger. Swan was also a fifth-generation Mississippian graduating locally from Central High School in 1950.
He became an Eagle Scout at...
Elwood Thomas Simpson, Jr.
Jul 30, 2024
Elwood Thomas Simpson Jr. (Tom) passed from this life on Tuesday July 30th, 2024. Tom was born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio on August 27th,1951. Tom graduated from Ohio Technical Institute where he studied electrical engineering. After college, he began playing music and traveling the country. He received many achievements for his songwriting including a top 100 hit song and...
Lena Katherine Bolling Mabry
Jul 25, 2024
Lena Katherine Bolling Mabry, 95, passed away peacefully at home in the company of her children on Thursday, July 25, 2024, following a brief illness. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 29 from 9-11AM with service at 11AM at Wright and Ferguson in Clinton. A graveside service will immediately follow at Lakewood South Memorial Park on McCluer Road...
