Obituaries

Jul 11, 2023

Linda Louise Cotten Haddock, 74, passed away on July 11, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Linda was a 1966 graduate of Murrah High School in Jackson, MS. She married David in 1970 in Gibraltar...

Jul 3, 2023

John A. Lawson, 83, passed away peacefully at St. Dominic's Hospital on July 3, 2023 with his beloved wife, Eileen, holding his hand.

John is survived by his Eileen, his wife of 55 years, brother Bernard Lawson, sister Angela Bell both of England and nieces and nephews.  He is preceded in death by his parents, Bernard and...

Jul 2, 2023

Sharon Leigh was born January 22, 1947 to Eduard and Golda Walden in Ventura, California.

After fancying his moves at a singles dance, she married the love of her life, Richard Mort on July 10, 1976. Though they began their life together in California and lived in several states over the years, they settled in Mississippi in...

Jun 25, 2023

Francis Edward (Frank) Polanski was welcomed into the world on September 29, 1939, by his loving mother and father, Clara Irene Pawinski Polanski and Francis C. Polanski, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  His mother taught him to read, to be kind, and to stick up for himself as necessary.   His father, a tool-and-die designer, built their family's house in the late...

Jun 24, 2023

Kathleen Corrigan Payment, age 87, of Jackson, Mississippi, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, on June 24, 2023.

Kathleen was born in Dublin, Ireland on August 30,1935 to the late James and Catherine Corrigan.

She moved to the United States in 1954 to marry Philip Payment and began her life in America. A...

Jun 22, 2023

Earl Coats, 81, passed away on June 22, 2023 in Jackson, MS. Visitation for Mr. Coats will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at First Baptist Church Raymond from 10:00am to 11:00am with a service following at 11:00am. A graveside service will be held at the Linn United Methodist Church Cemetery in Linn, MS.

Earl was...

Jun 20, 2023

Robert Harris Carmichael died Tuesday, June 20, 2023, during a brief stay in the hospital. Robert was born on January 17, 1954, in Utica, MS. He was the youngest of three children of Harris Carmichael and Marian Pickett Carmichael.

Robert is survived by his sister, Nancy Tenhet of Utica, his niece, Cathy Pressnell of Franklin, TN, and...

Jun 19, 2023

Terry was born in St Louis, Missouri on May 20, 1939 to Mike And Evora Lane. She grew up in Charleston, Missouri. She passed away on June 19 from an accident at the age of 84. She is survived by her Husband, Bill Cole and her brother Mike and his wife Carolyn Lane. Terry was very talented, she played...

Jun 17, 2023

Alfred "Fred" Lee Price passed away peacefully at his home  surrounded by his family and loved ones at the age of 88 on June 17, 2023. He is now with Lord.

Born in 1935 to Dewey and Dorothy Price in Little Rock, AR, Fred graduated from Central High School and attended Hendrix College, where served as the...

Jun 15, 2023

Robert Michael Voorhis

Michael, 69, of Clinton, passed away on June 15, 2023.  He was born in Kosciusko, MS to Robert (Bobby) Peeler and Billie Sue Falkner Adair.  Michael was an only child and was later adopted by Richard Voorhis.  He was employed by the State of Mississippi as a systems administrator.

He is preceded...

Jun 14, 2023

Valentine Macie Phillips went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, surrounded by her family.  Born in Newton, Mississippi on February 14, 1951 to the late Coties W. Clark and Tressie M. Clark.

Macie was the oldest of five children and grew up in the West Jackson area.  She married her sweetheart Phil Phillips and...

Jun 11, 2023

Janice Marie DeHart, 60, of Jackson, Mississippi, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023 at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.

Janice was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1963 to Henry Thomas DeHart Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Caldwell DeHart.  She was a graduate of Annunciation Catholic elementary school and Caldwell High School where she was the valedictorian of...

Jun 11, 2023

Norah Renae Foster passed from the loving arms of her parents, Travis and Ann Foster, into the arms of Jesus on the evening of Sunday, June 11, 2023. Norah was born July 30, 2018, and the world was forever changed for the better. During her short almost five years here on Earth, Norah touched and inspired the hearts and...

Jun 9, 2023

Miss Jacquelin (Jackie) Ashley was born September 12, 1922 in Jackson, MS and died on June 9, 2023. She lived an interesting 100 plus years. She first graduated from then Hinds Junior College in Raymond, MS about 1941 or 42 and soon thereafter went to Washington, D.C. where she worked as a secretary for different agencies supporting WW II....

Jun 5, 2023

James Emanuel Moak, Jr. of Madison, MS went to his heavenly home on June 5, 2023, at 77 years of age.  "Jim" to his friends and "Jimmy" to his family was a very special son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, and friend!

He is survived by his loving wife, Amy Harper Moak.  They celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary...

Jun 4, 2023

In the early hours of June 4, Benjamin Lawrence Todd III, 86, passed away after an extended hospitalization in Jackson, Mississippi. Ben was born to Pauline Todd and her husband Benjamin Lawrence Todd, Jr. who was Federal Court Clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern District of MS under Judges Edwin Holmes and Sidney Mize. Much...

Jun 3, 2023

Visitation for Jim will be held on Thursday, June 8, 2023 at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Raymond from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Jun 1, 2023

Sara Nell Dickson, 79, passed away on June 1, 2023. Funeral Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS.

Sara was born on May 3, 1944 in Jackson, MS...

Jun 1, 2023

Billie Faye Ready Moore, of Clinton, MS, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and a friend to

all who knew her, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2023. Billie was born on January 5, 1936, to Ada

Mae and Ernest Ready.

Billie enjoyed a long career in healthcare at the Singing River...

Jun 1, 2023

It was a cold stormy night in Petal, MS when Viv was born to Henry and Florence Wood on Stephens Street. Big brother Henry Ray was disappointed at first she wasn't a brother.  When Viv was 3 years old the family moved to Laurel where she attended Laurel public schools. After graduating from George S Gardiner High School in...