Gayla J. Lovelace
Aug 16, 2021
Gayla J. Lovelace, 58, passed away at her home in Pearl, MS on August 16, 2021. Visitation for Gayla will be held from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on Friday, August 20, 2021 at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton, followed by a Graveside Service at 3:00pm at Lakewood Memorial Park. Gayla was born on August 22, 1962 to John and...
Johnny Lee Engle
Aug 13, 2021
Johnny Lee Engle, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 12:56 a.m. with his three children by his side. A private family graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland, MS. Johnny was born on November 23, 1939. He was a strong man who worked hard to provide a...
Laura Elizabeth "Betty" Hewes Scott
Aug 12, 2021
Laura Elizabeth "Betty" Hewes Scott passed away on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The daughter of George P. and Gertrude Turner Hewes, she was born on August 29, 1925 and raised in Jackson, where she attended Central High School and Millsaps College. In 1946, Betty married Tom B. Scott, Jr., and the couple lived in Oxford while Tom completed law school....
Robert Miller Dent, Iii
Aug 10, 2021
Robert Miller Dent, III passed away August 10, 2021 at the age of 59. Visitation will be held from 5pm - 7pm Friday, August 13, 2021 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11am in the funeral home chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on...
Mary H. Hemphill
Aug 10, 2021
Mary Eloise (Polly) Harris Hemphill, 97, died peacefully Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at home with family close by. A graveside service will be held Thursday, 1:00 PM, in the Lakewood Memorial Cemetery Pavilion, Jackson, Mississippi. Polly was born August 29, 1923 and spent most of her young life in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. After high school, she joined her family...
Mary L. Beck
Aug 9, 2021
Mary Lee Beck was born in Jackson, MS on August 7, 1932 and died on August 9, 2021. She was adored by her father who raised his only daughter alone. She met the love of her life in 1952 when she was 20 years old. Their courtship was short and soon they had a son and three years later a...
Dennis Lafloy Mason
Aug 6, 2021
Dennis Mason passed away on August 6, 2021 at the age of 73. Dennis was a member of the Memorial United Methodist Church in Bolton. He served in the United States Navy for four years. He recently retired from Gaddis Farms where he had worked 49 years. He still worked a few hours on the Halifax Golf Course for Mr....
Patsy Thomas
Aug 5, 2021
Patsy Stevens Thomas, a resident of Brandon Mississippi, passed away at home on August 5th, 2021. All who knew her, knew that her family was her everything. She was a phenomenal mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Survived by: Daughter: Tiffany Burch of Pine Louisiana, Daughter and Son in Law: Desiree and Robert Lyon of Brandon Mississippi, 2 granddaughters: Sierra Burch...
Erma Peavy Condia
Aug 5, 2021
Erma Peavy Condia, 87, of Raymond died August 5, 2021, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Due to Covid concerns, there will be no visitation or public service. A private graveside service will be held Saturday, August 7th at 10:30 at Bolton Cemetery. She was born and raised in Lincoln County, MS and graduated from Fair Oak Springs High School and...
Migdalia Mercedes Hernandez De Lopez
Aug 3, 2021
Migdalia Mercedes Hernandez de Lopez, 70, passed away on August 3, 2021 in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held at Wright and Ferguson from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm on Monday August 9, 2021. A Mass of Christian burial will be held in the Wright and Ferguson Chapel at 2:00 pm on Monday with burial following in the Jessamine Cemetery...
Mary Lynda O'Neal
Jul 30, 2021
Mary Lynda O'Neal, 80, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021 at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital in Winona. A graveside service will be held at 1pm Monday, August 2, 2021 at Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson. Ms. O'Neal is preceded in death by her parents, Emmitt Malone O'Neal and Cornelia Furlow O'Neal; and sister, Katherine Juanita O'Neal. She is survived by her...
Robert "Bob" A. Greenfield
Jul 27, 2021
Robert Alfred Greenfield passed away on July 27, 2021 in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Robert was born on June 10, 1935 in Bryant, South Dakota, and grew up with four brothers and one sister. Robert was the oldest son of Lela Mae Wolfe and Alfred Albert Greenfield, and the brother of James Greenfield, Nathan Greenfield, Charles Greenfield, Susan Greenfield, and Allen Greenfield....
Roma Dean Martin
Jul 24, 2021
Roma Dean Hutton Martin, age 88, of Bolton, passed away July 24, 2021. She was born on January 19, 1933 to Percy and Myrtice Thorne Hutton. On October 1, 1949, she married Hulon Martin, Sr., who preceded her in death in 2012. Roma Dean accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior when she was 13 years old, and...
Sylvia Freeman Smith
Jul 21, 2021
Sylvia Linda Freeman Smith, 81, died of congestive heart failure on July 21, 2021 at her home in Raymond, Mississippi. Sylvia was born on February 22, 1940 in Batesville, Mississippi to Hubert Earl Freeman and Bessie Lee Hood Freeman. She graduated from Pope High School and Northwest Community College. She married Charles Quinton Smith and had four children. She was...
W.E. "Bitt" Hammons
Jul 18, 2021
Walter Earl "Bitt" Hammons, a long-term resident of the Jackson area passed away on July 18th, 2021 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland after an extended battle with cancer. Bitt was born on July 22nd, 1948 in Laurel, MS to the late B. H. Hammons and the late Evelyn F. Hammons. Bitt was raised in Richton, MS along with his older...
Andrew J Wilder
Jul 18, 2021
Andrew Jobe Wilder, 53, a life-long resident of Jackson, Mississippi passed away unexpectedly on July 18, 2021. Andrew is survived by his wife of eighteen years, Pamela (Rials) Wilder, his children, a son, Derek Ching of Brooklyn, New York, a daughter, Sarah Margaret of Jackson, siblings Elizabeth Wilder Santoro (Paul), Beverly Anne Wilder, brother-in-law Daniel (Jordan) Rials, nephew Joseph Thibodeaux...
Nancy Elizabeth Helms Oberhausen
Jul 17, 2021
Nancy Elizabeth Helms Oberhausen, 80, of Raymond, MS, passed away from this life on July 17, 2021 at home where she was being cared for by her beloved husband of 60 years, Marvin Thomas Oberhausen. A special thank you to Home Instead and Hospice Ministries who were wonderful in providing care and support during this time. Nancy was born on...
Joyce C Johnson
Jul 16, 2021
Joyce Johnson, a resident of Clinton, MS, passed away at the age of 77 on July 16, 2021, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson MS. Visitation will be held from 5:00pm – 7:30pm Tuesday, July 21, 2021 and from 10:00am – 11:00am Wednesday at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home, Clinton, MS with a Memorial Service to follow at...
Dr. Jack L Hammond
Jul 14, 2021
Dr. Jack Lansford Hammond died July 14, 2021, after a series of medical issues. Dr. Hammond was born April 23, 1953, the son of Martha Jane Hamilton Hammond and Arnold Townsend Hammond of Winona, MS. In 1960, the Hammond family moved to Jackson, MS, where Jack attended public schools. Jack performed well academically: at Murrah High School, he was a...
Nadine "Dee" Spilman
Jul 14, 2021
Nadine Spilman (Dee) was 84 years old. She was born June 27, 1937, in Weir, MS. She passed away July 14, 2021, at her daughter's home in Pearl, MS. Nadine graduated from Weir High School. She was self-employed in childcare for 20 years. Nadine liked gardening, reading, working crossword puzzles, and traveling. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
