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Penny Lynn Winston Boswell

Penny Lynn Winston Boswell

Feb 23, 2018

Penny Lynn Winston Boswell, 71, a retiree from Entergy Corp., died Friday, February 23, 2018. Visitation is at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Flowood with a memorial service following at 11:30 a.m. in the chapel. Penny was born August 24, 1946 to W.T. (Bill) Winston and Ethel Pogue Winston...

John E. Brodbeck, Ii

John E. Brodbeck, Ii

Feb 23, 2018

John E. Brodbeck II, of Clinton, passed away on February 23, 2018. John was born in Savanna, Illinois on April 19, 1948. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Miriam, and his son Scott Everett Brodbeck. He is survived by his sister Candace Edgerly and brother Dana Brodbeck, his wife of 46 years Kay Brodbeck and his...

Bobbie Jean Elmore

Bobbie Jean Elmore

Feb 19, 2018

Bobbie Jean Elmore, 76, of Jackson, MS went to be with the Lord on Monday February 19, 2018. A devoted wife of 51 years, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is preceded in death by husband Ray Elmore, father, mother, brother and grandson. She is survived by her sister Mary Hales, four daughters and their spouses, Karlotta and Tim...

Robert Gerald Smith

Robert Gerald Smith

Feb 18, 2018

Robert Gerald Smith, was employed with the Hinds County Sheriff's Department Office, died Sunday. February 18, 2018. Visitation is at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Flowood with funeral service following at 12:00 p.m. in the chapel of the funeral home with burial at Lakewood Memorial Park on Clinton Boulevard, Jackson, MS....

Polly Morrison Frazier

Polly Morrison Frazier

Feb 18, 2018

Polly Morrison Frazier, age 90, passed away February 18, 2018 at Compere's Nursing Home in Jackson, MS after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's. She was born June 2, 1927 in Carpenter, MS and graduated from Utica High School. After graduation, she moved to Jackson, MS where she met her husband, Tom Frazier, whom she was married to for 39 years...

Donald C. Czora, Sr.

Donald C. Czora, Sr.

Feb 15, 2018

Donald C. Czora, Sr., 84, of Raymond, MS passed away on February 15, 2018. Visitation will be held from 3 to 5pm on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Raymond. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11am on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Raymond with visitation beginning one hour...

Bubba Wayne Summers

Bubba Wayne Summers

Feb 12, 2018

Bubba Wayne Summers, born November 20, 2017, to the proud parents of Daniel "Country" and Ashton Robinson Summers, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 12, 2018. Although his time here was short, he touched many lives and was loved deeply by his family and friends. The joy and love he brought to his family will be...

Carolyn Duckworth Wilson

Carolyn Duckworth Wilson

Feb 12, 2018

Carolyn Duckworth Wilson, 89, passed away Monday, Feb 12, 2018 surrounded by her children. Visitation will be at 1:30pm until the 3:00pm funeral service, Saturday, Feb 17, 2018 at Wright & Ferguson in Clinton. Carolyn was born in Atlanta, GA. Her husband, Sidney Myers Wilson, of 58 years, preceded her in death. They resided in Clinton for the past 38...

Virginia Parkman Booth

Virginia Parkman Booth

Feb 11, 2018

Virginia Parkman Booth, 94, passed away on February 11, 2018. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2018 from 12pm to 2pm at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton. A graveside service will follow the visitation at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton. Mrs. Booth grew up in Clinton, MS where she graduated from Clinton High School. She attended Mississippi...

Howard (Al) Alton Putman

Howard (Al) Alton Putman

Feb 7, 2018

Al "Pop" Putman Al was born May 19, 1938, in Slate Springs, Mississippi to John Frank and Verna Mae Putman. He passed away peacefully on February 7, 2018, surrounded by his loving family after living a life well lived. Al graduated from Tech High School in Memphis, Tennessee. Upon graduation, he began a career in the automotive industry. He was...

Rev. John A Higginbotham

Rev. John A Higginbotham

Feb 1, 2018

Rev. John A. Higginbotham, 96, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 at the State Veteran's Home. Visitation will be Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 12pm - 2pm at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Brandon with funeral services beginning at 2pm. Interment will follow at Puckett Cemetery. A WWII Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient, Rev. Higginbotham was born November 23, 1921...

Donnie G. Goodrich

Donnie G. Goodrich

Jan 27, 2018

Donnie G. Goodrich, 79, passed away on January 27, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton with visitation beginning at 12:30 pm. Graveside services will follow at Clinton Cemetery. Donnie was born on June 14, 1938 in Senath, Missouri. He joined the United States Navy...

Carolyn Montgomery

Carolyn Montgomery

Jan 25, 2018

Carolyn H. Montgomery, 84, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living and Memory Care in Clinton, Miss. She was born in the Blackland community of Prentiss County, Miss., on September 2, 1933, the daughter of Lunsford and Minnie Houston. Carolyn graduated from Booneville High School and graduated with an Associates Degree from Northeast Mississippi Junior College, also...

Jean Elizabeth Harris

Jean Elizabeth Harris

Jan 25, 2018

Jean Elizabeth Moreland Harris, died Thursday, January 25, 2018. Visitation will begin at 1:30pm on Sunday, January 28, 2018, followed by services at 3:00pm in the chapel of Wright and Ferguson in Raymond. Burial will be in the Raymond Cemetery. She was born March 21, 1930, in Lena, MS the daughter of Walterine and Guy Moreland. She was a graduate...

Lewis (Les) Snyder

Lewis (Les) Snyder

Jan 21, 2018

Mr. Lewis Edwin Snyder (Les), age 65, of Florence, Ms, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 21, 2018, while surrounded by his family. Les was born to parents Edwin and Marianne Snyder on July 13, 1952, in Ocean Springs, Ms. During his high school years Les moved to Jackson, Ms with his parents and siblings and graduated...

Joyce Bain Purvis

Joyce Bain Purvis

Jan 18, 2018

Joyce Bain Purvis, 88, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton with visitation beginning at 1:30. Graveside services will follow at Hinds Independent Methodist Church in Raymond. Joyce was born on July 6, 1929 to Hilda Bell and Otis...

Clarice Gleason

Clarice Gleason

Jan 18, 2018

Clarice D. Gleason, 70, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at St. Dominic Hospital. Visitation will be held Sunday, January 21, 2018 from 2pm - 5pm at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Flowood. Funeral services will be Monday at 11am in the funeral home chapel with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Lakeland Place...

Hazel Newman Hemphill

Hazel Newman Hemphill

Jan 15, 2018

Hazel Langston Newman Hemphill, 100, went to be with her Lord and Savior on the afternoon of January 15, 2018. Hazel was born on January 22, 1917 in Jefferson Davis County to Webb and Minnie Langston. She was the youngest of thirteen children. When she was very young, Hazel's family moved to a farm near Clinton, where she lived for...

Edward French

Edward French

Jan 15, 2018

Edward Sterling French, Jr., 77, of Brandon, MS died on January 15, 2018 at the Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He was born in Jackson at the old Jackson Infirmary on President Street on September 16, 1940 to Edward Sterling French, Sr., and Myrtis Searcy French. Ed, a 1959 graduate of Central High School in Jackson, attended Hinds Junior...

Dorothy E. Barker

Dorothy E. Barker

Jan 14, 2018

Dorothy "DOT" Evelyn Worden Barker was born January 7, 1925 in New Milford, CT. to Wallace and Maude Worden. She died January 14, 2018 at the Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS at the age of 93 years old. She graduated from Danbury, CT. School of Nursing in 1945. After meeting and marrying LV Barker in 1946, they moved to Jackson,...

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