Merrill Ellwood Whitehead
Mar 1, 2017
Merrill E. Whitehead of Raymond, MS went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. He was 74. Visitation will be held Saturday, March 4, 2017 from 1: 00 PM to 2:45 PM with the funeral service to begin at 3:00 PM at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton , MS. with Bro. Wayne Kimbrough from...
Donnie A. Poindexter
Feb 24, 2017
Donnie A. Poindexter, 92, passed away on February 24, 2017. Services will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 2 pm with a visitation one hour prior to service at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Alabama. She is survived by her daughter, Marilyn; her brother, Hale...
Robert Edward Lee
Feb 23, 2017
Robert Edward Lee, 90, passed away at home after an extended illness on February 23, 2017. Visitation will be from 10:00am to 12:00pm Monday, February 27, 2017 at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton. A Funeral Service will be at 12:00pm Monday with burial to follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. Edward graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from...
Sam Milton
Feb 20, 2017
Sam Milton, 83, died Monday, February 20, 2017 at Veterans Administration Hospital. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Friday February 24, 2017 at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Raymond and again on Saturday from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM at Hinds Independent Methodist Church with burial following in the church cemetery. Mr. Milton was...
Lynette Joyce Butts
Feb 20, 2017
Lynette Joyce Butts, 68, died Monday, February 20, 2017 at Hospice Ministries. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February, 23, 2017 beginning at 12 Noon and followed by funeral services at 2:00 PM in the Wright and Ferguson Raymond Chapel. Burial will follow in the Reeves Chapel Cemetery. She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Phyllis Butts of Edwards....
Thomas J. Newman
Feb 19, 2017
Tommy Newman, 88, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Clinton Health and Rehabilitation Services in Clinton, MS. Visitation for Mr. Newman will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 from 10:00am to 11:00am at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton with Services Beginning at 11:00am. Burial will follow at the Bolton Cemetery. Tommy was born on March...
Lucy Lee Owen Barnett
Feb 13, 2017
Lucy Lee (Owen) Barnett was born in Memphis, Tennessee on October 4, 1924 and died on Monday, February 13, 2017 in Jackson, Mississippi, where she grew up. She was 92 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Judge James Arden Barnett, whom she married on March 4, 1945 when he returned from duty in the Navy in...
Frank Marchant
Feb 11, 2017
Frank Marchant, 93, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 in Jackson, MS. Visitation for Mr. Marchant will be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton and on Wednesday from 1:30pm to 2:30pm with Services following at 2:30pm. Burial will be held at Lakewood Memorial Park. Mr. Marchant was...
Madie D. Griffith
Feb 10, 2017
Madie D. Griffith, 94, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017. A Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Griffith will be held on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 2:00pm at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton with Visitation beginning at 12:00pm. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park. Mrs. Griffith was born in Lawrence County MS on November 14,...
Nancy Ruth Woodward
Feb 10, 2017
Nancy Ruth McQuirter Woodward of Clinton MS died on February 10, 2017. Visitation is at 1:00pm with the service at 2:00pm at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton MS with the Rev Michael Cannon officiating. Interment is Sunday at 2:00pm in Memorial Park Cemetery in Louisville MS. Mrs. Woodward was born in Winston County MS on August 25, 1919,...
Johnnie Riddell Ward
Feb 9, 2017
Johnnie Riddell Ward, 88, died Thursday, February 9, 2017. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Raymond Baptist Church. Graveside services will be held on Saturday at 10:00 am in the Raymond Cemetery. She was a lifelong resident of Raymond until a few years ago when she moved to Heritage House in Vicksburg. She...
Betty Ann Callaway
Feb 7, 2017
Betty Ann "BetBet" (Clark) Callaway, daughter of the late Tom Clark and Mary Camilla (Taylor) Clark was born April 11, 1929 in Childress, Arkansas and departed this life on February 7, 2017 in Jackson, Mississippi at the age of 87. Betty was preceded in death by her parents Tom and Mary Clark, husband Floyd Callaway, sister and brother-in-law Henrietta Camilla...
Ralph Alfred Reynolds
Jan 27, 2017
Ralph Alfred Reynolds, 92, was born on January 13, 1925 in Gloster, MS and died on Friday, January 27, 2017 at Baptist Medical center in Jackson. Mr. Reynolds attended schools in Centreville, MS until his family moved to Jackson, MS where he attended Central High School for his senior year. Mr. Reynolds joined his Reynolds brothers Seaborn, Jr., George, and...
Retired Brigadier General James Clifton "Cliff" Coleman
Jan 17, 2017
Retired Brigadier General James Clifton "Cliff" Coleman, 63, of Clinton passed away on January 17, 2017. Visitation will be held at FBC Clinton on January 20, 2017, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Funeral Services will take place at FBC Clinton on January 21, 2017, at 10:00 AM with a graveside service to follow at Clinton Cemetery. He is survived...
Joe Udell Ainsworth, Jr.
Jan 14, 2017
Joe Udell Ainsworth, Jr., 58, passed away on January 14, 2017. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 from 5 to 8pm at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Clinton. Services will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 2pm at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home. Joe was a loving, caring, thoughtful man and had the kindest...
Dr. James F. Gordon, Jr.
Jan 13, 2017
James F. (Jimmy) Gordon a life-long resident of Clinton, MS passed away on January 13, 2017. He graduated from Clinton High School in 1959 and from Mississippi College in 1963, having completed a double major in English and modern languages. He was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in 1963 and continued his studies in English literature at the University of...
Carolyn Kearney Lynchard
Jan 10, 2017
Carolyn Kearney Lynchard of Clinton, MS died peacefully at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS on January 10, 2017 at the age of 52. Carolyn is preceded in death by her father, Erick Kearney and survived by her husband, Michael Lynchard, daughters, Anna Ehrhardt Davis and Paige Ehrhardt, sisters, Linda Kearney Simmons and Susan Kearney Miller, and her mother, Betty Wilson...
Mary D. Bernard
Jan 10, 2017
Mary D. Bernard, 87, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at her daughter's home in Clinton. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date in Thibodeaux, LA. Mrs. Bernard was preceded in death by her husband, Blair F. Bernard, Jr., her parents, Henry & Anna Dugas, her sisters, Margaret Hebert and Edna Mae Daigle and her brother,...
Benjamin "Buddy" Banes
Jan 7, 2017
Buddy went to be with his Lord on Saturday, January 7th 2017, after a long and hard fight with cancer. He passed at home with the love of his youngest daughter, Laurie, and two grandsons, Eric and Chris, surrounding him, with other family and friends close by. Funeral arrangements are the Wright and Ferguson in Clinton, MS. Visitation will be...
Lanell Farrar Gatewood
Jan 7, 2017
Lanell Farrar Gatewood, Tot-Tot, as her family affectionately called her, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, January 7, 2017. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2017 at 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Wright and Ferguson in Clinton. A Funeral Service will be on Wednesday at 2:00pm at the funeral home with visitation one hour before. Burial will follow...
