The Oxford EAGLE publishes obituaries free of charge for local families and for those making arrangements through local funeral homes. We accept obituary information from funeral homes only. Photos are welcome. For more information, call us at 662-234-4331 or send an e-mail.
Friday’s obituaries
- Marjorie Gooch Gilmore — 91, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at Hermitage Gardens in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories located at the funeral home. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Mary F. Sanford — 61, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cooley’s Mortuary Chapel in Batesville. Visitation will be held until 6 this evening at the funeral home.
Thursday’s obituaries
- Aaron Storer Condon — 85, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Oxford-University United Methodist Church in Oxford, followed by a reception at the church. Burial will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Columbarium of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Ark. Ruebel Funeral Home of Little Rock is in charge of arrangements.
- Rosie Hilliard — 91, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at noon Saturday at Philadelphia M.B. Church in Oxford, with burial following in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Stacy McKee Woodruff — 58, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at the Sardis Community Nursing Home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Good Hope Baptist Church in Batesville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Wells Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Tuesday-Wednesday obituaries
- Rosie Hilliard — 91, died Monday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Ruby Murphy Wood — 89, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at Yalobusha General Nursing Home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Monday’s Obituaries
- Sammye Carter Baker, 83, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, with the Rev. Danny Dabbs, the Rev. Annette Ford and Matthew Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Flat Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:30 until 6 this evening at the funeral home.
- JoAnn Evans Bennett, 76, a retired bookkeeper at Otasco, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at her home in Oxford. Funeral services will be Wednesday at noon in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Hope officiating. Burial will follow in Abbeville Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service from 10 a.m. until noon at the funeral home.
- Robert Grisham “Bob” Bennett Sr., 77, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at his home in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford, with the Rev. Claire Dobbs officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories at the funeral home. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- David Joseph Fallica, 67, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at his home in Calhoun County. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford was in charge of local arrangements.
- Lesley Lonnie Stewart, 100, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, with the Rev. Johnny Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in New El Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will be held for an hour and a half prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Dr. Joe Wayne “Doc” Walker, 75, of Water Valley died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr. Randy Bain and Bro. Hal Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley. Visitation is planned for Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Water Valley.
Friday’s obituaries
- William “Bill” Merrion Beene — 81, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Water Valley. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the church. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of the arrangements.
- Donald Raymond Bynum Sr. — 68, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will follow in the Jumper’s Chapel Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
Thursday’s obituaries
- Alan Webster Eatmon — 67, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at his home in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Broad Street Cemetery in Coffeeville.
- Joe Lee Harris — 42, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center of Tupelo. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the city auditorium in Water Valley. Burial will follow at Pine Grove East M.B. Church. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the auditorium.
- Willie Sayles — 55, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Henry Chapel of the Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valle. Burial will follow in the Church of Christ Cemetery in Yalobusha County. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
Wednesday’s obituaries
- Violet Marie Sinks Kazzee — 71, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Pauline H. Pegues — 85, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at noon Friday at the Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building in Oxford. Burial will follow in Philadelphia Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Thelma Rea Avant White — 84, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Services were held Monday at the Harrisonville M.B. Church in Oxford. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Serenity-Martin Funeral Home in Oxford was in charge of arrangements.
Monday-Tuesday’s obituaries
- Dr. Musa B. Caffey — 92 died Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services were held Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville. Burial followed in Oakhurst Cemetery in Clarksdale. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville was in charge of arrangements.
- Jimmy “Ray” Dickey — 76, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at his home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will follow in Mt. Liberty Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Friday’s obituaries
- James Henry “Bobo” Champion Jr. — 64, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at Greenwood-Leflore Hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at North Greenwood Baptist Church. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peters Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
- Pauline Pegues — 85, died this morning at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Nettie Mae Tabor Russell — 93, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at River Region Hospital in Vicksburg. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Christian Rest Cemetery in Lafayette County. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Willie Bell Walker — 89, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Everdale Baptist Church in Water Valley. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday’s obituaries
- Thelma Ree White — 84, died Wednesday at her resident near the Lafayette-Panola County line. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
