By: Jon Scott March 5, 2013
- Rhonda Lynn Rupprecht Britt — 46, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, in her home. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Apostolic Faith First United Pentecostal Church in Water Valley. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville is in charge of arrangements.
- Dr. James Stephen “Steve” Purdon — 62, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
(March 5, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott March 4, 2013
- Sarah L. Alexander — 62, died Sunday at Select Specialty Hospital in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Warren Hershel Ash — 70, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Methodist LeBonheur Hospital in Germantown, Tenn. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford was in charge of arrangements.
- John Whitaker Hamilton — 87, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Longview. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel at Hillsboro Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Jimmie Livingston Kemp — 99, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Hixson, Tenn. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, with Dr. Robert Allen officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Juanita Hadden Lovelace — 70, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Service will be held at 1 this afternoon at Acree Hill Church in Batesville, with the Rev. Randle Harris officiating. Burial will follow in Acree Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be held for two and half hours prior to the service at the church.
- Linda Sue Minor Rodgers — 51, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Services were held Sunday at the United Funeral Service Chapel in New Albany, with the Rev. Larry Harrison and the Rev. Steavon Ball officiating. Burial followed in the Enterprise Cemetery.
- Robert “Bob” Hughie Stubbs III — 57, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at his home in Harmontown. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Harmontown Baptist Church in Harmontown, with Bro. Jim Pinkerton officiating. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of local arrangements.
(March 4, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott March 1, 2013
- Richard Lionel Bethea — 74, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- W.J. Milstead — 82, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Graceland Nursing Center in Memphis. There are no plans for a funeral service at this time. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford was in charge of local arrangements.
- Thelbert “Doc” Rooks — 61, died this morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
(March 1, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott February 25, 2013
- Alice L. Horton — 84, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at her home. Services will be held at noon Tuesday at the Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis. Burial will follow at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Robert Jackson Mullins — infant son of Robert Brian and Leigh Carole Gordon Mullins of Oxford, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Graveside services were held Sunday at Shannon Cemetery. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors was in charge of the arrangements.
- Karen Sue Walker Williams — 49, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at noon Tuesday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Hopewell Cemetery in Vaiden. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
(February 25, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott February 18, 2013
- Betty JoAnn Brown — 52, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services were held Saturday at Midway Baptist Church in Vardaman. Serenity-Autry Funeral Home of Pontotoc was in charge of arrangements.
- Nellie S. Herod — 60, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Pearlie Thompson Logan — 96, died Saturday at her home in Abbeville. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Charles Ross — 79, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Farucett Center in Columbus, Ohio. Beasley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- Charles “Buddy” Simmons — 64, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at his home near Water Valley. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Turkey Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Calhoun County.
(February 18, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott February 7, 2013
- Jessie Marie “ReBaby” Fox — 68, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Frank Victor Hynous — 55, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at his home in Paris. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel. Various individuals are invited to speak. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- William “Neg” Pettis Sr. — 89, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at his residence in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Buford Chapel UM Church. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral home of Pontotoc is in charge of arrangements.
- Berkley Redmond — 85, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association building in Oxford. Burial will follow in Hurricane Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Geraldine Westmoreland Smith — 63, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Clear Creek M.B. Church in Oxford. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford, with family present from 5 to 7, and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
- Joseph Adam Taylor — 15, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Camp Hill, Ala. A memorial service will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Oxford Church of Christ in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford.
(February 7, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 29, 2013
- Willis Burt — 84, died this morning at his residence in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Wanda Fae Crawley — 63, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at her home in Batesville. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
- Frank James Ellis — 65, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services were held Saturday at the Serenity Funeral Home Chapel in Holly Springs. Burial followed at the Free Branch M.B. Church Cemetery in Holly Springs.
- Roscoe Gandy — 86, died at his home near Oxford on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. There will be no funeral service. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford was in charge of local arrangements.
- Raymond Neely — 51, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at his home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Spring Hill North Church in Water Valley. Burial will follow in the Green Goshen Cemetery in Yalobusha County. 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 arrangements.
- Gene Saucier — 83, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at his home in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
- Jewel Mathis Swanson — 85, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at her home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
(January 29, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 24, 2013
- Dr. Richard Lee Barnes — 58, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Conway County, Ark. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oxford-University United Methodist Church in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Maurice “Dock” Ven Brown — 84, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at his home near Toccopola. Services will be held at noon Friday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Toccopola Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Samuel “Sam” Keith Havins — 19, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at St. David’s Hospital in Round Rock, Texas. Visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Oxford. A memorial service will follow from 3 to 4.
- Marie P. Nelson — 87, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday at Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association building, with a repast at 6 in the fellowship hall of the TOMB building. Friends may bring food to the fellowship hall on Friday evening. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the New Hope M.B. Church. Burial will following in Cypress Cemetery. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
(January 24, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 23, 2013
- Gary W. Chandler — 55, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memory Chapel in Laurel. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- James Dawson Hamilton — 94, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. A graveside memorial service will be held at a later date. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Alice Katherine Fisk Herring — 92, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at her home in Oxford. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary of the College Hill Presbyterian Church. A reception will be held in the fellowship hall immediately following the service. Burial will follow at 4 in the Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- James Lafayette Huckaby — 82, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Driver’s Flat Baptist Church in Banner. Burial will follow in Driver’s Flat Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening at Parker Memorial Funeral Home in Bruce and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
(January 23, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott January 21, 2013
- Joey Oll Brown — 49, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Services were held this morning at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Bruce. Burial followed in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville was in charge of arrangements.
- James Hamilton — 94, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Marie Nelson — 88, died Sunday at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Gertrude Fooshee Vinson — 94, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at Hermitage Gardens in Oxford. Services were held Sunday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial followed in Oxford Memorial Cemetery.
- Gracie Ferrell Wolfe — 70, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at her home in Olive Branch. Services were held Saturday at the Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.
- James Robert Ridgely Wyvill — 73, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services were held Sunday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial followed in the Veterans Garden of the Garden of Memories located at the funeral home.
(January 21, 2013, Page 2)
