By: Jon Scott January 4, 2013
- 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.
(January 4, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott July 10, 2012
- Ray Charles Cunningham — 56, died Sunday, July 1, 2012, at North Vista Hospital in Las Vegas. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cooley’s Mortuary Chapel in Batesville, with Minister Dameon Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow at the Springhill ASA Cemetery in Courtland. Visitation will be held prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Arthur D. Ivy — 70, died Monday at his residence in Abbeville. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Howard M. McLain Sr. — 91, died Monday, July 9, 2012, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. Service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Waller Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford, with the Rev. Tim Fortner officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. The visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Glen Talf Mynatt — 81, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, at his home in Potts Camp. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford, with Bro. Bobby McKay officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
- Margaret Ann Alexander Self — 44, died on Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Wells Funeral Home of Batesville is in charge of arrangements.
- Connie Wade West — 53, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, in Lafayette County. Services will be held Thursday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, with Bro. David Freeman and Bro. Furman Anderson officiating. 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.
(July 10, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott April 5, 2012
- LaCardo D. Moore, 26 — died Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Batesville. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Batesville Junior high School auditorium. Burial will follow in Mt. Level Cemetery in Sardis. Visitation will be held until 7 this evening, with family present from 5 to 7, at Cooley’s Mortuary in Batesville.
- Scott Moorhead — 50, died Wednesday in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
(April 5, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott February 29, 2012
- Michael R. “Mickey” Andrews — 62, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Texas. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Abbeville Cemetery in Abbeville. Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Donna Berry Byers — 65, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at her home in Millington, Tenn. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Rovelia “Sonny” Carothers — 77, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cooley’s Mortuary Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow at New Providence Cemetery in Batesville. Visitation will be held until 6 this evening and for two and half hours prior to Thursday’s service at the funeral home. Family hour will be from 4 to 6 today.
- Earline Hawkins — 75, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Betty L. Martin — died Tuesday in Brandon. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley.
(February 29, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott February 24, 2012
- Roy Bruner — of Water Valley died Thursday. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley.
- John David Crews — 85, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Burial will follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service in the Parish Hall of the church. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- Earl Hawkins — 88, of Crowder, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wells Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Crowder Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
- Naddie Lloyd Morgan — 92, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Pleasant Green M.B. Church in Water Valley. Burial will follow at Pleasant Green Cemetery. Visitation will be held until 7 this evening at Cooley’s Mortuary Inc. in Batesville, and for an hour prior to the service at the church.
- Ginger Morris — 62, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 6 this evening in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Larry Donnell Smith — 61, formerly of Oxford, died today in Detroit. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Leona Buckner Thompson — 92, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Second Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:30 to 7 this evening at Greater St. John M.B. Church. Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc is in charge of the arrangements.
- Hayden Murray “Red” Vines — 82, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Select Specialty Hospital in Gulfport. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
(February 24, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott November 29, 2011
- Steven Edward Kelly — 47, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at his home in Paris. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Paris Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Paris Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the church. Tutor Memorial Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of the arrangements.
- W.J. Littlejohn — 61, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at his home in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cooley’s Mortuary Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow in the West Tennessee V.A. Cemetery in Memphis. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
(November 29, 2011, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott September 30, 2011
- Thomas Hunt Armistead — 87, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, in Ft. Worth, Texas. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Water Valley. Burial with military honors will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of local arrangements. A memorial service will also be held today in Ft. Worth.
- James Edward Briggs — 59, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home.
- Dorothy Louise Fondren — 78, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the T.O.M.B. building in Oxford. Burial will follow in Yocona Cemetery in Taylor. Visitation will be held until 6 this evening at Cooley’s Mortuary in Batesville and for one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the T.O.M.B. building.
- Elton Graham Sr. — 53, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at West Oak Grove Church of God and Christ in Hernando. Burial will follow at the State Veterans Cemetery at Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis. Visitation will be held Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Serenity-Martin Funeral Home in Oxford.
(September 30, 2011, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott September 1, 2011
- Nell Stone Mills — 79, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Phoenix. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh Community Church in Phoenix. Wyman Mortuary and Chapel of Mesa, Ariz., is in charge of arrangements.
- E.Q. “Quie” Oliver — 77, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Batesville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Armstrong Street Church of God in Batesville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Cooley’s Mortuary in Batesville.
- Benny Walls — 49, of Oxford died Wednesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Graham T. “Tim” Winrow — 70, of Oxford died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at UAB University Hospital, Birmingham, Ala. A memorial service will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of the arrangements.
(September 1, 2011, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott June 6, 2011
- J.J. Bonds — 92, died Sunday, June 5, 2011, at his residence in Etta. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Philadelphia Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Philadelphia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 this evening at Waller Funeral Home and one hour prior to the funeral service on Tuesday at the church.
- Ronald TreMail Hoskins — 27, of Batesville died Friday, June 3, 2011, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cooley’s Mortuary Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery in Courtland. Visitation will be held until 6 this evening at the funeral home.
(June 6, 2011, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott May 23, 2011
- Lura Clark Ethridge — 88, died Friday, May 20, 2011, in Jackson. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Richard Catholic Church in Jackson. Burial will follow at 4 p.m. at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church and from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, also at the church, followed by a prayer service at 7. Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home of Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
- Irla L. Hodges — 100, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home of Oxford. Burial will follow in Old Union Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
- Angela Juanita Horne Naron — 43, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Camp Ground Cemetery in Yalobusha County. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.
- Brenda Jean Oliver — 43, of Batesville died Sunday, May 15, 2011, at the Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services were held Sunday at Eureka A.M.E. Zion Church in Batesville. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Cooley’s Mortuary Inc. of Batesville was in charge of arrangements.
- Rosie Lee Powell — 55, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at her residence in Rochester, Minn. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon at Friendship M.B. Church in Calhoun City. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Lula Bell Quarles — 83, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Buford Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, and repass will be in the church’s fellowship hall. Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford, with family present from 5 to 7, and one hour prior to the service at the church.
(May 23, 2011, Page 2)
