By: Jon Scott February 6, 2012
- Willie Charles Buck — died Saturday. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley.
- Donald Clark Falkner — 82, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Services were held Saturday at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Oxford. Burial followed in the Bellevue Cemetery. Browning Funeral Home in Pontotoc was in charge of the arrangements.
- Delores “Ree” Pearson-Hilliard — 78, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Second Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Garden of Memories cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- Susan Barksdale Howorth — 44, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Quay Samuels — died Sunday. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley.
- Bonnie “Dollie” Tidwell — 76, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Pine Flat Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Katie Lois Townsend — 68, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, with the Rev. Adam Tyson officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Water Valley. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
- Stacy Turner — 79, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at his residence in Water Valley. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Water Valley Civic Auditorium in Water Valley. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Water Valley. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
(February 6, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott February 3, 2012
- Phillip Davis Bryant — 74, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, with the Rev. Alan Cochet officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service.
- Donald Falkner — of Pontotoc died Thursday at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Browning Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Bonnie J. Tidwell — 76, died this morning at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Stacy Turner — 79, died Thursday at his residence in Water Valley. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford.
(February 3, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott February 2, 2012
- Phillip D. Bryant — 74, died today at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Delores Hilliard — 78, died Wednesday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Richard Howard Hope Sr. — 68, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Clear Creek M.B. Church. Burial will follow in the Cypress Grove M.B. Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday at Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford, with family present from 5 to 7.
- Elza Lester — 94, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at his daughter’s home in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held Sunday at Portageville Memorial Cemetery in Portageville, Mo. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
(February 2, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 23, 2012
- Mark Cohn Bradley — 51, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at Norfolk General Hospital, in Norfolk, Va. Services were held Tuesday at Bayside Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. An Oxford memorial is planned for a later date. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
- Elton Lee “Sonny” Jenkins — 71, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at Calhoun Nursing Home in Calhoun City. Services were held this morning at Tutor Memorial Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial followed in Pine Flat.
- Essie Mae Jones — 79, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jordan Chapel C.M.E Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of the arrangements.
- Norma Stringfield Scallorn — 94, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at Yalobusha General Nursing Home in Water Valley. Services were held this morning in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.
- Georgia Mae Smith — 72, died Saturday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
(January 23, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott January 18, 2012
- Essie Jones — died Tuesday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home.
(January 18, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 12, 2012
- Don O. Gleason — 40, died today at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Olon Hudgins — 78, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at his home in Oxford. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home of Oxford. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
- Ossie Susan Alice Martin McGee — 91, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Tallahatchie-Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Yocona Cemetery in Taylor. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at North Hopewell MB Church in Taylor. Kenneth I Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc is in charge of the arrangements.
- Gussie L. McJunkins — 92, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Flint Hill M.B. Church in Etta. Burial will follow in the Bethlehem C.M.E. church cemetery in Etta. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Margie Watts Smith — 90, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will beheld at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Malcolm Russell “Rusty” Whitten — 60, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at his home. Services will be held at 1 this afternoon at First Church of the Nazarene. Eddie Robinson Funeral Home of Grenada is in charge of arrangements.
(January 12, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 10, 2012
- Howard Coleman — 80, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Graceland Nursing Home in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Corinth National Military Cemetery in Corinth.
- Gussie McJunkins — 93, died Monday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral home in Oxford.
- Jack Clement Milsted — 86, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Athens, Ga. A private service will be held in the near future. Lord & Stephens, East is in charge of arrangements.
(January 10, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 5, 2012
- Lillian Eva Hutton Cheatham — 88, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Trenholm Road United Methodist Church in Columbia. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the Devine Street Chapel at Dunbar Funeral Home.
- Rico Deandre “Suave” Goolsby — 40, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at East St. Peter’s MB Church. Burial will follow in East St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday at the Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church.
- James Floyd “Jimmy” Maples — 73, died Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories located at Coleman Funeral Home. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Dorothy Mize — 90, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be held at noon Saturday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Springdale Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Kerry Darnell Young — 39, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at noon Saturday at Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building. Burial will follow in Beverly Chapel U.M. Church in Oxford. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
(January 5, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 3, 2012
- Theron Jean Campbell — 50, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at his home in Water Valley. Services were held this morning at Everdale Missionary Baptist Church in Water Valley. Burial followed in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Water Valley. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley was in charge of arrangements.
- L’Rico Deandre Goolsby — 40, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Stanley Nelson Iles — 60, of Sardis died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Wells Funeral Home of Batesville is in charge of arrangements.
- Marvel Marie Jones Myers — 92, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at Lee Memorial Health Systems in Fort Meyers, Fla. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Jodie Dwight “J.D.” Sneed — 89, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon at Oxford-University United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service in Wesley Hall at the church.
- Kerry Young — 39, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
(January 3, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott December 28, 2011
- Charles Webb Mosby — 60, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 this evening in the chapel at the Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Mannora Boone Mosby — 94, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at her daughter’s residence in 29 Palms, Calif. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 this evening in the chapel at the Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- John M. Newell — 79, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at his residence in Brookhaven. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening at the Brookhaven Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
(December 28, 2011, Page 2)
