By: Jon Scott October 5, 2012
- Pete Gill Sr. — 86, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Trinity Nursing Home in Holly Springs. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at FreeBranch M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Cottrell Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 this evening at J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs.
- Marilyn Kagen — 82, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Winter Park Hospital in Orlando, Fla. A private interment will be held Monday at Gulf Pines Memorial Park and Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Englewood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
- Norris A. Robertson Sr. — 93, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at the Mississippi State Veteran’s Home in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 this evening at United Funeral Service and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
- Andrew Stewart — 77, died Thursday at Coral Gable Hospital in Miami. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
(October 5, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott February 9, 2012
- Joe Edward Fortner — 91, died Tuesday, Feb. 7 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Lambert. Burial will follow in the Lambert Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Kimbro Funeral Home of Marks is in charge of arrangements.
- Thomas Russell — 67, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Jeffrie Chapel M.B. Church in Abbeville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday at J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
(February 9, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott September 28, 2011
- Edward Leroy “Roy” Barton — 85, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, with Bro. E. J. Brasher officiating. Burial will follow in the Ford’s Well Cemetery in Oakland. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Lennie Mae Dickey — 84, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Horn Lake. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Drivers Flat Baptist Church, with Bro. Hank Anderson and Bro. Raymond Aven officiating. Burial will take place in the Drivers Flat Baptist Church Cemetery in Calhoun County. Visitation will be held from 5 until 7 this evening at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.
- Lorenzo Gipson — 56, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in Waterford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Jeffrie Chapel MB Church in Abbeville. Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Abbeville. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 this evening at J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
- Elton Graham Sr. — 53, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Patrick Hastings and Drew Mullins Meisenheimer — infant twin sons of Drew and Kate Meisenheimer of Bay St. Louis, were born and died on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. A private burial will be held Friday at Lakeshore Cemetery in Lakeshore. Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis is in charge of arrangements.
(September 28, 2011, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott July 7, 2011
- Nancy Higgins Fowler — 65, died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Chicago. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of the local arrangements.
- Homer Clyde Toles — 77, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at his daughter’s home in Abbeville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Clear Creek M.B. Church in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Yocona Cemetery in Taylor. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday at the J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs, and for one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church.
(July 7, 2011, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott April 21, 2011
- Joe E. Cappleman — 54, died Wednesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home.
- Tiger E. Crawley — 87, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the State Veterans Home in Oxford. Services with military honors were held this morning at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church-Batesville. Burial followed at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. Wells Funeral Home of Batesville was in charge of arrangements.
- Hayes Lynch Jr. — 77, died Saturday at Community Hospice in Verona. Services will be held at noon Saturday at Springfield MB Church in Abbeville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday at J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
- Inez Parks — 100, died Thursday at The Windsor Place in Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home.
- Bryan Dennis Rikard — 42, died Monday, April 18, 2011, in Oxford. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the College Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
- Johnnie McCain White — 81, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Cambridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 this evening at the funeral home.
(April 21, 2011, Page 2)
By: Oxford EAGLE October 7, 2010
- Debra “Debbie” Gail Potts Hamblin — 56, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forrest Memorial Park. Wells Funeral Home in Batesville is in charge of arrangements.
- Oscar Gordon Jr. — 63, died Sunday, Oct. 3 2010. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Jeffrie Chapel MB Church in Abbeville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 this evening at the J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
- Jakalia MaKenzie Thomas — the infant daughter of LaTia Johnson and Damien Thomas of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Private funeral services will be held at Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in Springfield Cemetery in Abbeville.
(October 7, 2010, Page 2)
