By: Jon Scott April 4, 2013
- Gary Darnell Blackmon — 49, died in Abbeville. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the T.O.M.B. building on Highway 334 in Oxford, with the Rev. Michael P. James Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Smith Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Abbeville. Visitation will be held from noon to 7 this evening at the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford.
- Lee Edward “Red” Brown — 56, died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at his residence in Oxford. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at South Hopewell M.B. Church in Taylor. Burial will follow in Browning cemetery in Taylor. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford.
- Lee Arthur Goliday — 89, died Wednesday at Regency Hospital in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Mark Allan Martin — 42, died Monday, March 25, 2013, in Memphis. Services will be held at noon Saturday at North Hopewell M.B. Church with burial to follow in Yocona Cemetery in Taylor. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
(April 4, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott April 3, 2013
- Gary “Cool G.B.” Blackmon — 49, died Monday in Abbeville. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Jimmy R. Harrell — 56, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service.
(April 3, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott April 1, 2013
- Dorothy Jean Britt — 77, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Antioch Cemetery.
- James Brown Jr. — 86, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis. Services were held Sunday at the Serenity Funeral Home Chapel in Holly Springs. Burial followed in Veterans Cemetery in Memphis.
- Lee Edward Brown — 56, died Sunday at his residence in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Mark Allan Martin — 42, died March 25 in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Charles “Chuck” Matthias Jr. — 81, died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at his home in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- David Webster Mills — 64, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at his home in Batesville. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Ella Ruth Epps Young — 97, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. Services were held Saturday at Clear Creek Baptist Church in Oxford. Burial followed in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville. Wells funeral Home in Batesville was in charge of arrangements.
(April 1, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott March 27, 2013
- Billy Campbell — 57, died Friday, March 22, 2013. Services will be held at 3 this afternoon at the Holly Springs Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs. Visitation will be held for three hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Belinda Karen Mathis — 46, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at her residence in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Second Baptist Church in Oxford. Burial will follow at Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford.
- Betty Mae McAllister Wiseman — 84, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Endville Cemetery in Belden. Visitation will be held for an hour and half prior to the service at the funeral home.
(March 27, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott March 26, 2013
- Mary Earle Bramlett — 85, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at her daughter’s residence in Shelbyville, Tenn. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- Willie Fuller — 63, died this morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Howard Shields — 85, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Providence Assisted Living Home in Senatobia. Services will be held at 7:30 this evening in the Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 prior to the service.
- Mary Evelyn Stoltz — 82, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at Baptist Health in Madisonville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home in Madisonville. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and for two hours prior to the service, all at the funeral home.
- Betty M. Wiseman — 84, died Monday at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Walter William Wright — 74, formerly of Oxford, died Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
(March 26, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott March 22, 2013
- Charles “Charlie” Lynn Harris Sr. — 76, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at his home in Water Valley. Services were held this morning in the Henry Chapel of the Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley.
- Belinda Karen Mathis — 47, died this morning at her residence in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
(March 22, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott March 21, 2013
- Robert Truesdale Folk — 94, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi in Oxford. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Waller Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Mary Louise Graham — 85, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will follow in the Clear Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
- Ira Manning — 71, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and for one hour prior to Saturday’s service.
(March 21, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott March 19, 2013
- Gwen Miller Maloney — 90, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at her home at Emeritus of Oxford. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Ira Manning — 71, died Sunday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Tommie Ree Cantrell Moore — 89, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Oxford. Services were held this morning at the E.E. Pickle Funeral Home in Amory. Burial followed in Easter Cemetery.
- Charles Lewis “Toby” Ray — died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Evans. Burial followed at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, Ga. McNeill Funeral Home of Martinez, Ga., was in charge of the arrangements.
(March 19, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott February 20, 2013
- James Floyd — 55, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at his home near Water Valley. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Hopewell Baptist Church cemetery. Visitation will be held for an hour prior to the service at the church. Seven Oaks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- Nellie Jarrett Herod — 60, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in West St. Peter Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Pearl Hollowell Kimzey — 94, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Anchor Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Clear Creek Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Danny Wayne Pettit — 53, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Pontotoc. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tutor Memorial Funeral Home in Pontotoc. Burial will follow in the Poplar Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and for two hours prior to Saturday’s service at the funeral home.
(February 20, 2013, Page 2)
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)
