
By: Jon Scott May 21, 2013
- Emmie Faye Jenkins — 83, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
- George Washington Lambert Jr. — 70, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at Darlington Oaks Hospice in Verona. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Turkey Creek Cemetery in Water Valley. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
- Hervie E. Martin — 58, died this morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Ella Willene McCollum — 81, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford.
- Carlenna Pegues — 86, died this morning at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Ila Faye “Toot” Perry — 51, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford.
- David Webb Sr. — 93, died Monday at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
(May 21, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott May 15, 2013
- Evie Lorene Peeples Shields — 90, died Monday, May 14, 2013, at her home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Water Valley. Burial will follow in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Calhoun 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.
(May 15, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott May 9, 2013
- Otis Sheldon Braboy — 55, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Chicago. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Salem United Methodist Church in Oxford. Burial will follow in 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 arrangements.
- Tyler Emerick — 19, died Monday, May 6, 2013, in Lafayette County. Services will be held at noon Saturday at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
- Adelia Fay Purnell Morris — 92, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at her residence. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the United Funeral Service Chapel in New Albany. Burial will follow in the New Albany City Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
(May 9, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott May 8, 2013
- Joyce Ann Odum Buchanan — 62, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at Calhoun Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Bruce. Burial will follow at the Abbeville Cemetery in Abbeville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
- Tyler Emerick — 19, died in Lafayette County. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley.
- William Magee — 23, died Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the McCallie School Chapel in Chattanooga. A reception and visitation will be held following the service at the home of Dr. Tommy and Grayson Brown in Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Heritage Funeral Home of Chattanooga is in charge of arrangements.
- Clarence Edward Rowsey — 60, died Friday, April 26, 2013, at his residence in Water Valley. Services were held earlier today at the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford.
(May 8, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott May 7, 2013
- Shirley Jean Minser — 76, died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at her home in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Pine Flat Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
- Lillie Bell Hale Whittmore — 78, died Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. A graveside service will follow at 3 at Oak Hill Cemetery.
(May 7, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott April 29, 2013
- Margie L. Archie — 71, died Sunday at her residence in Etta. Arrangements are incomplete with the Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Marjorie Ann Norwood Barner — 85, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Hermitage Gardens in Southaven. Service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday 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.
- Bessie R. Buford — 78, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Arylss Ann Henderson Callicutt — 75, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at her home. Services will be held at 1 this afternoon at First Baptist Church in Holly Springs. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Wallace Bernard Cason Jr.— 91, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Darlington Oaks Hospice in Verona. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. The graveside service will be held in Stoneville Cemetery at 4:30 p.m. in Leland. Visitation will be held for one hour and a half prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Hugh M. Goforth — 79, died this morning at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Forest Robin Peacock — 50, died Thursday, April 25, 2013, near his home. The family plans to hold a memorial service at a later date. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of arrangements.
- Lynda Bagguley Pipkin — 61, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at her home in Coffeeville. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon at Coffeeville United Methodist Church in Coffeeville. Burial will follow in the Coffeeville City Cemetery. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of arrangements.
- Clarence Edward Rowsey — 60, died Friday at his residence in Water Valley. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Amy Harper Valentine — 44, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Homewood. Services were held Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Homewood. Burial followed at the Harmony Baptist Church cemetery in Anniston, Ala. Ridout’s Valley Chapel in Homewood was in charge of the arrangements.
(April 29, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott April 19, 2013
- Edith Ray Woods Boyd — 64, died Thursday at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Lloyd Kesler — 89, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at his home in Senatobia. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Holly Springs Funeral Home in Holly Springs. Burial will follow at Bethesda Cemetery in Senatobia. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
- James C. Ledbetter — 66, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, in the Ruleville Nursing & Rehab Center. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Batesville. Wells Funeral Home of Batesville is in charge of arrangements.
- Ernest William “Will” McLellan V — 23, died Monday, April 15, 2013. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, and burial will follow at Autumn Woods Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch.
- Joseph Henry “Joe Henry” Norris — 67, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at his home in Water Valley. A graveside service will be held at 2 this afternoon at Shelby Cemetery in Shelby. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of arrangements.
- George Washington Phillips — 86, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services were held this morning at Waller Funeral Home. Burial followed in Pine Flat Cemetery.
(April 19, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott April 15, 2013
- Louise “Lou” Scott Breazeale — 86, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Emeritus at Oxford in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oxford-University United Methodist Church in Oxford. The graveside service will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held for an hour and a half prior to the service in the church fellowship hall. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Xanaka Rasheda Hill Burgess — 34, died Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Pontotoc. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum on the campus of the University of Mississippi. Burial will follow in New Hope M.B. Church Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 this evening at the Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
- Billy Conn Rotenberry — 70, died Friday in Water Valley. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.
- Elizabeth Sinexon Griffin Williston — 93, died Saturday, April, 13, 2013, in Oxford. Services will be held at noon Tuesday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, with visitation being held for two hours prior to the service in the Parish Hall of the church. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
(April 15, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott April 10, 2013
- Bennie Cohran — 59, died Tuesday at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
- Stanley Crow — died Monday, April 8, 2013, at his home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Water Valley. Burial will follow the funeral service in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 this evening in the sanctuary of the church. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of arrangements.
- Nancy Metts — 71, died this morning at Hermitage Gardens in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- John Murphy — 74, died Tuesday at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
(April 10, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott April 9, 2013
- Randall Bleu Bass — 27, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at his residence. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at United Funeral Service of New Albany. Burial will follow in Vista Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
- Jerry Campbell — 58, died Monday at his daughter’s residence in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Stanley Crow — died Monday at his home in Water Valley. Arrangements are incomplete with Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.
- Mary Lee Powell Newell — 86, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at her daughter’s home in Oxford. Services and burial will be held in Benson, La. Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford and Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield, La., are in charge of the arrangements.
(April 9, 2013, Page 2)