By: Jon Scott January 18, 2013
- Laverne Baggett — 93, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Yellow Leaf Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Gary W. Chandler — 55, of Laurel died Monday while vacationing in Nicaragua. Arrangements are incomplete with Memory Chapel of Laurel.
- James Robert Ridgely Wyvill — 73, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at his home near Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Veterans Garden of the Garden of Memories located at the funeral home. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
(January 18, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott January 15, 2013
- Albert “Snake” Lafayette Farrar Jr. — 48, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow at Goshen Cemetery in Coffeeville. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
- Barbara Kaye Hankins — 64, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Waller Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in Abbeville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
(January 15, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 14, 2013
- Albert L. Farrar Jr. — 48, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Maggie Hill Floyd — 88, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at DeSoto Baptist Hospital in Southaven. Services were held this morning at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer. Burial followed in the Mars Hill Cemetery at Adamsville, Tenn.
- Barbara Hankins — 64, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Geneva Hervey — 48, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the City Auditorium in Water Valley. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the auditorium. Seven Oaks Funeral Home of Water Valley is in charge of arrangements.
- Christine Pipkin Patton — 87, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at By Faith Baptist Church in North Pontotoc. Burial will follow at West Heights Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 this evening and for three hours prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Alice Gertrude Overstreet Taylor — 95, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at The Meadows retirement home in Fulton. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Oxford. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the church. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
(January 14, 2013, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott January 11, 2013
- Latonya Dewayne Carr — 31, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at The Med in Memphis. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Eureaka A.M.E. Zion Church in Batesville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- James Edward Cool Jr. — 71, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at his residence in Oxford. A private service was held for his immediate family. Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford was in charge of arrangements.
- Norma B. McKee — 86, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville, with burial to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Stephen Lowell Tripp — 60, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Holy Angels in Shreveport, La. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford. Some of his ashes will be buried next to his parents in Oxford while the rest will be scattered in the Colorado mountains, where he enjoyed vacationing. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
(January 11, 2013, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott December 26, 2012
- Violet Marie Sinks Kazzee — 71, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Pauline H. Pegues — 85, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Services will be held at noon Friday at the Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building in Oxford. Burial will follow in Philadelphia Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Thelma Rea Avant White — 84, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Services were held Monday at the Harrisonville M.B. Church in Oxford. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Serenity-Martin Funeral Home in Oxford was in charge of arrangements.
(December 26, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott December 18, 2012
- D. Fenton Adams — 90, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Palms of Pasadena Hospital in Pasadena, Fla. A memorial service will be held in Mobile, Ala., at a later date. Anderson McQueen Family Tributes in St. Petersburg, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
- David Wroth Bryan Jr. — 78, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of local arrangements.
(December 18, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott December 17, 2012
- Wyatt Collin Burford — 34, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Visitations will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Senatobia and from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church Atrium in Jonesboro, Ark. Hernando Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- Billie Jane Roy Klepzig — 83, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at her home in Abbeville. Services will beheld at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Abbeville Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Abbeville Cemetery. The visitation will be held from 4 to 7 this evening at Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
- George E. Pegues — 54, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Union Hill M.B. Church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
- Chrystine Gober Vance — 91, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at the University Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon at St. James Episcopal Church. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service in Oakridge Hall. Sebrell Funeral Home in Ridgeland assisted with arrangements.
- Willie Walker — 89, of Water Valley died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
(December 17, 2012, Page 2A)
By: Jon Scott December 13, 2012
- Ruby Montgomery Williams Killough — 92, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Sunshine Nursing Home in Pontotoc. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Toccopola Cemetery. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- George E. Pegues — 54, died this morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford.
- Stephen Lowell Tripp — 60, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Holy Angels in Shreveport. Some of his ashes will be buried next to his parents in Oxford while the rest will be scattered in the Colorado mountains where he enjoyed his vacations. Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Shreveport was in charge of cremation and Waller Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of local arrangements.
- Annie Mare Young — 84, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at her daughter’s residence in Abbeville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oak Grove M.B. Church in Alberta, Ala. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc is in charge of the arrangements.
(December 13, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott December 11, 2012
- Bobby Carr Johnsey Jr. — 40, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, near his home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Henry Chapel of the Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two and half hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Ruby Williams — 92, died Monday at Sunshine Heathcare in Pontotoc. Arrangements are incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
(December 11, 2012, Page 2)
By: Jon Scott December 10, 2012
- Eula Virginia Walton-Buford — 52, died Sunday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford.
- Clarence Robert Mathis — 94, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the State Veterans Home in Oxford. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Eastover Cemetery. The visitation will be held from 4 to 6 this evening at the funeral home.
(December 10, 2012, Page 2A)
