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Edna Earl Collins

Edna Earl Collins

Mar 19, 2022

Edna Earl Ingram Collins, 92, of Bruce, passed away on March 19, 2022, at her daughter's home in Fayette, AL.

Edna was born on April 28, 1929, in Alva, MS, one of seven children to Jennings Bryan Ingram and Mattie Irene Pyron Ingram. She was married to Brooks Collins for 62 years until his death in 2016...

Rena Logan

Rena Logan

Mar 16, 2022

Rena Logan,91, of Pontotoc departed from this life on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at her home in Pontotoc, MS. She was born in Calhoun County, MS on March 24, 1930, to the late Sisson Logan and Myrtle McGregor Logan.

Rena was a homemaker that devoted her time to looking after the needs of her family. She was...

Joyce Schmitz Carter

Joyce Schmitz Carter

Mar 14, 2022

Joyce Schmitz Carter, 77, of Bruce passed from this life on March 14, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born on January 20, 1945, in Big Creek, she was a daughter to the late Francis Neal Schmitz and Jimmie Lee Rounsaville Schmitz.

Joyce was a 1963 graduate of Calhoun City High School and furthered her...

Laura Ashley Winter

Laura Ashley Winter

Mar 6, 2022

Laura Ashley Winter, 20, of Bruce passed from this life on Sunday, March 06, 2022, at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital with her parents by her side. She graced this world with her presence, alongside her twin brother, on May 30, 2001, in Tupelo, Mississippi. Ashely was one of four children born to Richard Wayne Winter and Rebecca Flippin Winter...

Grace Byars

Grace Byars

Feb 28, 2022

Charlie Grace Hardin Byars of Hernando, MS formerly of Calhoun City departed from this life on Monday, February 28, 2022 at Wesley Meadows Retirement Community in Hernando. She was born on February 21, 1926 in Derma, MS to the late Hartwell Henry Hardin and Molly Susie Rhodes Hardin.

She was a graduate of Derma High School. Grace...

David Allen Mcgregor

David Allen Mcgregor

Feb 28, 2022

David Allen McGregor, 56, departed from this life on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born on December 12, 1965, in Vardaman, he was a son to Robert Earl McGregor and the late Charlene Williams McGregor.

David, a 1984 graduate of Vardaman High School married his loving wife Kimberly Dawn Stewart on...

Yvonne Boland Brown

Yvonne Boland Brown

Feb 26, 2022

Yvonne Boland Brown, 96, of Calhoun City, died on February 26, 2022, at Baptist Calhoun Nursing Home. She was born on January 21, 1926, in Big Creek to the late Edd Boland and Ary Carter Boland.  She married Prentice Brown in 1946 and they spent the next 63 years together until his death in 2009.

Yvonne was...

W.L. "Don" Grist

W.L. "Don" Grist

Feb 23, 2022

William LaDon (Don) Grist, 83, of Oxford, Mississippi passed away on February 23, 2022. He passed peacefully with family and friends surrounding him at his son's home in Alexander, Arkansas. Don was born on April 8, 1938, in Sarepta, Mississippi. He was the son of the late William V. Grist and the late Clara Logan Grist. He was predeceased...

Nell Jones Fooshee

Nell Jones Fooshee

Feb 22, 2022

Nell Jones Fooshee,88, of Bruce departed from this life on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Bruce Community Living Center. She was born on April 6, 1933, in Derma, Mississippi to the late Henry Allen Jones and Annie Therrell Jones.

Nell served as the secretary for the Calhoun County Hospital and Dr. O.B. Crocker for many years until...

Mary "Arlene" Mulkey Castleberry

Mary "Arlene" Mulkey Castleberry

Feb 19, 2022

Mary "Arlene" Mulkey Castleberry, 91, died on February 19, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was born on August 5, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, MO, to Estell and Ercell Mulkey. She was the oldest of 10 children. She was married to Charles (Bub) Castleberry until his passing in 2013.

Arlene began her career in the...

Louise Clark Watson

Louise Clark Watson

Feb 18, 2022

Louise Clark Watson, 86, of Bruce departed from this life on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Calhoun City. She was born on December 29, 1935, in Brazil, Mississippi to the late Tobe Eugene Clark and Bertha Carr Clark.

Louise spent almost seven decades married to her beloved husband, Thurman Watson, before her passing....

Joan Grist Jones

Joan Grist Jones

Feb 17, 2022

Joan Grist Jones, 85, of Bruce, MS, departed from this life on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Joan graced the world with her presence in the Fall of November 06, 1936. She was one of three children born to the late Louis Grist and Ruby Bond Grist.

Joan spent many decades...

Sara Richardson Moss

Sara Richardson Moss

Feb 13, 2022

Sara Richardson Moss, 79, of Bruce passed from this life on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at her residence. Born on September 29, 1942 In Swiftown, Mississippi, she was a daughter to the late Alvin Franklin Richardson and Elizabeth Everette Richardson.

Sara spent years employed with Mental Health Regional Center, Region 6 in Greenwood as a supervisor, and...

Edna Harville

Edna Harville

Feb 11, 2022

Edna Wayne Burt Harville went home to Jesus on February 11, 2022, at the age of 83.

Edna was born to Edwin Burt and Edith Patterson Burt on October 9, 1938, in Bruce, Mississippi. Edna married Johnnie Harville on August 3, 1956 and went on to have three children: Judith, John, and Donald. Edna traveled around the...

Amma Dulin

Amma Dulin

Feb 11, 2022

Amma Dulin, 88, passed away on February 11,2022 at her daughters home in Tennessee. She was born on May 1,1933 in Calhoun County Mississippi to the late James Edward Brown and Ova Lou Brown.

Amma graduated from Bruce high school in 1951. She started her career as customer service specialist in Memphis Tennessee at Sears Crosstown where...

Helen Blackwelder Vanlandingham

Helen Blackwelder Vanlandingham

Feb 8, 2022

Helen Corrine Vanlandingham, 78, of Bruce passed from this life on Tuesday, February 08, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Calhoun City. Born in summer heat on June 08, 1943, she was a daughter to the late Frank Blackwelder and Ora Lee Turner Blackwelder.

Helen, a graduate of Bruce High School, was lifelong native of the community....

J.M. Mccormick

J.M. Mccormick

Feb 8, 2022

J. M. “Jam Up” McCormick, 84, of Bruce passed from this life on Tuesday, February 08, 2022, at his residence. Born on June 11, 1937, in Bruce, he was a son to the late Ira McCormick and Euris Tutor McCormick.

He spent an expansive sixty-seven years journeying through with his lovely bride, Virginia Green McCormick, by his...

Billy Thorn Lovelace

Billy Thorn Lovelace

Feb 8, 2022

Billy Thorn Lovelace, 89, passed on February 8, 2022, at his home with member of his family by his side after brief but harsh battle with cancer.

Billy willy be deeply missed by his loving wife of 64 years, Laura Lantrip Lovelace, daughters Lisa Pomeranz and husband Mike of Collierville, Tennessee, Stephanie McAnnally and husband Kelly of...

Rosie Rice

Rosie Rice

Feb 6, 2022

Rosie Rice, 75, departed from this life on February 6, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born on August 11, 1946 in Sledge, Mississippi, to the late Raymond Rice and Jessie Milam.

Rosie was best known for her love of the arts especially drawing and writing. When she didn't have pen to paper, she could...

Winston Lamar "Red" Turner

Winston Lamar "Red" Turner

Feb 3, 2022

Winston Lamar Turner, 74, of Bruce passed from this life on Thursday, February 03, 2022, at his residence. Born on January 31, 1948, in the Sarepta community, he was a son to the late James Reabon Turner and Mary Alice Shepard Turner.

Winston, better known by his friends and family as “Red” spent nearly fifty years married...

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