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Northern Mississippi Obituaries
Pauline Haynes Jackson
May 12, 2022
Pauline Haynes Jackson, 95, of Houlka departed from this life on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at her residence. She was welcomed into this world on February 14, 1927, in Houlka by her late parents Arlie Haynes and Mamie Dorthea Young.
Pauline spent many years as a switchboard operator at St. Dominic Hospital until her retirement. When Pauline...
Sharon Kaye Neal
May 5, 2022
Sharon Kaye Neal, 78, of Bruce passed from this life on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at her home in the Sarepta Community. She graced the world with her presence on February 14, 1944, in Marks, Mississippi, as a daughter to the late Hugh Clifton Smith and Callie Josephine Allen Smith.
If you were to look in the...
Mary Evelyn Morris
May 3, 2022
Mary Evelyn Newman Morris, 78, of Bruce passed from this life on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Bruce Community Living Center. Born on March 13, 1944, in Calhoun County, she was a daughter to the late Vernon L Newman and Estelle Bullard Newman.
Mary spent many years in marital bliss with her late husband, Thomas L Morris. Â ...
Brenda Jenkins Blaylock
Apr 18, 2022
Brenda Jenkins Blaylock, 64, of Bruce passed from this life on Monday, April 18, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born on December 9, 1957, in Crowder, Mississippi, Brenda was daughter to the late William Cumber Jenkins and Mary Lou Bowling Jenkins.
Brenda spent many years as a Certified Nurse’s Aid until her retirement in...
Anita Baker Chrestman
Apr 11, 2022
Anita Baker Chrestman, 75, of Calhoun City passed from this life on Monday, April 11, 2022, at Bruce Community Living Center. She was welcomed into this world by her late parents, John Dewey Baker and Blanche Beatrice Simpson Baker, on the summer day of June 5, 1946, in Calhoun County.
Anita spent many decades married to her...
Danny Lee Gann
Apr 8, 2022
Danny Lee Gann, 63, of Bruce passed from this life on Friday, April 8, 2022, at his home in Bruce. Born on June 25, 1958, in Bruce he was a son to the late Earnest Anglin and Katherine Gann Anglin.
Danny spent many years of his life as a self-employed roofer before becoming ill. Although Danny has...
Etta Fay Collins
Apr 8, 2022
Etta Fay Collins, 84, of Bruce passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2022, at her daughter's home in Coffeeville, MS. She was born June 08, 1937, in Hattiesburg, MS to the late Nulan Shelby Murphy and Mary Etta Grantham.
Etta spent her days as a homemaker that devoted her time to looking after the needs of her...
Willie Ree Spencer
Apr 7, 2022
Willie Ree Spencer, 88, of Vardaman passed from this life on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Baptist Calhoun Nursing Home in Calhoun City. She graced this world with her presence on March 24,1934, in Vardman, as one of four children born to the late Lonzo and Annie Mae Ramage Mitchell.
Willie Ree spent an expansive fifty-three years...
Johnny Paul Gann
Apr 4, 2022
Johnny Paul Gann, 74, passed away on April 4, 2022, at his home in Calhoun City, MS.
Johnny was born on January 19, 1948, in Calhoun City, MS, to the late Floyd Lee Gann and Annie Mae Bowling Gann.
Johnny was married to Linda Kay Blount Gann and they had 5 children. Johnny was a...
William Dale Morris
Apr 3, 2022
William Dale Morris, 72, passed away on April 3, 2022, in Calhoun City, MS.
Dale was born on February 5, 1950, in Vardaman, MS, to the late Thomas and Mildred Morris.
He served in the National Guard from 1969-1970 and spent the rest of his career as a truck driver.
He was married...
Michael Lee Covington
Mar 30, 2022
Michael Lee Covington, 72, of Bruce passed away March 30, 2022, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, surrounded by his children. He was born on October 30, 1949, in Bruce, MS, to the late James Lee and Dora Pearl Hallum Covington. He was the grandson of the late C.H. and Verlie Covington and the late Raymond and Ethel Hallum....
Sharon Russell Bumgart
Mar 26, 2022
Sharon Russell Bumgart, 65, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Pittsboro, MS. Sharon was born on November 25, 1956, in Calhoun City, MS, to the late William "Bill" Russell and Hazel Capwell Russell.
Sharon served many years as a Licensed Practical Nurse with Calhoun Health Services before she retired. When she was not at work,...
Kenneth Cain
Mar 24, 2022
Kenneth Cain, 96, of Banner passed from this life on March 24, 2022, at his home. Born on November 25, 1925, in Calhoun County, he was a son to the late Hollis Emmitt Cain and Ethel Susan Leachman Cain.
Kenneth married his loving and devoted wife Maxine Turner Cain on May 28, 1948. The couple’s marriage spanned...
Richard Earl Hardin
Mar 21, 2022
Richard Earl Hardin, 59, of Mooreville departed from this life on Monday, March 21, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. He was born in Bruce, MS on October, 6 1962 to Thomas Earl Hardin and Peggy Russell Baker.
Richard, a 1980 graduate of Vardaman High School spent his career on the highways driving a...
Roger Ellis Little
Mar 21, 2022
Roger Ellis Little, 63, of Bruce departed from this life on Monday, March 21, 2022, in Holcomb, Mississippi. Born on May 5, 1958, in Cortez, Colorado; he was a son to the late Marion Ellis Little and Sallie Sue Little.
Roger married his loving wife Deborah Brown Little on February 26, 1990. The couple spent an expansive...
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
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
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
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
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...
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