Carl Leon Floyd
Jan 3, 2019
Carl Leon Floyd of Bruce, MS passed away peacefully at his home on January 3, 2019. Born in Coffeeville, MS on June, 1 1934 to the late Robert and Lyda Floyd, Carl was 84.
Leon was a Civil Engineer, where his job duties including being a surveyor. During his down time, he also enjoyed the duties of...
Homer C. Brown
Jan 3, 2019
Homer Clayton Brown passed away on January 3, 2019, at his home in Bruce, following an extended illness. Born on August 18, 1939 in Calhoun County to the late Lloyd C. Brown and Dessie Mryle Camp Brown, he was 79. Homer was skilled in many areas, especially when the job called for working with his hands. During his life,...
Roy Eugene Box
Jan 2, 2019
Roy Eugene Box passed away on January 2, 2019 at his home in Bruce following an extended illness. Born on November 14, 1928 in the Mt. Moriah Community to William Terry Box and Roxie Pearl Brasher Box, Roy was 90.
Roy was skilled in many areas, especially when the job called for working with his hands. During...
James Delaine Turner, Sr.
Dec 31, 2018
James Delaine Turner, Sr. passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo following a brief illness. Born on December 11, 1934 in Calhoun County to the late James Andrew Turner and Mary Maggie Massey Turner, Delaine was 84.
A millwright and logger for most of his life, Delaine was also a...
Juanita Sims Collins
Dec 31, 2018
Juanita Sims Collins passed away on Monday, December 31, 2018 at her home in Bruce while surrounded by her beloved family. Born on June 28, 1938 in Banner to James Edward Sims and Gladis Louberta Miller Sims, she was 80.
Juanita was a Bookkeeper for the Calhoun County Co-Op, retiring after 27 years of service. One of...
Theresa Nicks Drake
Dec 28, 2018
Theresa Nicks Drake passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 at her home in Bruce while surrounded by her beloved family. Theresa was born on June 1, 1954 in Oxford to Clarence Franklin Lyles and Ila Ruth Thomas Lyles. She was 64.
Raised in Oxford, Mrs. Drake stayed close to home after High School, enrolling at Ole...
Mamie Opal Brown
Dec 26, 2018
Mamie Opal Turner Brown, of Vaiden, passed away December 26, 2018 at Smokey Moutain Rehabilitation Center in Waynesville, N.C.
Visitation will be Saturday, January 12 from 12 noon until 1 p.m. at Midway Methodist Church on Carrol County rd. 31. Service will follow at 1 p.m. at the chapel.
Opal was born to Ellis and...
Stanley Ray Byars
Dec 23, 2018
Pittsboro, MS-Stanley Ray Byars, 79, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford after an extended illness. He was born June 13, 1939 in Pittsboro to the late Shed Hill Byars and Edna Rae Pitts Byars. He was a retired trucker having his own trucking business. He was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church. Stanley was...
Ruth Burt Cowsert
Dec 22, 2018
Ruth Burt Cowsert of Bruce passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Sunshine Health and Rehab following an extended illness. Mrs. Cowsert was born on January 10, 1931 in Calhoun County to parents Bill Burt and Audie McGregor Burt. She was 87.
A devoted homemaker to her family, Mrs. Burt previously worked for the Glen Slacks...
Billy Laderal Lee
Dec 18, 2018
Billy Laderal Lee of Bruce passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 surrounded by loved ones at his home. Billy was born in the Rocky Mount community on March 4, 1946 to parents Elton Lee and Myrtle Logan Lee. He was 72.
As the owner of Billy’s Place Recreation Room, Billy enjoyed the fellowship he shared with...
Annie Lee Mccostlin
Dec 11, 2018
Jackson, MS – Annie Lee McCostlin, 95 passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2018 at Highland Home in Ridgeland. She was born September 9, 1923 in Sledge to the late parents of Jack and Hattie Cooper McCormick. She was a graduate of Bruce High School and a seamstress working for many years at Cavalier Shoppe. Annie Lee was a devoted...
John Thomas Hill
Dec 10, 2018
Coffeeville, MS – John Thomas Hill, 69, passed away December 10, 2018 at his home surrounded by his love ones. He was born January 18, 1949 in Calhoun County to the late parents of Luster Alvin Hill and Ruby Pearl Hill. He was a farmer, diesel mechanic and worked in the Maintenance Department for Yalobusha County for over 17...
Lisa Diane Mcneece
Dec 9, 2018
Lisa Denley McNeece, a lifelong newspaperwoman whose love of ink on paper was rivaled only by her dedication to family and to her dogs, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, at her home in Bruce. She was 58. McNeece worked her entire career at the family newspaper, The Calhoun County Journal, which was founded in 1953 by her grandfather, Sellers Vanhoozer...
Betty Thomas Gregory
Nov 28, 2018
Betty Thomas Gregory of Bruce passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Oxford Health and Rehab. Born in Calhoun county on March 22, 1938 to Rupert Noel Thomas and Bobbie Hendrix Thomas, she was 80 years of age. Betty developed an eye for the beauty in art at a very young age. That eye would allow her to...
Grace Scarbrough
Nov 27, 2018
Grace L. Scarbrough of Bruce passed away on Monday, November 27, 2018 at Baptist Nursing Home in Calhoun City, MS. Born on November 29, 1922 to Floyd Sartin and Lona Logan Sartin in Calhoun County, MS, Grace passes 2 days before her 96th birthday. She was the last survivor of many brothers and sisters. Grace was retired, having worked...
Carol Reedy Allred
Nov 24, 2018
Carol Reedy Allred, 67, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018 at New Albany. She was born in Calhoun City, October 24, 1951 to the late parents of Theldred Jack Reedy and Jessie Mae Gulledge Reedy. Carol lived most of her life in Calhoun City and attended school there and was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Anthony...
Rebecca Glover Thomas
Nov 23, 2018
Mrs.Rebecca Glover Thomas, of Vardaman, passed away suddenly at her home on Friday, November 23, 2018. Mrs. Thomas, a retired Educator who many remember being an English Teacher at Vardaman High School, was 86. Mrs. Thomas was born on October 19, 1932 in Munford, Tennessee to William Edgar Glover and Lavenia Black Glover. Upon graduating from The University of...
Barbara Ann Melton
Nov 21, 2018
Barbara Ann Melton of Paris passed away on November 21 st , 2018 at her home. Born on March 22 nd , 1945 to Morris Nathan Babb and Flora Ivylene Wright Babb in Water Valley, she was 73. Barbara had a career in the Health Care Industry as a Medical Records Administrator, having worked for Calhoun County Hospital, Lafayette...
Timothy Alan Castleberry
Nov 21, 2018
Timothy Alan Castleberry of Banner passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Calhoun following an extended illness. A native of Bruce, Tim was born on December 15, 1959 in Bruce to K.P. and Macie Harmon Castleberry. He was 59. Tim worked for Barefeild Construction where he was a Heavy Equipment Operator and Foreman. A member of...
Linda Diane Dorris
Nov 19, 2018
Banner, MS-Linda Diane Dorris, 65, passed this earthly life on Monday, November 19, 2018 at N.M.M.C, Tupelo after an extended illness. She was born in Water Valley on July 1, 1953, to the late parents of James Zackery Keel and Lucille Douglas Keel. She had previously worked for Winchester Corporation before her health declined. She was a devoted mother,...
