Obituaries

Aug 28, 2018

Grenada, MS. – Murray Glen Ward, 66, passed this earthly life on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford, MS. He was born March 5, 1952 in Grenada. He was a retired Truck Driver. Murray enjoyed riding horses and working on cars.

He was preceded in death by his father. Travis “Dude” Ward, mother Muriel...

Aug 26, 2018

Clytee Christian, 98 of Bruce, passed away on Sunday, August 26th, 2018, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce. Mrs. Christian was born June 5 th , 1920 in Calhoun County to Baxter Doss and Rose Purvis Doss. Mrs. Christian was retired from The United States Civil Service, where she served as a Secretary in locations throughout the world...

Aug 23, 2018

Jimmie Faye Doss, 86, passed away, Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Bruce Community Living Center. She was born in Bruce on December 12, 1931 to the late parents of George Lee Bramlitt and Francis Ala Beckett Bramlitt. She was a homemaker and former employee of Glenn Slacks Garment Factory. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.

Aug 22, 2018

Calhoun City – Shelia Diane Doler, 69, passed this earthly life on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East, Memphis, TN. She was born January 9, 1948 in Vardaman. Shelia was a graduate of Houston High School, class of 1966 and a graduate of Wood Junior College. She was retired from the Mississippi Department of Human Services....

Aug 22, 2018

John Benjamin “J.B.” Edwards, 95, passed away, Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Bruce Community Living Center. He was born May 15, 1923 in Calhoun County to the late parents of George Washington Edwards and Ellie L. Hipp Edwards. J.B. enjoyed helping others, building fences or share cropping to provide for his family. Later in life he worked for the...

Aug 19, 2018

Bruce, MS – Ricky Lynn Hall, 60, passed away on August 19, 2018 at his residence in Bruce. He was born December 23, 1957 in Bruce. Ricky was a master brick mason and took great pride in his brick laying ability and skills. His smile and care will be missed by all those he made acquaintance with. He was...

Aug 18, 2018

Bruce, MS – Inez Shelton Brewer, 91, passed this earthly life Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Pennington Point Assisted Living Center in Memphis after a lengthy illness. She was born May 19, 1927 in Bruce to the late parents of Jake P. Shelton and Lavera Beckett Shelton.  She was a devoted homemaker and a member of Bruce First Baptist...

Aug 9, 2018

Sherman Lee Higginbotham, 79, of Banner, passed away on Thursday, August 9 th , 2018 at his home. Sherman was born on February 19 th , 1939 in Vardaman to Charlie Higginbotham and Verdie Collums Higginbotham. A Master Carpenter by trade, he enjoyed woodworking in his spare time along with outdoor activities that included hunting and fishing. Sherman leaves...

Aug 9, 2018

Elton Leon “Pop” Lee, 70, passed this earthly life Thursday, August 9, 2018. He was born October 23, 1947 in Bruce to the late parents of Elton Lee and Myrtle Logan Lee.  Leon was a past employee of Memphis Hardwood and Flooring and Weyerhaeuser.  He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.  Leon was a devoted father and...

Aug 8, 2018

KATIE MAE SMITH TUTOR, 93, of Johnson City, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, died Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at NHC Healthcare, where she had lived since 2010.

Katie was born August 17, 1924 in Vance, Mississippi, the fifth child of Alford Luther Smith and Eddie Elnora Stewart Smith.  She was married to Rollon Lee Tutor for nearly 74...

Aug 2, 2018

Mr. Joe Thurman Massey, 95 years and almost 9 months, passed away August 2, 2018 at home surrounded by his loved ones after complications from health problems.

Mr. Thurman graduated from Bruce High School and began his patriotic duty by serving in the U.S. Navy flying in the Dauntless Douglas Anti-Submarine Patrol aircraft while stationed at the...

Jul 26, 2018

Coffeeville, MS – Paul Anthony Lenard. 63, passed away, Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his home surrounded by his love ones. He was born on June 27, 1955 in Marks, MS. He was a graduate of Calhoun City High School, Class of 1974. After graduating high school, he served in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve. He worked as...

Jul 21, 2018

Big Creek, MS – Melissa Ann Ford, 50, passed this earthly on July 21, 2018 as a result of an accident, in Grenada County. She was born July 15, 1968 in Vardaman to the late parents of Everette Lee Brassfield and Eunice Marie Hardin Brassfield Moore. She was a employee of Winchester of Oxford and had previously worked at...

Jul 21, 2018

Karen Gilder Harrelson, 58, gained her heavenly wings, Saturday, July 21, 2018 surrounded by her loving family at N.M.M.C., Tupelo. She was born March 5, 1960 in Vardaman,  to the late parents of William Jasper Gilder and Sharon Lowe Gilder.  Karen was a graduate of Vardaman High School and Holmes Community College where she received her associates’ degree in...

Jul 18, 2018

Calhoun City, MS – Sergio Gonzalez Murillo, 23, passed away suddenly, July 18, 2018. He was born September 7, 1994 in Cerritos, S.L.P., Mexico. He was a furniture factory worker with Chapter 3 in Houlka.

He is survived by his parents, Cirilo Gonzalez Vazquez and Imelda Murillo Medrano, sisters, Yoseline Gonzalez Murillo, Roseline Gonzalez Murillo; brothers, Ansoni...

Jul 16, 2018

Georgia Lucille McLaughlin passed away on July 16, 2018 in Houston, Texas. She was 95 years old.   Lucille was born on January 4, 1923 in Chickasaw County Mississippi to Ruth Hunter Clark McLaughlin and John Henry McLaughlin.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her grandparents James Thomas Clark and Georgia Ann (Berry) Clark and Mary Ann (Grimes)...

Jul 8, 2018

Pittsboro, MS – Larry O’Neal “Bud” McGregor, 71, passed this life Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford. He was born in Vardaman, February 3, 1947 to the late parents of C.O. McGreger and Elizabeth Bray McGreger. Bud was a graduate of Vardaman High School Class of 1964 and East Mississippi Community College and attended Mississippi State...

Jul 6, 2018

Vardaman, MS-Ann Wright Dye, 96, received her heavenly wings on July 6, 2018 at the home of her niece in Fulton, MS.  She was born October 3, 1921 to Thomas Jefferson Wright and Georgia Ann Knight Wright, the youngest of 12 children.  She lived in Tremont, MS until her marriage to Shelby Durell Dye in 1969, and then made...

Jul 5, 2018

Bruce, MS – Ella Mae Smith, 95, passed this earthly life Thursday, July 5, 2018 at Baptist Calhoun Hospital surrounded by her love ones. She was born June 18, 1923 in Calhoun County, to the late parents of Clarence A. Gregory and Mary Jane Logan Gregory. She was a member of Rocky Mount Baptist Church, a devoted homemaker and...

Jun 27, 2018

Sharon Elaine McKnight passed away suddenly at home in Bruce, June 27, 2018. Born in Dorena, MO. October 19, 1959 to the late Hersel and Pauline Burney.

Elaine enjoyed reading and all needle point, and wheel of fortune. She is preceded in death by her father and mother, all grandparents.

She is survived by one...