Obituaries

Aug 19, 2017

Anglia "Angie" Gayle Boyle Braddock, 46, of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, N. MS, Oxford after a brief illness.  She was born October 23, 1970 in Bruce, Mississippi to the late parents of Odis Vance Boyle and Mary Lynn Turner Boyle. Angie was a member of Concord Baptist Church in Bruce....

Aug 17, 2017

David Leonard Duke, 64, went to his heavenly home on August 17, 2017 a his residence in Calhoun City.  He was born August 19, 1952 in Bruce, Mississippi. David was a graduate of Calhoun City High School class of 1970, after graduation he served in the U. S. Air Force.  He was chief engineer at Ingram Barge Company for...

Aug 13, 2017

James Daniel "Danny" Tallant, 68, departed this life, Sunday, August 13, 2017 at St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. He was born April, 2, 1949 in Lambert, Mississippi to the late Wylie and Opal Lucille Crocker Tallant.  He was retired from Coca Cola Bottling Company and later worked in the wholesale food sales and with his wife at Hometown Café...

Aug 8, 2017

Margaret Reeves, 68 of Bruce, Mississippi born August 18, 1948 in Calhoun County. She died August 8, 2107 at Bruce Community Living Center. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. Margaret loved helping others, mowing yards and fishing. The family is thankful to Dr. Willie Wells, Bruce Community Living Center, Hospice and Hollie Bush for taking care of her...

Aug 7, 2017

Martha Naron Smith, 87 of Vardaman, Mississippi passed away on Monday, August 7, 2017, at The Blake in Oxford, MS. She was a loving mother, grandmother and wife and was loved by her family, church family and friends. She was a devoted member of Vardaman United Methodist Church. Martha was a graduate of Vardaman High School Class of 1947,...

Jul 28, 2017

George Wesley Nix, 76, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Regional One Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee from complications as a result of a vehicle accident.  He was born July 23, 1941, to the late parents of Bailey and Louise Hamilton Nix.  He was a member of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church and the Bruce Masonic Lodge.  George was...

Jul 26, 2017

Harold R. Walls, 75 of Calhoun City, Mississippi a retired trucker died on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at University Medical Center in Grenada, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, June 23, 1942, he was the son of the late Frank Walls and the late Mader Stepp Walls. He was the husband of Brenda Walls. Surviving are sons, Steven Walls of Calhoun City,...

Jul 23, 2017

Mr. William Dewey Harris, 86,born October 18, 1930 in Bruce, Mississippi, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017, at Baptist Nursing Home in Calhoun City, after a long good life. He was a welder and a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. W.D. was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Ree Harris, seven brothers, Oscar, J.B., Wilson, Howard, Jessie, Henry...

Jul 23, 2017

Shirley Ann Chaney, 71, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017 at Baptist Memorial  Hospital N. MS. She was born October 11, 1945 in Red Bay Alabama to the late parents of James Earl and Lolor Mae Howell Pendergraph. Shirley had been in the nursing home at Calhoun City for several years where the nursing home had become her home....

Jul 18, 2017

William Curtis Brewer, 89 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Baptist Memorial N.MS. - Oxford, MS. Born Thursday, July 21, 1927 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, he was the son of the late D.W. Brewer and the late Letha Millican Brewer. He was the husband of Inez Shelton  Brewer whom he married on November 09, 1957....

Jul 17, 2017

Miss. Cecilia E. Favazza, 96, died Monday July 17, 2017 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Eupora Hospital. She was born July 19, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late parents of Vito and Mary Satamoro Favazza who preceded her in death. She was a devoted member of the Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by three brothers; Leo...

Jul 15, 2017

Gerald Wayne Brown, 62, of Vicksburg, and formerly of Coffeeville, Jackson, and Vaiden, Mississippi, died peacefully in the company of friends and family at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans on July 15, 2017.

Jerry, J. B., or Jerry Brown, as he was fondly known, had undergone a lung transplant on March 19 at...