Obituaries

Jun 4, 2017

Dwight Hellums was born June 8, 1921 in Pontotoc Co. to Henry Grady and Lillie Roane Clark Hellums. He moved with his parents to Texas, Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta before settling in Lafayette Co. It was here that he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on Jan. 12, 1942. After boot training at San Diego, CA he was...

Jun 4, 2017

Jerry Lee Farmer, 66 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital - North MS in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, August 30, 1950 in Jackson, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Leo Farmer and the late Dorothy Brooks Farmer. He was the husband of Tammy McCammon Farmer. He served as a PVT...

Jun 3, 2017

Veottis Ferguson passed away on Saturday, June 3 at  North Mississippi Medical Center. Born in Pittsboro on December 8, 1933 to Tommie and Josie Ferguson, He spent most of his life in Bruce, Mississippi where he had many friends and family. The Ferguson family were farmers and many of Veottis’ best memories were of his youth on the family...

May 20, 2017

Janell Keeton, 73 of Calhoun City, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at her home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, January 19, 1944 in , Mississippi.She was the wife of Robert Clemmons. She was a 1962 Graduate of Calhoun City High School. She was a member of New Gauley Baptist Church. Surviving are daughter, Lisa (Wayne)...

May 16, 2017

Elizabeth Ann Bagwell, 65 of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, April 6, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late A.W. Carson and the late Lois Tucker Carson. She was the wife of the late Wilburn Bagwell. She was a devoted homemaker. She...

May 13, 2017

Mrs. Josie Chandler Baker, 96, died Saturday, May 13, 2017 at her residence surrounded by her family and love ones. Josie was born August 27, 1920 to the parents of the late Abb and Minnie Mae Smith Chandler. She was a seamstress for Seminole, homemaker, devoted mother and a very good cook for her family. She was a member...

May 2, 2017

Chad Joseph Dauzat, 35 of Belden, Mississippi passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at his home in Belden, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, September 8, 1981 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, he was the son of George Dauzat and the late Shirlene LeJuene Johnson. He was a graduate of Vardaman High School class of 2001. He served as a SSG in the...

Apr 25, 2017

Jimmy  Ray Griffin, 71 of Houlka, Mississippi passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Jimmy Ray was retired from Calhoun County District 2, Maintenance Department as a truck driver operator. Born Monday, June 4, 1945, in Calhoun county, MS. he was the son of the late Joseph Griffin and the late Janet...

Apr 24, 2017

Myrtle Barefield, 100 of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Sunday, December 31, 1916 in Rocky Mount, Community, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Sartin and the late Lonie Logan Sartin. She was the wife of the late Hubert Barefield. She was a member of...

Apr 24, 2017

Jeania Branum

Bruce-Jeania Branum 89 widow of Charles Edwin Branum passed away April 24, 2017 in Bruce Community Living Center. She was born in Bruce on April 8, 1928 to the late Hilton and Jewel Johnson Jenkins.

She resided in Memphis, Tenn. Many years and returned to Bruce December 2011. Ms. Branum was a member...

Apr 20, 2017

Alfred Wesley Parker, 85, went to his heavenly home in Big Creek surrounded by loved ones. He was born October 15, 1931 in Big Creek. Alfred was the son of the late Tom Hill and Imogene Walton Parker of Big Creek. He was a director in both Farm Bureau and Federal Land Bank, a lifelong land owner, farmer, cattleman,...

Apr 18, 2017

Mabel Lorette Collins, 95 died on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Rosewood Assisted Living in Belden, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, July 13, 1921 in Calhoun City, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Rufus A. Harville and the late Jennie Roberson Harville. She was the wife of the late L.D. Collins. Also preceded by two brothers, Johnny Harville, and...

Apr 17, 2017

Ronald Barrett Gordon, 68 of Memphis, Tennessee died on Monday, April 17, 2017, at VA. Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Born Friday, February 4, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late William Barrett "Bill" Gordon and the late Lorene Carter Gordon. Ron was an Actor, and had been performing on area stages for nearly thirty...

Apr 11, 2017

Ronald Harville, 60 of Big Creek, Mississippi died on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Thursday, August 2, 1956 in Jackson, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Herbert Harville and Dorothy McCormick Harville. He was the husband of Brenda Rogers  Harville. He was a national sales manager for Med Lift....

Apr 7, 2017

Vida Mae Weir died Friday, April 7 th at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on April 6, 1938 in Bruce, Mississippi. She was a graduate of Bruce High School, and a member of First Baptist Church of Bruce.

She owned and operated Vida Fluff’s Beauty Salon. She was a devoted...

Apr 6, 2017

Wilma June Ivy, 65 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Pontotoc County, MS. Born Thursday, January 24, 1952 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Luther L. Loften and the late Viola Irene Haye Loften. She was the widow of the late Larry Leon Ivy and Odis Boyle. June was a loving...

Apr 3, 2017

April Denise Galloway, 36 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Monday, April 3, 2017, at Piedmont Hospital in Newman, Georgia. Born Friday, October 24, 1980 in Grenada, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late William Sherman Haire and the late Edna Martin Haire. She was the wife of Benjamin Galloway. She was a devoted mother and homemaker and a...

Apr 2, 2017

Darren Leon Collins, 48 of Deatsville, Alabama, formally of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at his home.

Darren was born September 19, 1968 in Oxford, Mississippi. He was a graduate of Calhoun Academy and attended Mississippi State University.  He then graduated from Bolivar Aviation Flight School in Bolivar,TN.  He went on to become...

Mar 25, 2017

David Bailey, 89, of Bruce, MS, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital - North MS in Oxford, MS. He was born of February 23, 1928 in the Loyd Community in Calhoun County, MS.

He was baptized in the Loyd Methodist Church at an early age. He moved his letter to the Bruce United Methodist...

Mar 24, 2017

Mr. Harold Wayne King passed away on March 24, 2017 at The State Veterans Home in Oxford, Mississippi at the age of 91. He was born February 20, 1926 in Paris, Mississippi to the parents of  Effie Mae Williams King and Abb King. He served during WWII in the U.S. Marines after serving his country he came home to...