Obituaries

Jan 1, 2017

Paul Wayne Collins, 67 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at his residence in Water Valley, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, June 1, 1949, in Bruce, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Bayne Collins and Earline Collins. He was the husband of Connie Waller Collins. He was a Graduate of Bruce High School in 1969, served...

Dec 30, 2016

DeeAnn Lee Douglass, 53 of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Saturday, February 2, 1963 in Alameda, California , she was the daughter of Robert Christensen and Donna Swift Milkvoich. She served in the Navy and was a former accountant She was a member of Old Town Baptist...

Dec 29, 2016

Patricia Jane Carr Morris, 72 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital  in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Thursday, June 29, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Orville Carr, Sr. and the late Ovie  Brown  Carr. She was the wife of the late Billy Clay Morris. She was a member of Turkey Creek...

Dec 27, 2016

Mrs. Ladell S. Alexander, 96 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at Baptist Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Friday, June 25, 1920 in Vardaman, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late John Christopher Stewart and Cassie Pettit  Stewart. She was the widow of the late Bro. Steven Bane Alexander. She was...

Dec 26, 2016

Lynda Jane Smith, 65 of Pittsboro, Mississippi died on Monday, December 26, 2016, at Pontotoc Health Services Hospital in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Born Monday, June 18, 1951 in Vardaman. MS. Her parents were the late William Rex Dye and Jonnie Lee Deaton  Dye. Former Finance Loan Officer and Manger, and a member of Old Town Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Dec 23, 2016

Eva Marie Martin, 85 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Friday, December 23, 2016, at Calhoun Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Saturday, February 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Dow Gill and the late Opal Ivy Gill. She was the wife of the late Albert Martin. She a Homemaker, and was a member...

Dec 21, 2016

Elizabeth Bagwell, 95 died on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at Baptist Health Services Nursing Home  in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Thursday, May 19, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John Hunt Boydston and the late Lena May Boydston. She was the wife of the late John Edgar Bagwell. Graduate of Blue Mountain and Mississippi State University. Retired...

Dec 21, 2016

Burrell Newberry Brown, II, 87 of Vaiden, Mississippi passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at Greenwood Leflore County Hospital in Greenwood, Mississippi. Born Saturday, August 10, 1929, he was the son of the late Burrell Newberry Brown, I, and the late Mittie Scrivener  Brown. He was the husband of Mamie Opal Turner Brown. He was a retired chemistry and...

Dec 20, 2016

Martha Elizabeth Dye, 88 died on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Born Wednesday, August 29, 1928 in Houston, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Joe Clark and the late Laura Vance Clark. She was the wife of the late Robert Green Dye. Former salesclerk at G & S Rexall Drug Store. She was a member of Vardaman United...

Dec 18, 2016

Mr. James Russell Griffin, 73 of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital  in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, July 14, 1943 in Algoma, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Joseph Griffin and the late Janet Peden Griffin. He was a retired sewing machine mechanic with Kellwood He was a member of...

Dec 10, 2016

James Blount, 91 of Ridgeland, Mississippi died on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Chateau in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Born Monday, July 20, 1925 in Pine Valley Mississippi, he was the son of the late Joseph Blount and the late Eva Lillian Ferrell Blount. He was the husband of Mary (Bibbie) Gary Blount of Clinton, MS. and the late Annette Mosuk...

Dec 5, 2016

Bro. Ronald Allen Jenkins, 59 died on Monday, December 5, 2016, at Calhoun Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City, MS. Born Saturday, July 13, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Rupert Jenkins and Bernice Sutton Jenkins. He graduated from Raleigh Egypt High School in Memphis. He received his Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological...

Dec 3, 2016

Harvey Gene Chandler, 78 of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, July 19, 1938 in Bruce, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Harvey Chandler and the late Addie Thomas Chandler. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville, MS.. Surviving are brothers,...

Dec 3, 2016

Anthony  Glen Allen, Sr., 59 of Avinger, Texas died on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Marshall, Texas. He was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Allen. Born Friday, June 28, 1957 in Minden, Louisiana, he was the son of Glen Allen and Helen Murphree Shipman. Survivors include sons, Brad (Mary Beth) Allen of...

Dec 2, 2016

Joe Abb King, 82 of Water Valley, Mississippi died on Friday, December 2, 2016, at Brookdale Senior Living in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, January 24, 1934 in Paris, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Abb King and the late Effie Williams King. He was the husband of Sybil Warren  King. He was retired from Chambers in Oxford,...

Dec 2, 2016

James Emmett Helms, 86 of Horn Lake, Mississippi passed away on Friday, December 2, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Desoto Center in Southaven, Mississippi. Born Thursday, May 15, 1930 in Delhi, Louisiana, he was the son of the late Terry Helms and the late Mae Putman  Helms. He was the husband of the late Mary Massey  Helms. He was retired...

Nov 30, 2016

Mrs. Frances Montez Camp, 89 passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Fern Brooke Personal Care Home in Houston, Mississippi. Born Sunday, April 10, 1927 in Banner, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Rex Bollinger and the late Inez Goodwin Bollinger. She was the wife of the late Frank "Tiny Boy" Camp. She was a retired...

Nov 29, 2016

Jeanette Wilson, 65 of Bruce, Mississippi passed on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at her home in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Monday, February 19, 1951 in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Smith and the late Sara Smith. She was the wife of Jerry Lee Wilson of Bruce, MS. She was a member of Pittsboro First Pentecostal...

Nov 26, 2016

Joyce Elizabeth Nix, 83 of Pittsboro, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016, surrounded by her family at her Residence in Pittsboro, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, May 30, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert Wall and the late Maggie Shepherd  Moore. She was the wife of the late Bryan Nix. She was a retired sewer from ...

Nov 25, 2016

Margie Hughes Blue, 80 passed away on November 25, 2016 at South Central Regional Hospital, in Laurel, Mississippi, after an extended illness. A grave side service will be held at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Bruce, Mississippi, on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 2:00pm

Margie Hughes Blue was born January 24, 1936, to Elmer Franklin Hughes and Etta Murphree...