Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Mr. Charles Ray Hooks, Sr.
Nov 26, 2018
Charles Ray Hooks, 84, passed away into the arms of Jesus on Monday, November 26, 2018. The family will receive friends for visitation on Wednesday, November 28th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. and again on Thursday, November 29th from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. Funeral Service all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Gum Springs...
Mr. Roy Eric Griffin
Nov 23, 2018
Mr. Roy Eric Griffin, 53, of Ridgeland passed away Friday, November 23, 2018 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be Sunday, November 25, 2018 from 3:00 pm until the 4:00 pm Memorial Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Eric was born in Jackson, Mississippi to the late Jesse Griffin, Sr. and Verna Keys Griffin. He...
Mr. James Leslie Lee
Nov 23, 2018
Mr. James Leslie Lee of Terry passed away Friday, November 23, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be held Monday, November 26, 2018 from 10:00 am until the funeral service at 11:30 am all at Parkside Baptist Church in Byram. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson. James was born in Bay Springs Mississippi to the...
Mrs. Dorothy Jane Gray
Nov 22, 2018
Dorothy (Dot) Myers Gray passed away on Thanksgiving day, November 22, 2018, at the Hilton Head Hospital in Hilton Head Island, SC. She was 85 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Myers, and her second husband, J.W. Gray. She is survived by two sons, Tommy Myers and wife Sherry, Beaver Myers and wife Amy, and...
Ms. Emma Elizabeth Dubose
Nov 20, 2018
Ms. Emma Elizabeth Hemphill DuBose, 94, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Merit Health Central in Jackson, MS. The family will receive friends for visitation from 9:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. Funeral Service on Friday, November 23rd at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park on Clinton Blvd in Jackson. Ms. DuBose was...
Mr. Hollis Haynes Langston Sr.
Nov 17, 2018
Mr. Hollis Haynes Langston, 86, passed from this life Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence on Monday, November 19 at 11:00 AM with a chapel service following at 1:00 PM. Interment will be at the Florence City Cemetery. A native of Old Silver Creek, MS and...
Mr. Jacob "Shawn" Stafford Pittman
Nov 17, 2018
Mr. Jacob Stafford “Shawn” Pittman 77, passed from this life on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his home in Florence, MS. Visitation will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence on Monday, November 19th from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. with a chapel service on Tuesday, November 20 at 2:00 PM. Shawn lived in Jackson most of his life, moving...
Mrs. Connie Rae Wolf
Nov 17, 2018
Connie Rae Wolf, 71, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. A Memorial Service will be Sunday, November 25th at 1:00 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence with visitation one hour prior. Connie was born December 28, 1946 in Louisiana to LeRoy and Christine Boyette. She retired from Eye Care Optical. Connie is survived by...
Mr. Thurman Eugene Alley
Nov 16, 2018
Thurman Eugene Alley, 84 entered the gates of Heaven in the warm embrace of his family on November 16, 2018. Thurman was born in Dolomite, AL on October 21, 1934 to Jesse Irene Riley Alley and Marvin Burton Alley. He attended Oak Grove High School, East Central Jr. College where he was a cheerleader, graduated from The Mississippi State University...
Mrs. Faye Deason Shivers
Nov 16, 2018
Faye Deason Shivers, 78, passed in peace Friday, November 16, 2018, after a long courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 20, 2018 from 9:00 am until 11:00am at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, followed by a service at 11:00 am in the Chancellor Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Florence City Cemetery. Faye was born in...
Mr. James Carroll Roberson
Nov 14, 2018
James Carroll Roberson, 76, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Jaquith Nursing Home. Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 18th in the chapel of Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS with visitation one-hour prior. The services will conclude in the Garden of Memories with a graveside service immediately following the...
Mr. Robert "Bob" Earl Brown
Nov 12, 2018
Robert Earl Brown went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ November 12, 2018. Bob was born October 23, 1931 in Edwin, Alabama. He is preceded in death by Nancy, his wife of 62 years, parents, Ira Hubert and Mae Dell White Brown, sister, Majorie Pearce and brother, Hubert “Pete” Brown. Bob is survived by his brother, Maxwell(Dean)...
Mr. Buck Turner Kennedy
Nov 12, 2018
Buck Turner Kennedy, 81, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family at his home in Florence on Monday, November 12, 2018. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 14th at Briar Hill Baptist Church in Florence. The Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 15th at Briar Hill Baptist Church with...
Mr William Leland Lack "Billy"
Nov 10, 2018
Mr. William L. Lack “Billy” 69, longtime resident of Walnut Grove, MS passed away peacefully Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. He was born in Hazlehurst in 1949; his parents are the late Robert L. Lack and Cora Henley Lack. He was raised in Jackson and attended Jackson Public Schools. Billy served our country in the United...
Mrs. Imogene P. Vinson
Nov 10, 2018
Mrs. Imogene P. Vinson, 87, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be held Monday, November 12, 2018 from 10:00AM until the 12:00 noon funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park on Clinton Blvd. in Jackson. Mrs. Vinson was born on July 6, 1931 in Stewart,...
Mrs. Dianne Sykes Slay
Nov 10, 2018
Ms. Dianne Sykes Slay, 61, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018, at Brandon Court Nursing Home. Visitation will be Monday, November 12, 2018 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm and again on Tuesday November 13, 2018 from 10:00 am until the 11:00 am funeral, all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Interment will follow at Brown Hill Baptist Church...
Mr. Clifton Joe (CJ, Sonny) Walker Sr
Nov 9, 2018
Clifton Joe (Sonny) Walker, Sr. peacefully passed away at the age of 75 from an extended illness in his home on Friday, November 9, 2018. He was born July 10, 1943 in Terry, Mississippi, the son of Clifton Roy and Lula Mae Walker of Terry, Mississippi. He was the fourth of nine siblings. He lived in Crystal Springs, Mississippi for...
Mrs. Ruthie Lee Shipp
Nov 9, 2018
Ruth Shipp died at her home near Florence, MS on Friday, November 9, 2018 at the age of 91. She was born Ruthie Lee Abel on August, 29, 1927, to George and Lottie Taylor Abel in Carroll County, Mississippi. She had four sisters and one brother. The family later moved to Belzoni, Mississippi, where she met Robert Brumfield Shipp, Jr....
Mrs. Judy Alford
Nov 7, 2018
Margaret Judith “Judy” Alford, 72, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at her home in Richland. Visitation will be 5-8pm Friday, November 9, 2018 and again Saturday, November 10, from 10am until the 11am funeral service, all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Florence Cemetery. Mrs. Alford was born in Port Arthur, TX to the late...
Mrs. Alecia Marie Shields
Nov 6, 2018
Mrs. Alecia Marie Anderson Shields went to her Heavenly home too soon, at the age of 37, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in Ruskin, Florida after her year-long battle with cancer. Born on March 28, 1981 in Jackson, Mississippi, to Dell Holmes McCauley and Steven Ralph Anderson, Alecia was the loving wife of John “JB” Shields. Along with her husband,...
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