Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Mrs. Judy Phillips
Jul 10, 2016
Judy Phillips, 69, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at her home in Florence. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 12th from 5-8PM and Wednesday, July 13th from 9 AM until the 10 AM Funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in Mt. Olive, MS in the Merry Hell Community of Simpson...
Mrs. Shirley Powell Lamb
Jul 10, 2016
Shirley Lois Powell Lamb, 80, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 9-11am Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Wynndale Baptist Church with funeral services beginning at 11am Wednesday at the church. Interment will follow at Parkway Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Lamb was born November 29, 1935 in Duck Hill, MS, to the...
Mr. Charles Larry Johnson, Sr.
Jul 10, 2016
Charles Larry Johnson, Sr., 69, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at UMMC in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. There will also be a visitation Wednesday, July 13 from 12:00noon until 2:00pm, funeral services beginning at 2:00pm Wednesday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will immediately follow at Leesburg Baptist...
Mrs. Myrtis Long Thomas
Jul 5, 2016
Myrtis Long Thomas, 96, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 10am until the 12:00 noon funeral service, Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas was born in Raleigh, MS to the late George and Emma Thornton Long. She had...
Mr. Thomas Vinson Stringer
Jul 5, 2016
Thomas “Tommy” Vinson Stringer, Sr. (76) of Raymond, MS passed away July 5, 2016. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Bobbie Nell (Bostick) Stringer. He was a loving father to 4 sons, Tommy Jr. (deceased), Chuck (Tammie) of Brandon, MS, Lee (Tamara) of Crystal springs, MS, and Scott (Jana) of Raymond, MS. He was a grandfather to...
Mrs. Doris Nell Carpenter Terry
Jul 5, 2016
Doris Nell Carpenter Terry, 89, passed away at her home in Byram, Mississippi on July 5, 2016. She was born in New Augusta, Mississippi to Benjamin and Elena Carpenter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmo Ray Terry, in 2006, and was a member of Wynndale Baptist Church. Doris is survived by her children Jean Terry Gray (James)...
Mr. Guerrant Smathers
Jul 2, 2016
Mr. Guerrant Smathers of Raymond passed away peacefully at his home on July 2, 2016 in the same bedroom he was born in 94 years prior on March 2, 1922. He grew up working on the family farm raising crops and cattle, which he continued to do into his 90’s. After graduating from Raymond Consolidated School, he enlisted in the...
Mrs. Irene Hollingsworth
Jul 1, 2016
Mrs. Mary Irene Hollingsworth, 94, went to be with the Lord Friday, July 1, 2016 at her home in Byram. Visitation will be 5-7:30pm Tuesday, July 5, 2016 and 10 until the 11:00am Funeral Service on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Burial will follow at Lakewood South. Born in Attala County to Carl H. and...
Mr. Art Lee Collett
Jun 30, 2016
Mr. Art Lee Collett of Pearl, 91 passed away Thursday June 30, 2016 in Clinton. Visitation is 11am Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, with a Celebration of his Life beginning at 1pm Saturday n the chapel. Mr. Lee was a longtime resident of Pearl and who was employed in the trucking business for over 40...
Mrs. Johnnie F. Dunn
Jun 29, 2016
Johnnie F. Dunn, 88 of Jackson, MS passed away peacefully on June 29, 2016 in Baton Rouge, LA where she was residing with her family. Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 5, 2016 from 11:00-12:30, and funeral service will be immediately following in the chapel at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Johnnie was born in Attala County, MS on September...
Mrs. Malory Baecher
Jun 29, 2016
Mrs. Florence Malory Baecher, 93, of Brandon went to be with her Lord Wednesday June 29, 2016. Visitation is 9am Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Funeral service is 10am Saturday at the chapel with interment to follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mrs. Baecher was the daughter of the late, Joseph and Zilphia Stevens Whittington and...
Mrs. Ruth W. Wilson
Jun 28, 2016
Ruth Warren Wilson, 82, of Jackson, Miss., passed away on June 27, 2016 at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be held Friday, July 1, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. and funeral service at 11 a.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial South in Jackson. Mrs. Wilson was born on Sept. 2, 1933 in...
Mrs. Eva Gail Killough Rainer
Jun 27, 2016
Eva Gail Killough Rainer, 66, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Graveside services will be 10:00am Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Lakewood Memorial Park. Mrs. Rainer, a lifelong resident of the Jackson/Terry area, loved the Lord and was of the Baptist faith. She was employed with School Pictures and worked along with her husband...
Mrs. Haley Danielle Bagwell
Jun 25, 2016
Haley Danielle Jordan Bagwell, 23, passed away Saturday June 25, 2016 at her home. Visitation will be Monday 5-8pm and Tuesday 9-10am at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence with funeral services 10:00am Tuesday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Baptist Church cemetery in Magee. Haley was born in 1993 to Marcus Ray Jordan and Vicki...
Mr. John Wendell Johnston, Sr
Jun 25, 2016
John Wendell Johnston, Jackson resident, author, and former businessman, died at home on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at 84 years of age. Mr. Johnston was born on April 17, 1932 in Mobile, Alabama, and graduated from Murphy High School in Mobile in 1949. He enrolled at University of Southern Mississippi (formerly Mississippi Southern Teacher’s College) after high school graduation, where...
Mr. Irl Wayne Dearman
Jun 22, 2016
Irl Wayne Dearman, 56, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at Merit Health River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. Visitation will be 11:00am until the 1:00pm funeral service Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Country Woods Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cypress Gardens Cemetery in Yazoo City. Irl lived most of his life in Yazoo City, moving to the Byram area...
Mrs. Martha Barlow Fox
Jun 20, 2016
Martha Barlow Fox, 83, passed away Monday, June 20, 2016 at Pine Crest Guest Home in Hazlehurst. Visitation will be 6-8pm Friday, June 24, 2016 and 9:30am until the 10am funeral service Saturday, June 25, 2016, all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Graveside services will be 12:30pm Saturday at Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery in Rockport, MS. Mrs. Fox was...
Mr. Thomas Abe Boleware
Jun 18, 2016
Thomas Abe Boleware,78 , a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2016 at his home. Visitation will be 5-8pm Tuesday, June 21, 2016 and 9am until the10am funeral service Wednesday, June 22, 2016, all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Terry Cemetery. Mr. Boleware was born in D’Lo, MS to the late...
Mr Bid Owens
Jun 17, 2016
Lt. Col Bidwell A. Owens, Sr., U. S. Army Retired, 88, went to be with His Lord Friday, June 17, 2016. Visitation is 5pm-8pm Monday, June 20, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home, and again 10am Tuesday at First Baptist Church Terry. Funeral services are 11am Tuesday June 21, 2016 at First Baptist Church Terry with 2pm graveside service at Alex...
Mrs. Kikuyo Oura Laird
Jun 13, 2016
Kikuyo Oura Laird, 84, passed away Monday, June 13, 2016 at her home in Terry. She was born in Japan to the late Fujio Oura and Teru Fuji Oura and lived in Terry, MS for the past 30 years and was of the Buddhist faith. Survivors include her husband Willie V. Laird of Terry.
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