Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.

Logan Hill

Logan Hill

Jan 9, 2013

Thomas Logan Hill, 66, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 6-9pm Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be 10am Wednesday, January 16 in the funeral home chapel with a one hour visitation prior to service time. Interment will follow at Oakgrove Baptist Church Cemetery...

Lowell D. Carter

Lowell D. Carter

Jan 8, 2013

Lowell Douglas Carter, age 61 of Utica, MS died Monday, January 7, 2013 at River Region Hospital, Vicksburg, MS.\ \ He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray B. and Gladys S. Carter, and brother Bruce Carter. He is survived by his long time companion and mother of his children, Sheila Carter; sons Wayne D. Carter (Andrea) and Darren...

Carmon Lindsey

Carmon Lindsey

Jan 8, 2013

Carmon Lindsey, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon. Family and friends will gather for visitation from 1-2pm Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. A memorial service will begin at 2pm in the funeral home chapel.\ \ Mr. Lindsey was born May 25, 1923 in Etta, MS to Bolivar...

Lois Sharp

Lois Sharp

Jan 8, 2013

Lois Sharp, 88, passed away at St. Dominic Hospital, Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Lois was born in St. Tammany Parish, LA April 24, 1924 to Rev. Wilson L. Sharp and Mary Fauntleroy Sharp. She was preceded in death by both parents and sister Nellie Penton, Bush, LA and brother Donald Sharp, Brandon, MS. she is survived by three sisters: Miriam...

Angela Buckley

Angela Buckley

Jan 8, 2013

Angela Buckley, 59, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Magee General Hospital in Magee. Visitations were Thursday, January 10th from 5-8 pm and Friday, January 11th from 10am until the 2pm funeral service at Unity Baptist Church. Burial followed in Unity Baptist Church Cemetery.\ Mrs. Buckley was raised in Crystal Springs and has spent most of her life in...

Henry L. Russum

Henry L. Russum

Jan 6, 2013

Henry Leon Russum, 80, died Sunday, January 06, 2013 at Pleasant Hills Nursing Home in Jackson. Visitation is 9:00 - 11:00 AM Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services are scheduled for 11:00 AM in the funeral home chapel with burial to follow in Rosemont Gardens.\ \ Mr. Russum served in the United States Air Force. He retired as...

Carlos Corley

Carlos Corley

Jan 1, 2013

Carlos Grey Corley, age 88, of Florence, Mississippi died January 1, 2013 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Carlos was born May 16, 1924, in Linden, AL to Lavander Price and Jessie Mayton Corley. He was a graduate of Mississippi College with a master degree in education and his doctorate work in education leadership at Mississippi State University. He was a...

Loraine Elrod

Loraine Elrod

Dec 29, 2012

Mrs. Rachel Loraine Elrod went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 29, 2012. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with interment in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 12 Noon until service time at the funeral home.\ \ Mrs. Elrod was born...

Jo Bills Canizaro

Jo Bills Canizaro

Dec 26, 2012

Mary Jo Canizaro passed away on December 26, 2012 at St. Dominic's Hospital. She was a devoted wife, nurturing sister, and loving mother.\ \ She was preceded in death by her parents Louis S. Bills, Jr. and Wilma Brignac Bills, and sister Barbara Denney.\ \ Jo is survived by her husband, David W. Canizaro of Clinton; four daughters Christi Ferguson...

Brooke Landrie

Brooke Landrie

Dec 26, 2012

Ms. Brooke Rene Landrie, 36 of Bay St. Louis, MS passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at University Medical Center in Jackson.

Wanda Aycock

Wanda Aycock

Dec 25, 2012

Wanda Faye Aycock, 67, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Brandon Nursing and Rehab in Brandon.

Ruth Shorter

Ruth Shorter

Dec 23, 2012

Ruth Sebren Shorter, 88, also know by family and friends as Bob Ruth, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012. She was a native of Rankin County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. J.C. Shorter. She was also preceded in death by 5 brothers and sisters and 1 grandson.\ She is survived by her children, Martha Miley (Larry),...

Charles W. Andrews, Jr.

Charles W. Andrews, Jr.

Dec 23, 2012

Charles Willard (Charlie) Andrews, Jr., age 84, went to be with the Lord December 23, 2012, at the MS Baptist Center in Jackson, MS. Charles was born November 23, 1928 in Belzoni, MS to the late Charles Willard Andrews, Sr. and Bertha E. Mansiel Andrews Entrekin. Charles lived in Braxton, MS most of his life before moving to Byram, MS....

Don Montgomery

Don Montgomery

Dec 15, 2012

Donald E. Montgomery, 73, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at his home in Florence. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday at Parkhill Baptist Church in Jackson. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 8:00 PM Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and 9:00 - 10:00 Tuesday at the church. Graveside...

Mary Holliday

Mary Holliday

Dec 15, 2012

Mary Holliday\ Jackson\ \ Mrs. Mary Holliday, 92, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2012, at Manhattan Health Care in Jackson. Funeral services will be 12 Noon Tuesday at First Pentecostal Church with visitation from 10:30 AM until service time. Interment will be at Rosemont Gardens Memorial Park.\ \ Mrs. Holliday, a homemaker, was a faithful member of First Pentecostal Church...

Frances Cockrell

Frances Cockrell

Dec 12, 2012

Frances Haley Cockrell, 73, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at her home in Terry. Visitation will be 5-7pm Thursday, December 13th at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS. Services will be 11am Friday, December 14th in the funeral home chapel followed by interment at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery in Terry.\ \ Mrs. Cockrell was a 1957 graduate of Central...

Joseph Harz

Joseph Harz

Dec 11, 2012

Joeseph Steele Harz, 65, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at UMC in Jackson.\ Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life from 11am until 1pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram.\ \ Mr. Harz was born in Maryland to the late Joseph and Dorothy Jacobs Harz. He had lived in Clinton for the...

Elton Oswalt

Elton Oswalt

Dec 11, 2012

Horace Elton Oswalt, 85, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at CMMC in Jackson. Visitation will be 2-5pm Sunday, December 16th and 9-11am Monday, December 17th at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will begin at 11am Monday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park.\ \ Mr. Oswalt was born in Choctaw County, MS to...

Ed Purvis

Ed Purvis

Dec 9, 2012

Thomas "Ed" Edwin Purvis, 78, died Sunday, December 09, 2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Cemetery in Petal.\ \ Mr. Purvis was a member of Parkway Baptist Church in Clinton. He was a member of Leavell...

Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander

Dec 9, 2012

Robert Dell Alexander, 60, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Safe Harbor in Flowood.\ Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Alexander; daughter, Jodie Kay Alexander; and niece, Amanda Brown. He is survived by his father, Bryant Alexander of Morton; brother,...