Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Norma Weeks
Oct 17, 2012
Norma J. Williams Weeks died October 17, 2012 at her home in Brandon, Mississippi. She was born in Paynes, Mississippi, September 3, 1928 to Addie Mae Williams and Wright Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Alvin Weeks, her parents, Addie Mae Wolfe Williams and Wright Williams, and her brother John Wright Williams. She is survived by...
Carol Rhodes
Oct 16, 2012
Carol Ann Wilkinson Rhodes, 65, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.\ Mrs. Rhodes was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, MS, where visitation will be held on Thursday, October 18, 5:00-6:00 pm for family, and 6:00-8:00 pm for her many friends. Graveside services will be held at Old Crystal Springs \ Cemetery...
Gene Jordan
Oct 15, 2012
Gene Howard Jordan, 74, passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 at his home in Florence. Visitation was Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 3PM until the 7 PM funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. \ Mr. Jordan has lived in Florence for 25 years, moving from Laurel and was a food broker in the food sales industry. \ Mr....
Bessie Watkins
Oct 15, 2012
Bessie B. Watkins, 93, died Monday, October 15, 2012 at her home in Byram. \ She was born April 6, 1919, one of eleven children, all of whom preceded her in death.\ Mrs. Watkins is also preceded in death by her parents, W.A. and Maudie Martin and husband Dudley Watkins.\ \ Her legacy includes a son, Curtis (Elizabeth) Watkins and...
Kathleen Morgan Shows
Oct 14, 2012
Kathleen Morgan Shows, 89, died Sunday, October 14, 2012, at the MS Baptist Medical Center. Visitation is 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2012 and Tuesday, October 16, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park South.\ \ Mrs. Shows retired from Deposit Guarantee Bank....
Evelyn Tucker Griffith
Oct 12, 2012
Evelyn Tucker Griffith, 81, passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be held 5-9 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2012 and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. The Rosary Service will held at 7 p.m. Monday. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with Father Lenin...
Lee Otis Robinson
Oct 8, 2012
Lee Otis Robinson, 73, crossed over on Monday, October 08, 2012. He was born on February 2, 1939 to the late Willie Othello Johnson Robinson and Charlie Robinson. He was the youngest of 10 children.\ \ Lee Otis Robinson served in the US Army from June 29, 1956 until January 21, 1958. He was honorably discharged; he married Maude Alice...
Douglas Wade
Oct 8, 2012
Douglas Wade, 68, passed away Monday, October 8, 2012 at his home in Florence. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 10th from 5-8 and Thursday, October 11th from 1pm until the 2 pm funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at the Garden of Memories. \ Mr. Wade was a resident of Florence for the past 32...
Diana Hudson
Oct 7, 2012
Diana Lee Hudson, 70, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at home. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 10th from 12 - 2 pm at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence followed by a graveside service at 2:30pm at Briarhill Baptist Church Cemetery. \ Mrs. Hudson was a devoted mother, grandmother and housewife. She was a longtime member of New Life Christian...
Cheri Wickens
Oct 5, 2012
Cheri Wickens, age 46, lost her battle to cancer at Baptist Hospital on October 5, 2012. The cause was a rare form of sarcoma.\ \ Born in 1966 in California, to Fredonyah Sale, she attended Rosa Scott M.S. and Madison-Ridgeland H.S. from which she graduated in 1984. She attended U. of Southern Mississippi majoring in Fashion and Merchandising. On March...
Jean Polk Teasley
Oct 2, 2012
Jean Polk Teasley,84 , passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at Trace Pointe Assisted Living Center in Clinton. Visitation will be 1:00pm until the 2:30pm funeral service Thursday, October 4, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park.\ \ Mrs. Teasley, a native of Mize, MS, lived most of her life in Jackson. She...
Wanda Hopson
Oct 2, 2012
Wanda Yvette Hopson, 52, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at CMMC in Jackson. A memorial service to be announced at a later date.\ \ Mrs. Hopson was born in Kosciusko, MS to Ollie and Irene Allen Collins. She was a homemaker.\ \ Survivors include her son, Michael Sanders of Raymond; daughter, Brandi Hopson of Raymond; brother, Bobbie R. Collins...
Russell Corkern
Oct 1, 2012
Russell Homer Corkern passed from the life on October 1, 2012 at his home in Byram, Mississippi, shortly after his 82nd birthday. Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram is handling the arrangements. Visitation will be 5-8pm Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral and 10am until the 11am funeral services Thursday, October 4 at Siwell Road Church of Christ. Interment will...
Freddie Sills
Sep 29, 2012
Freddie "Fred" Sills, 79, died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is Tuesday, October 2, 2012 from 12 noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service at Southside Assembly of God Church with burial to follow in Rosemont Memorial Gardens. \ \ Mr. Sills served as a military policeman at the...
Jimmy Buford
Sep 29, 2012
Jimmy Lane Buford, 38, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be from 1pm until the 3pm Memorial Service on Friday, October 5th at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Jimmy has lived all his life in Rankin County and worked as an air conditioner mechanic. \ He is survived by his parents, Sam and Gayle Buford...
Orien W. Stringer
Sep 28, 2012
Orien W. Stringer went home to be with the Lord Friday, September 28, 2012. He was born on November 11, 1924 in Gadsden County, Florida. He was one of seven children. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, one sister, daughter, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and step-son. He was in the Army during WWII for 1 1/2 years. He...
Alan Phillips
Sep 27, 2012
Alan Victor Phillips, 69, of Brandon passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson after a lengthy and courageous fight against prostate cancer. A memorial service will be at 4 pm Saturday, September 29th at First Baptist Church of Fannin. The service will be preceded by a visitation at 3 pm. Al was raised in Louin, MS,...
Chris Beggerly, Sr.
Sep 26, 2012
Chris William Beggerly, age 86, retired as Transportation Manager for MS Power & Light Company after 37 years of service. He was a Navy Veteran of WWII in the Pacific.\ \ Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Joan Hopkins Beggerly; sons, Ricky Joe Beggerly of Byram and Chris W. Beggerly, Jr. (Teresa) of Florence; grandsons, Carlisle Wesley Beggerly of...
Gordon Worley
Sep 26, 2012
Marvin Gordon Worley, 76, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at his home in Jackson. A memorial service will be held October 6, 2012, beginning at 11:00am, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 171 Timerlawn Rd. Winston Drake, Jr. will officiate.\ \ Mr. Worley was a native of Jackson, MS, born to the late Percy Leroy Worley and Linnie Bell...
Geneva Tucker
Sep 22, 2012
Geneva Marie Yarberry Tucker, 76, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence with interment in Glenwood Memorial Park in Richland. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 PM Monday and 9:00-10:30 AM Tuesday, at the funeral home.\ \ Mrs. Tucker was...
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