Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.

Betty Byrd

Betty Byrd

Sep 5, 2009

Betty Byrd, 68, died September 5, 2009 at her home.\ \ Visitation is scheduled for 5 until 8 P.M. Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home, Florence. Funeral services are 10am Tuesday at the funeral home with interment following at Star Cemetery.\ A native and lifelong resident of Rankin County, Mrs. Byrd lived in Star since 1963. A loving mother, she retired...

Malcom J. (Mac) Alford

Malcom J. (Mac) Alford

Sep 5, 2009

Malcom J. (Mac) Alford, Sr., 71, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2009 at his home.\ \ Visitation will be 5-7pm Monday, September 7, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Funeral services are 11am Tuesday at the funeral home with burial following at Lakewood South.\ \ Mr. Alford was born September 23, 1937 in Byram, the son of the late...

Charlene Tracy

Charlene Tracy

Sep 5, 2009

Charlene "Meme" Tracy, 65 died Saturday, Sept 5, 2009 at Select Specialty Hospital.\ \ Visitation is scheduled for 2 until 5 P.M. Sunday at Chancellor Funeral Home, Byram, with services scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Monday in the Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Rosemont Cemetery.\ \ A native of Magee, Mrs. Tracy was a lifelong resident of Jackson. A...

Lee Davis

Lee Davis

Sep 4, 2009

Mr. Addie Lee Davis, 75, died Friday, September 04, 2009 at Central MS Medical Center. Visitation will be 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Briar Hill Baptist Church prior to the 3 p.m. funeral service. Interment will follow in Briar Hill Cemetery.\ \ Mr. Davis was retired with 20 plus years serving in the US Air Force. He also retired with 14...

Chuck Holland

Chuck Holland

Sep 4, 2009

Chuck Holland\ Eagle Lake\ \ Hugh Charles "Chuck" Holland, 78, died Friday September 4, 2006 at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg. Visitation will be 2-5pm today at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Services will be at 2pm Monday September 7, 2009 at the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Glenwood Memorial Park. \ Mr. Holland was born in...

Charles N. Brown

Charles N. Brown

Sep 4, 2009

Charles M. Brown, 73, went to his heavenly home on September 4, 2009. Charles was born in Simpson County and attended school in Mendenhall. After moving to Jackson, he began working for McCarty Holman/Jitney Jungle stores and worked there many years.\ \ He worked as store manager for numerous Jitney stores in the Jackson area before going into the grocery...

Jerry Ashley

Jerry Ashley

Sep 3, 2009

Jerry Stanley Ashley, Sr., 65, went to be with the Lord Thursday, September 3, 2009 at his home in Mendenhall. Visitation will be 2pm until the 6pm funeral service Monday, September 7, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Graveside/Committal service will be 10am Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Lakewood Memorial Park.\ \ Mr. Ashley was a retired Fire Fighter...

Willie McBride

Willie McBride

Sep 2, 2009

Mrs. Willie Bernice Prince McBride, 64 died on September 2, 2009. Arrangements pending.

Peggy Mosley

Peggy Mosley

Sep 2, 2009

Peggy Brown Mosley, 51 , passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Friday, September 4, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be 10am Saturday, September 5, 2009 in the funeral home chapel followed by interment in Edwards Cemetery.\ \ Mrs. Mosley was a homemaker and member of...

Charles Prewitt

Charles Prewitt

Sep 1, 2009

Mr. Charles Randall "Randy" Prewitt, 53 died at University Medical Center, Tuesday, September 1, 2009. Visitation will be Thursday, September 3, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Services will be at the funeral home chapel Friday, September 4, 2009 at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories.\ \ A life-long resident of Richland Mr. Prewitt loved life,...

Bobby Thomas

Bobby Thomas

Aug 31, 2009

Mr. Bobby Cecil Thomas, 66, died on Monday, August 31, 2009 at University Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. at Rosemont Memorial Gardens in Jackson on Wednesday, September 2, 2009.\ \ Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Edna Thomas; son, Bobby C. Thomas of Jackson; daughter, Sherry Williams of Brookhaven; brothers: Tom Thomas...

David \Nick\"" Nichols, II

David \Nick\"" Nichols, II

Aug 30, 2009

David A. "Nick" Nichols II, 51, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009 in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and 10am until the 11am funeral service Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Grace Episcopal Church in Canton. Interment will follow in Canton Cemetery.\ \ Nick was a graduate of MS Baptist High...

Roberta Isbell

Roberta Isbell

Aug 28, 2009

Mrs. Roberta "Babe" C. Isbell, 74, surrounded by her loving family passed from her earthly home to her heavenly home on August 28, 2009. \ \ She is preceded in death by her husband, James E. Isbell and son, Kenneth Mitchell Isbell and survived by her daughters: Kim Isbell Whittle (Tommy Danna), Karen Isbell Childs (Della Clogston); son, Kevin Isbell;...

Dr. Henry McCrory

Dr. Henry McCrory

Aug 27, 2009

Dr. Henry McCrory,68, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 27, 2009 at University Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and 1-2pm Sunday, August 30, 2009 at County Woods Baptist Church. Funeral Service will begin at 2pm Sunday. Interment will follow at Montrose Cemetery at 4:30pm\ \...

Barbara Parker

Barbara Parker

Aug 25, 2009

Mrs. Barbara Jo Parker, 64, died at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, August 25, 2009. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 26, 2009 from 5-8 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. Graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. at Clear Creek in Taylorsville, MS.\ \ Mrs. Parker spent most...

Shirley Phillips

Shirley Phillips

Aug 23, 2009

Shirley Phillips, 67, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Jaquith Nursing Home in Whitfield, MS. Graveside services will be at 2pm Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at Lakewood South Memorial Park.\ \ Shirley was born September 10, 1941 to Melvin and Lessie Mae Price Phillips in Jackson, MS. \ \ Survivors include her brother, Donald Phillips and his wife Cherielynne...

Katie Ainsworth

Katie Ainsworth

Aug 23, 2009

Katie Ainsworth\ Florence\ \ Katie Ruth Dear Ainsworth\ Katie Ruth Dear Ainsworth, age 97, daughter of the late Amanda Jane (Jennie) Cline and William H. Dear, passed away on August 24, 2009. She was the surviving child of 10 children born to them. She was a native of Simpson county, and other than a few years lived in Jackson, Greenwood,...

Helen Martin

Helen Martin

Aug 21, 2009

Helen Martin, 82, of Natchez, MS, died Friday August 21, 2009.\ \ Helen was a long time resident of Farmington, NM. She relocated to Natchez in 1993.\ \ Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Bertha and Frank Lofton; her brother, Frank Lofton, Jr.; her daughter, Brenda Walker of Deming, NM and granddaughter, Terri Williams.\ \ Helen is survived...

Teb Reddell

Teb Reddell

Aug 19, 2009

Mr. Teb Wesley Reddell, 54, died at his home on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Visitation will be Friday, August 21, 2009 from 12 until 2 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Graveside services at 2 p.m. in Florence City Cemetery.\ \ Mr. Reddell had lived in the Florence/Clear Branch area all of his life. He worked as a mechanic...

Charles Yount

Charles Yount

Aug 18, 2009

Mr. Charles Allen Yount, 67, died at St. Dominic's Hospital on Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Visitation will be Thursday, August 20, 2009 from 5-8 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Garden of Memories in Florence.\ \ \ Mr. Yount, a graduate of Luther...