Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
R. C. Stephens
Jul 31, 2022
R.C. Stephens passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022 at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood. He was 77 years old. No services are scheduled at this time.
R.C. was born May 14, 1945 in Laurel, MS to the late Cleveland and Ruby Stephens. He loved his family, especially his grandkids. He met the love of his life in 1993...
Irene Marie Wright
Jul 31, 2022
Irene Marie Wright, 88, of Raymond, MS went to be with Jesus on Sunday, July 31, 2022 surrounded by her loved ones. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service at 11:00 a.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS. Interment will follow at Palestine Cemetery in Raymond,...
Katherine Faye Jones
Jul 31, 2022
Katherine Faye Jones, age 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday morning, July 31, 2022.
Faye was born to James and Janie Meadows on February 08, 1938 in Magee, Mississippi. She was happily married to the late James Harold Jones for 44 years. Faye was a faithful member of First Baptist...
Wahweece Young Herrington
Jul 30, 2022
Mrs. Wahweece Herrington, 87, departed this life on July 30, 2022. The family will receive family and friends on Wednesday, August 3rd, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and again on Thursday, August 4th, from 9:00 a.m. until the 10:00 a.m. service in the Chapel at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence.
Mrs. Herrington was born on January 7, 1935, to...
Alma Berry Bridges
Jul 29, 2022
Alma “Teenie” Berry Bridges passed away Friday, July 29, 2022. She was 98 years old. Teenie was born January 24, 1924 to the late Charles and Mae Belle Tucker Berry in Harrisville. She was the oldest member of Harrisville Baptist Church where she sang in the choir for many years. Teenie was a supervisor at AT&T for over 40...
Robert David Martin
Jul 28, 2022
Robert David Martin passed away peacefully late Thursday night, July 28, 2022, at his home in Pocahontas, MS, surrounded by family. After his heroic 6 ½ year battle with cancer, he went to be with his heavenly Father.
Robert, the youngest of three children, was born on June 29, 1946, to Woodrow and Allene Martin of Clark County, Quitman, MS. On July 9, 1967, Robert married his high...
Charles S. "Buster" Parker
Jul 26, 2022
Buster Parker, 80, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Buster was born May 5, 1942, in Kilmichael, MS, to Clara Belle and George Duncan Parker. He graduated from Florence High School in 1960 and from Mississippi State University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
After graduating college, Buster...
Vernon "Sonny" Ray
Jul 26, 2022
Vernon “Sonny” Ray passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 in Jackson, MS. He was 73 years old.
Sonny was born in Lobutcha, MS on October 20, 1948 to Vernon Ray Sr. and Mamie Ruth Ray. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was employed with the VA Regional Office for more than thirty years...
Dustin Kyle Smith
Jul 26, 2022
Dustin Kyle Smith of Braxton, passed into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at University of MS Medical Center in Jackson. He was 29 years old. The family will receive friends for visitation on Friday, July 29th from 9:00 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m. Funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. He will be laid...
Fred Benton, Jr.
Jul 25, 2022
Mr. Fred Benton, Jr. of Richland, passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday, July 25, 2022, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. He was 83 years old. The family will receive friends for visitation on Friday, July 29th from 12:00 p.m. until the 2:00 p.m. Funeral Service all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence.
Fred was born...
Janice "Nanny" Smith
Jul 24, 2022
Janice Marie Tyler Smith, 73, went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 24, 2022 at her home, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 from 5:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. and again on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at Griffith Memorial Baptist Church in Jackson, MS...
Sylvia Jane Holder
Jul 23, 2022
Sylvia Jane Holder,77, went to be with her Lord, Saturday July 23, 2022, in Hattiesburg, MS. Her family will celebrate her life with a graveside service at 11:00 AM Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS.
Sylvia was born December 21, 1944, in Sylacauga, AL to Cecil and Mary Smith. A Baptist by faith, she...
Billy Ray Byrd
Jul 22, 2022
Billy Ray Byrd, 77, of Florence, MS went to his heavenly home peacefully on July 22, 2022 with his wife and daughter at his side. Visitation will be held at Hickory Ridge Baptist Church on Saturday, July 30, 222 from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Hickory Ridge Cemetery in...
Mike Richardson
Jul 22, 2022
Mr. Tony Michael “Mike” Richardson, age 63, died Friday, July 22, 2022. Mr. Richardson was born March 30, 1959, in Jackson, MS.
Some of the many things he enjoyed in life included fishing, sheet rock work, and painting. He could do anything he put his mind too and therefore could be considered a “jack of all trades.”
Mr. Richardson was...
Kirk Marshall Benton
Jul 21, 2022
Kirk Marshall Benton, 66, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at his home in Utica, MS. A private celebration of his life will be held at a later date.
A long-time resident of Utica, Kirk was born in Baton Rouge, LA on February 06, 1956 to Milton Benton, Jr. and Shirley Fair Benton. He grew up in Denham...
William Oscar McMurtray
Jul 19, 2022
William Oscar McMurtray (W.O.), age 96, died in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. He was born in on January 28, 1926, in Satartia, Mississippi, to Oscar and Inez Ross McMurtray and lived in Terry, Mississippi, for most of his life.
W.O. graduated from Byram High School in 1943 as part of the school’s second graduating class. ...
Mike Alan Smith
Jul 18, 2022
Michael Alan Smith, 59, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022 in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service at 12:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS.
Mike was born in Jackson, MS on September 15, 1962...
Mary Ruth Husbands
Jul 17, 2022
Mary Ruth Hammons Husbands of Florence passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022, at her home in Florence. She was 77 years old.
Mrs. Husbands was born November 13, 1944, to the late William V. and Rozelle Goodner Hammons in Waco, TX. She retired from Jackson Eye Associates as a visual field technician. The most important thing to her was...
Haskel Delone Hood
Jul 17, 2022
Haskel Delone Hood, Sr. passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022 in Ridgeland, MS at 74 years old. Visitation will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery in Terry, MS.
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Tommy McDaniel
Jul 16, 2022
Thomas “Tommy” Eugene McDaniel, of Crystal Springs, passed away July 16, 2022, at his home. He was 60 years old. The family will receive friends for visitation on Thursday, July 21st from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and again Friday, July 22nd from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. Funeral Service all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. He will...
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