OBITUARIES
Recent obituaries in Brandon, Forest, Morton Mississippi
The obituaries in the Brandon, Forest, and Morton area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy.
Mary Stewart
Jan 19, 2021
Mary Z. Stewart, age 92, and a resident of Pulaski died Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
Visitation will be held from 1pm-2pm Saturday, January 23, 2021, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with a Graveside service to follow at the Trinity Methodist Cemetery.
Mrs. Stewart was born on January 1, 1929, in Simpson County...
Jacky Pace
Jan 18, 2021
Jacky Don Pace, 69, of Brandon, passed away Monday, January 18 after a long battle of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Arrangements are being handled by Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. There will be a graveside public service at New Bethlehem Cemetery located at 2198 MS-541 Magee, MS 39111 at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23.
Jack...
Betty Jean Walker
Jan 17, 2021
Betty Jean McKinion Walker was born Feb. 15, 1946 in Union, MS to Howard and Birdie Byram McKinion. She received her Angel Wings on Jan. 17, 2021 due to complications from Covid 19. She was the loving wife of C.D. Walker for 28 years. They, along with their beloved German Shepherds, Sadie and Axle, have resided in Florence, MS for...
John Patrick
Jan 17, 2021
John Wesley Patrick, 87, of the Forkville community, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 in Forest, MS.
John lived in Forkville and Morton for most of his life; a Christian by faith and a member of New Home Baptist Church where he was an active member...
Mrs. Sara King
Jan 17, 2021
Sara Ja’Nice Conn King
Pelahatchie, MS
Sara King, age 69, a resident of Pelahatchie passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Rankin Merit Hospital in Brandon. Visitation was held 5:30pm-9:00pm on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Thornhill Baptist Church and will be held from 12:00pm-2:00pm Wednesday, January 20,...
Dorothy Holyfield
Jan 17, 2021
Dorothy Gilmer Holyfield
Pearl, MS
Dorothy May Gilmer Holyfield, 85, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood, MS. Visitation will be 5-7pm Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside services will be 11am at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in...
Jimmy Richardson
Jan 16, 2021
Jimmy Dale Richardson was born December 14, 1955 at Raleigh, to his parents: Lee and Odell Harrison Richardson. He passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon at the age of 65.
He was a retired employee of Mississippi Bakery, Inc. at Pelahatchie and was a lifelong member of Gasque Chapel...
Charles Nuckolls
Jan 15, 2021
Charles Barry Nuckolls, 84, passed away Fri. Jan. 15, 2021 at the Brandon Court Nursing Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Tues. Jan. 19, 2021 from 12pm-1pm at Raymond City Cemetery in Raymond, MS. Graveside Services will be at 1pm on Tues. Jan. 19, 2021 at Raymond City Cemetery. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon,...
Robert Lester
Jan 15, 2021
Robert Lee Lester, age 73, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A graveside service will be held 2:00 pm Friday, January 22, 2021 at the Mississippi Veterans Cemetery in Newton, MS. Social distancing and mask will be observed.
Mr. Lester...
Regenia Chambers
Jan 15, 2021
Mrs. Regenia Lee Chambers, age 73 and a resident of Forest, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021 at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson.
The homemaker was a longtime resident of Scott County who will be remembered for her admiration of the beaches, from the beauty of the white sands, to the sounds...
Dorian Mcintyre
Jan 15, 2021
Dorian Edwin McIntyre, age 73, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. A memorial mass will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Pearl, MS. To all that attend mask and social distancing will be observed.
Mr....
Jean Beasley
Jan 14, 2021
Jean Meisenheimer Beasley, 70, passed away Thurs. Jan. 14, 2021 at the Yazoo City Health and Rehab Center in Yazoo City, MS. A private funeral service will be held with Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS handling arrangements.
Mrs. Beasley was born on Aug. 14, 1950 at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS to...
Terry Hall
Jan 14, 2021
Terry Alton Hall was born May 7, 1965 in Morton. He passed away January 14, 2021 at his home in Magee at the age of 55.
He was a retired truck driver, Christian by faith, and was an avid fisherman.
Terry is preceded in death by his parents: Kenneth Alton...
Mary Payne
Jan 14, 2021
Thursday, January 14, 2021, Mary “Anita” Payne, 70, left her earthly body and met her Lord and Savior. Born February 18, 1950 in Somerville, TN to Joseph Brooks Lax and Elizabeth “Betty” Gay Glidewell Lax of Bolivar, TN
Anita married the love of her life, Tommy Lee Payne, October 12, 1996. Over their 24 years of marriage,...
Michael Bullock
Jan 14, 2021
Michael Dwayne Bullock
Pearl, MS
Michael Dewayne “Mike” Bullock, 55, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at home. Services will be announced at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.
Mike was born in Jackson, MS, on...
Guy Woods
Jan 13, 2021
Guy Woods
Brandon, MS
Guy Woods, 88, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at home with his family by his side. A graveside service will be held at 1pm Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Doty Springs Cemetery in Attala County. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral...
Ms. Tommie Huffman
Jan 13, 2021
Tommie Lee Huffman, age 77 passed from this life on January 13, 2021 after an extended illness at the age of seventy-seven. She was a resident of Mississippi Care Center of Morton for the past twenty years. The youngest of eleven children, she is preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Zora Huffman, two sisters, Rita...
Sylvia Krebs
Jan 12, 2021
Sylvia Howell Krebs died Tuesday, January 12, at Baptist Hospital of Mississippi, following complications of abdominal surgery, with family at her bedside.
She was born in Forest on September 9, 1937, and grew up on the farm at “the old Lod Moore place” which her father, Sam Howell, had purchased in 1935. Her mother was Mary Sue...
Laura Bomgardner
Jan 12, 2021
Laura Catherine Snoddy Bomgardner, age 40, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, aunt and friend. She was a graduate of the Education Center School of Jackson, MS. She was born to Reginald Harlan Snoddy, Jr. and Cynthia Morris Manning on May 16, 1980 and was preceded in...
James Mcmurphy
Jan 12, 2021
James Hugh McMurphy, 94, of Forest, Mississippi, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 in Olive Branch, MS.
Hugh was born in Harperville, Mississippi of James Coley and Elvy Elizabeth McCormick McMurphy on February 12, 1926. They soon moved to Forest and began building a farm on land that his grandfather left his mother....
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