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.
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....
Marsha Thomas
Jan 11, 2021
Marsha D. Thomas, age 76, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon, MS. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Visitation will be held 2-4 pm Thursday at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. All are welcome to attend we will be observing social...
Connor Hughes
Jan 11, 2021
Connor Avery Hughes
January 5, 2000 – January 11, 2021
Connor Avery Hughes of Austin, Texas, 21, passed away at Dell Seton Hospital Medical Center at the University of Texas, Austin Texas, January 11, 2021. Connor is survived by his father, Andrew Gregory Hughes, of Sarasota Florida; his mother, Karie Winfree and stepfather,...
Paulette Stuckey
Jan 11, 2021
Paulette Stuckey, age 69, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2020 in Gulfport, MS.
A private family funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 12:30pm until 2:30pm on Saturday at the funeral home. A public graveside will be held at...
Lodena Waldrop
Jan 11, 2021
Lottie Lodena Hollingsworth Waldrop (Mama Lo), age 100, wife of William Jasper Waldrop Jr. (Dub), passed away peacefully January 11, 2021. Mama Lo lived every instance of her life with intention and compassion for those around her. She was committed to caring for other people and did it with remarkable grace. Mama Lo was always one of the first...
Elton Anderson
Jan 11, 2021
Elton Hays Anderson, 73, passed away Mon. Jan. 11, 2021 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS handled arrangements.
Mr. Anderson was born on Sept. 9, 1947 in Brandon, MS to the late James Walter Anderson Sr....
Patsy Howle
Jan 10, 2021
Patsy House Howle, 80, of Brandon, MS, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021, at Lakeland Nursing Home and Rehab Center, Jackson, MS.
Mrs. Howle’s family will hold a family memorial service at Mt. Vernon Church, 200 Mt. Vernon Rd, Columbus, MS, on Saturday, January 16, at 1:00 pm with Rev. Gary Howse officiating.
Mrs. Howle...
Raven "Sam" Gardner
Jan 10, 2021
Mr. Raven “Sam” Gardner, U.S. Army Veteran, loving husband, loyal father, proud grandfather, wonderful great-grandfather, and a dear brother, left this world for the portals of eternity on Sunday, January 10, 2021, two months shy of his 89th birthday, at his home in the Ringgold Community.
A lifelong resident of Scott County, Mr. Gardner...
Jerry Harris
Jan 9, 2021
Jerry C. Harris, age 90, and a resident of Forest, died Friday, January 9, 2021 at Woodland Court Personal Care in Newton following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11am Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Forest with graveside service military rites...
Nova Goodson, Jr.
Jan 9, 2021
Nova A. Goodson Jr., 69, was born in Jackson, MS, to parents Nova A. Goodson Sr. and Billie Jean (Carr) Goodson.
Nova stepped into eternity Saturday, January 9. He was preceded in death by his father, Nova A. Goodson, Sr. and sisters, Patricia Rutherford and Debbie Goodson. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Sandra,...
Bonnie Anderson
Jan 9, 2021
Bonnie Anderson 1941-2021
Bonnie Marie Anderson, age 79, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 9th, 2021 in Brandon, Mississippi.
The daughter of Willis Selman and Mary Evelyn (Harmony) Hale, Bonnie was born in Galveston, Texas on February 15th, 1941. Bonnie spent much of her childhood in...
Milton Gage Walker
Jan 9, 2021
Milton Gage Walker, 78, passed away Sat. Jan. 9, 2021 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A graveside service will be held at 3:30pm on Wed. Jan. 13, 2021 at Crestview Memorial Gardens in Brandon, MS. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is handling...
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