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.

Prentice Long

Prentice Long

Jul 11, 2020

Mr. Prentice Woodrow Long

Brandon, MS

Mr. Prentice Long, age 74,  a resident of Brandon passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at his residence.  Visitation will be held 1pm-1:45pm Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.  Funeral  service will be held 2pm Wednesday, July 15, 2020 from...

Steven Sartin

Steven Sartin

Jul 11, 2020

Steven Michael Sartin, age 25 of Pearl, passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at his home. Graveside services will be at 11:30am Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Family visitation will be from 10:00am until 11:00am Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon.

Steven was born on March...

Walter Bradford

Walter Bradford

Jul 11, 2020

Walter T. Bradford age 61, and a lifelong resident of Forest, died Saturday, July 11, 2020, in  Jackson.

Visitation will be held from 5pm til 8pm Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the Family C RV Park Ballroom located at 3246 Hwy. 21 North, Forest, MS.   Mr. Bradford will be laid to rest in the Bradford Family Cemetery...

Mark Billings

Mark Billings

Jul 9, 2020

Mark Alan Billings, age 70, former long-time resident of Brandon Mississippi passed away on July 9, 2020 in Oxford Mississippi.  Visitation will be Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.  Graveside services will follow at 4pm in Brandon  Memorial Gardens in Brandon, MS.

Mark was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa...

Mary Webb

Mary Webb

Jul 8, 2020

Mrs. Mary Jo Webb age 71 and a resident of Lena passed away on July 8, 2020 in Madison, MS.

She was the daughter of M.H. Thorne, Jr.  and Ava Jane Cooper Thorne.

Visitation will be on July 11, 2020 from 9:00 to 10:50am at Ott and Lee Funeral Home...

Danny Fulton

Danny Fulton

Jul 6, 2020

Danny Ralph Fulton, 61, passed away at home on Monday, July 6, 2020.  There will be a 2pm Memorial Service on Sunday, July 12, 2020, at Journey Church in Brandon, MS.

Danny was born in Philadelphia, MS on July 10, 1958, to Jerry R. Fulton and Barbara Van Devender Fulton Rambin.  He grew up in...

Jerry Thweatt

Jerry Thweatt

Jul 6, 2020

Jerry L. Thweatt age 71 a resident of Canton, formally of Morton passed away on Monday July 6,2020 in Jackson, MS.

Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:50 am Friday July 10, 2020 at Morton Memorial Gardens with a graveside service immediately following.

Jerry was born in Kosciusko to Marvin and Edna Mae Thweatt on September...

Phillip Lawrence

Phillip Lawrence

Jul 5, 2020

Phillip M. “Phil” Lawrence, 86, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Manhattan Nursing Home in Jackson, MS.  There will be a family graveside service at 10am Thursday in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS.

Phil was born in Clanton, AL, on February 7, 1934, to James W. Moliston and Imogene Sims Moliston...

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

Jul 5, 2020

Jerry Lynn Hardin was born in Scott County, December 18, 1938.  He passed away at the Mississippi Care Center of Morton on July 5, 2020 after an extended illness at the age of 81.

He was a 1957 graduate of Sebastopol High School, attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX, Southern Methodist University in...

Mary Wall

Mary Wall

Jul 4, 2020

Mary Ruth Comfort Wall, 87, passed away Sat. July 4, 2020 at Pine View Health and Rehab in Waynesboro, MS. Graveside Services are 10am on Tues. July 7, 2020 at Ludlow Cemetery in Scott County, MS. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Wall was born on Aug. 2, 1932 in Scott...

Cynthia Quinn

Cynthia Quinn

Jul 3, 2020

Cynthia Ann Quinn was born in Saint Louis, Missouri on August 3, 1950 to her parents, Melvin Lee and Ruth Helen Stevens Chapman, who precede her in death. She passed away at her home in the Hillsboro community, Scott County, Mississippi, one-month shy of her seventieth birthday.

She was a retired case...

C.H. Means, Jr.

C.H. Means, Jr.

Jul 2, 2020

C.H. Means, Jr., 84 of Puckett, MS, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020, at his home peacefully in his sleep. Graveside services will be 10:00am Sunday, July 5, 2020, at New Prospect Cemetery with Rev. Donnie Stuart officiating. Visitation will start at 9:00am at the cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Webb Means, Wade Means, Andy Minton, Adam Minton, Rhett...

Randall Tatum

Randall Tatum

Jul 2, 2020

Randall Mitchell “Mitch” Tatum, age 68, a resident of Jackson, MS passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020 at his home. A graveside service will be held 10 am Monday, July 6, 2020 at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS.

Mr. Tatum was born on July 20, 1951 in Jackson, MS to Sidney H. Tatum and Clara...

Doreen Parkman

Doreen Parkman

Jun 30, 2020

Doreen Jean Parkman, age 71, and a resident of Pulaski, passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, she was a retired health care aid and a member of Pulaski Baptist Church. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting, and attending car shows. She loved animals, in particular,...

Gloria Wrenn

Gloria Wrenn

Jun 30, 2020

Gloria Wrenn went to be with her heavenly father on Tues. June 30, 2020 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Graveside Services will be held at 1pm on Mon. July 6, 2020 at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is handling arrangements.

Gloria was born...

Bonnie Greer

Bonnie Greer

Jun 29, 2020

Bonnie Taylor Greer

Puckett, MS

Bonnie Taylor Greer, 69, passed away to her Heavenly home on June 29, 2020.  Visitation will be 3pm until 4pm Thursday, July 2, 2020, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS, with funeral services at 4pm in the chapel.  Burial will follow in Puckett Cemetery.

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Lillie Jones

Lillie Jones

Jun 29, 2020

Lillie Mae “Lil” Jones left for her heavenly home on Friday, June 29th.   She was born April 7, 1932 in New Ulm, Texas to Alvin and Emma Krause. She was one of nine children.  She later married Tim Jones and moved to Mississippi.  She was a very social person and was known to many people from her last jobs: ...

Nellie (Nell) Woodall

Nellie (Nell) Woodall

Jun 28, 2020

On Sunday, June 28, 2020, Nellie (Nell) Paul Dodson Woodall passed peacefully into the arms of her awaiting Savior.  She died in her home in Bay Springs, MS, surrounded by her family.  She was 89.

Nell was born to loving parents, Rufus Melton and Katie Tyner Dodson, on October 4, 1930. ...

William Erwin

William Erwin

Jun 28, 2020

William A. Erwin, age 75, a resident of Hazlehurst, MS passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, MS. Funeral services will be held 11:30 am Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Springhill Pentecostal Church in Wesson, MS with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:30-11:30 am Thursday at the...

Melly Johannes

Melly Johannes

Jun 27, 2020

Melly Johannes, 21, passed away Sat. June 27, 2020 at the Gulf Breeze Hospital in Gulf Breeze, FL. Graveside Services will be held on Thurs. July 9, 2020 at Crestview Memorial Gardens in Brandon, MS. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is handling arrangements.

Melly was born on Sept. 29, 1998 in Kolonia, Micronesia FSM....

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