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.
Annie Lois McCurdy Coward
Nov 11, 2023
Visitation: 5pm-8pm Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home Morton.
Visitation: 10am-12pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home Morton.
Chapel Service: 12pm Wednesday from the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton.
Burial: Branch Baptist Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
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Carolyn Triplett
Nov 11, 2023
Carolyn East Triplett, 87, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Lackey Convalescent Home of Forest, MS. Carolyn and her twin sister, Nancy, were born to Isaac Cooper East, M.D. and his wife Nell on April 12, 1936. Carolyn met her husband Oliver while both were attending Ole Miss. The two were soon married and moved to Oliver’s...
Dorothy Lee Craft Coker
Nov 10, 2023
Dot Craft Coker
Mendenhall, MS
Dorothy Lee Craft Coker, 87, passed away Friday, November 10, 2023, at Bedford Care Center of Mendenhall, MS. Visitation will be 5-8pm Monday, November 13, 2023, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Burial will be in Pilot Point Community Cemetery in Pilot Point, TX.
Dot was born in Simpson...
Allen Jearl Amason
Nov 8, 2023
Allen Jearl Amason, 85, passed away on Wed. Nov. 8, 2023, in Collins, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Nov. 11, 2023, from 12pm-1:30pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 1:30pm on Sat. Nov. 11, 2023, at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with burial to follow in the...
Baby Summer Rose Watford
Nov 7, 2023
Visitation: 11am-1pm Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
Chapel service: 1pm Saturday, Ott & Lee Chapel.
Graveside to follow at Morton Memorial Gardens.
Ott and Lee Funeral Home is honored to serve the Watford family in their time of need.
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Baby Summer Rose Watford
Morton, MS
Baby Summer Rose was born on June...
Samuel Burtran Martin, Jr.
Nov 6, 2023
Samuel B. Martin, Jr.
October 30, 1948 – November 6, 2023
Samuel B. Martin Jr. “Sam” was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend that passed away on Monday, November 6, of natural causes at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS, at the age of 75. Visitation will be 12 Noon on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at First...
Robert Lewell Collins
Nov 4, 2023
Mr. Robert L. Collins, age 63, a resident of the Cooperville community, passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at home. His family will have a Memorial at a later date. We will be adding a full obituary later.
Ruby Fay Bell
Nov 4, 2023
Mrs. Ruby Fay Bell, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at home in Brandon, MS.
She was born October 10th, 1933, in Newton, MS to Norris Burnett Vance and Ruth Gladys Milling, and was raised there in the old Union Community.
In all her life she demonstrated a profound love of...
Phyllis Joan McGee
Nov 2, 2023
Phyllis Joan McGee
Brandon, MS
Phyllis Joan McGee, 70, passed away on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Visitation will be 2-5pm Sunday, November 5, 2023, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral services will be 1pm Monday, November 6, 2023, in the chapel of the funeral home with burial to follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery in...
Bob Tom Johnson, EdD
Nov 1, 2023
Dr. Bob Tom Johnson, 80, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at hisresidence in Forest, Mississippi. Funeral visitation will be held Sunday, November5, 2023, from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Ott and Lee Forest, and Monday, November 6,2023, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held following visitationat 1:00 at Forest Baptist Church. Burial will...
Diane Elizabeth Holland
Nov 1, 2023
Diane Elizabeth Holland, 70, passed away on Wed. Nov. 1, 2023, in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Nov. 4, 2023, from 12pm-2pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Memorial Services are 2pm on Sat. Nov. 4, 2023, at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS.
Mrs. Holland was born in...
Mary Ruth Blackwell
Oct 31, 2023
Mary Ruth Blackwell
Brandon, MS
Mary Ruth Barrett Blackwell, 77, passed away on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be 9am Thursday, November 2, 2023, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Services are to follow at 11am in the chapel with burial in Pine Ridge Cemetery in Lawrence,...
Richard Davis Ritter
Oct 31, 2023
Richard Davis Ritter, age 79 went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. He was anxious to meet his Lord and knew exactly where he was going.
Visitation will be Friday, November 3, 2023, 11:00am until 1:00pm at Brandon Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 1:00pm at the church. Burial will follow in...
Alice Laverne Moss
Oct 30, 2023
Alice Laverne Allen Moss, 81 years old, sadly passed away on October 30, 2023, in Springfield, MO.
Alice was born on October 26, 1942, to John F. Allen and Lee Odom Allen in Kosciusko, MS. She spent much of her adult life living in the surrounding suburbs of Jackson, MS. She had moved to Highlandville, Mo in December 2022 to...
Francis Marie Burkes Adams
Oct 30, 2023
Francis Marie Burkes Adams passed into her savior's arms on Monday, October 30, 2023.
Mrs. Adams was born on June 11, 1943 to Caleb Taylor Burkes and Oda Ozell Craig Burkes in Homewood, Mississippi.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Pete Adams, and 3 siblings: her older sister, Mattie Irene Boyles, brothers James Taylor...
Sawyer Joseph Megehee
Oct 27, 2023
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
Sawyer Megehee of Brandon, 21, died October 27, 2023. Sawyer was born August 29, 2002, in Jackson, Mississippi. He was a junior at the University of Mississippi. His love of math led him to major in accountancy. Sawyer loved on campus life...
Dolly Anne Smith Weger
Oct 26, 2023
Dolly Anne Smith Weger, age 84, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2023. She was a resident of Hattiesburg, MS. Born February 21, 1939, to parents James Elmer Smith, Sr. and Elizabeth Bernice Rube Smith of Lake, MS, she was the fourth of five children.
She married Allen Harrison Weger, Sr. and together they had 5 children, Allen, Tammy,...
Louise Neely
Oct 26, 2023
Louise Neely, age 97 of Richland, affectionately known as GiGi, passed away on October 26, 2023, in Jackson, Mississippi. She was born on May 26, 1926, in Hinds County, Mississippi. Throughout her life, Louise had a deep love for her community and a passion for helping others.
Louise's proudest accomplishments were her dedicated work with AARP in Richland,...
Virginia Mangum Lewis
Oct 26, 2023
Virginia Mangum Lewis
June 25,1936 - October 26, 2023
Opal Virginia Mangum Lewis, 87, a longtime resident of Pearl, Mississippi, passed away at Cooperwood Senior Living in Flowood, Mississippi. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 on Monday, October 30, 2023 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment in Floral Hills Memory Garden in...
John Chapman "Johnny" Rogers
Oct 25, 2023
A memorial service will be held at 12pm on Mon. Oct. 30, 2023 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Forest, MS. Visitation will be on Mon. Oct. 30, 2023 from 10am-12pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Burial will follow the services at Pulaski Cemetery. A full obituary will be uploaded when completed.
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