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.
Tracy Till
Sep 12, 2019
Tracy Riddell Till, 52, passed away Thurs. Sept. 12, 2019 at his home in Pelahatchie, MS. Visitation will be held on Sun. Sept. 15, 2019 from 2pm-2:45pm at Antioch Baptist Church 2350 Hwy. 43 South Brandon, MS 39042. Funeral Services are 3pm on Sun. Sept. 15, 2019 at Antioch Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery....
Ronald Cole, Sr.
Sep 12, 2019
Ronald L. Cole, Sr. was born in Franklinton, LA on April 10, 1939 and passed away at his home in Morton on September 12, 2019 at the age of 80.
No services are scheduled at this time.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in...
Marla Johnson
Sep 11, 2019
Marla Lynn Sanders Johnson was born May 14, 1956 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts to her parents Duke and Mollie Sanders. She passed away September 11, 2019 in Clearwater, FL at the age of 63. Marla will be remembered as a conversationalist of free spirit with artistic abilities who loved dogs.
She is survived by her...
Nina Holloway
Sep 10, 2019
Nina Robbins Holloway, age 74 of Braxton, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at a local hospital.
Visitation will be Friday, September 13, 2019 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon from 9:00am until 10:45am. A graveside service will follow at 11:30am at Ross Cemetery with Rev. Don Lum officiating.
She was born in...
Alexander “Alex” Tullos
Sep 10, 2019
Alexander Taylor Tullos, 37, a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah formerly of Brandon, MS passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Intermountain Medical Center in Marray, Utah. Funeral services will be held at 12 pm Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton,...
Shannon Dennis
Sep 9, 2019
Shannon Dennis, age 48 a resident of Polkville passed away on Monday, September 8, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held on Tuesday September 10, 2019 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Ott and Lee in Morton. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at the Ott and Lee Chapel...
Donald Woods
Sep 8, 2019
Donald Robert “Woody” Woods, 76, a resident of Carthage, MS passed away Sunday, September 8, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, September 13, 2019 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held 5:00-8:00 pm Thursday, September 12,...
Michael Bates
Sep 8, 2019
Mr. Michael Franklin Bates
Newton, MS
Mr. Bates, age 63, a resident of Bedford Care Center of Newton passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2019. His visitation will be held 5pm-7pm Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Services will be held 7pm Thursday night in the Ott & Lee...
James E. Cowden
Sep 8, 2019
James E. “Jimmy” Cowden, 74, of Brandon, MS died September 8, 2019. He was born in Bay Springs, MS to Lucy Mae and Earnest Cowden.
Jimmy was a faithful member of Brandon Baptist Church and worked with the Kitchen Crew. He worked in the electrical industry over 50 years, and most of those years he owned and...
Scott Cumberland
Sep 7, 2019
Visitation: 5-8pm Sunday, September 8, 2019 & 9am Monday at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS
Celebration of Life: 10am Monday, September 9, 2019, Ott & Lee Funeral Home
Interment: Crestview Memorial Gardens
Scottie Eugene Cumberland was born in Jackson, Mississippi on January 29, 1966 to the late Ann...
Larry Watters
Sep 6, 2019
Larry Odell Watters was born in Haynesville, LA on January 13, 1939. He passed away from this life and on to the next on Friday, September 6, 2019, surrounded by a loving family at his home in Brandon. Larry was a member of Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon and he was very faithful to The Overcomers Sunday School Class....
Charles Hewitt
Sep 6, 2019
Charles Devin Hewitt, “Hobbie”, a resident of Jackson, MS passed away at Baptist Medical Center on Friday September 6, 2019 at the age of 60. A Memorial service will be held at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon at 10am on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Visitation will begin at 9am until service time.
Hobbie was born...
James Greene
Sep 6, 2019
James Michael Greene, 76, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Friday, September 6, 2019 at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be held from 5-7...
Laura Hunt
Sep 4, 2019
Laura Erin Hunt, 36, passed away Wed. Sept. 4, 2019 at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS.
Visitation was held on Fri. Sept. 6, 2019 from 5pm - 7pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 am on Sat. Sept. 7, 2019 at Mt. Zion Baptist...
Lela Cogdill
Sep 2, 2019
Lela Mae Cogdill, age 91 of Brandon, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 2, 2019.
A Celebration of Life will be Friday, September 6, 2019 at 1:00pm at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Visitation will be from 11:00am until 12:45pm at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Floral Hills...
Terry Williams
Sep 2, 2019
Terry Michael Williams, age 58 and a resident of Brandon, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2019 at his home. Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 4, 2019 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, September 5, 2019 from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 5,...
Bobby Boone
Sep 2, 2019
Bobby Sybil Harpe Boone, 92, died peacefully Monday, September 2, 2019, at Mississippi Care Center in Morton, MS, where she had been a resident for 6 years.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 4, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at her home church, Lodebar United Methodist Church, Pelahatchie, MS. The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. at...
Margaret Crimm
Sep 1, 2019
Margaret Massey Crimm, age 91, a lifelong resident of Forest died Sunday, September 1, 2019, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11am Saturday, September 7, 2019, from the chapel of the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with Reverend Jerry Holmes officiating. Visitation will be held from 10am until...
Ernest Smith
Aug 31, 2019
Ernest Dwyatt Smith;
Dwyatt a resident of the Leesburg community passed away Saturday August 31, 2019 in Belle Chasse La.
Visitation will be on Wednesday September 4,2019 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton from 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Funeral Services will follow at...
Virgil Bowman
Aug 30, 2019
Virgil R. Bowman, 93, passed away Fri. Aug. 30, 2019 at Castlewood Place Nursing Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. Sept. 2, 2019 from 10am-10:45am at Concord Baptist Church in Pelahatchie, MS. Funeral Services are 11am on Mon. Sept. 2, 2019 at Concord Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Concord Baptist Church Cemetery....
Subscribe
To Email Notifications
Subscribe to receive an email when we add new obituaries to our website. Your email will not be used for any other purpose and will not be shared. You may unsubscribe at any time.
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss
HeartLight offers a variety of support groups, education, resources, and special programming related to grief and loss.
