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.
Madalyn Bartley
Dec 10, 2017
Madalyn Grace Bartley, 12, joined her Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Visitation will be 4-7pm Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Services are 10am Thursday in the chapel of the funeral home with visitation starting at 9am. Interment will follow at Lakeland Place Garden Park Cemetery.
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Darren Short
Dec 9, 2017
Darren Thomas Short, 48, passed away Sat. Dec. 9, 2017 in Scott County, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. Dec. 11, 2017 from 5pm-7pm and on Tues. Dec. 12, 2017 from 10am-10:45am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Service is at 11am Tues. Dec. 12, 2017 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel...
Sarah Wilson
Dec 9, 2017
Sarah Catherine “Cathye” Wilson, 68, a resident of Clinton, MS passed away Saturday morning, December 9, 2017. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 12 pm until the 2 pm service at...
Max Evans, Jr.
Dec 7, 2017
Max Everet Evans, Jr age 64 passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at his residence. There will be a special Memorial Service held by his family at a later date.
Max was born to his parents Max Everet and Erma Sadler Evans on May 16, 1953 in Aikin, SC. He worked as a boilermaker and an electrician...
Marty Denson
Dec 7, 2017
Mr. Marty Denson, age 61 passed away in Jackson, MS on December 7, 2017. Visitation services are held on Monday, December 11, 2017 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm at the Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Graveside service will be held at the Branch Baptist Church Cemetery on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 1:00 pm with Bro. Gary...
Norman Hubbard
Dec 5, 2017
Norman Carlton Hubbard, 79 passed away December 5, 2017. Visitation is Saturday, December 9, 2017 from 12pm-2pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 2pm Saturday in the chapel of the funeral home.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama. Graduate of Woodlawn High School and attended Auburn University. Served in the US...
David Dugan
Dec 5, 2017
David Michael Dugan
Brandon, MS
David Michael Dugan, 67, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at his home. Visitation will begin at 11:30am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, with a Memorial Service following at 12:30pm in the chapel.
David was born in Lexington, MS on...
Myrna Cooper
Dec 4, 2017
"Take me home, what joy shall fill my heart, my God how great Thou art"
A native of Pelahatchie, MS and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, Myrna Cooper passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2017 from 11am-12:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral...
Cindy Craig Harrell
Dec 3, 2017
Cindy Craig Harrell
Clifton, MS
Cindy Craig Harrell, age 52 a resident of Clifton, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Lackey Hospital in Forest, MS. Visitation will be held 5-9pm Monday, December 4, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest and 8:30am-1pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Funeral services will...
Jimmy Mccrary, Sr.
Dec 3, 2017
Mr. Jimmy Harold McCrary, Sr. was born on August 5, 1951 and passed away on December 3, 2017 after a brief illness at the age of 66.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Warren officiating. Interment will...
Winnie Thrasher
Dec 2, 2017
Winnie Juanita Thrasher, age 88 a resident of Oxford, MS formerly of Forest, MS died Saturday December 2, 2017 following an extended illness.
Graveside services were conducted at 3pm Monday December 4, 2017 from the Carr Church Cemetery. Rev. Don James officiated. Visitation was held prior to the graveside service from 1pm-2:30pm at...
Billy Beard
Dec 1, 2017
Billy Ray Beard, 83
Brandon, MS
On December 1, 2017, Billy Ray passed away peacefully surround by his family at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. He was born October 8, 1934 in Morton, MS. It’s been said a lucky man finds love once in a lifetime but, only a truly blessed man finds...
Rose Marie Toles
Dec 1, 2017
Rose Marie Toles
Brandon, MS
Rose Marie Bell Toles, 87, passed away on Friday, December 01, 2017, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Graveside services are 11am Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Dr. Steve Jussely will be officiating the service.
Survivors include...
Duane Hakarine
Nov 29, 2017
Duane Dennis Hakarine, 78, passed away Wed. Nov. 29, 2017 at Brandon Nursing and Rehab Center in Brandon, MS from complications of Parkinson’s Disease in which he was diagnosed with in 2011. Visitation will be held on Sat. Dec. 9, 2017 from 9:30am-10:45am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services will be 11am on Sat....
Benjamin Hawkins
Nov 28, 2017
Craig Hawkins, age 23 and a resident of Raleigh, MS passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in Carthage, MS.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 am on Saturday, December 2, 2017 from the Providence Lutheran Church in Smith County with the Rev. Robert Hallman officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery under the...
Paul Cisneros
Nov 26, 2017
Paul Gonzalez Cisneros, 74, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at home in Brandon, MS. He was born on June 17th, 1943.
Paul was born in North Dakota, which was home and where he grew up until moving to Nebraska. The Cornhusker State would be his adopted home until he moved to Mississippi as...
Thomas Lynn Harpole
Nov 26, 2017
Thomas Lynn Hastings Harpole, 72, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral services will be held 12:00 pm Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with a 3:00 pm Wednesday interment in the Clarkson Cemetery in Mathiston, MS. Visitation will be held...
Libbie Eloise Adams
Nov 26, 2017
Eloise Adams of Brandon, Mississippi was born on February 12, 1926 in Holopaw, Osceola County, Florida. However, her childhood home was in the Ted Community of Smith County, Mississippi. She graduated from Sylvarena High School where she was a star basketball player. She proclaimed that she never missed a free throw in a game. Affectionately, known to her family...
Mary Defoore
Nov 26, 2017
Family and friends were invited to celebrate the life of Myrtle Elizabeth Comeaux DeFoore, 94, of Brandon. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 26, 2017. Visitation will be held on Wed. Nov. 29, 2017 at 9:30am and services at 10:30am at Ott and Lee Funeral Home, 1360 West Government Street, Brandon, Mississippi. Burial will be at...
Ruby Inez Fleming
Nov 24, 2017
Mrs. Ruby Inez Shoemaker Fleming age 90, passed away Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation service will be Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton and from 12:15 pm until 1:45 pm on Sunday, November 26, 2017 from the Allen Chapel...
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