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.
Emma Patrick Phillips
Apr 4, 2024
Emma “Tootsie” Lucille Patrick Phillips, 91, of Brandon, MS, passed away peacefully with her daughters, Rebecca and Ellen, and niece, Jan Lewis, by her side on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Plain View Assisted Living facility in Richland, MS.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon,...
Ellie Lum Helms
Apr 4, 2024
Ellie Lum Helms, 93, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Visitation will be at First Baptist Church of Pearl on Monday, April 8, 2024, from 9:30 to 11:00 am with a funeral service immediately following at 11:00 am. Burial will be at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl. Ellie Lee Fitzhugh was born on May 11, 1930, to Robert and Ida Mae...
Esthers Lamar Wiggins, Jr.
Apr 4, 2024
Esthers Lamar Wiggins, Jr. died Thursday, April 4, 2024, following an extended illness.
Graveside services will be held at 2pm Saturday, April 6, 2024, from the Goodwater Baptist Cemetery with Bro. Clayburn Huff and Bro. Rayburn Huff officiating.
Mr. Wiggins was born on April 25, 1947, in Jackson, MS to his parents Esthers L. Wiggins, Sr. and Carrie McNeil Wiggins. He...
Juanita Cooper Mitchell
Apr 3, 2024
Juanita (Nita) Cooper Mitchell
Juanita (Nita) Cooper Mitchell was born to Albert Mason Cooper and Annie Doolittle Weems Cooper in Brandon, Mississippi on Wednesday, March 14, 1929. Nita Cooper passed at her home in Suwanee, Georgia on April 3, 2024.
Nita is survived by her three children: Charles Edwin White (Robin Lewis White) of Suwanee, Georgia, Ronald David White (Mary Kilgore White)...
Dorothy Leora Bishop
Apr 1, 2024
Dorothy Leora Bishop, 95, passed away on Mon. April 1, 2024 at her home in Brandon, MS. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS handled arrangements.
Mrs. Bishop was born on Jan. 4, 1929 in California to the late Harry Elberta Miles and Ruth Ida Briggs Miles.
She is survived by her children, Sara Ward, James Marvin Bishop (Deborah) and Timothy...
Patricia Sue Craft Josey
Apr 1, 2024
Patricia “Patti” Sue Craft Josey, 61, of Brandon, Mississippi, passed away at her home Monday, April 1, 2024.
Visitation will be at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm and Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at Meadow Grove Baptist Church in Brandon. The funeral service will begin...
Phyllis Carol Morrow
Mar 30, 2024
Phyllis Carol Morrow, 67, wife, longtime teacher, and beloved grandmother, went to be with her heavenly Father in the early morning of Saturday, March 30, 2024.
A Celebration of Phyllis’s Life will be Thursday, April 4, 2024, 1:00pm at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Burial Will follow in Puckett Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 5:00pm until...
Bro. Billy Ray Parker
Mar 29, 2024
Visitation: 5pm-8pm Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.Visitation: Wednesday 8:30AM-1:30PM- Family will arrive from 12pm-1:30pm Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.Chapel service: 2pm Wednesday from the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton.Graveside service will follow at New Hope Fellowship Cemetery.Bro. Timmy Jolly, Bro. Brian Parker, Bro. Bubba Langford,...
Alison Hinton Davis
Mar 29, 2024
Alison Hinton Davis, a resident of Brandon, passed away at her home on March 29th, 2024. She was 46 years old.From the moment that she was born on February 16,1978, she exuded joy in every interaction, becoming a radiant presence to all who knew her. To her family, she was a beam of light and a source of boundless happiness....
Bettye Jo Hall Eure
Mar 29, 2024
Visitation will be held from 9:30am to 11am on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Chapel service will be held at 11am on Thursday from the Ott and Lee Chapel in Morton with graveside at Morton Memorial Gardens. Bro. Ryan McGough will officiate the services.
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Bettye Hall Eure
Morton, MS
Bettye Hall Eure, a loving wife,...
Anna Roan
Mar 28, 2024
Marie Annastia Roan
December 11, 1942 – March 28, 2024
Anna was born in 1942 to Stella Landry and Octave Theriot in New Iberia, LA, where she attended Mount Carmel all girl Catholic School K5-12. Her parents wanted to call her Anastasia but somehow her birth certificate had “Annastia”. She always went by Anna.
One of her childhood memories was that Anna...
Betty Sue Tennison
Mar 27, 2024
Betty Sue Tennison
Brandon, MS
Betty Sue Gentry Tennison, 87, joined her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, March 27, 2024. She passed away at Chateau Pines in Brandon, MS. Visitation will begin 10am until the service at 12 Noon Friday, March 29, 2024, at Brandon Assembly of God. There will be a 1pm Graveside service on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Lindsey...
Ina V. Pace
Mar 26, 2024
Ina Virdue (Cox) Pace of Meridian, MS, passed away on March 26, 2024, at the Blake in Flowood. She was 93. Ina V. was born on June 11, 1930, to the late Sam and Vera Cox of Johns, MS. She grew up in the Johns area and attended Johns School. She married J.W. Pace, also of Johns, and they made...
Patti Jean Burnham
Mar 25, 2024
Patti Hughes Burnham, 70, of Brandon, has finally achieved victory over the ALS and Alzheimer’s she fought so hard against, with her loving family by her side. As of Monday, March 25, 2024, she enjoys her new home with her Savior, whom she adored for a lifetime, but leaves behind a loving husband and three stepchildren to join her later.
Graveside...
Ruth "Rose" Neal Weems
Mar 25, 2024
Ruth “Rose” Neal Weems, 85, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in the chapel at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon at 3:00 pm. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm. She will be laid to rest at Morton Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Weems was born on...
Dorothy Ray McCommon
Mar 25, 2024
Dorothy Ray Cook McCommon, age 75, a resident of Brandon, MS, passed away on March 25, 2024, at the Brandon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and made her transition from her earthly home to her Heavenly home where she reunited with husband Jim.
Dorothy was born June 30, 1948, in Magnolia Arkansas, to Harris Ray Cook and Dorothy Mae Bailey Cook. Dorothy...
Shirley R. Westerfield
Mar 23, 2024
Shirley R. Westerfield, 89, passed away on Sat. March 23, 2024, at South Baldwin Hospital in Foley, AL. Visitation will be held on Wed. March 27, 2024, from 11am-1pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 1pm on Wed. March 27, 2024, at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with burial...
David Dee Yates
Mar 19, 2024
Memorial service at Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton on Friday, March 29, 2024 at 1:30pm.**************************Mr. David Dee YatesMorton, MS
Hobbies: fishing, squirrel hunting, the occasional night out to the movies, eating a good medium rare steak, & grilling delicious tangy bbq chicken (homemade sauce supplied by his spouse). The bbq chicken was especially enjoyed by his sons & even once by a...
Lucy Ann Porter Harrell
Mar 19, 2024
Visitation: 5pm-8pm Friday, March 22, 2024 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton.Visitation: 2pm-3pm Saturday at Rehobeth Baptist Church in Pelahatchie.Church service: 3pm Saturday, March 23, 2024 at Rehobeth Baptist Church.Graveside: 3:30pm Saturday at Rehobeth Baptist Cemetery.Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.****************************************Mrs. Lucy Ann Porter HarrellPelahatchie, MSLucy Harrell, age 81, a...
Elder George Gardner
Mar 19, 2024
George Gardner, age 80, a lifelong resident of Forest died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3pm Friday, March 22, 2024, from the OTT & LEE Funeral Home chapel, with interment to follow in the Antioch-Steele Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2pm-2:45pm before the service.
George...
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