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Carole Marie Hawkins
Jan 12, 2018
Carole Guraedy Hawkins
Brandon, MS
Carole Marie Guraedy Hawkins, 71, passed away peacefully at her brother’s home on Friday, January 12, 2018, after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. Services will be 11am Wednesday, January 17, 2018, in the chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral Home, with visitation starting at 10am. Graveside services...
Lisa Richardson
Jan 12, 2018
On January 12, 2018, my mother, Lisa Kay Richardson, moved on to a better place in Heaven. Mom was a fighter no doubt. She was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma in July of 2007 and defied all odds and beat it. Though weary from the treatment and side effects she continued to live life, be a servant to others and...
Agnes Miley
Jan 11, 2018
Mrs. Agnes T. Miley
Pulaski, MS
Mrs. Mary Agnes Thomas Miley, age 93, a resident of Pulaski passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held 6pm-9pm Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Services will be held 2pm...
Raymond Bottom
Jan 9, 2018
Raymond Powell Bottom, 90, a resident of Flowood, MS passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A memorial service will be held at 10 am Thursday, January 11, 2018 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 9-10 am Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will...
Eugene Odom
Jan 8, 2018
Victor Eugene Odom, age 63 a resident of the Pea Ridge community near Forest, died Monday January 8, 2018 surrounded by his loving family, following an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30pm Wednesday January 10, 2018 from the chapel of the Ott & Lee Funeral home in Forest with interment in the Ridge...
Maedean Goolsby
Jan 7, 2018
MaeDean Goolsby, age 54 a resident of Forest died Sunday January 7, 2018 at the Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11am Wednesday January 10, 2018 from the chapel of the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with interment to follow in the...
Anne Marie Lodes
Jan 6, 2018
Anne Marie Lodes
Brandon
Anne Marie Lodes, age 66 , passed away on January 6th , 2018 . Anne Marie was born in Brandon on June 28, 1951, daughter of Seidel Lloyd and Orene Parker Robinson who preceded her in death. She graduated Brandon High School, 1969, and Jackson Commercial College, 1971. She worked at...
Claude Legate
Jan 6, 2018
Claude Ellison Legate, 88, died January 6, 2018, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS, surrounded by his family. He was born in Pickens, MS to the late Carl and Maude Legate on August 25, 1929, and grew up in Lexington, MS. Not yet out of High School he joined the Army and served in WWII and later the Korean...
James Robinson
Jan 6, 2018
James E. Robinson, 59, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will be held 11 am Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment at Lakewood Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held 5-8 pm Tuesday at the...
James "Rod" Phillips
Jan 6, 2018
Funeral services for Mr. James "Rod" Phillips will be conducted at 11:00 am on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ray Ingram and Bro. Billy Ray Parker officiating. Interment will follow in the Morton Church of God Cemetery under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
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Ella Thompson
Jan 5, 2018
"Her wings were ready but our hearts were not".
Baby Ella was the daughter of Russell Thompson and Victoria Gregory. She is survived by her parents, brothers, Trever and Avery Ashmore; grandparents, Susan and Ritchie Martin, Patricia and George Gregory; great grandparents, Helen and Melvin Thompson. She will be missed by all.
Marguerite Cox
Jan 5, 2018
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7
Marguerite Black Cox, 93, a resident of Brandon, MS died peacefully on January 5, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral services will be held 2 pm Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home...
Helen Rochinski
Jan 4, 2018
Mrs. Helen Frances Dale Rochinski, a native of Columbia, MS, was born January 8, 1922, and went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2017, after a brief illness.
Visitation will be at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Forest on Saturday, January 6, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
There...
Jeanene Kea
Jan 3, 2018
Visit: 12pm-2pm Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
Services: 2pm Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton.
Burial: Ludlow Cemetery.
Jeanene Kea, a resident of Pearl, but also lived on their farm some in the Ludlow Community passed away on Wednesday, January...
Melda Ware
Jan 2, 2018
Melda Kay Ware, age 78 of Brandon, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.
She attended Eastside Baptist Church, loved to bowl and take care of her family. She worked at Whitley’s Florist in Jackson for many years.
She was preceded in death by her son Delaney...
Ruby Jones
Jan 1, 2018
Mrs. Ruby Kay Jones was born in Forest on June 7, 1953 and passed away at the MS Care Center of Raleigh on November 24, 2018.
Services will be conducted at 1pm Wednesday November 28, 2018 from the chapel of the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Rev. Tam Maddox will officiate. Graveside services will not...
Hugh Jones
Jan 1, 2018
Mr. Hugh Marion Jones was born in Fitzgerald, GA on, Monday, September 14, 1936, to his parents Reginald A. and Lillian E. Lunsford Jones, who precede him in death. He passed away on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Edgewood Health and Rehab in Byram, at the age of 82.
Mr. Jones was a...
Mary Knowles
Jan 1, 2018
Mary McMillan Knowles was born at Forest on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1953 and entered into the eternal rest with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, on December 20, 2018 surrounded by her loving family, following an extended illness.
A celebration of life service for her...
Christian Pruitt
Jan 1, 2018
Christian Maurice Pruitt
Leesburg, MS
Chris Pruitt, age 18, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held 5pm-8pm Friday, December 7, 2018 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in...
Royce Baker
Jan 1, 2018
Royce V. Baker, 79, passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Funeral services will be 10am Friday, September 14, 2018, at Oakdale Baptist Church with graveside services to follow in Oakdale Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8pm Thursday, September 13, 2018, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Melva...
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