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Emma Jean Prestage

Emma Jean Prestage

Dec 16, 2017

Emma Jean Williams Prestage

Morton, MS

Mrs. Emma Jean Williams Prestage, age 76, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at her residence. Visitation will be held 5-8pm Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Services will be held 2pm Monday, December 18, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Chapel...

J. Hugh Smith

J. Hugh Smith

Dec 15, 2017

Brandon, Ms.- J. Hugh Smith passed away peacefully at home on Friday, December 15th, 2017. J. Hugh was born in 1940 on the 20th of August in Brookhaven, Ms. where he lived until the early 70’s.  He and his family then moved to the Jackson area where he raised his children and he lived in Brandon, Ms. the last...

Charles Walker

Charles Walker

Dec 15, 2017

Mr. Charles L. Walker

Morton, MS

Mr. Charles L. Walker, age 91, a resident of Morton passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017 at Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest.  Visitation was held 5-8pm Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.  Services were held 2pm Sunday, December 17, 2017...

Laura O'Cain

Laura O'Cain

Dec 14, 2017

Laura O'cain

Carthage, MS

Mrs. Laura Turner O'cain, age 77, a resident of Carthage passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Leake.  Visitation will be held 6-8pm Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.  Graveside services will be held 11am Monday, December 18, 2017 at Forest Grove...

Richard Leon Tadlock

Richard Leon Tadlock

Dec 13, 2017

Leon Tadlock passed away early Wednesday morning, December 13, 2017, at Mississippi Care Center in Morton, MS.

Visitation will be held Friday, December 15, 2017 from 5:00 pm  - 7:30 pm at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, December 16, 2017...

Billy Sumrall

Billy Sumrall

Dec 11, 2017

Billy Wayne Sumrall, 68, a resident of Greenville, MS passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. A memorial service will be held 1 pm Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 12-1 pm Thursday at the funeral home.

Mr. Sumrall was a native of Leland, MS. He...

Winona Babb

Winona Babb

Dec 10, 2017

Winona Marie Aycock Babb, 89, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 at MS Care Center of Morton. Funeral services will be held 2 pm Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with the interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be held Monday from...

Madalyn Bartley

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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