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.
Kay Thornton
Jul 16, 2016
Kay King Thornton, age 56, a resident of the Mississippi Care Center in Morton, died Saturday, July 16, 2016, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were conducted at 2pm Tuesday, July 19, 2016, from the chapel of the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with interment in the Harperville Cemetery. Visitation was held from 5pm to 8pm Monday, July...
Karen Clements
Jul 15, 2016
Karen Kuehn Clements Brandon, MS Karen Kuehn Clements, 69, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2016, at Merit Health Crossgates. Visitation will be 5:30 -7:30pm Monday, July 18, 2016 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. There will be an 11am graveside service Tuesday at Crestview Memorial Gardens in Brandon. Karen was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother....
John E. Hawthorne
Jul 15, 2016
John E. Hawthorne Florence, MS John E. Hawthorne, 86, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 at Hospice Ministries, Inc. in Ridgeland. Visitation will be 2-6pm Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Richland, MS and starting 9am on Monday. Services will follow at 10am in the chapel of the funeral home. Interment will be in Florence...
Betty Phillipson
Jul 14, 2016
Betty Ruth Bates Phillipson Morton Betty Ruth Bates Phillipson, age 87, a resident of Morton passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Mississippi Care Center in Morton. Visitation was held 5-9pm Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Funeral services were held 2pm Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the Ott & Lee Chapel in...
Robert Fuss
Jul 13, 2016
Robert Earl Fuss, 79, passed away Wed. July 13, 2016 at the G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. July 18, 2016 from 6pm-8pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside Services are 11am on Tues. July 19, 2016 at the Lakeland Place Garden Park Cemetery in Brandon, MS....
Infant Ava Paige
Jul 12, 2016
A funeral service will be held for Infant Ava Paige the daughter of Benjamin Heckman and Toni Leigh Lewis at 3 pm Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with the interment to be held in the Crestview Memorial Gardens in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 1-3 pm Sunday at the funeral...
Billie Chambers
Jul 10, 2016
Billie Ann Brooks Chambers, 87, passed away Sun. July 10, 2016 at Merritt Health Hospital in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. July 11, 2016 from 5pm-7pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS and on Tues. July 12, 2016 from 10am-10:45am at the Crossgates United Methodist Church in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 11am Tues....
Roxanne Reece
Jul 9, 2016
Roxanne Rogers Reece Brandon, MS Roxanne Rodgers Reece received her diamond studded angel wings July 9, 2016. Roxanne, a light so bright. A soul so giving and kind. To say she lit up the room would be an understatement…she WAS the room. At home in any crowd because she didn’t believe in labels. Her eyes were shining stars that would...
Sandra Ingram Myers
Jul 9, 2016
Mrs. Sandra Ingram Myers, age 56 passed away on Saturday July 9, 2016 at her residence. There will be no services conducted at this time. She was born on January 22, 1960 to her parents George Alford and Joan Palmer Ingram in Williston, FL. Sandi as many called her was Baptist by faith however; she attended a non-denominational church in...
Beverly Jepsen
Jul 6, 2016
Beverly Cloud Jepsen, died July 6, 2016. Visitation is 1-2:45 pm Friday July 8, 2016 with her service at 3:00 pm in the chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Burial will follow in Crestview Memorial Gardens on Star Rd in Brandon, MS. Rev. Mitchell Hedgepeth will officiate. Beverly was born in Jackson, MS. She graduated from...
William Boyd
Jul 6, 2016
Senior Airman William Joseph Boyd Brandon, MS Senior Airman William Joseph Boyd, age 26, died in his home in Clovis, New Mexico, on July 6, 2016. Joey, as he was affectionately known, was an AC-130W instrument and flight systems journeyman for the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 27th Special Operations Aviation Maintenance Squadron at nearby Cannon Air Force Base. Joey was...
Ethel Virginia Moore
Jul 5, 2016
Ethel Virginia Carter Moore, 89, a resident of Brandon, Mississippi died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Brandon, Mississippi. Graveside services will be held at a later date in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, Mississippi. Mrs. Moore was a native of North Carolina and the youngest daughter of...
Sandra Reichelt
Jul 5, 2016
Sandra Kay Reichelt Brandon, MS Sandra Kay Blakeney Reichelt, 68, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at her home in Brandon, MS. Visitation was Friday, July 8, 2016 from 10 am until the 11 am Service from the Chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Burial followed at 1:30 pm in the...
Malcolm Massey, Jr.
Jul 5, 2016
Malcolm Cennett Massey Brandon, MS Malcolm Cennett Massey, Jr., 79, went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus on July 5, 2016. Malcolm was born in Ethel, MS on November 26, 1936 and raised in Jackson, MS. Together with his wife, Carolyn, he owned and operated Beatty Street Grocery, a downtown Jackson landmark, for over 60 years. He...
Clinton Cole Kirby
Jul 4, 2016
One could say that Cole Kirby lived his life to the absolute fullest. He enjoyed playing baseball, hunting, fishing and anything to do with spending time with friends and family in the outdoors. Cole turned 18 on June 25th 2016. In his brief time on this earth, his determination and commitment to do all things to the best of his...
Harold E. "Buddy" Cupstid
Jul 1, 2016
Harold E. (Buddy) Cupstid, 71, of Pearl, MS passed away on Friday, July 4, 2016 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Graveside Services will be held Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl. Visitation will be Monday, July 4, 2016 from 5 until 8 pm and Tuesday, July 5, 2016 from 10 until 11 am at...
Mary Underwood
Jul 1, 2016
Mary Wootie Underwood, age 101, died Friday, July 1, 2016 in Raymond, MS. Visitation will be held from 9am until service time at 11am Tuesday July 5, 2016 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with interment to follow in the Eastern Cemetery. Rev. Larry Patrick will officiate. Mrs. Underwood was born October 31, 1914, in Newton County,...
Judy Dees
Jul 1, 2016
Judy Dyann Dees, age 65, a resident of Natchez, formerly of Forest, died Friday, July 1, 2016, in Natchez following an extended illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 10am Wednesday, July 6, 2016, from the chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Graveside services will follow at Harperville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5pm to 8pm...
Laura Harris
Jun 26, 2016
Laura Shockley Harris, 85, a resident of Brandon, MS passed from this world on June 26, 2016, after a four year battle with dementia. Visitation will be held from 5 pm until 8 pm Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home...
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