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.
Gary Thomas
Nov 6, 2015
Gary C. Thomas Brandon, MS Gary Claude Thomas, 73, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 6, 2015 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. There will be a memorial service at a later date. Gary was born on November 29, 1941 in San Francisco, CA to the late Claude Bertram and Gladys Mary Jones...
Larry "Lc" Cooper Smith
Nov 5, 2015
Larry Cooper (L.C.) Smith, of Brandon, Mississippi, passed into eternal life at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson at the age of 73 on Wednesday, November 5, 2015 at 0815. He was born and raised primarily in Smith County, Miss., to the late Eulon and Velma Smith, and maintained close ties and deep family connections to this...
Barbara Fletcher
Nov 5, 2015
Barbara Maxey Fletcher Monterey, TN Barbara Maxey Fletcher, 59, formerly of Pearl, MS, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2015. Visitation will be 5-7pm on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside services are 2pm Tuesday in New Greensboro Cemetery in Webster County. Survivors include her husband, Stanley R. Fletcher of Monterey, TN;...
John Brandon Winfield
Nov 5, 2015
Brandon Winfield Brandon, MS John Brandon Winfield, 33, passed away on November 5, 2015. Visitation will be 2-5pm Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Services will be 2pm Monday in the chapel of the funeral home with visitation starting at 1pm. Interment will follow in Crestview Memorial Gardens in Brandon. Brandon graduated Brandon...
Nell Grant
Nov 3, 2015
Nell Grant, 81, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be 6-8pm Thursday at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are 2pm Friday at Lakeland Presbyterian Church in Flowood with visitation starting at 1pm at the church. Interment will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park South. Mrs. Grant was born in Edinburg,...
Lloyd Parker
Oct 31, 2015
A memorial service will be held 2 pm Saturday, November 7, 2015 at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 6 pm until 8 pm Friday, November 6, 2015 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home.
Chanda Watkins
Oct 31, 2015
Chanda Colletti Watkins, 59, a resident of Brandon, MS, died Saturday, October 31, 2015, at her home in Brandon. Funeral services will be held at 10 am Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon with the interment at Crestview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 from 5 until 8 pm...
Charles Walker
Oct 30, 2015
Charles Ellis Walker, 62, passed away Fri. Oct. 30, 2015 at the St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Sun. Nov. 1, 2015 from 3pm-5pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS and on Mon. Nov. 2, 2015 from 10am-10:45am at All Seasons Worship Center in Forest, MS. Funeral Services will be 11am...
Bobby Burns
Oct 30, 2015
Bobby Earl Burns, 75, passed away Fri. Oct. 30, 2015 at the Brandon Court Nursing Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Sun. Nov. 1, 2015 from 2pm-5pm and on Mon. Nov. 2, 2015 from 9am-9:45am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 10am Mon. Nov. 2, 2015 at the Ott & Lee...
Almetus Reeder
Oct 28, 2015
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 Almetus McKinley Reeder, 99, passed away on Wed. Oct. 28, 2015 at her home in Brandon, MS. She was born in Grande Glaze, AR on January 22, 1916. She was a native of Vicksburg, MS until moving to Baton Rouge, LA...
Bonnie Smith
Oct 27, 2015
Mrs. Bonnie Jane Smith, age 82 and a resident of Lena, MS passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the Baptist Medical Center – Leake Hospital in Carthage, MS. Funeral services will be held from the Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton at 10:00 am on Saturday October 31, 2015 with Bro. Larry Duncan and Bro. Billy Henry officiating....
Gloria Turner
Oct 27, 2015
Gloria Bates Turner Morton Mrs. Gloria Bates Turner, age 52, a resident of Morton passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at her residence. Visitation was held 5-8pm Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at New Liberty Baptist Church and 8am -2pm Thursday at the church. Funeral services were held 2pm Thursday, October 29, 2015 at New Liberty Baptist Church with burial...
William Brian Bishop
Oct 27, 2015
Brian Bishop, 42, formerly of Pearl, passed away on October 27, 2015. Visitation will be 6-8pm Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Survivors include his daughters, Keeley Bishop and Sara Kate Bishop; mother and step father, Kathy and Bobby Brock; aunt and uncle, Bill and Betty Horn; and friend and caretaker, Shawn Gayle Dunne....
Edna Bates
Oct 26, 2015
Mrs. Edna Bates, age 88 passed away on October 26, 2015 at the MS Care Center in Morton, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, October 31, 2015 from the Leesburg Baptist Church with Bro. Andy Boles, Bro. Joseph Oster, Bro. Kenny Lang officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm Friday, October 30,...
Matthew Lord
Oct 25, 2015
Matthew Lord, 36, a resident of Brandon, MS died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 11 am Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Pinelake Church in Brandon, MS with a family burial to follow at New Chapel Hill Cemetery in West Monroe, LA . Visitation will be held from 9-10:45...
Infant Uriel Leonard Hamburg
Oct 25, 2015
Uriel Leonard Hamburg Brandon, MS Uriel Leonard Hamburg, 3 days old, passed away on October 25, 2015. Visitation is 6-8pm Wednesday, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside services are 1pm Thursday, October 29, 2015, at St. James Cemetery in Jefferson County. Survivors include his parents, Sam Hamburg and Collice Kerr; brother, Walker Lansing Hamburg; sister, Abigail...
Wayne Cherry
Oct 24, 2015
Wayne Freeman Cherry Richland, MS Wayne Freeman Cherry, 56, went to be with his Lord and Savior on October 24, 2015. He is preceded in death by his father, Richard Freeman Cherry, and mother, Doris Loretta Cherry. He leaves behind his oldest brother, Richard Stanley Cherry (Sue) of Pearl, MS, Harvey Clinton Cherry (Lena) of Pontotoc, MS. He was a...
Minrose Searcy Bridges
Oct 24, 2015
Minrose Searcy Bridges Morton Minrose Searcy Bridges, age 84, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015. Visitation was held 5-8pm Monday, October 26, 2015 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Funeral services were held 10am Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton with burial in Pulaski Cemetery. Bro. Earl Clark and Bro. Jason...
Donald Lee Bowman, Jr
Oct 23, 2015
Donald Lee Bowman Jr. Pelahatchie Donald Lee Bowman Jr., age 59, a resident of Pelahatchie passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015 at his residence. Visitation was held 4-7pm Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Funeral services were held 2pm Monday, October 26, 2015 at the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton with burial...
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