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.
James Lamar Rhodes
Dec 21, 2015
SERVICES: 11 AM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2015 AT LODEBAR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BURIAL: LODEBAR CEMETERY VISITATION: 4-8 PM WEDNESDAY AT OTT AND LEE IN MORTON AND 9:30 AM THURSDAY AT LODEBAR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH James Lamar Rhodes, 83, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 at Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon. Visitation is 4-8 pm Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at...
Dale Mcmurry
Dec 21, 2015
Dale Ladner McMurry, 62, passed away Mon. Dec. 21, 2015 at his home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Dec. 26, 2015 from 12pm-1:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. A Celebration of Life Service will be 2pm on Sat. Dec. 26, 2015 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS....
Phillip Wesley Varner
Dec 20, 2015
Phillip Wesley Varner, 33, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015 in Starkville. Visitation is 6-8 pm Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are 2 pm Wednesday at the funeral home with burial in Hebron Cemetery. Phillip was a native and lifelong resident of Brandon and was of the Baptist faith. He was a...
Anne Hamilton
Dec 18, 2015
Anne Noel Hamilton, age 82, a resident of Flowood, died Friday December 18, 2015 at the St. Dominic Hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:15am Tuesday December 22, 2015 from the chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with interment to follow at Harperville Memorial Park. Rev. Ty Pigott will officiate. Visitation will...
Betty Jones
Dec 18, 2015
Betty Holmes Jones Pearl, MS Betty Holmes Jones, 74, went to be with her Lord on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Select Medical Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be Sunday, December 20, 2015 from 5 – 8 pm and again Monday, December 21, 2015 from 10 am until the 11 am Chapel Service at Ott & Lee Funeral Home...
Hewitt Gene Smith
Dec 18, 2015
Hewitt G. Smith Brandon, MS Hewitt Gene Smith, 85, joined his Heavenly Father on Friday, December 18, 2015. Visitation will begin at 4pm Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, until the 6pm funeral service at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside services will be 2pm Tuesday at Magnolia City Cemetery in Magnolia, AR. Hewitt was born on April 7,...
Jewell Levanway
Dec 17, 2015
Jewell C. (Jill) Levanway passed away peacefully at her home on Dec. 17, 2015, at the age of 90. She was born on New Year’s Eve, 1924 to Edward and Helen Clanton in Hillsborough County, FL. In 1945 she was married to Russell W. Levanway of Troy, NY upon his return from service in Italy in WWII. The couple lived...
Blanche Watkins
Dec 17, 2015
Blanche Wooten Watkins Florence, MS Blanche Wooten Watkins, 83, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon, MS. Visitation is Wednesday, December 23, 2015 from 10 am until 12 Noon at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services will follow at 12 Noon from the Chapel of Ott...
Charles Polk
Dec 15, 2015
Charles “Fred” Polk,69, a resident of Brandon, MS died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be held 10am-12pm Monday, December 21, 2015 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. The family will have a private memorial service at a later time. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral...
Marzelle "Marty" Gunn
Dec 14, 2015
Funeral services for Mrs. Marzelle “Marty” Gunn will be conducted at 11:00 am on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from the Ott & Lee Chapel with Rev. Larry Duncan officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in the Piketon Community under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9:00 am –...
Aubrey C. Thrash
Dec 14, 2015
Graveside services for Mr. Aubrey C. Thrash will be conducted at 10 am on Friday, December 18, 2015 from the Union Baptist Church Cemetery in the Red Top Community with Bro. Joey Smith officiating under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. There will be no visitation. Mr. Thrash was born March 18, 1936 in Scott County...
Tessie Morgan
Dec 13, 2015
1pm Thursday Dec. 17, 2015 Ott & Lee Chapel - Forest Visitation: 11am - 1pm Thursday Dec. 17, 2015 Interment: Evans Chapel Cemetery
Phillip Shaw, Sr.
Dec 13, 2015
Phillip George Shaw, Sr. Byram, Mississippi Phillip George Shaw, Sr., 76, a resident of Byram, MS went to be with his Lord on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at his home in Byram, MS. Visitation is Tuesday, December 15, 2015 from 5 – 8 pm and Wednesday, December 16, 2015 beginning at 9:30 am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in...
Phillip Shaw
Dec 13, 2015
Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Family will be in at 10am on Mon. Dec. 14, 2015 to make arrangements. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is in charge of arrangements.
Richard Gookin
Dec 13, 2015
Richard “Dick” Gookin, 85, passed away Sun. Dec. 13, 2015 at the St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. Dec. 14, 2015 from 5pm-7pm at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Richland, MS. Graveside services are 10am on Tues. Dec. 15, 2015 at the Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery in Jackson, MS. Mr. Gookin...
Claude Earl Sorey
Dec 12, 2015
Funeral services for Mr. Claude Earl Sorey will be conducted at 2 pm Monday, December, 14, 2015 from the Ott & Lee Chapel with Bro. James Arthur McMillan and Bro. Harold Laird officiating. Interment will follow in the Good Hope Cemetery at Lake under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Visitation will be Sunday, December 13,...
Henry Hill
Dec 11, 2015
Henry Allen Hill, 58, passed away Fri. Dec. 11, 2015 in Port Arthur, TX. A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS. Mr. Hill was born in Jackson, MS and was currently living in Brandon, MS. He was an employee of Powell Transportation for...
Thomas Stanford
Dec 11, 2015
Thomas M. Stanford, Jr., 72, a resident of Brandon, Miss, died Friday, December 11, 2015 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. Visitations will be held 5-7 pm Saturday, December 12 and Sunday, December 13 from 2-3 pm at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, Miss. A memorial service be will held immediately after Sunday’s visitation at...
Ruth Compton
Dec 10, 2015
Ruth Ida Gates Compton, 88, passed away Thurs. Dec. 10, 2015 at the Brandon Nursing and Rehab Center in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 from 10am-11am at the Brandon Presbyterian Church in Brandon, MS. Memorial Services will be 11am on Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 at the Brandon Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Dawson officiating....
Frank Little
Dec 10, 2015
Frank Little, 76, passed away Fri. Dec. 11, 2015 at the St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. Dec. 14, 2015 from 5pm-8pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside Services will be 11am on Tues. Dec. 15, 2015 at the White Oak Cemetery in Utica, MS. Frank was born in...
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