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.
Patricia Miller
Nov 23, 2014
Visit: 12 noon- 1:30pm Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Graveside: 2pm Tuesday at Morton Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
Ricky Allen Smith
Nov 21, 2014
Ricky Allen Smith Brandon, MS Ricky Allen Smith, age 54, went home to his Lord Friday afternoon. Visitation will be Sunday, November 23,2014 from 2 until 5 pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS and again on Monday, November 24, 2014 at Puckett Baptist Church from 9 am until the 10 am service. Burial will follow in...
Doris Pearson
Nov 20, 2014
Doris Gates Pearson, 84, passed away Thurs. Nov. 20, 2014 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral Services will be held at 12pm on Fri. Nov. 28, 2014 at the Marvin United Methodist Church in Florence, MS with burial to follow in the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be held from 10am until the...
M. Bernie Whatley, Jr.
Nov 19, 2014
FUNERAL SERVICE: 12:00 P.M. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014 OTT & LEE CHAPEL VISIATION: 10:00 A.M. - 11:45 A.M. FRIDAY OTT & LEE FUENRAL HOME INTERMENT: HOMEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CEMETERY Mr. Whatley, age 71, a resident of Forest, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was born January 29, 1943 at the...
Betty Weems
Nov 19, 2014
Betty Weems Brandon, MS Betty Weems joined her Heavenly Father in Heaven on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Visitation will at 1pm Friday, November 21, 2014 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon with the service at 2pm in the chapel. Interment will follow in Crestview Memorial Gardens in Brandon. Everyone who knew Betty was so blessed. To know her...
Steven Lynn Rainey
Nov 18, 2014
Steven Lynn Rainey, 52, passed away Tuesday November 18, 2014 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation is 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm Thursday, November 20, 2014 and 9 am Friday until service time at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are 10 am Friday at the funeral home with burial in Lakewood...
Melvin Smith
Nov 17, 2014
Funeral Service: 1 pm Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at O&L Chapel in Morton Visitation: 11am-1pm Thursday at the funeral home Burial: Barefoot Springs Cemetery ______________________________________________________________________ Melvin Smith Pelahatchie Mr. Melvin Smith, age 73, a resident of Pelahatchie passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014 at University Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation was held 11am-1pm Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Ott...
Linda Craft
Nov 17, 2014
Linda L. Craft, 73, a resident of Polkville died Monday, November 17, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton with burial in the Oak Grove Church of God Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 pm until 9 pm Wednesday,...
Glenda Lee Canoy
Nov 16, 2014
Glenda Lee Canoy, age 76, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 16, 2014 at her home in Brandon. Visitation will begin tonight, November 18, 2014 at Meadow Grove Baptist Church from 5 until 8 pm and again Wednesday, November 19, 2014 from 9 am until the 10 am Service at Meadow Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow...
Betty Harmon
Nov 15, 2014
Betty Lou Harmon, age 70, a resident of Florence passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangments were entrusted to the care of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Mrs. Harmon was born in Cleveland, OH on March 18, 1944. She loved to go bowling and...
Katherine Mcintyre
Nov 14, 2014
Funeral Services: 2 pm Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 at Antioch Baptist Church in Brandon, MS Visitation: 5-8 pm Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS Burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
Johnathan Johnson
Nov 14, 2014
Johnathan Wayne Johnson, Brandon,MS Although life is short, we often forget how short until another angel is called Home. On Friday, November 14, 2014, Johnathan Wayne Johnson “Johnny”, passed away while enjoying the great outdoors. If you knew Papaw, as two little ladies love to call him, then you knew he was hunting or fishing, he was in heaven here...
Larry Jordan
Nov 13, 2014
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2 P.M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 OTT & LEE CHAPEL BURIAL: LEESBURG CHURCH OF CHRIST CEMETERY VISITATION: 5 P.M. - 9 P.M. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 OTT & LEE FUNERAL HOME OFFICIATING: BRO. KENNY LANG BRO. JOHN VESS Larry Jordan, age 70, a resident of Forest, died Thursday, November 13, 2014. He was a retired truck driver with...
Vahaliben Patel
Nov 11, 2014
Funeral Services are Thurs. Nov. 13, 2014 from 11am-1pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Prayer Services will be held on Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 from 5pm-7pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.
Richard Johnson
Nov 10, 2014
Richard John Johnson, 67, died Monday, November 10, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be held on Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 from 1:30pm-2:45pm at the Rehobeth Baptist Church in Pelahatchie, MS. Funeral Services are 3pm on Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 at the Rehobeth Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is...
Mary Sue Walker
Nov 8, 2014
Visitation: 6-8pm Monday, September 10, 2014 at Ott & Lee Morton Service: 11:00am Tuesday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Forkville, MS with visitation 10am at church Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery Mary Sue Walker, age 98, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 8, 2014. The funeral service to celebrate her life will be conducted on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 11:00...
Ruby Pace
Nov 8, 2014
Ruby Pace Pelahatchie, MS Ruby Merle Westbrook Pace, age 88, passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Mississippi Care Center in Morton. Visitation will be held 5-8pm Monday, November 10, 2014 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton and 10:30-11am Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Crossroads Baptist Church in Pelahatchie. Funeral services will be held 11am Tuesday at...
Bette Herrington
Nov 5, 2014
A woman of faith with an infectious smile and a gift for encouragement, Bette Bowman Herrington passed away at home surrounded by family on November 5, 2014 following a thirteen-month battle with cancer. She was born in Ruleville, MS on January 14, 1947 to Verdie Lee and Grady Lee Bowman. One of seven children, she learned the importance of family...
Harriet Weems Boozer
Nov 5, 2014
Harriet Vaughn Weems Boozer, 99, died at the Indian Creek Nursing Home in Overland Park, Kansas, on November 5, 2014. She was born on April 2, 1915, in Pineville, Mississippi, to William and Florence Wilkins Vaughn. She graduated from Pineville High School. She married Lovett H. Weems of Forest, Mississippi, in 1935. Together they opened Weems Cash Grocery south of...
Ruby Porter
Nov 5, 2014
Ruby E. Porter Pelahatchie Ruby E. Porter, 90, a resident of Pelahatchie died Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Scott Regional Hospital in Morton. Funeral services were held 2 pm Friday, November 7, 2014 at Calvary Assembly of God in Morton with burial in the Morton Memorial Gardens. Visitation was held Friday 10 am until 2 pm at the church. Rev....
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