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.
Silas Miles
Sep 16, 2021
Mr. Silas Wesley Miles, 80, passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021, at his home in Brandon, MS. Private family will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, September 20th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Ben Laird officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Miles was...
Minnie Rhodes
Sep 15, 2021
Minnie Hicks Rhodes, 93, transitioned from this life on Sept. 15, 2021, after an eight year battle with Alzheimer's. Minnie was born on Aug. 30, 1928 to William Lee Hicks and Revie Breazeale Hicks in Vernon, AL. Minnie grew up in Louisville, MS and Noxapater, MS. She graduated from Noxapater High School in 1947. Minnie was very close to...
Helen French
Sep 14, 2021
Helen L. French
Richland, MS
Helen L. French, 74, joined her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Visitation will be 1pm - 2pm, Friday, September 17, 2021, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home with the funeral service following at 2pm in the chapel. Burial will follow in Jesus Name Tabernacle in Richland,...
Stephen Rawson
Sep 14, 2021
Stephen Mills Rawson, age 60, a resident of Flowood, MS passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at the University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation was held from 11:00 am-1:00 pm Monday, September 20, 2021, at Flowood Baptist Church in Flowood, MS with interment that followed in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Funeral services were held at 1:00 pm Monday...
Tonya Bauler
Sep 14, 2021
Tonya Lynn Hickson Bauler was born in Laurel, Mississippi on Wednesday, February 16, 1983. She passed away at the Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest, Mississippi on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 with her family by her bedside at the age of 38 after an extended illness of over three years.
Tonya was a graduate of...
Billy Johnson
Sep 14, 2021
Billy Eugene Johnson, 72, passed away Tues. Sept. 14, 2021 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Sept. 25, 2021 from 1pm-1:45pm at Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. A memorial service will be held at 2pm on Sat. Sept. 25, 2021 at Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. Ott &...
Bonnie Hemby
Sep 13, 2021
Bonnie Rose Williamson Hemby, age 82, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Monday, September 13, 2021, at Simpson General Hospital in Mendenhall, MS. Visitation will be held from 9-11 am Friday, September 17, 2021, at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with the funeral service to follow at 11 am Friday at the funeral home. Interment...
Mary Knight
Sep 13, 2021
Mary Kate Knight, age 86, and a lifelong resident of Pelahatchie and a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church died Monday, September 13, 2021 at Merit Health/River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, MS.
Visitation will be held from 9am til 10:45am at the Church at Shiloh, with the funeral service beginning at 11am with...
Hillard Armstrong
Sep 12, 2021
Hillard G. Armstrong, 69, passed away on Sun. Sept. 12, 2021 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Sept. 18, 2021 from 11am-1:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 2pm on Sat. Sept. 18, 2021 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon,...
Judy Channell
Sep 12, 2021
Judy Lynn White Channell, age 68, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Sunday, September 12, 2021, at MS Baptist medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2021, from 9:00 until 10:00 am at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with the service to follow at 10:00 am. Interment will be...
Jamie Gilbert
Sep 11, 2021
Jamie Gilbert, age 64, a resident of Lena, passed away at his home on Saturday, September 11, 2021. An avid outdoorsman, Jamie enjoyed the atmosphere of the woods, duck hunting, deer hunting and spending time at the deer camp with his hunting buddies. He also enjoyed the game of golf. He was a retired mechanic, having been employed with...
Dorothy " Dot" Wheeler
Sep 10, 2021
Mrs. Dorothy " Dot" J. Cooper Wheeler, age 95, a resident of Morton, MS passed away on Friday September 10, 2021 at Mississippi Care Center in Morton MS.
Visitation, will be Monday, September 13, 2021 at Springfield Baptist Church in Morton, MS. from 10:00 am to 12:20 pm.
Funeral Services will...
Frank Cupit
Sep 10, 2021
Frank Rudolph Cupit, 79, passed away peacefully on Fri. Sept. 10, 2021 at his home in Brandon. Visitation will be held on Tues. Sept. 14, 2021 from 10am-12pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Graveside services will be held at 3pm on Tues. Sept. 14, 2021 at the Union Church Cemetery in Jefferson County, MS located...
Charles Hamilton
Sep 9, 2021
Mr. Charles G. Hamilton, age 49, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 in Meridian, MS.
Charles was born to James Hamilton and Becky Harrell Wallace on October 23, 1971 in Vicksburg MS.
Charles and his wife attended Cross Roads Baptist Church; he was an avid woodworker were he...
Amber Frith
Sep 9, 2021
Visit: Friday October 8, 2021 5-8pm Ott and Lee Morton
Chapel service: Saturday, October 9, 2021 1pm Ott and Lee Chapel Morton, graveside to follow at Eastside Baptist Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
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Sherrill Smith
Sep 9, 2021
Sherrill Lynn Smith was born January 1, 1953, in Louisville, Mississippi, and went to be with our Heavenly Father on September 9, 2021. Sherrill grew up in Pelahatchie, MS where she married Ben Smith at the Pelahatchie Baptist Church (August 24,1973). She was a graduate of Bellhaven College in Jackson MS with a BS in Education (1981). She completed a Masters in Early Childhood Education-applying her love for teaching elementary and pre-k children for...
Hugo Castillo
Sep 9, 2021
El Doctor Hugo Castillo falleció el 9 de Septiembre del 2021 en compañía de su familia. Nacido en Lima Perú el 11 de Marzo de 1949, el quien fuera a pasar su vida en una variedad de roles: viajero por el mundo, ingeniero, hombre hábil, conductor de gandolas, académico, filósofo, hijo, hermano, esposo, padre, abuelo y bisabuelo. La...
Richard Cherry
Sep 9, 2021
Richard “Stan” Cherry, 74, passed away on Thurs. Sept. 9, 2021 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Tues. Sept. 14, 2021 from 5pm-5:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. A memorial service will be held at 6pm on Tues. Sept. 14, 2021 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel...
James Martin
Sep 6, 2021
James Robert Martin, age 64, a resident of Pelahatchie, MS, passed away on Sept. 6, 2021 at home.
James was a n avid outdoorsman, where he loved fishing and hunting. He enjoyed watching drag racing on TV but spending time with his family brought him great joy.
Preceded in death by his parents, James Martin...
Maurine Walters
Sep 6, 2021
Mrs. Maurine Wall Walters was born in Newton County, on September 5, 1936. She passed away one day after her 85th birthday under the professional care of the staff of Mississippi Care Center in Morton, where she had been a resident for three weeks.
She was a Christian by testimony of her faith, and...
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