Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Preston "Buster" Hughes

Preston "Buster" Hughes

May 23, 2020

Preston was born on March 27, 1943, in Washington, DC. He was the son of Preston L. Hughes (deceased), from Gladys, VA, and Mary Kate (McNeel) Hughes (deceased) from Louisville, MS. He grew up in central Mississippi, where he attended elementary school in Louisville and junior high/high school in Kosciusko. He was a member of the undefeated Kosciusko High...

Minnie Lucille Rigby

Minnie Lucille Rigby

May 22, 2020

Minnie Lucille Rigby, 90, passed away May 22, 2020 at Compere's Nursing Home in Jackson, MS. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at the Kosciusko City Cemetery with Rev. Barry Corbett officiating. Minnie was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko. She was a lifetime member of the Kosciusko First Baptist Church where she...

Della Brooks Curtis

Della Brooks Curtis

May 19, 2020

Della Brooks Curtis French Camp Della Brooks Curtis, 75, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at the Attala County Nursing Home in Kosciusko, MS. Graveside services will be 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 22 at Shady Grove Cemetery in Attala County, MS. Rev. Larry Harvey will officiate. She attended Shady Grove United Methodist Church. She was a...

Sicily Mae Mcbride Sims

Sicily Mae Mcbride Sims

May 18, 2020

Sicily Sims, 80, of Arab, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 18, 2020. She was born on August 21, 1939, in Goodman. She married David E. Sims in 1958 and was a faithful wife of 61 years and a loving mother. Sicily was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Lucille McBride; and sisters, Betty Pearson and...

Lester Byron Moore

Lester Byron Moore

May 17, 2020

Lester Byron Moore Flowood Lester Byron Moore of Flowood, MS, passed away peacefully on May 17, 2020 at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23, 2020 in Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Jerry Meggs will officiate. He was 87 years old and proud of his family. He was a loving husband and could make...

Bonnie Lee Poe Hines

Bonnie Lee Poe Hines

May 17, 2020

Bonnie Lee Poe Hines Liberty Chapel Community, Ethel, MS Bonnie Lee Poe Hines, 86, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at her home. A private family graveside service will be held Thursday morning, May 21, at Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Ethel, MS. An informal celebration of her life will follow on the grounds from noon to 2pm. She was...

James "Jimmie" Alan Roby

James "Jimmie" Alan Roby

May 15, 2020

Surrounded by family, James Alan "Jimmie" Roby went peacefully to his heavenly home on May 15, 2020, at the age of 92. He was born in Kosciusko, MS, on November 10, 1927, and was the son of the late Clara McCool Roby and Shelby William Roby, Sr. He graduated from Kosciusko High School in 1945 and joined the Navy...

John Felix "Buddy" Miller

John Felix "Buddy" Miller

May 15, 2020

John Felix "Buddy" Miller Greenwood John Felix "Buddy" Miller, 92, passed away May 15, 2020 at the Golden Age Nursing Home in Greenwood. Graveside services will be held 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, at the Sallis Cemetery. Rev. Grant Gregory will officiate. He was a current member of Calvary Baptist Church in Greenwood, MS and a former member...

Louise Orr Mcgary

Louise Orr Mcgary

May 11, 2020

Louise Orr McGary McAdams Louise Orr McGary, 85, passed away May 11, 2020 at her home. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, in Coleman Cemetery in McAdams. Jennifer Shaffer will officiate. She was a member of McAdams Baptist Church. She worked as a waitress most of her life at Vickers Café, Campbell's Restaurant, Longhorns, and...

James "Jimmy" Walter Sledge

James "Jimmy" Walter Sledge

May 11, 2020

Jimmy Sledge Carthage James Walter Sledge, 62, passed away on May 11, 2020 at Baptist-Columbus. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. on Friday, May 15 in the Canton City Cemetery. Rev. Jerry Meggs will officiate He served as the Minister of Music for several different churches. He was a member of the West Carthage Baptist Church. He was...

Marnece Crowe Moore

Marnece Crowe Moore

May 11, 2020

Mrs. Marnece Crowe Moore, 88, of Kosciusko, passed away of natural causes Monday, May 11, 2020 at the Attala County Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, May 14th at Parkway Cemetery. Mrs. Moore was a 44 year member of the South Huntington Street Church of Christ; she was a homemaker. She is survived by...

Brian Cotton

Brian Cotton

May 8, 2020

Brian Cotton 50, of Sallis, MS passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 at his residence. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m.Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Wake Forest Cemetery in Thomastown, MS. Brian is survived by a daughter: Kaylon Cotton , Step-son: Colby Taylor, his mother Gloria Cotton Vance both of Sallis and a brother Dr. Hollis J. Cotton, Jr....

Gay Nell Hawkins Hunt

Gay Nell Hawkins Hunt

May 4, 2020

Gay Nell Hawkins Hunt Weir Gay Nell Hawkins Hunt, 86, died on May 4, 2020 at her home. A memorial service will be announced later. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Dan Hunt of Weir; daughters, Lisa Porter Algood of Weir and Diane Porter Sills and husband, Marc of Thomastown; grandchildren, Lindsey...

Douglas Randolf Townsend

Douglas Randolf Townsend

May 2, 2020

Douglas Townsend Kosciusko Rev. Douglas Randolph Townsend (born May 1942) died at Attala County Nursing Home on May 2, 2020. He had been married to his wife, Fannie Mae Steen Townsend for fifty-four years. She passed away earlier this year. Douglas graduated from Southeastern University, where he became a licensed minister, and then later Ordained in 1974. Over the...

Hester Delores Goins

Hester Delores Goins

May 2, 2020

Hester Delores Goins McCool, MS Hester Delores Goins, 84, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020 at the Attala Baptist Hospital in Kosciusko, MS. A Graveside Service will be held Tuesday, May 5, at 2:00 p.m. at Berea Cemetery in McCool, MS. Rev. Tommy Allen and Rev. Tony Black officiating. Mrs. Goins was born on March 19, 1936, in Mobile,...

Frances Mae Bryant Thompson

Frances Mae Bryant Thompson

May 1, 2020

Frances Mae Bryant Thompson, 92, passed away May 1, 2020 at the Attala County Nursing Home in Kosciusko, MS. A Graveside Service will be held Sunday, May 3, at 2:00 in Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko with Elihue Thompson officiating. Frances was born on March 30, 1928, in Newbern, TN to William A. & Margaret E Bryant. She moved to...

Wilma Dees Bingham

Wilma Dees Bingham

Apr 29, 2020

Wilma Dees Bingham Kosciusko Wilma Dees Bingham, 89, passed away April 29, 2020 at her home. Graveside services will be 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko. Rev. Randy Dees will officiate. She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. She was a gardener seven days a week. She was the secretary for...

William Martin "Marty" Myers

William Martin "Marty" Myers

Apr 28, 2020

Dr. Marty Myers, DMD Kosciusko William Martin Myers, II, 65, passed away April 28, 2020 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, while surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 1 at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko. Rev. Barry Corbett and Rev. Mike Myers will officiate. He was born in Kosciusko, MS...

Timothy Alan Cutlip

Timothy Alan Cutlip

Apr 25, 2020

Tim Cutlip Blue Springs, MS Timothy Alan Cutlip, 56, passed away suddenly April 25, 2020. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 2nd at Weir Cemetery https://goo.gl/maps/Anbc2g35P5kdK7ht8 Rev. Will Rambo will officiate. Survivors include his wife of thirty years, Jerri Cutlip of Blue Springs; son, Matthew Cutlip of Blue Springs; mother, Carole Sanders of Blue Springs; brother,...

Mavis Clyde Slayton Adams Richardson

Mavis Clyde Slayton Adams Richardson

Apr 24, 2020

Mavis Clyde Slayton Adams Richardson, 96, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 24, 2020 in her home. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. on Monday, April 27 at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, under the direction of Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Rev. Rusty Walton will officiate. Mavis was born in Schambersville Community in Lauderdale County, MS to Andrew Jackson...

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