Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Nancy Lee Burkes

Nancy Lee Burkes

Mar 2, 2019

Nancy Lee Burkes, 75, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Survivors include her son, Billy Crouch of Pensacola, FL; and sister, Becky Doyle of Jensen Beach, FL. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Allan, Doug, Michael, and Gregg; and sister, Patricia Wiik. Memorials may be made to the...

Lois "Granny" Grantham

Lois "Granny" Grantham

Mar 1, 2019

Lois "Granny" Grantham, 95, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Neshoba County Nursing Home in Philadelphia. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Billy James will officiate. She was a member of Williamsville Baptist Church and Neshoba...

Anderson Jennings Orr

Anderson Jennings Orr

Feb 28, 2019

Jennings Orr, age 92, (1926-2019) a resident of Nashville since 2015, passed away February 28, 2019. Services will be held on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home, Kosciusko, Mississippi. Visitation will precede the service from 2 to 4 p.m. Burial to follow at Parkway Cemetery. Jennings was born October 30, 1926, in tiny Dossville,...

Donna Edwards Hodge

Donna Edwards Hodge

Feb 25, 2019

Donna Vance Edwards Hodge, 63, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, February 27 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 11 am Thursday, February 28 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Liberty Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Barry Corbett and Rev....

Brenda Jean Mccool Townsend

Brenda Jean Mccool Townsend

Feb 14, 2019

Brenda Jean McCool Townsend Ethel Brenda Jean McCool Townsend, 68, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at her home in Ethel. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, February 15 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Carson Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Mike Barrentine...

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins

Feb 12, 2019

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins, 97, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Trinity Health Care in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Thursday, February 14 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Attala Memory Gardens. Rev. James Culpepper will...

Brittany Blair Cheek

Brittany Blair Cheek

Feb 11, 2019

Brittany Lauren Cheek Avon, OH Brittany Lauren Cheek (Blair) went to be with the Lord on February 11, 2019, at the age of 33, after a brave battle against Metastatic Melanoma. She was the beloved wife of Stephen Corey Cheek for 11 years and the loving mother of Hudson Hugh Cheek, 10, and Gabrielle Suzette Cheek, 6. She is...

William Alvin "Bill" Hales

William Alvin "Bill" Hales

Feb 11, 2019

William Alvin "Bill" Hales, 84, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at the MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, February 24th at Williamsville Baptist Church. He was a member of Williamsville Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He was a retired Southern Baptist missionary to The Gambia, West Africa....

Roy C Goss

Roy C Goss

Feb 7, 2019

Roy C. Goss, Sr., 88, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at the Martha Jo Leslie Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, February 8 and 9-2 p.m. Saturday at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Rev....

Mary Sue Crosby Bernreuter

Mary Sue Crosby Bernreuter

Feb 5, 2019

Mary Sue Crosby Bernreuter died peacefully at home on Tuesday, surrounded by her family. She was 97. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Raymond Guess Bernreuter; and son, Ray Bernreuter, Jr. She is survived by her son, Dr. Jon Bernreuter (Wanda) of Birmingham, Alabama. She is also survived by her two grandchildren, Ann Duplantis...

Jerry B Ray

Jerry B Ray

Feb 2, 2019

Jerry B. Ray, 72, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 1-3 p.m. Monday, February 4 at Carson Ridge Baptist Church, near Ethel, MS. Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m. Monday at Carson Ridge Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Lynn Cain will...

Lorena Louise Ballard

Lorena Louise Ballard

Feb 1, 2019

Lorena Louise Ballard Sallis In Loving Memory Lorena Louise Jackson Ballard Lorena passed away at home with family on February 1st at 6:45 P.M. from a lengthy illness in Sallis. She was one of four daughters of Joseph H. Jackson and Maudie L. (Seawright) Jackson of McAdams. Lorena married D.B. Ballard On May 15th, 1957. They were married 45...

Bill Barr

Bill Barr

Jan 27, 2019

Bill Barr, age 79, left his earthly home on Sunday, January 27, 2019 and went to his eternal home to rest in the arms of Jesus. He was born into the devout and dedicated Christian family of Willard and Helen Thompson Barr on December 13, 1939 in Adair County, KY. For the past 48 years, Bill and his family...

Aubrey Dendy

Aubrey Dendy

Jan 24, 2019

James Aubrey Dendy, 93, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at the Martha Jo Leslie Veterans Center in Kosciusko. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, January 29 and from 10-12 p.m. Wednesday, January 30 at Huntsville Church of Christ. Funeral services will follow at 12 p.m. Wednesday in the church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Nathan...

James Barry Sills

James Barry Sills

Jan 23, 2019

James Barry Sills, born in Kosciusko, MS and long-time Baton Rouge resident, passed away after a lengthy illness in his Denham Springs home January 23, 2019 at the age of 79. Born October 8, 1939, he married and is survived by his wife of 58 years, Bettye Sue Worrell Sills originally of Durant, MS. He was a great father...

Gene Staton Barlow

Gene Staton Barlow

Jan 22, 2019

Our loving and sovereign Lord called Gene Staton Barlow home on January 22, 2019. He died peacefully surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Gene was born on November 18, 1943, to Harold Eugene Barlow and Rose Mary Beard Barlow in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In the following months his father was killed in Normandy, France,...

Deborah Lynn Huffman Jarrett

Deborah Lynn Huffman Jarrett

Jan 19, 2019

Deborah Huffman Jarrett, 60, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Rush Hospital in Meridian. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Monday, January 21 and 9-11 a.m. Tuesday January 22 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Jimmie Smith...

Allene White Rone

Allene White Rone

Jan 17, 2019

Allene White Rone Ethel Allene White Rone, 90, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019 at her home. Visitation is from 12-2 p.m. Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Tabernacle Cemetery. Rev. Chester Carlisle will officiate. She was...

Patty Lynn Croft

Patty Lynn Croft

Jan 16, 2019

Patty Lynn Croft, 60, of Memphis, died on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, in her hometown. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 21, 2019, from 9am-11am at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Immediately following the visitation, services will be held graveside at Pierce Chapel United Methodist Church in Kosciusko. Patty was a graphic designer and typesetter, most recently...

Norman Mabry Roark

Norman Mabry Roark

Jan 16, 2019

Norman Mabry Roark passed away on January 16, 2019. He was 84 years old and a resident of Ethel, MS. Norman was a kind and generous person. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. He served in the United States Army in Okinawa and Iceland in 1951 and 1952. Norman worked many jobs for various companies, Weingartens...

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