Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Eddye Dolores Bell Burns

Eddye Dolores Bell Burns

May 4, 2016

Eddye Dolores Bell Burns, 77, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation is from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Carson Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Ladell Blanton and Rev. Grover Laird...

Marie Land Wray

Marie Land Wray

Apr 28, 2016

Marie Estelle Land Wray, 76, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was born December 6, 1939, to Elizabeth and Carlos Land, Sr. She graduated from Bolton High School in 1956. She was a member of Doty Springs Baptist Church where she taught First Place and helped to establish the library. She retired...

George Allie Sowell

George Allie Sowell

Apr 24, 2016

Major George A. Sowell (USAF Ret.), 84, went to be with Jesus on April 24, 2016, of complications from Alzheimer's. George was born in Kosciusko, MS, and married his childhood sweetheart, Katherine Flint. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a commission into the United States Air Force, in which he served for 20 years. As a navigator he...

Aaron Bernard Rhines

Aaron Bernard Rhines

Apr 23, 2016

Mr. Rhines was born to Cooper and Flaulen Rhines, on January 7, 1927, in McCool, Mississippi. He graduated from Ethel High School, and served in the United States Army. At the close of World War II, he came home to marry his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Faye Vance. He was a rural letter carrier for the United States Postal...

Ernest Hilmon Flint

Ernest Hilmon Flint

Apr 21, 2016

Died April 21, 2016, Reception and Funeral at Shady Grove Community Church April 23, 2016 – 1:00PM Ernest Hilmon Flint was born on August 30th, 1912 at the family home in the Shady Grove Community. His parents were Robert Stewart and Alice Jane O'Reagan Flint He has been preceeded in death by all of his immediate family members including...

Gerard Christ Demas

Gerard Christ Demas

Apr 18, 2016

Mr. Demas 82, passed away April 18, 2016 at The Martha Jo Leslie VA Home in Kosciusko, MS. He was a retired Mechanical Engineer. Survivors include daughters: Louanne Kellum and her husband Lance of Kosciusko and Lynnette Demas Berry and her husband Phillip of Harrison, Arkansas. Grandchildren: Benjamin Frazier, Anna Berry, Brittany Berry and Christopher Wayne Berry Services will...

Fay Ailene Jamison Mckay Tolleson

Fay Ailene Jamison Mckay Tolleson

Apr 15, 2016

Fay Tolleson Kosciusko Fay Aliene Jamison McKay Tolleson, 87, died of natural causes at her home on Friday, April 15, 2016. Visitation is Sunday from 5-8 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are Monday, April 18 at 11 a.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Parkway Cemetery. Dr. Dick Hill and...

Eleanor Jennings Leslie

Eleanor Jennings Leslie

Apr 14, 2016

Mrs. Eleanor Jennings Leslie, age 94, of Ocean Springs, MS, formerly of Ethel, MS, died peacefully at the Ocean Springs Hospital on Thursday, April 14, 2016. Mrs. Leslie was preceded in death by her parents, Mattie and Colin Jennings; her sister, Charlotte Elkin; her brother, John Jennings; and her husband, William H. "Bill" Leslie, Jr. She is survived by...

James "Jim" Leonard Rogers

James "Jim" Leonard Rogers

Apr 14, 2016

James Leonard Rogers, 73, died Thursday, April 13, 2015 at his home. Visitation is from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at the French Camp Presbyterian Church. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church with burial to follow in the French Camp Cemetery. Rev. Roy Hawkins and Rev. Lynn Downing will officiate. He was a member of...

Charles Edward Eubanks

Charles Edward Eubanks

Apr 13, 2016

Charles Edward Eubanks Union, MS Charles Edward Eubanks, 69, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Specialty Hospital in Meridian, MS. He is survived by his brothers, Albert Eubanks of Kosciusko, Alvin Eubanks of Morton, John Eubanks of Kosciusko, and Lee Swindle of Sebastopol. He is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Lee Hughes; and sister, May Louise...

Syble Ruth Adams

Syble Ruth Adams

Apr 11, 2016

Syble Ruth Ainsworth Adams, 73, died Monday, April 11, 2015 at her home in Grenada, MS. Visitation is from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, April 16 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Unity Cemetery. Rev. Don Ray will officiate. She...

Chester Graham Barnes

Chester Graham Barnes

Apr 10, 2016

Chester Graham Barnes (8/30/1933 to 4/10/2016) A man of few words, He was deliberate and exact. A diligent worker worthy of trust. Dependable and sure His quiet demeanor camouflaged his strength and determination; but rest assured, he was a man's man. Fiercely protective of his loved ones; they felt safe and secure in his presence. His integrity came from...

Juanita "Sally" Burchfield Bond

Juanita "Sally" Burchfield Bond

Apr 9, 2016

Juanita Clyde "Sally" Burchfield Bond, 97, of Ethel, MS died April 9, 2016, at the Louisville Health Care in Louisville, MS. Sally was born June 12, 1918, in the Hinze Community of Winston County, MS. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lawson Burchfield and Nancy Permenter Burchfield. She moved with her family in 1933 from the High...

James Claytor Graham

James Claytor Graham

Mar 21, 2016

James Claytor Graham, Jr., 60, died Monday, March 21, 2016 in Brandon, MS. Visitation is Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. and Thursday from 5-8 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Carson Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Doyle Mitchell will officiate. He...

Bonnie Maxine Pegram Wilkinson

Bonnie Maxine Pegram Wilkinson

Mar 18, 2016

Mrs. Bonnie Maxine Pegram Wilkinson age 77, resident of McCool, MS Passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at her residence in McCool, MS Services will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Edgefield Baptist Church with Rev. James Ellis and Rev. Walter Hines officiating and burial at Edgefield Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March...

James "Jim" Fullilove

James "Jim" Fullilove

Mar 4, 2016

Mr. James "Jim" Fullilove age 87, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at his residence in Kosciusko. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Parkway Cemetery. Visitation will Sunday, March 6, at 9:00 a.m. Survivors include his wife Janet Allen Fullilove of Kosciusko. Son: James "Jim" Fullilove, Jr. of Frisco, Tx. Daughters: Stephanie Kellum of...

Marion C. Hill

Marion C. Hill

Mar 4, 2016

Mrs. Hill was born October 12, 1942, in Clarksdale, to Robert Crentee and Mary Elizabeth Hornbeak Clanton. She was a homemaker, who was devoted to her family, animals and the Thomastown Christian Church, where she was a member for 42 years, and she was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxillary, Chapter 37, and served as its treasurer...

Marvin R. "Pop" Lawrence

Marvin R. "Pop" Lawrence

Mar 3, 2016

Marvin "Pop" Lawrence was born February 18, 1941, to Homer Milton and Gladys Lewis Lawrence. He served three terms as the Sheriff of Attala County, was currently a Kosciusko Alderman, and a member of Kosciusko First United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Martha Kate Pope Lawrence; and siblings, James Lawrence, Beulah Lawrence,...

Mary Frances Mcdonald

Mary Frances Mcdonald

Mar 2, 2016

Mrs. McDonald was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kosciusko and the Mississippi Jaycees. She was a member of a Supper Club with special friends from 1958 to present. She was also a member of the Fun and Flowers Garden Club, the E. L. Therril Sunday School Class. She filled in for Bridge games and enjoyed...

Stephen Boyd Thompson

Stephen Boyd Thompson

Mar 2, 2016

Stephen Boyd Thompson October 15, 1954-March 2, 2016 Steve Thompson of Kosciusko died Wednesday, March 2, at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford, Mississippi. Visitation will be held at 1:00 on Saturday, March 5, at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, followed by a memorial service at 2:00 "Stevie" was born on October 15, 1954 to Mary "Penny" Thompson and...

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