Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Wesley David Rule

Wesley David Rule

Jan 25, 2015

Wesley David Rule, 60, died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Brister Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of...

Clemmie Christine Higginbotham

Clemmie Christine Higginbotham

Jan 18, 2015

Clemmie Christine Higginbotham 92, of Kosciusko,MS passed this life January 18, 2015 at The Windsor Nursing Home in Columbus Mississippi after a brief illness. Graveside services were 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Pleasant Grove Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Meggs officiating. Survivors include Sisters: Myrna Belsom of Columbus, MS, Dean Overstreet of Hurley, MS and...

Garnell Hambrick

Garnell Hambrick

Jan 17, 2015

Garnell Hodges Hambrick, 92, died Friday, January 17, 2015 in her home. Visitation is from 10-12 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Saturday at the Old Plank Cemetery near Vaiden, MS. Rev. Ron Thomas will officiate. She was born in Attala County, MS. She was...

Lenoir Black

Lenoir Black

Jan 11, 2015

Lenoir Black, 88, of Memphis, Tennessee, departed this temporal life for life eternal on Sunday, January 11, 2015. Lenoir was born to Lester Samuel Black and Clara Hutchinson Black on June 4, 1926, in Weir, Mississippi. Lenoir attended Holmes Junior College and graduated from Mississippi State University. Lenoir began attending Mississippi State football games in the 1930's with his...

Jeanne Comfort Black

Jeanne Comfort Black

Jan 10, 2015

Jeanne Comfort Black, 87, of Memphis, Tennessee, departed from this life and into the glorious presence of Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 10, 2015. Jeanne was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on April 5, 1927, to Claude Whalen Comfort and Ruby Ratliff Comfort. She completed her high school education at Holmes Junior College where she was both a cheerleader and...

Mozell Veazey Avery

Mozell Veazey Avery

Jan 7, 2015

Mozell Veasey Avery, 93, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in the Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. Visitation is from 9-11 a.m. Friday, January 9, 2015 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Liberty Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Gregg Spencer and Rev. Ralph Hunt will...

Margie Payne Davis

Margie Payne Davis

Jan 5, 2015

Margie Kathleen Payne Davis, 77, a retired secretary, died Monday, January 5, 2015 in the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Visitation is Thursday, January 8, 2015 from 11-2 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 2:00 p.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Parkway Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is in...

Florrah June Parkerson Pee

Florrah June Parkerson Pee

Jan 2, 2015

Florrah June Parkerson Pee went to be with the Lord on January 2, 2015. June was born on August 20, 1924. She was 90 years old. June was preceded in death by her loving husband, Johnnie N. Pee, Sr. who was the love of her life for 63 years. June will be remembered for her deep love for her...

Norma Burnley Branch

Norma Burnley Branch

Dec 26, 2014

Norma Burnley Branch, age 86, peacefully went home to be with her Lord on Friday, December 26th, 2014. She was welcomed to Heaven by Wayne, her beloved husband of 30 years. From her childhood years in Sallis, MS, Norma's life-goal was to be a nurse so that she could help others. After graduating from Gilfoy's School of Nursing in...

Nancy Love Comfort Heilbronner

Nancy Love Comfort Heilbronner

Dec 22, 2014

Mrs. Nancy Heilbronner of Kosciusko died December 22, 2014, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be held December 26 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church of Kosciusko with funeral services to begin at 3:00. Burial will follow at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko. Reverend Phillip Palmertree will officiate. Jordan Funeral...

Linda Sue Lockett

Linda Sue Lockett

Dec 19, 2014

Ms. Lockett was born on November 6, 1954 in Rockford, Illinois to Dewayne Crump and Mildred Maples Crump Aldy. Her step-father was Paul E. "Hobo" Aldy, Sr. who came into her life at a very young age and then became her father. She married Ronnie Ferrell Lockett on October 6, 1974, the union lasted over forty years and produced...

John Leverette Gallagher

John Leverette Gallagher

Dec 11, 2014

Beloved husband and Father John Leverette Gallagher, Sr., went home to be with our Lord and Savior on December 11, 2014, after a short illness; he was a native of Madison County. He was born on August 23, 1936, to M.B. and Loretta Warner Gallagher. He leaves behind his loving wife of 58 years, Wanda Lindley Gallagher, formerly of...

Maxie D. "Mack" Bradberry

Maxie D. "Mack" Bradberry

Dec 11, 2014

Maxie D. "Mack" Bradberry, Jr. 80, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 in the Martha Jo Leslie State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Friday, December 12 and Saturday from 10-11 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Saturday, December 13, 2014 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow...

William Farrell Eddleman

William Farrell Eddleman

Dec 9, 2014

Born September 13, 1940 Died December 9, 2014 William Farrell Eddleman, age 74, of Madison, Alabama died on December 9, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Margie Morgan Eddleman, sisters Judy Tumbleson of Marshfield, Mo and Linda Eddleman of Bryan, Tx; nephew Jeffrey Eichblatt of Dallas, Tx; great niece Emily Eichblatt of Euless, Tx, several...

Cary C. Black

Cary C. Black

Dec 8, 2014

Cary C. Black, 69, died Monday, December 8, 2014, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation is Wednesday, December 10, from 5-8 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Harmony Baptist Church with burial in Harmony Cemetery. Rev. George Pitts and Rev. Jeffrey Hutchison will officiate....

James Scott Arnold

James Scott Arnold

Dec 7, 2014

James Scott Arnold, 48, of Kosciusko, died Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his home. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Thursday, December 11 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Barry Corbett and Rev. Mark Parnell will officiate. Mr....

Juanita Burchfield Standard

Juanita Burchfield Standard

Dec 4, 2014

Juanita Burchfield Standard, 97, died Thursday, December 4, 2014, at Atwood Personal Care in Kosciusko. Visitation is from 11-1 p.m. Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the...

Bobby Ray Ellington

Bobby Ray Ellington

Dec 3, 2014

Bobby Ray Ellington, 77, a retired owner of Ellington Amusements, died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation is Thursday, December 4, 2014 from 5-8 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 5, 2014 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Thomastown Baptist...

Geraldine Ray Russell

Geraldine Ray Russell

Nov 29, 2014

Geraldine Ray Russell, a homemaker of 61 years, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Attala County Nursing Center. Funeral services will be Monday, December 1, 2014 at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Derrick Wilson and Reverend Walter Hines officiating with burial in Parkway Cemetery. She was a longtime member of Parkway Baptist Church, where she for a...

Curtis E. Burrell

Curtis E. Burrell

Nov 22, 2014

Mr. Burrell was born May 5, 1936 to Grady and Pearl Burrell. He was a three year Veteran of the United States Army, a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, and a post graduate of the University of South Alabama. He was a public school educator for 37 and a half years, and retired as Superintendent of the...

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