Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

John James Carter

John James Carter

Sep 28, 2014

John James Carter, 89, died September 28, 2014 at his home. Visitation is Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 6-9 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2014 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Jerry Meggs will officiate. He served his country in...

Edward Clarence Mayfield

Edward Clarence Mayfield

Sep 21, 2014

Survivors include his daughter, June (Bobby Dale) Martin of Weir; sons, Ricky (Nanette) Mayfield of Birmingham, AL and Lindy Mayfield of Finland; grandchildren, Daphne (John) Bell, Bubba Bain, Jenilee (Brandon) Carmichael, Chris Mayfield, and Susan Mayfield; great-grandchildren, Bryce, Blake, John Brantley, Ayden, Colt, Taylor Mae, and Karlee; and sister, Juanita Sumner of Louisville, KY He was preceded in death...

Alvin Dewitt Burchfield

Alvin Dewitt Burchfield

Sep 17, 2014

Alvin Dewitt Burchfield, 86, died September 17, 2014 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. Visitation is Sunday, September 21, 2014 from 12-2 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. The memorial service is Sunday, September 21, 2014 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Rock Bluff Cemetery located between Morton and Puckett. He...

Ellis W. Mangrum

Ellis W. Mangrum

Sep 13, 2014

U.S. Veteran Ellis W. Mangrum, 86, died September 13, 2014. Visitation is Friday, September 19, 2014 from 2-6 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are Saturday, September 20, 2014 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Kirk Haas will officiate. He was born and raised in Attala...

Edward Lee "Ed" Mcmillan

Edward Lee "Ed" Mcmillan

Sep 11, 2014

Mr. McMillan was a gifted carpenter, storyteller, singer, and he was a loving father and caring friend. He will be missed. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Those surviving him are his son, Ed McMillan, Jr., of Memphis, TN; daughters, Fane McMillan, of Pittsburg, KS, Mona Pierson, of Clarksdale, and Lilli Neyman, of Pope; a granddaughter,...

Ben C. Murphy

Ben C. Murphy

Sep 10, 2014

Ben Carroll Murphy, 83, passed away September 10, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. Visitation is Saturday, September 13, 2014 form 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 1 p.m. on Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Shiloh Cemetery. He was a member of...

Roscoe L. Rosamond

Roscoe L. Rosamond

Sep 10, 2014

Roscoe L. Rosamond, III, 70, passed away September 10, 2014 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Graveside services are 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 13, 2014 in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Barry Corbett will officiate. He was a member of the Pinelake Baptist Church. He is survived by sisters, Bettye Carruth of Brandon, Linda Gayle Pee of Kosciusko, and...

Daisy Beazeale Patterson

Daisy Beazeale Patterson

Sep 6, 2014

Daisy Breazeale Patterson 89, of Kosciusko passed this life Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko,MS. Mrs. Patterson is survived by daughters: Sheila Breazeale Cummins and Brenda Rhodes and her husband Randy all of Kosciusko. Son: Johnny Breazeale and his wife Deborah of Kosciusko. Fourteen Grandchildren, Twenty-two Great-Grandchildren and Three Great-Great Grandchildren. Preceded in death...

Bonnie Bishop Mink

Bonnie Bishop Mink

Sep 5, 2014

Bonnie Bess Bishop Mink, 91, died Friday, September 5, 2014 at Atwood Personal Care Home in Kosciusko. Visitation is Sunday, September 7, 2014 from 1-3 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 3 p.m. Sunday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Parkway Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of...

Bobby Gene Cummins

Bobby Gene Cummins

Sep 4, 2014

S.W.S.C Bobby Gene Cummins, 78, died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at his home. Visitation will be Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Doty Springs Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. in the church with military honor burial to follow in Doty Springs Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the...

Bettye Dell Allen Bruce

Bettye Dell Allen Bruce

Aug 30, 2014

Mrs. Bettye Dell Allen Bruce of the Carmack community passed this life Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. She is survived by her husband Robert "Pete" Bruce of the Carmack community and a son Terry Bruce and his wife Jennifer also of the Carmack community and a grandson Alex Frank. Sisters: Patricia "Pat" Coghlan...

Emily Holt Morris

Emily Holt Morris

Aug 24, 2014

Emily Holt Harrelson Morris went home to her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday August 24, 2014 after a long battle with COPD, emphysema and breast cancer. She was born, 07-25-1939 in Attala County, and reared in Kosciusko. After her marriage, she traveled extensively with her husband who was in the military. They returned to Mississippi and she was employed...

Laura R. Mangrum

Laura R. Mangrum

Aug 20, 2014

Mrs. Mangrum was born Dec. 28, 1934 in Attala County. She was a nurse, and a member of Doty Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Rickey Mangrum of Flowood; daughters, Vickie Box (Stanley) of Ethel, Patsy Mangrum of Memphis, TN, and Karen Mangrum of Ethel; grandchildren, Joel Mangrum, Laura Sanders, Ben Mangrum, and Heather Box; seven great-grandchildren; brothers,...

Faye Elizabeth Gilbert

Faye Elizabeth Gilbert

Aug 17, 2014

Faye Elizabeth Gilbert, 82, passed away in Greenville, SC. Cremation has been effected. Faye was born May 21, 1932 in Kosciusko, MS to Thomas W. and Ada Lee Weeks Gilbert. She attended Aponauge grade school and graduated from McAdams High School in 1950. Faye enjoyed all sports and was an avid basketball player. Her working career began in the...

Evelyn H. Thompson

Evelyn H. Thompson

Aug 16, 2014

Evelyn Lucille Hand Thompson of Brandon, MS, was called to her Eternal home on August 16, 2014, after a brief illness in St. Dominic Hospital. Originally from West, MS, she was the daughter of Fred and Lillie Hand and the youngest of 4 children. A graduate of West High School, she received a BS degree in Business Education from...

Nettie Coleman

Nettie Coleman

Aug 16, 2014

Mrs. Coleman is survived by her sons, Junior Coleman, Jerry Coleman, both of Kosciusko, and Joe Coleman, of Jackson; daughters, Ruby Jones, of Fort Worth, TX, Bobbie Coleman, Kris Coleman, both of Kosciusko, and Frances Oakes, of Bartlett, TN; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Shirley Ann Graham

Shirley Ann Graham

Aug 16, 2014

Mrs. Graham was born Feb. 18, 1935, in Attala County. She was a member of Ethel Baptist Church. Those surviving her are her children, Sherry Valentine, of Baton Rouge, LA, Mike Graham, Rhonda (Mike) Johnson, Phillip Graham, all of Ethel, Scott (Taresa) Graham, of Philadelphia, and Kim (Mark) Bradberry, of Ethel; grandchildren, Stephanie Keesing, Chris Rodgers, Jamie Holly, Katie...

Orene Wilson

Orene Wilson

Aug 15, 2014

Mrs. Wilson is survived by her son, Ray L. Dempsey, and her daughter, Louise Pinkston, both of Weir; 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Wilson; a son, Alfred Dempsey, and a daughter, Eleanor Dempsey.

Roy Travis Lewis

Roy Travis Lewis

Aug 14, 2014

Roy Travis Lewis, 85, a retired salesman, died August 14, 2014 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation is Friday, August 15, 2014 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 12:00 p.m. Friday, August 15, 2014 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Parkway Cemetery. Jordan...

Shirley Ann Smith

Shirley Ann Smith

Aug 13, 2014

Shirley Frazier Smith at the age of 75 departed this life on August 13, 2014 in Gulfport, MS. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, August 15, 2014 at Jordan's Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko,...

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