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Recent Obituaries in Philadelphia, MS

Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Philadelphia, MS area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.

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Kenneth Dwight "Ken" Crocker

Kenneth Dwight "Ken" Crocker

Jan 30, 2013

SERVICES:  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 20131:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 201310:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT:  CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. NORMAN SANDERSREV. TOM BROOKS REV. JACK FOSTER  Mr. Crocker, 82, of Canton, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at his residence.  He was born and reared in the Spring Hill community of Neshoba County where he married his first wife,...

Wayne Williams

Wayne Williams

Jan 24, 2013

SERVICES:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013 2:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL VISITATION:  SATURDAY,  JANUARY 26, 2013 5:00 - 8:00 P. M.  INTERMENT:   NORTH BEND PENTECOSTAL CEMETERY OFFICIATING:  REV. TOMMY MILES Mr. Wayne Williams, 68, met his Father peacefully, Thursday, January 24, 2013, surrounded by his wife, children, friends, pastor and pastor’s wife at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. He was...

Patty Jean Bates

Patty Jean Bates

Jan 24, 2013

SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 201311:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 20135:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  EASTLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. ALEX LAWSONREV. MACK ALFORDDR. WAYNE HILL  Mrs. Bates, 78, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian. She was a native and lifelong resident of Philadelphia.  Mrs. Bates was a member of Beacon Street Baptist Church....

Jean Benson Thompson

Jean Benson Thompson

Jan 23, 2013

MEMORIAL SERVICE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 201310:00 A. M.BOND BAPTIST CHURCH Mrs. Thompson, 77, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at her residence. She was a native of Quitman, MS and lived in Winchester, CA for 30 years where she worked as a travel agent.  She moved to Neshoba County in 2004.  Mrs. Thompson attended Bond Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Ken Cumberland

Ken Cumberland

Jan 22, 2013

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 20132:00 P. M.BOND BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION:  THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 20135:00 - 9:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS FUNERAL HOMEINTERMENT:  BOND BAPTIST CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. CHESTER CARLISLEREV. JOE FLOYD STEVERSON Mr. Cumberland, 67, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo.He was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and had recently been living in Vardaman with his...

William Brooks Hooper

William Brooks Hooper

Jan 19, 2013

SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 201311:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 20135:00 - 7:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  BETHSAIDA CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  DR. WAYNE HILLMr. Hooper, 94, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. He was born and reared in Philadelphia, MS. He was a former member of the Associated Locksmiths of America. Mr. Hooper was a member of...

Ford Gray

Ford Gray

Jan 18, 2013

Mr. Ford Gray, 93, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Bee Hive Homes of Philadelphia. He was a native of Simpsonville/Greenville, South Carolina.  He attended Clemson University and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.  He was a longtime resident of St. Louis, Missouri and had made his home in Philadelphia for the past 11 years. Mr. Gray was a...

Kathleen Lofton Kemp

Kathleen Lofton Kemp

Jan 18, 2013

SERVICES:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 20132:30 P. M. NOXAPATER BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 20131:00 P. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMENOXAPATER BAPTIST CHURCHINTERMENT:  MT. CARMEL CEMETERY OFFICIATING:  REV. TRENT BILBO Mrs. Kathleen Lofton Kemp, 86, of Noxapater, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville.She was a native of the Dixon community in Neshoba County but had been...

Lemuel L. Williams

Lemuel L. Williams

Jan 18, 2013

SERVICES:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 20133:00 P. M.COUNTY LINE BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 20134:00 - 8:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS FUNERAL HOME INTERMENT:  BETHSAIDA CEMETERYWITH MILITARY HONORSOFFICIATING:  REV. DAVID JAYREV. CARL STEPHENSREV. DAVID ROBINSONREV. KELLY TINGLE Mr. Williams, 82, of Union, MS , died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. He was a native of Neshoba County...

Margueritte Slayton Nelson

Margueritte Slayton Nelson

Jan 17, 2013

SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 201311:00 A. M. PINE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCHHOUSE COMMUNITYVISITATION:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 20135:00 - 8:00 P. M. AT MCCLAIN-HAYS FUNERAL HOME AND 1 HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICE ON SATURDAYAT PINE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCHINTERMENT:  PINE GROVE CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. RUSTY WALTONREV. LIN CHESNEYREV. CURTIS GUESS Mrs. Nelson, 81, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 at her residence. She was a...

Florence Christine Brown Kirkland Ryals

Florence Christine Brown Kirkland Ryals

Jan 13, 2013

SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 20132:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 20135:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT:  TUCKER CEMETERY(KEMPER COUNTY) OFFICIATING:  REV. DWIGHT FLEMING   Mrs. Ryals, 84, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at her residence. She was born and reared in Kemper County where she graduated from Cleveland High School.  She had made her home in Philadelphia for...

John "Sonny" Stokes

John "Sonny" Stokes

Jan 12, 2013

SERVICES:MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 20131:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELINTERMENT:SANDTOWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. MACK ALFORDMr. Stokes, 73, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville. He was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County.  He was an avid guitarist and enjoyed playing and singing to nursing home residents.  Mr. Stokes attended East Philadelphia Baptist Church. Survivors include his sister,...

Jean Talbert

Jean Talbert

Jan 11, 2013

SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 20132:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 20136:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT:  HESTER CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. LIN CHESNEY  REV. RUSTY WALTON Mrs. Talbert, 76, of Collinsville, MS, died Friday, January 11, 2013 at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian. She was a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and moved to Neshoba County in 1968 where she spent most...

James "Jake" Williamson

James "Jake" Williamson

Jan 10, 2013

 MEMORIAL SERVICE:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 20134:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELOFFICIATING:  REV. DARIAN COCHRAN  James “Jake” Cleveland Williamson, 70, of Franklin, NC, passed away, Thursday, January 10, 2013.  Born in Philadelphia, MS, he was the son of Katie Marie Savell Williamson and the late Theo Edward Williamson.  Jake was a founding member of Mt. Harmony Baptist Church where he served as Head...

Mack Pickle

Mack Pickle

Jan 9, 2013

GRAVESIDE SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 20133:00 P. M. COLEMAN CEMETERY MCADAMS, MSVISITATION:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 20135:00 - 8:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS FUNERAL HOMEINTERMENT:  COLEMAN CEMETERYMCADAMS, MSOFFICIATING:  REV. BEN MCDANIEL Mr. Pickle, 71, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Regency Hospital of Meridian. He was a native of the McAdams community in Attala County and was a longtime resident...

Larry Goldman

Larry Goldman

Jan 9, 2013

CELEBRATION SERVICE:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 201311:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 20135:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  COLDWATER CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. MARSHALL STOKES Larry Goldman, 68, of Florence, MS, died January 9, 2013.  He was born in Philadelphia, MS, to Truett and Johnnye Goldman who preceded him in death.  He grew up in Dixon, MS, where he attended elementary school. ...

Kitty Mowdy

Kitty Mowdy

Jan 8, 2013

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 201310:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 20135:00 - 8:00 P. M. OFFICIATING:  DR. BILLY JAMESREV. DAVID HARDYINTERMENT:  BETHSAIDA CEMETERY Mrs. Mowdy, 75, of Neshoba County, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County.  Mrs. Mowdy was a member of Bethsaida Baptist...

Bernice Richardson Goldman

Bernice Richardson Goldman

Jan 4, 2013

SERVICES: MONDAY,JANUARY 7, 201311:00 A.M.HOPE BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION: SUNDAY,JANUARY 6, 20134:00 - 7:00 P.M.INTERMENT:HOPE CEMETERYOFFICIATING:REV. DENNIS DUVALL Mrs. Bernice Richardson Goldman, 94, died Friday, January 4, 2013 at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia.She was a native of Kemper County and a longtime resident of the Hope community in Neshoba County. Mrs. Goldman was a member of Hope Baptist Church where...

Kelli Starr Neese

Kelli Starr Neese

Jan 3, 2013

MEMORIAL SERVICE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 11:00 A.M. LINWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Ms. Kelli Starr Neese, 28, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 in Neshoba County.She was born in Pascagoula and moved to the Linwood community in 1990.  She attended Linwood Baptist Church.Survivors include daughter, Phobe Cleveland, father, Arvis Neese and grandmother, Katherine Neese, all of Philadelphia; brothers, Chad Neese of Philadelphia...

Robert "R.S." Sylvester Nicholson

Robert "R.S." Sylvester Nicholson

Jan 2, 2013

MEMORIAL SERVICE: SATURDAY,JANUARY 26, 20131:00 P.M.DIXON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHINTERMENT: MORROW CEMETERY  Robert Sylvester Nicholson went peacefully to the waiting arms of his Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 9:22 am at Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. He was surrounded by family and his pastor. He succumbed to a heroic and quick battle with cancer....

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