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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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Lamar Mckinion

Lamar Mckinion

Jan 31, 2012

SERVICES:  THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY 2, 20122:00 P. M.ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION:  WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 1, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M. AT MCCLAIN-HAYSAND 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO SERVICEON THURSDAY AT ANTIOCH BAPTISTCHURCH INTERMENT:  ANTIOCH CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  DR. RAY SPENCEREV. BILL FREEMANREV. MIKE TRUHETT Mr. McKinion, 75, of Little Rock, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at his residence. He was born and reared in Neshoba County and...

Jessie Hardy, Jr.

Jessie Hardy, Jr.

Jan 29, 2012

SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 20122:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  MONDAY,JANUARY 30, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  DR. WAYNE HILLREV. CHRIS VOWELL   Mr. Jessie Hardy, Jr., 82, died Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. He was a native and lifelong resident of Philadelphia.  Mr. Hardy was a member of Beacon Street Baptist Church.  He was...

Cressie Ryals Atkinson

Cressie Ryals Atkinson

Jan 28, 2012

SERVICES:  MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 201211:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT:  CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. CHRIS VOWELL REV. DUAINE MORGAN Mrs. Cressie Ryals Atkinson, 82, died Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Neshoba County General Hospital.  She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County.  Mrs. Atkinson was a member of Salem Baptist Church. She...

Virginia Sims

Virginia Sims

Jan 23, 2012

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 20122:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 201212:00 NOON UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT:  CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. MIKE SMITH  Mrs. Virginia Sims, 95, died Monday, January 23, 2012 at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Sims was a native of Memphis, TN and a longtime resident of Philadelphia.  She retired as a registered nurse from the Indian Hospital in Philadelphia. ...

Waggner R. White

Waggner R. White

Jan 22, 2012

SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 20122:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  NEW HARMONY CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. VERNELL DANIELSREV. KEVIN VAUGHN Mr. Waggner R. White, 79, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, January 22, 2012 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. He was a native and longtime resident of the Zephyr Hill Community of Neshoba County.  He...

Wanda Ward

Wanda Ward

Jan 21, 2012

SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 201211:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  MT. CARMEL CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. DUDLEY WINSTEADREV. JOHN STEPHENS  Mrs. Wanda Ward, 61, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Neshoba County General Hospital.Mrs. Ward was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County.  Mrs. Ward was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Jane Peebles Carter

Jane Peebles Carter

Jan 20, 2012

SERVICES:  MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 20121:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 20124:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. BUDDY COVINGTON  Mrs. Jane Peebles Carter, 90, died Friday, January 20, 2012 at Fayette Medical Center in Fayette, Alabama. Mrs. Carter was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County but had been a resident of Vernon, Alabama since 2008.  She...

Raymond Ross Barnett

Raymond Ross Barnett

Jan 20, 2012

SERVICES:  MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 201210:30 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  BLUFF SPRINGS CEMETERYKEMPER COUNTYOFFICIATING:  REV. JOHN BRANNING Mr. Raymond Ross Barnett, 87, of Peachtree City, Georgia, died Friday, January 20, 2012 at Doctor’s Hospice of Georgia in Fayetteville. Mr. Barnett was a native of Neshoba County, MS.  He served as a medic and hospital...

Emma Jean Cole

Emma Jean Cole

Jan 18, 2012

SERVICES:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 20122:30 P. M.PINE GROVE CHURCH OF GODDIXON, MSVISITATION:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M. AT MCCLAIN-HAYSAND SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012 FOR 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO SERVICE AT THE CHURCHINTERMENT:  PINE GROVE CHURCH OF GOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. MARK SMITHREV. LE ROY YATES Mrs. Emma Jean Cole, 84, of Little Rock, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012...

Dr. James Neal Luke

Dr. James Neal Luke

Jan 17, 2012

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 20122:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 20124:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  COY CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  DR. DAN HOWARDREV. FRED BRITTONREV. CURT PACE Dr. James Neal Luke, 58, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. Dr. Luke was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County.  He received a degree from...

Vernie E. Franklin

Vernie E. Franklin

Jan 16, 2012

SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 20121:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 20124:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  GOOD HOPE CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. KEITH FULTON Miss Franklin, 91, died Monday, January 16, 2012 at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County.  She retired after many years from Hamill’s Drug Store where she worked as a fountain clerk.  Miss...

Julie Harmon Williams

Julie Harmon Williams

Jan 14, 2012

SERVICES: MONDAY,JANUARY 16, 20123:30 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY,JANUARY 16, 20121:00 - 3:30 P. M.INTERMENT: EASTLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: DR. WAYNE HILL Mrs. Williams, 69, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Sunflower County but had lived in Philadelphia since 1970.  Mrs. Williams was a member of Beacon Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Jean Dyess Barrett

Jean Dyess Barrett

Jan 13, 2012

SERVICES: MONDAY,JANUARY 16, 20122:00 P.M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAY,JANUARY 15, 20124:00 - 7:00 P.M.INTERMENT: LINWOOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. JOHNNY COLLINS Mrs. Barrett, 83, died Friday, January 13, 2012 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian. She was a native and longtime resident of the Linwood Community of Neshoba County.  She had worked at Midland Shirt Factory in Union, MS for many years.  Mrs. Barrett...

June Wright

June Wright

Jan 12, 2012

SERVICES:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 20122:00 P. M.COY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHVISITATION:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 20125:00 - 7:00 P. M. INTERMENT:  COY METHODIST CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. RAY LUKEREV. LAWRENCE POOL Miss Wright, 55, of Preston, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Preston Community in Kemper County.  She was a retired school administrator...

Billy Gene Tolbert

Billy Gene Tolbert

Jan 10, 2012

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 201211:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  THURSDAY,JANUARY 12, 20124:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  EASTLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. FRED BRITTONREV. LAVELLE WOODRICK Mr. Tolbert, 81, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. He was a native and lifelong resident of Philadelphia, MS.  He graduated from Philadelphia High School in 1949 where he played...

Emma Lou Lackey

Emma Lou Lackey

Jan 8, 2012

SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 20122:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  SANDTOWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. DAVID UPSHAWREV. LAWRENCE POOL Mrs. Lackey, 91, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Neshoba CountyGeneral Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County.  She was a member of Sandtown United Methodist Church. Mrs. Lackey was preceded...

Claud Lamar Jones

Claud Lamar Jones

Jan 7, 2012

SERVICES:  MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 20122:00 P. M.LYNVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHVISITATION:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 20124:00 - 6:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  LYNVILLE CEMETERYKEMPER COUNTY  OFFICIATING:  REV. CHRIS GULLY Mr. Claud Lamar Jones, 87, of Preston, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at his residence. He was a resident of the Preston community of Kemper County. He was retired from Kemper County as a heavy...

Desma Hardy Kilpatrick

Desma Hardy Kilpatrick

Jan 5, 2012

SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 20122:00 P. M.BEACON STREET BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 20125:00 - 8:00 P. M. AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 201212:00 - 1:30 P. M. AT MCCLAIN-HAYSINTERMENT:  CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. CHRIS VOWELLREV. MACK ALFORDDR. WAYNE HILL Mrs. Desma Hardy Kilpatrick, 96, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native and...

Mike "Mikey" Smith

Mike "Mikey" Smith

Jan 2, 2012

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 201211:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 20124:00 - 8:00 P.M. INTERMENT:  GOOD HOPE CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. DUDLEY WINSTEADREV. JAMES MADDOX Mr. Mike "Mikey" Smith, 42, of Philadelphia, died Monday, January 2, 2012 at his residence. He was a native and lifetime resident of the Good Hope Community in Neshoba County.  He formerly worked in construction as...

Annie Lois Bounds

Annie Lois Bounds

Dec 27, 2011

SERVICES:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 20112:00 P. M. LINWOOD BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT:  LINWOOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. MIKE SKINNERREV. JERRY BISHOP Mrs. Bounds, 87, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. She was a native and longtime resident of the Linwood Community in Neshoba County.  She worked at TWL Department...

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