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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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Frances M. White
Dec 26, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 20115:00 - 9:00 P. M. INTERMENT: FELLOWSHIP CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. JAMES WHITE Mrs. Frances M. White, 81, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Rolling Acres Retirement Center in Raleigh. She was a native of Neshoba County and had made her home in Scott County for the past 30 years. Survivors...
Earlene Goodin Warren
Dec 26, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 20111:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 20115:00 - 9:00 P. M.INTERMENT: COYE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. LAWRENCE POOLREV. LEE WATSON Mrs. Earlene Goodin Warren, 97, of Preston, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Anderson Regional Medical Center-North in Meridian . She was a native of Kemper County and a longtime resident of the...
Hubert Sisson
Dec 26, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 20112:00 P. M. OLD MARS HILL PENTECOSTAL CHURCHVISITATION: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 20114:00 - 9:00 P. M.INTERMENT: MARS HILL CEMETERYWINSTON COUNTYOFFICIATING: REV. LLOYD ADCOCKREV. LONOIA BURKSREV. BRYAN MADISON Mr. Sisson, 84, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Mars Hill Community in Winston County. He...
Don Webb
Dec 23, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 201111:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 20114:00 - 7:00 P. M.INTERMENT: MORROW CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. CHRIS VOWELL Mr. Webb, 83, of Philadelphia, died Friday, December 23, 2011 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. He was a native of the Dixon Community of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of Philadelphia. He was former owner/operator...
Robert "Bob" Root
Dec 19, 2011
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 20111:30 P. M. GOOD HOPE CEMETERYMr. Root, 81, of Meridian, died Monday, December 19, 2011 at his residence. He was born and reared in Indiana and had made his home in Meridian, Ms for the past 25 years. Survivors include his wife, Ezola Clark Ethridge Root of Meridian; one son; one step-daughter; three step-sons; six...
Mary "Tootsie" Breland
Dec 13, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 20112:00 P. M.PENTECOSTALS OF HOUSE CHURCHVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 20115:00 - 9:00 P. M. AND 1 HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICE AT THE CHURCH ON THURSDAYINTERMENT: PINE GROVE CEMETERYOFFICIATING:BRO. BARRY FULTONBRO. SAM FULTONBRO. JAMES BOSWELL Mrs. Breland, 78, died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia. She was a native and longtime resident...
Eloise B. Edwards
Dec 9, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: EASTLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DENNIS DUVALLREV. WAYNE EDWARDS Mrs. Edwards, 80, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia. She was born and reared in the Shady Grove community of Neshoba County and had made her home in Philadelphia most of...
Sharp W. Banks, Jr.
Dec 9, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY,DECEMBER 13, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 201111:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYWITH MILITARY HONORSOFFICIATING: REV. TERE BANKSMr. Sharp Banks passed away Friday, December 9 in Mandeville, LA. He was 87 years old. He served as Superintendent of the Warren County Schools in Vicksburg, MS for 38 years and was known as "the father of...
John Bassett
Dec 7, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 20117:00 - 9:00 P. M.INTERMENT: NEW PEARL VALLEY CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. MIKE BENTLEY Mr. Bassett, 50, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 in Collins, MS. He was born in San Diego, CA and was a longtime resident of Panama City, FL. He worked in repair in heating and air conditioning maintenance. ...
Wanda Tinsley Smith
Dec 6, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 201110:30 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 20119:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: DR. DAN HOWARD Mrs. Smith, 83, of Clarksdale, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Flowers Manor in Clarksdale.She was a native of Neshoba County and had made her home in Clarksdale since 1976. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church...
Paul Edward Nowell
Dec 6, 2011
SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 201110:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: ARLINGTON CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DWIGHT FLEMING Mr. Nowell, 66, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Regency Hospital of Meridian. He was born in Neshoba County and made his home in Laurel for a number of years. He moved back to Neshoba County...
John Wilbur Clark
Dec 3, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 20114:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: GOOD HOPE CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. GREG FORTENBERRY Mr. Clark, 87, of Philadelphia, died late Saturday, December 3, 2011, at Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia, after an extended illness. Wilbur and Adell were married in Neshoba County, December 16, 1941, almost 70 years ago. Both...
Lynda Boone Tate
Dec 3, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 20111:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 20116:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: LAUREL HILL CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DUDLEY WINSTEAD Mrs. Tate, 61, of Brandon , died Saturday, December 3, 2011 at her residence. She was a native of the Laurel Hill Community of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of Brandon. She worked as a secretary for...
Morris Mcnair
Nov 30, 2011
SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: LINWOOD CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DEAN SPEED Mr. McNair, 81, of Philadelphia , died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at MS State Veterans Home in Kosciusko.He was a native of Neshoba County. Mr. McNair was a 20-yearveteran of the U. S. Air Force. He was a longtime...
Harold Lantz
Nov 29, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 20112:00 P. M.COUNTY LINE BAPTIST CHURCHNESHOBA COUNTYVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. AND 30 MINUTESPRIOR TO SERVICES ON THURSDAYAT COUNTY LINE BAPTIST CHURCHINTERMENT: JONES CHAPEL CHURCH OF GODCEMETERY IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY WITH MILITARY HONORSOFFICIATING: REV. BARRON PILGRIM REV. DAVID JAY Mr. Lantz, 81, of Union, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Neshoba County ...
Tommie Allen
Nov 24, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 20111:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 20115:00 - 7:00 P. M.OFFICIATING: DR. MIKE CARRINTERMENT: K. P. CEMETERYRUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA Mr. Allen, 88, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. He was a native of Russellville, Alabama and had been a resident of Philadelphia since 1955. He was retired from Tennessee Valley...
Richard H. Coghlan
Nov 17, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 201111:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: WHITE OAK CEMETERYMILITARY HONORSOFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD BURKSREV. LONOIA BURKS Mr. Coghlan, 76, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native of Neshoba County and lived in Houston, Texas for several years where he worked at Baker...
Curtis Poole
Nov 16, 2011
SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: BLOOMFIELD CEMETERYMILITARY HONORSOFFICIATING: REV. JERRY WILKERSONREV. JERRY BISHOP Mr. Poole, 63, of West Point, died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. He was born and reared in Neshoba County. He lived in Mobile, AL for a number of years and ...
Owana Ladd
Nov 13, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 20112:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: OAK RIDGE CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. BRITT COOPER Owana Ladd, 79, born July 1, 1932 went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, November 13, 2011 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Mrs. Ladd was a native of Neshoba County. She worked at the hospital...
Jackie Posey Humphreys
Nov 9, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 20111:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 20113:00 - 7:00 P. M.INTERMENT: FELLOWSHIP CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. RAY FILES Mrs. Humphreys, 81, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Neshoba County Nursing Home in Philadelphia. She was a native of Neshoba County where she made her home until moving to Alabama in 1996. She later moved back...
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