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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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Wade Johnson
Feb 24, 2011
SERVICES: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: HENRY'S CHAPEL CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. TIM VOWELL & REV. RANDALL DUNAWAYMr. Johnson, 66, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Portage, Indiana and had been a resident of Neshoba County for the past several years. He was a retired...
Wes Coleman
Feb 23, 2011
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 26, 201112:30 P. M.GLENWOOD CEMETERYYAZOO CITYOFFICIATING: REV. DENNIS DUVALLINTERMENT: GLENWOOD CEMETERYYAZOO CITY Mr. Coleman, 57, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Yazoo City. He graduated from Manchester Academy and Delta State University where he played baseball. He attended East Mississippi Community College where he received his degree in...
Robert E. "Bob" White
Feb 22, 2011
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 20113:00 P. M.EASTLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. STEVE MABRY Mr. White, 88, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native of Union City, TN and a longtime resident of Starkville. He had made his home in Philadelphia for the past seven years. He operated White Aircraft Maintenance & Service...
Doris B. Perry
Feb 22, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 201111:00 A. M.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 20115:00 - 8:30 P. M.INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: DR. EUGENE DOBBSDR. DAN HOWARD Mrs. Perry, 86, died on Tuesday, February 22, at home from an extended illness. She was a homemaker, a retired elementary school teacher, and a community volunteer.Mrs. Perry was born on July 21, 1924, in Findlay,...
Cleo Cumberland
Feb 19, 2011
SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: TUESDAY,FEBRUARY 22, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. KERRY COLLINS Mr. Cumberland, 90, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native of Neshoba County and had been a resident of Jackson for several years. He was retired from Knox/Anchor Glass Containers in Jackson. Mr....
Charles Sartin
Feb 19, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. FRED BRITTONREV. CHRIS VOWELL Mr. Sartin, 98, passed away at the Bee Hive Homes of Philadelphia on Saturday, February 19, 2011. He was born in Ellisville, Mississippi on April 25, 1912, to James G. Sartin and Charity Rawls Sartin. He was...
Katherine Ray
Feb 19, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 201111:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 201110:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT: MT. CARMEL CEMETERY NOXAPATER, MS OFFICIATING: DR. EUGENE DOBBSREV. LAWRENCE RUNNELS Mrs. Ray, 90, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at MS Care Center of Greenville in Greenville, MS. She was a native of Scooba, former resident of Louisville, Birmingham, AL and longtime...
Ada Mooney
Feb 19, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 20114:30 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: GOOD HOPE CEMETERY OFFICIATING: DR. DAN HOWARD, REV. JAMES MADDOX REV. WILLIAM SMITH Mrs. Ada Mooney, 74, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at her residence. She was born and reared in the Coldwater Community of Neshoba County and had made her home in the...
Johnnie Virginia Booker
Feb 19, 2011
God saw you were getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered "Come to Me". A golden heart stopped beating, hardworking hands now rest; God broke our hearts to prove to us, he took the very best. Mrs. Booker, 77, went to her heavenly home on Saturday, February 19, 2011...
Quinton R. Marshall
Feb 18, 2011
SERVICES: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 20113:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: DR. DAN HOWARDREV. MACK ALFORD Mr. Marshall, 92, died Friday, February 18, 2011 at his residence in Philadelphia. He was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of Philadelphia. He was a retired carpenter. Mr. Marshall ...
Robert E. "Bobby" Marble
Feb 16, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 201111:00 A. M. NEW COUNTY LINE BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 20115:00 - 9:00 P. M.INTERMENT: NEW COUNTY LINE CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DON COOKREV. EDDIE PILGRIM Mr. Marble, 46, of Edinburg, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Leake County and a resident of the Edinburg Community. He was a sheet...
Peggy Stokes Kennedy
Feb 14, 2011
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 20111:00 P. M. COLDWATER CEMETERYVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 201110:00 A. M.INTERMENT: COLDWATER CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. CURT PACE Mrs. Kennedy, 86, of Philadelphia, died Monday, February 14, 2011 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was born and reared in Kemper County and made her home in the Coldwater Community of Neshoba County most of her adult life. ...
Joe Turner
Feb 13, 2011
SERVICES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 201111:00 A. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERY Joe was born March 28, 1921 and was a life-long resident of Philadelphia. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and a veteran of the United States Navy. He owned and operated Turner Hardware and Furniture Company for many...
Richard Lee Posey
Feb 12, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 20112:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: MCLAIN CHAPEL CEMETERY Richard Lee "R.L." Posey passed away at Atwood Personal Care Home in Philadelphia, MS on February 12, 2011 just five days before his 83rd birthday. Richard and his wife Mary were longtime residents of the Hopewell community in Kemper...
Thomas Flint
Feb 12, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 20113:30 P.M. OLD PEARL VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCHVISITATION: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. @ MCCLAIN-HAYSAND 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO SERVICE ON TUESDAY @ OLD PEARL VALLEYINTERMENT: OLD PEARL VALLEY CEMETERYOFFICIATING: DR. EUGENE DOBBSREV. BOBBY WAGGONERREV. KEITH HALL Mr. Flint, 75, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. He was born...
Billy Wolverton
Feb 11, 2011
SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 20112:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 20113:00 - 6:00 P. M.INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. FRED BRITTONMr. Wolverton, 80, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native of the New Ireland Community of Newton County and a longtime resident of Philadelphia, MS. He was a retired insurance agent and...
Bobbie B. Hardy
Feb 11, 2011
SERVICES: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 20112:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT: BEATLINE CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. DAVID RAY HARDY Mrs. Hardy, age 81, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at her home in Philadelphia. She was dearly loved by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a member of Beatline Baptist Church and a longtime resident...
Lynda Miller Dixon
Feb 10, 2011
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 20112:00 P. M. CEDARLAWN CEMETERYLynda Miller Dixon, 69, of 1522 Parkway, Apt. C-1, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Hospice House. Born in Philadelphia, MS, on March 8, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Gladys Myatt Dixon. She was employed by Palmetto Insurance Agency and was formerly employed by Dantzler Insurance...
Mrs. Max Willard Breazeale
Feb 9, 2011
SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 20112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 201112:00 P. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT: WHITE OAK CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. JOHN STODGHILL Mrs. Max Willard Byars Breazeale, 90, died Wednesday, February 9, 2011, at Wayne General Hospital in Waynesboro. She was born March 21, 1920, in Choctaw County to Katherine Lee (Mabus) and Travis Jackson Byars. She attended Zion...
Fay Branning
Feb 6, 2011
SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 20112 P.M. MCCLAIN HAYS CHAPEL VISITATION: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M. INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. SCOTT BOATNER REV. CHRIS WELLS REV. MIKE SULLIVANMrs. Fay Branning, 81, died Sunday, February 6, 2011 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County. She loved working outside, knitting, canning, and...
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