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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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Billy Thompson, Sr
Nov 14, 2009
SERVICES: TUESDAYNOVEMBER 17, 200911:00 AM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAYNOVEMBER 16, 20095:00 - 8:00 PMINTERMENT: NESHOBA CEMETERYOFFICIATING: BRO. JACK FOSTERBRO. BRAGSTON MILEY Billy Thompson, Sr. was a native of Neshoba County and a long time resident of the Neshoba Community. He was a retired truck driver. Mr. Thompson was a member of Victory Fellowship Church. He served in the U.S. Army during...
Annie Inez Bishop
Nov 13, 2009
SERVICES: SUNDAY NOVEMBER, 15, 20092:00 PM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAYNOVEMBER 14, 20095:00 - 8:00 PMINTERMENT: DAMASCUS CEMETERY IN KEMPER COUNTYOFFICIATING: REV. JOHNNY COLLINS Mrs. Bishop, 83, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She was born and reared in Kemper County but had made her home in Union, MS most of her adult life. She was...
Margaret Ann Strickland
Nov 11, 2009
SERVICES: MONDAYNOVEMBER 16, 200911:00 AMMCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SUNDAYNOVEMBER 15, 20094:00 - 7:00 PMINTERMENT: CEDARLAWN CEMETERYOFFICIATING: DR. DAN HOWARDMrs. Margaret Ann Strickland, 66, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at her residence. She was born and reared in Winston County, made her home in Hayward, California for a number of years but had lived in Philadelphia, Mississippi for the past 21 years. Mrs....
Ronny Turner
Nov 10, 2009
SERVICES: SATURDAYNOVEMBER 14, 20092:00 PMMCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRIDAYNOVEMBER 13, 2009 5:00 - 8:00OFFICIATING: BRO. JAMES (SONNY) QUICK INTERMENT: WILCHER CEMETERYMr. Ronny Turner, 43, of Edinburg, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Leake County. He was a native and long time resident of Edinburg. He was a carpenter by trade and Baptist by faith. Mr. Turner was a member of the Poetry...
Myrtle Mcgee
Nov 10, 2009
SERVICES: THURS., NOVEMBER 12, 2009 11:00 AM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: WED., NOVEMBER 11, 2009 5:00 - 8:00 PMINTERMENT: SANDHILL CEMETERYMrs. McGee, 62, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Hospice In His Hands in Leake County. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County. She was Baptist by faith. Mrs. McGee was preceded in death by her first...
Elton Jethro Hardy
Nov 8, 2009
SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 1:00 PM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL VISITATION: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 6:00-8:00 PM INTERMENT: BETHSAIDA CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. LEWIS LAFFERTY REV. JAY RICHARDSON REV. JOHN FISK, JR. Elton Jethro Hardy was born on February 8, 1928, in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was transformed from this earthly body into his heavenly body on Sunday, November 8, 2009 leaving behind...
Walter Creighton
Nov 6, 2009
Services for Walter L. Creighton will be held Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home with Rev. Rocky Harrison officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery in the Stephenstown Community of Neshoba County. Mr. Creighton, 81, of Philadelphia, MS, died Friday, November 6, 2009 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a...
Lois Sillman Dees
Nov 5, 2009
Lois Sillman Dees, age 84, resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009, in a local health care facility. She was of the Presbyterian faith. A native of Chicago, Illinois, she moved to Philadelphia, Mississippi as a young lady and lived there most of her life until she moved to Cleveland in 1994. She had many friends in...
Tammie V. Ramsey
Oct 29, 2009
SERVICES: THURS., NOV. 5, 2009 2:00 PM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: WED., NOVEMBER 4, 2009 6:00 - 8:00 PMOFFICIATING: REV. KEITH HALL REV. MIKE SULLIVANMrs. Ramsey, 37, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Neshoba County General Hospital. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and had been a resident of the Bond community of Neshoba County for the past six...
Betty Jean Skinner
Oct 27, 2009
Betty Jean Skinner, 65, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at her residence surrounded by family.Betty Jean Skinner was born in Magnolia, Arkansas. She was married to Johnny Burl Skinner of Meridian where they lived for the majority of her life. They moved to Navarre Beach, Florida where they lived for the past eight years. They recently moved to...
Roy Vernon Willis
Oct 27, 2009
SERVICES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 11:00 AM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 5:00 - 8:00 PMOFFICIATING: REV. MIKE SKINNERINTERMENT: OLD PEARL VALLEY CEMETERYMr. Roy Vernon Willis, 89, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at MS State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. He was a native and long time resident of the Arlington community of Neshoba County. He was a retired farmer. ...
Henry Rowen
Oct 22, 2009
SERVICE: SAT., OCTOBER 24, 2009 11:00 AM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: FRI., OCTOBER 23, 2009 5:00 - 7:00 PMINTERMENT: OCOBLA CEMETERY Mr. Henry Rowen, 91, of Meridian, died Thursday, October 22, 2009 in Neshoba County Nursing Home. He was born and reared in Hampton, Arkansas and lived in El Dorado, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee for a number of years. He retired after...
Dorthy Townsend
Oct 22, 2009
SERVICES: SUNDAY OCTOBER 25, 2009 2:00 PM MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2009 5:00 - 8:00 PMINTERMENT: FELLOWSHIP CEMETERYMrs. Dorthy Townsend, 69, died Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She was a native of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of the Zephyr Hill Community. She was owner and former operator of Sawmill Cafe on...
Charles R. "Bob" Tideman
Oct 21, 2009
Graveside Service on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM in Cedarlawn CemeteryVisitation: Thursday, October 22, 20095:00 - 7:00 PMOfficiating: Dr. Dan Howard Mr. Tideman, 68, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma and had lived in Neshoba County for the past 46 years. He was retired from...
Sandra Smith O'Berry
Oct 20, 2009
SERVICES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 11:00 AM @ MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURS., OCTOBER 22, 20095:00 - 8:00 P.M.INTERMENT: GOOD HOPE CEMETERYOFFICIATING: REV. RANDALL DUNAWAY Mrs. O'Berry, 51, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at The Speciality Hospital of Meridian. She was a native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County and a long time resident of the Fairview Community. She was...
Ruby Posey
Oct 9, 2009
Services: 11 AM on Monday, October 12, 2009 at Pine Grove Baptist Church in the House CommunityInterment: Pine Grove CemeteryOfficiating: Rev. Shayne Martin Rev. Lin ChesneyMrs. Ruby Posey, 83, died Friday, October 9, 2009 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. Mrs. Posey was born and reared in the County Line Community and had made her home in Neshoba County...
Betty Stokes
Oct 8, 2009
Services: 2 PM Sunday, October 11, 2009McClain-Hays ChapelVisitation: 3:00 - 8:00 Saturday, October 10, 2009Interment: Cedarlawn CemeteryOfficiating: Rev. Fred BrittonRev. Mack Alford Betty Jean McNair Stokes was a native of Neshoba County where she had lived most of her life. Mrs. Stokes was the owner of Miss Betty's Daycare in Philadelphia for 30 years. She was a member of First...
Arlene Bounds
Oct 8, 2009
Services: 3:30 PM Sunday, October 11, 2009McClain-Hays ChapelVisitation: 5:00 - 8:00 Saturday, October 10, 2009Interment: Bethsaida CemeteryOfficiating: Rev. Ed Dickerson Mrs. Bounds, 87, of Union, MS died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Hilltop Manor Nursing Home in Union. She was born and reared in Neshoba County where she made her home most of her life. She was a homemaker. Mrs....
Capt. Mike O. White
Oct 7, 2009
Services: Saturday, October 10, 200910 AM @ Holy Rosary Catholic ChurchVisitation: Home of Sherri White Ferguson, Daughter of Capt. White, 600 West Tucker Circle, Philadelphia, MS Interment: Holy Rosary Cemetery Officiating: Father Bob GoodyearCapt. White, 63, of Choctaw, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Neshoba County General Hospital. He was a native of Tahlequah, Oklahoma where he attended Sequoyah High...
Elena Grace Adcock
Sep 29, 2009
SERVICES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 200911:00 AMMCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: THURDAY OCTOBER 3, 20095:00 - 8:00INTERMENT: CEDARLAWN Mrs. Adcock, 95, of Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She was born and reared in the Little Rock community of Newton County and made her home in Neshoba County most of her adult life. She was a member...
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