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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 David Penson
Dec 15, 2020
Services for David Penson will be held Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from Pine Grove Church in Martin, MS, with Rev. Tommy Espy and Rev. Ray Spence officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Penson, 69, of Collinsville, died Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at University Medical Center in...
Homer Lee "Rip" Todd
Dec 14, 2020
Services for Homer Lee “Rip” Todd will be held Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Burkes officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until time of service. Burial will follow in the Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Todd, 78, died...
Dorothy G. Harrison
Dec 14, 2020
Graveside services for Dorothy G. Harrison will be held Friday, December 18, 2020, at 11:00 a. m. from the North Bend Methodist Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. David Richardson officiating. Visitation will be held Friday from 9:00 a.m. until time of departure at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Miss Harrison, 87, of Pearl,...
Jim Rea
Dec 13, 2020
A memorial service for Jim Rea will be held at a later date. Mr. Rea, 73, of Philadelphia, MS, died Sunday, December 13, 2020, at his home. He was a native of Neshoba County and a former resident of Arkansas and Memphis. He was a resident of Philadelphia since 1995. H was a retired computer systems engineer. Mr. Rea was...
Matt Permenter
Dec 13, 2020
A graveside service for Matt Permenter will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at 11:00 a. m. from Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Neshoba County with Rev. Neil Chadwick officiating. Visitation will be held at McClain-Hays on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until time to leave for service. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Permenter, 33, of Philadelphia, died...
Glenn W. Wells
Dec 12, 2020
Services will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with visitation beginning at 12:00 noon until time of service. Interment will be in Noxapater Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Wells, 92, of Philadelphia, died Saturday, December 12, 2020 at his home. He was a native of Noxapater and longtime resident of Philadelphia and was the owner/operator...
Virginia Diane Pace
Dec 11, 2020
A graveside service for Virginia Diane Pace will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery in Philadelphia with Dr. Wayne Hill officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Pace, 68, of Noxapater, died Friday, December 11, 2020, at Desoto Baptist Memorial in Southaven, MS. Born in Neshoba County, MS, she attended Philadelphia...
Ruby Faye Grice
Dec 10, 2020
A graveside service for Ruby Faye Grice will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from Bethsaida Cemetery in Neshoba County with Dr. Billy James officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Grice, 75, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, December 10, 2020, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. She was a native of the Sandtown Community...
Mitchell Sterling
Dec 10, 2020
Graveside services for Mitchell Staford Sterling will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. from Longino Cemetery with Rev. Nick Ulmer officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Sterling, 65, of Philadelphia, died Thursday, December 10, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and formerly worked for McCarthy-Holman of Jackson and...
Euriel Edward Cannon
Dec 9, 2020
Graveside service for Mr. Euriel Edward Cannon will be held Friday, December 11, 2020 at 3 p.m. at Golden Grove Cemetery with Rev. Mike Skinner officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Cannon, 94, of Union, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Golden Grove Community of Neshoba County. He was a retired...
Earl Lamar Kelly
Dec 8, 2020
A graveside service for Lamar Kelly will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. from Hope Cemetery in Neshoba County with Dr. Kevin Jones officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Earl ”Lamar” Kelly, age 79, and a resident of Richland, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. Lamar...
Dorothy Quinn Barrier
Dec 8, 2020
Services for Dorothy Quinn Barrier will be held at McClain-Hays Chapel on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 1:00 p. m. with Bro. Earl Ferguson and Bro. Tim Vowell officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday morning from 11:00 a. m. until time of service. Burial will follow in the North Bend Pentecostal Cemetery in Neshoba County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in...
Millicent "Millie" Howell
Dec 6, 2020
Millicent Merritt Howell died December 6, 2020 at the Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was 93 years old. Millie was born in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1927 to Melton Tucker Merritt and Lora Markline Merritt. She attended public school there and began college at the local junior college, now Meridian Community College. After two semesters she began studies at the University...
Billy Zane Gordon
Dec 6, 2020
Services for Mr. Gordon will be Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow in the Greenland Cemetery in Union, Mississippi. Visitation will be Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Dr. Dan Howard and Bishop Houston Cunningham officiating. Billy Zane Gordon passed away on December 6, 2020, at...
Mary E. Moore
Dec 5, 2020
Services for Mary E. Moore will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel. Burial will follow in Henrys Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Mary E. Moore passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020, at her home in the...
Brenda Fortune Sisson
Dec 4, 2020
Services for Mrs. Brenda Fortune Sisson will be held Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Visitation will begin Sunday from 12:00 noon until time of service. Burial will follow in the Mars Hill Cemetery in Winston County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Sisson, 76, of Philadelphia, died...
Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy
Dec 4, 2020
A graveside service will be held for Mrs. Margaret Frances Dees Dowdy on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 11:00 a. m. from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Chris Young officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dowdy, 82, of Philadelphia, died Friday, December 4, 2020, at Anderson Regional Medical Hospital in Meridian. A native and lifelong resident of...
Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins
Dec 3, 2020
A graveside service for Thelma Ruth Brown Watkins will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, from the Golden Grove Cemetery in Neshoba County with Bro. Mike Pilgrim officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home on Saturday, December 5, 2020. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms....
Ruby Davis
Dec 2, 2020
Graveside services for Mrs. Ruby Davis will be held Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. from Eastlawn Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Duvall and Rev. Chris Vowell officiating. McClain-Hays is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Davis, 84, of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Neshoba County Nursing Home. She was a native and longtime resident of Neshoba County and...
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