Obituaries

Jan 9, 2023

Marilyn Joan (Joann) Johnson 83 passed away January 9, 2023 peacefully at her residence at Providence Assisted Living in Grenada MS. Ms. Johnson resided in Memphis TN for 38 years before moving to Grenada MS. Ms. Johnson was born November 8, 1939 in Prospect Ohio. She worked as a medical and dental clerk for 40 years. She was an avid...

Jan 9, 2023

Mrs. Mary Ethel Hardwick Windham, 84, of Southaven, passed away Monday, January 9, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville, TN.  She was born March 12, 1938 in Big Creek to Garrit Van Buren and Mary Kathryn Koonce Hardwick.  Ethel was a wonderful homemaker and always strived to make her house a home.  She was a member...

Jan 1, 2023

Mr. David Alfred Jeffery, age 74, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, at Mizell Memorial Hospital in Opp, AL.  David was born November 25, 1948 in Scottsboro, AL to Rev. Robert Delorn and Parrie Lee Romans Jeffery.  David had served as a Church of God Pastor in several churches across the Mid-South.  He had also worked in construction...

Dec 29, 2022

Mrs. Iva Ann Hope Tharpe, 86, of Coffeeville, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022 at her residence.  She was born September 20, 1936 in Pope to Robert and Edna McGee Hope.  Ann enjoyed watching hummingbirds, working in her flowers and fishing with a cane pole.  Mrs. Tharpe was a member of Elam Baptist Church.  She will be lovingly remembered...

Dec 29, 2022

Mr. Willie Fred Watson, 89, of Holcomb, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022.  He was born July 24, 1933 in Wesson to George William and Alma Letha Smith Watson.  Willie Fred attended Co-Lin Junior College and earned a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Delta State University where he lettered in football and baseball.  He also earned a Master's...

Dec 29, 2022

Mr. Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Staten, 81, of Grenada, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022 at his residence.  He was born February 7, 1941 in Grenada to Thomas Jefferson Staten, Sr. and Elizabeth Perry Staten.  In his youth, Jeff was an avid 4-H member and enjoyed showing cattle.  After graduating high school, he attended one year at Holmes Junior College...

Dec 23, 2022

Sharyn Page Jones, age 77, passed away on December 23, 2022 at her home in Carrollton, Mississippi.  Sharyn was born January 21, 1945 in Gill Hall, Pennsylvania, a rural town south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She will be buried in Jefferson Memorial Cemetery.  Sharyn was married to the late Robert Jones.  She was one of six siblings, including the late Frederick,...

Dec 20, 2022

Mrs. Joyce Wilson Windham, 89, of Grenada, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at Providence Assisted Living.  She was born May 12, 1933 in Carroll County to Mike Franklin and Virgie Pauline Arbuckle Wilson.  Joyce was a devoted homemaker and a model farmer's wife having worked alongside her husband, Jerry, on their farm in Carroll County.  She was a...

Dec 17, 2022

Mr. Morrison Kersh May, Jr., 80, of Scobey, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford.  He was born October 26, 1942 in Jackson to Morrison Kersh, Sr. and Billie Ruth Presley May.  Kersh grew up in Pearl and spent the bulk of his working life in the automobile business.  He was...

Dec 15, 2022

Mary Wilhelmina Daly, 76, passed away at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson, MS on December 15, 2022 after an extended illness. She resided in Grenada having lived the last 1½ years at Grenada Rehabilitation and Health Center.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick Rush and Elizabeth Daly, a sister, Helen Hailey and a brother...

Dec 13, 2022

Mrs. Sarah Lee Gilliland Hill, 95, of Grenada, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at her residence.  She was born February 18, 1927 in Leflore County.  Mrs. Hill was a devoted homemaker and a member of Faith Fellowship Church.  She will lovingly be remembered as a wonderful mother and a doting grandmother.

Family and friends will gather...

Dec 11, 2022

Mrs. Jean Wells Arrington passed into the Glory of Heaven Sunday night, December 11, 2022, as her children and grands sang favorite hymns and Christmas carols to complete her journey.

Jean was born in Memphis, TN, July 20, 1928, to William Ervin "Buck" and Ruth Wells Benoist.  She married her true love, Smiley...

Dec 10, 2022

Mrs. Syble Louise Pierce Hodo, 73, of Coffeeville, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center – Grenada.  She was born January 23, 1949 in Philadelphia to Frank and Lannie Phillips Pierce.  Mrs. Hodo will be remembered as a devoted homemaker.  Fishing and tending to her flowers were among her favorite hobbies.

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Dec 9, 2022

Mr. Charles Levert Weatherall, 84, of Grenada, passed away Friday, December 9, 2022 at Providence Assisted Living. He was born March 15, 1938 in Eupora to Beecher Ward and Carmen Cork Weatherall. Charles graduated from Mississippi State University and went on to work for General Electric and Boeing as a purchasing agent along with Multicraft Company in Winona, MS...

Dec 8, 2022

Mrs. Deborah Kay Clanton Lowe, 66, of Holcomb, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center – Grenada.  She was born December 27, 1955 in Georgia to Thomas Woods and Norma Jean Mathis Clanton.  Deborah had enjoyed a long career working at Trulite in Grenada(formerly Binswanger Glass).  She will be lovingly remembered as a...

Nov 30, 2022

Mr. Jessie Franklin Ingram, 68, of Grenada, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at his residence.  He was born July 18, 1954 in Cleveland to James Franklin and Audrey Rebecca Hutchinson.  Jessie had worked as a printer for the Oxford Eagle until his retirement.  He was a member of the Zion Grove Church of God of Prophecy and an...

Nov 29, 2022

Mrs. Dovie Ferguson Neese, 86, of Holcomb, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.  She was born August 16, 1936 to O.D. and Velma Wheeler Ferguson.  She was one of 11 children born to this sharecropper and housewife in Hollandale, MS.  She and her siblings worked hard in the field picking cotton to help the...

Nov 28, 2022

Mr. Craig Lee Loflin, 37, of Water Valley, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 in Water Valley.  He was born August 25, 1985 in Grenada.  Craig had worked for several years in maintenance at Borg-Warner in Water Valley.  He was very tech savvy and enjoyed playing on any electronic device.  His spontaneous personality and generous nature were his hallmarks. ...

Nov 27, 2022

Mr. Lyndon Ray "Sonny" Holder, 71, of Grenada, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022 in Grenada.  Sonny was born May 7, 1951 in Vardaman to Hubert Ray Holder and the late Dorothy Jean Walls Holder.  He was a graduate of Vardaman High School and Mississippi State University where he received a degree in Education.  Sonny worked as a professional...

Nov 27, 2022

Mr. Hubert Dell Patterson, Jr., 83, of McCarley, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022 at his residence.  He was born September 29, 1939 in Lexington to Hubert, Sr. and Ruth Corley Patterson.  Mr. Patterson honorably served our country in the US Navy and was a member and Deacon at New Bethel Baptist Church in Carroll County.  He had worked...