Obituary Listing

May 12, 2022

Billy Ray Cole passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022 at Diversicare in Batesville, Ms.  Mr. Billy was born September 11, 1937 to Walter Gray and Annie Loise Cole. He began a career with law enforcement right out of high school as an FBI agent where he worked several years then as a highway patrolman for the state of MS...

May 5, 2022

Mae Opal Baker Springer

Houston-Mae Opal Baker Springer left her earthly home on the early morning of May 5, 2022. Ms. Opal was born November 15, 1929 in Chickasaw county to Van and Viola Whitt. She was a member of Fellowship Church of the Nazarene. She worked as a nurse's aid for many years and after retiring...

Apr 23, 2022

Carrie Sue McCreight Bivens Chrestman was born to John Robert and Mary Zelma Gordon McCreight on April 4, 1933. They were blessed with two children, Carrie Sue and John William (Bill). She married the love of her life, Charles Thomas Bivens and together they had one child, Clara Jean (Jeanie). Life did not stay as planned, Charles Thomas (Tommy)...

Apr 11, 2022

Ms. Joyce Freeman left her earthly home Monday, April 11, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Ms. Joyce was born in Chickasaw County, MS on February 14, 1931 to T.A. and Lula Bryant.

Ms. Joyce was a homemaker for many years before she began working as the office manager for the TVA in Starkville,...

Mar 23, 2022

Timothy Leo Cook Sr.

Houston-Timothy Cook Sr. left his earthly home on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born October 14, 1953 to Earle Woodrow Cook and Laverne Staten Cook in Vardaman, MS.

Mr. Cook was a retired laborer after working many years with Union Camp and was the custodian...

Mar 18, 2022

John T. Martin

Houston-John T. Martin left his earthly home on Friday, March 18, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center as a result of  a fall. He was born December 10, 1951 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to Thomas Eugene and Jettie Inez Miller Martin.

John T. was well known and well loved in his hometown...

Mar 10, 2022

Ethel Hinton

Houlka- Ms. Ethel Hinton, 93, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. Ms. Hinton was born in Mississippi on February 23, 1929 to Joseph Lee and Ellie Gertrude Clark.

A funeral Service will be held at Houlka First Baptist Church, Monday, March 14, 2022, at 11:00...

Feb 28, 2022

Linda Ann Goza

Houston- Ms. Linda Ann Goza, 79, passed away on February 28, 2022, at Diversicare in Amory, MS. Ms. Goza was born in Starkville, Mississippi on October 15, 1942 to MM Bunk Lewis and Annie Lois Berry Lewis.

Ms. Linda was retired from the Chickasaw County school district where she was a school...

Feb 26, 2022

Linda Carol Skelton

Houston- Ms. Linda Carol Skelton, 69, passed away on February 26, 2022, at her home. Ms. Skelton was born in Mississippi on  April 15, 1952 to Dennis Jacob Simmons and Winnie Mae Reasons Simmons. She was retired from the furniture industry where she worked as a seamstress.

A Memorial Service will be...

Feb 12, 2022

Harriet Pearson

Houston- Ms. Harriet Elizabeth Johnson Pearson, 95, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Sunshine Health Care in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Ms. Pearson was born on June 23, 1926, to Herman Alfred Johnson and Eleanora Olympia Paulsen Johnson. She was raised on her family's dairy farm in Cashton, Wisconsin. She grew up with her 3...

Feb 11, 2022

Lee Thompson

Houston- Mr. Lee Elvie Thompson, 61, passed away on February 11, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Thompson was born on November 12, 1960, in Ashland, Mississippi to Sammie Lee Thompson and Agnes Lucille Thornton Thompson. He was a retired 911 dispatcher for Houston Police Department and Chickasaw County 911 Office....

Feb 8, 2022

Marlon Lancaster

Houlka- Mr. Marlon Allie Lancaster, 76, passed away on February 8, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center- Gilmore Amory in Amory, Mississippi. Mr. Lancaster was born on March 1, 1945, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to Allie Henard Lancaster and Burlie Pearl Harden Lancaster. He was a bender for Babcock & Wilcock for 36 years. Mr....

Feb 7, 2022

Barry Griffin Houston- Mr. Barry Randolph "Randy" Griffin, 73, passed away on February 7, 2022, at Floy Dyer Manor of Houston, Mississippi. Mr. Griffin was born on April 3, 1948, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to James Sydney Griffin and Mildred Helen Easley Griffin. His hobbies included playing dominoes, cards and working on odd and end projects. Funeral Services will be...

Feb 3, 2022

Wade Edwards

Houston- Mr. James Wade Edwards, 55, passed away on February 3, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Edwards was born on October 15, 1966, in Charleston, Mississippi to Quinton Thomas Edwards and Gladys Carolyn Ransom Edwards. Wade was a lifelong employee of Peoples Livestock in Houston. He will be greatly missed....

Jan 31, 2022

Ray Free

Sparta- Mr. Elon Ray Free, 86, passed away on January 31, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point, Mississippi. Mr. Ray was born on August 18,1935 in Calhoun County, Mississippi to William Jackson Free and Loudine V. Vanlandingham Free. He was a retired maintenance worker for Leggit & Platt. He loved his wife,...

Jan 30, 2022

Billy Fred Wiggs, Sr.

Houlka- Billy Fred Wiggs, Sr., age 75, passed from this world on Sunday, January 30, 2022, and went to be with his Heavenly Father. He was surrounded by family at home in the days before his death. He was born to John Henry Wiggs and Lillie Frances Newell Wiggs on February 13, 1946,...

Jan 26, 2022

Mike Doss Pontotoc- Mr. John Michael "Mike" Doss, 62, passed away on January 26, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Doss was born on August 9,1959, in Houston, Mississippi to Arthur Lee "Tad Pole" Doss, Jr. and Eva Ann Criddle Doss. He was a retired Sargent at the Pontotoc Police Department where he worked for 42 years....

Jan 24, 2022

Sandra Thompson

Houston- Mrs. Sandra "Sandi" Faye Heair Thompson, 62, passed away on January 24, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mrs. Sandra was born on September 16, 1959, in Houston to Ellis Ray Heair and Madie Mae Williams Heair. She was a retired registered nurse for North Mississippi Medical Center for over thirty...

Jan 10, 2022

Joan Turner

Eupora- Formerly of Pearl River, LA- Mrs. Joan Rita Bolotte Turner, 80, passed away on January 10, 2022, at her home in Eupora, Mississippi. Mrs. Turner was born on January 23, 1941, in New Orleans, LA to Clarence Joseph Bolotte and Viola Marie Cadiere Bolotte. She was a homemaker. She was a...