Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Weldon Hays Harrison
Jan 2, 2025
Weldon Hays Harrison passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2025, in Jackson, MS. He was 72 years old. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 3, 2025, and again on Saturday, January 4, 2025, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS. The funeral service will begin at 10:00...
Edwin Douglas Yoakum
Dec 31, 2024
Edwin Douglas “Doug” Yoakum went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at his home in Jackson, MS. He was 78 years old. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS. The funeral service will begin at...
Mac Edward Scarbrough
Dec 30, 2024
Mac Edward Scarbrough (HCIC) passed away on Monday, December 30, 2024, at his home in Brandon, MS. He was 58 years old. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 10:00 am.-1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 3, 2025, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS. The funeral service will begin at 1:30 p.m. with burial following at...
Kenneth Kirk
Dec 29, 2024
Kenneth Kirk passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at his home in Florence, MS.
Kenneth was a simple man. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and loved the outdoors. He kept to himself and never bothered anyone. Kenneth served his country in the United States Army in the Panama conflict and made his living as a construction worker.
Kenneth is preceded in...
Jerrell Ballard
Dec 29, 2024
Jerrell Rae Ballard. 87, passed from this life December 29, 2024. He was born in New Orleans during the Great Depression, to Horace William and Margie May Morris Ballard on June 26, 1937.
Jerrell grew up on a sugar cane plantation and graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, Louisiana, in May 1956. The day after graduation he hitch-hiked to Houston,...
Ashley Lynn Crumly
Dec 27, 2024
Ashley Lynn Crumly, 40, passed away on December 18, 2024, at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. The Chancellor Funeral Home of Florence, Mississippi is taking care of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.wittichfuneralhome.com
Ashley was born on July 10, 1984, to Linda Birkhofer Jones and Denny Morgan. She married Gary Crumly...
Ruth Ann Hubbard
Dec 27, 2024
Ruth Ann Hubbard went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 27, 2024, at her home in Florence, MS. She was 84 years old. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Hickory Ridge Baptist Church in Florence. The funeral service will begin at 2:30 followed...
Cecil Dwayne Walker
Dec 25, 2024
Cecil Dwayne Walker, 71, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. He passed away at Brandon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brandon. Cecil was born on April 26, 1953, in Mendenhall, MS to Cecil Preston Walker and Annie Lee Abernathy Walker. Cecil was the oldest child and was known as "Little Cecil"...
Dorothy Minette Skinner
Dec 22, 2024
Dorothy “Minette” Skinner, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2024. She was 86 years old. She was born July 15, 1938, to Noah and Ruth Moore.
Minette was raised in Lexington, MS, where she met and married William Louis Skinner. Minette and Louis made their home in Jackson, MS, where he was a Lieutenant...
Lisa McCammon
Dec 22, 2024
Lisa Jane McCammon was born April 23, 1958. She was the oldest daughter of Leon and Sarah McCammon. She passed unexpectedly on December 22, 2024.
Lisa was a lifelong resident of Jackson, MS. She worked at UMMC Department of Pharmacology as an administrative assistant for 39 years. Over the years working there, she formed many lifelong friendships that stayed with her...
Avie Jewel James
Dec 21, 2024
Avie ‘Jewel’ James, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2024, at the age of 88.
A native of Yazoo City, MS, Jewel lived a life rooted in love for her family and community. She was one of 13 children, and relocated to the Jackson, MS area where she remained.
Jewel was a graduate of...
Rita Louise Lum
Dec 18, 2024
Rita Louise Lum, 87, peacefully departed this life on December 18, 2024, in Terry, Mississippi. She was surrounded by the love of her family, a testament to the life she built filled with warmth and joy. She was born on June 15, 1937, in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Walter Curtis Wilkinson and Margaret Ferguson Wilkinson,
Rita dedicated her career to the City...
Nancy Green
Dec 17, 2024
Nancy Jean Green was born on May 14, 1963. She passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Nancy was born and raised in South Jackson in the Garden Park area. She attended Wingfield High School but graduated early from the Educational Center. She worked in the insurance business most of her career as an...
Patricia Ann Bullock Simmons
Dec 15, 2024
Patricia Ann Bullock Simmons went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 15, 2024, in Florence, MS. She was 77 years old. The family will have a graveside service at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 19, 2024, in the Garden of Memories in Florence, MS.
Patricia was born on October 12, 1947, to Homer Floyd Bullock and Vern...
Royce Arnold Bridges
Dec 14, 2024
Royce Arnold Bridges, 91, went to be with his Lord Saturday, December 14, 2024. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, and again on Thursday, December 19, 2024, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence MS. The funeral services will be Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 10:00...
Selma Williams Foreman
Dec 14, 2024
Selma Williams Foreman passed away December 14, 2024 in Jackson, MS. She was 87 years old. Selma was born in Magee, MS on May 27, 1937 to the late Judson and Sally Warren Williams. Selma was well known in our community for dedication to her faith and service to her church; her creative expressions in the floral designs she crafted...
Cary Rex West
Dec 11, 2024
Born in Jackson, MS on February 21, 1963. He was a Mississippi State Alumni and received a LSU - MBA. Rex loved coffee, AM radio, fishing, running, his family, and the Lord. He also enjoyed experimenting with tomatoes and peppers in the backyard, secretly dreamed of owning a beehive to produce his own honey, and was looking forward to retirement...
Carol Anne Cichirillo
Dec 11, 2024
Carol Anne Robertson Cichirillo passed away from this life and entered Heaven on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in Harrisville, MS. She was 66 years old. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS and again on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 12:00-2:00 p.m....
Lucian Eldredge Shields Jr.
Dec 10, 2024
Lucian Eldredge Shields, Jr. of Florence, MS, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. He was age 79. Lucian was born to Lucian Eldredge Shields, Sr. and Myra Delle Griffin Shields of Calhoun County in North Mississippi.
He proudly served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He was a retired salesman and truckdriver. He enjoyed years...
Timothy Milton Folse
Dec 7, 2024
Timothy “Tim” Milton Folse passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2024, in Jackson, MS. He was 75 years old. The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation from 9:00-10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS. The funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Burial will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. at Biloxi...
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