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Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.

Mr. Billy Jack May, Jr.

Mr. Billy Jack May, Jr.

May 28, 2016

Mr. Billy Jack May, Jr., 49, passed away on May 28, 2016. There will be a visitation on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. A funeral service will follow at 12:00 PM. Interment will be at Briar Hill Cemetery in Florence. Mr. May, a lifelong resident of Florence, was known...

Mrs. Alene Moss

Mrs. Alene Moss

May 24, 2016

Mrs. Alene Moss, 77, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at her home in Pearl. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, May 26th from 5-7 PM and Friday, May 27th from 9 AM until the 10 AM Funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories. Mrs. Moss was an Air Force wife for...

Mr. Jerry Eugene Nelson

Mr. Jerry Eugene Nelson

May 23, 2016

Jerry Eugene Nelson, 68, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016 at Regency Hospital in Jackson. A Memorial Service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Mr. Nelson was born in Martinsville, VA to the late Howard Wayne Nelson and Lula Virginia Hall Nelson. His profession was supervision in the furniture and...

Mr. Prentiss Lee Adcock

Mr. Prentiss Lee Adcock

May 23, 2016

Prentiss Lee Adcock, 75, of Richland, MS went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 23, 2016. Prentiss was born o October 3, 1940 to the late Lonnie and Hilda Adcock. Prentiss was a husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend to so many people. He loved hunting, fishing, taking pictures of wildlife, gardening, as well as his...

Mrs.  Kathryn Kelly Harkins

Mrs. Kathryn Kelly Harkins

May 22, 2016

Kathryn Kelly Harkins, 74, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Plainview Assisted Living in Richland. Visitation was Wednesday, May 25th from 5-8 PM and will be Thursday, May 26th from 9 AM until the 10 AM Funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Interment will follow at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl. A native of Arkansas, she...

Rev. Danny Carl Bridges

Rev. Danny Carl Bridges

May 22, 2016

Rev. Danny Carl Bridges, 65, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation was Tuesday, May 24th from 5-8 PM and Wednesday, May 25th from 2:30 PM until the 3:30 PM Funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial followed in the Garden of Memories. Rev. Bridges was reared in Jackson, MS before...

Mrs. Margie Mahaffee Ainsworth

Mrs. Margie Mahaffee Ainsworth

May 22, 2016

Margie Mahaffey Ainsworth, 98, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2016, at her residence in Hoover, Alabama. Margie was born September 27, 1917, in Harrisville, Mississippi, to Clarence and Ola Mae Mahaffey. She graduated from Harrisville High School in April, 1936, and then attended William Carey College. Margie soon became a teacher for Simpson County Schools. On May 5, 1941,...

Mr. Alvin Lee Gibson

Mr. Alvin Lee Gibson

May 20, 2016

Alvin Lee Gibson, 81, passed away May 20, 2016 at his home in Byram, MS. There will be private funeral services on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:00 pm at Chancellor Funeral Home Chapel, Byram. Mr. Gibson was born in Hayesville, NC on February 2, 1935 to the late Doyle Gibson and Velva Logan Gibson. He was a tool and...

Mrs. Willie Bee Brown

Mrs. Willie Bee Brown

May 20, 2016

Willie Bee Lack Brown, 93 passed away Friday, May 2016 at her home. Visitation will be 9:30am until the 11am funeral service Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Harmony Baptist Church in Crystal Springs. Interment will follow at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born in Crystal Springs, MS to the late William Pharoah Lack and Minnie Leona Boone Lack. She...

Mrs. Marylyn Smith Crisler

Mrs. Marylyn Smith Crisler

May 19, 2016

Marylyn Smith Crisler, 90, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Graveside services will be at 2pm Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery in Terry. Mrs. Crisler was a lifelong resident of the Jackson/Terry area and was a member of First Baptist Church of Terry. She retired from Mississippi Baptist Convention Board...

Mr. Presley Thompson "Pop" Boteler

Mr. Presley Thompson "Pop" Boteler

May 18, 2016

Mr. Presley Thompson “Pop” Boteler, 79, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held Friday, May 20, 2016, from 4:00pm – 5:30pm with service at 5:30pm, Chancellor Funeral Home of Florence. Mr. Boteler, a lifelong resident of Florence, graduated from Florence High School in...

Mrs. Janice Garner Harvey

Mrs. Janice Garner Harvey

May 18, 2016

Janice Garner Harvey, 65, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Visitation will be 1:00pm until the 3:00pm funeral service on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Janice was born in South Carolina and grew up in south Jackson, MS. She was a teacher, both by profession and by calling. She taught numerous courses at Terry High...

Ms. Marsha  Lacy Steen

Ms. Marsha Lacy Steen

May 15, 2016

Miss Marsha Lacy Steen, 37, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at her home. Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 from 5-7 PM and Wednesday May 18, from 10-11 AM at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. The funeral service will be 11 AM Wednesday at the funeral home and interment will follow at Hickory Ridge Cemetery in...

Mrs.  Gwen M.  Williams

Mrs. Gwen M. Williams

May 15, 2016

Gwen Williams went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 15, 2016. At 95 she was the youngest among her siblings and the last remaining of the six children of Judge Willard and Alma McDaniel McElwee. She was born on Possum Trot Plantation, Tchula, MS in 1920. The family moved to Greenville, MS in November 1926 just in time...

Mr. Daniel  Allen Sanville

Mr. Daniel Allen Sanville

May 15, 2016

Daniel Allen Sanville, 32, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2016 at his home in Pearl. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17th from 5-8 PM and Wednesday, May 18th from 1:00 PM until the 2:00 PM Funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Rosemont Gardens in Jackson. Daniel was a member of Star Baptist Church...

Mrs. Sherry  Daigle Johnson

Mrs. Sherry Daigle Johnson

May 14, 2016

Sherry Fern Daigle Johnson, 73, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016 at her home in St. Johns, Florida. Visitation will be 10:00am until the 11:00am funeral service Friday, May 20, 2016, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Rosemont Gardens in Jackson. Sherry was born in Pearl River County, MS to the late Warren and Myrtle Netto...

Mrs. Beverly Tudor Bobbitt

Mrs. Beverly Tudor Bobbitt

May 10, 2016

Mrs. Beverly Diane Tudor Bobbitt, 48, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. A private family Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Bobbitt is preceded in death by her father, Fred R. Tutor, Jr. She is survived by her children Ronnie Dale Brantley, Britany Chancellor, and Tiffany Lovelace; her mother, Billie...

Mr. Tommy Hutchinson

Mr. Tommy Hutchinson

May 6, 2016

Mr. Thomas E. “Tommy” Hutchinson, 72, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016. A native of Laurel, Mr. Hutchinson grew up in Forest and had lived in Byram for the past 28 years. Mr. Hutchinson retired after 30 years as a repairman from Authorized Appliance. He was a Mason in the Forest Hill Lodge #613 and of the Scottish Rite....

Ms. Vickie Celeste Cleveland

Ms. Vickie Celeste Cleveland

May 4, 2016

Vickie Celeste Cleveland, 43, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is scheduled from 12:00 PM until the 2:00 PM Funeral Service at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Florence. Burial will follow at Clear Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Vickie was preceded in death by her grandfathers, W. L. Cleveland and Maynard Lewis....

Tanner O'Beirne Gardo

Tanner O'Beirne Gardo

May 3, 2016

Tanner O’Beirne Gardo went to heaven on May 3, 2016, with his best friend Austin Thomas, following a tragic automobile accident. Visitation will be 5-8pm Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Graveside Service will be held at 3pm Friday, May 6, 2016, at Raymond Cemetery in Raymond, MS. Tanner was days away from graduating from Central...

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