Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Mr. Lamar Braswell
Oct 10, 2013
Thurman Lamar Braswell, 58, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be11am-1:30pm Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram followed by graveside services at 2pm at Terry Cemetery. Mr. Braswell lived all his life in Terry. He was an automotive mechanic who enjoyed helping others, was independent and an avid...
Mr. James P. Smith
Oct 6, 2013
Mr. James Prentiss Smith, 82, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at his home in Clinton. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with interment in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Tuesday and from 10:00 until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Smith...
Mr. Sidney Thomas Fondren
Oct 6, 2013
Sidney Thomas Fondren, 46, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at University Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 8th from 4-8 PM and Wednesday, October 9th from 11 AM until the 2 PM funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Richland Cemetery. Mr. Fondren has lived in the Florence area for 10...
Mr. Daniel "Danny" Emhovick
Oct 5, 2013
Daniel John Emhovick ,80 , passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Tuesday, October 8 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Funeral Services will be 11am Wednesday, October 9 at Country Woods Baptist Church with a one hour visitation prior to service time at the church. Mr. Emhovick was born in...
Baby Girl Purvis
Oct 2, 2013
Baby girl Purvis was born still October 2, 2013 at the Suites of River Oaks in Flowood, MS. Services will be held at 2:00pm Monday, October 7, 2013 in Garden of Memories, Angel Section at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. She is survived by her parents Justin and Makayla Purvis of Brandon; paternal grandparents Willie and Natalie Keyes of Brandon...
infant Julie Raine Turner
Oct 2, 2013
Infant, Julie Raine Turner passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at UMC in Jackson. Visitation will be 8-9am Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will begin at 9am in the funeral home chapel with Reverend Brian Foster officiating. Interment will follow in Utica cemetery with a committal service to begin at 10:30am. She was preceded...
Mr. Robert Brooks Ainsworth
Sep 30, 2013
Robert Brooks Ainsworth, 77, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 at the VA Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 12 PM until the 2 PM Funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories. Mr. Ainsworth was a native of Florence for 43 years. A retired Boatsman 1st...
Mr. John Alton Keys
Sep 30, 2013
John A. Keys, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on September 30, 2013 following a lengthy illness. He retired from Trailways and Greyhound Bus Lines as a driver with 42 years of service, and later went on to drive for Jackson Tour and Travel. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 2nd from 11:30-2 pm, with the service following at 2:00...
Ms. Robin Renea Middleton
Sep 30, 2013
Robin Renea Middleton, 46, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 in Jackson. Visitation will be Friday, October 4, 2013 from 5-8 PM at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence and Saturday, from 12 PM until the 2 PM Funeral Service in the chapel. Burial will follow at Antioch Baptist Church cemetery in Florence. Ms. Middleton lived most of her life in...
Mrs. Carole Wyman
Sep 29, 2013
Carole June Wyman, 75, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. There will be a gathering to celebrate her life on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram from 3-6pm. Mrs. Wyman, an Ohio State Buckeye at heart, was a registered nurse for over 50 years. Taking care of others was her...
Ms. Leslie Wilson Smiddy
Sep 29, 2013
Leslie Wilson Smiddy, 89, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the Mississippi State Hospital. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 9 am until the 10 am funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow in Florence Cemetery. A native of Gulfport, Mrs. Smiddy spent most of her life in Rankin County in the Florence...
Mr. Michael Douglas McKinley
Sep 28, 2013
Michael Douglas McKinley, 56, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at University of MS Medical Center. Visitation will be Tuesday, 11AM until the 1PM funeral Service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at New Zion Baptist Church in Braxton. Mr. McKinley called Harrisville home for the past year, moving from Pearl. He was a transmission technician with...
Mr George Davis Watts
Sep 28, 2013
Mr. George Davis Watts, 86, of Pearl, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Hospice Ministries of Ridgeland. Visitation will be 5-8pm Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and Tuesday from 9 until the 10am funeral service in the funeral home chapel. An interpreter will be provided for the deaf. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park. A...
Mrs. Wilma Jewel Johnson
Sep 28, 2013
Wilma Jewel Rice Johnson, 83, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be on Monday, September 30, 2013 from 5:00-8:00 PM at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence and one hour prior to the 10:00 AM funeral service at Harrisville United Methodist Church on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Interment will follow at the...
Mrs. Evelyn B. Wood
Sep 27, 2013
Evelyn Blair Wood, 85, died September 27, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on October 19, 2013 from 10 until 12 at Raymond Road Baptist Church and a Celebration of her Life will begin at noon. She is survived by her daughter, Lynn, who she loved with all her heart, and her favorite and only...
Mrs. Margaret Morgan
Sep 25, 2013
Margaret Thomas Morgan,70 , passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. The family will hold a private service at a later date. Mrs. Morgan was born in Shreveport, LA to the late Robert Randall Thomas and Betty Ann Thomas. Having come from Dallas, she had lived in Byram for the past 6-7 years. She had...
Mrs. Margaret Sandifer
Sep 20, 2013
Mrs. Margaret Ann Cobb Sandifer, 80, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2013 at Simpson General Hospital. Visitation will be from 10:00 – 11:00 AM Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, followed by a graveside service at Palestine Cemetery in Harrisville at 11:30 AM. Mrs. Sandifer was born April 2, 1933 in Ohatchee, AL to the late Roland and...
Mr. Edwin "Eugene" Grube
Sep 19, 2013
Edwin Eugene Grube, 79 passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home in Florence. A resident of Florence since 1995, moving from Jackson, Mr. Grube worked as a Heavy Equipment Specialist with Klinger Electric and enjoyed fishing. Mr. Grube was preceded in death by his wife, Delores Grube, on March 20, 2013 and his brother, Fred Grube. He is...
Mrs. Teresa "Diane" Freels
Sep 19, 2013
Teresa Diane Freels, 57, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 at University Medical Center in Jackson. Mrs. Freels was a long time resident of Florence. Her greatest achievement was raising her three children. She also enjoyed sewing, quilting, and crocheting. She is preceded in death by her father, Hugh White McGowan, and by her husband, O’Neal Freels. She is survived...
Leigh Rinehart
Sep 18, 2013
Virginia Leigh Rinehart, 26, went to be with her Lord Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Friday, September 20 and 9am until the 10am funeral service Saturday, September 21, all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Graveside service will follow at 4pm Saturday at Doty Chapel Cemetery in Shannon, MS. Leigh was...
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