Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Peggy Finch
Oct 23, 2012
Mrs. Peggy Thompson Finch passed away Tuesday, October 23 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation is today, October 25, from 4-7 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services are 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 26, in the funeral home chapel with interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.\ \ Mrs. Finch was a member of Country Woods Baptist Church. She worked with...
Charles Wolverton
Oct 23, 2012
Charles Herman Wolverton of Sebastopol, MS passed away from declining health October 23, 2012 at River Oaks Hospital in Canton, MS.\ Born October 23, 1933, Charlie was a loving father, brother, and husband. He was a spiritual man later in life after seeing the error of his ways. He graduated from Sebastopol High School and served in the U.S. Army...
Jason Mallory
Oct 22, 2012
Jason Wayne Mallory, 29, died October 22, 2012, from an automobile accident in Terry, MS along with his dog, "Dixie Wayne." Visitation will be Wednesday, October 24, from 5 pm until the service time at 7 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram when family and friends will gather to celebrate his life.\ \ Jason was an avid outdoors man,...
Roy H. Mees
Oct 20, 2012
Roy H. Mees, 74, died Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.\ \ A visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 5:00 until the 6:30 P.M. Memorial Service at First Baptist Church of Richland. Chancellor Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.\ \ A native of Columbia, Illinois, Mr. Mees had lived in the Richland area since 2000, moving...
Michael Linn
Oct 19, 2012
Michael Dale Linn, 59 , passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. \ \ Mr. Linn was born February 25, 1953 in Warsaw, Indiana to the late Charles Leroy Linn, Sr. and Joyce Irene Hopkins Linn. He was a self employed entrepreneur.\ \ He is preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers and daughter, Anjelique...
Norma Weeks
Oct 17, 2012
Norma J. Williams Weeks died October 17, 2012 at her home in Brandon, Mississippi. She was born in Paynes, Mississippi, September 3, 1928 to Addie Mae Williams and Wright Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Alvin Weeks, her parents, Addie Mae Wolfe Williams and Wright Williams, and her brother John Wright Williams. She is survived by...
Carol Rhodes
Oct 16, 2012
Carol Ann Wilkinson Rhodes, 65, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.\ Mrs. Rhodes was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, MS, where visitation will be held on Thursday, October 18, 5:00-6:00 pm for family, and 6:00-8:00 pm for her many friends. Graveside services will be held at Old Crystal Springs \ Cemetery...
Gene Jordan
Oct 15, 2012
Gene Howard Jordan, 74, passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 at his home in Florence. Visitation was Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 3PM until the 7 PM funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. \ Mr. Jordan has lived in Florence for 25 years, moving from Laurel and was a food broker in the food sales industry. \ Mr....
Bessie Watkins
Oct 15, 2012
Bessie B. Watkins, 93, died Monday, October 15, 2012 at her home in Byram. \ She was born April 6, 1919, one of eleven children, all of whom preceded her in death.\ Mrs. Watkins is also preceded in death by her parents, W.A. and Maudie Martin and husband Dudley Watkins.\ \ Her legacy includes a son, Curtis (Elizabeth) Watkins and...
Kathleen Morgan Shows
Oct 14, 2012
Kathleen Morgan Shows, 89, died Sunday, October 14, 2012, at the MS Baptist Medical Center. Visitation is 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2012 and Tuesday, October 16, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park South.\ \ Mrs. Shows retired from Deposit Guarantee Bank....
Evelyn Tucker Griffith
Oct 12, 2012
Evelyn Tucker Griffith, 81, passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be held 5-9 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2012 and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. The Rosary Service will held at 7 p.m. Monday. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with Father Lenin...
Lee Otis Robinson
Oct 8, 2012
Lee Otis Robinson, 73, crossed over on Monday, October 08, 2012. He was born on February 2, 1939 to the late Willie Othello Johnson Robinson and Charlie Robinson. He was the youngest of 10 children.\ \ Lee Otis Robinson served in the US Army from June 29, 1956 until January 21, 1958. He was honorably discharged; he married Maude Alice...
Douglas Wade
Oct 8, 2012
Douglas Wade, 68, passed away Monday, October 8, 2012 at his home in Florence. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 10th from 5-8 and Thursday, October 11th from 1pm until the 2 pm funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at the Garden of Memories. \ Mr. Wade was a resident of Florence for the past 32...
Diana Hudson
Oct 7, 2012
Diana Lee Hudson, 70, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at home. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 10th from 12 - 2 pm at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence followed by a graveside service at 2:30pm at Briarhill Baptist Church Cemetery. \ Mrs. Hudson was a devoted mother, grandmother and housewife. She was a longtime member of New Life Christian...
Cheri Wickens
Oct 5, 2012
Cheri Wickens, age 46, lost her battle to cancer at Baptist Hospital on October 5, 2012. The cause was a rare form of sarcoma.\ \ Born in 1966 in California, to Fredonyah Sale, she attended Rosa Scott M.S. and Madison-Ridgeland H.S. from which she graduated in 1984. She attended U. of Southern Mississippi majoring in Fashion and Merchandising. On March...
Jean Polk Teasley
Oct 2, 2012
Jean Polk Teasley,84 , passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at Trace Pointe Assisted Living Center in Clinton. Visitation will be 1:00pm until the 2:30pm funeral service Thursday, October 4, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park.\ \ Mrs. Teasley, a native of Mize, MS, lived most of her life in Jackson. She...
Wanda Hopson
Oct 2, 2012
Wanda Yvette Hopson, 52, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at CMMC in Jackson. A memorial service to be announced at a later date.\ \ Mrs. Hopson was born in Kosciusko, MS to Ollie and Irene Allen Collins. She was a homemaker.\ \ Survivors include her son, Michael Sanders of Raymond; daughter, Brandi Hopson of Raymond; brother, Bobbie R. Collins...
Russell Corkern
Oct 1, 2012
Russell Homer Corkern passed from the life on October 1, 2012 at his home in Byram, Mississippi, shortly after his 82nd birthday. Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram is handling the arrangements. Visitation will be 5-8pm Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral and 10am until the 11am funeral services Thursday, October 4 at Siwell Road Church of Christ. Interment will...
Freddie Sills
Sep 29, 2012
Freddie "Fred" Sills, 79, died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is Tuesday, October 2, 2012 from 12 noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service at Southside Assembly of God Church with burial to follow in Rosemont Memorial Gardens. \ \ Mr. Sills served as a military policeman at the...
Jimmy Buford
Sep 29, 2012
Jimmy Lane Buford, 38, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be from 1pm until the 3pm Memorial Service on Friday, October 5th at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Jimmy has lived all his life in Rankin County and worked as an air conditioner mechanic. \ He is survived by his parents, Sam and Gayle Buford...
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