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Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.

Helen Marie Green

Helen Marie Green

Oct 28, 2012

Visitation will be at First Baptist Church Florence on Tuesday, October 30th, from 5:00-8:00 PM. The funeral service will be Wednesday, October 31st at 11:00 AM at the church. Interment will follow the service at Florence Cemetery.

Anthony Rayborn

Anthony Rayborn

Oct 27, 2012

Anthony Rayborn, 51, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2012. \ Anthony was a graduate of University of Southern Mississippi and was an auto body mechanic at Bullock's Body Shop\ \ He is survived by his wife Cathy Mayo of Byram; step-sons, John Daniel Mayo of Anchorage, AK and Jeremy Wayne Mayo of Florence; sister, Beth Tallent of Flowood; mother-in-law Jewel...

Peggy Finch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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