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Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.

David Young

David Young

Sep 2, 2012

David Young, 59, went home to be with his Lord, Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Central MS Medical Center. Visitation is Monday, September 3, 2012 from 5-8 p.m. and Tuesday from 10-11 a.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with burial to follow at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church...

Peggy Tingle

Peggy Tingle

Sep 2, 2012

Peggy Tingle\ Columbus, GA\ \ Margaret H. "Peggy" Tingle passed away on September 2, 2012. Graveside services are scheduled for Friday, September 7, 2012 at 1pm at Fort Benning, GA.\ \ Peggy lived life to the fullest, was a songstress, and worked for Jack's Pawn Shop in Columbus, GA. She was affiliated with Caribe Diamonds in Okinawa, Japan in the...

Merle Smith, Sr.

Merle Smith, Sr.

Sep 2, 2012

Merle Smith, Sr, 72, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital on Sept. 2, 2012 from an extended illness.\ \ He was born May 4th, 1940 in Kinsman, Ohio, a son of Floyd H. Smith and June Keeler Smith.\ \ Merle was a self-employed excavator in Ohio and moved to Mississippi in 1981 where he continued an excavating business. He retired...

David King

David King

Aug 31, 2012

David King, age 51, of the South County Road District, Blue Ridge, GA, formerly of Jackson, MS, passed away Friday, August 31st, 2012, from his residence. A memorial military service was held in GA on September 5 at the Logan Funeral Home Pavilion.\ \ A memorial service will be held at 4:00pm, Monday, September 10, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home...

Ralph Caraway

Ralph Caraway

Aug 30, 2012

Ralph W. Caraway, 67, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 at his home in Pearl. Visitation will be Sunday, September 2nd from 5-8 pm and Monday, September 3rd from 10am until the 11am funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Clear Branch Cemetery in Florence. \ \ A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Caraway...

Charles Frazier

Charles Frazier

Aug 25, 2012

Mr. Charles Wilburn Frazier, 82, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence with interment in Rosemont Gardens Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5-8 PM Monday and also from 9-10 AM Tuesday at the funeral home.\...

Billy Branton

Billy Branton

Aug 24, 2012

Mr. Billy Ray Branton, 59, passed away Friday, August 24, 2012 at his home. A visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 PM Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram.\ \ A native of Prentiss, Mr. Branton has lived in the Byram area for the past 20 years, coming from Louisiana. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Branton of Byram;...

Evelyn Bounds

Evelyn Bounds

Aug 21, 2012

Evelyn Hurst Bounds, 82, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 in Clinton, MS.\ Services will be held at 1:00pm Thursday, August 23, in the chapel of First Baptist Church of Clinton with visitation following the service.\ \ A native of Hickory, MS, Mrs. Bounds had lived in Clinton for 15 years, and previously Hattiesburg and Pearl. She had worked in...

Dawn Elise Benton

Dawn Elise Benton

Aug 19, 2012

Dawn Elise Benton, 57, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012 at her home in Byram.\ Services will take place at a later date.\ \ Dawn was a retired hospice nurse. She is preceded in death by her daughter Brandy Kelley. \ \ Survivors include her husband Jimmy Kelley of Byram; sons, Trey (Natalie) Kirby of Florence and Heath (Susan) Kelley...

Elizabeth Burleson

Elizabeth Burleson

Aug 18, 2012

Elizabeth J. Burleson, 56, of Terry passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 21, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow in Terry Cemetery.\ \ Elizabeth was a member of First Baptist Church of Terry.\ \ She was preceded in...

Bonnie Davis

Bonnie Davis

Aug 17, 2012

Mrs. Bonnie Luckey Davis, 74, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012 at Briar Hill Rest Home in Florence. Visitation will be Sunday, August 19th from 5-8pm and Monday, August 20th from 10am until the 11am service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Braxton.\ \ Mrs. Davis, known as "Mime" has resided...

Martha Durr

Martha Durr

Aug 17, 2012

Martha Ann Courtney-Durr, 80, of Florence went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 17th, 2012, at Brandon Nursing & Rehab. Visitation will be Sunday, August 19, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. until services at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church-Florence. Interment will follow in Florence Cemetery.\ \ Born in Florence on March 5, 1932, a daughter of Laura and...

Rudy Brooks

Rudy Brooks

Aug 16, 2012

Benton Rudon "Rudy" Brooks, Jr., 62, passed away August 16, 2012 at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be Friday, August 17th from 4-8pm and Saturday, August 18th from 10 am until the 11 am funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories. \ \ A resident of Florence for the...

Robert Scruggs

Robert Scruggs

Aug 16, 2012

Robert Scruggs, 81, died Thursday, August 16, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Jackson. \ \ Mr. Scruggs, a native of Byram, served in the Navy during the Korean War. He went to LSU on a football scholarship. He lived in Northern California for several years after his wife passed away. He's lived with his daughter for the past...

James Kendrick

James Kendrick

Aug 15, 2012

James C. Kendrick, Sr. (Jimmy) passed away Wednesday, August 15, at St. Dominic's Hospital. Jimmy was 73 years old. He was the youngest of 6 children born to John W. Kendrick, Sr. and Elizabeth Cardwell Kendrick. He loved music and line dancing. He taught a class of line dancers at the Clinton Y. He sang in the Adult Choir at...

Rev. Richard Boone

Rev. Richard Boone

Aug 13, 2012

Reverend Richard Watson Boone, 76, of Terry, MS passed away August 13, 2012 at University Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Visitation will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS on Tuesday, August 14 from 5pm-7pm. Wednesday, August 15, visitation is at 10am with the funeral at 11am both at Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene, 3775 Terry...

James T. McCoy, Sr.

James T. McCoy, Sr.

Aug 10, 2012

James Thomas McCoy, Sr., 77, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012 at Pleasant Hills Nursing Home in Jackson. Visitation will be 12:30pm until the 1:30pm funeral service Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Interment will follow at Terry Cemetery.\ \ Mr. McCoy was born in Pontotoc, MS to the late Thomas and Ruth McCoy. He retired...

Linda Wallace

Linda Wallace

Aug 10, 2012

Ms. Linda Wallace, 55, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012, at her home in Terry. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM Monday, August 13, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with visitation beginning at 10 AM.\ \ Ms. Wallace was born October 26, 1956, to Charlotte Mills Fitzgerald and the late James Edward Fitzgerald. She was a...

Samantha Ray Mallory

Samantha Ray Mallory

Aug 10, 2012

Samantha Mallory\ Jackson\ \ Samantha Ray Mallory, 39, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence with graveside services following in Laurel at 1:30 PM. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 5-8 PM Monday and from 9 AM...

Tony Phillips

Tony Phillips

Aug 9, 2012

Mr. Tommy Glenn (Tony) Phillips, 55, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012, at University Medical Center in Jackson. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM Friday, August 17, at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence with visitation from 10 AM until service time Friday.\ \ Mr. Phillips was born November 16, 1956 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was preceded in...

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