Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.
Ruth Shorter
Dec 23, 2012
Ruth Sebren Shorter, 88, also know by family and friends as Bob Ruth, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012. She was a native of Rankin County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. J.C. Shorter. She was also preceded in death by 5 brothers and sisters and 1 grandson.\ She is survived by her children, Martha Miley (Larry),...
Charles W. Andrews, Jr.
Dec 23, 2012
Charles Willard (Charlie) Andrews, Jr., age 84, went to be with the Lord December 23, 2012, at the MS Baptist Center in Jackson, MS. Charles was born November 23, 1928 in Belzoni, MS to the late Charles Willard Andrews, Sr. and Bertha E. Mansiel Andrews Entrekin. Charles lived in Braxton, MS most of his life before moving to Byram, MS....
Don Montgomery
Dec 15, 2012
Donald E. Montgomery, 73, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at his home in Florence. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday at Parkhill Baptist Church in Jackson. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 8:00 PM Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and 9:00 - 10:00 Tuesday at the church. Graveside...
Mary Holliday
Dec 15, 2012
Mary Holliday\ Jackson\ \ Mrs. Mary Holliday, 92, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2012, at Manhattan Health Care in Jackson. Funeral services will be 12 Noon Tuesday at First Pentecostal Church with visitation from 10:30 AM until service time. Interment will be at Rosemont Gardens Memorial Park.\ \ Mrs. Holliday, a homemaker, was a faithful member of First Pentecostal Church...
Frances Cockrell
Dec 12, 2012
Frances Haley Cockrell, 73, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at her home in Terry. Visitation will be 5-7pm Thursday, December 13th at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS. Services will be 11am Friday, December 14th in the funeral home chapel followed by interment at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery in Terry.\ \ Mrs. Cockrell was a 1957 graduate of Central...
Joseph Harz
Dec 11, 2012
Joeseph Steele Harz, 65, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at UMC in Jackson.\ Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life from 11am until 1pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram.\ \ Mr. Harz was born in Maryland to the late Joseph and Dorothy Jacobs Harz. He had lived in Clinton for the...
Elton Oswalt
Dec 11, 2012
Horace Elton Oswalt, 85, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at CMMC in Jackson. Visitation will be 2-5pm Sunday, December 16th and 9-11am Monday, December 17th at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will begin at 11am Monday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park.\ \ Mr. Oswalt was born in Choctaw County, MS to...
Ed Purvis
Dec 9, 2012
Thomas "Ed" Edwin Purvis, 78, died Sunday, December 09, 2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Cemetery in Petal.\ \ Mr. Purvis was a member of Parkway Baptist Church in Clinton. He was a member of Leavell...
Robert Alexander
Dec 9, 2012
Robert Dell Alexander, 60, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Safe Harbor in Flowood.\ Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Alexander; daughter, Jodie Kay Alexander; and niece, Amanda Brown. He is survived by his father, Bryant Alexander of Morton; brother,...
Alvin Oldham
Dec 7, 2012
Alvin Ray Oldham, 79, died Friday, December 7, 2012 at The Arbor in Ridgeland. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Sunday and 1-2 p.m. Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel. Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday at New Hope Church of God in Pioneer, LA with a 2...
Vollie Campbell
Dec 3, 2012
Mr. Vollie Franklin Campbell, 90, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at his home in Terry. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with interment in Terry Cemetery. Visitation will precede the service Monday from 12:00 - 2:00 PM at the funeral home.\ \ Mr. Campbell was born August 2, 1922...
James Ernest Davidson
Dec 3, 2012
James Ernest Davidson, 61 of Florence, MS passed away, December 3, 2012. Mr. Davidson was a native of Macon, GA where he was a plumber by trade. He was looking forward to returning to his home in GA. While he didn't get to return to his Georgia home during life his cremated remains will make the journey home. He was...
Richard E. Grannan
Dec 1, 2012
Richard Edward Grannan, 72, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 at his home in Florence. \ A native of Tacoma, Washington, Mr. Grannan has lived the last 3 years in Florence. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Marines as a Helicopter Mechanic. After service, he worked for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, WA and recently as a truck driver. He...
Martha Madison
Nov 30, 2012
Martha McGowan Madison, 70, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with interment in Lakewood South Memorial Park. Visitation is 5-8 PM Sunday as well as 10-11 AM Monday at the funeral home.\ \ Mrs. Madison was a lifelong resident...
Margaret Kainz
Nov 30, 2012
Margaret Lucille Rudolph Kainz, 90, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Wisteria Gardens in Pearl. Funeral services will be held at 6 PM Sunday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with visitation from 5-6 PM at the funeral home. A graveside service will be held at 11 AM Monday at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Laurel. \ \ Margaret...
Thomas H. McDowell
Nov 30, 2012
Thomas H. (Tommy) McDowell, 93, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 30, 2012. Visitation is 4-8pm Monday and 9-10am Tuesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence, MS. Funeral services will be at 10am Tuesday followed by burial in the Florence Cemetery. \ \ Mr. McDowell served in World War II in the U.S. Army, Persian Gulf Command...
James Odell Carmichael
Nov 29, 2012
James Odell Carmichael, 86, went to be with his Heavenly Father on November 29, 2012, at his home in Brandon, Mississippi. A beloved husband, father, and grandfather, he is survived by his wife of 65 years, Edna Earle Carmichael and a daughter, Jeanell Holder (Rodney). He is also survived by two granddaughters, Tiffany Hutchins (David) and Heather Holder. He was...
Lillie Fran Clark
Nov 27, 2012
Lillie Frances Clark, 74, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 in Flowood. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 28th from 4 pm until the 7 pm funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Family and friends will meet at 10 am at the funeral home for a procession to the graveside service which will be Thursday at 11 am at...
Ida Clarice Harris
Nov 26, 2012
Ida Clarice Sloan Harris, 94, passed away peacefully at her home on November 26, 2012. \ Clarice was born in Plaquemine, LA, the eldest daughter of Best and Mattie Seay George Sloan. She lived her childhood in the community of Spring Ridge, MS before moving with her husband, Woodrow Wilson Harris, To San Francisco, CA. Later they moved to Pascagoula,...
Raymond Freeman
Nov 25, 2012
Raymond Ray Freeman, 82, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be 11am Wednesday, November 28 at Hillcrest Baptist Church with a one hour visitation prior to service time. Interment will follow at Lakewood South Memorial Park.\ \...
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