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Recent Obituaries in Byram and Florence Mississippi.

V.H. \Bud\"" Blackwell

V.H. \Bud\"" Blackwell

Feb 8, 2009

V.H. "Bud" Blackwell, 87, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab in Clinton. Visitation will be 5-7pm Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and 10am until the 11am funeral service Wednesday, February 11, 2009 in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Lakewood South.\ \ Mr. Blackwell was a U.S....

Rodney Hale

Rodney Hale

Feb 5, 2009

Mr. Rodney Hale, 62, died at his home in Jackson on February 5, 2009. Visitation will be Sunday, February 8, 2009 from 5-7 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence and 10-11 a.m. on Monday prior to the 11 a.m. service at the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Florence.\ \ Mr. Hale...

Kirby Brinson

Kirby Brinson

Feb 5, 2009

Mr. Kirby Frank Brinson left this life to join his Heavenly Father on February 5, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer.\ \ Mr. Brinson was born on February 25, 1952. He was a lifelong resident of the Clear Branch community in Florence and a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He retired in April of 2008 from McLain Plumbing.\...

David \Pete\"" Patterson

David \Pete\"" Patterson

Feb 2, 2009

David "Pete" Patterson, 70, passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8pm Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be 10am Friday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Terry Cemetery.\ \ Mr. Patterson was born March 17, 1938 to John Thomas and Rosa...

Wayne Gressett

Wayne Gressett

Feb 2, 2009

Gerald Wayne Gressett, 64, passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 in Pearl. Graveside services will be 2pm Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Lakewood South.\ \ Mr. Gressett was born July 29, 1944 in Meridian but had lived in the Jackson area for over 40 years. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy during Vietnam and was owner/operator of Gressett...

Aline Lewis

Aline Lewis

Feb 1, 2009

Mrs. Aline W. Lewis, 85, of Harrisville, died peacefully Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be Monday, 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home in Florence. Services are Tuesday, February 3rd at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence followed by interment at Palestine Cemetery in Harrisville.\ \ Mrs. Lewis, a homemaker,...

Katherine Simpson

Katherine Simpson

Feb 1, 2009

\ Mrs. Katherine Simpson, 89, went to be with the Lord Sunday morning February 1, 2009 at Central Mississippi Medical Center. Visitation will be today from 5 until 8pm at Chancellor Funeral Home, Byram and Tuesday from 1 until the 2:00 pm service in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Jessamine Cemetery in Ridgeland, MS.\ \ A native...

Farrar Lottie

Farrar Lottie

Jan 31, 2009

\ \ \ Lottie Land Farrar, 84, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, at Care Center of Clinton. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, February 3 in Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson. Chancellor Funeral Home of Byram is in charge of arrangements.\ Mrs. Farrar was a native of Montgomery County and a resident of Clinton for 47...

Walter Stevenson

Walter Stevenson

Jan 29, 2009

Walter Leo Stevenson, 88, was called home to heaven on January 29, 2009. Visitation will be 2-5pm Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be Monday at 11am in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Crystal Springs City Cemetery.\ \ Mr. Stevenson served in WWII for 4 years and drove long haul trucks...

Gay McMurtray

Gay McMurtray

Jan 27, 2009

Gay Speake McMurtray, 79, of Terry, Mississippi, died on January 27, 2009. Visitation will be 5-7pm Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram and 10am until the 11am funeral service Thursday, January 29, 2009 in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Terry Cemetery.\ \ She was an active member of the Wynndale Presbyterian Church, and...

Charles Daniel Hodge

Charles Daniel Hodge

Jan 27, 2009

Charles Daniel Hodge, Sr, 82, passed away Tuesday January 27, 2009 at his home in Byram, MS. Visitation will be held today from 11-1:30 with funeral services at 2:00 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. With interment to follow at Lakewood Memorial Park South in Jackson, MS.\ \ Mr. Hodge is best remembered by family and friends as an avid...

Robert Sheffield

Robert Sheffield

Jan 25, 2009

Arrangements pending.

Mary Sturdivant

Mary Sturdivant

Jan 25, 2009

Mary Geneva Sturdivant, 88 died at Jaquith Nursing Home on January 25, 2010. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 5-7 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Graveside services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in Florence City Cemetery.\ \ Mrs. Sturdivant moved to Pearl in 1992 coming from Ethel,MS. She loved to read and sew. She was a...

George Tew

George Tew

Jan 25, 2009

George Thomas Tew, 82, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009 at VA Medical Center in Jackson.

T. D. Carr, Jr.

T. D. Carr, Jr.

Jan 24, 2009

T.D. "Billy:" Carr, Jr.\ Gallman\ \ Talmadge Dewitt "Billy" Carr, Jr, 79, died January 24, 2009 at his home.\ \ Graveside services are scheduled for 1:00 P.M., Thursday, January 29, 2009 at Pilgrams Rest Baptist Church Cemetery in Crystal Springs, MS. Chancellor Funeral Home, Byram is in charge of arrangements. \ \ Mr. Carr lived most of his life in...

Richard Craft

Richard Craft

Jan 24, 2009

Richard Rayme Craft, 67, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2009 at his home in Jackson. \ \ Mr. Craft was born October 16, 1941 in Jackson, MS to Orville D. and Helen Mathis Craft. He was a telephone test tech for ATT.\ \ Survivors include his mother, Helen Craft of Jackson, daughters, Kimberly Read of TX, Pamela Galito of MD;...

Wanda Grogan

Wanda Grogan

Jan 24, 2009

Wanda Grogan\ Richland \ \ Wanda Grogan, 73, died Saturday, January 24, 2009 at MS Baptist Medical Center. \ \ Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. today at Chancellor Funeral Home, Florence. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m in the Funeral Home chapel with interment in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Florence.\ \ A native of Arkansas, Mrs. Grogan...

Wincie Snell

Wincie Snell

Jan 22, 2009

Mrs. Wincie Audell Snell, 85, died peacefully at her home in Florence on January 22, 2009. Visitation will be Friday,January 23, 5-8 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Services will be Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church at 11 a.m. followed with interment in the church cemetery.\ \ Mrs. Snell a lifetime resident of Old Pearl community spent her life...

Margaret Cherry

Margaret Cherry

Jan 22, 2009

Mrs. Margaret Lyle Cherry, 82, went home to be with her Lord, January 22, 2009 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be Friday,January 23, 5-7 p.m. at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence and Saturday 1-2 p.m. prior to the 2 p.m. service at the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Lakewood South.\ \ Mrs. Cherry grew up in...

Kristine Wilcox

Kristine Wilcox

Jan 21, 2009

Kristine Hampton Wilcox, 74, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009 in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be 10am-12noon Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Graveside service will follow at 1:00pm in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl.

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