Mary Lee Breaux
Mary Lee Trahan Dupre Breaux, 77, of Crystal Springs, was born June 2, 1945, in Chauvin, La., and went home to be the Lord on Oct. 4, 2022. A funeral service was held Oct. 8 at Stringer Family Chapel. Burial will be at Holy Rosary Church Cemetery at a later date. She was preceded in…
Read MoreJanice Yvonne Tanner Butler
Janice Yvonne Tanner Butler, 71, passed away Sept. 21, 2022. A funeral service was held Sept. 26 at Greater Damascus Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. in Hazlehurst, with interment in the church cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include her former spouse, Larry Butler; daughter, Catina Butler; son, Richard Thomas; four grandchildren; sister,…
Read MoreClifton Carlock
Clifton Carlock, 95, of Crystal Springs, passed away Oct. 6, 2022. A graveside service was held Oct. 10 at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Mr. Carlock was a Navy and Army veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict. He was retired from the post office. He…
Read MoreBennie F. Frizzell
Bennie F. Frizzell, 86, passed away Oct. 6, 2022, at Baptist Health, Lexington, Ky. Mr. Frizzell was born in Crystal Springs, the youngest of three children to Clarence and Mary Didlake Frizzell. He graduated from the Crystal Springs Consolidated School in 1954 and joined the Air Force a month later during the Korean Conflict. He…
Read MoreJohn Hamilton Long
Dr. John Hamilton Long, 85, died Oct. 7, 2022, in Jackson. Dr. Long was born March 2, 1937, in Hazlehurst. He attended Millsaps College and graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical School in 1962. He interned at Duval County Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Following his internship, he entered the Navy and served one…
Read MoreDaniel Cecil Merritt
Daniel Cecil “Danny” Merritt, 58, of Georgetown, passed away Oct. 1, 2022, at Baptist North in Oxford. Danny was born June 19, 1964, in Prescott, Ariz. A funeral service was held Oct. 5 in the Wilson Funeral Home chapel. Graveside services followed at Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Monticello. Pastor Darrel Blankenship officiated, with Wilson…
Read MoreVirgia B. Porter
Virgia B. Porter, 92, passed away Sept. 23, 2022. A funeral service was held Oct. 1 at Antioch M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at Hawkins Cemetery in Barlow. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include stepdaughter, Jerlean Collins; three grandchildren; and sisters, Mary Alice Powell and Lee Helen Lynch.
Read MoreKiara Shannon
Kiara Shannon, 29, passed away Sept. 25, 2022. A funeral service was held Oct. 1 at Antioch M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at Greater New Zion M.B. Church in Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include her parents, Lisa A. Shannon and Rufus Lee Sr.; daughters, Keristen D. Shannon and Avaiah K.…
Read MoreMax Stringer
Maxwell Thomas Stringer, 22, of Crystal Springs, passed away early Oct. 2, 2022, in a fatal car accident. A funeral service was held Oct. 7 at Stringer Chapel, with burial at Old Crystal Springs Cemetery. Max was born on April 21, 2000, on Good Friday, in Jackson. He was named after both of his grandfathers,…
Read MoreKen Thornton
A memorial service will be held for Ken Thornton on Oct. 16, 2022. at 588 School House Road in Pinola, with Bro. Earl Clark officiating. Riverwood Family is handling the arrangements. Ken, a resident of The Village of Beauregard in Copiah County, was preceded in death by his parents, Ebb “Bill” and Iona Sorey Thornton;…
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