Patricia Colburn Browning, 72, of Clinton, passed away Feb. 27, 2022, at Hospice Ministries. A funeral service was held March 5 at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst. Burial was at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Browning loved her family, especially her granddaughter. She enjoyed gardening and reading novels. She worked for Allstate for 29 years…

On the afternoon of March 6, 2022, Robert D. “David” Conn, of Hazlehurst, passed away peacefully from this life. Born in Limestone, Maine, he made his home in Mississippi. He and Linda, his wife of 31 years, cultivated a network of loving family and friends throughout the central area of the state. David was an…

Burder Mae Davis, 69, passed away Feb. 22, 2022. A funeral service was held March 2 at Rhema Word Worship Church in Brookhaven, with interment at Greater Damascus Church of Christ (Holiness) USA Cemetery in Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Burder was born Aug. 1, 1952, in Hazlehurst to Willie and Ethel Pendleton.…

John Davis, 77, of Crystal Springs, passed away Feb. 27, 2022, at Merit Hospital in Brandon. A funeral service was held March 5 at Shady Grove M.B. Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Century Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include four sons, John Brent, Ray Brent, Kimbler Powell, and Demisqua Green; eight daughters,…

Elisha Levi Girault, 9 months, of Crystal Springs, passed away March 3, 2022, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. A funeral service was held March 7 at Gallman Baptist Church, with burial at Old Crystal Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled arrangements. He was preceded in death by a…

Ray Holliday Jr., 72, of Crystal Springs, passed away March 3, 2022, at the VA Medical Center in Jackson. A funeral service was held March 7 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Mr. Holliday served in the Army beginning March 24, 1969, for two years and served in the National Guard…

Larry “Brillo” Papizan, 78, of Crystal Springs, passed away peacefully at home on March 5, 2022, surrounded by his family. Larry was born on Jan. 25, 1944, to Grady and Thelma Papizan. He graduated from Crystal Springs High School and enrolled at Mississippi State University. He was commissioned in the ROTC while at Mississippi State…

Ernestine Stovall Poindexter, 87, passed away Feb. 23, 2022. A funeral service was held March 5 at Antioch M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Ernestine was born Aug. 18, 1934, to Charlie and Ethel Stovall, of Wesson. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband,…

Katrena Jaquay Robinson, 43, passed away Feb. 26, 2022, at her home in Hazlehurst. A funeral service was held March 6 at Chapel Hill M.B. Church in Wesson, with interment at the church cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Katrena was born June 14, 1978, to Hattie and Kenneth Robinson. Survivors include her mother…