Obituaries

Linda Ann Deaton, 64, passed away Dec. 21, 2020, in her home after a brief illness. A memorial service will be held on Good Friday. Additional details will be announced at a later date. Stringer Family Funeral Service in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Ms. Deaton was born on Oct. 23, 1956, to Vera Wiltshire and…

Maybelle Stewart Newsome, 70, passed away Dec. 23, 2020. A funeral service and interment were held Dec. 27 at Pine Leaf M.B. Church in Wesson, with Rev. Noah Moore officiating. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled arrangements. Mrs. Newsome was born Oct. 11, 1950, in Glancy, to Cecil and Margaret Stewart. She grew up in St. Morris…

Robert “Bob” E. Dear, 62, of Crystal Springs, passed away Dec. 16, 2020, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at Hopewell Cemetery at a later date. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs handled arrangements. Mr. Dear was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, taught Sunday school,…

James Estus Keys, 81, of Wesson, passed away Dec. 16, 2020, at his residence. A funeral service was held Dec. 18 at Zion Hill Baptist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. Riverwood Family handled arrangements. Mr. Keys was born May 13, 1939, to John Austin Keys and Anna Estelle Moore Keys. He was a…

Joe Willie “Blue” Killingsworth, 60, passed away Dec. 12, 2020. A graveside service was held Dec. 19 at Hazlehurst City Cemetery, with Rev. Christopher Perkins officiating. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled arrangements. Mr. Killingsworth was born May 29, 1960, to Annie Lee and J.W. Killingsworth Sr. He was a member of St. Morris U.M.B. Church. Preceding…

Rhonda Cheek Madden, 71, of Crystal Springs, passed away Dec. 6, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19. There will be a family service on Dec. 28 at Antioch Baptist Church in Hazlehurst. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Madden was born on April 9, 1949, in Hazlehurst, to Nolan and…

Earnest Ray Stewart, 62, passed away Dec. 9, 2020. A funeral service was held Dec. 15 at Hazlehurst Funeral Home Chapel. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled arrangements. Mr. Stewart was born July 31, 1958, in Hazlehurst, to Lorene (McNair) and Isaiah Stewart Jr. He attended Parrish and Hazlehurst High Schools and graduated from Breckenridge Job Corps…

Donna Faye Kimble, 60, of Hazlehurst, passed away on Dec. 12, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Kimble was born on March 12, 1960, to J.C. Ingram and Billy Jean Ingram. She was a homemaker and a retired truckdriver. Preceding her in death were her parents. Survivors include her husband, Dewayne Kimble; son, Jeremy Cooley; and…