Obituaries

Kenneth Wayne (Kenny) Westrope, 60, passed away August 28, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Friday at Stringer Family Chapel. Services will be 11am Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at the family cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mr. Westrope was a native and lifelong resident of…

Pastor Hardy Killingsworth, Sr. of Hazlehurst died Sunday, August 11, 2019. Public viewing will be held Friday, August 16, from 1 to 5 p.m., at The House of Peoples Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 17, at 11 a.m., at Deliverance Tabernacle Church, Dentville Road, Hazlehurst.  The House of Peoples Funeral Home…

James Howard Granger passed away at the age of 79 on August 4, 2019. Visitation for friends and family will be held from 5p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday August 6, 2019 at Riverwood Family Funeral Services in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The funeral will be Wednesday August 7, 2019 at 10am followed by burial at Wesson…

Juanita Carraway Harris, 86, of Gallman, went to be with our Lord on July 31, 2019 at Copiah County Medical Center in Hazlehurst. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Friday and 9am-10am Saturday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Services will be 10am Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Gallman Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral…

Zelda Monelle “Nell” Hall Carlisle, 92, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. She was born the daughter of Mae Virgie (Jones) and William Hamilton Hall on April 3, 1927, in Lawrence County, MS. Nell was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Herbert Earl “Buddy”…

Nelson O. Edwards, 94, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 26, 2019 at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. Visitation will be 10am-11am Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Rehobeth Methodist Church.  Rev. Gary Harper will be officiating.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.…

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen L. Page will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 27, at Decell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wesson, with interment at Lowe Cemetery, Pearl Valley Community. There will be a time of visitation from noon until time of service on Saturday. Mrs. Helen L. Page, 91, of Hazlehurst, passed from…

Betty Jean Beall, 81, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 23, 2019 at Silver Cross Nursing Home. Visitation will be 11am-2pm Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Services will be 2pm Thursday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Hazlehurst Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. She was preceded in…

Sunrise: November 29, 1930 Sunset: July 12, 2019 Mack Earl Sanders Sr. 88, departed this life in Groveport, Ohio 43125, on July 12, 2019. Left to cherish his members are is Four Children, Mack E. Sanders Jr., Eddrest L. (Mark) Morton, Nina L. ( Lanny R. Sr. (Deceased) Wilson, April R.L. (Vernon) Willis all of…

Mary Katheryn (Moore) Hanvey Crozet, Virginia and formerly Hazlehurst, Mississippi Mrs. Mary Hanvey was called home by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 13, 2019, to join the “..great cloud of witnesses..” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV). She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 57 years, Robert M. Hanvey. Mary is survived…