Obituaries

Lee Beall, 82, of Wesson, passed away March 11, 2019 at Copiah County Medical Center. Visitation will be 12pm-2pm Thursday at Zion Hill Baptist Church.  Services will be 2pm Thursday at Zion Hill Baptist Church with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mr. Beall was a native…

Shelby A. Moore, 75, of Crystal Springs, passed away March 2, 2019 at Copiah Living Center in Crystal Springs.  Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Monday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10am Tuesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Shelby, a native of Simpson County, worked 19…

Ted Harrison, 82, passed away February 28, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be 2pm-4pm Sunday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Graveside services will be 10am Monday at Terry Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mr. Harrison was an award winning Body Builder.  He was an Army…

Ms. Vivian Rushing, 76, of Wesson, passed away February 28, 2019 at Merit Health in Jackson. Services are 10:00 am Monday, March 4, 2019 at Riverwood Family. Visitation 5:00-8:00 pm Sunday, March 3, at Riverwood. She was born on January 29, 1943 to the late Jessie James and Velma Rushing. She was a loving mother,…

Henry Calvin (H. C.) Rose, age 91, of Hazlehurst, died on February, 28, 2019.    Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 5th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst with the service to follow at 1:00 p.m.  Burial will be at Hazlehurst Cemetery. He was born on April 20, 1927,…

Fred Douglas Grant, 57, of Hazlehurst, died Sunday, February 24, 2019. He was born  February 9, 1962 in teh state of New York to Owen and Sadie Mae Grant. Survivor is his caregiver, Folanzo Sumrall of Hazlehurst. The House of Peoples Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Patricia “Pat” Slay King, age 86, met her precious Lord and Savior face to face on Sunday, February 24, 2019.  Her daughter was at her side and her family and friends find peace and comfort that her brave battle with lung cancer is over and she is now healthy and whole. Pat was born October…

Annie Bell Pell Craft Simonson, 93, of Wesson, died Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Edgewood Nursing Home in Byram. Visitation will be 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, February 27, at Strong Hope Baptist Church, followed by services, with interment at Strong Hope Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Simonson was born…

Luther Earl Rhymes, 77, of Jackson, passed away February 20, 2019 at Baptist Hospital Oxford.  Visitation will be 12pm-2pm Saturday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Graveside services will be 2pm Saturday at Hazlehurst Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. He loved to Quail hunt with his birddogs and fishing.…

Norma Jean Howard Garland, 84, of Crystal Springs, passed away on February 19, 2019. Visitation will be 9:30am-11:00am Friday at Crystal Springs United Methodist Church.  Services will be 11am Friday at Crystal Springs United Methodist Church with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Garland was…