Obituaries

Nancy Matilda Gandy Ashley, 88, of Brandon, died peacefully on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at home. Visitation will be 12pm-2:30pm Saturday, November 3, 2018, at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Services will be 3pm Saturday, November 3, 2018, at Bethel Baptist Church with burial at Bethel Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is…

John “Burney” Massey, 65, of Terry, passed away October 26, 2018 at his residence.  Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Services with a private service on Friday.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.                     Mr. Massey was born in Jackson.  He graduated from Wingfield High School and Mississippi…

Marie Spurk, 80, of Crystal Springs, passed away October 27, 2018 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.  Visitation will be 11am-12pm Saturday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Memorial services will be 12pm Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.   Mrs. Spurk was Vice…

Barbara Westbrook Whatley, 66, of Wesson, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, at University Medical Center in Jackson. Services will be held Friday, Oct. 26, at 2:30 p.m. at Sylvarena Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 at Sylvarena and will resume at 1 p.m. Friday before…

Herman Keith Davis, Jr. passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at University of Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by his loved ones following injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident.  He was 65. The funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Pine Bluff Baptist Church, 11188 Dentville Rd. in…

Anthony S. Covington, 25, of Wesson, passed away October 19, 2018 at his residence.  A memorial service will be 11am Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at Little Bahala Church in Wesson. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.   He is survived by his mother, Kathleen Covington Shipp and step father William Shipp; siblings, Spring…

Paul D. McElveen, 73, of Hazlehurst, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on October 18, 2018 after his courageous battle with Alzheimers. The family will receive friends at Chancellor Funeral Home, 7225 S Siwell Rd, Byram, MS 39272 on Friday, October 19, 2018 from 5 pm to 7 pm. Funeral services will…

The funeral service for Mrs. Shirley Ann Hutson Hennington will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 15, 2018, at Sylvarena Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 14, at Sylvarena. Mrs. Hennington, 69, of Wesson, passed from this life on October 12, 2018, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.…

Colonel Lucius Alton Funchess, Jr. passed away peacefully on October 11, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Visitation will be 9am-11am Monday at Crystal Springs United Methodist Church.  Services will be 11am Monday at Crystal Springs United Methodist Church with burial at Terry Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Born April…

Ms. Genola Beeson Davis – Barlow, 89, of Monticello formally of Hazlehurst, MS died Sunday, October 7, 2018, at Lawrence County Nursing Center where she had been a resident for 5 years. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 from 9:00 AM until service time at 11:00 AM at Wilson Funeral Home in…