Obituaries

Mr. Joseph Daniel Mayfield, also known as “The Lil Debbie Man”, 75, of Wesson, MS, passed from this life on December 5, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services  will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Jesus Name Church in Raleigh, with burial following at 1:00 p.m., at Waco Fairmount Cemetery in Mize. Visitation…

Agnes Smith, 75,  of Hazlehurst, died Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 1 – 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at The House of Peoples Funeral Home.  Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, December 9, at Greater New Zion M. B. Church, Hazlehurst.  The House…

Bo Lowery, 86, of Wesson, passed away November 27, 2017 at Copiah County Medical Center. Visitation will be 10am-11:30am Thursday, November 30, 2017, at Sylvarena Baptist Church.  Services will be 11:30am Thursday at Sylvarena Baptist Church with burial at Sylvarena Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Services in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mr. Lowery was a member…

Mary E. Smith Pleasant, 90, of Crystal Springs, passed away November 19, 2017 at Copiah County Medical Center. Visitation will be 9am-11am Friday at Stringer Family Chapel.  Services will be 11am Friday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Pleasant was…

Hilda Miller Lacey, 90, of Wesson, passed away November 20, 2017 at St. Dominic Hospital. Visitation will be 11am-2pm Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Services will be 2pm Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Centerpoint Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mrs. Lacey was a member…

Abigail Little Young, 74, of Georgetown, passed away November 17, 2017 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.  Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home and 10am-11am Wednesday at Georgetown Baptist Church.  Services will be 11am Wednesday at Georgetown Baptist Church with burial at Georgetown Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling…

Joy Ann Slay, 70, of Crystal Springs, passed away November 17, 2017 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Sunday at Stringer Family Funeral Home.  Services will be 11am Monday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Harmony Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Slay was…

Bea Bates Wilson, 85, of Crystal Springs, passed away November 16, 2017 at Copiah County Medical Center. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Friday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 11am Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at New Zion Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.…

Elma Louise Weeks Purser passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, November 12, 2017.  Visitation will be 10am Tuesday, November 14, 2017, with a service to follow at 11am at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal springs. Mrs. Purser was born on June 27, 1925 in Wesson, MS, to Lewis Jackson Weeks, Jr. and Mary…

Joyce Ferguson Clement, 74, of Crystal Springs, passed away November 10, 2017 at her residence in Crystal Springs.  Visitation will be Monday from 10am-11am at the Crystal Springs United Methodist Church with the service following at 11am.  Interment to follow at the CS City Cemetery. Joyce lived a full life in Copiah County.  After graduating from…