Obituaries

Robert Daniel Twiner of Hazlehurst, died August 31, 2017 at his home in the Allen Community of Hazlehurst, MS after a brief illness. Funeral Mass will be 10am Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Saint Martin Catholic Church on the corner of Conway and Haley Streets, Hazlehurst with interment in Ferguson Cemetery off Ferguson Lane west…

Thomas Hester, 84, passed away on August 29, 2017, at his residence. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Saturday, September 2, 2017, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. at Tutor Funeral Home in Magee. Services will immediately follow at 3:00 p.m. in Tutor Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Tyson Windom will officiate. Interment will be…

Michael Gene Watson, age 27, passed away on August 27, 2017 in Canton, MS. Visitation will be Thursday, August 31, 2017 from 6:00 until the 7:00 p.m. memorial service at Spring of Praise Church in Crystal Springs.  Rev. Darrel Blankenship will be the officiating minister.  Breeland Funeral Home of Canton is in charge of arrangements.…

Robert Lee O’Quinn, 85, of Hermanville, died Saturday, August 26, 2017. Services will be held Saturday, September 2, at 1 p.m., at Shady Grove M.B. Church in Hermanville. Visitation is Friday, September 1, from 12:30 to 5 p.m., at The House of Peoples Funeral Home.

Beatrice Barlow Wilson, 94, of Beauregard, died Thursday, August 24, 2017. Services will be held Friday, September 1, at 11 a.m., at St. Peter Rock M.B. Church, in Beauregard. Visitation is Thursday, August 31, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at The House of Peoples Funeral Home.

Rachel McManus, 86, went home to be with Jesus on August 26, 2017. She is dancing on the streets of gold in the arms of the One she always said would never leave or forsake her.  Visitation will be 1pm-2pm, Monday, August 28, 2017, at Springs of Praise with funeral services at 2pm at the…

William Melvin Amos, 90, of Hazlehurst, passed away August 26, 2017 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 12:30pm-2pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church Hazlehurst.  Services will be 2pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church with burial at Hazlehurst Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Services in Hazlehurst is handling arrangement. Mr. Amos was a WWII…

Ruthey Geneva Plunkett, 89, Union Church, passed away August 24, 2017 at Copiah Living Center. Services will be 10am Monday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Pleasant Ridge Pentecostal Church Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. She is survived by her husband, Jake Cecil Plunkett; sons, David Glen Newell and…

J. E. Patrick, 76, of Hazlehurst, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 at St. Dominic Hospital. Visitation will be 9 – 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday from Pine Bluff Baptist Church with interment at Pine Bluff Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling…

Leslie Welch, Jr., 87, of Gulfport, formerly of Gallman,  passed away August 17, 2017 at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Wednesday, August 23 at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst.  Services will be 11am Thursday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Gallman Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.…