Obituaries

Marylyn McNeill Lee was born September 15, 1936 in Magee, Mississippi.  She graduated from Mendenhall High School in 1953 and continued her education at Hinds Community College and Millsaps College, graduating in 1957 with a degree in Sociology. Marylyn worked for Bell South for 37 years, retiring in 1994.  She was an active member of…

Sadie M. Smith, 86, of Crystal Springs,  passed away February 23, 2017 at Copiah Living Center.  Visitation will be 12:30pm-2pm Saturday at Springs of Praise Church.  Services will be 2pm Saturday at Springs of Praise Church with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Smith was…

Scott Jones, 59, of Crystal Springs, passed away February 21, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center after an extended illness. Visitation will be Thursday, February 23, 2017 from 6 – 8 pm at Stringer Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  On February 24 visitation will be from 1-2 pm with services at 2pm at Crystal Springs United…

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Bernice Cline will be on Friday, February 24, 2017, at Springhill Baptist Church in Martinsville, MS at 2 PM with burial to follow in the Cline Cemetery, also in Martinsville. Dr. Stan Weatherford and Rev. David Hale will be officiating the services with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the…

Jacqueline Sue Smith, 71, of Crystal Springs, passed away February 19, 2017 at her residence. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 11am Wednesday at New Heights Baptist Church, Summit, MS, with burial at Reeves Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.…

James Carroll Davis, 79, of Georgetown, passed away February 17, 2017 at his residence.  Visitation will be 1pm-2pm Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church.  Services will be 2pm Saturday Bethel Baptist Church with burial at Bethel Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mr. Davis was a retired Electrician from St. Regis Paper…

Robert Neal Slater, 67, of Madison, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at his residence.  Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 11am Friday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mr. Slater…

Funeral services for Mrs. Belinda Marie Laiche will be on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Westside Baptist Church in Hazlehurst, MS with burial to follow in the Hazlehurst Cemetery. Rev. Larry Hart will be officiating the services, with Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville, MS in charge of the services. Visitation will be at Westside Baptist…

Claude Edwin Remington, 82, of Wesson, passed away on February 5, 2017.Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst handled arrangements. Edwin was born in Wesson, MS on November 22, 1934.  He graduated from Copiah Lincoln Junior College Agricultural High School Division on May 16, 1952. He entered the US Army at Ft. Benning, Georgia in the summer of 1955, just after the Korean…

James Fredrick Deaton, Sr., of Hazlehurst, passed away February 11, 2017 at his home.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst handled arrangements. Mr. Deaton was preceded in death by his sons, Ricky Deaton and John Deaton He is survived by his son, James Deaton (Lajuan) of Hazlehurst; Melvin Grubbs (Kadejah) of Norfolk, Virginia, Roger Grubbs…