Obituaries

Funeral services for Mrs. Luberta Dorsey Johnson of Pattison will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at Mercy Seat Baptist Church, located on Highway 547. The House of Peoples Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Dell McCardle, 83,  of Wesson died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 at Kings Daughters Medical Center. Services are Thursday, Dec. 29, at Pearl Valley Baptist Church in Hazlehurst with interment at Lowe Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec.28, at the church. Mrs. McCardle was born Nov. 28, 1933 to Benjamin Brooker Page…

Lou Anne Ford Evans, 74, of Crystal Springs,  passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at her residence in Crystal Springs on family land. A Homecoming Celebration will be celebrated Monday, December 19, at the Crystal Springs United Methodist Church. Visitation will be 12-2pm Monday at the CSUMC followed by a memorial service at 2pm. Lou…

Sue Berch Hood, 86, of Crystal Springs, passed away peacefully at Willow Creek Nursing Home on December 15, 2016.  Mrs. Hood was a lifelong resident of Crystal Springs, MS, having been born on September 17, 1930, the only child of the late Noah Henry and Lummie Earl Berch.  She was preceded in death by her…

Funeral services for Ruth Anne Lewis Foster will be on Saturday, December 17, 2016, at Strong Hope Baptist Church in Wesson, MS at 3:00 PM, with burial to follow in the Strong Hope Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Ray Barrett will be officiating the services, with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will…

Services for Stanley Omar Smith, 65, of Flint, MI, will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at 2 p.m. at St. Peter Rock M.B, Church, Wesson, with interment in St. John Community Cemetery, Brookhaven. Visitation will be held Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the R. E. Tyler Funeral Home in Brookhaven. He died November 30,…

Nancy Willingham Thompson of Hazlehurst, Miss. formally of Greenville, Miss., was welcomed into this world on April 14, 1949, with hearts full of love, and she left her earthly home to join her Heavenly Father and a great cloud of witnesses on December 12, 2016. If you knew Nancy, you were blessed. She lived her…

Elizabeth Barlow, 85, of Hazlehurst, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 at her home. Visitation will be Saturday, Dec. 17, from 12 noon until 6 p.m. at Hazlehurst Funeral Home. Services will be held Sunday, Dec. 18, at 12 noon at the Orion Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hazlehurst. Interment will be in the Hazlehurst City…

Charles (Chuck) Steen, 58, of Pinola, passed away December 11, 2016 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Visitation will be 6pm-8pm Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst and 9am-10am Thursday at Georgetown Baptist Church.  Services will be 10am Thursday at Georgetown Baptist Church with burial at Georgetown Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home…

Virgie Lee Davis, 81, passed away December 6, 2016 at Silver Cross in Brookhaven. Visitation will be 1pm-3pm Friday at New Providence Baptist Church.  Services will be 3pm Friday at New Providence Baptist Church with burial at New Providence Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mrs. Davis was a native and…