Obituaries

Julia Goodman Puryear, beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on December 5, 2016, in Hazlehurst, where she’d lived for the last 64 years. Visitation will be held Friday, December 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hazlehurst United Methodist Church Gathering Room, and a memorial service…

Jesse R. Ragland, Sr., 80, of Crystal Springs, died Monday, December 5, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs. Services will be 2pm Thursday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Pine Bluff Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is…

Veva O’Connor Wolbrecht, 66, of Hazlehurst,  passed away December 4, 2016 at Pine Crest Guest Home.  Memorial Services will be 2pm Tuesday at Pine Crest Guest Home.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mrs. Wolbrecht was a council member for the National Federation of the Blind, St. Louis.  She was a member…

Annie P. Hampton, 98, of Hazlehurst, died Nov. 26, 2016. Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, at 9 a.m. from Antioch M.B. Church with interment in Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 2, from 12-6 p.m. Hazlehurst Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Services for Tjuana Womack, 45, of Hazlehurst, will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at 1 p.m. from St. James M.B. Church, Hazlehurst, with interment at Old St. John Church Cemetery. Visitation will take place Friday, Dec. 2, from 12-6 p.m. Hazlehurst Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Annie Hill Reese will be Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ, Monticello St., Hazlehurst. The House of Peoples Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Josie Mae Jones of Hazlehurst will be Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Antioch M.B. Church, Hazlehurst. Viewing will be Friday, Dec. 2, from 12 noon until 5 p.m. at The House of Peoples Funeral Home.

Thelma L. Wells, 85, of Crystal Springs died Monday the 21st of November at Copiah Living Center. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10am Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel. Born in 1931 in Citronelle, Alabama, to Frank and Lizzie Leon, she was the youngest of…

Funeral services for Luther Wilson, Jr., of Beauregard, will be held Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., at St. Peter Rock M.B. Church, Beauregard. Viewing will be Saturday, Nov. 26, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the House of Peoples Funeral Home.

Mike Coleman, 56, passed away at his home in Hazlehurst Friday, November 18, 2016. Visitation will be Monday from 9:30am– 11am at Gallman Baptist Church. Funeral services will be 11am Monday at Gallman Baptist Church with internment following at Gallman Cemetery. Mr. Coleman, a native of Magee, MS, moved to Copiah County in 1984. He…