Obituaries

Services for John Earl White, 68, of Hazlehurst, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at 6 p.m. at Antioch M.B. Church with Rev. Martin L. Washington officiating.

William Jordan, 96, of Hazlehurst, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital. Viewing will be held Friday, Oct. 7, from 12-5 p.m. at The House of Peoples Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olive M.B. Church in Barlow.

Rhonda Faye Evans, 51, of Wesson, died Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Visitation will be 9am-10am Saturday at Springs of Praise Church in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10am Saturday at Springs of Praise with a 3pm graveside Saturday at St. Bernard Memorial Garden in New Orleans, LA.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is…

Elizabeth L. Nicholson, 80, of Crystal Springs, died Tuesday,  September 27, 2016 at Copiah Living Center in Crystal Springs. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 11am Friday at Stringer Family Chapel with a 2pm graveside service at Erin Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Union, MS.  Stringer…

Laura Cole, 103, a long-time resident of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, passed away on September 17, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Hazlehurst. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2016, at 1:00 PM, at the Hazlehurst Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Highway 28 East. Interment will be at Pine Forest Cemetery in…

Clare Estelle Lamb, 90, of Crystal Springs, passed away September 24, 2016 at Pine Crest Guest Home. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Tuesday and 9am-10am Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10am Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs…

Jesse Dan “Bill” Faulkner, 81, passed away September 21, 2016 at his residence. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Friday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs. Services will be 2pm Saturday at Stringer Family Funeral Home Chapel with burial at New Sight Cemetery in Brookhaven. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.…

George Timothy “Timmy” Allen, 51, of Wesson, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at his home. Services will be on Thursday, September 15, at Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) in Brookhaven, at 2:00 PM with interment to follow in the Pleasant Ridge United Pentecostal Church Cemetery in Wesson. Bro. David Lambert will be officiating the services…

Eula W. Pierce, 89, of Wesson, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at the home of her daughter, Teresa Beeson. Visitation for Mrs. Pierce will be held on Tuesday, September 6, at Lakewood Funeral Home in Jackson from 10:00-11:30 am, with a chapel service at 11:30. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park. She was born…

Funeral services for Mr. Buell Roscoe “Rusty” Carty, III will be on Friday, September 2, 2016, at Beauregard United Methodist Church in Wesson, MS, at 11:00 AM, with burial to follow in the Wesson Cemetery. Bro. Tom McCormick will be officiating the services. Brookhaven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be…