Obituaries

Bobby Jean Gandy, 82, of Hazlehurst, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at her home.  Visitation will be 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. Friday at Stringer Family Funeral Home.  Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel with interment at Poplar Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.   Mrs. Gandy…

Julea B Gillis, 88, of Pinola, passed from this life Monday, January 25, 2016, at Pine Crest Guest Home in Hazlehurst. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 29, 2016, at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Pinola. Bro. Rick Munn and Fr. Thomas Delaney will officiate. Burial will be in Bethlehem…

Helen L. Riley, 86, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, January 25, 2016.  Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Home.  Services will be 2pm Friday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Antioch Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.   Mrs. Riley was a resident of Hazlehurst for 33 years…

Funeral services for Mrs. Merrill will be 2:00 pm, Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at New Beginnings Worship Center. Visitation from 11:00 am until time of the service at New Beginnings. Burial is in New Beginnings Worship Center Cemetery. Mrs. Tammera Grace Merrill, 57, of Wesson, died January 24, 2016 at her residence. She was born…

Quin Burdette Rutland, 86, of Wesson, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at his home. Services will be held Thursday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m. from Mission Hill Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation is Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 5-8 p.m. at Riverwood Family Funeral Service and Thursday, from 9 a.m. until the…

Ouida Wilhite Roberts, 79, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at 12 noon Thursday, Jan. 21, from First Baptist Church in Hazlehurst with interment at Topisaw Baptist Church Cemetery in Ruth at 1:30 p.m. Visitation is Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 5-8 p.m. at the church…

Elizabeth Lee Richmond, 90, of Crystal Springs, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 at Pine Crest Guest Home.  Visitation will be 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10 a.m. at Stringer Family Chapel with graveside services at 12:30 p.m at Garden of Memories, Metairie, LA.  Stringer Family…

Glen Neal Belding, 73, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 at his home. Visitation will be 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with interment at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. He was preceded in death…

Edwin Terry Evans, 68, of Crystal Springs,  died Monday, January 18, 2016 after a brief illness. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Wednesday and 10am-11am Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 11am Thursday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Poplar Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is…

Ruth Mach Goff, 97, of Crystal Springs, died Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at her home.  Visitation will be 12pm-2pm Wednesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home.  Services will be 2pm Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Wintergreen Cemetery.   Ruth was born on February 3, 1918 in Maywood, Illinois.  Her father was Bruno Rudolph…