Obituaries

Rubel Parm Cowart, Jr., died suddenly on December 13, 2014 in Hazlehurst.  Visitation is 12:00 noon on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, with funeral services to follow at the church at 2:00 pm, with interment in the Hazlehurst Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.  …

Marie C. Watts, 87, of Wesson, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 at Jackson Medical Hospital. Services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 23, from Pearl Valley Baptist Church, 2080 Pearl Valley Rd, Wesson with Pastor James Harris officiating. Mrs. Watts was born Dec. 24, 1926. She loved her family dearly as well as the outdoors, hummingbirds,…

Joy Ann Burt Bell, 80, of Crystal Springs, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital.  Visitation will be 4pm-7pm Sunday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10am Monday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Harmony Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.…

Bowen Miller, 88, of Harrisville, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Friday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 2pm Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Bethlehem Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.   Mr. Miller was born December 24, 1925…

Bobby Joe Teasley, Sr., 82, of Crystal Springs, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the V. A. Hospital in Jackson.  Visitation will be 9am-10am Saturday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 10am Saturday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Poplar Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs…

Services for Otis Smith will be held Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Shady Grove M.B. Church in Wesson. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hazlehurst Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joshua “Josh” Tarver, 23, of Wesson, passed away Dec. 6, 2014 in Copiah County.  Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service with interment in Springhill Pentecostal Cemetery. Mr. Tarver was born April 3, 1991 to James Ellis Tarver and Betty Rae Craig Tarver. He was a mechanic…

Miss Roberta M. Fell, 89, of Hazlehurst, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2014 at Hardy Wilson Hospital. Interment was held Monday at Hazlehurst City Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst was in charge of arrangements. She was born in Savannah, GA, on Feb. 20, 1925 and raised in Pensacola, FL.  She became an RN in…

Barbara Ching, 68, of Crystal Springs, died Monday, November 17, 2014 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.  Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs.  Services will be 11am Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at Old Crystal Springs Cemetery.  Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is…

Services for Mrs. Mary Gatlin will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, at 10 a.m. from Westhaven Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Brushy Creek Church cemetery.