Obituaries

Lorenzo Vinas Sr., of Hazlehurst, passed away March 7, 2023. A funeral service was held March 12 at Iglesia Asamblea De Dios Torres Fuerte in Hazlehurst. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Maria Jesus Vinas; children, Sandra Vinas, Lorenzo Vinas Jr., Juan Carlos Vinas, and Hanser Vinas; and brothers, Miguel…

Johnny Ray Sanders, 59, passed away March 2, 2023. A funeral service was held March 10 at Hazlehurst Funeral Home, with burial at Killingworth Cemetery. Survivors include his daughters, Taraneika Bogan, Jennice Honeycutt, Anessa Harris; son, Johnny Sanders Jr.; two grandchildren; brothers, Richard Moore, Richard Jackson, Howard Shields, Donell Shields, Eugene Hackett, Morris Sanders, Ricky…

Clyde Earl Jenkins, 59, passed away March 14, 2023. A funeral service was held March 18 at Hazlehurst Funeral Home. Survivors include his brothers, Carl Hughes, James Jenkins, and Kenneth Jenkins; and sisters, Rosie Catchings, Essie Mitchell, Lynda Jenkins, and Bessie Jenkins-Stewart.

Angelica Marie Mote Poor, 46, a resident of Hazlehurst, passed away March 10, 2023, in Jackson. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 16, at Stringer Family Funeral Service in Hazlehurst. Angel was born May 24, 1976, in Merriam, Kansas, to Joseph Rockford Mote and Sherry Ann Massey. She was reared…

Ruth Stegall Walters, 91, of Crystal Springs, passed away March 13, 2023. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m., March 16, at Harmony Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements. Mrs. Walters was a county bookkeeper for 25 years. She loved to travel, cooking, and being in her yard. She was…

Edna Keet Rutledge Winters was born on April 20, 1936, in Crystal Springs to the late Robert Carlton and Jesse Edna Brinson Rutledge. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Glen, Roland, and Don Rutledge. She is survived by two brothers and three sisters, Irvin and Odie Rutledge, Jeanette McCoy, Lovene McCarty, and Molly…

Ronnie Channell was born on Dec. 15, 1951, in Hazlehurst and humbly entered through the gates of heaven on Feb. 24, 2023, after spending a really good and peaceful day on the land he loved with people he loved even more. Ronnie was a man who was the epitome of community. He was most at…

The funeral service for Delores Delrio Greer was held Feb. 28, 2023, at Riverwood Family, with interment in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Hazlehurst. Mrs. Greer, 84, of Wesson, died Feb. 24 at her home in Wesson, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 27, 1938, to Ivo Lea and Naomi Klinepeter…