Obituaries

Corrine M. Anderson, 85, passed away Dec. 11, 2022. A funeral service was held at Antioch M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at Hazlehurst City Cemetery. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Emma Jean Cotton Emma Jean Cotton, 76, passed away Nov. 26, 2022. A funeral service was held Dec. 8 at New…

Eddie Grant Sr., 81, of Crystal Springs, passed away Dec. 14, 2022. A funeral service was held Dec. 19 at Hopewell Baptist Church, with burial at Hopewell Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Mr. Grant was a Vietnam Army veteran. He loved automobiles and woodwork. He is survived by his…

Deborah Jacobson, 70, of Terry, passed away Dec. 9, 2022. A funeral service was held Dec. 15 at Gallman Baptist Church, with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst handled the arrangements. Debbie was a cornerstone in many lives; a loving mother, grandmother, and wife; a devout Christian who loved everyone…

Delores Polk Mack, of Hazlehurst, transitioned on Dec. 9, 2022, at the King’s Daughters Hospital in Brookhaven. She was born Dec. 6, 1945. She was a cherished wife and mom. Preceding her in death were her parents, the Alex Polk Jr. and Harriet Robinson Polk; and her husband, whom she married in 1962, the late…

Jerry Glen Poindexter, 68, passed away Dec. 2, 2022. A funeral service was held Dec. 10 at Antioch M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include his son, Jerry Poindexter Jr.; spouse, Carolyn Poindexter; brother, Donnie Poindexter; and sisters, Sandra McKinzie and Jacqueline Harper.

Catherine Taylor, 76, of Crystal Springs, went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 15, 2022. A funeral service was held Dec. 19 at First Baptist Church, Crystal Springs, with burial at Rocky Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Wesson. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Catherine was an active member of…

Helen McHenry Fortenberry, 75, of Brandon, passed away at her home Dec. 10, 2022. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 15, at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Fortenberry, a native of Delhi, La., was the assistant manager at Lifeway Christian Bookstore when she retired. She graduated in 1965 from Crystal Springs High School…

Mattie Norals, 94, passed away Nov. 25, 2022. A funeral service was held Dec. 3 at Hickory Flat M.B. Church in Pattison, with interment at the church cemetery. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include her children, Herbert Short, Jerelean Hardges, Sammie Earl Short, Dennis Short, and Gracie Hamlin; and 20 grandchildren.

Services for Edwin Louis Smith, of Wesson, were held Dec. 10, 2022, at Union Church Baptist Church, with burial at the church cemetery. Riverwood Family handled the arrangements. Mr. Smith, 84, passed away Dec. 7 at his residence. He was born Aug. 10, 1938, to the late Sid Smith and Nellie Mae Ivey Smith. Mr.…

Nellie Smith was born Jan. 8, 1928, to Wyatt Hopsie Mahon and Lillis Hallman, of Crystal Springs. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at her home in Terry on Dec. 3, 2022, at the age of 94. She married Ernest G. Smith Sr. on Dec. 21, 1945, and has six children. The two were…