Obituaries

Willie Ray (Sonny) Brown, 76, passed away March 4, 2022. A funeral service was held March 12 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wesson, with interment at the church cemetery. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Mr. Brown was born Feb. 21, 1946, in Copiah County to Robert Brown and Missie Barner-Brown. Preceding…

Christopher L. Buie, 49, passed away Feb. 24, 2022. A funeral service was held March 12 at Copiah County Ministerial Alliance, with interment at Crystal Springs City Cemetery. C.J. Williams Mortuary handled the arrangements. Chris was born Jan. 9, 1973, to Anna Rae Buie and Troy Powell Jr., of Crystal Springs. Preceding him in death…

Francine Burrell, 79, passed away March 1, 2022. A funeral service was held March 12 at Good Hope M.B. Church in Crystal Springs, with interment at Crystal Springs City Cemetery. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Francine was born Sept. 28, 1942, to Eva Monroe and Willie Frank Burrell Sr. Preceding her in…

Nancy Bolls McManus, 66, of Crystal Springs, passed away in her home on March 9, 2022. A memorial service was held March 11 at Stringer Funeral Home Chapel. She was a member of Highland Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School to young children. Nancy was born to Doris Mae and Peter Walker Bolls on…

A celebration of life memorial service for Katrina Cowen Smith, 49, will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Wesson Baptist Church in Wesson. Visitation at 10 a.m. Service will follow at 11 a.m. Katrina, the daughter of Sonya White Cowen and the late Hollis Cowen Jr., was born in Brookhaven on March 6,…

Jimmy Berch, 64, of Wesson, passed away March 1, 2022, at his residence. A funeral service was held March 5 at Strong Hope Baptist Church, with burial at Strong Hope Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst handled arrangements. Mr. Berch was a member of Strong Hope Baptist Church for over 20 years. He was…

Reford Berry, of Crystal Springs, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, went to be with his Heavenly Father, March 2, 2022. He died peacefully at home with his family. Graveside services were held March 4 at Harmony Baptist Church. Stringer Funeral Home, Crystal Springs, handled arrangements. Reford was born to the late Donnie Lee and…

Patricia Colburn Browning, 72, of Clinton, passed away Feb. 27, 2022, at Hospice Ministries. A funeral service was held March 5 at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst. Burial was at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Browning loved her family, especially her granddaughter. She enjoyed gardening and reading novels. She worked for Allstate for 29 years…

On the afternoon of March 6, 2022, Robert D. “David” Conn, of Hazlehurst, passed away peacefully from this life. Born in Limestone, Maine, he made his home in Mississippi. He and Linda, his wife of 31 years, cultivated a network of loving family and friends throughout the central area of the state. David was an…