Obituaries

Burder Mae Davis, 69, passed away Feb. 22, 2022. A funeral service was held March 2 at Rhema Word Worship Church in Brookhaven, with interment at Greater Damascus Church of Christ (Holiness) USA Cemetery in Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Burder was born Aug. 1, 1952, in Hazlehurst to Willie and Ethel Pendleton.…

John Davis, 77, of Crystal Springs, passed away Feb. 27, 2022, at Merit Hospital in Brandon. A funeral service was held March 5 at Shady Grove M.B. Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Century Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include four sons, John Brent, Ray Brent, Kimbler Powell, and Demisqua Green; eight daughters,…

Elisha Levi Girault, 9 months, of Crystal Springs, passed away March 3, 2022, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. A funeral service was held March 7 at Gallman Baptist Church, with burial at Old Crystal Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled arrangements. He was preceded in death by a…

Ray Holliday Jr., 72, of Crystal Springs, passed away March 3, 2022, at the VA Medical Center in Jackson. A funeral service was held March 7 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Mr. Holliday served in the Army beginning March 24, 1969, for two years and served in the National Guard…

Larry “Brillo” Papizan, 78, of Crystal Springs, passed away peacefully at home on March 5, 2022, surrounded by his family. Larry was born on Jan. 25, 1944, to Grady and Thelma Papizan. He graduated from Crystal Springs High School and enrolled at Mississippi State University. He was commissioned in the ROTC while at Mississippi State…

Ernestine Stovall Poindexter, 87, passed away Feb. 23, 2022. A funeral service was held March 5 at Antioch M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Ernestine was born Aug. 18, 1934, to Charlie and Ethel Stovall, of Wesson. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband,…

Katrena Jaquay Robinson, 43, passed away Feb. 26, 2022, at her home in Hazlehurst. A funeral service was held March 6 at Chapel Hill M.B. Church in Wesson, with interment at the church cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Katrena was born June 14, 1978, to Hattie and Kenneth Robinson. Survivors include her mother…

Herbert Edward (Ed) Fisher, of Crystal Springs, passed away Feb. 21, 2022, at the Baptist Hospital due to complications from COVID at the age of 70. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled arrangements. Ed was quite a character and lived life to the fullest. He would make you laugh when telling you stories…

Earl Hailey, 79, of Crystal Springs, passed away Feb. 15, 2022, at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson. A funeral service was held Feb. 26 at St. Mary’s United Methodist Church of Crystal Springs, with burial at Little Rock UMC Cemetery. Westhaven Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Mr. Hailey was a member of St. Mary’s UMC.…

Herbert H.R. Holloway, of Crystal Springs, born July 5, 1952, to H.R. Holloway Sr. and Barbara “Betty” Holloway, passed away Feb. 27, 2022. A funeral service was held March 1 at New Zion Baptist Church. Burial was at New Zion Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled arrangements. He graduated from Mississippi College…