Obituaries

Annie M. Fairchild, 88, of Crystal Springs, passed away Dec. 8, 2021, at University of Mississippi Medical Center. A funeral service was held Dec. 13 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Harmony Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Mrs. Fairchild was a friendly, loving person and loved her grandchildren…

A memorial gathering for Michael Carroll Jackson, of Brookhaven, will be held at noon Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, at Pine Bluff Baptist Church in Dentville, with visitation from 11:00 until the time of the service. Riverwood Family is handling the arrangements. Mr. Jackson, 65, passed away Dec. 9 in Hattiesburg. He was born on July…

Juanita Jackson McCleland, 85, of Crystal Springs, passed away Dec. 10, 2021. A funeral service was held Dec. 15 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Terry Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs is handling the arrangements. Mrs. McCleland was a member of First Baptist Church, Crystal Springs. She worked at Crystal Glass…

Willie F. Murry Jr., 48, of Crystal Springs, passed away Nov. 29, 2021, at Merit Health Central in Jackson. A funeral service was held Dec. 11 at Good Hope M.B. Church, with burial in Salem Cemetery. Century Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include his father, Willie F. Murry Sr., of Crystal Springs; mother, Carolyn…

Jimmie Nelson Stowe, 78, of Crystal Springs, passed from this life on Dec. 8, 2021, at Hospice Ministries, Inc. in Ridgeland. A funeral service was held Dec. 11 at Stringer Funeral Home in Crystal Springs. Jimmie was born in Danville, Va., on Aug. 2, 1943, to Clarence and Lena Mae Stowe. After completing high school…

Milton Baldridge, 55, of Crystal Springs, passed away Nov. 24, 2021, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. A graveside service was held Dec. 4 at Salem M.B. Church Cemetery. Century Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include her brothers, Roy Thomas, of Birmingham, Ala.; Lindsey Thomas, James Baldridge, Robert Baldridge, and John Baldridge,…

Jerry Anthony McNeece, 59, of Seminary, passed away Nov. 30, 2021, at his home. A graveside service was held Dec. 3 at Poplar Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Mr. McNeece was preceded in death by his mother, Betty McNeece. He is survived by his father, Jerry E. McNeece;…

Madis Ard Young, 96, passed away Nov. 24, 2021. A funeral service was held Dec. 3 at St. James M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at White Bay Cemetery. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Madis was born March 11, 1925, in Crystal Springs to Alfred and Viola Smith Ard. Preceding her in…

Mary Frances Laprade Barlow, 87, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 20, 2021, at her residence. A funeral service was held Nov. 26 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Antioch Cemetery. Mrs. Barlow was preceded in death by her parents, John and Verna Bell Crane Laprade; two brothers; one sister; and one great-grandchild. She is…

Funeral services for Linda Goza Brown were held Dec. 1, 2021, at Brookhaven Funeral Home in Brookhaven, with burial following in the Wesson Cemetery. Mrs. Brown, 76, of Wesson, passed from this life on Nov. 26 at The Aspen of Brookhaven. She was born on April 6, 1945, in Dentville to Tom Taggart Goza and…