Obituaries

Robin Scott-Guynes, 56, passed away Oct. 30, 2021. A graveside service was held Nov. 5 at Crystal Springs City Cemetery. House of Peoples Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Robin was born Aug. 13, 1965, in Hazlehurst to Martha “Sally” Harrison and Robert L. Belton. Preceding her in death were her parents; and sister, Rhonda Lynn…

Barbara T. Tanner, 75, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 6, 2021, at Copiah County Medical Center. A memorial service will be held later. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst handled arrangements. Mrs. Tanner lived in Prairieville, La., for over 20 years. She taught EMTs and paramedics at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge for many…

Rev. Floyd Ashpole, 94, passed away at his home Oct. 29, 2021. A funeral service was held Nov. 3 at Stringer Family Chapel. Stringer Family Funeral Home of Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. There will also be visitation Saturday, Nov. 6 from noon until 1 p.m. at Sandhill Assembly of God, 295 County Road 441,…

Patricia Diane Daughdrill, 58, of Crystal Springs, died Oct. 29, 2021, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services were held Nov. 2 at Springs of Praise Church, with burial at Bethel Temple Cemetery in Brookhaven. Stringer Family Funeral Home of Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. She was born on Feb. 9, 1963, to…

Shirley Ann Leblanc, 83, of Crystal Springs, passed away Oct. 26, 2021, at her residence. Graveside service was held Oct. 29 at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. She is survived by her brothers, Dean Holliday and Charles Holliday, both of Crystal Springs; niece, Caroline Dollar (Jimmy), of…

Earnestine Williams Reese, 66, passed away Oct. 24, 2021. A funeral service was held Oct. 30 at Hall’s Hill M.B. Church in Hazlehurst, with interment at the church cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Bobby Troy Templeton, of Dentville, beloved husband, brother, uncle, great-uncle, great-great uncle, and friend, passed away on Oct. 27, 2021. He was 85 years old. Bobby was born on Nov. 24, 1935, in Copiah County. He attended Hazlehurst High School, Copiah-Lincoln Junior College, and then Mississippi State University. He and his wife, Barbara Ford Templeton,…

Luther W. Turner Jr. 85, of Crystal Springs, died on Oct. 27 2021. Mr. Turner was born on May 21, 1936, in Rosedale. He was the proud son of a sharecropper, Luther W. Turner Sr. and Lovie Ponds Turner. He served in the United States Army. Funeral services were conducted at Highland Baptist Church in…

Robert Lee Davis III, 78, of Pollock, La., originally of Crystal Springs, entered eternal rest Oct. 13, 2021, at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, La., surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held Nov. 6 at First Presbyterian Church, Crystal Springs. Visitation with the family will begin at noon with a…

Robert Lee Funchess, 74, of Crystal Springs, passed away Oct. 6, 2021, at his home. A graveside service was held Oct. 16 at Clear Creek Cemetery. Century Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Survivors include his daughters, Shirley M. Taylor-Tyner, of Flowood; and Shaunda M. Taylor, of New Orleans, La.; brothers, Charlie J. Funchess, Thomas E.…