Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Kilgore Burton were at 11 AM Monday, April 15, 2024, at John E. Stephens Chapel with interment in Bloomfield Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel in charge of arrangements. 

Funeral services for Ms. Betty McMichael Rathbun will be held at 1 PM Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Hope Methodist Church with interment in Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be 12 PM – 1 PM Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Hope Methodist Church. John E. Stephens Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

Betty McMichael Rathbun, born October 11, 1943, went to be with our Lord on March 24, 2024, at the age of 80. She passed away peacefully in Houston, TX with her children by her side. 

Funeral service for Ms. Clara Bell Parker will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 11 A.M. from the chapel of Beck Funeral Home, with Minister Alene Parker officiating. Burial will be at Morrow Cemetery. Beck Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial service for Mrs. Ruth Esther Calloway-Greer will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 11 A.M. from Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church

A graveside memorial service for Mr. William “Bill” S. Slayton will be held at 2 PM Friday, April 5, 2024, at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

There will be a private family funeral service for Dr. Glen Savell, However, you may send flowers to the funeral home or make donations to his school in Africa. John E. Stephens Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Ms. Dorothy Isola Fain were held at 2 PM Monday, April 1, 2024 at New Zion United Pentecostal Church with. Interment in Henry’s Chapel Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel was in charge of arrangements. 

Funeral services for Mr. Tanner Miles Henry were held at 10 AM Monday, April 1, 2024 at Pearl River CERF Building with Bro. Mark Patrick officiating. Interment was in Holy Rosary Cemetery.

Health Connect America celebrated the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of their new office on Byrd Avenue across from the Courthouse.

Graveside services for Robert Bryon Whitley, Sr., 66, of Florence who died Monday March 18, 2024 in Florence were at 1:30 p.m. Friday March 22, 2024 at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Jeff Holland officiating.

A Graveside Masonic service was held on Saturday March 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. from Sandtown Cemetery.

Funeral services for Lenon “Leroy” Sims were held Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bro. Randall Dunaway officiating. Burial followed in Eastlawn Cemetery.

Services for Wallace Skipper were held on Friday March 22, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. from Antioch Baptist Church with Bro. Ray Spence officiating. Burial followed in the Church Cemetery.

Graveside services for Tommie Pearl Hamilton were held Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 2 p.m. from Plattsburg Cemetery in Noxapater, MS.

Funeral services for Junior Savell were held Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Curt Pace and Rev. Eric Sharp officiating. Burial followed in Hope Cemetery.

Graveside services for Barbara N. Thaggard were held Friday, March 22, 2024 at 9 a.m. from Morrow Cemetery with Bro. Chris Shelton officiating. McClain-Hays Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Ms. Joyce V. Massey were held at 2 PM Monday, March 25, 2024 at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth Gentry officiating. Interment in Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Ms. Gladys Chapman will be held at 2 PM Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Bogue Chitto CERF Building with Rev. Doby Henry officiating. Interment will be in Choctaw Christian Mennonite Cemetery. 

Funeral services for Infant Abram Sekani Heize John were held at 10 AM Monday, March 25, 2024 at Pearl River CERF Building with interment in Pearl River Community Cemetery.