OBITUARIES
Recent obituaries in Brandon, Forest, Morton Mississippi
The obituaries in the Brandon, Forest, and Morton area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy.
Garry Smith
Oct 6, 2018
Garry Isom Smith, 68, joined his Heavenly Father on Saturday, October 6, 2018, from Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be 4:30 - 7:30 PM on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at Crossgates Baptist Church and starting at 11:00 AM on Wednesday until the 12 Noon Celebration of Life Service at Crossgates Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Lakeland...
Baby Omari Barnes
Oct 6, 2018
Baby Omari Montreal Barnes
Morton
Omari Montreal Barnes received his angel wings on October 6, 2018. Visitation will be 10am-2pm Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Services will be held 2pm Tuesday at the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton. Bro. Marty Wilson will officiate the services. Arrangements were...
Martha Corley
Oct 3, 2018
Martha Frances Corley, 72, passed away Wed. Oct. 3, 2018 at her home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Fri. Oct. 5, 2018 from 12pm-1:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 2pm on Fri. Oct. 5, 2018 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with burial to...
Prentiss Moore
Oct 3, 2018
Prentiss Wayne Moore, age 70 a resident of Pulaski died Tuesday October 3, 2018 following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2pm Saturday October 5, 2018 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Forest with interment to follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Smith County. Visitation will be held from 5pm...
Johnny Pennington
Oct 2, 2018
Johnny Jean Pennington, 84, of Pearl, passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at his home surrounded by family. Visitation will be held at Ott and Lee Funeral Home, Brandon on Thursday, October 4, 2018 from 5:00pm till 8:00pm. Funeral services will be held at Ott and Lee Funeral Home, Brandon on Friday, October 5, 2018 at 10:30am with...
Pattie Nolan
Oct 1, 2018
Pattie Hartness Nolan, 83, passed away Mon. Oct. 1, 2018 at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Wed. Oct. 3, 2018 from 5pm-7pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS and on Thurs. Oct. 4, 2018 from 2pm-2:45pm at Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 3pm on Thurs....
William Spears
Sep 28, 2018
William Ronald Spears, 79, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away September 28, 2018 at home surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be held at 10 am Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 5-8 pm Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at the funeral home.
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Harrison Miley
Sep 28, 2018
Harrison Barlow Miley came to us on a Sunday afternoon and left us on a Friday morning, with twenty-two years of incredible fun and adventures in between. He was smart and loyal and goofy and loved. His lifelong love of God and church was evident in his early prayer experiences in Hamilton, AL. It was there that, as a...
Charles Vance
Sep 27, 2018
Charles Earl Vance, 71, went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 27, 2018. Born on October 27, 1946, to Earl and Grace Vance, he was a lifetime resident of Brandon, MS. He was a graduate of the Brandon High School Class of 1964, attended The University of Southern Mississippi, and received a business degree from Mississippi...
James Wright
Sep 26, 2018
James Everett Wright, 91, passed away Wed. Sept. 26, 2018 at the Bee Hive Assisted Living Center in Forest, MS. Visitation will be held on Thurs. Sept. 27, 2018 from 5pm-7pm and on Fri. Sept. 28, 2018 from 9:30am-10:45am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest, MS. Funeral Services are 11am on Fri. Sept. 28, 2018 at the...
Katee Wedgeworth
Sep 26, 2018
Katee Scarlett Wedgeworth, age 26, and a resident of Lorena passed away peacefully, Thursday, September 26, 2018 at Lackey Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm, Friday October 5, 2018, at Burns Community Church with Bro. Doyle Boyles, Bro. Hal Daigre, and Bro Daniel Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in the Burns...
Deborah Evans
Sep 25, 2018
Deborah A. Evans, 57, a resident of Richland, MS passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at home. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Ms. Evans was born June 30, 1961 to Bobbie and Dovie Edwards Knighton. She worked as a paralegal many years. She loved her family very much and spending time with...

Dorothy Means
Sep 25, 2018
Dorothy Yvonne Hartzog Means, 82, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Services will be 11am Saturday, September 29, 2018, at Rock Bluff Baptist Church with visitation starting at 9:30am at the church. Burial will follow in New Prospect Cemetery.
Mrs. Means was a former member of Alta Woods Presbyterian...
Charles Green
Sep 23, 2018
Charles Owen Green, 88, a resident of Mendenhall, MS passed away Sunday, September 23, 2018 at Strong River Villas in Mendenhall, MS. A graveside service will be held at 11 am Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at Calvary Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mize, MS. Visitation will be held 5-7 pm Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home...

Bobbie Blackburn
Sep 22, 2018
Bobbie Sue Blackburn, 82, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be 10am until 11:45am on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Services will follow at 12 noon in the chapel. Burial will be in Conehatta Methodist Church Cemetery in Newton...
Frances Rawls
Sep 22, 2018
Frances Bounds Rawls, age 89, a resident of Louin, died peacefully Saturday September 22, 2018 at the Magee General Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2pm Tuesday September 25, 2018 from the chapel of the OTT & LEE Funeral Home in Forest with interment to follow in the Leaf River Cemetery in Pineville. Rev. Jeff Martin...
William Phillips
Sep 22, 2018
William Mathew Phillips (Bill), 87, passed away peacefully at the State Veterans Home in Jackson, MS on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Visitation will be held on Wed. Sept. 26, 2018 from 6pm-8pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. and on Thurs. Sept. 27, 2018 from 9am-9:45am at Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services will...
Joey Lee, Iv
Sep 20, 2018
Joseph Rupert Lee, IV (Joey), passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018. He was 17 years old, and a senior at Brandon High School. Joey is survived by his father, Joseph Rupert Lee, III; his mother, Sarah Bain, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rupert Lee, Jr. of Indianola and Madison; and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bunch of Hattiesburg. He also leaves...
Steven Craig Miller
Sep 18, 2018
Steven Craig Miller
Brandon, MS
Steven Craig Miller, 51, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at Merit Health River Oaks Hospital surrounded by his family. Visitation will be 5-8pm Thursday at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Services will be 2pm at First Baptist Church of Fannin with visitation starting...
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