OBITUARIES

Dec 4, 2017

"Take me home, what joy shall fill my heart, my God how great Thou art"

A native of Pelahatchie, MS and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, Myrna Cooper passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2017 from 11am-12:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral...

Dec 3, 2017

Cindy Craig Harrell

Clifton, MS

Cindy Craig Harrell, age 52 a resident of Clifton, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Lackey Hospital in Forest, MS.  Visitation will be held 5-9pm Monday, December 4, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest and 8:30am-1pm Tuesday at the funeral home.  Funeral services will...

Dec 3, 2017

Mr. Jimmy Harold McCrary, Sr. was born on August 5, 1951 and passed away on December 3, 2017 after a brief illness at the age of 66.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Warren officiating. Interment will...

Dec 2, 2017

Winnie Juanita Thrasher, age 88 a resident of Oxford, MS formerly of Forest, MS died Saturday  December 2, 2017 following an extended illness.

Graveside services were conducted at 3pm Monday December 4, 2017 from the Carr Church Cemetery.  Rev. Don James officiated.    Visitation was held  prior to the graveside service from 1pm-2:30pm at...

Dec 1, 2017

Billy Ray Beard, 83

Brandon, MS

On December 1, 2017, Billy Ray passed away peacefully surround by his family at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. He was born October 8, 1934 in Morton, MS.  It’s been said a lucky man finds love once in a lifetime but, only a truly blessed man finds...

Dec 1, 2017

Rose Marie Toles

Brandon, MS

Rose Marie Bell Toles, 87, passed away on Friday, December 01, 2017, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.  Graveside services are 11am Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS.  Dr. Steve Jussely will be officiating the service.

Survivors include...

Nov 29, 2017

Duane Dennis Hakarine, 78, passed away Wed. Nov. 29, 2017 at Brandon Nursing and Rehab Center in Brandon, MS from complications of Parkinson’s Disease in which he was diagnosed with in 2011. Visitation will be held on Sat. Dec. 9, 2017 from 9:30am-10:45am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services will be 11am on Sat....

Nov 28, 2017

Craig Hawkins, age 23 and a resident of Raleigh, MS passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in Carthage, MS.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 am on Saturday, December 2, 2017 from the Providence Lutheran Church in Smith County with the Rev. Robert Hallman officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery under the...

Nov 26, 2017

Paul Gonzalez Cisneros, 74, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at home in Brandon, MS.  He was born on June 17th, 1943.

Paul was born in North Dakota, which was home and where he grew up until moving to Nebraska. The Cornhusker State would be his adopted home until he moved to Mississippi as...

Nov 26, 2017

Thomas Lynn Hastings Harpole, 72, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral services will be held 12:00 pm Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with a 3:00 pm Wednesday interment in the Clarkson Cemetery in Mathiston, MS. Visitation will be held...

Nov 26, 2017

Eloise Adams of Brandon, Mississippi was born on February 12, 1926 in Holopaw, Osceola County, Florida.  However, her childhood home was in the Ted Community of Smith County, Mississippi.  She graduated from Sylvarena High School where she was a star basketball player.  She proclaimed that she never missed a free throw in a game.  Affectionately, known to her family...

Nov 26, 2017

Family and friends were invited to celebrate the life of Myrtle Elizabeth Comeaux DeFoore, 94, of Brandon. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 26, 2017. Visitation will be held on Wed. Nov. 29, 2017 at 9:30am and services at 10:30am at Ott and Lee Funeral Home, 1360 West Government Street, Brandon, Mississippi. Burial will be at...

Nov 24, 2017

Mrs. Ruby Inez Shoemaker Fleming age 90, passed away Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.  Visitation service will be Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton and from 12:15 pm until 1:45 pm on Sunday, November 26, 2017 from the Allen Chapel...

Nov 21, 2017

Billie Dorian Walton, 87, passed away Tues. Nov. 21, 2017 at Merit Health Hospital in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Fri. Nov. 24, 2017 from 12pm-1:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 2pm on Fri. Nov. 24, 2017 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with burial to...

Nov 20, 2017

Mary Ruth Dennis Joyner, 90, passed away Mon. Nov. 20, 2017 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be held on Sun. Nov. 26, 2017 from 2pm-4pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 10am on Mon. Nov. 27, 2017 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS. Graveside Services will...

Nov 19, 2017

Donna Lee Tucker, age 75, a resident of Forest, died Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the St. Dominic Hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 11am Wednesday,  November 22,2017  at  the Ephesus Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery.  Visitation will also be held at Ephesus Baptist Church from 5pm to 8pm Tuesday November 21, 2017 and...

Nov 19, 2017

Brandon Lee Wilson, 32, passed away after a short illness on Sunday, November 19, 2017 surrounded by his family at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. The funeral service will be held 2 pm Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with Rev. Paul Smith officiating.  Burial will follow in Gulde Cemetery.  Visitation will be held...

Nov 19, 2017

Amy Elizabeth Nutt Smith is finally at peace with her LORD and Savior.  She is survived by her two children, Hunter Adam Parker and Maggie Elizabeth Smith; father, George Nutt; mother Vivian Jackson; and her favorite sister, Rebecca Dew. Amy, grew up in Morton and later returned to settle and make a home with her daughter, Maggie.   She was a...

Nov 16, 2017

Mrs. Dorothy Lucille Hamilton, age 81 passed away on November 16, 2017 at the MS Care Center in Morton.  There will be a Memorial Service led by the family at a later date.

Mrs. Hamilton was born on May 4, 1936 to John A. and Lucille Anderson Latham in Scott County, MS.

She was Baptist...

Nov 15, 2017

Charles Aubrey Emmons, 86, passed away peacefully at home on Wed. Nov. 15, 2017, while surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held on Fri. Nov. 17, 2017 from 5pm-7pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 11am on Sat. Nov. 18, 2017 at Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. Charles was born on Jan....