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.
Billy Chaney
Jan 29, 2016
SERVICES: 3:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2016 AT OTT & LEE FUNERAL HOME IN BRANDON BURIAL: FLORAL HILLS MEMORY GARDENS VISITATION: 5:00PM - 8:00PM FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 AT OTT & LEE FUNERAL HOME IN BRANDON Billy G. Chaney Pearl, MS Billy G. Chaney, 88, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, January 29, 2016 at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial...
Laura June Kingston
Jan 29, 2016
Laura June Kingston, 57, passed away Friday, January 29, 2016 at her residence. A private family service will be held later. Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon is handling arrangements. Laura was a native of Arkansas, a longtime resident of Flowood and a Navy Veteran. Survivors include her husband, William Kingston, Sr. of Flowood; sons, Will Kingston (Emily) of...
Irmgard Bradley
Jan 28, 2016
Irmgard “Peggy” Bradley, 73, passed away Thurs. Jan. 28, 2016 at the St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Sat. Jan. 30, 2016 from 1pm-1:45pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 2pm on Sat. Jan. 30, 2016 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with...
William Purvis
Jan 27, 2016
William Brantley Purvis, 76, a resident of Pelahatchie, MS died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held 3 pm Friday, January 29, 2016 at Concord Baptist Church in Pelahatchie, MS with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 5-8 pm Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Ott and...
Clyde Simmons
Jan 26, 2016
SERVICES: 12 NOON FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 AT PARK PLACE BAPTIST CHURCH BURIAL: CRESTVIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS VISIT: 5-8 THURSDAY AT OTT AND LEE IN BRANDON AND 11 AM FRIDAY AT CHURCH Reginald “Clyde” Simmons, age 60, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on January 26, 2016 at his residence. Visitation is 5-8 pm Thursday, January 28, 2016...
Winston Jones, Sr.
Jan 26, 2016
Winston Edward Jones, Sr. Bentonia, MS Winston Edward Jones, Sr., 60, was born August 25, 1955 and he passed away on January 26, 2016 at his home in Yazoo County. Visitation will be 5-7pm Thursday at Stricklin-King Funeral Home in Yazoo City. Funeral Services will be 10:30am at Grace Primitive Baptist Church in Pearl, MS with visitation starting at 10am....
Tommie Bryant Mcdill
Jan 26, 2016
SERVICES: 11 AM SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2016 AT OTT AND LEE FUNERAL HOME IN BRANDON BURIAL: FLORAL HILLS MEMORY GARDENS VISITATION: 9 AM SATURDAY AT OTT AND LEE Tommie Bryant McDill, age 87, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at her home. Visitation is 9 am Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are...
Robert Haskins
Jan 26, 2016
Robert Dell Haskins, 82, passed away Tues. Jan. 26, 2016 at his home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held on Mon. Feb. 1, 2016 from 6pm-8pm and on Tues. Feb. 2, 2016 from 10am-10:45am at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 11am Tues. Feb. 2, 2016 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel...
William H. Parker
Jan 25, 2016
William Henry Parker, 91, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on Monday, January 25, 2016. Visitation is Tuesday, January 26, 2016 from 5-8 pm at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. A graveside service will be held at Lawrence Cemetery in Lawrence, MS at 10 am on Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Mr. Parker was preceded...
Mae Ola Prestage
Jan 25, 2016
Mae Ola Prestage, 83, went to be with her Lord on Monday, January 25, 2016 at her home in Pearl. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 26, 2016 from 6 – 8 pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, January 27, 2016 AT 12 Noon from the Chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral...
John Carroll, Sr.
Jan 24, 2016
Mr. John D. Carroll, Sr. of Brandon, MS. went to be with the Lord Sunday morning (his favorite day and time of the week!), January 24, 2016, at 1:18 am. John was born April 21, 1932 in Chatham, LA, the son of the late William Fred Carroll and Bessie Ponder Carroll; he was preceded in death by two sisters: Hilda...
Richard Baird Ward, Jr.
Jan 24, 2016
Richard Baird Ward, Jr., 48, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. A memorial service will be held at 11 am Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Crossgates United Methodist Church in Brandon. Richard was born February 17, 1967 in Princeton, New Jersey and lived in Arlington, Virginia and Tallahassee, Florida before his family moved to...
William Thornton
Jan 23, 2016
William Louis Thornton of Brandon, MS, went to Heaven on Saturday, 23 January 2016 from his home. Mr. Thornton was born on March 16, 1934, at Heidelburg, MS, the son of Harvey C. Thornton and Mary Perry Thornton. He was a resident of Vicksburg for 52 years, and was a longtime member and deacon of Oakland Baptist Church. He was...
Ava Darlene Maness
Jan 22, 2016
Funeral services for Mrs. Ava Darlene Maness will be conducted at 11:00 am on Monday, January 25, 2016 from the Ott & Lee Chapel with the Rev. Robert Johnson, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Smith County under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Visitation will be 5:00 pm - 8:00...
Barry Smith
Jan 22, 2016
Barry Neal Smith Raymond, MS Barry Neal Smith, 64, passed away at his home on Friday, January 22, 2015. Visitation will be 5-7pm on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Barry was born in Union, MS on September 15, 1951. He attended Magnolia Speech School for the Deaf, where his mother taught and...
Paul S. Woods
Jan 22, 2016
Paul Stephens Woods, 91, of Brandon went to be with his heavenly Father on January 22, 2016, at the VA Medical Center. Paul was born in Hattiesburg, MS, to Albert and Jessie Davenport Woods and was reared in Glendale. During World War II, Paul served stateside in the Marine Corps as an airplane mechanic. He graduated from Mississippi Southern College...
Thelma Park (Pitts)
Jan 21, 2016
Thelma Louise Park (Pitts), 85, passed away Thurs. Jan. 21, 2016 at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Fri. Jan. 22, 2016 from 5pm-7pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 1pm on Sat. Jan. 23, 2016 at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with...
Charles Mcmillan
Jan 21, 2016
Charles Roy McMillan, age 72, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 21, 2016, in hospice care at the Gray-Lewis home in Jackson, MS, surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Billy and Della McMillan of Kosciusko, MS and his half brother, Jerry Smith of Denver, CO. He is survived by his biologic mother, Eleanor Smith,...
Ouida Mcneil
Jan 19, 2016
Ouida M. McNeil Brandon, MS Ouida M. McNeil, 75, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood, MS. Visitation will be 5-8pm Wednesday at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are 3pm Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Brandon Baptist Church. Entombment will be at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS. Mrs. McNeil was...
Stephen "Cajun" Jeansonne
Jan 17, 2016
Stephen “Cajun” Jeansonne, 67, a resident of Richland, MS died Sunday, January 17, 2016 at his home in Richland. A memorial service will be held at 2 pm Thursday, January 21, 2016 at the New Life Baptist Church in Florence, MS. Rev. Scotty Smith will officiate the service. Ott and Lee Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Jeansonne...
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