Obituaries
Buraleen Pearson
Jan 22, 2025
Buraleen Hester Pearson passed away Wednesday January 22, 2025 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus at the age of 87. She was born May 19, 1937 in Fayette, AL to the late James Burris Hester and Flaudie Haines Hester.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Saturday January 25, 2025 at Robinson Funeral Home, with Rev. Jerry Mitchell officiating. Visitation...
Stanley Scott
Jan 17, 2025
Stanley Wilson Scott passed away Friday January 17, 2025 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 67. He was born December 7, 1957 in Tuscaloosa, AL to the late W. E. Scott and Betty Knight Scott. He was a cattle farmer by trade but he was well educated. He graduated with top honors with a Master’s degree in Business Administration...
Emily Schepens
Jan 14, 2025
Emily Bedford Schepens of Kingwood, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 14, 2025, after a short and valiant battle with cancer. Emily was born on May 14, 1947, in West Point Mississippi, to John L. and Libby Bedford. Emily was an excellent student and was active in the First Baptist Church of West Point, Girl...
Charline Rios
Jan 13, 2025
Charline Rios passed away January 13, 2025, at her residence at the age of 80. She was born February 22, 1944 to the late Charlie and Dorthy Winchester Seymore. She worked at Big Yank for a short period and then traveled with her husband, a truck driver, for 20 years all around the United States.
She is survived by her husband,...
Tommy Harris
Jan 3, 2025
Tommy Louis Harris passed away January 3, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 45. He was born August 7, 1979 to the late Carl Thomas Harris and Sherree Dill Harris.
He is survived by his sons, Ethan Galloway, and Bo Louis Harris; daughter, Bentley Harris (Rick); brother, Stephen Harris (Teena); the mother of his children, Ann Marie...
Pete O'Shea
Dec 31, 2024
With family at his side Peter Starks O’Shea, Jr. was called home to heaven on December31, 2024, at the age of 81.
Pete was born November 21, 1943, to parents Peter Starks O’Shea, Sr. and Alto Foard O’Shea while his father was serving as an Army Engineer Officer in World War II. Pete grewup in Charleston, Mississippi, graduating from East Tallahatchie...
Darbie Blansett
Dec 9, 2024
Darbie Leigh Blansett passed away Monday December 9, 2024, at Marion Regional Nursing Home at the age of 28. She was born June 06, 1996, in Jackson MS to Angela Denis Bunch and Homer Wilson Blansett.
She is survived by her parents, Angela and Homer Blansett; son, Killian Bradley; fiancé, James Bradley; grandfather, Edwin Bunch; brothers, Storm Blansett, Christaphor Bunch.
There are...
Dot Tribble
Dec 9, 2024
Dorothy Ruth Tribble, known as Dot to her family and friends, passed away Monday December 9, 2024, at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 90. She was born August 26, 1934, in West Point MS to the late Nancy Velma 'Luttie' Bennett and WR Butler. She was a lifetime member of Calvary Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and sang...
Bernice Richardson
Dec 4, 2024
Shirley ‘Bernice’ Richardson passed away Wednesday December 4, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 88. She was born May 24, 1936, in West Point, MS to the late Cora Virginia Mitchell and Wiley Calvin Edwards. She worked at Blazon for several years. She was a CNA at West Point Nursing Home and Lowndes General Hospital. She...
Ron Mitchell
Dec 3, 2024
Ronald Lane Mitchell, 74, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. He was born on December 1, 1950, in West Point, MS. Ron was the beloved son of the late Kirby and Alice Mitchell. Ron was a golf enthusiast his whole life and played at every opportunity. He was an avid animal lover...
Judge Joseph Taggart
Dec 1, 2024
Joseph Miller Taggart, also known by his friends and family as ‘Pappa Joe’, passed away Sunday December 1, 2024, at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 91. He was born January 5, 1933
in Charleston MS, to the late Mary Louise Criss Taggart and Pettus Miller Taggart. He was a veteran of the US army. He served as Justice Court Judge for...
Bobbie Tumlinson
Nov 29, 2024
Barbara Lynn (Bobbie) Martin Tumlinson, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2024, with family and close friends at her side. She leaves a loving legacy that includes her husband, daughter, generations of math students in her community, and adoring extended family members living across the country. Bobbie was born November 24, 1950, in Marks, Mississippi, the second of two children...
Ann Miller
Nov 25, 2024
Ann Phillips Miller passed away November 25, 2024 at her residence at the age of 91. She was born September 4, 1933 to the late Ona Parker Phillips and Val Phillips.
She is survived by her sister, Ona Pike of Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her ‘Mother’ who raised her, Gussy Phillips; her husband, C. M. Miller; her...
Bit Strickland
Nov 8, 2024
Glenda ‘Bit’ Strickland passed away November 8, 2024 at her residence at the age of 66. She was born March 20, 1958 in West Point, MS.
She is survived by her son, Beau Strickland (Nikki) of Columbus; daughter, Brandi Law (Jason) of Colorado; her mother, Patricia Clinton; sisters, Vicki Busbin, Resa Hannah (Doug), Elen Williams (Tim); 3 grandchildren, Sara Grace Jones...
Mary Ward
Oct 25, 2024
Mary Fern Ward passed away Friday October 25, 2024 at her residence at the age of 90. She was born March 25, 1934 to the late Noel Riley And Virgie Harpole Kornegay. She was a member of Siloam Baptist Church where she loved to sing in the church choir. She also enjoyed sewing and gardening. In her later years, she...
Alton Huffman
Oct 15, 2024
Alton Monroe Huffman passed away Tuesday October 15, 2024 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 79. He was born March 1, 1945 to the late Alton Newell and Viola Mae Gunther Huffman. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in Vietnam. He owned a trucking company and drove a truck doing long hauls for...
Katie Butler
Oct 4, 2024
Katie Henry Butler, affectionally know to her grandchildren as ‘Grank’, passed away Friday October 4, 2024 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 88. She was born February 23, 1936 to the late Abb Morgan Henry and Mary Neely Vickers Henry. She loved Jesus and wanted to share him with everyone. Anyone who spent 5 minutes with her...
Alexia Cothren
Sep 15, 2024
Our beloved Lexi tragically left us on Sunday September 15, 2024 in Fort Collins, CO. She was born October 25, 2000. Loved and missed by her mother, Susan Cothren of West Point, and her sister, Lillian Lejeune of Starkville. Lexi’s passion for crafts, reading, music and children touched all who knew her.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research...
Adelaide Fitzgerald
Aug 31, 2024
Adelaide Yvonne Fitzgerald passed away Sunday August 31, 2024 at her residence in Prairie at the age of 60. She was born July 19, 1964 in West Point to the late Arvied ‘Buddy’ and Pauline Robertson Wilson.
Graveside Services will be held at 11 AM Thursday September 5, 2024 at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will be 10-10:45 Thursday...
Mary Frank White
Aug 22, 2024
Mary Frank McGee White passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 22, 2024 at her home with her son and daughter by her side. Mary Frank was born on September 23, 1928, to the late Frank and Mary Evelyn Melton McGee of Pheba, Mississippi. After graduating from high school there, she attended Wood Junior College in Mathiston and Delta State in...
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