Obituaries
Peggy Chadwick
Jan 10, 2014
Peggy Timbes Chadwick passed away on Friday January 10, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 52. She was born September 14, 1961 in Marks, MS to the late Betty Philyaw and Leslie G. Timbes. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday January 12, 2014 at Robinson Chapel. Visitation with the family will...
Virginia Vail
Jan 7, 2014
Virginia S. Vail of Carrollton, AL passed away Tuesday January 7, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital -Golden Triangle at the age of 70. She was born on December 11, 1943 to the late Amiree Reese and Jessie Sims. Funeral services will be held Friday January 10, 2014 at 2 PM at Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. David Coleman and Rev....
Harold Colbert
Dec 24, 2013
LTC. Harold Max Colbert, USArmy (Ret) passed away on Tuesday December 24, 2013 at his residence in Cedar Bluff at the age of 81. He was born August 11, 1932 in West Point, MS to the late Harold Lee Colbert and Maxine Holmes. He served 20 years in the US Army and retired as a LT. Colonel and fought in...
Robert Darsey
Dec 12, 2013
Robert Benjamin Darsey passed away on Thursday December 12, 2013 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 37. He was born February 18, 1976 in Natchez, MS to Robert and Mary Lou Darsey. He graduated from West Point High School and attended MS State University. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and owner of B & S Farms....
James Harrell
Dec 4, 2013
James Thomas Harrell passed away on Wednesday December 4, 2013 due to injuries suffered in an automobile accident at the age of 22. He was born November 4, 1991. He was a 2010 graduate of West Point high School and attended Mississippi State University. He was presently employed by Harrell General Contractors. James was an Eagle Scout who loved to...
Margaret Wehunt
Nov 29, 2013
Margaret Gaye Wehunt passed away on Friday November 29, 2013 at Brandon Nursing & Rehab Center at the age of 72. She was born July 24, 1941 to the late Paul and Frances Grimes. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM on Sunday December 1, 2013 at Robinson Chapel with Rev. Doran Henry officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from...
Helen Langford
Nov 9, 2013
Helen Louise Johnson Langford passed away on Saturday November 9, 2013 at NMMC in West Point at the age of 73. She was born November 11, 1939 in Oktibbeha County to the late Felix Ernest and Annie Laurie Johnson. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in West Point. Memorial services will be held at 10 AM...
Shirley Sheward
Oct 14, 2013
Shirley Carol Dragoo Sheward of West Point passed away on Monday October 14, 2013 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 76. She was born December 25, 1936 in Muncie, IN to the late Helen Bader and Thomas E. Dragoo. Funeral services will be Wednesday October 16, 2013 at 6:30 PM at Robinson Chapel. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5-6:30...
Jeanette Thornton
Oct 10, 2013
Vera Jeanette Thornton of West Point passed away on Thursday October 10, 2013 at Dugan Memorial Home at the age of 82. She was born January 16, 1931 in Pontotoc County to the late Lillian Sullinger and Clark Dunlap. She was a member of Siloam Baptist Church and owner of Hearts of Dixie publishing company and she sang with the...
Martha Clarke
Sep 27, 2013
Robinson Funeral Home PO Box 732~635 E Broad St. West Point, Mississippi 39773 (662)494-8049 fax494-6782 Obit For Martha Jewel Clarke Mrs. Martha Clarke, 95, died Friday September 27, 2013, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. She was born June 4, 1918 in Cairo, Ms. to Thomas and Estelle Gordon Davis. She was a member of the Union Presbyterian Church...
Hazel Colbert
Aug 31, 2013
Mattie 'Hazel' Colbert died Saturday August 31, 2013 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, AR at the age of 97. Graveside Services will be Monday September 2, 2013 at 1 PM at Greenwood Cemetery in West Point, MS. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Raymond O. 'Nunk' Colbert. She is survived by several nieces...
Carita Embree
Aug 28, 2013
Carita Lucile Embree of West Point passed away Wednesday August 28, 2013 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 93. She was born April 1, 1920 in Clay County to the late Ruby Anna Stevens and William Neal Lofton. She was a member of First Christian Church. Graveside Services will be Tuesday September 3, 2013 at 1 PM at Memorial...
Thomas Miller
Aug 10, 2013
N. Miller Sr. of West Point, passed away Saturday August 10, 2013 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 87. He was born April 28, 1926 in DelRay Beach, Fl. To the late Katie Mae Dominick and George L. Miller Sr. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in West Point and a veteran of the US...
Charles Stafford
Aug 6, 2013
Charles Lewis Stafford, Sr. passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at Rush Specialty Hospital in Meridian at the age of 82. He was born September 8, 1930 in Clay County to the late Ellie Mae Shirley and Henry C. Stafford. He retired from B&W with 40 years of service as a weld specialist. He was a member of Siloam Baptist...
Betty Hession
Aug 5, 2013
Betty Mae Hession passed away Monday, August 5, 2013 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 72. She was born August 9, 1941, in West Point to the late Willie Mae Richards and A.E. Duke Sr. She was a member of the Egypt Baptist Church and she was retired from Artex where she was a seamstress. Funeral services will be Wednesday...
Mary Helen Southern
Jul 5, 2013
Mary Helen Hollis Southern, age 92, passed away Friday, July 5, 2013, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. She was born September 24, 1920, in Chickasaw County to the late Clara Mae Kilgo Hollis and Thomas Dewitt Hollis. As a young woman she moved to West Point, where she spent the rest of her life. In 1939, she married...
Jacob Garrett
Jul 3, 2013
Jake Melvin Garrett passed away on Wednesday July 3, 2013 at NMMC-West point at the age of 92. He was born June 23, 1921 in Texas to the late Hattie McCleskey and Leslie Garrett. He was a veteran of the US Navy and served in WWII. He moved to Arizona in 1938 and worked for Phelps Dodge Copper Co for...
Herbert Friesen
Jun 14, 2013
Herbert Friesen passed away on Friday June 14, 2013 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 84. He was born September 2, 1928 in Kansas to the late Helen Fleming and Bernard K. Friesen. He was a member of the West Point Mennonite Church. He farmed for most of his life and after retiring he started a lawn service business that...
Margaret Bratton
May 24, 2013
Margaret Bratton, 55, passed away on Friday May 24, 2013 at NMMC in West Point. She was born December 20, 1957 in Lee County to the late Martha Stephens and Marion Bratton Jr. She was a graduate of West Point High School and an employee of the City of West Point. She will always be remembered for her work in...