Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas

Marshall Joyner

Marshall Joyner

Jan 6, 2017

Graveside services for Marshall Joyner will be held Monday, January 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery with Dr. Dan Fulton officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Joyner, age 66, of Meridian passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Anderson Regional...

Bob Harold Williamson

Bob Harold Williamson

Jan 6, 2017

Funeral services for Bob Williamson will be held Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 2:30pm at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend Sidney Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Williamson, age 86, of Martin passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Rush Foundation Hospital.

Bob, a...

Carolyn Jane Cole Baskin

Carolyn Jane Cole Baskin

Jan 5, 2017

Carolyn Jane Cole Baskin

Funeral services for Carolyn Baskin will be held Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend John T. Rue Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

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Mary Evon Baggett Hartfield

Mary Evon Baggett Hartfield

Jan 5, 2017

Mary Evon Baggett Hartfield

A memorial for the life of Mary Evon Baggett Hartfield will be celebrated Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Pastor Carl White officiating.  Family will greet friends from 10:30-11:30 a.m. prior to the service.

Mrs. Hartfield, aged 66, of Toomsuba and originally from...

Dobbie Traweek

Dobbie Traweek

Jan 4, 2017

A celebration of life service for Dobbie Traweek will be held Sunday, January 15, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at Seventh Day Adventist Church, with Reverend Karl Leukert officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Traweek, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at his home.

Dobbie, who was born in...

Sheila Elizabeth Reynolds

Sheila Elizabeth Reynolds

Jan 4, 2017

Sheila E. Reynolds

Funeral services for Sheila E. Reynolds will be held Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church. Burial will be at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Reynolds, age 59, of the Whynot Community, passed away Wednesday, January 04,...

Dorothy Torgerson

Dorothy Torgerson

Jan 1, 2017

Graveside services for Dorothy Torgerson will be held Friday, January 6, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Dorothy Torgerson passed away at the age of 94 on January 1, 2017 at Brookdale Memory Care in Kenner, Louisiana.

Dorothy was a long time resident of Meridian and served on the Meridian Little Theater Board...

Faye Beard Reid

Faye Beard Reid

Jan 1, 2017

Graveside services for Faye Reid will be held Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Bethel Southern Methodist Church Cemetery off Highway 493 in Kemper County. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Reid, age 79, of Prismatic passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Rush Foundation Hospital....

Minnie Jean "Punkin" Burns

Minnie Jean "Punkin" Burns

Dec 28, 2016

Graveside services for Minnie Jean Burns will be held Friday, December 30, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Meridian Memorial Park, with Brother Jack Kern officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Burns, age 86, formerly of Long Beach, MS, passed away December 28 at Wisteria Manor in Quitman.

Minnie...

Christopher Porter

Christopher Porter

Dec 23, 2016

Sidney Christopher "Chris" Porter, 40, a native of Meridian, Miss., and a resident of Gulf Shores, Ala., passed away on Friday, December 23, 2016. Preceded in death by his father, Guy Howard. Chris is survived by a son, Caleb Porter of Gulf Sores, Ala.; mother, Joyce Howard of Gulf Shores, Ala.; his father and stepmother, Sidney and Richelle Porter of...

Dorothy "Dot" Fairchild Mcfarland

Dorothy "Dot" Fairchild Mcfarland

Dec 23, 2016

Memorial services for Mrs. Dot McFarland will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 2:30pm at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Bro. John Gardener officiating. Burial will be at Suqualena Methodist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. McFarland, age 86, of Meridian passed away Friday, December...

Bobby Ray Lunsford

Bobby Ray Lunsford

Dec 22, 2016

Services for Bobby Lunsford will be held Saturday, December 31st, 10:00a.m., at Jones Chapel COG, with the Reverends Ron Leonard and Jeff Hancock officiating.

Mr. Lunsford, 83, of Meridian, passed away Thursday, December 22nd at home surrounded by family.

Mr. Lunsford served as a Marine in Korea, then attended Mississippi State University and earned a...

Arthur Lee East Iii

Arthur Lee East Iii

Dec 21, 2016

A celebration of life service for Arthur Lee East III will be held Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.

Mr. East, 59, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, December 21, 2016.

Lee was born in Canton, Mississippi to the late Arthur L. (Jr.) East and the...

Lucy Pearl Barker

Lucy Pearl Barker

Dec 18, 2016

Graveside services for Lucy Barker will be held Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Reverend Davey Wilkinson officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Barker, age 79, of Marion passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at her home.

She is survived by...

Ernest Vinson Hagwood

Ernest Vinson Hagwood

Dec 18, 2016

Memorial Graveside services for Ernest Vinson Hagwood will be held Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. at the Mississippi Veteran Cemetery, with Chaplin Frank Hagwood officiating, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Hagwood, age 89, of Causeyville passed away December 18, 2016 at Rush Hospital.

Vinson was a...

James Tillman

James Tillman

Dec 18, 2016

Graveside services for James Tillman will be held Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Tillman, age 77, of Meridian passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at his son’s home in Madison, Mississippi.

James graduated from Mississippi State...

Max Daniel Robinson

Max Daniel Robinson

Dec 17, 2016

Funeral services for Max Daniel Robinson will be held Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. Roy McNeil and Dr. John Temple officiating. Burial will follow at Center Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Max, age 15, of Meridian, passed...

Merton Edward Miller Sr.

Merton Edward Miller Sr.

Dec 17, 2016

Funeral services for Merton Miller will be held Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 11:30am, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.

Mr. Miller, age 91, of Lauderdale passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at his home.

Merton graduated from Warsaw High School in 1943 then...

Elaine Stuart

Elaine Stuart

Dec 17, 2016

Funeral services for Elaine Stuart will be held Wednesday December 21, 2016, at 11:00 am at Meridian Memorial Park, with Brother Gerald Chaney officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Ms. Stuart, age 79, of Meridian, passed away December 17, 2016, at Rush Hospital.

Ms. Stuart was a member of...

Larry W. Dennis

Larry W. Dennis

Dec 16, 2016

Funeral services for Larry W.  Dennis will be held Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend John Willis officiating.  Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Larry was born September 27, 1947, in Alexander City, Alabama, and resided in Meridian for the past 36...