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Homer R. Eaks
Mar 26, 2017
Services for Homer Eaks will be held Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend A.M. Mansfield and Rodney Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Homer, age 89, of Meridian, passed away March...
Leon Mcclung Bailey
Mar 24, 2017
Leon McClung Bailey
Services for Leon Bailey will be held Sunday, March 26, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend Tom Sikes officiating.
Mr. Bailey, age 90, of Bailey, passed away March 24 at his home.
Leon was the 3rd of...
Thomas Allen "Tommy" Walker
Mar 24, 2017
Funeral services for Thomas Walker will be held Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Dr. Raymon Leake officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Walker, 58, of Meridian, passed away March 24 at his home.
He is survived by his children, Tiffany Ann (Michael) Heckt,...
Kenneth Gerald Smith
Mar 22, 2017
Kenneth Gerald Smith, 74, went to live with Jesus on March 22, 2017.
He retired from The Meridian Star after 30 years as a typesetter. He also retired from Deposit Guaranty Bank and was a member of Northcrest Baptist Church in Meridian, MS. Ken enjoyed hunting, fishing, being outdoors on his land and traveling with his Sunday...
Sandra Corn Davidson Vandeusen
Mar 21, 2017
Graveside services for Sandra Corn Davidson VanDeusen will be held Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. at Causeyville Baptist Church Cemetery, with Brother Chuck Fowler officiating. Burial will be at Causeyville Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. VanDeusen, age 56, of Causeyville passed away Tuesday, March 21,...
Katherine L. Beene
Mar 20, 2017
Graveside services for Kathy Beene will be held Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Beene, age 73, of Meridian passed away Monday, March 20, 2017 at her home.
She was a wonderful...
Anna (Fisher) Durbin
Mar 20, 2017
Memorial service for Anna Durbin will be Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Dr. Raymon Leake officiating with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
The world lost a wonderfully kind soul with the passing of Anna (Fisher)...
Pamela Gayle Jay Davis
Mar 20, 2017
Pamela's life began and ended in her hometown of Meridian, MS.
Pamela was preceded in death by her Mother, Vera Ethel Fuller Jay, her Father, Grady Cleveland Jay, Sr. and her brother, Grady Cleveland...
Elizabeth Clearman Beemon
Mar 20, 2017
Elizabeth Clearman Beemon passed peacefully into Heaven on March 20, 2017 surrounded by loving family.
She was born June 5, 1931 in Meridian and grew up in Duffee, Mississippi daughter of Floyd and Ina Clearman. She graduated from Collinsville High School and attended East Central Junior College, Mississippi State Meridian Campus, and Yuba College...
Harold Devers Guthrie
Mar 18, 2017
Harold Devers Guthrie Mr. Guthrie passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the Queen City Nursing Center. Harold will be buried at the Mississippi Veterans Cemetery in Newton, Mississippi at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. The family and friends will meet at the Spaceway Truck Plaza : 10580 Highway 80 W, Meridian, MS 39307 at noon on...
Edna Jean Ballinger Mccollum
Mar 18, 2017
Funeral services for Edna Jean McCollum will be held Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. McCollum, age 88, of Meridian passed away...
James Edward "Buck" Hearty
Mar 17, 2017
Services for Buck Hearty will be held, Friday, March 24, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at Chunky United Methodist Church, with Brother Lewis May officiating.
Mr. Hearty, age 80, of Chunky, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 at Bedford Care in Newton, Mississippi.
Buck loved driving his truck and seeing the...
Alexandra Garnett Carruth
Mar 16, 2017
Services for Allie Carruth will be held on Monday, March 20, 2017, at 1 pm at First Presbyterian Church in Meridian, MS. Dr. Rhett Payne and Rev. Bo Kyle officiating and Robert Barham Family Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
Surrounded by her family, Allie...
Berta Wells Etheridge
Mar 15, 2017
Berta Wells Etheridge
Funeral services for Berta Wells Etheridge will be held Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian, Mississippi. A private burial ceremony will take place at the family cemetery in Waynesboro, Mississippi.
Berta Wells Etheridge, a long-time resident of Meridian,...
Lejean Nance
Mar 14, 2017
LeJean Nance
Memorial services for LeJean Nance will be held Friday, March 17, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at College Park United Methodist Church with Brother Kenneth Owen officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Ms. Nance, age 50, of Meridian passed away Tuesday, March 14,...
Evelyn Marie Slay Mayerhoff
Mar 14, 2017
Funeral services for Evelyn Mayerhoff will be held Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend Pam Randall and Reverend Dennis Duvall officiating. Burial will follow at Sageville Cemetery.
Mrs. Mayerhoff, age 62, of Meridian, passed away March 14, 2017, at her residence.
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James "Jim" Palmer
Mar 12, 2017
Services for Jim Palmer will be held Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Mike Boles officiating. Burial will follow at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.
Mr. Palmer, age 73, of Meridian, passed away March 12 at Regency Hospital.
James served his country honorably as a...
Ramona Gayle Thomas
Mar 11, 2017
Gayle will be laid to rest this Friday, March 17, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery. Arrangements are provided by Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Ramona Gayle Linton Thomas, age 59 of Meridian, passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2017. “Gayle”, as she is known to loved ones and friends, was born to the late...
Denise Wakeford Smith
Mar 11, 2017
Memorial services for Denise Smith will be held Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Briarwood Baptist Church, Reverend Jamie Lamoreaux will be officiating with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Denise Wakeford Smith, 56, died on March 11, 2017. To list her as a loving wife, mother and grandmother would be mediocre...
Joyce Hardy Smith
Mar 7, 2017
Joyce Hardy Smith
Funeral services for Joyce Hardy Smith will be held Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Brother Dennis Robinson officiating. Burial will follow at West Kemper Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith, age 85, of DeKalb passed away Tuesday, March 7,...
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