Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas
Infant Malachi David Christian
Aug 14, 2016
Graveside services for Malachi David Christian will be held Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Buccatuna Baptist Church Cemetery, with Brother Roy Dabbs officiating.
Infant Christian passed away August 14, 2016, at UMC in Jackson.
He is survived by his parents, Jeffery and Erika; brothers, Trinity Busby and Isaac Goodman; and grandparents, Jeff...
Helen Maurine Helfer Sharp
Aug 13, 2016
HELEN MAURINE HELFER SHARP
Helen Maurine Helfer Sharp transitioned from this life to the next on August 13, 2016.
Visitation will be at the Robert Barham Family Funeral Home August 16, 2016 from 5 to 7 pm. A worship service celebrating her life and resurrection will be...
Cynthia "Cindy" Blackwell
Aug 12, 2016
Cynthia “Cindy” Blackwell
Memorial services for Cindy Blackwell will be held Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Marion with Reverend Kyle Naylor officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Blackwell, age 57, of Meridian, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee,...
Wilma June Jones Dority Mccann
Aug 10, 2016
Wilma June Jones Dority McCann
Memorial services for Wilma McCann will be held Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. New Hope Baptist Church, with Brother Paul Trosper officiating. Burial will be at Stonewall Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Marcella Langford
Aug 9, 2016
Funeral services for Lela “Marcella” Smith Langford will be held on Friday, August 12, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend Stephen Langford Lockley, her grandson, and Reverend Richard Williams officiating. Dr. Rhett Payne and Mr. Mark Gunn will present special music requested by Marcella. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Revis Ray Joiner, Ii
Aug 8, 2016
Revis Ray Joiner, II
Funeral services for Ray Joiner, II will be held Thursday, August 11 at 1:30 pm at the Episcopal Church of the Mediator at 3825 35th Avenue in Meridian, with the Reverend Michael “Corky” Carlisle officiating.
Mr. Revis Ray Joiner, II, age 66, of Meridian, Mississippi passed away on Monday, August 8...
Metta Ann Sisson
Aug 8, 2016
Metta Ann Sisson
Funeral services for Ann Sisson will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2016, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. Michael Bird officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Sisson, age 74...
Johnnie David Keel
Aug 7, 2016
Johnnie D. Keel
Funeral services for Johnnie D. Keel will be held Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Parlor with Dr. Robert Horel officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Keel, age 89, of Lauderdale,...
Nora Alice Wells
Aug 7, 2016
Nora Alice Wells
Memorial services for Nora Wells will be held Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church with Reverend Kenneth Owen officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Wells, age 80, of Meridian passed away Sunday, August 7,...
Louvenia Bateman
Aug 7, 2016
Louvenia S. Bateman
Graveside services for Louvenia S. Bateman will be held Friday, August 12, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Bateman, age 96, of Newton, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016 at Anderson...
Sara Cobb Hall
Aug 7, 2016
Sara Cobb Hall
Sara Cobb Hall passed away on Sunday August 7 at her home in Meridian, one day before her 95th birthday. A private graveside service for family will be held at the Bay Springs Cemetery in Bay Springs, Mississippi on Wednesday August 10, with the Reverend Tom Sikes officiating. Sara was a founding member and...
Mary Virginia Eldridge
Aug 5, 2016
Funeral services for Virginia Eldridge will be held Monday, August 8, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will be at Lynville United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lynville, Mississippi.
Mrs. Eldridge, 91, of Lauderdale, passed away August 5 at Bedford Care Center in Marion.
Virginia was...
Greg Payne
Aug 5, 2016
Greg Payne
Funeral services for Greg Payne will be held Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. at Long Creek Baptist Church with Brother Marty Harper officiating. Burial will be at Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Payne, age...
Jimmie Earl Pruitt
Aug 2, 2016
Jimmie Earl Pruitt
May 25, 1941 - August 2, 2016
Mr. Pruitt, 75, of Meridian passed away peacefully at his home, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. After receiving a heart transplant in 1997, Jimmie returned to work at Clearspan...
Evelyn Ada Harrison
Jul 31, 2016
Funeral services for Evelyn Harrison will be held Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverends John David Harrison, Mike Russell, and Ron Harrison officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery in Little Rock.
Mrs. Harrison, 86, passed away July 31 at Bedford Care Center.
Evelyn...
Vernon "Lefty" Rawlings
Jul 31, 2016
Funeral services for Lefty Rawlings will be held Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. Raymon Leake officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Rawlings, 88, of Meridian, passed away July 31 at Poplar Springs Nursing Center.
Lefty’s first love was his family, but his second...
Eddie L. Monsour
Jul 29, 2016
Eddie L. Monsour
Eddie L. Monsour of Meridian, MS, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 29, 2016 at the age of 86. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Eddie was born in Darbonne, LA, on February 11, 1930.
Eddie...
Belle Paige Moore
Jul 29, 2016
Funeral services for Belle Paige Moore will be held Monday, August 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Toomsuba Baptist Church with Reverend Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will follow at Toomsuba Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Paige-Moore, age 88, of Toomsuba passed away Friday, July...
Jimmie Dell Hynes
Jul 29, 2016
Jimmie Dell Hynes
February 12, 1952 – July 29, 2016
Graveside services for Jimmie Hynes will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery in Kemper County. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Hynes,...
Espanita "Nita" Hickman
Jul 28, 2016
Funeral services for Nita Hickman will be held Saturday, August 6, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, with Pastors AD Lewis and Jerome Roberts officiating. The burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Garden.
Ms. Hickman, age 44, of Jackson, passed away July 28, 2016, at her home.
Nita was born and...




