Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas
Hannah Lauren Poythress
Apr 2, 2016
Funeral services for Hannah Lauren Poythress will be held Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend Davey Wilkinson and Reverend David Holifield officiating. Burial will be at Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Hannah Poythress, 20, of the Russell Community, passed away at Anderson Hospital Saturday, April 2, 2016.
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Elizabeth Francis Goodman
Mar 31, 2016
Funeral services for Elizabeth Goodman will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with The Reverend Chuck Meador officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery.
Mrs. Goodman, 85, of Meridian, passed away March 31, 2016, at her home.
Elizabeth was a lifelong...
William "Jack" Jackson Chance
Mar 30, 2016
William Jackson (Jack) Chance
William Jackson (Jack) Chance, died on March 30, 2016, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 3:00pm at Bailey Presbyterian Church in Bailey, MS, with the Rev. Eric Mabbott and Bro. Jamey Germany officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral...
Rev. Rex Alman
Mar 27, 2016
REX ALMAN, JUNIOR
DOB 9/07/1926Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DOD 3/27/2016
Rev. Rex Alman, Jr. entered God’s pearly gates on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016. How fitting for such a devoted man of God! His family knows that all of heaven rejoiced at his arrival at age 89 ½.
Rex was an only child, born on September...
Lois Marie Creekmore
Mar 26, 2016
Lois M. Creekmore Services for Lois Marie Massey Creekmore, 90, will be held at Central United Methodist Church on Wednesday, March 30, at 2 p.m. with visitation at 1 p.m. A private burial will be held at the Lynville Cemetery in Kemper County. After a short battle with cancer, Lois died peacefully at home on March 26 surrounded by family....
Arnold Hodgins
Mar 26, 2016
Services for Arnold Hodgins will be held Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend Allen Randall officiating. Â Burial will follow at Hamrick Cemetery in Collinsville. Mr. Hodgins, 96, of Meridian, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the VA Nursing Center in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Mr. Hodgins worked as a building and roofing...
Imogene Boswell
Mar 25, 2016
Imogene Boswell
Graveside services for Imogene Boswell will be held Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery with Dr. Richard Wallace officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Boswell, age 83, of Meridian, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016,...
James Russell Spann
Mar 25, 2016
James Russell Spann
Funeral services for James Spann will be held Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ebb Fox officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.
Mr. Spann, age 47, of Meridian...
Martha Ann Huggins
Mar 24, 2016
Martha Ann Huggins
Martha Ann Huggins went home to be with the Lord on Good Friday, March 24, 2016 in Nashville, TN where she lost the fight to cancer.
She was a loving daughter, mother, and grandmother who was selfless until The...
Darrell Fuller
Mar 22, 2016
Funeral services for Darrell Fuller will be held Friday, March 25, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Richard Coates officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Fuller, age 50, of Meridian, passed away March 22 at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Darrell...
Infant Layla Rose Contreras
Mar 22, 2016
Graveside services for Infant Layla Contreras will be held Friday, March 25, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. John Temple officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Infant Contreras was born February 23 and passed away March 22 at University Medical Center.
She is survived by her...
William Edward (Mr. Bill) Stinson
Mar 22, 2016
William E. (Mr. Bill) Stinson
Funeral services for Mr. Bill will be held Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Dan Lanier officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Bill, age...
Johnny Quitman Trest
Mar 22, 2016
Johnny Quitman Trest
Services for Johnny Trest will be Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Pastor Dr. Michael Bird and Brother Wayne Edwards officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Trest, 81, of Suqualena, passed away March 22, 2016, at his residence. Johnny...
Elizabeth Ross Gunn
Mar 21, 2016
Elizabeth Ross Gunn
Margaret Elizabeth Ross Gunn departed this life on March 21, 2016 in Madison, MS. Â Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian, MS. A service celebrating her life will be held at the funeral home chapel at 11:30...
Infant Lindley Lux Carroll
Mar 20, 2016
Infant Lindly Lux Carroll will have a graveside service on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home handling the arrangements. Her visitation will be Saturday, March 26 from 2:00 p.m to 2:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.
Cheryl R. Brown
Mar 20, 2016
Funeral services for Cheryl Brown will be held Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Brother Randy Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Springs Southern Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, 60, of Meridian, passed away March 20 at UMC in Jackson.
Cheryl was a medical technician and...
Loretta Audette Sollie Grayson Copeland
Mar 19, 2016
Loretta Audette Sollie Grayson Copeland
Funeral Services for Loretta Copeland will be held Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Raymon Leake officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Copeland, age 76, of...
Kenneth "Kenny" Ross
Mar 16, 2016
Graveside services for Kenny Ross will be held Saturday, March 19, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., at Mt. View Baptist Church Cemetery, with Reverend Franklin McLelland officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Ross, 50, of Meridian, passed away March 16 at his home.
Kenny...
Sara Frances Calvert Lee
Mar 15, 2016
Sara Frances Calvert Lee
Services for Sara Frances Calvert Lee will be held Thursday, March 17, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Lee passed away peacefully on March 15 at her home.
She was born December...
Curtis Leon Thompson
Mar 15, 2016
Curtis Leon Thompson
Funeral services for Curtis Leon Thompson will be held Friday, March 18, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Thompson, age 61, of Toomsuba passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at his home.
Curtis retired in January from...




