Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas

Ruth Rutledge Linton

Ruth Rutledge Linton

Aug 17, 2015

Ruth Rutledge Linton Graveside service for Ruth Rutledge Linton will be held Thursday, August 20th, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with Reverend Chuck Overby officiating and music by Todd Tilghman. Burial will be at Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Linton, age 83, of...

Dorothy Calvert

Dorothy Calvert

Aug 16, 2015

Dorothy Calvert Funeral services for Dorothy Calvert will be held Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend Roger Burke officiating. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Mrs. Calvert, age 72, of Meridian, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015 at her home. Dottie and...

Rev. Charles L. Quinnelly

Rev. Charles L. Quinnelly

Aug 15, 2015

Reverend Charles L. Quinnelly Rev. Charles L. Quinnelly, 84, of Winchester, Virginia died on August 15, 2015 at Blue Ridge Hospice. Rev. Quinnelly was born on June 1, 1931 in Meridian, Mississippi. He was the son of Lillian Stennis Beddingfield and Charles Edward Quinnelly. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 49 years, Barbara, his son,...

Gary L. Sims

Gary L. Sims

Aug 14, 2015

Gary L. Sims Funeral services for Gary L. Sims will be held Monday, August 17, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. John Temple, Dr. Malcolm Lewis and Reverend Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Sims, age 87, of Meridian, died peacefully, with his wife and daughter by his side...

William David Drew

William David Drew

Aug 14, 2015

William "Bill" Drew Funeral services for William "Bill" Drew will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Cliff Pace officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Drew, age 67, of Coldwater, MS, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015...

James Kenneth "Ken" Merrell, Jr.

James Kenneth "Ken" Merrell, Jr.

Aug 14, 2015

James Kenneth "Ken" Merrell, Jr. Funeral services for James Kenneth "Ken" Merrell, Jr. will be held Monday, August 17, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jim Rickles officiating. Burial will be at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Merrell, age 81, of Meridian, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 at Rush Foundation Hospital....

Bill Burkes

Bill Burkes

Aug 14, 2015

Bill Burkes Funeral services for Mr. Bill Burkes, will be held Tuesday, August 18th 2015, at 10:00 am at the Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jack Bonner officiating. Burial will be held at the family cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Burkes, age 71, of Meridian passed away Friday, August 14,...

Rhonda Wright

Rhonda Wright

Aug 13, 2015

Rhonda J. Wright Graveside services for Rhonda J. Wright will be held Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Reverend Jeff Hancock officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Wright, age 58, of Chunky, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at her home. Rhonda will always be remembered for her...

Mary Elizabeth Cumbus

Mary Elizabeth Cumbus

Aug 12, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Cumbus Visitation for Mary Elizabeth Cumbus will be held at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home on Friday, August 14th from 5-7pm. On Saturday the 15th at 1030 there will be a funeral service at Jones Memorial Presbyterian with burial to follow at Magnolia Cemetery with Rev. Alan Singletary officiating. Mrs. Cumbus, age 86, passed away on August 12th...

Billy Ray Trest

Billy Ray Trest

Aug 12, 2015

Billy Ray Trest Funeral services for Billy Ray Trest will be held Monday, August 17, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend Ed Breaux officiating. Burial will be at New Hope Baptist Church with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Trest, 69, passed away Wednesday, August 12, at his home....

Paul Edward Nuckolls

Paul Edward Nuckolls

Aug 9, 2015

Funeral services for Paul Edward Nuckolls will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul Episcopal Church, with Brian Ponder and Tom Sikes officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Nuckolls, 85, of Meridian, passed away Sunday, August 9, at his residence. Family and...

Justin Samuel Smith

Justin Samuel Smith

Aug 9, 2015

Justin Samuel Smith The funeral services for Justin Samuel Smith will be held Friday, August 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Richard Coats and Reverend Blake Fuller officiating. Burial will be at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Smith, age 15, of...

Daniel Kelly

Daniel Kelly

Aug 9, 2015

Daniel "Dan" Kelly Mr. Kelly, age 52, of Meridian, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015 at his home. He served in the United States Marine Corp. Dan enjoyed reading and making military models. He was a military contractor at NAS Meridian from 1993 until 2007. Survivors include his son, Stephen Kelly; daughter, Kristen Kelly; son, Joseph Kelly; granddaughter, Skylar Burch;...

Sylvia Knight Lackey

Sylvia Knight Lackey

Aug 7, 2015

Funeral services for Sylvia Lackey will be held Monday, August 10, 2015, at 11:30 a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend Wayne Smith officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Lackey, 81, of Meridian, passed away Friday, August 7, at Anderson Hospital. Sylvia Knight Lackey was...

Henry Earl Smith

Henry Earl Smith

Aug 7, 2015

Funeral services for Earl Smith will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 12:00 p.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Danny Lanier officiating. Burial will follow at Mississippi Veterans Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Smith, 71, of Meridian, went to live with Jesus on Friday, August 7. Earl was...

Vivian Juanice Evans

Vivian Juanice Evans

Aug 6, 2015

Funeral services for Vivian Juanice Brown Evans will be held Monday, August 10, 2015, at 10:00a.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Her final resting place will be at Briggs Chapel Cemetery in Porterville, Mississippi. Mrs. Evans, 79, of Meridian, passed away on Thursday, August 6, at Bedford Care Center in Marion. Known by family and friends as Juanice, she...

Kathleen Riley

Kathleen Riley

Aug 6, 2015

Kathleen Agnes Logan Riley Graveside services for Kathleen Agnes Logan Riley will be held Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Pine Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Brother Michael Beasley officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Riley, age 92, of Palm Bay, Florida, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 at E.T. York Haven...

Raymond L. Torrance

Raymond L. Torrance

Aug 5, 2015

Funeral services for Raymond L. Torrance Sr. will be held Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Roy Dabbs and Randy Miller officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Torrance, age 86, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at his home. He was a...

Vito Digiuseppe

Vito Digiuseppe

Aug 5, 2015

Meridian- Vito DiGiuseppe, 87, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at his home. He leaves his wife, Imogene DiGiuseppe; his son, James DiGiuseppe; his daughters, Victoria Sanson, Jean Craigs, Sherry Gould, and Leta Palmiter; stepchildren, Tincy Carney and Tommy Gene McNamara; twenty-two grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Raised in Rhode Island, the son of Cosmo and Mary DiGiuseppe. In 1943, "Dee" joined...

Luke Neyman

Luke Neyman

Aug 5, 2015

Luke McKain Neyman Luke McKain Neyman, age 38, of Quitman, passed away at his home Wednesday, August 5, 2015. He was a graduate of Clarkdale High School and received his training as a journeyman electrician through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was a proud member of IBEW Local Lodge 917. He is survived by his mother and father,...