Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas

Martha Elizabeth Ramsey Johnson

Martha Elizabeth Ramsey Johnson

Sep 1, 2015

Graveside services for Martha Johnson will be held Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. Rhett G. Payne, III officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Johnson passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Martha Johnson, born in Meridian, Mississippi in 1921, was the daughter of...

Sarah Frances Suttle Robinson

Sarah Frances Suttle Robinson

Aug 31, 2015

Sarah Frances Suttle Robinson Funeral services for Sarah Robinson will be held Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Robinson, 90, of Meridian, died Sunday, August 30, at Poplar Springs Nursing Center. She was born December 15, 1924 in Winston County, Mississippi. She was a...

David Pickett

David Pickett

Aug 29, 2015

Graveside services for David Pickett will be held Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at 11:30 a.m., at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Cemetery, with Doctor Keith Thrash officiating and Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Pickett, 62, of Meridian, passed away August 29 at Andersons. David was very outgoing and never met a stranger. He will be...

Dora L. Hatcher

Dora L. Hatcher

Aug 28, 2015

Dora Ellen L. Hatcher Graveside services for Dora Hatcher will be held Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at Enondale Presbyterian Cemetery in Enondale, Mississippi. Matthew Pagels will officiate, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Hatcher, 95, of Meridian, passed away August 28 at Andersons. Dora resided at Aldersgate for over twenty years,...

Chris Middleton

Chris Middleton

Aug 25, 2015

Chris Middleton Chris Middleton, 52, passed away peacefully on Tuesday August 25th, 2015. He was a devoted husband, dad and grandpa, and an all around great dude. He is survived by his wife Ronda, son Zach, daughters Whitney and Leah, and 8 grandbabies. In lieu of flowers, please donate to American Liver Foundation, liverfoundation.org.

Neva Summerlin

Neva Summerlin

Aug 25, 2015

Neva Jean Summerlin Services for Neva Jean Summerlin will be held Friday, August 28, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at First Baptist Church of Collinsville Cemetery on Hamrick Road. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Summerlin, age 75, longtime resident of Meridian, passed away Tuesday,...

Donald Pollard

Donald Pollard

Aug 24, 2015

A private memorial service will be held for Donald Pollard with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Pollard, age 91, passed away Monday, August 24, 2015, at Aldersgate Retirement Community. Mr. Pollard served in the United States Navy during World War II as a photographer in the Pacific. After his service in the Navy, he...

Charles Jackson

Charles Jackson

Aug 22, 2015

Charles L. Jackson Funeral services for Charles L. Jackson will be held Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Jackson, age 79, of Meridian, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He worked faithfully...

Donnelle Murphy Brown

Donnelle Murphy Brown

Aug 20, 2015

Donnelle Murphy Brown Funeral services for Donnelle Murphy Brown will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Jody Pittman officiating. Burial will follow at Lockhart Cemetery. Mrs. Brown, 90, of Lauderdale, MS, died at Aldersgate in Meridian on Thursday, August 20, 2015. She is survived by son H....

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...