Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas

James Chiasson

James Chiasson

Sep 10, 2015

Funeral services for James Paul Chiasson will be held Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Rest Haven Garden of Memories in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Chiasson, age 48, of Dalewood, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015. Petty Officer...

Ruthie Mae Rigdon

Ruthie Mae Rigdon

Sep 10, 2015

Funeral Services for Mrs. Ruthie Rigdon will be held Monday, September 14, 2015 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 am with the Reverends Dewayne French, Chris Cooksey and Chuck Overby officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Nebo Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Rigdon, age 83, of Meridian, passed away...

Freddie Carroll

Freddie Carroll

Sep 9, 2015

Funeral services for Freddie Carroll will be held Sunday at 2:00pm, September 13, 2015, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Burial will be at Enon Cemetery in Texas. Mr. Carroll, 50, passed away September 9 in Georgia. Freddie was a 1983 graduate of Meridian High School. He was also a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he received his...

Edsel Ford Thrasher

Edsel Ford Thrasher

Sep 8, 2015

Funeral services for Edsel Ford Thrasher will be held Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Marvin Cooper officiating. Burial will be at Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Thrasher, age 69, of Meridian, passed away Tuesday, September 8,...

Gene Brown

Gene Brown

Sep 6, 2015

Graveside services for Gene Brown will be held Tuesday September 8, 2015 at 12:30 pm at Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery with Reverend Gary Blair officiating. Mr. Brown, 79 of Meridian passed away September 6, 2015 at Anderson Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a member of Central Baptist Church and the Mississippi Bar Association. He was a graduate of...

Charles Patrick "Pat" Downs

Charles Patrick "Pat" Downs

Sep 3, 2015

Charles "Pat" Downs Graveside services for Charles "Pat" Downs will be held at 10:00a.m., Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Stonewall Cemetery. Reverend Kenneth Owens will officiate, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Downs, 89, of Meridian, passed away September 3, at Andersons. Pat was a member of the East Mississippi Sportsman Association. He was...

Travis Lavon Hoffer

Travis Lavon Hoffer

Sep 2, 2015

Funeral services for Travis Hoffer will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Bethany Baptist Church, with Reverend Marvin Cooper officiating. Burial will be at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Hoffer, 32, of Meridian, passed away September 2 in Newton. Travis was a member of Bethany Baptist...

Mattie Grimes

Mattie Grimes

Sep 2, 2015

Funeral services for Mattie Grimes will be held at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. John Temple officiating. Burial will be at Gumlog Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Grimes, 92, of Meridian, passed away September 2, 2015, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Mattie Grimes...

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,...