Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas
Jena Lanae Pace
Mar 29, 2015
Jena Lanae Pace Funeral service for Jena Lanae Pace will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Pine Forest Baptist Church, with Reverend T.J. Jennings, Reverend Curt Pace and Reverend Clay Pope officiating. Burial will be at Pine Forest Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Pace, age...
Leona Walker
Mar 28, 2015
Leona Walker Memorial services for Leona Walker will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Reverend Ken Boudreau officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Walker, age 69, of Meridian, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Golden Living Center. She had a love of bowling was...
Gerald Lane Harper
Mar 28, 2015
Gerald Lane Harper Funeral services for Gerald Lane Harper will be held Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lamar Lifer officiating. Burial will be at Rawson Cemetery. Mr. Harper, age 65, of Toomsuba, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 28, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Harper was...
Olive Catherine Meaders
Mar 28, 2015
Olive Catherine Dease Meaders Funeral services for Olive Meaders will be held Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Reverend Gary Howse, Reverend Gerald Chaney, and Reverend David Sellers officiating. Burial will be at Hickory Cemetery. Mrs. Meaders, age 91, born November 14, 1923 of Hickory, passed away Saturday, March...
James Rutherford
Mar 25, 2015
James Rutherford Funeral services for James Rutherford will be held Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Snell Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Rutherford, age 78, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He worked for Cottles Termite and Pest Control for 40...
Michael Ratcliff
Mar 25, 2015
Michael Ratcliff Funeral services for Michael Ratcliff will be held Friday, March 27, 2015, at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend James Ruffin officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Ratcliff, of Bailey, passed away Wednesday, March 25,...
Charles I. Smith, Jr.
Mar 24, 2015
Charles I. "Charlie" Smith, Jr. Funeral services for Charlie Smith will be held Friday, March 27, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Jimmy Harrison officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Smith, 66, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Silverleaf Manor...
Virginia Williams Smith
Mar 23, 2015
Virginia Williams Smith Funeral services for Virginia Williams Smith will be held Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Richie Davis and Reverend Tommy Jones officiating. Burial will be at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Smith, age 92, of Meridian, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015, at Aldersgate Retirement Community. Mrs....
James Richard Billings
Mar 21, 2015
James Richard "Jimmy" Billings Funeral services for Jimmy Billings will be held Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Mike Ragland officiating. Burial will be at Duffee Baptist Church Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Billings, age 50, of Collinsville, passed away...
Sam Steven Roberts
Mar 20, 2015
Sam Roberts Services for Sam Roberts will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Chaplain Reardon officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Harrison, Arkansas. Mr. Roberts, 64, of Meridian, Mississippi passed away on March 20, 2015, at Rush Foundation Hospital, with his sister at his side. Sam...
Anne Jellenc
Mar 20, 2015
Anne Jellenc Funeral services for Mrs. Jellenc will be held at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., with Eli Jellenc and Pastor Brad Sliger co-officiating. The burial will take place at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Clarke County. Anne Jellenc (neé Shirley) completed her journey through this life on March, 20, 2015. Having enjoyed...
Jonathan Hester
Mar 19, 2015
Jonathan Fontain Hester Visitation for Jonathan Fountain Hester will be held at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian starting from noon until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 21 2015. Mr. Hester, 56, died in Gautier, MS, on Thursday March 19, 2015 surrounded by his family while under Hospice Care. Jonathan was born in Meridian, MS on January 11, 1959,...
Sally C. Brown
Mar 17, 2015
Sally C. Brown Funeral services for Sally C. Brown will be held Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Cameron Douglas and Rev. Lea McCracken officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery. Mrs. Brown, age 82, of Meridian, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Anderson Regional Medical Center. Sally Merritt...
Charles D. Roberts
Mar 17, 2015
Charles D. "Claw Hammer" Roberts Funeral services for Charles "Claw Hammer" Roberts will be held Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dano Rainer officiating. Burial and Masonic Rites will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Roberts, age 65, of Bailey, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Regency Hospital. He...
Larinda June Payne
Mar 16, 2015
Larinda June Payne Memorial services for Larinda June Payne will be held Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Long Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Morris and her son, Nelson Smith officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Payne, age 68, of Meridian, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at Anderson Regional...
Carolyn Joyner
Mar 15, 2015
Ulma Carolyn Joyner Funeral services for Ulma Carolyn Joyner will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother David Sellers and Brother Wade Ricks officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Joyner, 71, of Collinsville, passed away March 15...
Edna Earl Herrington Hatcher
Mar 13, 2015
Edna Earl Herrington Hatcher Services for Edna Earl Herrington Hatcher will be held Monday, March 16, 2015 at Antioch Southern Methodist Church (Litchfield Life Center). Visitation for the family will begin at 9:30 A.M. with public visitation from 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M., followed by Funeral and Graveside services. Rev. Rick Pigott, Rev. Damon Williams, and Rev. Wallace Terry will...
Alice Lockley
Mar 12, 2015
Alice W. Lockley Graveside services for Alice W. Lockley will be held Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 2:30pm at Magnolia Cemetery. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Lockley, 84, of Meridian, passed away March 12 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Born in Demopolis, AL on...
Albert Creel
Mar 11, 2015
Reverend Albert Creel Funeral services for Reverend Albert Creel will be held Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Long Creek Baptist Church with Brother Mike Ragland and Brother Walter Pierce officiating. Burial will be at Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Reverend Albert Creel, age 78, of Meridian,...
Frances L. Perkins
Mar 11, 2015
Frances L. Perkins Graveside services for Frances Perkins were held Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Dr. John Temple officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Gladys Frances Lowe Perkins, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born in Laurel, Mississippi, and was...




