Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas

Charles D. Roberts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Paul Smith

Paul Smith

Mar 11, 2015

Paul Smith Funeral services for Paul Smith will be held Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Wayne Hunt officiating. Burial will be at Hester Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Smith, age 76, of Collinsville, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Anderson...

Elaine Lawrence Byrd

Elaine Lawrence Byrd

Mar 10, 2015

Elaine Lawrence Byrd Funeral services for Elaine Lawrence Byrd will be held Friday, March 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Gary Blair and Dr. Greg Massey officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Byrd, age 90, of Meridian, passed away Tuesday, March...

Ronnie Pool

Ronnie Pool

Mar 10, 2015

Ronnie Pool Funeral services for Ronnie Pool will be held Saturday, March 14, 2015, at 11:00 am, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Jack Giles officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Pool, 56, of Meridian, passed away March 10 at Rush Foundation Hospital. Ronnie...

Darren Smith

Darren Smith

Mar 9, 2015

Darren Smith Funeral services for Darren Smith will be held Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 11:00 am at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Doctor David Byrd and Brother Mike McKee officiating. Burial will be in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Smith, 48, of Kewanee, passed away March 9, at...

William Theodore Combs

William Theodore Combs

Mar 8, 2015

William Theodore "Bill" Combs Services for William Theodore "Bill" Combs will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Charles Davis and Reverend Harold Scott officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Combs, 85, of Meridian passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Anderson Regional Medical...

Mary Louise Bullock

Mary Louise Bullock

Mar 5, 2015

Mary Louise Bullock Funeral services for Mary Louise Bullock will be held Monday, March 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Bullock, age 92, of Meridian, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015 at her home. She was the last living member of...

Tina Gressett Ford

Tina Gressett Ford

Mar 5, 2015

Tina Gressett Ford Funeral services for Tina Gressett Ford will be held Sunday, March 8, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother Mark Lawson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Ms. Ford, 46, passed away March 5, 2015, at her home....

Helen Marie Compton

Helen Marie Compton

Mar 2, 2015

Helen Marie Compton Graveside services for Helen Marie Compton will be held Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at Mt. Zion Church Cemetery in Snell, MS with Reverend Richard Davis officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Compton, age 73, of Destin, Florida, formerly of Meridian, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 in Destin....

Eva Todd Carmichael

Eva Todd Carmichael

Mar 1, 2015

Eva Todd Carmichael Funeral service for Eva Todd Carmichael will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at 12:00 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Mike Russell officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Carmichael, 94, of Meridian, passed away on March 1,...

Edsol C. Wells, Sr.

Edsol C. Wells, Sr.

Mar 1, 2015

Edsol C. Wells, Sr. A service in honor of Edsol C. Wells, Sr., a member of the greatest generation, will be held on Friday, March 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Lauderdale, Mississippi, with Reverend Bill Webb officiating. Interment will be at the Odd Fellow Cemetery in Quitman, Mississippi at 2:30 p.m. Edsol C. Wells, 90,...

Harold Owen Grissom

Harold Owen Grissom

Mar 1, 2015

Harold Owen Grissom, Sr. Services for Harold Owen Grissom, Sr. will be held Thursday, March 5, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at Central United Methodist Church with the Reverend Jimmy Harrison, Reverend Tommy Gilbert and Reverend John Branning officiating. Burial will take place at Magnolia Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be held...

Carlos Gordon

Carlos Gordon

Mar 1, 2015

James Carlos Gordon Celebration services for James Carlos Gordon will be held Tuesday, March 03, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Bay Springs Baptist Church in DeKalb, MS, with Rev. Mike Rasberry and Rev. Jessie Knapp officiating. Burial will be at Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Gordon, age 75,...

Donald E. "Eugene" Tanner, Jr.

Donald E. "Eugene" Tanner, Jr.

Feb 25, 2015

Donald E. "Eugene" Tanner, Jr. Memorial services for Donald E. "Eugene" Tanner, Jr. will be held Friday, March 27, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mount View Cemetery with Reverend Bill Webb officiating. Mr. Tanner, 54, of Louisa, Kentucky, passed away February 25, 2015 in Missouri. Survivors include his mother, Peggy Tanner of Maumelle, Arkansas; brothers, Martin Douglas Tanner and wife,...