Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas

Jessie Gordon "J.G." Kent

Jessie Gordon "J.G." Kent

Nov 6, 2012

Jessie Gordon "J.G." Kent Services for Jessie Gordon "J.G." Kent will be held Friday, November 9, 2012 at 11:30 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Larry Hilliard and Reverend John Koch officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Kent, 74, of Collinsville died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Kent served five years...

William Jerald Pearson

William Jerald Pearson

Nov 5, 2012

William Jerald Pearson Services for William Jerald Person will be held Friday, November 9, 2012 at 1:00 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Steve Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Newton County Memorial Gardens. Mr. Pearson, 81, of Hickory died Monday, November 5, 2012 at his residence. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army of the...

James David Tillman Hamilton, Jr.

James David Tillman Hamilton, Jr.

Nov 5, 2012

James David Tillman Hamilton, Jr. A Memorial Service for James David Tillman Hamilton, Jr. will be held Saturday, November 10, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Hamilton died on Monday, November 5, 2012, in Meridian, Mississippi. He was born to Nancy Laprade Hamilton and James David Tillman Hamilton, Sr. on November 19, 1943 in Durham, North...

Linda Carol Glover Duplantis

Linda Carol Glover Duplantis

Nov 4, 2012

Linda Carol Glover Duplantis Graveside service for Linda Carol Glover Duplantis will be held Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at Good Hope Cemetery, (South of Hickory) with Reverend David Hall officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Duplantis, 64, of Meridian died Sunday, November 4, 2012, at Anderson Regional Medical Center....

Alice Marie "Rita" Shannon

Alice Marie "Rita" Shannon

Nov 3, 2012

Alice Marie "Rita" Shannon Services for Alice Marie "Rita" Shannon will be held Monday November 5 at 1pm at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jimmy Garrard officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in the Whynot community. Mrs. Shannon died Saturday November 3, 2012 at her home following a lengthy illness. Harpers Hospice gave exceptional...

Jack Corebett Warren

Jack Corebett Warren

Oct 31, 2012

Jack Corbett Warren Services for Jack Corbett Warren will be held Friday, November 2, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at Big Oak United Methodist Church on Old Jackson Road, Dekalb, MS, with Reverends Dewayne Warren and Hollis Warren officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Warren, 84 years old,...

Ramona "Baby" Hodges

Ramona "Baby" Hodges

Oct 30, 2012

Ramona "Baby" Hodges Graveside service for Ramona "Baby" Hodges will be held Friday, November 2, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Reverend Bob Followell officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Hodges, 63, of Meridian, died Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was born in Kingsport,...

Carrie Grace Keller

Carrie Grace Keller

Oct 28, 2012

Carrie Grace Keller Services for Carrie Grace Keller will be held Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 2:30 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Eddie Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Gumlog Cemetery, Bailey,MS. Miss Keller, 17, of Meridian, died Sunday, October 28, 2012 at her residence. She was a student at West Lauderdale High School. Survivors include...

Louise Vernell Sharpston

Louise Vernell Sharpston

Oct 26, 2012

Louise Vernell Sharpston Services for Louise Vernell Sharpston will be held Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 10:00 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bob Null officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Sharpston, 94, of Meridian, died Friday, October 26, 2012 at Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a member of First Assembly of God,...

Debbie J. Jolley

Debbie J. Jolley

Oct 26, 2012

Debbie L. Jolley Memorial services for Debbie L. Jolley will be held at a later date. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jolley, of Meridian, died Friday, October 26, 2012 at Andersons Regional Medical Center. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com.

James Larry Farr

James Larry Farr

Oct 26, 2012

James Larry Farr Memorial services for James Larry Farr will be held Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 2:00 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jimmy Harrison officiating. Burial will be in McClain Chapel Cemetery, Neshoba County. Mr. Farr, 68, of Meridian, died Friday October 26, 2012 at Rush Hospital. He worked as a painter for over 40...

Donald Gilmer Mabry

Donald Gilmer Mabry

Oct 26, 2012

Donald Gilmer Mabry Services for Donald Gilmer Mabry will be held Monday, October 29, 2012 at 1:00 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Ben Laird and Dr. Dan Fulton officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Mabry, 76, of Meridian, died Friday, October 26, 2012 in Meridian. He was a Veteran of the...

James "Daddy Jim" Barnwell Anderson, Sr.

James "Daddy Jim" Barnwell Anderson, Sr.

Oct 26, 2012

James Barnwell Anderson, Sr. Services for James Barnwell "Daddy Jim" Anderson, Sr. will be Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Rhett G. Payne, III officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Anderson, 85, of Meridian died Friday, October 26, 2012, at...

Brenda Joyce Beason

Brenda Joyce Beason

Oct 23, 2012

Brenda Joyce Beason Services for Brenda Joyce Beason will be held Friday, October 26, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Dan Lanier officiating. Burial will be in Beason Cemetery. Ms Beason, 60, of Conyers, Georgia, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at Conyers, Georgia. Survivors include her lifelong companion Tommy Warmack of Conyers, Georgia;...

Shawn Adam Long

Shawn Adam Long

Oct 22, 2012

Shawn "Adam" Long Services for Shawn "Adam" Long will be held Friday, Noevember 2, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Darrell Dummus officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Long, 22, of Meridian died Monday, October 22, 2012, in Bailey,...

Ora Mae (Ming) Strickland

Ora Mae (Ming) Strickland

Oct 22, 2012

Ora Mae (Ming) Strickland Mrs. Ora Mae (Ming) Strickland died October 22, 2012, at Rush Hospital. There will be a private family burial at Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday, October 26, 2012. Mrs. Strickland, 99, was born on August 8, 2012, in Weir, Mississippi. Her parents were Thurman and Mildred Raburn Ming. Survivors include her son James...

Wilbur "W.C." Winstead

Wilbur "W.C." Winstead

Oct 22, 2012

Wilbur "W.C." Winstead Services for Wilbur "W.C." Winstead will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Highland Baptist Church with Dr. Carl White officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in House, MS with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Winstead, 86, of Meridian died Monday, October 22, 2012 at...

Calvin Ray Moffett

Calvin Ray Moffett

Oct 21, 2012

Calvin Ray Moffett Services for Calvin Ray Moffett will be held Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Pine Forest Baptist Church, with Reverend T.J. Jennings officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Moffett, 69, of the Martin Community, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at his residence....

Johnnie D. Foreman

Johnnie D. Foreman

Oct 21, 2012

Johnnie D. Foreman Services for Johnnie D. Foreman will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Pine Forest Baptist Church with Reverend Jimmie Garrard officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Foreman, 79, of Meridian, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at his residence. He was...

Marion Lee Grayson

Marion Lee Grayson

Oct 21, 2012

Marion Lee Grayson Memorial services for Marion Lee Grayson will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 2:00 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, with Reverends Danny Davis, James Rickles and Jimmy Harrison officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Grayson, 69, of Meridian, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 in Folsom, LA. He was retired from...