Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Bill "Big Boy"  Mcknight

Bill "Big Boy" Mcknight

Dec 14, 2022

Mr. Bill “Big Boy” McKnight, 84, of Kosciusko, MS passed away December 14, 2022, at Golden Triangle Regional Hospital. Visitation is 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 2022, and 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 16, 2022, at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral service is 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 16, 2022, at Jordan Funeral...

Bobbie  Ray

Bobbie Ray

Dec 14, 2022

Bobbie Steed Ray

Grenada formerly of Attala County

Bobbie Steed Ray, 81, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center of Grenada. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm, Monday, December 19, 2022 at Zama Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 pm at the...

James Earl "Bo" Owens, Sr.

James Earl "Bo" Owens, Sr.

Nov 26, 2022

James Earl “Bo” Owens, Sr., 84, of Kosciusko, MS, passed away on November 26, 2022, his residence.  Graveside services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 28, 2022, at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Gary Glazier and Lisa Kaplan will officiate the service.

Jordan Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Mr. Owens was a retired truck driver for...

Patsy Burrell Sanders

Patsy Burrell Sanders

Nov 23, 2022

Mrs. Patsy Burrell Sanders, 78, of Sallis, MS passed away Wednesday, November

23, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. Visitation will be from 10

AM until 11 AM Friday, November 25, 2022, at Jordon Funeral Home. Funeral

service will follow at 11 in the Chapel. A graveside service will be held at...

Mary N. Gilbert

Mary N. Gilbert

Nov 23, 2022

Mary N. Gilbert, 95, of the Carmack community, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2022, at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, and from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 27, 2022, at Hebron Baptist Church. Funeral services will...

Joe C. Hanson

Joe C. Hanson

Nov 21, 2022

Joe C. Hanson, 74, of Kosciusko, passed away Monday, November 21, 2022, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Friday, November 25, 2022, at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, and 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 26, 2022, at First Baptist Church in Kosciusko. Funeral services will follow at...

Helen  Sue Skeen

Helen Sue Skeen

Nov 13, 2022

Mrs. Helen Sue Skeen, 91, of Kosciusko passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022, at Vaiden Community Living Center. Visitation is 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral service is at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Butch Bell will officiate....

Ann Moore

Ann Moore

Nov 12, 2022

Ann Moore, 75, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022, at her residence in Kosciusko. Visitation is from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 14, 2022, at the Kosciusko First Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 14, 2022, at the Kosciusko First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Barry C. Corbett...

Betty  Jean  Deason

Betty Jean Deason

Nov 9, 2022

Betty Jean Deason

October 8, 1935-November 9, 2022

Betty Jean Deason passed away peacefully at her home on November 9, 2022, surrounded by family. She was born on October 8, 1935, in Kosciusko, MS to Benford and Jewell Carter. She graduated from Kosciusko High School in 1956. Her church membership was with the...

Doris Crenshaw Sweatt

Doris Crenshaw Sweatt

Nov 4, 2022

Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 7, 2022 at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, Mississippi with Reverend Gary Glazier officiating.

She was born July 19, 1926, in Greenwood Springs, Mississippi, and moved to West Plains, Missouri, during high school. After graduation she moved to Winona, Mississippi and began her career with Bellsouth,...

Edie O'Briant

Edie O'Briant

Oct 30, 2022

Edie O’Briant, 63, of Kosciusko, MS passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022, at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Williamsville Baptist Church with Rev. Junior Davis officiating.

Edie was born August 26, 1959, in Middlesboro, KY to William “Bill” Alvin Hales and...

Jason "Jack" Adams

Jason "Jack" Adams

Oct 30, 2022

Jason "Jack" Matthew Adams

Kosciusko

On October 30th, 2022, Jason “Jack” Matthew Adams, loving husband, father, son, and brother, passed away at age 46, surrounded by family in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 3, 2022, at the French Camp Presbyterian

Church. Funeral Service...

Dr. Jeannine Kirkpatrick Smith

Dr. Jeannine Kirkpatrick Smith

Oct 27, 2022

Dr. Jeannine Kirkpatrick Smith, 69, exhaled her last earthly breath and inhaled the Breath of Heaven on Oct. 27, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, Miss. Courageous to the end, she finished her race with the same grace and dogged determination she lived her life.

A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1,...

Nela  Corinne Hughes

Nela Corinne Hughes

Oct 23, 2022

NELA CORINNE HUGHES

APRIL 9, 1930-OCTOBER 23, 2022

Nela Corinne Hughes was born April 9, 1930 in Attala County to Louie W. Hughes and Corinne Hammond Hughes. She was an only child. She attended Kosciusko public schools and graduated from Kosciusko High School in the class of 1948. She attended and graduated from...

Marilyn  Harvey

Marilyn Harvey

Oct 17, 2022

Marilyn Ratcliff Harvey, 77, of Kosciusko passed away Monday, October 17, 2022 at Baptist North Mississippi Hospital -Oxford. Visitation is 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 20, 2022 at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service is at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022 at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Parkway Cemetery.  Rev. Junior Davis...

Pamela Lorene Williams Bell

Pamela Lorene Williams Bell

Oct 14, 2022

Pamela Lorene Williams Bell passed peacefully at her home, surrounded by friends and family on October 14, 2022.

Pam was born on July 26, 1948, in Kosciusko, MS to Edna Lorene McElroy Williams and Kenneth Cortis Williams. She was the eldest of 2 children. She graduated Kosciusko High School in 1966. In high school she...

Jan  Weems

Jan Weems

Oct 4, 2022

Mrs. Janice Carol Weems, 68, of Ocean Springs, MS formerly of Greenville, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at Singing River Hospital in Ocean Springs, MS. Visitation is 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services are at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial...

Sarah "Snooks"  Jackson

Sarah "Snooks" Jackson

Sep 28, 2022

“Snooks” Sarah Frances (Stonestreet) Jackson finished her race on September 28, 2022, when she heard her Lord and Savior Christ Jesus utter those words, “Well done my good and faithful servant.” She passed away peacefully lying in bed with her family gathered around her singing “It Is Well With My Soul”.

Born September 23, 1927,...

Scarlett Goss

Scarlett Goss

Sep 19, 2022

Scarlett Delores Goss, 82, of Longview, TX formerly of West, MS passed away Monday, September 19, 2022, at Longview Regional. Visitation is 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., Friday, September 23, 2022 at Unity Baptist Church. Funeral service is 12:00 p.m., Friday, September 23, 2022 at Unity Baptist Church.

Burial will follow at North Union Cemetery. Rev. Danny...

Mitchell Bradford "Brad" Summerhill

Mitchell Bradford "Brad" Summerhill

Sep 16, 2022

Mitchell Bradford “Brad” Summerhill, 79, of Vaiden, passed away Friday, September 16, 2022, at the Martha Jo Leslie State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Visitation is Saturday, September 24, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will follow at 12:00 p.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in the...