Jan 22, 2021

Lanie R. Purvis, Ethel, MS August 7, 1930 – January 22, 2021 Services for Lanie Purvis will be held Monday, February 8, 2021, at 1:00 PM from Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko with Rev. Glenn Jackson and Rev. Will Lott officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home at 12:00 Noon. Burial will follow at Tabernacle Cemetery. Mrs. Purvis,...

Jan 19, 2021

Jan 19, 2021

Mr. Clyde Cagle, 84, of Kosciusko, passed away January 19, 2021 at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday, January 24th at Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Larry Harvey will officiate. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Cagle was a member of Williamsville Independent Methodist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved...

Jan 19, 2021

Mr. Ray Moore, 67, of Ethel, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 21st at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel; with burial to follow at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Matt Steed will officiate. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Jordan Funeral Home. Mr. Moore was...

Jan 19, 2021

Harold Lee Martin, 95, of Kosciusko, MS, died January 19, 2021, following a brief illness. Harold was born October 16, 1925, in Carriere, MS, to Henry Eugene and Minnie Lee Martin. He was a 1943 graduate of Crystal Springs High School. He thereafter went to Mississippi State College where his studies were interrupted by a call to serve his...

Jan 17, 2021

Nell Stevens Adams, 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 17, 2021 at Shady Lawn Nursing Home in Vicksburg, MS. Nell was born January 14, 1927 to the late Troy and Elvia Stevens of Attala County, MS. Nell graduated from Ethel High School in 1945. She was a member of Carson Ridge Baptist Church in Ethel, MS. She was...

Jan 15, 2021

Ms. Tracy Strahan Meyer, 56, of Kosciusko, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at her residence. A memorial visitation will be held Friday, January 22nd 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home. Burial to follow at a later date. Tracy is survived by her mother, Sonny Strahan of Cleveland; daughters, Amber (Toby) Ellington of Kosciusko, Mandy (Johnathan) Dean...

Jan 13, 2021

Donnie Sanders, of Porterdale,Ga. passed away January 13, 2021, at the age of 86. Affectionately known as “Papa D”, Mr. Sanders held closely to his love of family, church, and his unshakable faith in God. His kind ways and tireless work ethic endeared him to all, especially in his role as caretaker for his beloved church. Mr. Sanders had...

Jan 13, 2021

Jeffrey Scott Dean, 54, of Kosciusko went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 13, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family and friends. A graveside service will be held on Friday January 15, 2021 at 12:00 at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, MS. All are welcome to attend. We do ask that everyone please observe social...

Jan 11, 2021

Mr. Dennis W. “Sundance” Newsom, 62, of Hickory Flat, passed away January 11, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 15th at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko. Visitation will be 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Friday at Jordan Funeral Home. Rev. Art Land and Rev. Ronnie Spears will officiate. Jordan Funeral Home...

Jan 7, 2021

Billy Campbell Proctor, 83, a retired Director for Attala County Housing Authority went to be with His Heavenly Father on January 7, 2021. Graveside service will be held on Sunday, January 10th, at 2:00 PM in Parkway Cemetery Kosciusko, MS. Billy was born in the Berea Community on September 21, 1937 in Attala County to Louis C. and Ruth...

Dec 30, 2020

Mr. U.L. Evans, 90, of the Hebron Community, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Tyler Holmes Hospital in Winona. Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Hebron Cemetery. Rev. Jimmy Leach will officiate. Mr. Evans enjoyed farming on his place, where he raised purebred AKC registered blue ticks. He was a retired contractor...

Dec 26, 2020

Jesse “May May” Crosby Sr., 90, passed away at the VA Nursing Home in Kosciusko, Saturday, December 26, 2020. He was born April 6, 1930 in Attala County. He lived in and around the Williamsville area growing up and joined the Navy in September 1951 serving stateside during the Korean war. When he was honorably discharged in July 1953,...

Dec 23, 2020

Sylvia Ann Becks Blaylock, 74, died on Wednesday, December 23, at home with her family, after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma. Mrs. Blaylock was born on Nov. 5, 1946 in Aberdeen, MS, to Mildred “Millie” and Robert “Bob” Becks. Her parents careers with NASA and the Redstone Arsenal moved her family to Huntsville, AL. She grew up in...

Dec 23, 2020

Bernice Oakes Miller, 89, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Brister Cemetery in the Hesterville community of Attala County. Rev. Gene Richardson will officiate. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Miller was born January 21, 1931 in Attala county to...

Dec 22, 2020

Bruce Clinton Shuler Jr., age 62, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at his home in the Chautauqua Park subdivision, a welcoming, loving community in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. He was born in Augusta, Georgia on Mother’s Day May 10, 1958, a much loved and unexpected baby boy surprise after the births of his four...

Dec 22, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Ruth Davis, 78, of Kosciusko, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, December 23rd at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Freddy Tanksley will officiate. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Davis was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church; she was retired from Attala...

Dec 20, 2020

Mrs. Delpha Elizabeth Hernandez was born April 22, 1940, in the city of Orange, Texas. She was an active member for many years in North Union Baptist Church. She had a passion for her family, her church and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mrs. Delpha was preceded in death by her husband, Juan Hernandez and her daughter, Judy...

Dec 17, 2020

Mrs. Maxine McDaniel Merrifield McCool, MS Mrs. Maxine McDaniel Merrifield age 85, died Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Baptist Attala Medical Center in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Bear Creek Baptist Church in McCool, Visitation at the Church from 10:00 – 11:00 A.M. with burial at Bear Creek Cemetery with Reverend...

Dec 15, 2020

Mr. Larry Wallace, 69, died Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at his residence. A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2020 at the South Huntington Street Church of Christ, 806 South Huntington Street, Kosciusko, MS. Les Ferguson will officiate the services. He was a member of South Huntington Street Church of Christ. He served 20 years in...