Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Sidney A. Mccool

Sidney A. Mccool

Apr 21, 2019

Sidney A. McCool, 79, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019 at Merit Health in Jackson. Visitation will be 10-12 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will follow at 12 p.m. Wednesday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Myron Schilling will officiate. He was...

Wanda Ferguson Ivey

Wanda Ferguson Ivey

Apr 8, 2019

Wanda Marie Ferguson Ivey, 87, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2019 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko and 10-11 a.m.Wednesday at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Larry...

David Lee Moore

David Lee Moore

Apr 8, 2019

David Lee Moore, 69, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2019 at his home. A memorial service will be at a later date. Survivors include his brothers, Mac Munn of Brookhaven, Joe Munn of Kosciusko, Terry Moore of Kosciusko, and Lanny Moore of Kosciusko; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert Leon...

Janice Braswell Martin

Janice Braswell Martin

Apr 5, 2019

Janice Braswell Martin, 71, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Janice was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church near Weir, and a retired cosmetologist. Survivors include her daughter, Christy Braswell Kirk and her son-in-law, Gary Kirk, Jr. of...

Gerald Allen Miller

Gerald Allen Miller

Apr 2, 2019

Gerald Allen Miller, 75, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Baptist-Attala in Kosciusko. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Rev. David Cook will officiate and Rev. Johnny Watkins...

Evelyn Pettit Mccool Cannata

Evelyn Pettit Mccool Cannata

Mar 24, 2019

Evelyn Pettit McCool Cannata, 95, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at her home. Visitation will be 11-2 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2019 at Jerusalem Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. Friday at Jerusalem Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Butch Bell and Charles Odom will officiate. She was a member of...

Gay Woodard Edwards

Gay Woodard Edwards

Mar 9, 2019

Mrs. Gay Woodward Edwards, 86, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the Bee Hive Home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Friday, March 15th, at Porter Funeral Home in Louisville, MS, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment...

Wayne Adams Oliver

Wayne Adams Oliver

Mar 9, 2019

Wayne A. Oliver Kosciusko Wayne Adams Oliver was born May 20, 1927. He left this world for his heavenly home on March 9, 2019. Wayne lived a long and blessed life; he was 91 years old. Wayne was born in Ethel, MS, where he graduated high school before joining the U. S. Navy. He served in Panama and the...

Daisy Hogan Briscoe

Daisy Hogan Briscoe

Mar 7, 2019

Daisy Hogan Briscoe Kosciusko, MS 39090 Daisy Hogan Briscoe went to be with our Heavenly Father on March 7, 2019. Visitation will be from at First Presbyterian Church in Kosciusko, MS on March 10 from 2:00-3:00 P.M. preceding the funeral service at 3:00 P.M., followed by the burial in the Parkway Cemetery. Daisy was born July 31, 1919, in...

Joy Ivey

Joy Ivey

Mar 3, 2019

Miss Joy Ivey 84, of Kosciusko, MS passed this life March 3, 2019 at Baptist Attala Hospital in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday 5-8 p.m. and 12 – 2 p.m. Tuesday with Reverend Don Cook Officiating. Miss Ivey...

Nancy Lee Burkes

Nancy Lee Burkes

Mar 2, 2019

Nancy Lee Burkes, 75, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Survivors include her son, Billy Crouch of Pensacola, FL; and sister, Becky Doyle of Jensen Beach, FL. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Allan, Doug, Michael, and Gregg; and sister, Patricia Wiik. Memorials may be made to the...

Lois "Granny" Grantham

Lois "Granny" Grantham

Mar 1, 2019

Lois "Granny" Grantham, 95, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Neshoba County Nursing Home in Philadelphia. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Billy James will officiate. She was a member of Williamsville Baptist Church and Neshoba...

Anderson Jennings Orr

Anderson Jennings Orr

Feb 28, 2019

Jennings Orr, age 92, (1926-2019) a resident of Nashville since 2015, passed away February 28, 2019. Services will be held on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home, Kosciusko, Mississippi. Visitation will precede the service from 2 to 4 p.m. Burial to follow at Parkway Cemetery. Jennings was born October 30, 1926, in tiny Dossville,...

Donna Edwards Hodge

Donna Edwards Hodge

Feb 25, 2019

Donna Vance Edwards Hodge, 63, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, February 27 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 11 am Thursday, February 28 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Liberty Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Barry Corbett and Rev....

Brenda Jean Mccool Townsend

Brenda Jean Mccool Townsend

Feb 14, 2019

Brenda Jean McCool Townsend Ethel Brenda Jean McCool Townsend, 68, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at her home in Ethel. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, February 15 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Carson Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Mike Barrentine...

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins

Feb 12, 2019

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins, 97, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Trinity Health Care in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Thursday, February 14 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Attala Memory Gardens. Rev. James Culpepper will...

William Alvin "Bill" Hales

William Alvin "Bill" Hales

Feb 11, 2019

William Alvin "Bill" Hales, 84, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at the MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, February 24th at Williamsville Baptist Church. He was a member of Williamsville Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He was a retired Southern Baptist missionary to The Gambia, West Africa....

Brittany Blair Cheek

Brittany Blair Cheek

Feb 11, 2019

Brittany Lauren Cheek Avon, OH Brittany Lauren Cheek (Blair) went to be with the Lord on February 11, 2019, at the age of 33, after a brave battle against Metastatic Melanoma. She was the beloved wife of Stephen Corey Cheek for 11 years and the loving mother of Hudson Hugh Cheek, 10, and Gabrielle Suzette Cheek, 6. She is...

Roy C Goss

Roy C Goss

Feb 7, 2019

Roy C. Goss, Sr., 88, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at the Martha Jo Leslie Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, February 8 and 9-2 p.m. Saturday at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Rev....